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Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
SIOUX INDIANS.

The Sioux are very superstitious, are
controlled by their legends in whatever
they do, and never embark in an under
taking without first having the assurance
that they are in the right. In their
way they are a very religious people,
cherishing the greatest respect for the
rights, both of property and person, of
every member of the tribe. The chas-
tity Of their women is also noteworthy,
and even their mode of warfare is in
accordance with the teachings Of the
Great Spirit. True, they are often ac-
cused Of great atrocities, but, if history
was searched, it would be found that
members of the tribe had suffered simi-
lar torture and death at the hands of the
whites, the circumstances of which had
been remembered and retalliated at the
first opportunity. The Indian has the
utmost reverence for the "Great Spirit" :"
but no belief i'll the existence of an evil
one. They use no profanity, nor any
thing corresponding to a white mans
oath. Their ideas Of the hereafter are
vague, but impressive nevertheless.
They believe that every act and epi-
sode of life below will be repeated in
the "happy hunting grounds" even to
the minutest details, hence the burial
of implements Of war and toll with every
, deceased.
Probably ono Of the noblest actions
in Indian history was the rescue, in
1862, of eight persons-two women and
six children-from the Santee camp, at
the mouth of Grand river, by -Four
Bears. The captives were adopted into
the tribe, and one. Julia Wright, forced
to marry o son of Black Hawk, then q
prominent chief. -Four Bears procured
their liberation partly through purchase
giving four horses), and partly by STRAIT
egy, and, after passing through many
perils, returned them to their homes.
For this noble act -Four Bears was prom
ised remuneration by Congress, but the
promise has never been fulfilled. Dur.
ing his recent trip to Washington he
brought the matter before Secretary
Schurz, when assurance was again given
that the reward would soon be forth
coming.
The relation existing between mem.
bers Of family are very peculiar. Fol
instance, brothers and sisters do moi
fraternize-are very distant-scarcely
recognizing each other. Mothers-in-lav
are also ostracised Immediately upon
the marriage of their children.
Marriage is nothing more than pur'
chase and sale, negotiated by the near
est friends of both parties, but the re.
lations assumed are considered sacred
and are seldom violated.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
AoEORGIA EDITORs WIFE.

There is little brown eyed, enthusi-
astic, high-spirited lady, who, after she
has cooked breakfast, cleared the things
away, set the house to right, attended
the call Of the bread wagon and MIXED
the COW, dons her hat and cloak, comes
into his Office, yanks US ont of the edi-
torial easy chair, pounces on the ex-
changes, smputates every item of inter-
est, stacks them on the copy hook, grabs
up Faber, travels it over a quire Of
editors manuscript paper, removes her
snowy-white apron, shovesup her sleeves,
grabs stick and rule and sets it sll into
type, reads the proofs and corrects every
error. That's our wife and she will get
her reward in heaven. - Cdrtersriiie
(Ga.) Express.
An Italian has invented device for
instantaneously detaching horse from
a wagon. The Boston Transcript be-
lieves this is an infringement ON the
Texas horse thief.
REFERRING to trade marks, the Oar
PCT Trade Review says Guttenburg won
suit about one, and that the English
Parliament authorized them az early as
the thirteenth century.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
IMPRESSIONS.

Spirit of the press-How long can the
ink stand p KeOkuk Constitution.
Dunno. How long can the pen holder T?
Huntington Hawk-Eyc. Tell us how
long can the pencil siarpensr, and we'll
answer that. - omaha Republican.
They are all right as long as the weather
remains ststionery--Omaha Daily Bee.
Your puns are enveloped in obscurity.
That's no wafer to get off jokes.
troh Free Press. We believe you write
in this opiniOn.-Camden Post. Our
penchant run that way. Yonkers Ca
zctte. Seal all !-BOstOn Globe. Gum,
now, it hardly paste to print such para
graphs.-BOston Commercial Bulletin.
We should like to wax why not, if ques-
tions are not against the rule Yawco6
Strauss.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
PKJNIYNG-OFFICE BLUM
DERS.

AHK editor was mad enough 70 kill
somebody when he found that, by .
singular mistake. his foreman had put
the heading "What We Eat " over an
editorial telling how to feed hogs.
The intelligent compositor Of the
BinghamtOn Republican, who was hand
ed paragraph which read, "The lum.
bermen in this vicinity are busy skidding
their logs, preparatory to hauling to the
mills" set it up to read, "The humber
men in this vicinity are busy skinning
their dogs. preparatory to hauling to
their meals"
A WRITER in the Richmond Va.) Dis
patch says that, during the session Of
the Underwood Convention in that city,
an effort was made to expel . reporter.
1t was unsuccessful, and the reporter
wrote to his paper, recounting the ''das-
tardly attempt" and closing with tho
remark that "thus an effort to muzzle
the press was thwarted. The compos-
itor had something to do with the let
ter. and when it appeared the next
morning the line quoted read, "And
thus another attempt to muzzle the pup
vas thwarted." The reporter is now
lead and the compositor mortally in
iured.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
OUR JUVENILES,

S~ppese.
Suppose my little LADY,
Your don should break her head,
Could you make It whole by crying
TIL eyes and nose wore red?
And wouldn't IL be pleasanter
To treat IL - joke,
And say you're glad twas dolly'a,
And not your head that broker
Suppose you're dressed for walking,
And the rain comes pouring down,
viii II clear oh any sooner
Because you scold and frownf
And wouldn't 1t be nicer
For you TO smile than pout,
And 30 make sunshine in the house
Whom there IL mono withoutP
Suppose your task, my little man,
Ia very hard to get,
Will it make It any easier
For you 70 sit and fret7
And wouldn't It be nicer
Than waiting like . duno~
To 20 10 work in earnest,
And learn the thing at onoe9
And suppose the world don't please you,
Nor the way some people do,
Do you think the whole creation
win be altered just for your
And Isn't 1t, my boy or girl,
The braveet, wisest plan,
Whatever comes OF doesn't come,
To do the best you can?
hebe Cuyy.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30

A HUDSON citizen said to the young
man who visited his daughter that he
couldn't afford to have 30 much wood
burned in the parlor stove evenings :;
the young man must come less often,
or quit earlier, or furnish his own wood.
Next day two cords of nice hard wood
were purchased by the young man and
piled in the citizens yard, with big
sign over the pile, reading, "For use
nights only" That young man means
business,
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
PLEASAN7RIES.

The fly is never positive. He always
specs so.
MEN who recklessly run in debt are
frequently inclined to eau de V.
A VEIL is a protection against the
sun of heaven ond the sons of earth.
WHY is the earth like a blackboard?
Because the children Of men multiply
On the face of it.
A LADY friend says that bachelors are
like batch of biscuits-good enough
after they ere mixed.
TRANsLATINa from the German-E.s-
corting your girl home from the fashion,
able dancing party.
SoNa of man with q rope around
his neck and mob at the other end
I'm sadlest when l swing"
EVERY business man likes TO be pat
ronized, provided his patron does not
patrOnize him i'll patronizing manner.
NEVER despise small things. A fca
will get over more ground, in proportion
To- his size, in one second than an eic-
phant will cover in an hours travelling.
"YoU are weak, said woman to her
son, who was demonstrating against her
marrying again. Eyes. mother, ! am,
he replied; 81 am SO weak that | cant
60 a step-father."
ScaOOLMIsrREss "What WAS the
fame of Able?" Boy-"Killed hy Cam
in Club!" Schoolmistress-"No, with
club. Do you know what club is?"
Boy-"Yes, mum, sorter free and easy
like fataer goes to o nights
A PROFESSOR asked his class, "What
is the aurora?" A student, hcstatlnS,
replied "Professor, I did know, but |
have forgotten" "That is sad. very
sad," rejoined the professor. "The only
man in the world that ever knew has
forgotten it.
CHAnLrs EDWARD swung on the garden gs,s-
Waiting for Liza Jane,
When he felt the force Of q number eight,
And heard . voice explain,
In tones that we're both loud and grufY
81 think you'd better travel;
You've hung around here long enough
Here you can't strike pay gravel:
But ~ you're poor as spring sheep
In cold and stormy weather,
I'll give you q raise to help you keep
Boss and body together"
An old Scotch lady gave pointed re-
ply to q minister who knew he bad
offended her, and who expressed sur
prise that she should come SO regularly
to hear him preach. Saidshe: "My quar-
rel's wi you, mon it's no wi the gos-
pei"
X, ARRIVING from Naples, is ques-
toned by u friend: HAD You no ad-
ventures in Italy?" "No." "No brig
ands?" 81 turned them all to flight"
Chow so?" "Why, if saw an ILL
looking individual I went and begged
charity of him."
WHEN Miss B. started for Paris
she said to her aunt, a practical lady:
81 shall bring you back shawl Now,
what color would you like?' The aunt,
after reflection: "Black and white, my
child-your poor uncle is SO sick.
Paris Figaro.
AFTER clergyman has taken a free
bottle Of tonic, felt better, and written
out his certificate of the curative quail
ties of tho medicine for publication, it
makes him unhappy to have a doctor
come along and pronounce the stuff gin
bitters, and bad at that.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30

FAITH is simple, it is to believe; faith
"a anblime. it il to be born again.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-30
A WRITER in the New York Led0er

A WRITER in the New York Ledger
tells of . cOmical blunder in New En-
gland paper, caused by an error in
transpOsing matter, after the form had
been made up: The inside form was
just ready for press, when in came the
editor with an item which must 60 in I
You who are printers know what that
means. and know how to sympathize.
The form was unlocked" ON the
bed of the press, and the item set up
and put in, and, in making room for it,
the foreman had to transpOse and over
run matter from one column to another.
The result OF his manipulations was dis
covered after the edition had been
worked off and mailed. On the editorial
page was an article, written in the edit
or's grandest style, on tho debut of q
female singer, who had delighted the
people, and entranoed the impressible
editor. He wrote toward the close,
"The voice Of this singing-bird is sim
ply divine. Would that we could have
her with us always. But alas. that can
not bel! And this had closed the arti-
Gle as he had written it, and the last
word had just filed out the last line and
also completed column. In his trans
ferring and overrunning the printer had
contrived to get the closing sentence Of
another article. on . totally. different
woman, made mp against the above. 80
as to give the notice Of the divine singer
this wonderful ending "Would that
We could have her with us always. But,
alas, that cannot be Her many crimi-
nal shortcomings have at length brought
upon her the retributive hand of justice,
and she will give to our excellent States
prison the next three years Of her un-
happy life."
PkJN7ING-OFFICE BLUM
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Tbe Chilly C5roalfle.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER a, 1881.
GEN. JOE JOHNSTON has always en-

GEN JOE JOHNSTON has always en-
joyed q full share of public conti~
dence, as to being a nan Of truth
and veracity, but it is evident that he
must furnish proof about Jefferson
Davis getting away with the car load
of Confederate gold before it will be
generally credited. While Davis is
known to have been man of inordi-
nate ambition, supremacy selfish, un-
safe and unreliable as political
leader, belonging to the order Of
men who woald rather rule in hell
than serve in heaven, yet his probity
of character has not often
been called in question.
He has never, we believe, been
charged with personal corruption.
Besides, he has not been regarded as
a wealthy man. and it would have
been impossible for him to posses as
much wealth in his own right as 81
10000 without the fact being known
before this. The charges of General
Johnson are of grave character,
however, and further developments
will be looked for with interest.
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preparation for the grand jury and
for trial Of the evidence as to one
of these combinations. Though, as
general rule, prefer not to say
anything as to what we expect to do.
[ may mention that intend to issue
this week subpeenas for about sixty
witnesses to appear before the grand
jury SIS soon after the New Year as
that body will be ready to examine
them.
4 good deal of progress has been
made in the preparation of the crim~
inal cases connected with the other
great combinations, SO much indeed
that, so far as / can perceive, there
is no danger that the statute of lin
itations can bar any Of the cases. I
hope they will be ready for the grand
jury, and for trial as soon as the jury
and court can attend to them.
Under these circumstances your
request for the commencement Of
civil suits seems to me timely. Per
sonally. have no authority to COM
mence such suits, but you and I
know that the senior counsel, who
was yesterday confirmed as Attorney
General, will not hesitate to give the
requisite authority, for one of the
chief reasons for his selection for
that position was his avowed deter
minatIon to press the Star Route
cases. / shall at once transmit to
him copy Of your letter, and ask
his approval. When received, I will
cause civil suits to be commenced in
those eases in which the evidence in
the possession of the government
seems to justify such e course.
You will, T. know, agree with me
that these civil suits should not in
any way supersede the criminal
prosecutions, for punishment of the
offenders is of infinitely more impor-
lance than the recovery of money.
Both civil and criminal proceedings
will be pushed as rapidly as is cons
sistent with justice to the governs
ment and to the defendants, though
it is quite possible that you will not
find the progress so rapid as you de-
sire.
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THE JEANETTE.

The general feeling Of pleasure
which prevails throughout the coun
try in these Christmas times will be
heightened by the .tidings received
from the crew of the lost Jeanette.
The Jeanette, it will aforementioned,
was fitted out by James Gordon
Bennett, Of the New York Herald.
and sailed for the Arctic regions in
the month of June, 1879, under the
command of Lieutenant Commander
belong Of the United States Navy
In the DAILY CHRONICLE, OF November
22nd, We gave at considerable length
the particulars of the adven
ture, so far as they were
then known. Nothing had then
been heard Of the Jeanette since
September 1879. Last year tho rev
enue cutter, Corwin, under command
of Captain Hooper, of the Revenue
Marine, cruised IN the Northern seas
under instructions to search for the
missing vessel, but returned without
making any discovery. At the last
session of Congress an expedition
was ordered for the rescue Of the
vessel and her crew, and placed in
command of Lieutenant Berry, of the
Navy. The last report from Lieu.
tenent Berry was made the latter
part of Septemer, but still no tidings
of the lost Jeanette.
Our dispatches of the last few days
have told the story how the lost
vessel was crushed by ice in June
last in latitude n, longitude l57
east. The officers and men scaped
in small boats, but owing to a dense
fog these boats lost sight of each
other, and in three separate parties
they endured the hardships of this
frozen region, without comforts and
threatened with starvation. Two of
the boats have been heard from
while one is still missing. Active
measures are being taken for
the rescue of those not heard
from. The Russian government
has kindly extended its aid
to those rescued, but who are still
suffering greatly aud in danger of
starvation.
It is to be hoped that timely aid
will be rendered, and these brave men
who have risked their lives in the in
terest Of science may yet reach their
homes in safety. The New York
Evening Post says:
We must wait for fuller reports to
know what, il anything, has been
gained by the cruise of the Jeanette.
OF course the expedition is disas-
irous failure in respect to its final
object. Its members have lost .helr
ship and almost their lives without
finding the pole. There is as yet
nothing to show that they have come
any nearer to finding it than some
earlier explorers. The circumstances
OF the failure are such as might be
expected to deter other adventurers
from following in their difficult path,
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habit not long ago been settled that
no certain hardship and no real Or
possible danger can restrain those
who have come within the influence
Of the singular fascination OF polar
exploration. Far from checking the
adventurous impulse, the story
of the Jeanette will proba
bly, quicken it. There is some
hope on the part Of the Arctic ex-
perts, that, while Captain belong
has not found tue pole OF got very
near to it. he may be able to report
important gains in learning some
thing about the right way to it.
The Herald, which, as the protector
of the expedition, has made close
study OF the subject, seems to be
l;eve that the captain proved thst it
IS impracticable :" to push to the
north in the region to the eastward
of Wrangeu Land = that he then
made an attempt to find an open
seaway northward By pushing TO the
west = that this movement was sue
cessful until his ship met with "a
not uncommon Arctic accident" and
that perhaps the true course Of fu-
ture inquiry has been marked out.
This & matter for Arctic geographic
cal experts to consider; and even
with them it must be IL matter OF
speculation until further details OF
. the cruise are received.
ABIDING to the childish farce be
ing enacted in the Virginia Legisla>
ture on the dueling question, the
New York Tribune says:
The Virginians are a queer peo>
pie. They adopt stringent laws
against dueling, but when the laws
are violated they all with one accord
rise up and apologize for the offend
ers on the ground that they are gen
tlemen and members of the first
families who should not be made to
suffer for defending their honor.
Among the penalties provided by the
Virginia statutes for fighting a duel
or sending challenge is disability to
hold q public Office. In the excite
ment of the recent political campaign
a number of high toned gentlemen OF
both parties incurred that irksome
penalty. As they all hold Office, OF
expect TO, something had to be done
for their relief, SO bill has been
passed removing the disability. The
whole proceeding is farcical If any
body deserves punishment for violat-
ing the law, it is the judges, con,
gressmen and editors who were aware
of it's provisions and knew of its i'm
portance to the welfare of civilized
society. Yet these men are abgoived
from the penalties of a statute which
some of them. no doubt, helped to
make, and which all would see ap-
piled to any obscure offender with
out raising the slightest objection.
The Virginia Legislature has it in
its power TO forever put an end to
the dueling business. II it will just
say to these Office holding and Office
seeking gentlemen, you incurred your
disability and we do not propose to
remove them for your aecommoda-
ton, they will put stop to it.
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