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EARLY FROSTS.
BT FLORENCE JOSEPHINE SOTCH
Bummer, bright season of gladness,
Was breathing the s-wacts thro' the land,
And the fair queen of summers resplendent
Had fiourislud her silvery wund,
When lo 1 at the hour of midnight
.Tflftlr "Frnaf frnm h<o PAni/ms ?. ?.
Came, guided by Lung 9 r j-lection.'
^ And many a gUir.m r star."
A?d oter Our Tailors and hillsid38
Tiio work of destruction becan;
And over our mountains and rivor
_ He waved bis destroy ins b ind. \
Sul'& at the dft<rtirrfrT iriSraing,
He beheld tha result of bis toil,
lie retreated, likc> shadows of darkness,
iVom out of the land ol bis spoil.
- -?< .?-,. _
Now orer the lo.'ty oi l nnu:itnin3
Tbe sun's pheasant visago appears.
And tne farmer awakes irom his slumbars
To realize jvsterdav's fears.
"Well! wellho exclaims to bis neighbor,
While vicorov.sly rn'.ihin^ his bun Is,
"Tuis untimely midnight marauder
Destruction has spreud o or our lands I
For there whs the corn's verdant tassels,
Now they are crinkled and brown.
And the grass is crisp in our i^eridows,
A right poor show for our iJtwf?
The fruits of our labor have vanished
Swept off by the breath of the frost'
~"t While 'Jack' op his way ^ocs rejoicing,
farmer u;aj? rRQurn what he's lost,
' --"?iplaniir,Ar
"But the habit of eve. .
O'er milk that is spilt I dete^.,
And we may as we 1 b? a-thinKing,
Perhaps it was all for the best.
For many young lives, like the summer,
In castle's of air are engrossed.
And mony young hop.'B, bright, enchanting,
Are nipped by an untimely frost."
' WAIT3FXEi,D, Yt.
'Twixt Life and Death
, p, ? ~*c
m MKDilAL ADVICE.
*
A Storj7* of the FrancoPrussian
War.
BY ROBERT BUCHANAN.
CHAPTER III.
AN ADVENTURE.
When it became known that the Chevalier
de Gavrolles was about to throw in his
lot ^srith the defenders of France there
was great local enthusiasm. Father Andre,
both in public and private, discoursed
tioquently on the glories of patriotism,
ana pointed to the lord of the chateau as
a shining example. The immediate result
was seen in the formation of a large num>
ber of volunteers from the district, manj
of them being men who had already servec
their time, and were otherwise exempt frorr
conscription.
The day of parting arrired, and, fol?
lowed by those "whom his erample had in*
Sired, the Chevalier left his home. A f?<w
ys letter word came that the Normal
/vflnorj f mm nfiiflrhbflrini
Ul%C^ ?uvu V%uvtu ?? v? ?--0 r
districts, had been formed into a company
ef the Line, of which Gay roll 98 was oorr
? vtitntod Captain.
"Courage, ay darling," wrote theChev-aliei
to his daughter. "We are orcbred tc
the front at once." Be added in a post
script to his letter: "The medallion, wit]
your mother's picture and yours, lie
always on my heart. Every night befor
1 lie <lown fe rest I look at the pictures an<
bless both the living and the dead. Mai
God have in hie keeping and speedil;
reunite us!"
Left alone in the -chateau, Blanche fol
the fall selitude of her situation. Always
deeply religious, she now spent much oJ
her time in prayer. Her piano was lockec
up and newer opened, her painting (o
Which 6he had been wry fond) quite neg
leered; even books had no attraction fo:
her auy longer. All her c.ire was to rea<
the iftomale, full of news from the sea
of war, and to look eagerly for her tathei'i
letters. As (time advanced, the positioi
t of affaire grew more and more critical
The Fceneh ferees were driven back 01
every Bide, and the e?r-succesaful Ger
sians were pouring like a torrent into thi
g heart of i'rance
One morning, ae Elanshe satin&er bou
doir, there was a knock at the dcor, am
i Hubert entered, toe v-eiy picture cf con
ternatioa.
i "News, mademoiselle,horrible news!
T fee cried. "The Germane .are close
Blanche started in. amazement.
"It is quite trae, mademoiselle," -con
tinned the old man. "I had it from th
? south of M'sieu Duderamt, the school
master, who has seen them with his ftwi
yes. Ob, that the earth would open a&
& ewallow them up alive, the eannibals!
v They are coming here and we shall sooi
be eaten up alive!"
The news was not without foundation
A portion of the advanced columns of th<
enemy hid entered Xormandy and takei
pospescjon of the capital. The whoI<
district was in a panic. Tbe wildest ant
most hideous stories were in circulation
And it was asserted on every hand thatthi
Germans were committing the most inhu
mm crimes.
JSTeantxme, Blanche de cJavrolles was
agonized with anxiety, for nearly a fort
night had elapsed and there was neither ;
letter nor a message from the Chevalier
His last letter, hurriedly written on th<
crap of an old envelope, had leen 6en
from a (list.int town in tba North, wber<
_*?me ?barp business h.id Vcon going 01
~irlth the enemy's sfcirinlshors. It tac
?>Qtaiaeil one passage, which afterwar:
fonnei a source o* and comfort.
*1 do not know if tins Wiil 2T2I rC2"v
? ^?Yali0r " at " il
V^1 .... ha ftlnrmad if YOT1 do not hc-ai
from me 6Dce.lilv acain: lor it is now ?
*#eJIngly difficult to pass letters be}' 'n'
the lines. Keep up a good heart, or
Blanche, for I think the horrors will sooi
be over; it is the beginning of ihe end."
Another bomb of alarming intelligeno
was presently exploded by old Hubert.
"They are in Rouen, mademoislle
They have cut the telegrS^h wires! Lord
deliver us!"
In these elements of alarm Blanche dii
not think of herself, nor of the persona
peril which might soon threaten her; al
> her thought and care for her fathci
r" She prayed for him incessantly. Whil
* all the district was in an uproar, and th
ohsteau itself like a startled rookery, wit!
old Hubert wildly holding forth and th
female sorvmts chattering in terror, sh
remained outwardly calm, seldom leaviu
the privacy of her own apartments. Bu
one cold, still afternoon, whoa the Srs
autumnal frost was on the ground, sh
left the chateau and walked out into th
woods, wbich looked beautiful in the sen
and yellow leaf. Clad in a simple dios1
of black velvet, with ai ivory c oo, k
f t|.er's j:ift rnicpeu'lo-l aro>i >d her neck
be seeiii'id'a'm lUo a re'igieuse. Ed!
o .y coinpun ou w?3 r.n old Norman de*r
J?ou id, clni.itenod "Uii toi," alter Lo
father.
T; e s >n w.is i&ing over tlio ?oi, au>
iul-md the prn pofi w?3 gro.v'm;
dark; ye she i.d not lnsto.i hor tomatof?
t'joiigii *Iif nox t irued Iter fu.-e in tie en
t I'tio.i of Lottie. Befo'u sue reached 11:
v icket-^A'o lo ding into t so 1 onie wood
tin* ftdl n.o ? h?d nr so , initialing it
ini- hi. Iie iuis vitb tl.e hi-t fiint r.iys a
?L?yii;,'bt. had uul in-urive. yet struck h
4bo (ju'cX beauty of the s<'0!io. r-lie 11*?
|>e:<: I juot i.isi<"e t o gato, looking set
ward.
S ddmlj sho wa? PtirMed by tho roun
hor<o-t' Lioof^ a ul ? in.>st at the sain
mouio'it she pe:e ne I two men o:i horse
fj.ick rapidly nj'p o-.tc tin*? ac.ossthe field1
The moo. lujlit oruck fail u; o:i them :tu
flanheil .i{'01 something Ilk ) glitteriu
teol. S; o knew at oueo tb:it they wei
eol lie'fl, tor the r ppnrs jinulo 1 as the
cuine. an 1 each of them carried a Ion
weapon use a spear, yuiek as thong!
^ ehe jew hack among the l-n-hes, an
jeizing the dog Gaston by the collar mad
it lie down at her feet.
The men came along at a trot, irhili
rick with apprehension. 6he lay in he
place to watch them pass. An
::-r- --
now, as they loomed more clearly ngluZCt
the sky, looking gigantic on their powerful
steeds, her worst dread was realized.
They were Uhlan?!
She. knew them at onoe by their dress,
ana the spears tney carried; for, though
she h.id never seen any Uhlans living the
pictures 01' the wild cavalry were familiar
to her from illustrated journals.
Jt oitnuateiv sne was sareiv nicttien, an3
the strangers would have ridden by unsuspiciously
had it not been for the conduct
of the dog. In spite of her attempts
to quiet him, Onistoa bogan to growl, show
his te-e.*h amf struggle for escape; and
suddenly, as tiav passed the wicket ' ^
?toa uahS W.
the bushes, rushed ner _oiy at theihorseg.
Utterly terrified, Blanche remained in
fcer hidiug-place, watching what followed
in trembling fascination. As the dog
darted out, showing his teeth, one of the
horsemen wheeled swift as lightning and
covered him with a pistol. There was a
flash, a report and the poor animal lay
dead upon the ground.
The man who had fired the shot was a
i b";r^8ter-looking, middle-aged soldier,with
. . ^"ious black mustache; he was short
are?>...^ ' ' "'out and crouched low in
and K>mewntt? v -'on. who had rid- 1
Ihe saddle. Ilis compjuu..^ - ** came
den cn pnst the spot, but who n*/.. . * <
I quicllv back, was many years younger aim *
*-v ;all; his beard and mustache were f
Vc-. -?Uow, and the expression of lais n
golden-.,. *Qni( not *aji forbidding. 1
face, though * he spoke rapidly in
Reining m his hors? ';ed with a grufl :c
Gem an. The other rei>.. - -
laugh and pointed his spear J.T' (16&J3 f *
houQ-1. . " I t
Crouching in the bushes, Blanche iel!
her heart swell with mingled bate and
horr<~. 'r"> ' ?' .? * * cRmJ ..
uiiua tho S5n
~~ ?"*:\A?embUngr?thgi \
o?eitlil?'. Scarcely human,..
th6 t *.Yag? monsters of popular imagination.
a
Sba ^brceived now that the man who
bad nred the shot carried on his saddle- ?
bow some straw, a bunch of vegetables and '
a co iple of dead geese.
XI ey spoke together for some moments; .?
then, to her terror, she saw the youngei *
eoldi?r pointing eagerly to the place where I
she lay hidden, and saying something 2
which was received by his companion with 8
an incredulous shrug of the shoulders.
Then she Heard the sharp clicE oFa pistol- j
lock, and simultaneously saw the elder j
man ride close up to the bushes, pistol in }
hand.
i Sc mething cl?arly attracked his atten- j
, tion for he uttered a loud expression in
German, at the same moment pointing the
[ weapon straight toward the hiding-place
of the unlucky girl. .
TV" Vl?"- fn Viim imnntipntlv. ftg ,
| JL ilD UVUGl VH14VU tv ? y r j
t if requesting him to leave tho spot, but he \
was determined.
r For a moment her fate hung in the b&ll
acce; his finger wan upon th? trigger, and
i he was in the act to fire. But suddenly his
companion uttered a crj" of warning, and, '
. riding quickly to Itfs side, placed a hand
. upon his arm.
r "Take care, Vogel!" he said, still in Gerj
man. "It is only a *oman."
? "? j
f CHAPTER IV.
FOBS?AND A FRIEND.
Knowing now that escape was impossi- '
" ble, Blanche stepped out from fcer hiding'
place end stood, pale as death, but reso*
lute, looking at the two officers, for such
1 they were. The elder rran apparently lit- 1
3 tie ueoved by her sex and nelDlessaesi.
? 6un?2yea ner rrom need to root with &a 1
~ angry scowl; but the other, with a light
" laa?h, leaped from his saddle and leading * 1
f hisWrse dv the reigit, walked close up to
her. She met his eres withoat flinching, 1
1 the ugh it seemed to her as if her last houi
\ h&cl come. To her surprise; howev<er, he
j addressed her in her native tongue, which
* he spoke quite fluently and with the
f slightest possible accent.
" "Pardon me. fraclein. but it ie a late
!" h<Hr for one so young to be abroad. My
J fitend here is impetuous, and you have
* had a narrow escape with life."
8 His manner gavo her courage; and, stiH
1 keeping her eyes upon his face, she dre*
* hsrself up proudly as she replied:
1 "My name is Blanche de Gavrolles, and
* Tdrvell at the Chateau of Grandpre."
3 The other Uhlan greeted her speech witfe |
a ooarse laugh, and cried in French,
" which he 6poke with a thick Teutonic acJ
cent:
"Ine devil! She has courage, the little
? she-?ox! Lift the baggage up on my saddle,
Hartmann, and I will carry her back
to caaap."
Eaitmann, as his companion called him,
" answered with an angry look, and again '
0 addressing Blanche, said quietly:
"Do not alarm .Yourself, fraulein. My i
J /riand ie an ugly feJlow, but does not mean |
* what he says."
ac its a ouwiuu, anowciou .uiuuiiio,
* firmly, "or he would not have killed my
poor Gaston!"
"Do you mean that dog? Then it was
9 yours?'
J "Yes," was the reply; and as she give it<
^ Blanche gazed at the dead body through
blinding te;irs.
? The man on horseback laughed again. ;
2 "Thank your stars, girl, that it was no!
' yon I killed, but the car!" he cried. . '
"Silence, Yogel!" exclaimed the other.
' "Do you not 6ee tne young iady Is ter- !
, /dfied?" 1
"I am not terrified," said Blanche. "I 1
j am French, and I do not fear tho enemies j
t <?f my count ry." i
^ ^artmaun looked at her with a qui^f
j smile. It was curious, but iiis eyes were
r i qwte gfdhti? an<* b*s manuer more and
{ racffe kinoT"
'T am boiTy this has happened, fraulein. 1
, We Germans, I assure you, do not ruake \
' rrar or nr cbildrpn or dumb Rui-, i
' mals. Have y'ou parents, little one? ,
"I have a father," answered Blanche. ,
[ "IIo must le a careless father, I ana 1
, afr.tid, to suffer you to be w mdering iu the 3
^ woods a!on6 at so perilous a time.'' I
"He. js with the army of the Noith," j
. crieu Blanche, "fighting for the Father- ,
land."
t "Come, ?ane2n,' cnea the mounted
Uhlan, impatiently moving away.
' Haiimann prepared to remount; thsn,
j fcesltatiug, he again looked at Blanche,
j "Take my advice and hasten home. More
j of our people are about and there mny be
. fresh danger. I should be sorry if any
p evil came to you. Over there in Germany
0 I have a dear sistar of my own."
j Ho leaped into the saddle and, with a
0 nod and a smilo, rode away after his com0
panion.
? For some minutes Blanche remained
^ Ftupefied. All had occurred so suddenly
t that as yet she could scarcely realize tha
e situation; but a; the truth tiawnad upon
<3 her, and she found herself snfo and ans
harmed,the tension of hers ruujj-upne vea
* pave wuv, and file b- gnn to sob by-teriv
cal y. Bending o< er the dead bo.ly oi' tho
, <o^, '-he tried lo discoverariy signs of lifo;
r J but there we'O none: it ha I b en k.llcd
i ist?ni nonislv. Hor he i; t nwo l-d with
r Imte jiu I jiu-li^natiou ugiiusl his destrotr.
1 It wis gro'.vi' g it; rt, to- nr-ick clonic
< ! we o ?1 i:ti ?t r:r?n ly up from tho se?. Slie |
, seui m'ecdthu st.auge oll'c r's wnijij j
- a id, afi-jront' U-:t loo; at tho >le?l do^. i
e ?he pr- p io I io h tr. v b ck to ihj clt to iu
* , win it the ouii'l o. a m>'c? arrested her.
. j "Ah! It is yon, ur d> moi-e lo. 'I hauk
t : Go i, I h ve io c il y< u," it si id. "I h iv*j
j j eon ciir^'iii!'^ fo* yo i through tliivi!- j
. ' 1 iije, fo-. looi *.ou tiii-ro i-s l<*rril? e news. j
The a-eusud Uu'a:..s aio u.>oi us iu i
6 warms!"
j "'iho Vhl tn!" s iid Blan'lio. "Vep, j
< I:o uel. 1 k;.CA*. for t^ ey htmt ptor G??- j
- " |
j, She turned as she spoke and j oi tt
d thy deal ho;iud which l.y at the new- J
o conerBfeot.
a Tee man ]oo*t??d at flie n*ii*na1. Then
v he tur.itd to his mi te,.s with a sinister j
"g b nile.
,t "J saw them," ho ^aid. "I was crouching (
f] in tlie br.slieHyonderaud saw them pass. Jt
;e is well lor them, Mile. Blanche, that joti
wore here, otherwise oue of them would he
> lying where Gaston lies now. I had my
gun ready, pointing at the monster's he irt,
d and I did not fire because I thought of you..
?_ - .
Hut I shall remember them, ana you shall
be ave'";""11"
The girl shuddered. u
"Thnnk God I was here, she said, it
would have been too terrible!
"What is terrible, mademoisello ?to slay
the enemies of my country? The Chevalier,
my m ister, Las gone to doit; wr"
Bhould uov I?
"Ah! but that is different. H""
father is fighting in fair nho
w ould not slay an er ~v /r'en ^ ft, 1
atree." from belaud
*rjj- .
J, ^4iin idlisli&cl sheepishly and looked
uotvn. He 00vi:U iiot s.ay wh.it was iu his
mind, or he would have said, "I care tox.
my country, but I care more for you.
These men have made you shed tears, they
have filled your heart with sorrow; and
for that I would shoot them like dogs."
Althouph he was still a young man, he
was the girl's senior by several years, and
all his life had been spent in the forests
of Grandpre. His father and grandfather
before him. had been keepers of the forest,
tnd in the service of the De Gavrolles.
For the rest, he was a handsome fellow,
and endowed witk all the manliness which
comes to the occusotlion of forester. w?
could have had hit pick pf the village
beauties, but his Swsn't waj entirely deroted
to his mistress.
If he had been ft. ^?<k"e man, and liaii
^ken thought fQx tfyp future, he would
have ripped in the bud this unl9-s
-'i.'-iu uhiiU eeuiil ceitftinlv bring
;vise pass.^, - - ? _i?.t a
lim naught but pain; but he wasj u.
vise man at heart so far as Blanche^was |
lencernert, ami lie preferred not to mini i
if the future. It was quite enough for |
lim to know that he could stand bf>~' '*
h? ^dow ot" the
n ??if ? u1?5 t0 heF father of **
or th,at to could stroll down to
a morulng and watch for
iar appearance,j:ertam of receiving a smile
nd a pleasant hwu. I
ForJJlanche, quite ignorant of tiio. ^ - I
he was fauning, waB particularly amiable ,
o the young forester, and accepted his <*? 1
'otion very graciously, but quite in I
pint as a" young princess reoeiving tjie
lomage of a subject. """""
"Have you been into the villflge, Hou:el?"
said Blanche, creeping nearer to his
lide.
"I passed through tho tillag# ia search
>f you, mademoiselle. When I heard vou
lad left the cLateau, I was in terror lest
he Germahs should molest you, AnSnow,
ny dear young mistress, fasten," he
?dded. "Let us get ln(6 the aSslter of '/ue
louse. Do not fear; I will .->ee tiiat you
ire safe,"
Bla'ncne "looked at the dc?.
"inrl rinnr flnc:tf>n?n Kim laid: "he can
not be left here, Eonzel. I should like |
aim to be carried home and buried in the '
garden, close to the sun-dial."
The forester nodded.
"I -will see you safe first, mademo'i?rie;
then I will return for the hound an<jt ?f?o as
you wish. Come!" ,
He shouldered his, gun and forth
his arm. Blanche laid her hand oa. it, and
the two walked away together.
They soon reached the chateau. Their
arrival iras opportune, for the servants,
alarmed at the protracted absecce of their
mistress, had armed themsalves with
torches, and, he?5ed by old Hubert, who
was trembling vith fear, were preparing
to not out in search of Blanche. With a
low bow to his mistress and-a contempts
ous look at the quaking figure of the old
butler, Houzel turned from the chateau to
retrace his steps through the forest, wheij
ithre voioe of his mistress arrested him.
j "Houzel," che said, very gently, "you
Iffre very rash and headstrong. Promise
ano that you will not rush heedlessly into
danger.""
"But I meet go and bury your d?g, mademoiselle.
"
, "Be it -so; but come to ne when you return,
that I enay know you are safe."
flushed end elated, Houzel retraced his
ste )8 along ?the road which he and Blanche
had trodden. All was quiet now and the
moon was shining brightly. The hound
lay where he had fallen; and Houzel saw
now, what ho had not noticed lefore, a
white filmy substance lyiog near to the
hound.
Trembling with emotion, he kissed the |
nreeions token and thrust it into his |
breast; then, lifting the dog, he made his
way again to *be chateau. He reached it
unmolested. Eut instead of entering, he
carried hie burden straight to the garden
and buried it near the sun-dial as Blanche
had directed. Then he went to the house,
and was shown straight to the drawingroom,
where Blanche was sitting.
"Ah! I am glad you have returned,"
aid Blanche. "Did you hear anything
more?"
"Nothing, mademoiselle; all is quiet
now. I have, buried Gaston, and.1 he
adifed, beneath bS breath, "X sboura ilnc
to put bull*! through the heart of the
miva wh^^allgd himl" _ __
[TO EE CONTINUED.}
How Tijrers Become Maneaters.
On May 13, at the village of Hebool,
in t.he Ankola subdivision of the district
Df Kanaru, a large tiger was killed under
the following strange and trasic circuin
PI 4." ^
5IM Li OUUILiy illlCr SULlSUcj rt tYUUlUU
of the cultivating class was gathering
fallen fruit under a small clump of man50
trees on the edge of a rich field not
j!-0r?. ono hundred paces irom her
i\V(.*iiiugT
Suddenly from a shallow dry ditch,
;vhich ran close by the spot, n tiger,
ivhich had apparently stalked the woman
andf-r its cover, sprang on her, seized
aer t>y t\ie back of the ncck and bore her
;o the ground. Her shrieks of agony
L>rought C>ut a neighbor whose house war.
aot more than fifty paces away, and who
then saw the tiger standing on the high
ground above the ditch at some little
cli?tnnce from the boly of his victim.
There the animal seems to have remained
until the arrival of the patel and P. Mohammedan
with a loaded guu. They
had heard the outcry of the first eye
witness from where tlicj were sitting in
the patel's house, not less than a quarter
of a mile distant.
The Mohammedan, with conimendable
promptitude, coolness and pluck,
succceeded in stealing near enough to
the tiger to kill him with one shot. An
examination of the corpse showed no |
otiier marks of injury save tho;e caused j
by tlie tcetli o.'the tig:r. II j ha I lin- |
gere:l neither to drin c t le bl > > 1 no.' t >
la^te tlic tiesh. For s;>:ne time past he !
hail been (reely slaughtening cattle in |
t ie neighborhood, but had never at- ;
lacked a human be.u', a id w.-u a :- i
p.irently unwouufled an I m ^o > I he?!t.?. J
M iv it nor, then, bo la r?y aur.u.sjd, i
a^ks tha c jrresponaent, t.s i. in the un- ;
certain light, o.vin ; to tne dark dresi
a.id stooping puiuro otlic unfortunate
wo.uati, t.ie nger mi-too'c her tor a
iju idrjpe i, a id was hiure'.f lor the
iiiomen. taken bat;'; an 1 a'a;uie.l at his
owu ac i T.:at hi would so hi have racovcrt.d
him-sb und have recurnc 1 to his
nieai had l.j beei imb-aur I there can
be iit:.t> (h) ? Tim .> o; 1 nil t.
Tirn*. have n::<po:;?3 ?d a- chool i>ri ieipal
in Clii-ng > bo< u:vsh b ! wou'd i <>t
6k;n a diplo.ua fo: a sou of a member
of tho book trust?Ihus eertif i g thafc
he hud completed r. h'srh-school co irso
?nhu-i, a-* a mutter of fact, the boy
hal refufapd to tako up one st idy altogel
ho.\ Tho nclioi of the Superintendent
and Sohool I.oard is o:i a par j
with that of tha fashionable lady who
aendo tho servant to the door to say to \
ft visitor that ehe is not ia.
INDIA*1, POLICE.
HOW' ~
. jfnEY ARE OUGAN1ZKD AND
^ I'HEIR DUTIES.
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They Compare Very Favorably in
Discipline and Efficiency With
v Their Blue Coated Breth.
renin the East,
Bark blue coat, dotted with systematically
arranged buttons, every button
filling its appropriate hole, trousers of a
lighter blue, adorned with a black stripe
down each leg; highly polished shoes. ?
In these coverings imagine an Indian
who looks clean as a freshly scalded
porker; tie carefully around his neck a .
spotless white hankcrchief; put over his i
closely-cropped jet black hair a cap such ]
as our fire department employes wear i
when oil duty; pin on his lett breast a t
large and authoritative star that glitter3 i
like a diamond in the sunsbiuc, and tbere i
you have a Rosebud agency policeman? 1"
The organization at Rosebud, says a ?
letter from Mills City. Montana, tcK the f'
^ V's ? Xi
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fit.st lieutenant (rosebud). a
Washington Star, bears a close resem- j ^
blance to any ordiuary civilize.1 force,
the prominent features being a chief, a c
captain, two lieutenants and numerous (
sergeants. In all there are fifty-four I
men aud the duties they have to perform s
would upset the equanimity of the most *
angelic white policeman that ever did 1
duty at the junction of Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue on a Saturday ^
morning. Eighteen men arc on duty at '
the agency at one time; the remainder
are scattered all over the reserva- !
tion, keeping their eyes on the various
camps and assisting in the conduct of
the various camp schools. Their he?pfulness
in the latter regard can hirdly
be overestimated; without their active
interest every school would be empty and
every teacher unemployed. The conversions
of some of these men is remarkable.
Yesterday they were blanket wearers aud
savages, difficult to control and often in
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serious trouuic; lU-uuy iuitj am iix pcifect
harmony, with the -description I
have giveu, anil none of the old lawabiding
element can be half so vigilant
in defeating criminal intentions as these
lately-turbulent.
Twice a day, and for an hour each
time, do the agency police march out to
the smooth parade ground alongside the
station for drill. Their foot movements
are surprisingly accurate, and they put
up a manual of arms that would shame
more than one militia company I know
of, although they have to use the most ^
completely wrecked lot of guns that
ever burdened a propeity return. There !
is no chattering or giggling i? the ranks
--nothing but the closest kind of attention
to the instructor and his commands.
Twice a month the entire force assembles
at the agency for combined drill, 1
and the maneuvers are worth traveling 1
miles to see. Captain Good Shield is a ]
busy man on these occasions, but he has ]
to depend a great deal upon tho chief of
police, Mr. Helser, who was for several :
years in thejirmy, but who is now an
agency e.nploye.
When au Indian enlists in the Rosebud j
force he does so for one year, and with '
the defiuite understanding that resignation
or discharge until the end of that
ueriod is out of the question. Should '
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CIItEI? OK POLICE (PISS AG3X0T). I
Lo misbehave or display symptom? of in- !
subordination he h punished by bein^ !
compelled to do the dirty work aroun 1
po;:ce Headquarter?, but tiic necessity lor .
such punishment never comes oftencrthan
once or twice a ye ir. An nnniul averasfft
of twocissiof inUr m luct i:i a crowd
?>f fifty men wo-dd iie ov.ssi '.ere I a ifoo I
Kcor I t'Vesi in Wn-hiii^to 1. Th: trial
board would sn^ciilv s*ri\c a str.ne n(
ranoc.iouv desiii'tudf." Wright's
rever feasin^ intoreil' in l>n n >'i: is r.;- J
t jon<ibij for nr.u'.i o.'t.m e-Ii-ienuy a.j I |
l,iin I coaduc".
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I if* i iin Uiu ;c p >li<?3 ?!'iv? n I t>
n'o-n; with lo<-? In;'.) an I wat.viful c.r.}
than their bretiir?*.i :C; |{-i?u')ti 1; nc"?->- !
:arilv s-d 1:i .1 \ i->\- i !er.i.)!o exca ir.
i'o v c ii t < .' fi/i*i>'/ ,
wit!: ai:y for- f i i .t c < i ?tr\ imt t??c r
n jp uv.iL d:s:*;pii:: i-. hi :o i in ?.-j mx in I '
their personai app,vir.ia<:; ii sover.il per
tvnt. bel<> v par. "i".?e-y arc iliac-!?>:>!<<:: j
jc'lo a's as a ru.e. b;ic (u> use a .WiJeo i?- i
ism) llic.r uoii'oiMH iaoc u ii.'orm ty;
most of their slotpM hats arc a it;q ie.
and the black :i:id uold curls thit du/.iC
to surround thu in>>ru or less dilapidate I
liead icar are lVc pientiy mis^ii).*. 11
juost instance* thy clotnin^ is In.* fro i?
' elevily and tile diversity of opinion as to
foot coverings and neckwear is very j
marked. Many ad verse circumstances (
have combined ii> briuij about this con-,
dition of affaire. The force soffered eeri*
_.
ously when Agent Royer failed to sup- u
port it wheu it was endeavoring last win- '
ter to cxecute his order for the arrest of 3
a turbulent Indian; then commenced a P
decadence easily visible when the force ^
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-i "it VINDIAN
TOLICK STATION (PINE AGENCT).
is inspected as a whole, but not so ap- ^c
meat in individuals. Major Sword's w
ucu did their duty nobly and admirably ^
hrough the troubles of last winter, shar- b
ng in all the danger and doing more than
ts quota of the HgSuogT The Rosebud tc
i< . ?A ,"A -W7TT
iOlice were so anxious to improve their ^
jwn appearance that they paid $2 each P|
qrtiieir new caps and ^ ear;a f0rTEe
'right rind uniform official stars they w;
ear, Tha<^at" a"great deal for them 1?
> do of their own motion a? will appear
rhen we discuss the questioa of comsnsation.
ga
At Pine Ridge agency twenty policelen
are continually on duty; the other
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JIVJ uiu uiomujicu ail uvci* IQ3 popilited
portions of the reservation. Major
eorgc Sword, than whom there is no 1(
etter man in the Ogalalla tribe, is the 3,
)mmander, under Mr. Pugh, and I ft
now that both of them would be de4?^
thg Indian office take w
eps to impiovo til6 service. Prior"to ft
J'y indge only had thirty-five ^
?',.temeu all told; it has nearly twice ^
5 many now, but an increase is still Dl
ecessary. Two descriptions of increase
lould bj made. The number of palice- g]
icn ought to be greater and the imita- D)
on salaries paid them should be sac- 0)
seded by fair remuneration. Tea dol- h
irs a month for privates and $15 for Sf
dicers is but scant Return for the ser- ti
ices denjrth'lcd und rendered, yet those 3]
re the omclal figure?. Not one of these ;>
jfih but needs to use a horse, but the a
Jovcmraent neither provides the animal
ior allows forago for it when the Indian (
as he invariably must) uses his 0* ^ l
rr>? .1-11 fr>r ft . I
)UUj. J. uu uuuaia a uiuuv^ ? Ulafl
tad -a horse ought to be fQgarde^/^g far
Tom an extravagant ?!tpenditn're on the
D&rt of the United Suites. ^
* Then the risks/these'men take should
be considered, ^he ./history of the Indian
police service is filled with instances
that had in them much of peril for the
officers. Major Sword's earthly career
has escaped foreclosure several *itnc3,
when all the betting would have been
a
TEPEES AND THEIR .OCCUPANTS. a
?? r-rr-T ? a
igainst such a fortunate conclusion. Four
years ago Wild Hog, a vigorously vicious
northern Cheyenne, undertook to run
Pine Ridge agency. Wild Ho?'s son
was in the guard house and the old man
had publiclv and noisily declared his iutention
of releasing him with or without
Lhe consent of the authorities. No one
paid very much attention to Wild Hog's
threats, but when he started to put them
into execution Major Sword objected,
rhen the Cheyenne leveled his gun at
:he Major, and the Major would have
)een justified in getting out of range. ,
Ele did not do it, though; he drew his j
evolver, in spite of the fact that the 1
Cheyenne had the "drop" on him, and
dVild Hog wilted. Very meekly did the
Dheyenne, disarmed, march into the
aresonoe of the agent; abject was his
pology and profuse hi3 promises to sin
io more. He had tried to bluff the wrong
nan.
In August, 1890, the Pine Ridge poicemen
displayed wonderful nerve. The x
;host dance was in progress down on a
Vhite Clay creek, at a considerable disance
Jromthe agency, and Agent Galla[hcrdetermined
to slop it. An expedilon
was organized with the agent at its
lead. It was composed of Chief Clerk
Corner, Interpreter P. F. Weils, Chief of
5olice Pugh, Lieut. Fast Horse, Lieut.
jron Crow and thirty policemen. Those
>_f the jjhost dajneers who had assemble J
it the rendezvous' perceived tho police,
:ook up advantageous position and covered
the advancing columu with their
juns. Not one of the ten-dollars-a
nonth men flinched (nor any of the oth;rs
for that matter). Indeed it was most
iiflicult to restrain them; they wanted to
jpen fire anyhow. Ten minutes after
the police arrived they were surrounded
jy at least 200 fully-armed and excited
warriors, but that made no difference;
Lhe police were still anxious to test the
bullet-resisting capacity of the mucliiruiuited
ghost shirts. The dancers, in \\
;pile of their superior numbers and more (l
Directive armanent, were overawed, and
on that day, anyhow, there was no dancing.
When the Indians find at t'10 agency j
on the of l:\-t Dcca n'jjr tiers r
would h:ivo bec*i n > aaswerin,' saots ha I j
trie police nomine I quicsceot. Special j
A^ent Cooper conducted t:i?ai to a good
position and trie 1 to havo the n pro:er-t j
themn'ives behind piles of cord wood. t
Tiu-y wotildu'; do ic though; i ivy stoo 1 r
r. ;iit ou: in t rj ope? a nl lired a.vay ^
until tie.!. iliMjko o.derv'd t~e:n to j
ce.ts v
'I fn li.-m ptii>"cnc?l ril"". S>ne.
I.) iy is uvin ; w ie.i he prevoats t ie is-u ?
n:' tuHi tire-arm-'. All of t o policemen
hv/.j revoi \vr.-\ i:*ii til.' rcvo.xvrs as :\ ^ j;
line r ic it i |i;;i j w.k>:? t.j j i:i h.ui i:i j
irnf it is I l.<iv),i_'si.V ill i 1 It (:lk:3 ^
n i;oo J li.ii; !o snoiiv.* thCK?v.i_"? hm*:}-.
Xut oiu.e in :i yea.* w.m. 1 tl?c.*o bo t'.io j.
#-!ilicc.'-'sify ft'.1 usinj lin yins, jj
hut v. h'j:i t ie necessity dojs arise ic is an ^
ur,cnt oie. Thesil'erv oi thcpoiicemen j,
themselves demmd* tlnttiiey snail be at
least as wcil armed as t'na men they have
to arrest. U'he ? thai is the case they .
have no trouble in capturing the desired ^
malefactors; but ou more occasions than ^
one has an officer been compelled to see ?
his prisoner escape because the criminal
was better armed thaa the repre3:tative 91
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mm ? ?>mmmmmwrn^m?m
>f the United State9 and its laws. Had
he Pine Ridge police force last fall coaisted
of 100 well-equipped and fairlyiaid
men there would have been no miliary
campaign; no unnecessary expendiare
of millions of dollars; no human ^
ves lost. The penny-wise pound-foafih
policy prevailed, however, and pre- nils
now to an extent almo3t as great as A
F"53-r:-s~.r-c b 0
lflU."
Just a little story and I will jltOft. TB*Q
W.^e .is ajaij- ln^Tan^lhe fidelity v
ith wnicn a'n Indian policeman obeys '
rders. A boy had absented himseljE
ithout leave from one^ of the Rosebud h
ay schools. The teacher noticed the w
uticefiian 6ff duFy'lo ])rTng thajj boy to I
er; not to comc back without "Lira, oev- I jr
al hours passed a way,"but nelthoFSruatil f(
policeman appeared. Finally, just be>re
nightfall, the bluccoat staggered in ,
ith his arras full of prisoner,the latter's
latomy but thinly covered by a small p
lankaFi -c.v.
^Where are his clothes?" queried the
acher. '* a
J^His mother hid them," was the re- ^
"But I don't want a boy around here W
ithout any clothes," suggested the a
dy. . th
"I don't know anything about that," ve
joined the officer. 4'You didn't say
iy thing about getting his clothes. You ga
id you wanted this boy. Here he is." ot
tn
Swallow Cold Brinks Slowly. *?
In my opinion (said a physician) it is
)t so great a mistake to indulge in cold }
inks in warm weather as it is to drink
lem rapidly. On a hot day it is almost (
otrifoKla +Vinf r>nnrvlft oIiahIH rlrinlr a # I
hut the system seems to cravc for is' 4<l
ling cold. If that something r j&taclittle
less than ice cold, it wo be
uch the better. But it r be so
it of the question to pr * practically
mperature of forty to * drink of a
rees, say, which is * forty-eight dejcessary
in order *w>ut as cold as is
f nature. So *' tneet the demands
kely to rema' ice-cold drinks are
rnda ind t' -,a apermanency, and thounue
to -^ousands-of people will conaould
' them. Now, what ]
oer . &3vist is that they perform the
" xtion with some deliberation. The
>ta who swallows a glass of soda watei
?r anything else at a temperature of thir
ty-two or thereabout does a dangerous
thing. The danger is in suddenly chilling
the nerves of the stomach, and tht
Tesult may be sudden paralysis. There
is neither sense or reason in drinking
thus iapidly. I do not mean, on the
other hand, that it is necessary to wail
until the drink,'vhatever it is, has grown
warm. What I plead for is that people
9hould take fifteen or twenty seconds, 01
even half a minute,in swallowing a glass
af soda or whatever they use tc
tt1-. r ?
cucii LUU6U nivziyuvuy tuu ?i? i
ford that much time?even the most I
iurried man?and the result cannot fail i
to be decidedly advantageous in the long
:un.?New York Tribune. , j
Heaven's Artillery.
The largest rainfall oil earth has been i
ecorded at Chera Punji, oa the Bay of t
Jengal, but the most violent tbunder- t
torms ever observed are probably those
f French Guiana. At Cape Orange,some ?
orty miles south of Caveune, Captain j
lllert, of the French navy, saw the rills ^
f the coast hills turned into waterfalls ^
y a cloudburst-like storm, while the fl
rashing ot thunder peals was incessant fi
nd offjn almost deafening, so much so,
ideed, that some of the sailors began to
lutter long-forgotten prayers?prob- I
bly thi:iking the day of judgment near
t hand, J
m 1
He Showed Her. c
'I'll just show you. Matilda, how 1 J
ised to be able to swiDg a pail of watei
round my head?
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Without spilling a single drop.''?Mun r
vj\ 11 i'?i. 11/. ^ 5
riogsittg by Machincrf. P
Flogging is so indispensable in Russia r
hat some inventor has per"ectc 1 a ina? 'J
nine which saves the hu nn i ar.n the in- i
amous labor of biowa. Uucler the flagelitioa
of the machine trues and rrrear?
re to become spediiy co!.errt.ib!i?. Tiiesc
ates* fruits of Ji issim cv.lizt'ioi ci:e!i
nc rnns and u-er, a lowing the he.t 1 to i f
epojo on a kind nt Japanese pillo v, j
kiji'e thai portion of tae oodv wiiicli is i
o he opera.'d on is raise I to a on- i 1
vUic?c posit o) ior tiie c-XL-e ttiojcv. 3'
? j r
A Komi Ti.r.s C-ini.g. ; r
masiin, the invcu^r of thi tin b?ar- ; |i
lg hid Mi );;*, is at v.\'tr?c o:i a living nsa- : '
h up. "1 Lo:.e,'' ri;d he, *'lo hu a>j;e j *
j pour down i>aif a ton of nitn-giycer- | ?
i.c ?ii i tj'.v.i, ivi:iiv.ic t..e inhabitant? . t
nowing where it cj.'ne-s from. And,'' 5
c ad ]-, ,4i hope this will revolutionize s
lie face of the globe." What a pleasure ?
?ia itore for u:! ? Detroit Free Press. 1
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A Kirw Boston law extends to all cit- *
lens the proud privilege of getting c
runk twice a year. This provides for 1
'ourth of July and Christmas Day, "
ut leaves no margin to cover tlie glorias
days when Sullivan trins a battle, j
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curious facts; ?**** *
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A Baltimore mulatto is fuming pink}.
The Alps stand in six different States;
A sewing-machine works twelve.imes
as fast a3 the hand.
A sunflower in a season w;',"i "product
2,000 seeds, while a h^rs 32 2
00.
" The~~amount of gold in the world
rould fit in a room twenty-four feet each
fay. |
A rose cultivated in a Philadelphia
othouse measures seventeen inches in
ridth.
Covent Garten m^,uaM
Ilfocssion 5f the Bedford family
ir"SCO , f
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It is claimed that a fouf-year old boy
i Forsyth County, Ga., can read anj
iece of music 8t sight.
Telephones are put in the houses of
;ockholm, Sweden, at the rate of
year each. For each call, how ''
ere is a charge of 2$ cents extr- * ?
A novelty at the Botanic r \ . . ^
'ashington is a plant who- , * , ' .
remarkably well execute * .eaf- ?
e Duke of Wellingtor ^nc?nCa^r^ .
ining. -i *11 done ia
A Cheviot ewe 1 _ ,. ~ Tl
,ve birth to fi- * Dumfries, Scotland,)
(,Pr ptrps i- /?lambs in May.- Three;
Diets w' ^ the flock have dropped!
ur eWr /tich makes fourteen lambs to'
Wv
P a the Japanese bitch a horse ia>
, street, they do so by tying his four:
together. Hitching posts are neve?
used in Japan or Corcar except by
foreigners. ij
Some land in Paris has been sofdatthtt
rate of $2,000,000 per acre, some izii
London for what would net $5,000,000
per acre, and some in New York fot a
sum equal to $3,000,000.
The City Troop, of Philadelphia, pos-I
aesses what is believed to be the only
Continental flag in existence. The old
Bag is preserved between two pieces of
glass to keep it from falling to pieces. A
The importance of microbes to the
ppowth of plants has been practically
demonstrated by M. Laurent, of Francej
who obtained only one-fourth as much
buckwheat from sterilized mold as bo
iid from soil swarming with bacteria.
There is a cone of burnished tin,
twenty inches in height and twelve in
liameter, on the top ot Mount Ka tab din,]
Dlaced there bv the ADDalachin Club, oft
Bangor, Me. It denotes the distance!
from which the summit ot the peak mayi
je seen.
In the hippopotamus the eyes, ear*
md nostrils are set exactly on the same
?lane. This enables the animal to sink'
ts body entirely below the surface of;
he water and yet be able to perceivei
;he approach of foes by -hearing, sight!
ind scent.
Dr. A. H. Crawford raised a muskneloc
in his garden in South Abbeville,
33., this season that measured three feet
nleDgthand was correspondingly large!
n circumference. The flavor of the*
nelon was excellent, rivaling the can-,
;elope in this respect.
A citizen of Chestnut Ridge, Penn.,j
>wns a tame crow that is remarkably in-'
clligent. Last summer he split the;
>ird's tongue and taught him to talk.
The crow delights in calling the cows,|
,nd will laugh immoderately when he:
ucceeds in fooling the dog and cat. j
The hide of the former Cincinnati elegant,
Old Chief, which was shot last
February, has been stuffed, and with the'
Qounted skeleton of the brute has been
loused in a special building at the ChP
innati Zoological Gardens. The hidd
weighed 1100 pounds, and it has been'
tuffed with oakum. !
The oldest church in Europe is said
>y some who are discussing the questiono
be St. Martin's, Canterbury, England,'
rhich was built as a church before the
nd of the fourth century. St. Mary-a-the-Castle,
Dover, was built about
his time, but for nearly two hundred
ears it was used as a garrison fuel[epot.
;
Boiling to death was once a legal pun*
shment, though not frequently usedi
t was the sentence for poisoning and
oining. Drowning was also common*.
The latter was used in Anglo-Saxon*
imes for theft, and it was instituted bjlichard
the Lion Hearted as the punish;1
aent for any soldier who killed a fellow*
rusader journeying to Palestine. This
pas discontinued about the beginning of
he seventeenth century.
'Staff" for World's Fair Buildings.
Thirty thousand tons, or 2000 car<
oads, of ' 'staff" will be used in thionstruction
of the main buildings of
he Columbia Exposition. It has beeij
lecided that all of the buildings will bo
r. Trri + h fVllQ mO tpri.al. Staff was in
Ut^U IT1VU _
'eated in France about 1876, and first
ised ia the buildings of the Paris Expo-'
ition in 1878. It is composed chieflj.
f powdered gypsum, the other constitunts
being alumina, glycerine and dex<
rine. These ore mixed with water with?
iut heat, and cast in moulds in any de*
ired shape and allowed to harden.
The natural color is a murky white,.
tut other color are produced by ex?
emal washes, rather than by additional
ngredients. To prevent brittleness the
uaterial is cast around a coarse cloth,
>agging or oakum. The casts are shal?
ow, and about half an iuch thick. They
nay be in any form?in imitation of cut
tone, rock-faced stone, mouldings, oi
he most delicate designs. For the lowei
tortious of the walls the material is
nixed with cement,which makes it bard.
The matt-ri il is impervious to water.?*
kientijic A m cri:an.
YTirn IV r l.'e.i I is 0.?.
A? I?? rnn curiosity hn never beca
-itisiie 1 as to t'i-i pr??ji?e m> nene ol
Ic.itlt in CH5C3 of bi'Iir.tJiu.*, the account
u the experiment u.i a de.Mpi ateJ criraial
c > u nil li -sited tj a m-idio.il
iiurj il by a K m ? :i ; s ;ie iti-rt of k/oat
i iK* s'li.i;!) r.,- in:c*e-c. T.ri tiinj tiia
csults ars in.?;-j suisiii :t >ry tiiai liai
litiifito b:eu ii:u et-c; tii * doc:>r m?fct:g
t'.rj i >.i-?.vi.ig >Mtuwith rc-garJ
o ii?e iuanife?t.i;io.is ol cjasc.ousuead
ftu# thy lieu I ha I be; i si nr.iNj I from
ha iio-.l; . 1. Y.'iat t'<i heal, ?>u bsing
eparuted i'roin t:ic boJy, rcnuius in po?ession
of all its fac.iit:cs, it tuo hemorrhage
does no; pa^s Cii-ia.u limits. 2.
file proportion of oxygon in th3 blooil?
sulliaie.it Air keeping up th<j nervous
mictions for a br.et' s iace, never exedmg
a half-minute, o. T.iat the releated
opening >tud closing of tlic j:us
ifter the separation of the head from tha
>ody arc nothing but the reflex actioa
somtcon in cases oX acuie asphyxia.? & .
louii Jtepullic-^
me- .