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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07
THE SEMINOLE GREEN CORN DANCE
Description Given by an Eyewitness
Scene mt An Indian Wedding.

Description Given by an Eyewitness
Scene ut an Indian Wedding.
A friend of mine named Moore one wit
messed the famous green corn dance of the
Seminoles. 1t was early in May. One day,
soon after the orange blossoms had faded in
the hummocks, AMI the tassels were just
browning over the fields OF corn, there were
great preparations made for some sort OF
feast which Moore could not account for,
and the Indians were not communicative on
the subject Many cabbage palm trees
were slaughtered and their snow white buds
prepared for the pot A spot of ground
was selected in the shadiest part of the hum
mock, where three giant-bodied live-oaks
leaned their great arms together, and a
large space of ground under the trees was
Invested Of its growth OF palnettos and
bushes and swept clean A fire of rich pine
knots ana oak limbs was built in the center,
and, after a while there was a deep bed of
live Goals The wcmen came in from the
fields laden with green corn, which they
husked and placed in the emhcrs to roast,
while tho old men held secret council to-
gether and skinned the deer and wild hogs
brought in by the young warriors
When the guests had assembled the CHIEF,
glittering in war paint AMI silver oraa-
ments rose to his feet and in few words
directed the opening of the performance. A
circle was formed and a march begun, dur
ing which strange, dirge-like song was
chanted, and faster and faster moved the
procession. On and on they swept around
the fire, not pausing moment for breath,
until finally the yelling, dancing, jumping,
redskins sat down to rest and To feast on the
venisoa, corn and palm cabbage, which
were temptingly displayed on platters Of pal
metto The fragrant brown ears OF roasted
corn were brought forward and distributed
among the throng, as an emblem of future
peace and prosperity.
At Seminole wedding. the new couple
enter a ring composed Of two or three dozen
dancerS The procession moves rapidly
around them The bridegroom carries in
his hand piece Of venison, and the bride
has an ear of corn which she hands to her
husband, saying: Il will provide bread il
you will furnish the meat Whereupou
the warrior presents the venison to the
sluaw, and repeats his part of the formula
Florida Cor. Detroit Free Press
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07
THE FiSHERMAN'S HOME.

There's a light in the fisherman's dwelling,
And CLEAN in the fisherman's home;
II beckons him over the waters,
Athwart the mist and the foam
There's song in the fshermans dwelling,
While the good wife makes it fair,
For the love that ightens labor,
And the joy of love is there.
There's lullaby soft and tender,
As she hushes her babe to its rest;
Her thoughts are all with the fisher
In his toll on the oceans breast
There's prayer in the fisherrnan's dwelling
For one on the stormy deep,
Through the hours of weary waiting,
Through the babes unconscious sleep
Cradle him, ocean pillows,
Cradle him, ocean foam,
Watt him, o favoring breezes,
And bring the fisherman home,
&C. T." in Sunday Magazine
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07

Colored children progress rapidly in schoo
till they reach the grammar grade; then |;
sort Of palsy strikes them. The superin
tendent THINKS this is because the work W
to that grade consists chiefly of memoriz
ing, at which they are good, but when or
iginal thought is needed they are weak
do not exactly contradict him, but sugges:
that part of it may be due to the fact that
when they reach that grade they know more
than their parents. and receive no stimulus
by association with them or any older per
SON l have noticed the same failure at that
stage in white children of ignorant parents,
though, TO be sure, that, too, may be due
to inherited incapacity.-South Carolina
Cor Chicago Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07
Gov. Robinson says Massachusetts, has
spent tis, 0o0, 90 in soldiers aid since lS61
Whittier and HI. Personal Papers.

John G. Whittier. referring 70 the report
that he had destroyed all his personal let
tiers ami papers to prevent po<thumous pub
hcation, writes that some years ago he de-
stroyed a large collection Of letters be bad
received, no: from any regard to his own
reputation, but from fear that their publ
cation might he unpleasant or injurious 70
tie writers or their friendA They covered
much Of the antisiavery period and the war
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07

In general q pencil sketch made in half
an hour will be of more value to the artist
than any photograph he may get, because
while lie is sketching the object, its character,
its color. its concentrations are fastening
themselves upon his memory. and his sketch
will bring them all to mind again when he
proceeds to uss it-Philadelphia Times
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07
tn. LieAtese nay for rr.v.l

shat Friday Is the hgatess day Of TIE week
for travel I've noticed il for ysa1
suppose i:'s because % many people have .
superstition about the evil influence OF that
day. The effect i particularly noticeable
on local travel, where there would sem %
be no other sxplainahle reason except popu-
,ar superstition --Baltmo-e Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07

Charles Dudley Warner appeals % vomea
to give up tho brie-a-brae cram, and retarn
to the cid s;mphcitiss Of Housekeeping.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07

President Grevy hardly cares wmS -
wears more than President Lincoln cared,
and somewhat the same thing may be said
of his wife.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07

Tho people of Long Beach, Los AnSels'
county. have found new means Of sub
sistencs during the winter. 1t is small
species Of clam, which Is boiled with the
shells on. the liquor from which makes . de
hcious soup The clam is very small, nc
larger than Q marble, and can be gathered
in large quantities Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07

Americans are sid 70 b arranging fos
the erection Il . hoesl 20 Be O ~ AAEgt
caa plan, IN tn CITY q Asxiea
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
Fast Horses.

Forty years ago, says writer in Hdr-
per'S Magazine, the most distinguished
citizens of Kentucky were engaged in
writing essays and prize papers on scien-
tific agriculture. A regular trotting
track was not to be found in the whole
country. Nothing was thought of the
breeding and training of horses with
reference to the development of greater
speed. Pacing horses were fashionable;
and two great rivals in this seductive
gait having been brought together for a
trial of speed, in lieu of a track, paced
a mighty race over a river-bottom flat!
We have changed all that. The gentle
men no longer write their essays. The
trotting horse will soon, undoubtedly,
be admitted to manhood suffrage, much
as beef once won the spurs of knight
hood. He has already, even without the
right of voting, been styled the first
citizen. The great agricultural fairs of
the state have modified their exhibits
with reference to him alone, and fifteen
or twenty thousand people give after
noon after afternoon to the contempla-
ton of his beauty and his speed. His
one rival is the thoroughbred, who goes
on running faster and faster. By and
by time will be no more. One of the
brief code of nine laws for the govern
ment of the young Kentucky common
wealth that were passed in the first leg
islative assembly ever held west of the
Alleghenies dealt with the preservation
| of the breed of horses. Nothing was
said of education. The Kentuckian
| loves the memory of Thomas Jefferson,
not forgetting that he once ran race
horses. These great interests, not over
looking the cattle interest, the manufac-
ture of whisky, and the raising of to
bacco, will no doubt constitute the flu.
ture determining factors in the history
| of Kentucky
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
The East River as a Commercial
Highway.

The East River is most important
factor in the commercial prosperity of
the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
Its shores form large portion of the
waterfront of both cities, and afford
space for many miles of docks. Its
channel is secured by strong tides, which
keep it permanently free from shoals of
sand and mud. 1t connects the waters
of New York Bay with those of Long
Island Sound, and is the most import
ant avenue of coastwise trade in the
United States. Since the partial re-
moval of the Instructions in He'll Gate,
a very heavy foreign trade has taken
this route, notably the petroleum traffic,
| and, with the completion of the designed
improvements, the East River will af,
| ford convenient access for transatlan-
| tic steamers. The value of this en-
trance to New York Harbor will be
still further enhanced by the opening
| of the Harlem River to the Hudson, the
| preparations for which are now in pro-
| gress.
The unobstructed navigation of the
East River would also have an import
ant bearing on the question of nationa
| defense IN case or war with 1Orelgf
state. 1t would render the blockadine
of the port of New York a task of dou
bled difficulty, and would open The
shores of Long Island to our larger war
vessels and to ironclads.
For these reasons the problem of re
moving the Instructions to the free anC
safe passage of vessels through the Eas
River has engaged an increasing degre,
of attention for considerable time
These distractions were all accumu
lated within short distance of one an
other, in narrow strait called Hell
Gate, and were occasioned by numerous
reefs of rocks encroachmg on the chan
mel and the violent currents to whicl
they gave rise, making navigation eX
tremely hazardous for all kinds of yes
sells. General John Ne,0tOn, IN Poputa
| Science Tor F'cb17La9u
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
CHASE'S MORGAN.
M0UNTAINEER
THE CLOSEST BRED MORGAN STALLION LIVING.


Mountaneer was sired by Morgan Lion, better
known as the "Streeter Horse owned by w. r..
Streeter, of East Burke, VT. he by Billy Root, by
Old Sherman, by Justin Morgan, the founder of the
Morgan family of horses. The Streeter horses dam
was by the Batchelder horse, he by Old Sherman,
by Justin Morgan. Mountaineer's dam sired
by Ethan Allen, I'd; he by Putnam horse, by old
Woodbury., by Justin Morgan Grand-dam by the
DIR. Richmond Colt, he by old Crane (also known
as the Steele horse), he by Old Sherman, by Justin
Morgan Mountaineer is a dark chestnut color
with white strip in face; stands fifteen hands and
weighs thousand pounds. AS stock horse he
has no superior; his colts are large and stylish,
many OF them standing fifteen hands At the
request of friends of the horse have consented to
move him from home, and will be at the following
places this season, commencing June 1st
AT Silsby's Stable, Lyndonvie, Tuesday after
moons; East Burke Wednesdays; Sutton Corner
Thursdays; Wheelock Hollow, Fridays, and the
rest of the time at owners stable, Gilbert Square
Sheffield, Vt.
w. H. CHASE.
Sheffield, May "a.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
THE ALABAMA" IN ACTION
From an account of Life on the


From an account of Life on the
Alabama" by one of her sailors, in
the April Century, we quote the fol-
lowing: 1--WE got everything in ship
shape, and left Cherbourg for our
last cruise on bright Sunday morn
ing, June 18th. We were escorted
by a French armed vessel, and when
we got outside we could see the Kear-
sage awaiting us, about four miles
away. Captain Semmes made us a
short speech which was well received,
though it seemed odd to me that an
American should appeal to an Eng
lishman's love of glory to animate
him to fight the speakers own coun-
trymen. But we cheered, and the
French ship leaving us, we steamed
straight for the Kearsage. There is
no doubt that Semmes was Hurried
and commenced firing too soon. We
were, | should say, nearly a mile
away, and l do not think single
shot told. The enemy circled
around us and did not return our fire
till within seven or eight hundred
yards and then she let us have it.
The first shot that struck US made
the ship reel and shake all over. l
was serving on one OF the thlrty-two
Founders, and my sponger was an
old man-o-war's man, who remarked.
after a look out of the port, "we
might as well fire batter puddens as
those pop-guns few more biffs
like that and we may turn turtle. %
He had scarcely spoken when shell
hurst under our pivot gun. fitting it
out of range and killing five of the
crew. With slow precision came the
crash of the heavy shell of the Yam
kee. One missile that seemed as
big as a hay-stack whizzed over our
heads, taking a section of the port
bulwarks away, fortunately missing
a man that was handling shot. He
only remarked that he believed the
Yankee was firing steam b'ilers at us.
Another shell struck US amidships.
causing the ship to lift to port so that
our gun weighing three tons raced in,
pinning one poor fellow against the
port sill. He died before we could
get him clear. This was the missile
that sunk the alabama" She's
going down! was the cry, and all
was confusion. Another shell struek
us about the water-line, the vessel
reeled like a drunken man and all
was lost
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

The MODERN BOY.-There is a
vast difference between the boys of
to-day and those of fifty years ago,
more especially as regards the things
which minister to comfort and pleas
ure. Perhaps it is only an old boy S
partiality for old mans ways, but it
seems to us that the hard experience
of the old boys did more for them in
many ways than the softer and cas-
er lot of the new boys does for them.
The former were quite as happy with
the little they had as the latter are
with their much; and they were
taught-what the others are not
economy, industry, ingenuity, self
denial, self-reliance, the value Of
money, the necessity of labor. Prob
ably the new method of training boy'
makes more gentlemen, but the ole
method makes more men.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
The New Process of Obtaining Health with
ont Medicine.

The Nervous system is the seat of animal life and
controls the functions of the body. The functions
of the body are to take nutrition and throw off a
corresponding amount of old worn out and eXcre-
mentitial material While the nerves strong
enough to control the function properly, we are
healthy. When its strength has been impaired by
overwork the abuse of stimuants, it fails to do
so, and we i'll, because the bowels, liver, and
other organs cannot free themselves. Keep the
nervous system supported and medicine is unneces-
sary except i'll intlammations, which often originate
from the above Lately a harmless, tasteess
plant has been discovered in South America, as
simple as grass, that acts as powerful nerve food,
produces no stimulation reaction, but immediate
y destroys the effect of stimulans, and stops
BUSINESS and nervous exhaustion at once; makes
you strong, hungry regular in the functions Of the
body; stops the liquor appetite in old drunkards,
makes them feel better; and, properly prepared,
is fine beverage and pays the liquor dealers a
larger profit. 1t is creating big sensation in the
large cities, and is being literally and constantly
used by almost everybody. 1t is found the
Presidents sideboard, and in all the government
departments, and illustrious senator is noticed
as having a mug of it constantly his desk
i'll the Senate. 1t has spread the country like
wildfire. They call it the Moxie Nerve Food. The
druggists getting it quite as,and the SALE after
a few months, is enormous. 1t is quite popular
| with the ladies. 1t Will go.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
ALL SORTS.
SCOPES EMULSION OF PURE

SCOTTvS EMULSION OF PURE
Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites.
Is more reliable an agent in the cure of consump-
ton, Chronic Coughs and Emaciation, than any
remedy known to medical science. 1t is so prepar-
ed that the potency of these two most valuable spe
cfcs is largely increased. 1t is also very palatable
Happiness wishes everybody to be happy.
Nothing is good for an ignorant man as silence
Sought for the last hundred years.-A remedy for
catarrh, hay fever and cold in the head, found at
last in Ely's Cream Balm. Safeand pleasant to use
and easily applied with the finger 1t gives relief
at once and thorough treatment positively cures.
Price so cents.
have been troubled with catarrh from boyhood
and had considered my chronic until about
three years age | procured one bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm, and count myself sound to-day all
from the use of one bottle.-J. r. Cooley, Hard
ware Merchant, Montrose, Pa.
Politeness has been well defined as benevolence
in small things.
Great age carries with it certain responsibility
whether it attaches to person or thing. This is
particularly in the case of Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, which is the most marvellous internal and
external remedy discovered. 1t ought to be
| kept in every house.
If farmers and others continue to buy dust and
| ashes put up i'll big packs and sold for condition
| powders it won't be our fault. We have exposed
the swindle time and again. Sheridan's Pow
ders are the only kind we know of worth carrying
| home.
Eminent stations make great men more great
and little ones less.
Ladies, be very cautious how YOU tamper witt
samples of the many vile counterfeits offered you
which may prove very damaging to the fabric anC
hands; and instead of these similar appearing pack
ages, be sure to get the only harmless article TO
laundry and kitchen use, the original James Pyle
Pearline. Sold by all Grocers.
One important difference between man and
woman is that man puts his clothes ON him, Will
a woman puts herself in her clothes.
"My physician said 1 could not live NV live
out of order, frequently vomited greenish mucous
skin yellow, small dry humors on face stomac
would not retain food. Burdock Blood Bitters cure
me-" Mrs Adelaide O'Brien, 372 Exchange St
Buffalo, N Y.
81 don't object to being kicked OUT" said til
offensive partisan, "but I'd like to know why Nv
been kicked"
L WAS A FOOL.
Yes, they said was a fool not to try Snlnhr
{ | Bitters for rheumatism, from which had sutfere
over two years; but had tried SO MANY docto
and medicines without getting relief that I W;
G discouraged. / am now on my fourth bottle an
almost cured. was fool that didn't try tn
wonderful remedy before.-C. G. Pratt Manche
ter, n. III.
J. Sunshine is Ike love-it makes everything shin
r with its own beauty.
y Know Thyself, by reading the "Science of Life
e he best medical work ever published tor your
and middle-aged men.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

Lady Millais, wife of the English
artist, Sir John Millais, was formerly
the wife of John Ruskin, from whom a
divorce was procured. A London cor
respondent says that ''besides being a
clever, thrifty, and yet handsome
woman, she is full of Scottish pride.
She scars. She has a mind above but
tons. Earls, countesses, lords, ladies,
judges, generals, baronets, bishops, she
designs to consort with. but not mere
painters and sculptors, even if they have
Il. a: tagged to their names.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

MERGED County, California, can boast
of the largest man in the state in the
person of Mexican Archibald, native
of Nova Scotia. He is over seven feet
high and built in proportion. He wears
No 10 boot and carries his own last.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

A Buffalo father, to encourage
early rising, offered prize in money
next morning. At a very early hour
bright little girl made her appear
ance, claimed and got the prize, and
then went back to bed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

A witness for the prosecution in MUIR
der case was thus questioned by his hon.
or: s'You say you saw the man shot at?
eyes, SIR" 'sYou said, / think, that the
charge struck the deceased between the
diaphragm and the duodeum?'' Witness
"No, SIR. ] didn't say no sich thing !
said he was shot between the hog-pen and
the Wood-house."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

Scrofula, salt rheum, all humors, boils, pimples
and diseases of the blood, general debility dyspep
sia biliousness, sick headache, kidney and liver
complaints, catarrh and rheumatism, are cured by
Hoods sarsaparila. Take it now. 100 doses One
Dollar.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-10

UPON Governor Zulick's return from Nacosari immediately after his appiontment as Governor of this ter ritory number of gentlemen of both political parties got together and proposed that they have non-parti- san meeting to the new Governor and a banquet afterwards. This proposi- tion was carried out, and when the evening came the platform was occu- pied by an equal number of Republi- cans and Democrats, while the aud fence was fully the same. Mark Smith the present blue grass delegate to Congress, was appointed Chairman of the meeting and when he commen- ced his opening address preparatory to introducing Governor Zulick he spoke as follows Fellow Citizens Ladies and gentlemen After twenty years we are here tonight to attend the fun eral of the Republican party occasion ed by the appointment of the first Democratic Governor, Arizona has ever had" This caused buzz of in- dignation among the Republicans on the stand and among the audience, many of whom left at once. After the meeting was over Mark was soundly critisized by members of his own party for the insult to the repub- licans who had been invited to attend a non-partisan meeting and not Democratic pow-wow. This one act alone of MT. Smith will cause him to loose many a vote in Cochise Coun- ty and elsewhere.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-10
Cloud Burst.

Special to THE DAILY ToMBsToNEl.
 ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Sept. 13.-A cloud burst occurred at this place last night doing great damage. A num- Der of adobe buildings were under mined and fell down. There are no trains from east or west, washouts are reported on all the roads. So much damage has been done that it is i'm possible to tell when trains will run on regular time again, not for several days at least. Up to the present time 10 lives are reported lost, but some mortality among the stock in the Rio Grande valley.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-10
TERRITORIAL
REPUBLICAN
 CONVENTION.

In accordance with the action of tho CeR- tral Committee, Territoria, Colyehuoh ot the Republican party of the Territory Sf Arizona, to consist of seventy-seven Del, egates, is hereby called, to be held in the city of Tucson,
 Monday, September 2Oth, 1886, For the purpose of nominating a candidate for Delegate to Congress, a candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and or the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it.
 The several counties of the Territory will be entitled to the following representation, based upon the Republican vote of 1884, with the allowance of one extra Delegate from each county. as follows:
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-10
7-22-1W
Grand Rame.

The tickets for the rafle of Mir. JosIaa Kirlew's handsomely improved property are now ready. Remember that this is one ol the finest gardens in Tombstone, there be. ing l6 bearing fruIt trees, besides many others that will bear next season. Severa grape vines of different varieties, now GOV cred with lusclous fruit, current and goOse- berry bushes. Anybody can be convinced by calling at MT Kirlew's residence back of the Union Soda Works. Tickets arc for sale at ,he low price of one dollar each, and can be procured at Sol Israels, and all the lead ing business houses in town. 7-2tf