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A WUHAN 5
INFLUENCE.
CHAPTER \X.
BRIAN'S PRESCRIPTION.
"I believe I am thoroughly tired out,
Margaret. I have had a very hard day's
work."
Margaret turned from her book as
Brian entered the room with these
words.
"Have you?" 6he asked. "IIow nice
T?.iir flnH vrinr well-earned rest.
Juu ? ?
See, your chair is waiting for you.
"It shall not be empty a minute longer.
It is wondertully comfortable. Sit
there, won't you? I like to see your
face: it rests me."
"Then I may consider myself useful,
as well as ornamental," she laughed,
wondering why the rebellious color
should fly to her face in such a disagreeable
way.
"When did you get my message, Margaret?"
he asked.
"About 4 o'clock, I think. I was
orrv you could not come home to dinner.
You have had some, of course?"
"I had an apology for one," ho returned.
"I hadn't time for any other;
eo many important cases brought in today.
This hospital practice i6 worth a
great deal to me, I tell you. I was
getting rusty, and it has polished me up
considerably. I suppose Miss Hilton
left, as she intended?"
"She went early this afternoon."
This answer was given with a faltering
voice.
"Dear Margaret," he said with feeling,
"I know how you will miss her. I
"wish you would let me comfort you.
Don't go away..
?i ? ? fftw minn+ofi n chP fin
VUIJ 1U1 a. XV" m.^uvvw,
ewered hastily. "I am coming back."
True to her promise she returned
quickly, with a small tray in her hand.
"Only some cake and coffee," she
said, "to make up for that apology for a
dinner. I made the coffee. I>o you
think you will like it?"
"Will I? Its fragrance is sufficiently
tempting." Brian jumped from his
Chair, and took the tray from Margaret's
hands. "I'm just beginning to realize
that I am hungry. You will help me to
drink it?"
"Of course," laughed Margaret "I
want to show my appreciation of culinary
ability. Norah thinks I will be
quite a finished cook in time. This is
pice, and if we had some Elmwood
cream it would be all to be desired.
You like it? I am glad. I want you to
tell me now the cause of your serious
face. It looked ever so long when I
came in."
"I am the least bit anxious about you.
I fear you are losing the old strength
you used to boast of. Don't 6hake your
head so decidedly, I see with an experienced
eye. I saw how that ring
slipped about when you were pouring
this coffee, and seven months ago,
when I put it there, Margaret, it was
very tight and snuc. I want to see it
bo again. You need the country breezes.
I know that Elmwood is the magical
medicine which your case demands, and
If I prescribe it, I don't believe you
will find it so bitter to take."
"And you?" she asked, after a moment's
silence.
"That is to be just as you say, Margaret.
u
"Then," she returned with a radiant
lace, "w?? will both go home."
When Wilson learned of this decision,
"The fascinations of New York have been;
n V?o r\ on 1 Q roH M T
CAC1AJ19CU lit tatu, uw uvvtu*v<4i
think you will find something to regret
when you have gone from us. Still I
am sure you will realize a much needed
benefit, and in view of that I must be
glad that you will so soon enjoy the
pleasure of the country. I hope you
will not quite forget us."
"I will never forget you," was the impulsive
answer. "The service you have
rendered Brian I cannot even realize,
much less thank you for. The most I
can do is to give you a place among the
friends I cherish most highly. Brian
and I will hope to see you quite often.
I know you will like Elm wood. It is so
beautiful. I never knew how much I
longed to see it until this moment. I
believe I haven't dared to think. The
rliir T tnr>k n lontr ride on the
Madison avenue cars, just for something
to do, and when we got out in the nineties
there was a real little bit of country
before us. I could not stay in the car.
The sun really seemed so much brighter;
and when I heard the hens and saw the
ducks and geese walking along the narrow
pavements I wanted to sit down
and cry."
"Wilson smiled.
"Did you think better of the impulse?"
ho questioned.
"Oh, yes. Fortunately, I came upon
a woman sitting on the grass with the
whitest, fattest baby I almost ever saw.
I adore babies, and I began to admire
that one extravagantly. The mother
was delighted, and by way of recom
peiise, I presume, gave me a detailed
history of the seven latter and whiter
ones which had preceded this one. By
the time she finished I had forgotten
that I ever wanted to cry."
"So the baby proved an effective antidote.
You were very fortunate in your
meeting. Now. I believe I must hurry
awav. I could only steal a moment jusi
to run in to say good-by."
"I don't believe you have stayed that
moment," complained Margaret, "and I
am sure if you were very anxious you
couid stretch it just tnt> Jeast bit. Brian
will be so sorry not to nave seen you.
Are you so very busy. Doctor?"
"Well, rather," was the half hesitating
reply. "Summer is near at hand,
and that is a time of wretchedness for
the unfortunate poor. I wish we had a
larger corps of fr^e doctors. We certainly
need them in those crowded, mis
erabie districts, where tl:?- white crapo
and tiny hearses tell their own story of
Buffering and death. 1 have brought a
shadow to your face; 1 w.ll say no
more."
" l ou are merely givms iuu a umup:
of the other side of life, ' she sn:d
thoughtfully. "1 find the contract, a?
usual, sail and strong. I wish the world
Was different. I wreH we lived under
'Bellamy's order of things."
"Wilson smiled. "I fear such order is
too Utopian ever to be realized," he answered.
"Perhaps, though I dare say Are
you really goiug? Well, then I must
say good-by. I hope it is not necessary
for ine to repeat the assurance that
Llrr.ivuoci always noius u ntiwmti j>>i
you. I thank you lor your good wishes,
and I wish you to remember that I appreciate
more than I liavo power to express
the?happiness you have helped
to give me."
"So more," Paid Wilson, with painful
abruptness. "My service is not worth
?U?& yiefttipp,". .
"Without another word he pressed her
hand and was goDe, leaving her rather a
surprised at his unusual manner. 8
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CHAPTEK XXI. r
elmwood again. Ij
Margaret had finished her breakfast, *
and even after Brian had left she still v
sat over the table, her heart filled with a
sweet content, and her eyes dim with tJ
the happy tears that shut from her vision P
the familiar objects about her.
For she was home. Home in dear old a
Elmwood.
And now, after eating what she de- i p
clared to Brian to be her biggest break- I
fast in three months, she wanted to sit f(
still and feast her eyes upon the smooth F
fireen lawns where the bright sun sifted
itself througn a luxuriant network of p!
green tranches, and the lilac and the
hawthorn were bursting into a breath t-J
of fragrant flowers, ana say to herself
it is good to be here. . [j
She repeated the same words to Brian
when he came in at luncheon, and he, ?r
looking at her face, almost marveled at A
the change that had come over it. "
"I dare say, you are rient, Margaret;
it i6 good for you to be here. I don't- *
believe I exaggerate when I declare w
that there is already some color in your o
cheeks. What have you been doing a:
with yourself this morning?" c<
"I "don't believe I can begin to tell, tl
you. First, there was so much to talk
about with Mrs. Davjs. We have been 61
laying our heads together and evolving' bj
some delightful plans. You will see the
results after awhile; an J then, this ii
afternoon I must go to The Cedars. I p
am pining for a sight of the Colonel." *
"And he, no doubt, is pining for a
sight of you. I suppose that will com- E
plete your happiness." e
"As nearly as it can be completed.
Do you remember how we left Elmwood, r
Brian, under the chill and cold of win- ti
ter, and we return to it in the joy of a
glad resurrection.' I accept it as an u
omen, and I am?very happy." w
She left the table with these words
and walked to the open window. Brian fi
followed her. S
"Let me share your happiness." he b
6aid, in a low voice. "Darling, the pro- li
baticm lias been very long."
He slipped his hand about her waist,
and drew her to the veranda outside.
"You remember our compact? I shall
keep it?be sure of that?until the day
comes that you shall bid me break it.
And it will come, Margaret, as certainly
as we both stand here. You will find
me very patient until I have won my
victory, for I feel that even the price
which Jacob paid lor Rachel is not too
dear to pay for you. Now, may I tell |
you what I have been doing to-day?"
"Yes; I shall like very much to hear."
"Wf.ll, I have been taking with Dr.
Philips. I wish you would let me see
four face, Margaret. It will be more
encouraging than your back. There,
that is better; thank you. I saw Dr.
Philips, as I said, and l told him of my
wish to build up a practice here. Just
as I expected, he feels his advancing
years, and will be very glad ef a young
assistant. He is delighted to help the
6on of his old partner, he tells me. So
you see I am particularly fortunate. I
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may lind them very large "
"You will grow,'' put in Margaret,
glad of this new turn to the conversation.
"And I am very much pleased,"
she added, more gravely.
"So am I. It is the first step toward
winning my wife."
A half hour later Margaret was sitting
in the chair of honor in Alice's
rooms, half-lau?hing, half-crying, and
trying to ask and answer questions in
the same breath.
"I'm going to keep you a few minutes
all to myself," declared Alice, "because I
have so much to tell you, Margaret.
So much I could only hiut at it in my
letters. I could not express one-half
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trie nappiuebB 1 iuu^:ru mi >uu iu maic. q
"I am 60 glad, dear," Margaret an- p
ewered. "So very glad for you and for ti
Bertie, rell me all about it now." d
It was fully fifteen minutes before
Alice sent the message telling her uncle
that Margaret was there. It brought
the Colonel In very quick time.
"Oh, Colonel," she cried, and the next ?
Second she was folded in his arms. n:
"Hack again, Margaret. I am so u
glad, child. This time we mean to keep ci
you. Bless your dear heart; it does my tl
i?yes good to 6ee you. Even though you k
have grown so thin and your face is as a
white as our own snow-bulls." n
"Colonel, you hurt my vanity. I e'
shall grow wonderfully fat and well in
a few weeks. You won't know me.
Brian thinks I have some color already." .
"Brian! Let Brian go to the devil!
I beg .your pardon, my dear. I see I v
hnv.-> horrified you. I am not over- 1 c
pleased with Brian, as you may guess. si
[i dare say. you llnd excuses for the
scamp, however. I a:n glad he has 3
some grace lel't. You worr:en can 0
usually manage men. I w.is getting J
read.v to come i:nd shoot hin:, but 1 0
must acknowledge ihat your method tl
| has been more effectual." b
"He is growing tired of doing noth- c
ing," she answered, without meeting
the Colonel's glance, "and he has de- ?
cided to practice his profession here. t]
I dare say he will become as highly re- 0
spected as dear uncle Stephen was." tl
"Highly respected! Fiddlesticks! t(
There it is again. Margaret. The outcome
of prejudice, most probably. I
beg your pa:don a second time, and
predict that Brian will become all that it
you want to make him. If he doesn't ti
:T.?- ti
"Shoot him, I suppose," put in Mar- ?
garet, with laughing eyes. "That would a
be a fatal blow to my hopes. I beg you e
you will spare me the humiliation o! p
faiiure. And please give Brian credit 1
on his own account." d
"Certainly, my dear, all he deserves; d
though I must add that I don't consider ?
Ihe demand excessive. Alice, isn't that ?
ihat your rascally husband bawling
Jown-stairs? I hope you have no in- p
tentlon of Roing to him. Let him use J
his Ion*? legs and come up to you." ^
"He is using them," observed Mar- ?
garet, smiling at the long, heavy strides 9
amending the steps. "Alice, don't be a
i _1 _i r So
jcaiuuD, pieaac, 11 x cti v tiaat r-i nc ia
one of the nicest .men in this -world."
"Thanhs for the compliment, which <
wasn't intended for my ears. I just
beard from jfour groom that you had j,
condescended to honor us with a visit." j
And Bertie burst into the room.
"It is so Datura! to find you here," he ?
added. "Father feels ten years younger a
from your very presence. And you are
lookinn better ? much better ? thaD t
when I saw you last, though you might t
still be the original of Tennyson's '0
rare, pale Margaret.' " ci
"Nonsense," interrupted the Colonel, c
rather testily. "Don't be a fool, Bertie.
\\ hat^ long tongue you have." j
"You see, Margaret," observed Bertie, j
with laughing eyes, "my appreciative
father still allows hie admiration of my t
talents to surprise him into little affec- (
tionate speeches. You must not thinh
anything of it. He is very proud of me.' 1
"Humph!" was 1 ho contewpuous re- r
ply, at which Margaret and Alio* c
laughed.
Tkr?n?hniit tVir> vicif thf> oh(?orfll' *
badinage continued, and when she was J
ready to yo iiome. after nut a little ]
pressure to stay longer, Hcriie declared t
his intention o!' rid ng \rfih her. i
"it was so g iod of you to come," sh<
said, after they had left The Cedars i
J'.nd i:e nad expres.-ed hi- pleasure it i
Brian's changed conduct. "You knew J i
had something to sav to you."
"Your eyes tell all your secrets, Mar- '
garet. \\ hat is that 6omgthingV" _ j
"Can you not guess? It affects Briar
nd you. You have always been suck
ood friendB until very lately, and I aa
o anxious for those old feelings to b(
enewed. The circumstances of you)
ist meeting were not?very pleasant
le will remember this, and perhaps you
rill remember it too. I am going to
sk you to forget it. When I rejall all
fciat you have done for me before, I feel
erfectly confident that you wiLI not reuse
this favor. You understand me, I
m sure?"
"Understand! "Who can fail to undertand
such goodness as yours? When
think of that, it is all the harder to
Drget the suffering he has caused you.
'erhaps I cannot promise, Margaret."
"Oh. yes, you can. The suffering you
peak of may have been of great adantage.
I may become the better and
le stronger for it Besides, Brian has
truggled and suffered too. You C.^n
ever know how much. Even I can
ever know how much. And he is trylg
now. For that he deserves credit,
think you will have to do as I wish,
-ertie. Indeed, 1 am sure you will."
"There, I have nothing more to say.
ou always have your way. I dare say
e don't realize what Brian had to
vercome before he won his victory,
ad as far afc ray words or actions are
jncemed, he shall have no reminder ol
le past."
"Thank you," was the grateful antver.
"I never liked you better or adlired
you more than 1 do now."
He smiled his response as they turned
a at the gates of Elmwood. As they aproaehod
the door Margaret saw Brian
.-jiitint? to meet her.
He bad evidently not expected to sea
tertie, and Margaret noticed a slight
mbarrassment upon his face.
"I have Bertie with me," she -said,
iding close to him. "He has come all
tie way from The Cedars to see you."
"Little hypocrite." murmured Bertie
nder hio breath. "Don't you think it
rong to tell libs?"
The next second he had assisted her
rom her horse and turned to Brian.
iO word passed between them, buttheii
and-cla-p held a language and a meanlg
of its own.
[TO BE CONTINUED. 1
TEMPERANCE
A MOTHEB'8 MOAN.
It was not on the field of battle,
It was not with a ship at sea,
13ut a fate far worse than either
That stole him away from me.
'Twas death in the ruby wine-cup,
That the reason and senses drown,
Ho drank the alluring poison,
And thus my boy went down?
Down from the height of manhood
To the depths of disgrace and sin;
Down to a worthless being,
From the hope of wbat might have been.
For the brund of * beast besotted
He barteied his manhood's crown;
rhrough the gate of sinful pleasure
My poor weak boy went down.
'Tis onlv the same old story
That mothers so otten tell,
"Witb accents of infinite sadness,
Like the tones of a funeral bell,
But I never once thought when I heard It
1 sh ould learn all its meaning myselij
I thought he'd te true to his mother.
I thou gut he'd bo true to himself.
But alas for my "hopes all delusion!
Alas for his youth and pride!
Who are safe when this yawning danger
1? open on every side?
Oh! Can nothing destroy this evil?
No bar in their path be thrown.
To save from the terrible maelstrom
The thousands of boys going down?
THE " SHALL DOSES."
The small doses frequently repeated, small
lasses of liquor regularly taken every day,
re what make an honest citizen a victim of
lcohol without his having ever, perhaps,
assed through a state of complete intoxicaori,
and without his having suspected the
anger to which he was exposed.
FRENCH CHASIFJONS OF TE3IPEBANCE.
The temperance movement in France is
Dnstantly finding new champions. In the
rovinces as well as in Paris new societies
Houn fnnnHAfl hnth for total abstainers
ad for those who, while not going quite aa
11. attack in the most earnest way the exessive
use of wine. Among the friends of
lis movement are a largo number of wellnown
physicians, some of whom, while
vowedly non-Christian, acknowledge the
eed of moral and religious help for those
uslaved by iiquor.
"n.VRMLESS CIDEB." '
A few months ago two boys rode to a connry
store. One of them bought and drank
)ur glasces of "harmless cider." They then
rent to a country church, disturbed the conregation,
who were holding a social, and
tarting home, overtook others.
The boy. only nineteen years old, who had
rank the cider, began to quarrel with another
young man. and before the others
calized what was taking place, had killed
im; and he was a son of a widow. The boy,
nly nineteen years old, was sentenced to
tie penitentiary for twenty years. So two
omus arc made desolate by lour glasses of
ider.
Not until the anguish of that widowed
lother's heart as she sat listening for the
ountiing step of her boy and heard instead
tie trend of those who bore the liie ess form
I DUr UUV, Ciiu UC u^liluuiou, uau wo ituuw
tie ccst of four glasses of cider.?Watch3
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BEER AND ATHLETICS.
Boor drinking in Germany is being disercded
by competitive athletes, says tho Naonal
Temperance Advocate. It is stated
lat tnree clubs of Leipsic students hivo
bandoned the "morning drinking bout,"
nd that several additional university clubs
re about to take the same step. A desire to
xcel in athletic sports is said to be the imelling
cause of this action on their part,
'his practical acknowledgement that beer
^ni-inir is inimical to the bestDhvsical cou
ition and to the highest degree of athletic
uccess would be significant in any country,
ut it is especially so in Germany, the great
eer country of the world! We have someimes
feared that many students we.-e dis>osed
to give relatively too much attention
o athletics, but if these athletic sporfsshould
sad them to abandon the use of intoxicants
re should rejoice and account it a great
,'ain, even if they were less brilliant in
cholarship. May their athletics prosper
jid beer be overthrown!
TEMPEKANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
TVho can tell what mar and angels lose on
he day a young man takes his 11 rst drink?
The influence of alcohol is never to stimuate
life-growth, but always to hinder anl
lepress it.
All the gold and iron and coal which
kuftralia produces in fifty years it drinks
iway in ten.
Heathen parents throw th^ir children to
he crocodiles; license voters throw thei:s to
he saloons.
The Boston and Maine Railroad is having
in "annum clearance 01 employes wuv wm
Irinkinp shops.
Maine has no breweries or distilleries, but
t has thirty loan and building associations
n active operation.
The liquor traffic is to-day the heavest \oc:
iT'on the progress and the deepest disgrace
>1 the nineteenth century.
Even a brewer one hundred years ago
rrote: "Through drink thero are half a
nillion homes to which happiness never
:omes."
M. Andre, who taught tho French Trinco
Imperial how to swim, and acquired wealth
is a fashionable teacher under the Empire,
ins just died in great poverty, due to drink,
lis last means of earning a live.iliood was
o shave poodles, and his own black poodle
ollowed him to the grave.
Railroads and other great corporations
lave it in their power, if they will, to servo
is efficient helpers on of the tejnperaneo
nterest. Five saloons in Chicago near tho
Nickel Plate shops are reportol to have gone
>ut of business since tae order went into
fleet forbidding employes to visit such
places. ?
A NATION'S WARDS. 2
UNCLE SAM'S SUCCESSFUL GUAR- r<
DIANSHIP OF TIIK INDIANS. Il
P
The Once Hostile Tribes Have Aban- ^
doned the War Path and Taken e
to the Arts of Peace?
^he Custer Massacre.
IT is a fact 'worthy of note that
since June 25, 1876, the date
upon which General George A.
Custer art] his entire command
were massacred by the Cheyennes, no
serious outbreak upon the part of the
Kition's ward, the American Indians,
haa occurred in the United States.
Yet, despite the fact that the Custer
massacre practically dates an entirely
new epoch in the history of the Indian
races of this great country, its
twentieth anniversary, which occurred
recently, passed unnoticed and unhonored,
save by a few individuals
with whom the memory of the little
band of heroes who perished on the
plains is yet green.
Prior to that time Indian uprisings
were of frequent occurrence, for of
the 200 or more tribes now in the
United States there are not ten bnt
what have been in revolt at some time
or another.
There are many residents of San
Francisco, says the Chronicle of that
city, to-day who can recall the Modoc
troubles'of 1873 and the Bannock war,
in which King Joseph asserted himself
so persistently, while the Apache
outrages nnder the leadership of Geronimo
are etill fresh in the memory of }
many who can by no means be called ^
old timers. ?
During the past twenty years, how- \
ever, the Government has been en- a
gaged in trying to civilize and control
the remnants of these once powerful n
tribes on reservations, and with re- 11
markable success. In fact, the Indian
of to-day can only cast a longing eye
over the old hunting grounds of his
forefathers, for. although centuries of
living by roaming, war and the consumption
of the wild products of nature
have not especially fitted him for I
readily accepting civilization, he has t
been compelled to acsept restraint. P
The Atlantic coast Indians, the 1
Cherokees in North Carolina, most of '
the tribes on the northern lakes, and ^
the remnant of the Six Nations in New
York and Pennsylvania have long
Bince ceased to be troublesome, while
disease and other causes have helped
to destroy the great magB of the Indiane
from the Atlantic coast to the
Mississippi River.
ine ureess, uneroKeee, unoctaws, i ?
a
tniittUAiiXS UAJUC' Hitl'.LL>| U1AJJ* ^
" ii
Chickasaws and Seminoles, in the In- fi
dun Territory, once so warlike and ij
fierce, having intermarried with
whites and the colored people and n
adopted others into their tribes, have j8
almost entirely lost their identity, and b>
are now a progressive people. _
The Sionx, Comanches, Apaches,
Navajos, Kiowas, Bannocks and others
are on reservations, and, even if
disposed to belligerency, are so surrounded
by white settlements that a
war would be of short duration.
The Pacific coast fish eaters and
root diggers are peaceable, progressive
and almost entirely self-supporting.
The reservation Indians, 133,417 in
number, according to the census of
1890, are located in twenty States and
Territories and form about 147 tribes
or parts of tribes, occupying about
78,500,000 acres of allotted land, but
much of the area of these reservations is
desert. fi
The present policy of the Govern- e:
mexit, the eighth which has been tried S;
upon the Indian since 1789, is known oJ
as an educational and allotment one;
and to the education of all Indian q
children at the expense of the Nation p<
is chiefly due the existing condition g<
ot affairs. C
The best tests of Indian advance w
toward civilization are the adoption of K
the white man's dress and habits^ their C
engaging in agriculture or tie me-, 11
chanical arts and in consenting to the tl
education of their children. Judged z<
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SIOUX V.'OMEN
by tliesc three standards the Indians I*
are slowly but surely progressing I'
toward Anglo-Saxon civilization, j r
Whereas in former days the Indian v
children vrerc allowed to grow up in ; h
indolcnco and hatred of the white j \
man and his methods, they nre now a
educated at. National institutions, i c
and, bfeins essentially <iuick and im- | ?
ative, soon learn the white man's
aye.
In addition to those on the various
36ervations there are at least 110,000
adians who are self-reliant and indeen^ent.
These having already
jarned that it is to their interest to
e like other men are already on an
quality with other raceB in the
d&M
mm/Mi
j -^roy?
CHIPPEWA IN]
Jnited States, and fnrnish a striking
[lustration of the result which may be
ttamed when the ignorance, inabilty
and fears of the Indians are sublued.
The Indian wars under the Govern
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lent/ UL LiiU UlillCU Qtttico jjovo uccu
lore than forty in number. They
:ANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA. TO NT A APACHE.
ave cost the lives of about 19,000
'hite men, women and children, and
ome 30,000 Indians.
From 1789, the date of the adoption
f the Federal Constitution, to 1846
here were seven serious wars, as fol
?ws: War with the Northwest Indins,
1790-1795; William Henry Haris?n'B
expedition to the Northwest,
811; Seminole War, 1818; Black
lawk War, 1832 ; Creek War in 1813,
814 and 1837, and the Florida War of
839.
Between 1846 and 1866, a period of
wenty years, the United States was
ngaged in two wars, tlat with Mexico
nd the Civil War, in both of which
he Indians figured extensively. Durag
this period also there were some
fteen to twenty Indian affairs in Calornia.
Thp Tndian wats of 1857. 1862. 1864.
S65 and 1866 in Minnesota and adicent
States were bloody and costly,
eing conducted by the Indians with
NAVAJO CHIEF. A UTE CHIEF.
ightful barbarity. Thrre military
speditions were req aired to 6top the
ionx massacres of 1863-6G, at a cost
E S10,000,000.
From 1865 to 1879 there were freuent
engagements. The most imAt.
_ O
ortant were ine war iu auuw?u v/?con
and Idaho and northern parts of
alifornia and Nevada, 1865-68; the
ar against the CheyenneB,Arapahoes,
iiowas and Comanclies in Kansas,
olorado and the Indian Territory,
368-69; the Modoc War| in 1872-73 ;
le war against the Apaches of AriDna,
1873; the war against the
I
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IN CAMP.
uotras, Comanches ami Cheyennes in
[ans:6, Colorado, Texas, Indian Teritorv
and >"e\v Mexico, 1874-75; the
ar against the Northern Cheyennes
nd Sioux in 1S7G-77 ; the Nez I'ercez
VTar, 1877; the Bannock War, 1878,
oil tbat against the .Northern uneynnes
in 1878-79. Tlieso include the
etterman massacre of December 21,
1866, and the Caster maaeaore of Jon*
25,1876.?
The Ute* in Colorado and invading
Indians from outside that State caused
three ware prior to io?u, ana tne
I Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico
I were frequently murderous and deI
structive. The removal of Geronimo's
| band of 384 Apaches as prisoners of
3IANS IN CAMP.
war from their former homes to
Mount Vernon barracks, near Mobile,
Ala., effectually stopped their depredations,
however.
The number of actions between regular
troops and Indians from 1866 to
1891 was 1065, keeping an average of
16,000 officers and men actively employed.
The total cost to the United States
for pensions to thesurvivois or widows
of these Indian wars to June 1, 1890,
was estimated at $28,201,632.
The following table shows the number
of [Indians in every State of the
Union, both on and off reservations,
from which it will be eeen that more
than half of the Indian population of
the United States is dependent upon
the Nation. The firet.column of fig
tires comprises the reservation Indians
not taxed; the second column includes
all the Indians off reservations, /selfsupporting
and taxed:
Alabama 384 759
Arizona. 28,469 1,512
Arkansas 250
California 5,101 11,517
Colorado 985 107
Connecticut 228
Delaware ) 4
District of Columbia. 25
Florida . 171
Georgia /, 68
LlahOt 4,064 159
Illinois 98
Indiana S43
Indian Territory 1,224 50,055
Iowa 398 . 60
Kansas 946 736
Kentucky 71
Louisiana ' 628
Maine 552
Maryland 44
Massachusetts 42?
Michigan 6,625
Minnesota 8,208 1.88S
Mississippi 2,036
Missouri 128
Montana 10.249 860
Nebraska 3,588 2,898
Neva^ 1,557 8,599
New Hampshire 16
New Jersey 84
New Mexico 6,490 8,554
New York 5,818 726
North Carolina 1.516
North Dakota 7,9S0 194
Ohio 206
Oklahoma 18,167 10
Oregon 3,713 1,258
Pennsylvania 98 983
Rhode Island.*. 18C
South Carolina 178
South Dakota 19,072 782
Tennessee * 146
Texus .. 708
Utah 2,848 608 |
Vermont ?? 34 i
Virginia , 349
Washington 7,526 8,655
West Virginia 9
Wisconsin 6,095 3,835
Wyoming 1.801 43
Totals 139.333 107,920
Since the Indians have taken to the
arts of peace and abandoned the war
path, life on the frontier for the
American soiaier nas uuuuuie uiuiusu
burdensome. It is now a question as
to whether the garrison posts which
were necessary along the frontier
when the Indian tribes roamed at
large at will, and at which trained
troops were held in readiness to take
to the field at a moment's notice in
response to the 6moke of the signal
fires of hostile Indians, are now
needed, and some of them have already
been abandoned. Others are
being converted into military schools,
where the army, such as it is, may
be drilled in the art of war. Life at
the army posts has thus become
monotonous and desultory.?San
Francisco Examiner.
Li Hung Chang.
No living public man of Asia has
been so much the subject of discussion
and criticism as Li Hung Chang.
Much of the criticism has been unfavorable,
and his critics arc often unfair.
It is hardly just to him to estimate hie
character and attainments according
to the standard of Western Nations.
His education is exclusively Oriental,
and his entire life has been spent in
China. His knowledge of our civilization
is such as could be acquired ir
the motley society of a treaty port. Ae
a statesman he has had to deal with a
very conservative and bigoted cou6tit
uency, and with associates prejudiced
a^aiust and ignorant of foreign Na
! tioas. Judged in the light of his edu
cation, hie experience and his sur
roundiugs, he must be regarded as the
first of living statesmen of Asia, anc
ona of the most distinguished of the
public men of the world. ?Century.
The Cow ;ui<! the Bicycler.
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DOG WITH A WOODEN LEG. VH
"Boze" Limps Like a Veteran, Bt^H
Manages to Cover the Ground. <
A living dog, even with a woodcBH
leg, is infinitely better than a de&HH
lion. |M
That is what Mr. Garrett, of PnlasaHH
County, Kentnoky, thought when h^^B
watchdog, "Boze," limped into th^H
hnnoo nno rfav with his left forele^HI
barely hanging by the skin. BB
"Boze" had a foolish antipathy t^B
railroad traine, and the inferenoe wa^H
that he had scraped np an argumenfiH
with an ezpresd which had gonHfl
through abont half an hour before. HH
Mr. Garrett, who is something of
surgeon?like most good KentuokianMj
?decided that he might better kee^H
three-quarters of "Boze" than to los^H
him altogether. So he completed th^H
work of amputation, bound np th^|
stump of the leg and gave the dog first^M
class care. W
- * ? ? i.
"iJoze" nimseii seemoa 10 uiiu
was worth living, and in three or ion^H
weeks be was np and abont. Bat hiHj
gait was wobbly, and Garrett set t^H
work and made a wooden leg t^H
straighten him np. He whittled an^H
ecraped and polished it, and fastonedH
it to "Boze" with a olever arrangoM
ment of straps.
At first trial the dog didn't takJH
kindly to the addition that had bee^H
bnilt for him, bnt he couldn't shake
off and finally concluded to make th^|
best of it. Within a week he
THE DOG WITH THE WOODEN LEO. '
walking about with all the four cor
nered dignity imaginable.
When he wants to jump a fence 01
chase an invading cat oat of the doo:
yard he folds the wooden leg np unde
him. And a railroad train is some
thing he has no longer any possibl
nee for.
Mice and Bats in Japan.
There are^mall "deer" on the islan<
that arouse no poetry or gracious sent!
mente. The mice, those pests of Jap
anese tea-honses. raced through the
doll houses at will by dark, the orn*
mental traceries and designs pieroed
in the pretty wood panels above the
screens giving them free range of every
room. They ran over my face, scratched
mv pillow, nibbled my fingers, and
kept me awake night after night -with
their rnstling and gnawing. On the
third night of moase carnival I called
the servants and had lights brought.
The landlord heard the soands and!
bustled across the court to see what
the matter was. "I think there is a
mouso in this honse," I said. *'OhJ
certainly, certainly, honorable lady,"j
he said, bowing low and proudly;
"yes, indeed; I have many, plenty oi
rats at the Momiji." And he could
not at all understand why we should
make such a trouble about so natural
a thing, and object to these sure evi-!
dences of abundant prosperity, thes&j
companions of Daikoku, the god of!
plenty.?Century.
The German War Dogs.
XI BJJCU40& iCALUiO m viao j vu? ? v* .
man grand manoeuvres will be supplied
by war dogs, which have been
most admirably trained for seeking
the wounded and carrying despatches.
At the command "seek," accompanied
by a gesture indicating the direction
in which the dogs are to search, they
will start off without allowing themselves
to be disturbed by any surrounding
circumstances. They will;
find the men wbo figure as wounded
with unfailing certainty, take a
piece of their clothing?cap, helmet,
or a piece of cloth torn off?and bring
this back to the ambulance mer,
4V?/\-rr fnan nnmlnnf f.r* fit a cnnf,.
In the despatch service the dogs fnl-M
fil their duty with admirable speedH
and certainty. They carry the des-B
patohes in a small box affixed to theiiH
collar.?La France Militaire. fl
Mayflower's Tiller Still Prcserred. H
It is not generally known that th^H
tiller of the Mayflower is now atfl^
Plymonth, England, and is owned byHj
a Mr. Mortimer, of Devon. The de-fl
THE 1TLLEB OF THE MAYFLOWEB. H
6cendants of those who left Englanflfl
recently visited the historic town aa^H
made a special pilgrimage to ti^H
shrine of the tiller. It is said to
in an excellent state of preservatio^^B
All Paper.
Enthusiastic paper makers say th^^H
the new woman and the new man w^^|
soon dine off paper dishes. Pap^H
dress material masquerading as si^^R
seriously threatens the silkwori^H
? ? ? -1X. s* 4 4-./n A? f d nraol^^l
OprUC^ bUWUllSbj CUUUU Ui JUvC uowhh
and alcohol are put into the machi^^M
and come out at the other end chinin^H
delicately colored, rustling silk, sui^^fl
able for a dainty lady's gown. To
sure, this paper silk does not wear
well as the product of the silkworc^H
out think of the cost, how ruuH
cheaper it v.ill be! In Paris near^^H
any milliner will be able to show y(^JH
cffliol) hnnrmta nrul hats made cntire^lH
^VA4kiU WW?WW
of paper?frame, trimmings, ornamen^Hf
and ail. The paper trunk is comii^H
into use, It is said that it is unbreafln
able.
A Congregational church ie to l^Hj
erected in Gainsborough, England, H9
a cost of 630,000, as a memorial ^Bj
John F.obinson, who gathered thc^^B
?i .-i_ _c tj:I. : SHE
111S UOCii ui x iiyriLU iamwo.
Progress in the settlement of Mi^H
nesota was never so marked as ut pre^K
ent, the sales of State, Governmt^^H
1