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Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-04-08
IHDlAN RIQRTED DADCOCX.
He Narrowly Escapes with his Life
fFOn the N0ot1l00.


He Narrowly Escapes with bis Life
1Fon the Nostilss.
The Wlnst IN Brothers, extension con-
tractors, are fond of jokes, and they never
get mad when . good joke is told on
them. This spring they brought from
Minneapolis bookkeeper named Bah
cock. He had never been west, but he
had read much about the treacherous In.
dian, and he longed for scalp. He told
Mr.. Winston repeatedly that il he could
only kill IN Indian, the height of his am.
bltion would be reached. Mr.. Winston
told the boys At the Little Missouri Of
this, and that WAS enough. Frank Moore
and one or two others took xr. Bsbcock
in tow. They told him there were few
Indians lurking about the Bad Lands.
but they were killing them of rapidly.
4r. Moore told him it had been poor
winter for Indians, but he had twenty
one scalps drying in the gsrret of his
store. Ar. BsbcOck longsd for tho blood
Of redskln. One day the boys went out
on prospecting tour for specimens Of
petrifaction which abound in the hills
above the csntcasment. They took no
guns; they did not need any. In the
meantime it had been arranged for two
men to dress up % Indians and ride up
over The bluffs overlooking the prospec.
tors. Everything worked we'll: Mr..
Babcock was admiring piece of petrl-
fed wood and soliloquizing how pleased
his girl would be to get 1t, when sudden.
" he heard whoop. He started, looked
around, but saw nothing. Presently
there was another shout, and his worst
fears were realized. There, almost d.
rectly above him, were two Indians, we'll
armed, their guns carelessly hanging by
their sides, and their hatchets gllstening
in. the sun. OF course the others seen
them also; they ran, and ran fast. Bah
cock fell into snowdrifts over his head,
but he would bound out like deer
Those who knew the road well, got con.
siderable the start, but Babcock was not
far behind in reaching the post. Every
body talked Indian. 1t was stated that
where there were two, there wele GER
tsinly more. The two were but the pick
etAaen of the army behind. BabcocE was
wild with excitement, but no more so,
apparently, than others. He sought Da-
vis<4h1 telegraph operator, and sent =
dispatch 10 Mr. Winston, at Mandan, as
follows;. I'VE are surrounded by Indi-
ans; send guns and ammunition by extra,
Immediately" Mr.. Winston knew what
was up, and said nothing; the operators
guessed what was the matter, but said
nothing everybody at the cantonement
knew what was the matter, but said moth.
ing. A day and night of suspense, and
MI. Winston arrived. Babcock asked if
he had brought the guns, but this was
too much. The huge joke was exploded,
and the Minneapolis bookkeeper ordered
the wine. After imbibing freely for q
few hours, he wrote The TRIBUNE man
that il he said anything about this mat
ter in his paper, he would kill him. THE
TRIBUNE knowing the effect wine has
upon Indian scalpers, knew that what he
had said would not be carried into exc
cution; therefore it is no more than JUS
tice that the friends of Mr.. Babcock
should know of his hairbreadth escape
in the Bad Lands.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
Oisagreeable Habits.

Nearly all the disagreeable habits
which people take up come at first
from mere accident or want of thought.
They might easily be dropped, but they
are persisted in until they become
second nature. Stop and think before
you allow yourself to form them.
There are disagreeable habits of body,
like scowling, winking, twisting the
mouth, biting the nails, continually
picking at something, twirling key or
fumbling at a chain, drumming with
the fingers, screwing and twisting a
chain, or whatever you lay your hands
on. Don't do any of these things.
Learn to sit quietly like gentleman,
was going say, but am afraid even
girls fa- into such tricks sometimes.
There are much worse habits than
these, tobe sure; but we are speaking
only of these little things that are Sc
annoying when they are persisted in
There are habits of speech, also, such
as beginning every speech with "you
see," or you know" "now-a," 81 DOM
care" "tell ye what" "tell We now" in
distinct utterance, sharp, nasal tones
avoid them all. Stop and think what
you are going to say, and then let every
word drop from your lips just as per
| feet as new silver coin. Have car,
about your way of sitting and standin,
and walking. Before you know it yol
will find that your habits have harden
ed into a coat Of mail, that you canno
get rid of without terrible effort.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
a Mexican Hotel.

Cor Globe Democrat.
The Mexican hotel furnishes lodging,
that is all. You engage your room
by day or month, and you get your bed
and toilet. OF course we ring for ice
water, and the waiter brings us water
without ice; we ask if we can't get ice,
and we are told we can if we go out
and buy it. Before going TO bed my
chum bethinks him Of his physic, and
asks for warm water; the waiter can't
get rs any because the only place to
get it is ut the bathing establishment,
aud that is closed at $50. We need a
spoon and send Il boy for one; he re-
turns and reports that the restaurant
is closed, and the cafe wouldn't trust
him with spoon. L go down to the
cafe, when the proprietor, a very polite
Frenchman, says: Il am very sorry to
give you the trouble to come down
stairs; l am very glad to lend you any
thing in my establishment, but 1 have
lived too long in this country to take
the word of one Of those fellows for a
spoon
The force of the hotel consists of a
sad-looklng clerk, who writes the
names of the guests with chalk on a
blackboard, melancholy custodian of
the keys, two bare-footed Commanche
boys for general utility, and two wait.
'ers on each floor. 1t is owned by the
Iturbes, who are the richest family in
Mexico. They paid $4,000 for the
property, and make $4,000 to $4,000
year. from it. They own the whole
block, the Hotel Bazaar, the Hotel Sar
Carlos, and whole blocks of the finest
property in the city. There are two
of them, and their fortunes are esti
mated at $20,000,000 apiece.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
Dangers of Railroad Work.

The brakemen on our roads will find
il quite difficult to get their lives insur-
ed. 1t is estimated that there are al
least ten brakemen killed throughout the
country every day. The reader of the
daily newspaper learns how this class
of men are killed or. manned while
coupling cars and making up trains,
while others are knocked from the tops
of cars by bridges, or slip or fall, or are
injured or killed in collisions. Then
there must be at least three times as
many brakemen injured as are killed, OF
whom the ppblic hear little or moth
ing.
At the lowest calculation, if ter
brakemen are killed every day, that
would be equivalent to 8, $50 during the
year, which, added to the number in.
jured in various ways while on duty
would give the sum total of deaths
and Injuries about II, 600 a year. These
are frightful figures of a fatality, a los:
Of life or injury to the body that is
attributable either to carelessness, neg.
ligence or accidents inherent in the
business.
We therefore venture to assert as q
fact that the public has no idea of the
number of accidents that occur on the
railroads throughout the country every
day; and that it is also true that there
is no vocation so fraught with danger
to life and limb as that of the brake
man, particularly ON freight trains
men on passenger trains, having /;
great many lives entrusted to thei
care, consequently have a greater re
sponsibility resting upon them, an'
are apt to exercise greater degree o
caution than do freight men.
Indeed. the life Of a fright brake
man is a precarious one. Insuranc
agents in some parts of the country d
not take risks on employees on freigh
trains; but conductors and brakemel
on passenger trains are insured b
their paying extra hazardous rates o
premium.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
THE HIGHWAY COW.

The hue Of her hide was dusky brown,
Her body was lean aRd her neck was
slim,
ono horn was turned up and the other
She was keen Of vision and long Of limb
WIN ltoman nose and short stump tail,
And ribs like the hoops on a homemade
pail
Many mark did her body bear;
She had been a target for all things
known,
Op many a scar the dusky hair
would grow no more where II had once
grown;
Many passionate, parting shot
Had left upon her lasting spot.
Many and MANY n welI-aiued stone.
Many brickbat Of gOodly size,
And many n cudgel swiftly thrown,
Had brought tile tears % her loving eyes,
Qr had bounded OF frorl her bony back,
With a noise like the sound Of a rifle crack.
Many a day had she passed In the pound
For helping herself to her neighbor's
corn;
MaHy acowardly eur and hound
Had been transhxcd ON her erumplcd
Many a teapot and old tin pail
ia" sas ,Ie,,, tsrner Az boys ~ her time
~ s.arlHIWl
Ola Deacon Cray val I6E,;ss 49,
Though sometimes rr",scd 10 be pro
fame,
When many n weary mile he ran
To drive her out OF his growing grain:
Sharp were the pranks she used 10 play
To get her OIL and get away.
She knew when the deacon went 10 town
She wisely watched him when he went
by;
lie never passed her without frown
And nm evil CLEAN I'm each angry eye:
lie would crack his whip In a surly way
And drive along In his One-horse shay"
Then at his homestead she loved 20 call.
Lifting his bars with crumpled horn,
Nlmbly scaling his garden wall,
Helping herself 20 his standing corn;
Eating his cabbagcs, one by one,
Hurrying home when her work was done
Ills human passions were quick 20 rise,
And striding forth with n savage cry,
With fury blazing from both his eyes,
AS lightnings flash I'm n summer sky.
Reddcr and redder his face would grow,
And after the creature he would go.
Over the garden, round and round,
Breaking his pear and apple trees,
Tramping his melons into the ground,
Oyerturning his hives Of bees,
Leaving him angry and badly stung,
wishing the old cows neck was wrung.
The mOsscs grew on the garden wall;
The years went by with their work and
play,
The boys of the village grew strong and
tall,
And the gray-haired farmers passed
away,
One by one rs the red leaves fall,
But the highway COW Outlived them all.
-COunfrUsidc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
One Useful Effect. +.

The Tunisian campaign is having
one euseful effect-it is giving the Par
isians a lesson in Mediterranean geog-
raphy. No people on earth, otherwise
SO intelligent, are so backward in geo
graphical knowledge as the French.
Now the city is covered with plans of
the seat of war and the adjoining
coasts, and old gentlemen are seen
studying them over their absinthe. AT
the SorbOnne, an examiner was lately
questioning candidate on geography,
'Ten me-" he said "what route you
would follow to go from Paris to Al
giers?" ssWell, sir" replied young hope
full, audaciously, Il would first go te
the Lyons station and take a ticket te
Marseilles. At that port / would em
bark in ship bound for Algeria, and
then would implicitly trust myself t
the captain, who naturally would know
1.-THE way better than do
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
London SMALLPOX Figures.

LOlldOn lTutu
The figures of DR.. Buchanan, the
medical officer of the local government
board, in regard to smallpox are re-
markable. He estimates that during
the last twelve months 1882 persons
have died of smallpox in London. OF
these, 325 had been vaccinated, and
637 had not, while it was not known
whether the remainder had been vac
cinated or not. 1t would appear, there
fore, that vaccination reduces the
chance of dying of smallpox by one
half. Against this, however, Is 10 DC
reckoned the very considerable number
of persons whose health is seriously In
jured by impure lymph. That the
present law, obliging ali children to be
yaccinated, requires modification, Is
shown by the fact that the parents OF
rich persons never allow their children
| tn he yaccinated with the lymph which
| is considered good enough for those o.
poor persons. Every one knows that
when child of wealthy parents is e
be vaccinated some medical man Il
chosen who either has obtained TIT
lymph direct from cow or from yer.
healthy child
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
A Bows Influence.

Many, many years since, Mr.. and
Mrs. sc. Hall visited Ireland, previous
to writing their well-knewn work de-
scriptive of its scenery and customs
On the occasion of their visit to Glen
dalough, the far-famed district of the
Seven Churches, they observed young
lad seated on one of the tombstones,
who, Immediately on their approach,
doffed his cap, and offered his services
rs guide over the district.
A bargain was soon struck, and the
party drove off. The lad, full of the
quaint cid legends of the place, did the
work veil, and to the entire satisfac-
ton of his employers. Returning
home after days thorough enjoyment,
Mr.. Hall took a flask from his pocket,
and after partaking of the contents, of
fcred some to the Lad. To his utter
astonishment, the offer was firmly but
politely declined.
To Mr.. Hall, such thing was mex
plicable An Irish boy who would not
even taste whisky was, indeed a
stranger sight than he had seen during
the daya He could. not understand it
Resolved t6 test The lads principles. he
offered him shilling, then half a
crown, then five shillihgs, if he would
drink the poisonous drug, but the lad
Ras firm. Under the ragged jacket
there throbbed true heart. Mr.. Hall
determined, however, to conquer, if
possible, and finally offered him half a
sovereign, a coin not often seen by lads
of his class in these parts. 1t was a
wicked act and proved too much fol-
the poiiteness of even an Irish boy.
Drawing himself up in something
well-nigh akin to indignation, and pul,
ling tremendous medal from the fold
Of his ragged jacket, he firmly told Mr.
Hall, 'tbat for all the money his hon
or might be worth he wonld no. break
his pledge"
The history was soon told. 1t had
belonged to the lads father, who had
spent the prime of his days in the ser
vice of the crueilest task masters
drink. Until the advent Of the genu
inc apostle of temperance, happiness
had been unknown to yon home ON the
hillside. But with his advent, peace
and joy prevailed. The medal was
now round the lads neck-a fathers
dying legacy to his son. Hence this
noble and firm resolve. Nor was his
heroism in vain. 1t was too much fol
Mr.. Hall, who there and then screwed
the top on to the flask, and threw it in
to the lake by the side of which they
stood. Since that day, and entirely
through the influence of that lad, Mr.
and Mrs. Hall have been staunch tee
totalers, aiding the movement by tongue
and pen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28

1.-The Holy Man of Senoussi, in Tripoli,
who is only awaiting his 40th birthday
which will be next year-to reveal himself
rs the HMehedi," or reformer Of the No
hammedans, destined to drive the Chris
tians from Northern Africa, is visited by
thousands of pilgrims.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
Honored and BIest.

When a board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by
combining some well known valuable rem
produced, which would cure such wide
range of diseases that most all other RENE
dies could be dispensed with, many were
skeptical; but proof of its merits by actu-
al trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the discOverers of that great medicine, Hop
Bitters, are honored and blessed by all Is
enefactors.-DemOcrdt-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28

Out of ss7, 100000 in foreign gold coin re-
ceiyed at New York for the year, not one
piece was British. The arrivals were main
Iy French 2Ofranc pieces and German q
mark pieces. although Japanese vens were
J well represented,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28
MisIed by the Advertisements.

Misled by the Advertisements.
Brooklyn Eagle
"Boss in?' he asked as he threw
his leg over the managing editors
table.
"What do you wantY
"Do you obtain divorces without pub
licity?'
''No, 1 don'tr' replied the managing
editor.
"Perhaps Pm mistaken in the place."
he muttered, looking around; "can 1
get an oyster stew, well done, and two
plates of butter, here?"
NO, you can't. This is newspa-
per Office"
"Oh, no! so it is. Just mix me an
absinthe cocktail with double squirt
of lemon"
"Clear out, will you? You've got
into the wrong place. Go across the
street"
"Can't 1 get nights lodging hereY
mo, you can't"
LEND me bung starter till day
after tomorrow"
81 tell you this is a newspaper office.
We don't keep such things. Get along,
will your
''Got any secondhand glass eyes?"
"Look here, you" said the editor ris-
ing in wrath, ''you make for the door,
now, quickp'
"Want to rent that big room in
there for a walking match?" asked
the stranger backing out.
"No, 1 don't. Leave, nowl Novel,
"Pll match you for drinks"
''Getl Spry, now. Out with you"
The stranger tumbled down stairs
and approached the cashier.
as the boss word good?" he asked
Certainly" replid the fnancia
man.
81 don't understand it," unused tn,
stranger sadly. Heres your papel
says divorces procured without pub
licity,' and board cheap and finest O
liquors constantly on hand and 'glas
eyes perfectly natural and parlo
games to salt all ages and when
went up to buy some of 'em, the bos
claimed he was all out of stock. Is b
reliable?'
"He certainly is" replied the cash
ier.
"Then your paper is derned liar,
proclaimed the exasperated strangel
Il thought so when you put m
down as being locked up for drum
and disorderly, and now / know it
And the misled citizen went around
job Office and subscribed for circl
show bill to run the balance OF Il
year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28

aCan you spell donkey with one let
ter ?n asked silly man OF bright girl.
@Yes,D she answered, ~"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28

Never equivocate; never speak anything
positively fer which you have no authori-
ty but report, or conjecture, or opinion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-28

This life Is bat weary interlude to pea
feet strains beyond.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-26
PRESIDENT GARFIELD

In spite of an effort to inspire the pub
lie with hope, the fact remains that the
president is failing very fast Those who
have mismanaged the case declare that his
digestion has been bad for years, and that
during the campaign he had two attacks
very like gastric fever. Those who re-
member how strenuously it was insisted
during the election that we had a presi-
dent with robust physique, who would be
equal to all the trying situations in which
he found himself, will smile at this new
revelation. What is most to be deplored
is that the present board of physicians
shonld be allowed to take entire control
of the patient ind then mismanage
the case from the start. That they have
mismanaged it appears to be evident.
The old army physician is not allowed to
see the patient, and is put out of the room
under circumstances that look very much
like an outrage; but DR.. Bliss son, mere
neophyte in the business and without
either age or experience to qualify him, is
allowed to be present and to assist in all
the operations. What is this but an adj
vertising dodge, and that of the worst pos
sible sorts. All the glory was to be alb
sorbed by DR.. Bliss, and he was to flourish
around and be the great major domo of
the White House. In making his grand
flourish, Bliss did what so many have done
before him. He overlooked the main
point which was to save the presidents
life. This matter has, it seems, never oc-
Cured to him. The fact is, that there has
been too much gush about the whole ad-
ministration. Everybody about the ex.
ecutive seems to be posing for public no.
tice. Everything must be done with an
air. Every one is attitudinizing, and
sending out kilograms, and issuing bulle-
tins, and trying to show the world that he
is the one who has the whole affair in
charge. There is an air of the theater
about it ALL We lose sight of the sick
man in the constant whirl of medical at
PENDANTS, and the flourish of visitors and
attaches. The pictures from the White
House read like life under Louis XIV,
when the king could not pull off his shirt
unless he did it in the presence of five hun
dred people, True, the crowd has been
debarred from the sick room itself, but all
the details, with minute disgustingly ex-
act are published every hour, and with it
ALL they have, 1t seems, torn the executive
stomach in pieces, and rendered it impos-
sible for him to digest the simplest nour-
ishment. In vain they talk learnedly con-
corning the ability of his system to rally.
He does not do it, and rather fails than
recuperates. The whole thing is the strong
est commentary on the ability of the Pres
ident's advisors TO look at everything but
the main facts. Peoria Journal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-26
Firasy. August as. 1854

The people in their distress over thu
long, and now seemingly hopeless, illness
of the President, are beginning to ask the
question whether the doctors have not
been more dangerous than the wound
That the bullet touched no necessarily vital
point, seems to be clearly established, and
why he is in no better condition than he is,
can only be explained under the hypothe
sis, that he is suffering from too much
doctor The New York Herald lately
asked
why strong man with wound that
has not penetrated any great cavity, MOI
injured any great blood vessel nor touched
any vital organ-with a mere flesh wound
in the wall of the body-is now, after thir-
ty seven days, no further advanced to-
wards recovery than Mr.. Garfield is 2"
The trouble seems to be that in their
anxiety to save so great a man, procedures
were followed and courses taken, which
were more deliterious in their effects
than the mere wound itself. DR.. Robert
son of Muscatine, President of the Iowa
State Board of Health, and leading pro-
fessor in the State Medical College, thinks
''that had President Garfield been a COM
mon man his wound would have been
probed at once and all danger removed"
AS one of our most reputable physicians
put it, IF we had such case out here on
the prairies, the ordinary procedure would
have been followed and the man would
now be convalescent. They made mis-
axe in not treating the President they
would have treated the commonest citi-
zen"
DR.. Kaufman, one of the ablest physi
clans of st. Louis, says to Globe Demo.
crat reporter that it is much easier to treat
gunshot wounds successfully than dagger
thrusts. In referring to the Presidents
wound, he said; Il have never regarded
the Presidents wound as necessarily a dan
gerous one, and, with proper nursing, he
ought to recover"
Should the president die the verdict of
the people would be strongly against the
doctors, who have persisted in trying ex-
periments, when many successful cases of
a like character should have taught them
experience.