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An INDIAN PTTHIAS.


How SaYuSa w arrlOf sAept ftS y O".
Mr. Ephraim Webster is said to
have been the first White man, says the
| Syracuse Herald, who sought a perma-
nent residence in Onondaga county,
and passed the most of his time among
the red men of his day. Force of cir
cumstances brought him to Onondaga,
and soon after he had located there II
young brave of the Cayuga nation one
morning presented himself before the
chiefs of the Onondagas and Mr.. Web
ster, while sitting at the door of the
council-house. The young man SAID:
II have come to dwell amoCg you and
your people, if you will permit. | have
| left forever the home of my father and
the hearth of my mother. seek q
home with you; my name is Manti-
noah, deny me not"
| "Mantinoah, you are welcome here,
| said the aged chief Ka-whick-do-ta; ''sit
| down among us Be our son, we will
be to you father; you can hunt and
/ fish with our young men, and tread the
war path with the braves of our nation;
you shall be honored as you deserve"
Nearly two years passed, and Mantl-
noah was apparently contented and
happy He was the first in the chase,
most active in the dance, and the loud
est in the song His ever pleasant and
even manner won for him the friend
| ship of Webster, and therefore it was
| that where one was, there was the 9TH
| or also. Webster was surprised one
bright morning by Mantinoah saying;
Il must leave your peaceful valley soon
| forever. | 90 toward the setting sun;
| have vow to perform. My nation
and my friends know Mantinoah to be
true. My friend, | desire you to go
with me-" Webster consented, and
/ preparation was made for the journey.
They left OnOndaga valley together,
and after a walk of three or four days,
taking their journey leisurely, hunting
and fishing by the way, they arrived at
an eminence near Montinoah's village.
Here" said Mantinoae, "let US rest
let us invoke the Great Spirit to grant
us strength to pass triumphantly
through the scenes of this day. Here, y
| said he. I'VE viii eat, and here, for the
last time will smoke the pipe of peace
and friendship together.
After a repast of broiled venison and
bread, the pipe was passed from one
10 the other IN regular succession, and
the silence was broken by Mantinoah
saving: a little more than two years
have elapsed since, IN my nauve vii
| Iagc near to US, in burst of passion ]
slew my bosom friend and chosen com
panion. The chiefs of my nation de
clared me guilty of my friends blood,
and decrced | must suffer death Ii
was then l sough. your nation; it was
then | won your friendship. The near
est Of kin to him | slew, according to
our custom, was to become my execu-
toner. My execution was deferred two
full years, during which time / was con-
demned TO Punishment from my nation.
| / vowed to return. The time Of two
full years expires this day, when the
setting sun sinks behind the topmost
branch of yOnder tree. Beneath the
broad branches of this venerable oak,
where We now stand. at the foot of this
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-06
4 CENTURY AGO.
The Fine Cool Weather Enjoyed by
Our Great Grandfathers in 1873
Albany (N. y Argus.

Albany (N. y Argus.
The winter of 1779-60 began as the
present one did, and before the slight
moderation in the atmosphere, Sunday,
many of the older residents, whose
fathers and mothers had told them
many tales of that terrible winter, were
specializing as to whether the pres
ent one would resemble it in other re-
spects. In 1779-80 the cold set in
about the middle of November, and
continued until the middle of Fcbru-
airy, During that long period there
was not enough warmth in the suns
rays to melt the snow on the ground,
nor to affect in the least the letters OF
ice that bound the creeks, ponds and
rivers. One snow storm followed
another until finally the ground was 30
covered that it was difficult to 60 from
place to place, and the ice upon the
rivers at 81 convenient points was
used by men and teams and animals
in place Of roads. The cold winds
were 50 piercing that wild turkeys
were found frozen to death in the
forests, and domestic fowls fell frozen
from their roosts. The deer and
buffalo sought shelter from the blasts
around the cabins Of the settlers, and
all kinds of wild animals persisted IN
the forests for want of food, which was
buried beneath the snow. The fierce
wolf and panther, which usually skulk-
ed about the boundaries of the settle
ments only by night, now came near In
broad daylight in search Of The bones
and offal thrown from the cabins 81
the settlers. No rain fell, and the
pioneers were compelled to obtain wa
ter for drinking, cooking, etc, by melt
ing ice and snow. The northern and
western rivers were tightly bound by
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ancient rock, against which We now
lean, / stand prepared to receive my
doom. My friend, we have had many
"a cheerful sport together; our joys have
not been circumscribed our Sr1efs have
been few; look not so sad now, but let
new joys arouse you to happiness.
When you return to the Onondagas
bear witness that Mantinoah died like
a true brave of the Cayugas; that he
trembled not at the approach OF death,
like the coward pale face, nor shed tears
like a woman Ny friend, take my
belt, my knife, my hunting pouch, my
horn and rifle; accept them as memen-
toes of our friendship; | shall need
them no longer; few moments and
the avenger will be here; the Great
Spirit calls; | am ready; Mantinoah
fears not to die; FAREWELL"
As soon as the brave Indian had fin
sshed, Webster demonstrated with him,
but in vain he urged him to escape the
consequences. A short silence ensued,
when yell was heard in the distance,
to which the Cayuga responded. 4
single Indian approached and took
Mantinoah by the hand He, too, had
been his friend, but the law of the saw
age could not be broken.
After mutual salutations and expires
sions of kindness, the avenger address
ed him: "Mantinoah, you have slain
my brother; our laws declare me his
ayenger and your executioner. Your
time is come; death is at hand; prepare
to meet him. Be steadfast, be firm;
and may the Great Spirit sustain you"
Upon this Mantinoah gracefully ele-
waited his manly form, carefully barred
his broad bosom, calmly laid his arm
across his manly breast; not a muscle
moved, not breath was heard There
he stood, ready for the voluntary sacri-
fee, immoyable as adamant. Accom-
panied by a deafening YELL the bright
tomahawk of the avenger glistened in
the fading light; its keen edge sank
deep into the brain of his victim. The
thirsty earth drank the life-blood of
Mantinoah, and he sank, without a
groan, a lifeless corpse before his friend.
Instantly, as if by magic, hos, of saw
ages appeared; the mournful song of
death reechoed through the forest; the
gloomy dance of the dead moved in
melancholy solemnity around the
corpse ofthe departed; the low, guttur-
al moan peculiar to the savage muir
INJURED through the trees, and all was
still. They silently surveyed the
scene, when slowly, in groups, in pairs,
and singly the witnesses of this thrill
ing scene retired.
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JFFFERSON'S MANNERS.
How Eresid mt Thomas Jefferson
Took the Oath of Office And opened
Congress His Charming DcmO-
cratic semplicity.

When jefferson become president he
carried his simple manners and tastes
into official life. He determined THAT
his Inauguration as the chief officer of
the republic should be as Tree from dis
play as possible. Dressed in plain black
clothes, he rode on horseback to the
old capitol, without guard or servant,
dismounted without assistance, and
hitched his horse to the fence. On the
steps he was met by number of
friends, who accompanied him to the
senate chamber, where he delivered
his inaugural address During the
administrations of Gen. Washington
and John Adams the sessions of con-
q ess had been opened in q style SINH
la to that by which the English sover-
eign opens parliament. The president,
accompanied by n large escort on
horseback, drove in state to the capitol.
Taking his seat in the senate chamber,
and the house ofrepresentatiyes being
summoned, he read Is address. Mr..
Jefferson to whom such ceremonies
were distastefull, swept them all away
by one act He sent a written message
to congress, which was read to both
houses by there respective clerks, and
that practice has been observed ever
since. Against one of his forms, how
ever, the ladies of Washington rose up
en- masse. Mr.. jefferson, disliking the
levees which had been held at the white
house, abolished them. He established
two public days for the reception of
company-tn list Of January and the
Fourth of July. On other days he was
at home to all others who came on
business or out of courtesy. Many OF
the Washington ladies, indignant at
their social pleasures being thus cur
tailed, determined TO force the custo-
mary levees. On the usual levee day
they resorted in full dress to the white
house. The president was out taking
a ride on horseback On his return he
saw that the public rooms were filled
with elegantly-dressed ladies. At onc7
divining the plot, ho appeared before
his fair guests booted and spurred and
covered with dust 30 courteous was
his reception OF them and so graceful
his manners, that the ladies went away
delighted with the president, but cha
| grined with themselves. They felt that
they had been guilty of a rudeness in
visiting as guests n host who did not
expect tnam. 1t was their last attempt
to break through the rules Of Jefferson's
| household
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ONE, OR TWO SINNERS!
q Prosecuting Witness Recognizes
the Prisoner as his eid-time Sweet
Heart.
Chicago Time,

The South-side police court was the
scene of a strange and romantice Incl
dent on yesterday. Lizzie Adams, a
dcnizen Of Fourth avenue, had on the
preceding evening been caught while
in the act Of ab5tracting parcel from
gentleman's overcoat pocket.
Charles Fisher was a boarder at the
Grand Pacific, and had recently an
rived in town. He reluctantly appear
ed in court to prosecute the woman
who had acted the role Of pickpocket
upon the street.
"Well, let us hear your story, Mr..
Fisher" the court casually observed,
as the wcll-dressed middle-aged gentle
man stepped up to the desk. At the
mention of that name the woman, who
had been standing in sullen inditfer
ence by policeman's side, started
visibly. With face full of strained
and painful curiosity. she eagerly lean
ed forward, and scanned the features
of the plaintiff. In another instant she
bad staggered, and would have fallen
but for the attending officer. At the
same moment, the man appeared to
recognize her and was visibly affected
He hastily bent over and in low trem-
ulous tones whispered to the Judge that
he declined to press the lrosecution,
Without casting glance at ragged,
shameful wreck of womankind behind
him, he left the courtroom.
Anxious to learn the history of the
unfortunate girl, Il Times reporter fol-
lowed and spoke to Mr. Fisher, but
the latter declined to commit himself
Lizzie Adams was seen a few hours
later, and she gave rather incoherent,
misty account of her past life, Rear
ed as a farmers daughter near New
Haven, Conn, she met there Charles
Fisher. an impulsive young Yale col
legian who hailed from New York.
An attachment sprang up between
them which ripened into love. Why
the engagement had been broken off,
or how far Charles Fisher was concern
ed in the ruin of her after life, the
haggard woman of the town declined
to state Pausing suddenly in the story
she was impulsively relating, Lizzie
Adams turned her steps toward Fourth
avenue, and returned to the slums of
the city, in which the remainder of
her wasted life was to be passed in sin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-06

If the mother is feeble, it is impossi-
BILE that her children should be strong
LYDIA E. PINKHAM's VEGETABLE COM
POUND is a perfect specific in all chronic
diseases of the sexual system of wo-
men. Send to Mrs. Lydia f. Pinkham
233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, fo1
pamphlets.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-06

Mr.. Henry r. Worthington, one o
the most prominent hydraulic angi-
neers in this country, died last week il
New York city. He was Il native OF
Brooklyn, was Ga years old, and was
the inventor of a number of improve.
ments in hydraulic machinery. He was
vice president of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and Il mem
Der of the Society of Civil Engineers.
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rost, and even as far south as Nash
vile the Cumberland was frozen over
with ice thick enough for the safe pas
sage of emigrant trains. The Della
ware, at Philadelphia, had ice three
feet in thickness, and Chesapeake bay
and Long Island sound were frozen
over
ANOTHER SIMILARITY,
between the present winter and that OF
1779-S0, was the mild autumn weather
that preceded it. When the cold be-
gan, in November, 1879, the leaves had
hardly fallen from the forest trees. and
and many of the trees and shrubs were
putting forth new growth. The same
condition Of things was witnessed last
fall. The winters Of 1888, 1874, 1875,
1888, 1892, 1896, and 1899 are all re-
ported to have been very severe. 1t
is stated in HilL edth's Pioneer history
that on the 26th { December, 17SS,
the Delaware ana Ohio rivers were
both frozen over and navigation was
suspended upon them until the 18th OF
the following March. In 1892, when
the soldiers were sent to the disastrous
DaNllCllClQ OI NEllGIAl 81. 1isiiI 40 DtllN
the dead, they encamped whore Gin
cinnati now stands, January Is. The
snow was reported two feet deep upon
the ground, and the Ohio was 50 strong
ly frozen that soldiers rode their horses
across from Kentucky on the ice. The
9TH of February, 1907, was known for
years as cold Friday, and was the
groundwork for many a grandtather's
tale. On the evening of the 9th the
weather was mild, and rain began to
fall as night set in. In a few hours the
rain changed to snow, which fell to the
depth of six inches, after which a hm-
ricane began to sweep over the land.
1t grew colder and colder as the night
progressed, and the next morning the
trees in the forests were cracking like
the reports of guns, and everything
was bound in letters Of ice. There was
no thermometer TO register the cold,
but the day comes down in history and
tradition as cold Friday.
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Mr.. Sasson, of Belgravia Square, Lon
don, stables his horses in the topmost
story of his house, and carries them up
and down on an elevator. The purpose
is to save the cost of ground, which is
valuable in that fashionable neighbor-
hood
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A. Lady's wish

"Oh, how 1 do wish my skin was
clear and soft as yours" said a lady to
her friend. You can easily make it
so" answered the friend How ?" in
quired the first lady by using Hop
Bitters, that makes pure rich blood and
blooming nealrh. 1t did for me as you
observe" Read of it-Cdrio Bulletin.
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Mr.. George Barnes. Of BlutIl (
Barnes, South Water street, said th1
his wife had been a severe sutlcrcrNltl
neuralgia for years and tried man,
remedies in vain. St. Jacobs Oh i ill'
only thing that broughther reSef
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As a Cure for Piles

Kidney-Wort acts first by overcoming
in the mildest manner all tendancy to
constipation; then, by its great tonic
and invigorating properties, it restores
to health the debilitated and wca lcned
parts. We have hundreds Of certified
cures, where all else had failed. Use
it and suffer no longer. -ErchdnGe
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Mrs, Brown, ON trial at Indianapolis
for the murder of her husband, is de
Tended by Mrs Foster, of Clinton, Iowa.
and the Hoosiers look with astonish-
ment mingled with awe, on the first
lady lawyer they ever saw.
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Renighted.

Say. Tubal Cain, wha. was Moses
when de light went out?a
Dunno"
why, he was in De dark, YOU be
nighted Ethiopian, yah, YAH"
WAS he, julius Well 'spose You
expound de reason why whiskey won't
make poSsum drunk. no matter how
strong de whiskey am, nor how much
dere Is OBJ it. You Cub him up? Why,
its coz de posSum won't drink de whls-
kyl Who's benighted Ethiopian nov
you thick-headed nigger?'
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hing that brOaght her relief.
~
nrnl Shnrr,, IL, ,,,ill Nit Ia l. II

General Sherman will visit his lately
married daughter, Mrs. Lieutenant
Thackara, at Boston, this week. Lieu
tenant Thackara is experimenting the
conversion of heavy ordnance into
ritled cannon at Boston.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-06

John Clay, the brother of Henry Clay,
is living in Kentucky, and is still a
strong and active man. Henry Clay 5
estate at Ashland is rapidly going to
decay.
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ZO0.OGIcAL LOVE.
~ zAciif HICKORY.

He was a gay amp happy Coon.
And he loved aElittie Deer,
oft with a Kiss heid Seal her lips.
Whenever she Grew near.
lie did not Boar Der with light talk
For that she could not Bear;
One day he stole from of her head
4 lock q her tgown Hare.
! rival tried to ape his ways
And went aboIst Lion
Upon his face he wore a Mole;
With envy he Tas dying.
One day he saw his Antelope.
And quick as he was Sable
lie went of at rabbit pac"
T0try and turn the table.
Our hero, with aYoice quite Horse,
Cried. Coward there Eve go;
! Otter gone ana broke your jaw,
For speaking of me 20.
~ | Wuodchurk thee in the ditch.
And Ram thee j. the nose,
But from the town thou did'st VAN Moos
Thus enleth AZ my woes.
Then Of b. stag seered out to see,
The one whose Hart he Gnu;
That none could Bison against him
Because her heart was true.
md when she Leopard to his breast
Hi arms in hs3fs she Lynx.
And knocked hif Beaver of his head
And Of her ma Friage thinks.
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Ann Eliza Young, the late Brigham ;
nineteenth, had narrow escape on
the occasion of the Duke Center Pa
fire, Sunday morning. She was rescued
from the second story Of blazing
building by an adventurous fireman.
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Myriads of people sacrifice them
selves through carelessness. They are
attacked with a cold, neglect it and die,
instead of taking Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup and living on usefully. Price
% cts. a bottle.
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The Bernhard rode about Boston in
a snowy carriage drawn by four horses,
and attracted us much attention as a
circus procession.
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Roscoe Conkling speaks Of his
daughter Bessie's husband rs Mrs.
Conkling's son-in-law. The senator
disapproved the match. did not at
tend the wedding, and lheartless wretch
that he IS has never recognized his
new relative.
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and at the same time it regulates the
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but get a package to-day, and cure
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Wife Of the general Of the United States army
says of Durangs Rheumatic Remedy. ~ have
frequently purchased it for friends suffering with
rheumatism. and in every instance il worked like
magic" If there is n reader Of this paper suffer-
ing with that disease by all means give it trial.
Read what General Logan says in next weeks Issue
of this paper Ask your druggist to get it for you.
Homeopathic Family Medicine Cases
and books, giving concise directions for
treating all common ailments, are a
great comfort and positive saving in
every household. The best assortme nt
Of all styles and prices is found at
Boericke & Tafel's Homeopathic Phar-
macy, So Clark ST., Chicago. Descrip-
tive Price Currents gratis. Business
established in 1885.
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card collectors please buy seven bars Dobins'
Electric Soap Of any grocer and write Cragin q
Co. Philadelphia, Pa, for seven cards gratis, az
colors and gold, ShaEspeare's Seven Ages u
Man Ordinary price Is cents.
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Edward Banes. proprietor and editor
of the Leeds Eng Mercury has receiy-
ed knighthood from the hands OF
Queen Victoria
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DAILY Chicago Times. J

Mr.. George Barnes. of Bagnall &
Barnes, South Water street, said that
his wife had been a severe sufferer with
neuralgia for years and tried many
remedies in vain. St. Jacobs Oil is the
only thing that broaght her relief.
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james Morgan wishes every one "a Happy
New Year whether customer or otherwise, and at
the same time wishes it to be known that Ia i,
delighted with the very large trade he is receiving
from his district He is Offering at his establish
ment 1856 and 3SS East Water st. Milwaukee
Cloaks Dolmans &c, at reduced prices.