The Sentinel, 1881-06-24, Page 7-
FORT UM AND THE REDSKINS.
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Tu tnu Editor or tilt] 1ia110011 TiMk:ti :
Siit, Having spent about a mouth iu
the eastern portion of the Yellowaone
lttNer -a regiou that has until recently
been only known to 'the outside world as
the field of a protracted Indian warfare
lasting front ime,s to 1s79 1 limy attempt
L' give you some idea of the present state
,. of affairs ill the %alley. Fort lieegh, the
name of v./inch has become fainiliar to
eastern ears_froui tile publication of occu,-
'theta' telegrams respecting the moverneuts
of Sitting Bull mud lila braves, lies about a
11111e Ned a half \vest of Tongue ltiver,
near its e.ontlueuce with the Yellowstone.
it w 'et built by Gen. N.A. Miles in 1877, -and
is tl yiytottt isuportuut post in the North -
wt -,r. ',clog garrisoned with from ten to
fourteen companies of cavalry and inounted
infantry —tile number. varying with the
demands of other posts ou the frontier. It
consists of a !lumber of• commodious bar-
rack buildings, hospitalotchool, chapel and
other buildings necessary for suc‘i a peat,
bcsides sixteen handoome Mausard-roofed
, Cottage residencom for the officers and their
- families. The fort is furnished with water
works, drawing the atipply from the Yel-
lowstone liver awl feeding_ a _pretty fowl-
_ twin iii the liquor. about which the
residences are arraugtld. About two miles
west of the. fort is a cz.riip of from 1,100 to
- 2;000 Sioux and C lievtnue Indians, prisoe•
erit- of war, seine of ;‘ horn were captured,
and the rest surreud red. last fall. The
-Sioux are_in- a largo majority I told -are a.
.porttot, of the - identical crew that mamma.
&Ted col. Custer -and his command in 1/4-71;.
'he fort and tholilditai camp are situated'
in it beautiful arid frti1e- portion -of the'
Yatowstone Valley,1Lfi smooth ita a. lawn
. and covered -1.vith_ ii liixurju,ut'growth of the.
fatuous Montana -bun h grass-, upon -which
the_ ravages- of about 2.,:)00 horses;.'imuitas
and .cattlei belonging :to_rtlie fort and the
. Indians, litre' hardly erceptible. I • About,
-104 of the_ Indians„ -,In -:eharge:of ope of• -the
_ ..a_flicers, have_ taketi to gricnituretind.steek7.
- „. raiSing and lurire a .Ilif tract --of land under.
' cultivation,- ' b idett.' owning- ". - a .• large
herd if. fin -lookfmig_ - _cattle. --, These
-Indians:are.- -self4til taining and- hide-
- - , -
pendent,•of Gcwornni�nt ' relic:404,. but the
rest- live- . pa the , ' veglinent. and ' are
- . -a good..for-nothing to f -Vagabontisas oVer
- :soiled it prettylandsc pe. " Tito hilek`si.are
-. generally' :poWerful-lp king: fellews, - awl.'
Inio.,'eproved therusel 'Ci -4 tO „be-foimulable
atitkonists. ih: Tuttle ..Thereiltre Seeeral
powerfill (ducts: in the cailip,..atuong NVII0Ill
are ilaiajitt-tlie-Faces ati& Spotted ,Eagle...
-Tht -. former chained) te• --.1.1avei. hilled_Gen..
' Cohter. with itittowallands-,. but liis State,-
-merit fitdoubted by id ny. Ilis 110.11)0 0001013
:sin:if,/ It. row'of -slain,: 6 • lin,- face; which -look
• as -ie sortie drops- cif t. mill had fallentliere
.,ati.'l. washeditwiry-ttrine. of- 'the :native
_ i . - -
-..
copper..Ile is.veryiltorle- from a:..bullet in
- iliS„lcuree-itnil-t1Se-trlt-lartiedit Wheti_walkino,1
but pearly -alwaya kideS. Ile cornett_ ti)
town nearly every ditk, and is- soinetinies
aceempained by -one bf . his kistuaws-,.- Who
., .licildsthe_ potiy_wlilleher lord mounts or
•-dismounts.. Italuin-- lielfit.en is au ill-
-conditiOned. fellow, Wli has not yet -learned.
. to face adVers'ity dime" fully, _and seldom or
- never -sow " How?" t . a rwhite Auto.-
. "Spotted Ilagleis-...quiteii iovial arra Social:
. _diameter, and has a. .rather fine- counteu-,
- --- ance.7.- -11e-callicaron d to see- US OecaO-On.
. ally', and iti alWays pi fuse- iollitkgreetitigs.
of -". now totila?: 7 ("lIowareyou, friend?')
. -whileltis dusky CounFcluance. is ilium. inittecl
With the brOadest_of .siniles:
• : -.- About sixty of the:teyennes- are ' dpV-'
.ernment stouts; und r the directionof
---JohnnY Bciulier„ a half-breed, who Watt at.
-one tiniet7a, despera,te' llutracter..... -Ile killed
s a matt at Standing gook. Dakota,. in 11.871; .;
_ left -int -mediatory- fer-the good of. his_ health.,
joined Sitting.Boll anti -helped WM to lay
out 1) 1)4 Campaigns, ail : finally. -fell into.the.
1
hands of General Mil s 7"ift ; 1878, General
. Mileit-traule a-scou.t'Of lam`, ' and jelinny'S
• subsequent.behaviOri as:been -such as to.
--• . gaia hirallis,pragent 1 ointion. In 1147t1 he
• was arrested and :We 7 -r.for the 'Standing
. Rock -murder. but c' ea- 'acquitted: He
- seems'. under 30; is-- sal to he the -min of - it
..Frenchoffieer; and 1104 lOcike donot; belie
• the Stories thatare told. of him.
-.--. ----The Indians.are .allowed two ponies: to
• each iepee,or bit t!'•-nonet - except the_
-, Cheyenne .'seolitit-. Sr !- -:41lowed..- to --carry
riflef3l .-- They do -peg.: think it cOnsistent
with dignity to • COII a to town. 'witifoIlt-
• iv:6404, and most of the buelvicarryeither
_ bows:and. arrovtior Vtir clubs, .While-' beat
- buelts, and.- squitivti 1, 'party knives.. The.
. regular Warelithis it. !smooth, -oval -.atone
. -with --a- -. groove : 0.6und- ' the Middle
-- by - Which it is fastened With . a ',leather_
- - thong' te a handle atia t. two feet long. One '
- felinty(lias- a- long .iroli:bolt; Withantit. on
tint end; a‘lid anotlter.1 ilit- it batieba.11 'eloh;'.
but Spots'ec-' -Eagle. citrries.-the.rnostrnur-
-derous•looking.instrifiexit of all. It
niis- a
aboutt
. eely earlier': ak u -3i feet long; with.
-the-bilides--ef -threell rge--bittcher--ItniVeltv
_sticking out at righ -:_angles.,abetit a; foot
frota-theldr end, -:• _ i , - :-.,-
We often drive,thr gh.- the -catnpa; and
have 'quite' -a.; number of acquaintances
- - . ,....., .. . . .
--amonct - the ---braves. who talk to US in signs
, , ,_ . ,_ _
••'ittid.grurittlias but few Of there earl talk any
. • -English: :except- a_. fe - interjections -L. but
. - their siguisare.Ver,yei .ressive,. ' The .gieux.
- . . express- greitroontem t for the Cheyennes,-
• andtlinCheyentiett. ha e no cern-plimenteto
..: -2.p.ayto the. Sioux, - Several of the bucks
have shown me--.ugl wounds *WO they
.- received _fiar conflicts "th, the __Whitelt;!.-or
_ other tribea-of Indian . --' - -- •-• • -
, _ ,
-- - ..-- There are: great:nu berg-- of children in-
. . - .
the:camp,- most of wil m are bright,- intel-
ligent looking fellowi bile: sOme are cpiite
. haralsorne;:- - -They yet "HOW?" at 11S-4hatig
. ,
;Oa the hatk of our aggon,,gn sWirriiiiing.
•' and Mike mild -hies like civilized -. children '
'.. and -might.- turnout askeltunder 'the same-
influelices.: 'Their i_cot _turriet, varies -while
-.one hi sitnpiyattired in a pair Of brass.
.. ear-ringS- (Spotted:Eagle,-, and.. hiti-AvVe
•,•fitillaWiiba.
.VEl ju)st."-coni in to see if it is tee
' :late for - lunchant the -3r ' is gorgeously
gotterk up 111 paint, fe thers;-and -the usual
drees of thobiglier 'el 0000. - NO often sea
. S.- careful - mother p in.ting' - her• --family,
- - -, front the little - bro.. a papoosev-up,...- and
•: _when idly togged -mit they leek very much
. •
like young' Ian& ..-.ao "iikotthehucks beim.
' a dance nearly every say. Several -Of them-
:. pound. a -.: drum Mad Of a -buffalo' hide
atretobedover a tub, fide therest perform
an uncouth sort of hop waltz. There are
many " howling " swells among the bucks,
and the amount of tin, brass aud other
kinds of ornaments they sport is arnaziug.
Soule of the squaws put on a good deal of
style, but the older ones, except in it very
few instances, are drudges. The bucks
don't like to soil their fingers with work.
A few days ago we noticed a good deal of
commotion in the camp, a kit of teepees
beiug pulled down, packed • up, taken
outside of the suburbs, andset
up in a cluster by • themselves.
Bravo Wolf, a Cheyenne scout, informed
rue, with a good deal of trouble, that there
were ...heap Sioux " and only about 200
Cheyennes. The Cheyennes were " heap
good," and the Sioux it heap of something
very bad. The Sioux had just ordered the
Cheyennes to move out of the want Camp,
aud they thought best to comply. Brave
Wolf liad six or eight dogs about his teepee,
and when we were trying to talk u, strange
dog came along, -but barely'escaped being
eaten by the others, mud carried off his
wounds toward the Sioux canip. Brave
Wolf was delighted, and explained that the
unfortunate was a Sioux dog.- Bravo Wolf
seenis to be- a pretty good Indian. Ile
helped his HillHAW to Watell the papoose
and put-up the teepee, and seems • to take
charge of it very old squaw, whom lie
called " my mammaw." His squaw is
dressed with unusual splendor, aud they
Hem to be a very respectable family. This
morning, ais we drove through the -Sioux
camp-, we saw it regular pow -wow, all the
chiefs being hi council under an awning,
and the pipes passing around. . They gave
us a chorus of " How ?" as we passed.
it would. take a great deal of time and
space to mention :all that we Hee Hi our
ViSitS to tile camp, and I Would recommenct
those interested iu the Indian question to
read.Col. Dodge's -excellent work tiu "The -
Plains of the Great West." Sufic it to
say that the Indians encamped- hero are
the genuiue article, with the mune tradi-
tions, manners -and custerns that they had
iu past ages; and considering that they
belong to two of tlie most notorious tribes,
(the Cheyennes for the atrocious cruelties
tliev.- homy° practiced ott , white prisoners,
..ainf the Sioux -.for their -recent explats)„,s.
visit to,such it largo 'camp is -worth ti, rong,
..journey, and the opportunity will•Soon bo
..goneforever.- -In a oliort--thrie-s ock.,,of the
Sioux here will be -Shipped to - Standing
Reek -or- Fort- Yates 1,500 -have beim
shipped from 'Feet -Buford, and Sitting
Bull4:forpes are now -HOU tiRand scat-.
tered.beynnd tho•possibility of reergania.--
tion. . Their, -power. • in . the.:.: eastern
:YelloWtitone _region Irnis passed-- .attray-----
the-whites: have: taken possession 'at
the land ; there, is tLu almost _unbroken
procession of immigrants • pouring into
Montana from the ea-st, and befoi7e the suovi
Mk thetrainii-nf- the Northern Pacific
'Railway "will. dark), then -sands Of health,.
Wealth: and pleasure 1,4e-ejters .=_IleteSS-.tho
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great. -prairies-- of Dakota, though. tho
wonderful Bad Lauds, and 150 mileis-up the
YelloWstone Valley to, the Mouth Of Rose
budCreek, :'through the Valley of •Which
even new.elk, :autelop.e,-. buffalo and. other
large-game:ream almost...undisturbed.:
,
,)))),4 -OLT -
was foundedjoit.t..three yeurs age this
month; and now.contains a-Lena-Ade:popu-
lation- of about 1,000 souls' with 0. large
floating population besides. it It lies- on -the
east side of .Tongue IliVer, near the Yellow;
stone, about two it -Wei from. Fort -Keogh,:
and is yet the only large settleinent .between -
B04enark,-.3.00 miles to the- east,-and.Beze;.:
matt, 330 milek lyeat. It la the -comity Hiatt.
of Costet.Cennty,'_whieh. is. --330 miles long,..
-IV miles wide., and contains- 45,910 Square'
111110)4, being triore,than one-tbirdlarger than;
the State cif Perms-ylvania-, but hardly out
of proportion to .theitiunense territory of
Montana, which contains -over. 03,000,00o
acres': Miles City is it genuine go-ahead
frontier town,rapidlYincrea,aing iri popo-
latimi, well -provided -with all kindsof. .
neat; establishthents,.from a -Chinese lituw•
dry to the large supply .holises, doing- a
.. • - - •
business that would astonish:eastern coup;
try _merchants. largenuinbers'ef buildings.
are pingup, and if:there-were. Mere Car-
penters there would be -niere.building,, but
even $4.50 'per -day has net yet :attracted it
Supply.- The town is located ou a- --railway
s-ectien, and -hitherto Most of thetoWn- lots
have been sold bypartieswho hadlio -title,
but therailWay.Compa,ny have completed a
survey, and is soonus their Map -is tiledin-
the' .recorder's office the lots.Wrill.sell like
hot cakes: _As soon as --the survey was -corn;
niencecl applications fer lota.beganfto poor,
in, and are still' coming,and the princi,
pal supply point and -cattle shipping station
for -easterur-Montana„with its stock yards
rsilWay'shopii-;:-river navigation, and -being
. the centre of - an agriculturaLdiatriet. of
:extraordinary fertility,„Milea City will cer-:::
tainly be -a large, arid preispermis-. -place.
'1 he town is almost-Hurrotinded.- groves
. -
of cottonwood, the trees having •seinewhat.
'the appearance °Utile largeelmd of Ontario,
and,' ruottvithstanding the'. present - crude
-appearance of Many of the buildings„it is
a very attractive..place. Until -the, present
the principal business has been -tho. trade
in buffalo and antelope hides; There Were
._150,000 _buffaloes killed- in the- valley.' last
fall and- winter, but that induetry is -giving
.way to others.. -
, - • -.THE
. -
- The geographical % Works of • fifteen .or
twenty. years= ago -had:but- little to say -
about this part of the :world. further-ithan
to mention the lellowtitone. Valleyas "Tho
garden spotofthe-World," and a region ,of
'v unequalled. fertility." ' Snektippellatione
may appear extra,vagant,. 'but 1 .am
beginning to believe that they are' not' far
_astray after all: . A Party Of U0 - took: ---a
drive of forty miles'on 'Saturday to.a.point.
near. the confluence of Rosebud, Creek and
-the --Yellowstone. .-Otir- - route .- lay
along _the south sido- of - the Yellow.
steno, over . a . •new trail, the
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regular stage•road being.orithe nortli side.
For Most of the way the . Main valley: lies
north of • the.- river, while the Seiith - side
, are " bottoms " from: 'Om to_ fifteen -miles
itt .length, :•r divided. -by bluffa„---' which
run - into . the: .- water'W edge. The
:first of timid. -west. of ..5 -Miles City are.
Cheyenne- Bluffs, from which-. -there is a:
Magnificent -view.- To the left can he Seen
- -ext,ensive:bottom. -oil the north side,
eloping -gradually hack to the bluffs • several
_
miles away,;With a grade of two to five feet
iii -Ont hundred, covered with a_ thick mat
of buffalo and bunch grass, which, .except
whatliteatisitly such herds of buffaloes and
'antelopea as occasionally graze there, goes
to waste. or- rather rots with the spring
unsurpassed richness of the soil, and is
then covered by a fresh growth. Directly
under the bluffs is the Yellowstone, broken
iuto several channels by beautiful wooded
islands, and fringed along the banks by
groves of cottonwood, varying in size from
it slender twig to the patriarch of five feat
in dianieter. To the right is the Indian
town, with its teepees bestowed iu pictu-
resque irregularity, and its curious jumble
of bucks, squaws and papooses, ponies arid
dogs, lines hung with strips of buffalo meat,
buffalo, robes, ruedicine flags, and all the
re cetera that characterize the home of. the
savages. Further to the right is Fort
Keogh, with its neat collection of build -
lags, behind which aro the woods that
mark the course of Tongue ltiver, and the
peak of Tongue River Butte standing
sentinel over all. About the plain are
herds of horses, ponies and cattle, bull
teams and other outfits creeping along the
serpentine trail, soldiers at target practice,
and Indians of all sexes and ages, riding,
walking and straggling in all directions.
In the pure, transparent atmosphere far
distaut objects cau. be discerned -with the
naked eye,aud a Wiwi glastovill discover
details. It is a strange and iuteresting
scene,. -and worthy of any and every
expression of admiration we may choose to
aplitsing over a series of bluffs andcoulees
we reached Van Blaideu's 13ottom. If
placed in the market with thesatne area of
-the finest land in appearance and quality
that I have -ever seen east'of the Mississippi
it ought tO bring .several tirrios the price.'
Where the ground has not been broken it
luta been. rollover with a mower, and 'pre-.
scuts the appearance of u,}croquet lawn two-
tniles in length, and where broken looks
like a:field-of guano, and growing mag.
nifidaut crop of cern, -small grains end
vegetables. Thc. potato plants are .over a
foot in ;height. Along the front . is the
river, hidden in the cottonwoods, and
_behind it . is. a bend?' -milo
Wide, 'and I - ,don't" - know - how .-many
-miles long; 'covered: .witir the- nutritious
buffalo grass Waiting for the coming herds.
This riaes fifty 'feet to another bench,
several 1/14'svide and-altriest perfectly
:level,: and still Whitt& Ulla another -bench
of witiehi we .could- uot•See , the
only- Occutiants.. of '.theite -benches that we
Werti -seine curlow„. ptaitlo. 'thtekeiris,
autehipo 0. coyote, but .iir a, -.few: y.ears
they will prothice the best grains. andineate
intim World, The bettoms 0.44 slopes- were.
gorgeous, With .Wild flowers. I- -There_ tr.o.
hOttrilie,rivers thensatida of abres ot .rofies
-bloonn and 'the plains arid slOpes: are.
-.dotted-With •::Citetus -:bloseorning. variouil
:Shades of .red and yellow„ the yUccit -filiune.d7-
totia,--Witli its tall- stalk of:Wavy bleaseinti,
-prirtiroties.;
sWeetened.Aunflowers. -a--f6of high,d4.1",itoOin-
_116Wers -laid -an 'infinite: Variety with --no
-Mini° to -knoWledge„ We -passed Irani
-plateati to bettern. and botternto plateau,
ocinstantly.;:ohtaining new:- .- in:, the
:Yellottistrine.patioraina,-efieli one' .seerning.
tens:more; beautiful :than • the :last - The
country is :.. -said to. iniprove :as: you go
west, though it .-seerna '.hardly •pessi-
ble—the 7 ..body, . timber .. lucre -4403g,
'unit the noble. river,: and islands and lawns,_
foriniug it seriea of pictures -.that would
fascinate -the 'artist and the agriculturist
alike.- lifire':einiped: several - of,-.1hese.
Valleys and. agreed' among ourselves- that- if
it not impossible to feed- ori --Scenery
wo would scarcely : Cate '0 leave. - No per7.
son with. an eye: to, either beauty or utility.
couldgazenpon these ficenes_withouecovet,
lug theihaterial,'and, incredible -as -it- May
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fieeni,...almost:rany one can .poeseiiii. them;
Even- :our driver, who, 0.14 0. buffalo -hunter;
has -travelled 'alt.:over. th-o. territory,-:: and
Many tinieti -through .these came Valleys.,
'could net repress his eipressious of
adini ra-
tion. 'since .rtiyarrNalin the
valley, hill -been delightful, and;in faet;hai
:been op since " early Nardi:: 1:The air is
pure and exhilarating,..-weini days and cool
nights teraperature for the year averagek.
5;.!'.:Warrner. :than :that of .Harniltcin: - The
attirnapliere hi dry, though there are timer:
-01.fc Chewers': thiti ,menth-: No person site
sick -se the doctor reniarks---
and , it plealiant; coinfortable and safe to
sleep cititside, With the neCessary -amount of
wraps. I -t have not heard any one coniplain-
of cold- since .I- -baron th:ough,
last. winter was exeeptionally-severe;
C UBE D IMF PRAYER.
Extraordinary Recovery of a Lady Under
?Orange Circumstances.
A despatch from Rochester, N. T., says :
Mrs. Elizabeth II. Harris is au elderly lady
residing on South Washington street in this
city. Sometime since she broke her leg by
a fall, the bones being badly shattered. She
would not permit her son to call a _physi-
cian, but insisted that the Lord would cure
the injury. She tells it thue : " If the
Lord , had told me right out in plain
words that I was going to be healed,
I couldn't have believed it any stronger.
My 150/1 remonstrated, but I was so
cool and determined that he flually
went up to bed after placing me ou the
lotiuge. My prayers all that long night
were rather utterances of my faith than
supplications. But the healing process
kept going on.. All the pain of the bones
knitting together during it elx weeks' cure
seemed concentrated into that oue night.
I believe that it was so, for it Wall only a
natural process of healinggreatly hastened.
I got up and !Mule an examination- of my
leg and foot. = The bruises were swollen
and blue, and the bad scars seemed
worse than at night. Oh, how the wounds
still pained - me. Then I said to the
-
Lord and to myself, ' Ilia has got to be
like Jacob'e fwith.E. Like Jacob, I took hold
and talked familiarly, and oh, so earnestly,
with the Lord. I said, • Thou knowest
Oh Lord, dud I have baking and churn-
ing to do, and a great deal of other
work, before. -I eau get ready for the
train to go and see my mother. Bring me,
I - pray -Thee., into . Jacob's wrefitling,
HO _that I may have his bleasing now !' Then
air:nest immediately I felt something moVing
down through my sore and painful leg,• tak-
ing the pain down with it. ; followed this
new feeling with my hand, and all the pain
scented fluallyto passout at my -toes. Then
I fell back fainting and unconscious on my
pillow, and wasin a sound; sweet sleep in
ti, second. I -ilept thus .arileur, or until.
the . Him . had risen considerably - in the
horizon., - When I awoke I examined my -
wound - again. - . There was no :blue spot,'
or 'bruise,. or swelling,. or.. pain ; - all had.
gone. :- • I-. patted .the,healed -Member,. to
niake sure that:Jinn.° - Wail_ really, no _ pain
111 it. -Then.,I.said, 'This. -.question Willbe
tally te.stedin Mytability to:walk.' ;leaped
upon the- iltior wltliont -pain aid :shouted
and praised the. lydrd-as,:Ir thought of that
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precious -Passage,: 1.Joy ...Cometh . in the
inornfing.'. --- My ii134 -came doyinstairs, SaW
my. demonstratiOns Of delight and; laughed
aS lie ' Said: '` Oh inether, the Lord hes
heard year prayers; haan't ire?' - „‘.Yes,-Ite
has,' -said r, and we both _knelt right down
sainedi.a-ir4-o,t,orne,t1- thanks - to.. the _Great. Phy. -
: Eu044611114 QV_ OVER ClItt.WRI NG. :
-.10Orty._ Pertains IlIvistit- . In it faininill Feiver
• _ Ilkin7-A Wenlfhy Ong- riek.cr -k!cli.siinif
-. . In _ SqUalOir... 3 ---' . -;-
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. 13 nvirt41.0,- N. Y. Juno 10:-,—The_Superin-.
ter:idea of Police bus addressed -the follow!.
ing to the Board of • Health :. -"-Ldesireto
pall the attention' of Board of Health
to i.le-pie_rnises:479. Alabama; street.- The
house is -occupied ,by_r twelve .•fatinlies- Of
polanders, aggregating- over forty persmii.
:
The place is very filthy - and.overcro_wded,
with pool of ..water _under the--
-houfle' breeding:disease and death: -. Four
-deaths halve - already occurred there, and
seven children are now sick. Every inch of
the rem iii. Odeimied.; --cine -family lives in
the pantry." - . .:_. ...,. ..
. -- Thelieuiiii' hi ipiestion fit a storey'anda
half. frame,-- probably 16x30, and- is only
00(011step-co of Wlia.t is -a common experi
erice 'at -the suburbs in_Eenit Buffalo, wiriere-
giere-is a regular POlish..settlemeut.. .., -.;
.-
J. Kraub„ a--.tag-picker, living -in.. the.
'Cohen Woe -lc -on -Seneca, street, --Was meted
on complaint.of•the _landlord. ' The .reoni ni
about 10 feet -squarerand.6 feet high.. 'Rags
to the two 'feet igy on the door,
. .. . . ... . . . _ .
and on, the -coillpg were. strings like net-
work, in which rags . -had been hung to .dry.
About two bushels of bread, info:nail-pieces
werefoundin-- bags, and a bushel of ,cigar
stubs was also found... lirituh took two.
:large-ealt bags: •of gold-. to -the amount' of
$4,000.- - The constable was obliged tohreak
in the door; and the steneh-WaS terrible.• ..
.-KissArlaimaNG 'irsiti,s14;
• -4 -- - -
irr.h. e. ...D. i.n.b91.!c.u1E---0Turiait;11;.-, raearthed ' In
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,
A -cablegram froni-Londen sayirtbe-action
of the Government relative to the decoying
of English girls . for infiniOug„ purpoiies' by
foreign bas not 'been taken toe seen.
-Strferakmysterietis disappearances Of young.
girls havei-been ported here 'lately,. and
there -are -grave reasons for fearing that they
have been trappe 'and conveyed out of the.
-country. : One_Of he-hitest cases -61•Miasing
girls is thatof. Mary Seward, 'aged 11,- who
lived -with herpa Pali at Westham, and the
publicity given to ithasielicited information
showing that for years paid there:has been in
-London &systematic attettipt at kidnapping
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young girls inthat district. It has bi3come
,absoliitely dangereps for girls- of. 12 . years
'old and upwards to he out on the streets
alone, sof they.are.accosted orrunafter by
-strange,men or wenien who always eee.in to
have plenty Of money, and haveexpressed
.-their.-willingnese .".to pay srlocid price". to
anyebe. who will assist Mein - to get .girls.
These circumstances are-. Vouched:- for by -
men working at the Victoria docks. . and the
only wonder is thatrrthey --have - not before,
-now. combined .to punish.. the - -" foreign
gipsy,looking people."'_who are intent upon
dololatin-g their homes, . -.Mary. Seward has
been -missing several weeks; and: although
no direct clue has been found as 'to the.
whereabouts of the girl,- it - is- thought the
information obtained hy the police May yet
lead to the ablution of the Mystery,
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- - Dr. W:13.• Playfair,-Writing. to: the British,
' Nulled. Journal, says: ,14-1 should- like, to
'direct the attention of practitioners to _the
artificial .hurnan . ilk-- now prepared by the
AylekiburY"Dairy Company; at a-eost little
over that of -.the beet nurserYinilk_.-- This
valuable:method of treating cows' milk
-first' • brought under 'my notice -seine years
-
ago by Dr. Frank and; the eminent chemist;
who devised it for orie,of hie own.ehildren,
who was ill,„ and Ithave since need it my
practice.- Its ..composition - is", absolutely
identical with -that' of human - milk, and
under its use the risks -..and- disadvantages
of the .13ottle-feeding.of. infants are reduced
to a. minimum."
1
- '-James trevie died at 'Montreal 'on. Wed-
. nesday. at the ad vanced .age Of •100 .. yeare
and two 'months:.
--THE=11011TIIERN RACIFic .
-htie -.expeOieticed sotnO: - changes -1 since
m.ylefit. Mr, Villard, • of the - Oregon
Na;figation Cotnpatiy; -bought out .-Pre-
sident Rillings, Northern _Pacific • iitock
..,-58,000,000 Worth,. andi will probably rbe
elected .Presideint this thonthi,:- The road 14
:being pirshed -at a•trereencloiiii rate, -.the
graders - crowding 'the engineers ahd .the
tracklayers crowding the graders: .Tho
truck 14 exiteeted.to- reaCh Miles City text
month,- and groat- strides. are being fried°
on -the -western ditylaiOnS The Secreta,ry
of the Interior. has decided_ fn favor of -the
conepany having right of way through the
Crow -reservation, south Of the 'Yellowstone,
Iso therMusselshell_survey has been dropped,
mulch to tny.disappoilitment, but I liepe to
reaCh_.the National ; Perk „When._ the -.Pre.
liminary siirveys are made there. The road
'irow offers.- the trip fer,_health„ sport,
pleasure and economy through the Dakota
prairies and the wonderful Bad Lands up
the Yellowstone:Valley, frUM --Which ...can.
be reached the -American Wonderland and
National Park. COmmend tOthis trip
above all others... • -
JIOLY 'km
_ .
Ts One of men;,- so balled 'from,- his free
use of Scripture. is a- creek 'hunter,•
and just -returned from -the buffalo range.
Thismerning 'leaked him hew he succeeded. •
" Only got 48 ;"..Woul bave got' plenty
onlyI was set afoot."
Set afoot 1...
.theign Yanlitonaise stole my
-horses up; - Steep 2dount%int and -I was
'three 1weeks coming :.10-itne on buil
team:" . -
'.Afterwercla we Were talking of Indiana
whin -Jim put :: , _
_-"I•gOt a grudge agin.: them- njins.
If -I'ineet one alone, with a Y, and git
'the drop on him, you t °Uri) . life he's
my -Meat. I want twnetnYgit.even."..
-
As Jim is a -sine ahot-.and -amen of More
deeds than words, he .14-ey_ sdo hveAom.
says.—
Yours truly,
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TEA -TABLE G OSSI P.
r—Days are now fifteen hours and a guar-
t(ir. long.
--A light blue satin is trimmed with
w iter lilies and tulle.
—" 'Tis hard to part from those we
lc 43 "—and sometimes it is even more
diclvfele.ult to get away from those we don't
--She was 'blooming as she stood at the
altar, and the man who was soon to be her
sband was a ninny -looking fellow.
" Veil," said one of her old beaux', 'she
ti kers the cake."
--A Paris tradesman says that crinolettes
fcr a tall lady should have four or five deep
fl iunces of still crinoline muslin, and that
fir short lady two are sufficient. English
ls ies do not welcome the crinoline as
F ouch ladies do.
• —The Bey of Tunis has appointed the
p rson who for many years hati.sbeen his
b floon as {President of the municipality
a d Administrator of religious corpora.
ti us. 0, wise 13ey! Lucky Buffoon !
—" Sam, you are not honest. Why do
y u put all the good peaches on the top of
tl e measure and the little ones below 2"
"Same reason, sah, dat makes the front of
y' ur house marble and de back gate chiefly
BE sah."
—Elder sidter : " Well, dear, did you
hive a pleasant time at the theatre
t(' -night?" Younger ditto : "_011, it was
jE st lovely! I cried all the time." Elder
si ter : " Did you! Oh, how I wish I'd
b eu there V! •
—Take halls teaspoonful of black pepper
if
powder, one teaspoonful of brown sugar,,
aid one teaspoonful of cream. Mix them
gether and place them in a room on a
p ate where flieft are troublesome and they
"11 very SO011 disappear. •
second Grand Camp of the -Knights
o Maccabees of the World has been orga-
n zed for the State of Michigan, with A. R.
ery, of Port Huron, as Grand Com -
11 Pretty soon .every other village
'11 have (1,Grand, Great Or Supreme -Camp
o this Orde• r.
-=-The cigarette vice—" Do you -knovf,
111 r.- Smithr -asked Mrs. 5., hia -reproving
a• y, "that that cigarette is hurting you ;
etat it is your enemy ?" "-Yes," replied
E nith, calinly ejecting a fleecy cloud;
yes, know it, andI'm trying smoke
t, reseal out."
. —What Canadian boats really. require is
a new kind of life preserver—something
t tat doesn't nearly drown- you and which
y u do net have to - hold up at great pains
hile you swim. ashore.. There. is no.
-nfie in a boat company -requiring you. to
s ve all the life- reservers at the risk of
y lir. life. .•
"ROHM VAmE " aliE purnito "NEWS."
What is the end of faine9 'Tie but to fill
The chair and edit some poor weekly paper;
Then-emnes a draft from some big paper -mill,
And ail one's profits vanish off liko Vapor:. •
—.A despatch froth Milwaukee says -the
I umane Society of that city on Wednee.
y night stopped the.performance of -Pom-
p ngh'e ctreus_ort the 'ground that -Mme.
Wu's/slack wire act, in which sbecarriee
a child in her arm, WaS -cruelty to chil-.
It is asserted thatthetract of country,
including the celebrated "Everglades,"
which the State of Florida is now going to
drain, will be able to produce More sugar
thaws, adding fresh fertility to the already than the United States can consume.
-
. -
clergyman in a lecture on "How to
et Married," said: " L'verylnain wants a
ife and everywoman wants ehnsband."
ut the great difficulty is that the woman
•e man wants won't have him and
t e man the woman wants wants Some
her woman. -
—When a hen .sits on an empty -china
;g, you call it Wind instinct. What do
u call it 'when it girl sets her affections
an empty-headed noodle ?-1.3estort Tram.
ript. Welcall it very remarkable out this
ay. In Boston it ie ,common—Boston
ornmon. • .
—On Her Majesty's birthday the Crathie '
heir attended at Balmoral Castle in the
ening and sangthefollowing selection of
usic : Hail to the Chief,"- Wha''s itt.
t e Window?" - Begone, Dull Care,"
Charlie is My' Darling," "My Nannie's
wa','"All Among the Barley,' "Ca' the
-Owes .to the. Knowee,- -"Let :the mile
eseund With Song," "Tho Blue Bells of
Gotland," "Robin ,Adair;":" God Save the '•
11 -. •
lieen• — s
AFTER Tnr, BAIN.
oneath rietcanopies of fragrant fileons.
I stood ene anted in 1110 grave's coeigreennetst,...
lire golden -sunbeams lanee-the leafy gloom
Frem heaven's smiling dome of blue Sereneness,
' bus softly bound by_pleasure's silken chain:
I hear the warbling birds,the brook's low
1! wiahuagthistcsrWeeter th. su. miner rain? •
nothing.but the first sweet hour after. .
world 14 jUSt now' full of all kinds -
0 Condensed medicine foods—things which
said to contain.. two or three leaves of
read in a teaspoonful .of mild liquid, of a .-
d nple of quarts of doin,beef hashin a halt.
o nee, or it whole setting -of fresh eggs in 'e,
one, or a niena in a haItd&en drops. Some
the people Who are sosickthat they can
lake only two grains of Desiccated Delayer
Of Death or a A Dakota Wheat Crop in
en Drops, will, in fifteen .minutes, feel that
i.ey have had too much _breakfast and will .
ke a small rye granary with bitters in it •-
t the nearest drinking gymnasium....
IT. MOUT HAVE BEEN—SOLILOQUY.
4' Who knows but what apair of lovely eYes
Will greet limber° as I saunter near, -
And, laughing, with a glad surprise,
Invite we, with sweet accents- dear, -
To swing—to swingin joyous cadence
Upon that gate which hangs so taut—
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_The hinges oiled and moonbeam's radiance '
Inspire my love with happy thought?"
Thus mused Adolph A sharp voice grated: -
"You git from here—turn right about! -
. -Bich goings on is pretty, ain't it?"
'Twas Ina who spoke—Adolph lit out,.
—" Well, my little-, man, what Cal3 we 10 ,
Or you?" said we as a young freckle -faded
=
rchin stepped up to the deck with hishat- -
his hapd. "Is this where you put things
the • paper?"inquired' he, shyly.
Sometimes we put things in the paper - -
laere. :What news have you got ?" "We
tellers licked the Delsycutters 27- to 14 this
orning." "What -is the name of your
bib ?" " We're.the Ninepounders; we are.
ill. you- pit it in, Mister? and •say that •
e played, again ten' men, mister ;, the
mpire was awful rank, and if we ft"
1:etches him he won't see his way
live days." I How verymuch like other 'folks
ys are, We thought.
•
The existing cedars of Lebanon are onlyOO
Old. The cypress trees at Monte -
aims, Mexico, according to a Fran&
otanist,. are 6,000 years old, and conse-
uently he makes them out .coeval with
,be creation of the world. -
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