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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
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r,rrry DEVILS LAKE AGENCY,
f2SI, y Tho Indians Of the Sioux or
I ,,ti,n are supposed to number
nsN'ar. "a They are scattered over an
toa' ,.rritory. extending from the Mis-
''S1 .S., -, IN the east TO the Black hills
;, =. and from the mouth Of the Big
3 2. .,sr on the southto Devils lake tHud-
y -. ,srr,,oryl ON the north
% 9, NV acquaintance with the Dako-
JlII 80 learned something about their
- - the significance they bear. The
30 50 .. h.,.D an interesting one to me, and
~ non, st down few memoranda Of
'''s - = mon, Important They are really
-. ,sren,onieS in tribal life.
The MEDICINE DANCE
,,rsan wacipi sacred or medicine
I~ =, !, fact the religion of the Dakotahs.
-r..-,ry a suitable SPOT on a smooth
p. ,,r..b,,l sticks about three feet long
~. ...,s, a little way into the ground at in
80 about ten feet, forming an ellipti-
t,sIr, Upon these they lay Saplings
-. ,ygr which canvas tents are thrown.
- rIof the incloSurc q tent is pitched.
g .',,,sn,sd by tho chief medicine men
,r,,,fS. who are always chiefs of the
All the other by the soldiers The
80 The council are held in the medi
~ anil there the medicine or paZuhita
- i, Lr.r. The soldiers duty is to pre-
7, Trl.r. wait upon the dancers, prevent
80. from intruding or even leaning
-.r, ha-ricale, procure needed articles,
When needing tents they are allowed To
r,yu any tent and take it. Should an
% rumble. tho tent taken is either
a M Otherwise rendered unfit for future
TbaS, who wish to see the dance may
.Iy sanding and looking over the bar
.. lr, they must not touch it. Should
.r. han u,on the barricade who is not a
rf.rpf tine dance, he is struck one blow
m.,a lr a soldier with his stick-nOt Of
ant frr,-s u iniure one, hut gentle re
r-- E..ba a chief or white man, it Is all
.,r,a and woe is his if he seek To resent
rr,w Immediately in front Of the sol
= tent a large fire is built, where during
i,r.,, bnfya,o and OK meat and wild tur-
nm, cooked. Should a dog come into the
iurir.. the ceremonies the poor brute is
eIiately killed. tho body painted yellow
allowed o. remain in that state to APP
- ;he Deity.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

2. medicine chiefs having taken their
ami the soldiers theirs, the members
m hy families, and, standing in a line
D., tha chiefs. in unison throw up their
and cry. Brother, have mercy on me-
;hrv relate when and where they were
ryl INTO the mysteries of the "hUly
r." Each dance, il should lie under
. Is th. ceremony Of some religious or
urlrr.t They then mtonc Il sort Of
20 the high priest, at the same time
their medicine bags in their left
with arms stretched across their
IS, the right hand is meanwhile raised
.u au oItB l. taken. In this the mem
leach family follow the motion Of its
,.u IN single file they tr0t around the
CRYING, Have mercy on mo. friend and
or. until they reach the starting place,
,ray intouc another chant, this time
Groat Spirit tWau6antaukai, and with
msllcins bags point 10 the four points
be compass. They then seat themselves
boz ground against the barricadc, facing
r,.r. \ chief who has been appointed
roIir, of high priest now takes his seat
"a the medicine tent, where Eg breaches
,n-s, after appointing four assistants
| Pa mpng the members. To one is riyvn
| nail dram. 70 the second pillow ami
20 the third q gourd ami rattle; the
| -l assists ia singing. These ali sit around
| l..h priest. They have also a large drum
lIya cowhile stretched over cheese
" a wash tub, on which seven or eight
murrs constantly drum, singing the while
nut cessation. The priest now eNhOvtS
narars 20 gooi deeds, AMI speaks ot the
dame" as an Institution founded cen
ago. When he Is done all the mem
us. and dance by alternately raising the
with "a S.icwIse motion Of the body, at
| wal, CRYING. asat the beginning, Brother,
merry on mel The officiating chief
takes the drum and leaves the
followed hv his assistants CommtN'gg
Fv, then faster and faster, they to
.E. al" rirr', again. All stop in front of
-,.li,r>' tent, facing the west, when the
brl-, some more of the antiquity Of the
AMI the power Of the medicine, declaring
!. a- ram at will thrust a birds claw or Il
from the river into the body Of any ono
wills, thus producing instant death. To
Chr, elaborate ceremonies arc gone
1yh with. Afterward, at u signal, all
q. c;ate around the big drum aud dance
VIZ mouotonouS kind Of chant, the
Dom, on the outside Of a ring formed by
nra, initiating the peculiar call of the
a' swan. the men chanting in Sepul-
nj t9Gr, which seems TO lose itself in their
ITS The combination is not entirely I'M
,aaL
"lna candidate is TO be initiSted into the
r be- Is first taken into the medicine tent
ls,ruyt5ous. which are secret. There he
@ppei painted black rom head to foot,
an7l,got is painted between the shout
hais.
BIN the candidate comes outOf the mCdi-
Foht be is clad only ina breech cloth, very
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
re.a.. Food.Produeinr capabilities

A Belgian who recently visited Texas
declared that the state was capable OF
producing food enough to feed all the
people in the United States II the soil
was titled as It Is in his own country.
The state has an area equal to Austria,
and could sustain as large population,
which was 80 000, COO Chicago Times
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
. KEEPING WELL.
xerciso for Aged People-Hunger Cure
Fasting is Good.

Exercise for Aged Peopie-Hunger Cure.
Fasting is Good.
NJ. Buchardt, professor of hygiene at the
Paris Faculty of Medicine, declares that aged
people should have exercise for the benefit OF
all the organs of nutrition and locomotion
as well as young people. He says that the
tendency TO rest brings on gradual diminu,
ton Of strength. Moderate exercise, partic,
ularly walking, is commended. 1t IS well
known that the disuse of any organ impairs
its powers. Why then should not the aged
lose the use of their members the sooner from
giving way to an inclination for rest!
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Highest Works of Man.

Can you tell me what is the highest object ever
erected by man, RON.
The Tower Of Babel is supposed 10 have
reached tho height of $50 feet, and the Temple
Of Bclus at Babylon, COG feet. Tho Wash.
ington monument is SIS feet, and is tho high.
est monument in the world, while the highest
spire is That Of st. Peters, at Rome, which IL
SIS feet
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

The plastron can easily be cut to fit over
the waist. Make a proper pattern the exact
size and shape first, then cut the fur and lin
inc. Pieces of fur carefully joined viii not
show the seams. For the cap, frame Of stiff
foundation or wire can I've got and the fur
fitted over it, if n fur cap already made con-
not be obtained Muif 10 match.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Il II Proper 10 Write =

have for some time been receiving the atten'
tons young man of good standing. He has
gnnr away, and I wish 10 know II il would be
prup'T TO write Ia himg Dora.
II is not proper for n young lady to write
to man until after he has written TO her.
Should lac write, the reply would depend
upon tue pleasure of the lady and advice of
those familiar with the case, especially pa.
rrntS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
yicc.Prcsidents Died I'm once.

Please give n correct list Of vice-presidents OF
IN" uuuc,l States who died in Office. STUDENT
Georg" Clinton, who entered upon his term
Of Office March 1, 1900; Elbridge Gerry, 1918;
William Il. King, 1853; Henry Wilson, 1873
Thomas A. Hendricks, 1855
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

A new savings hank for children is out,
allied the Bread Winner" The coin is put
upon an anvil. which is struck with a ham
mer by tiny-1igure called the bread winner,
and into the box it goes
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Enigma.

I have but one eye, and that without sight.
Yet il helps me whatever do;
I'm sharp without wits. without SENSES I'm bright
The fortune Of some, and Of others delight,
And doubt not I'm useful to you
What is it that has only one eye and yet is
sharp and bright
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
chinese Emneror,. Throne,

The young emperor Of China is to have
q new and costly throne at Shanghai. It's
foundation pedestal is to be made Of gold
bricks, and the subprefect of 500 Chow
has sent to Pekin 5000 pieces of solid
gold bricks, of the ordinary size Of clay
bricks, for that purpCse.-Chicago Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

A little kindly courtesy goes good way I'm
busy household, and II in cur home We uss
the same politenes we offer our 'guezts We
shall no iIlftting company manners.1
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
RoekafeIIer's Riches.

John D. Rockefeller, of the Standard
Oil company, now claims, by virtue OF
his Sl14, GOO, 0G0, William ii. Vanderbilt's
old title of "the richest man in the
limited States.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

ito set than right to travel straight" They
won't say where thespirit goes, but after ini-
tiation in the holy dance it viii go straight to
its destination. After the ceremonies are
over, the soldiers take thefond and lay it near
the medicine tent, where it Is distributed
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Child's Cloak.

A pretty little
sacquc for n girl
baby ; TO q years
old. For children
younger than that
the Mother Hub
bard pattern is gen
orally chosen.
This little paletot
is cut very long i'll
the waist behind.
It is a Sacque pat
tern, with a plat
laid over in the
back seam TO give
fullneSS. This cloak
iShanlSOmc-made
Of plush or velvet.
The little miss in
her lace cap like
wise looks very
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
Careful to Answer Invitations-At-

he Careful to Answer Invitations-At-
tention to n Speaker.
One of the most frequent breaches of good
breeding is the interruption Of ono who is
speaking. 1t requires considerable practice,
especially for q naturally impatient person,
to become hahtuatcd to listening attentivcly
to what companion is saying. One who
can stand where great deal is passing which
it is desirable to sec and can look directly at
and listen attentively to one who is speaking,
TO the exclusion of all else, shows an unmis-
taxable mark of the highest breeding.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

The cutting and dis
tributing forms the
principal attraction
tothe members, and
the kettles are con-
tinually replen;shed
during the perform
ance They always
commence the
dance at midnight,
keeping it up until
the following even
ing at shutdown.
Sh ould any one
known tohave COM
nitted a crime en-
ter the ring the
leaders notify the
soldiers, and ex-
pulsion OF the guilty
one folio VS..
Should he repent
he relates the ma
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Tho Chief of Murdarers.

Who killed tho greatest proportion Of people in.
baLrung the earth at the time Of the murier'
CIV.
Cam. He killed one, fourth Of the inhab,
itantS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
The First Ocean Steamer.

Will yon hc Kind enough TO inform me wha,
steamer inst crossed the Atlantic ocean,
CITIZEN
The first steamers TO cross tho Atlantic OF
any orran were the Great Western, from
Bristol England, and the Sirius, from Cork
10th arrived at New York June Il, 1888
having hcen out eighteen days
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Henry Ward Beecher's lectures are
selling in England at one penny each
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Stll;lli apron anu
mOccaSinS Four
preachers in turn
cxhOTt the canli-
date, recite the his
tory Of the dance
and the order, add
Ing that should he
be a good member
his medicine will Do
strong. He must
give a feast once a
year; if not, nc will
De unfortunate and
will meet with sick
ness and death. IL
n-s.-.,.l baEHsot
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Professor truman II. oanord says that
French is the best language to study sci
ence fn.-Chicago Times
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
alleeling 8eaister
s,yrTS OF THE
-,uNe ABOUT AN INDIAN Ma
SINGULAR CEREMONIES.
TONS CIV

u.,ue Men and Their Weird In
- -Torture that Is Terrible
Il, misunderstanding OF the
sd y"
o,rCcS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
Cotton Spinning.

when did cotton cease To he spun by hand,
A. l.
Cotton was spun by tho old fashioned spin
ming wheel until l776.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

An English paper has it that President
Cleveland has Indian hlnad In his veins.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

There is a new color out which they
call condor Yellow.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

II is claimed for certain that tea drinking
makes women nervous and irritable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Rancid butter or lard eni.not DO made
sweet again
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

There were Twenty-Five postmasters
who earned less than 81 each last year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

The young lady in her fur cap, with fur
plastron and muT, looks jaunty and pretty.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
MAC0N NEDlEIHE COMPANY. Naeaa. 6l,
r,rIIuVruurccor the Liquor Habit can b
llHllUkfUUtA Acured by administering d..

ClFIC. II can be given in cupof cofiee or
| tea without the knowledge Of the person taking
whether the patient is a moderate drinker OF an
alcoholic wreck. Thousands Of dr,mkaris have
| heen made temperate men who have taken the
Golden Specific In their coffee without their
| knowledge. and to-day believe they quit drink
| inc of their own free will. For sale by LOGAN
4 co, Druggists, Wheeling, W. Va. noA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

is Of aStrakhan cloth. Rough wool good
may also be used.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05

Fig. > shows unique little coat called
Tho Buglcr." It is cut Y shaped at tho
breast TO show the braided vest beneath. The
braiding is in Tyre pattern. High military
collar
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-20
4 Hard MT.

President Cleveland is the hardest nut for
the newspaper reporter 10 crack which
this generation of those wild animals has
seen. Neither man nor woman of them
can get the slightest inklng of information
from him concerning that marriage to
which they have consigned him; and
now that the month of June is so close. in
which they have agreed that the event is tn
take place, they are desperate over the sit
uatiOn. Colonel Lamont tells them that
he is going to the Adirondack hut, in
which he summered last year which is
not very promising place for apresdent'S
honeymoon. They think they have dis
covered that he is negotiating for a sum
mer residence in the neighborhood of
Washington, which would be more prom
ising of matrimony; but the house is not
yet taken. The comforting consideration
in the situation of doubt is, that it cannot
last much longer.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-20
Sentenced and Stayed.

Alderman Jaehne, of New York, has
been sentenced to nine years and ten months
in the penitentiary, by Judge Barrett, who
tried him and Judge Daniels has ordered
the suspension of the execution of the
sentence, pending the exceptions taken to
the validity Of the trial. They have aqueer
way in New York Of running from one
Judge to another To secure stays, inIunc-
tions, and so forth, and among the whole
number of judges of coordinate jurisdiction
in the state one can generally he found to
call halt on what another has done. IL
may be good way TO keep legal wrong
from being done, but it must he great
drag on the car of justice.
In this case of Jaehne we should think
that the prospect of finding legal flaws in
the judgment which consigned him to the
penitentiary is good for although there is
no reasonable doubt of his guilt, there is
good reason TO question whether he was
properly proved to he guilty. II may lie
wrong TO suspect that the prosecuting olli-
GERS were less in earnest than they pretend
ed to be, but their failure to produce
the evidence against Jaehne which was sup
posed to exist is likely to subject them to
this suspicion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-20
3rtc Edufasfcr 1ntrlli9cntt:.
LANCASTER. MAY 90. 1886
PerilOus Candidature.

Down South they have way of canvass
ing for office, which makes the contest at
tractive to the public but which takes the
candidates through the campaigns carrying
their lives in their hands. The community
are equally fond of free speech and free
blows, and it seems to be necessary for
those who aspire to represent them to be
facile in each. A candidate must show
himself as ready to fight as to talk' He
form of controversy.
The candidates for governor of Georgia
are exhibiting this phase of Southern life
now, meeting each other on the stump and
talking of each other in the freest possible
way and so to make an excellent prospect
for shooting match before they get
through. General Gordon is an old fighter
and his opponent, Major Bacon, whom he
twits with having been commissary
major, has an established reputation for
personal courage. The general has mani
fest advantage over the major, on the wal
of his military record before voters who are
devoted to the memories of the war. The
major would rather comeback to later issues,
and is persistent in suggesting that General
Gordon resigned the seat in the Senate
which Georgia gave him, because he
wanted to make money. 1t is partcu-
larly good point against Gordon, now seek
ing another office; it debars him from
declaring that he wants to be governor
from high public considerations.
Having once preferred his private for
tune to the public service, he is in an awk.
ward position in coming forward to re.
enter it. He is too clearly for Gordon first
and Georgia next. His commissary re
cord in leaving the Senate is a fair offse
to Major Bacon's commissary record il
leaving the ranks of the army Of the Con
federacy. And with the candidate
vulnerable in these sensitive places, AM
with bitter tongues to expose the wounds
their canvass is as apt to be for the othe
world as for the governorship; a fac
which they seem to understand.
The drawback to seeking Office unde
such circumstances to mortals of ordinar,
discretion is obvious but does not seen
to affect the seeker in the South. There il
no known quencher for the Office lust.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-20
Men Of War and of Peace.

The Peace society of Philadel phia,
through its representative men and
women, has appeared before the commits
sion to select and permit statues around
the Philadelphia public buildings, and
protested against such memorials to arms
and those who bore them. They maintain
that this honor to mere military heroes
is a constant reminder of war and
of practices inconsistent with Christian
civilization. The representatives of the
military organizations, on the other hand, -,
cOntended that the soldiers of our late war
whose memory they want immortalized in
bronze and marble and their deeds recalled
by statue, were citizens who fought to es-
tablish peace and to preserve the institu-
tions which can only exist under the tran
guilty bought by blood and maintained by
arms,
There is some reason and some fallacy
on both sides. The soldier, certainly the
soldier ofthe republic, is not to be excluded
from public honor and the homage of
statuary set in high places; nor on the
other hand is he to monopolize it.
The successful general of armies fills a
large space in the public eye for some
reason or other attention and adulation
run mostly to military men and to the
pomp and circumstance of war. Their
statues are most numerous and in Wash
lngton, for instance, the statues of Greene,
jackson, Scott, Thomas, Farragut and
MCPHERSON were all set up, conspicuousy,
long before that of John Marshall. Men
VINO achieve much in professional or COM
mercial pursuits, art or letters, have to
wait the precedence of the lucky soldier.
1t is not right, of course but il is to the
popular taste.
In the Philadelphia case it strikes us there
is middle way to be wisely followed.
The statue of General Reynolds has already
been set up on the left hand of the North
Broad street front of the public buildings.
Ranking with him in fame and popular
affection, of Pennsylvania soldiers, are
Mcclellan, Meade and Hancock. Let the
statue OF one of them adorn the vacant
pace beside Reynolds, and the other two
DE set up on either side of the South Broad
street front. There would hardly be any
dispute about the pre-eminent claims of
these four Pennsylvania soldiers. But
with them, at most, the military statues
should stop. The other four front places
ought to be left for representatives
of the arts of peace. The ridiculous
tower to be put on these buildings il
to be topped Off with statue of William
Penn there appears to be no help for this
If any man deserves special commemora
tion by Philadelphia it is Benjamin Frank
lin; and after him Stephen Girard is a fl
subject for it; the names of David Ritten
house and Benjamin West would readil
occur to PLiladelphian as those of mel
ranking among the worthiest for his city
nonori and certainly this quartette-not OF
horseback would adorn the Market stree
fronts OF the public building. There are SOM
concerns TO the structure in which artistic
memorials OF great Philadelphians of ;
lAter generation might withdraw attentio,
from the general ugliness of the building
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-20

SOME allowance must naturally he made
Tor the vivid Imagination of those who re-
count the incidents of a tremendous phenom-
enon IN nature like the cyclone that recently
swept IN mad devastation over portions of
Ohio and illinois, But We think that the
Celina, Ohio, correspondent OF the Cincin.
natl Enquirer, in saying that straws were
blown into old oak trees, feathers stripped
from chickens, men carried on mattresses
hundreds OF feet without being hurt, dishes
driven into stumps, etc, is going a step or
two further than strictly necessary. But
even these might be forgiven to the cores.
pondent did he not calmly ask hIs readers to
telieve the following "a hired man named
Potter, who slept upstairs, started to go
below and he was plunged down stairs at the
same time that the top of the house was
blown oil. He went upstairs again and Law
down. He was picked up by the wind and
'hroWn, II is said, 300 yards in the direction
opposite to that in which the storm was
usNeiihg There was an eight-month-old
| paoy IN me house. Ii was picked up by the
| "'' 'aiu III a feather bed and the whole
| ess' paoy and all, was carried l5O feet
| va, .nen oeposited, and log was thrown
on o''hei sue OF the child, pinning the bed
| "tne sfouhu' Alter the storm a search was
ins''t"teu ior tho baby, and IL could moi no
Imagined what had become of IL un,u ono .,
the searchers heard it cry, and follow;n,, a, =
| direction indicated by the sound ton,s 49,
little pet and restored it uniniured no. ~
| arms OF Its distracted mother" The yo,'a'.
man who wrote this should remember tho,
there is point at which forbearance cease
| 70 bs virtue.