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Y,a,.u Commissioners Report.

From the Phl,aalphia Tfmea-
The annual report Of Hiram Price,
reuauaissicner of Indian Affairs. shows
tt.at The policy of peace and education
= mo longer an experiment. 1t has
,,.a, tried under adverse circumstances,
and in the face OF general opposition
and indifference the condition of the
Inaa;n has been grately improved.
psstr1,sted because it was q new de.
n-a-t,,re from the traditional treatment
of fms delicate problem, its friends
hare never been able to command such
~a,,nronr;ations as would give it q fair
i trial.
The Commissioner shows that the In.
dams get from the government only
about ST per capita with which to be fed
and clothed. At the same time the sol
d;srs exiled to a frontier post to watch
the Indian cost the government ST. 900
a vear each. This is q startling dis
proportion between the cost Of food and
clothing of police. This is especially
true when it is borne in mind that On
" the smallest percentage of the three
bunSred thousand Indians in the coun-
trv need II watching to keep them in
peaceful lines.
Among the features deserving Of com
incubation as developed by the commits
1 s~ioners report are the schools, the
courts for irving offences among the
various tribes and the police organiza-
tlon. The advantages of the school
system are obvious and the young In
dams have shown their ability to use
and assimilate a certain amount of
teaching without uniting them for
learning those habits Of industry
SO desirable and necessary if the race
is to be raised permanently from its saw
age condition. They have also taken
kindly to courts and juries for the trial
/ of otfenses of one Indian against another,
all the testimony OF both officials and
philanthropists a%greeingth justice has
been secured to surprising degree from
its brief trial. The same is true of the
police system, by which each tribe is
held to a certain responsibility for pre-
serving its own peace and quiet.
The only excuse in treating this i'm
portant problem with such exacting
parsimony as has heretofore character
lied is the bad character of the agents
and traders sent to the reservations.
But even in this respect the improve
ment has been very marked since the
inauguration of the system of feeding
instead of shooting Indians for pastime.
Ii senators and representatives would
give some real consideration to this i'm
portant question and learn that it was
essential to carry out Indian treaties in
order to preserve the honor of the coun-
try, they would scarcely hesitate any
longer to vote the sums necessary for
making a civilized and self-supporting
population out Of q hitherto trouble
some and costly one
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The Highland Iassies,

"lliam Black in Harper's Magazine.
The handsomest man 1 have ever
seen was a boatman on the west Of
Skye, the calm and serious dignity Of
whose face seemed more suggestive Of
Leonardo di Vinci than Of herrine-fsh-
ing; and the h~andsomest I haye
ever seen was o young married lady,
who, some years ago, happened to be
travelling in the C%lansman, and whose
gently modulated English indicated an
Inverness origin. When q Highland
girl, even of the peasant class, is pretty
land the phenomenon is not of q very
rare o~ccurence), the p%rettiness is of a
refined and intellectual type; the fore
head high, the eyes clear, full and con-
templative, the mouth fine, and the
expression of the face gentle and yet
hrm. Wordsworth never forgot the
beauty Of the Highland girl he saw at
~lnversnaid. Indeed, it is said he had
to recur to that fount when he wished
to pay q poetical compliment to his
wife. For the rest. the way in which
an ednaated Highland young lady
speaks English is one OF the most de-
ilghtful things in the world, though no
she would be very much sur
prlsed, and even indignant, if she was
toAa taat she had any accent at all.
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Water Once a Day.

Gen r E. Colston in September Century.
In the "Waterless Land" water is the
paramount question. If it be asked
howa large body of Bedouins. like the
10000 who nearly destroyed the British
squares at Tamai, manage to subsist,
the reason is plain. In the first place,
they do not need the enormous trains
required for a European army. They
are the most abstemious of men. Each
maj carries a skin OF water and a small
bag of grain, procured by purchase or
barter from caravans. Their camels
and goats move with them, supplying
upon the scant heritage and the foil
age of the thorny mimesa, growing in
secluded wadies. These people could
live upon the increase of their 1ocks
alone, which they exchange readily for
commodities but, being the exclusive
carriers and guiders for all the travel
and commerce that cross their deserts,
they realize yearly large amounts OF
money.
As to water. they know every nook
and hollow in the mountains, away from
the trails, where a few barrels collect
in some shaded %ravine, and they can
scatter, every man for himself, to fill
their water-skins. On my first expedi-
ton, near the close of the three years
drouth, I reached some wells on which
I was depending and.found them entire
ly dry. It was several days to the next
wells. But my Bedonin guards knew
some natural reservoirs in the hills about
six miles off. So they took the water
camels at nightfall and came back be-
fore daylight with the water skins filled.
An invading army would find it too
hard to obtain guides, and even if they
did, they must keep together and must
not leave the line of march 10 look for
water. Besides, the Bedouins, accus-
toned from infancy to regard water as
most precious and rare, use it with
wonderful economy. Neither men nor
animals drink more than once IN forty
eight hours. AS to washing they never
indulge in such wasteful nonsense.
When Bedouins came to my camp wat
er was always offered them. Their Ii
swer would frequently be: "No, thanks,
I drank yesterday" They knew too
well the Importance of keeping up the
habit of absteniousness. No wonder
they can subsist where invaders would
quickly perish.
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How sealskin is Prepared.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

From the San FranciHco Chronicle.
Few of those wearing a sealskin
sacque have any knowledge of the pro-
cess by which the skins are prepared
for use. Seen when first taken from
the animal they little resemble the warm
glossy skins worn upon our streets, for
until dyed and cured they are of a light
brown hue, coarse and full of sand.
Before becoming valuable they are
shaved down on the flesh side until not
thicker than paper, the long hairs are
pulled out and the fur dyed. The cost
of the article is due to the labor e,-
pended upon it. The raw skins are
sold in London, where the finishing is
done and then shipped back to America,
where they are sold with a heavy duty
added. The killing season in Alaska
begins about the 18th Of June, and 100.-
600 skins are usually ready for ship
nlent q month later. The work
OF slaughtering the animals is done by
natives who live upon the st.
Paul and st. George islands and
the process is an interesting
one. When skins are wanted the
natives go to the rookeries, station
themselves along the shore between the
seals and the water, and at a given sig
nal, spring to their feet and make rs
much noise as possible. The frighten-
ed victims, timid asdeer, then stampede
up the-beach and are driven like sheep
a few miles inland until their captors
attack them with hickory clubs. Being
knocked s~enseless, they are stabbed
with long, sharp knives, and the skins
are quickly stripped from the bodies.
The work is divided among the men
some knocking the seals down, others
stabb1ng them and still others taking
off the skins. The native Indians mum.
Der shout 300, and under the terms Of
the lease. are provided gratis by the
company with warm houses, sixty tons
OF coal, a doctor and q schoolmaster,
salmon and other necessities and COM
forts. For their labor the men are paid
some $4,000 altogether each season,
a sum more than sufficient to meet the
limited needs of life in a region of al
most perpetual fogs and utter isolation.
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9pasons reg nd x.ass.

Tie best land for onions is mellow
soil that will not cake after a rain but
saE YiA answer which is good enough
@.yield good crops Of corn, and it can
not Be made foo rich. raise no onions
except The English potato onion, or
English Multiplier. ~ msny call them.
A1axge onion planted il spring makes
salarge number Of sniaii ones, Or sets, "
= they are called. which / set ont in
AL Of tie next spring for large onions.
y \ setting ont ID the fall. covering .
little, they will be up when the snow
JtaSes the ground In spring, and are
ready to sat or market the last OF May.
q raised 4 few white top-onions this sea-
son from seed sent me from Kansas.
xha9sYare very nee and multiply twice
nldch u the English onion, bnt are
Mnchl lister. BY "top.onions" / mean
t5e setts growson the top o. the onion
LID. But the bnIk of all onions
I'D are grown from black seed OF
ghical I4hink the Yellow Danvers on
tlseTwbOlasthe best variety. / plant in
driils thirty inches apart. The or . is
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The Inordlnate Demand for Works
of Fiction.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
won't you let me have Daniel De-
ronda 2" inquired a young woman of one
of the assistant librarians at the Mer-
camille Library, on Clinton Place.
Certainly, madam" he replied, but
in q moment returned and said "Sorry
but 'Derondas' are all out.
Dear mel" replied the asker, why
don't you keep two Of them?"
I'VE have 500 of them"
Give hundred"
"Yes."
sand you can't let me have one?"
"All out. We have had a great de-
mand for them the past week. I'll put
your name down and give you the first
one that comes in"
The young woman walked away with
a vexed look, and the young man said
to the reporter; "She don't half be-
lieve me, I'll venture. when 1 tell her
that We have 500 volumes Of George
Eliot's Daniel Deronda,' and thinks l
am impertinent. We find it very hard
to convince people how large the de-
mand for popular works of fiction is.
The death Of a prominent novelist
creates a demand larger than we can
supply and even an anecdote OF Dick
n or George Eliot or Lytton will have
the effect of rev1ving interest IN their
works. Most novels, after they have
beer on the shelves six months, are lit
tie inquired after, while standard au-
thors are read steadily. I think we have
800 volumes OF BeaeonieId's sLothair,'
100 Carlyle's "Reminiscences fifty Du
Chailly's Land Of the Midnight Sun in
two volumes, and so on"
The demand is greatest for novels"
Certainly. Ladies read novels al
most exclusively, and, you know, ladies
are IN the great majority at libraries"
"What is done with the superhuous
volumes when they are no longer in de-
mand?"
We dispose Of them to out-of-town
Iprarles at forty per cent reduction on
the cost price. We have lists of such
Libraries, and make regular shipments.
That is the way most country libraries
are recruited, for all large metropolitan
institutions sell their books. In Eng
land the system is carried out to a much
greater extent than in this country.
Noodles Library in London is a great
private concern, that supplies the we'll
to-do English people. IT makes up
boxes OF books and ships them all over
the hlngdom to supply the wants of its
patrons. 1t buys whole editions of new
books and sometimes gets the entire
nrst edition, so that it's patrons secure
new books before they appear in the
book s%talls.n
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hoostnS q Husband


4, if she cannot always choose,
ways refuse. and generally hel
Guilty is this: Il is evident tina.
ls man is making love to me. I do
not love him, but I think / might do SC
if choose: shall / choose or shall ]
forbear? 1t is here that the power OF
choice one in, and il is here that the
voice Of prudence must be heard lift is
to be heard at all In such circams.an-
ces a girl Will act wisely if she pays
considerable attention to the general
opinion that is held of the gentleman in
question by his professional brethren OF
his business acauaintances. 1t is, in
short, not the MAJ who Is agreeable
among women, but lie who is well liked
by his own seq. who is the mar t
choose as husband. There are GER
tain persons. however, Of the opposite
SCI who are almost as good Judges Of E
mans disposition AZ those of his
own, and they ara his sisters. a
girl can always tell how a mar
stands with his sisters: If they are
really fond of him she may feel
aiiuoSb sure i!iat ne Will
q good husband. A mother of course,
alyays speaks we'll of her son: it is not
what she says Of him, but his behaviour
to her, tha, is to be looked to. And a
lady may feel certain of this point,
that as a man now treats his mother
and sisters SC he will treat her six
months after marriage. All this may
seem very cold blooded, very far re-
moved from the tender feeling which
the courtship induces. But after a girl
has a choice to make, a choice upon
which the whole happiness of her life
will depend and there is always a time,
whether she notices it or not. before
she parts with the control of her heart,
at which she ought to listen to her
judgment.
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e.ps s.,umer,ng, with proper
reasoning, will convert 3 coarse, cheap,
pisseof meat into tender and palatable
easing. 1t should ba cooked in but lit
tie watex, aud the vessel should be cor
cred 70 keep in ths steam.
Observation-Disclosures CAKE-Three
cnps Of good molasses. two beaten eggs,
ons cup 0f xS,lr cream, one of lard and
butter mixed, one teaspoonfm Of ginger.
PIcEEEp BEgrs.-cat boiled beets
In thin slices. Place in m earthern
dish in alternate layers with thin slices
Of onion, q few cloyes and whole pep-
psrs. Cover with sailed vinegar. Thee
pickles will not keep longer than d
week.
WAEsrEp Up PoTAToEs.-Cut into lit
Tie squares about quart OF cold, boiled
potatoes. Fry 4 tablespoonful OF minced
onion in three spoosifnls Of butter; when
the onion tnrrs yellow, add the potatoes
and season with pepper and salt. Stir,
and be careful not to break the pieces.
When well heated through, serve on q
hot dish.
PeT&-o BaLLs-Prepare and nicely
season the aa1as as you would for
maahfd potatoes. While hot, form into
balls about tho sizs of an egg. Butter
> fiat pan. and place the balls on It.
Brush over witt beaten egg, aud brown
In tss oven. To remoye from the tin,
nip d knife under and slide on to q hot
platter. lard boiled eggs suit in
slie.ss. and parsleg. are q pretty garnish.
"A brsakfaas orJunc.i dish
SagsT PoTATo PH.-Pare, boil and
mash Take a quart OF the potato, a
quart Of milk, four beaten eggs, sugar
To taste, . little salt, and cinnamon Of
nutsaeg, 10 liked. Bake the same az
Jon would squash pies.
JUxpIEs-Three cupfuls OF sugar,
two Of butter, Ave oil -four, one beaten
eggg, half q seaspoonfnl OF soda dissoly,
ed in d few drops Of warm water, and
any favoring liked. Roll thin, sprinkle
with g~ranuIated sugar. cut in round
cakes, and cut q small piece from thu
center of each, Or press q raisin or a bi
OF citron into each center. A little
more flower may be needed when roll.
ing out.
PoTAToEs FLAvoRED W1TH ONION
Fry 9 large spoonful OF minced onion
II t~Hosorthree spooniuls Of beef drip
pings and butter mixed. When lightly
Drowned, add cold sliced potatoes,
keasoned and, cut into small pieces as
you stir Them. When heated througI
they ere ready TO be eaten.
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The wtnt.. Care OF sheep.

fEA
1.-THE winter care OF the flock" says
the Pittsburg Stockman, ais where
many new sheep-men make mistakes.
til is no trouble to keep sheep through
the summer, but often inexperienced
fock-masters lose half their hock in a
single winter. The reason of this is
either carelessness, or ignorance Of the
nature and requirements Of the sheep.
The most successful winter care of sheep
can not be undertaken without suitable
stabEng. This is the first great reqnis-
lite. There is no use trying to keep a
sheep thriving, and at the same time
have its wool saturated with water, with
the temperature down toward zero.
Then, after seeing that you have euffi-
Gent shelter for your sheep, the next
most important thing is to that there
is an abundant supply OF hay or other
forage. Hay and fodder must be early
cut and put up in the very best con
dition. With these preliminary prepare
tons q flock of sheep can be wintered
safely, cheaply and proftably. With
good hay and proper shelter sheep re-
quire but little grain. These facts alone
should determine every shepherd to
provide proper stabling for them as an
economic measure
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walk ioupger as the carrisee 6rove ofT.
/, TOO, had recognized her. When !
FAX her G.a 1870 she was a painted.
powdered. peneileis bewiggea earicas11-e
of her foln,er self. the radiant Dung
sovereign that l had sae7s N 1851
Nov ste looks ike the gloss Of ths
dad empire, tie q i~oyiess, faded
image of Whist was once the Iaest daz-
zll1g risica Of beauty and eplen3cr and
gueealsness that the sun had ersr saone
T,pon.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-09
Society young ladies are greatly ex.

cited over the reports of a new disease
affecting their facial beauty that'has fol-
lowed the use of the mammoth and clum-
sy smelling salts bottles that have been
in vogue during the past season-some-
thing like a cancerous affection of the
nose, says the Utica observer. The
combination of chemical salts. cologne
spirits and other perfume or stimulants
used in these slug-l like bottles acts up
on the metallic trimmings Of the bottles
and create a substance that affects the
nos and nostrils in a manner that can-
not fail to impair their beauty and inter-
fere with their future comfort aud en-
ioyment.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-09
r.trolsun =. wood rrcssrv.r.

To the line upon line Of practical
tests long continued with petroleum
for shingles, lattice-work, the timber
parts of tools and machinery, in short,
all wood exposed to weather. a Rural
New Yorker correspondent adds this
confirmation strong:
Fresh. Light petroleum. if applied
warm, viii penetrate-if the wood in
dr,y-aimost az readily as water, and
once thoroughly saturated, it is there
to stay'-water will net wash it ont. /
have been for years a producer of crnds
petroleum, and heYe ret to find
d board or piece of timber on
nected d otherwise, with the works,
that had been on ,e saturated,
which is not sound where the oil touch
ed it, while frequently parts not oiled
hare decayed rapidly. | have Just
fnisIicd taking down, and making oyer
into the smaller ones. a wooden storage
tank. This was first built over eighteen
years ago, and left exposed to all kinds
Of weather. We did not find one rot
ten spot In it; everything YVES sound.
/ have known oil barrels and also small
tanks to be covered with a thin layer Of
earth and remain SO. in one case for
over fourteen years and come out
sound
He especially states that saturated
with this neutrality-suspicious. from
natures own marvellous laboratory,
sills Of barns and similar buildings will
out-last any other part OF the frame; and
be remarks that after the first two or
three days the application does no.
expose wood to any increased risk
from fire.
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Paste this in your hal, that the people
Of the highest position and greatest i'm
portance as a rule, make the least trou-
BILE, says a wise hotel clerk.
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Boston families have a habit of con-.
verting their Easements into semi-res-
taurants for table boarders, while APP
parently maintaining above the privacy
OF their households.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-09
little

~---rs - sH III, tIs
medium viii be struck l n not making it
too tight 80 as to fret the animal, nor
ret so loose that it can get over the
fence.-Byeeders' Journal
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physical
Ausy in the
features are
ne one wllsse
Ais 3. this period
ast. There is no
health than her
rty breakfast, aud it
aid that her physica!
ect proportion to the
take or mpttou-chops she
erseif at this meal. Ger
women can always eat q
kfast.
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bail dresses Tor possible extra OCCASIONS
1t would have been well for France
had the Empress confined her attention
to her gowns and her gewgaws and LETT
politics alone. She tried to reign, and
invented a special toilet in which topre-
side e Cabinet meetings. She did
more than anybody else to bring
about the wal with Prussia, her
religious convictions as a Spanish
Catholic having persuaded her that
a war with the country of the infidel
and the hereto would be q holy crusade
and one specially blest by heaven.
When left a widow she tormented her
sons life out with her parsimony, her
bigotry and her exactions. She kept
him on the smallest possible allowance
consistent with his position as a royal
prince and the associate of the sons Of
Queen Victoria. She would not even
allow him a sufficient income to keep q
second horse, or to take rooms in Lon
don during the season. A French hair
dresser on Bond street placed a suite of
rooms yer his shop at the disposal of
the young Prince Imperial, remarking
with q smile that his princely guest
could pay up ell arrears of rent when
he became Emperor. It was to escape
from home worries and home exactions
that the poor boy went off to Zulnland,
there to lose his young life beneath the
spears OF a handful of savages.
What q contrast does not the en-
press Eugene of to-day present to the
beauteous girl countess described at
The beginning of my article. / have
seen her nee within the last few years.
It was on the occasion of the brief visit
that she made to Paris some months
ago. A pale, old lady, with bleached
hair and crippled gait, shrouded in
Grape and cashmere, was mounting
slowly and with difficulty into a carriage
on the place yendome as I was passing
by. "That is the empress" said a side