Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-04-26
An AMERICAN COMEDY.


Scene Mail route on the plains.
Captain Jack and his band OF redskins
discovered upsatting Mail coach and
scalping the passengers.
Captain Jack (wiping the blood off
his ace):-Ugh! Red man like peace.
Great father at Washington big chief.
Red men have white heart. Love all
his brothers. Too much fight. In.
dams sick of blood.
One Eyed Scallawag (running q knife
through q child men brothers
but great father has not sent them
rifles enough. Our hearts are cold with
bad whisky, but there is no lie in them.
Indians love peace.
Scene u.-An Indian encampment
at night. Indians discovered with their
squaws sleeping. Frontiersman and
soldiers seen shooting them from the
timber. So. 2
Yellow Stone Jack, trapper bring
ing down squaw with his rife: There
aren't no reason in the world why this
ere continent amt big enough for In
dams and white men too. All these
things can be settled by a powwow,
| without shedditf blood.
Hairy Jim Draining pappoose):
There amt but one way to fix it-that' S
to have q new Peace Commission.
There amt been any this month. That
what's the matter. srl
Lieutenant in charge Issuing orders
to burn up the lodges and the remain
der of the children): That's true, men.
I'm sick of this work. After we have
killed the rest of the woman and chill
dren I shall insist on talk. These
savages must be made to understand
that powerful government is not ac-
tuated by feelings of revenge.
Scene HI.-Grand powwow on the
plains. -"
Captain Jack with seventeen white
scalps in his girdle): Indian glad to
meet white warrior. Indian never seek
white mans blood. Bad Indians drink
bad whisky and kill. Captain Jack an
cry with bad Indians. Good Indian s
heart are full of love. Captain Jack
cry like squaw to see white man killed.
Peace COMMISSIONER. It cheers the
heart of the white man and the great
father at Washington to hear such no.
BILE words from his red children. War
! and bloodshed are not his desire, and
he sends fresh buttons and needle guns
and revolvers and powder and scalping
knives to his children as peace Offer
ing.
Scene Iv.--Grand Tableau-Peace
Commissioner seen lying stiffina slough
with one of the great fathers knives
thrust into his heart. and Captain Jack
and his squaws piled up in the road with
their throats cut.
Grand Transformation Scene" Let
there be peace!'
81 The king Of Bavaria new sleigh
has seats supported by carved nymph's
naiads, or walkyries; and the panels
are most chastely painted, engraved.
and inlaid by the court artist, Herr ron
Pechmann. The seats and footboards
are Of heavily gold-embroidered blue
velvet, as are the harness and horse
blankets. Everything is shining with
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metallic piece in the sleigh and harness
being either of solid gold or strongly;
plated, 50 as to be rust-proof. The
rugs are of the most costly ermipe, with
chancelieres to match. The sleigh is to
be driven four finland, and has been
sent to the Chateau of Hohen-Schwan-
gau, beautiful little castle erected on
. crag standing at the foot Of the broad
shouldered " Sailing" mountain. In
this manor, which was built for his IA
ther, Maximilian II, while the latter
was travelling in the East, oil the fur
niture is made from cedar, which the
then Crown Prince Maximilian is said
to have bought on the Lebanon. Here
Louis II. spends his Christmas, and tries
the riding qualities of his gorgeous
sleigh, which cost no less sum than
500, 900.
EE Miss Kitty ----. daughter of DIR.
- loves her father, and takes m in
terest in his profession. The other day