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further assurances OF the good win OF the
Unitol States IL he would quit getting drunk
and prophesying AT the same time. lie said
that after the fatigue Of editing prOphCsy
he did not think it would be wrong Tor him
to take a nip gu, ely. but he did not think it
right for him to try and combine prophcsy
and incbriCty, Tor" sal GOV. Harrison.
truly and succinctly. IF all of us were to put
down as revelation ali the peculiar things
wO soc while drunk our literature would
certainly suffer"
Shortly a forward Tecumsch was told.by
tho Governor that he desit ed to see him.
Tecumseh then packed u small medicine
bag made OF the skin of a chipmunk. with a
change of clothing in case he should be gone
a long time. and called on Gov. Harris on,
during which time Tecumseh made several
ringing speeches. They showed gre It
thought, and Were uttered in a "Fourth
Reader styl, that sounded something like
The Aged Indians Lament" aud some
like The Burial of Sir John Moore In tie
course Of his remarks. according 10 one OF
the historians. he took occasion to say:
Father. We've been led 10 suppose that
Won wished to land on our shores. eat your
luncheon. catch a few pickerel. and then 60
away. But you've come far DER the sea-
Lut you've went not back, | see You have
caught our largest and most fragrant musk
rats. You have bored holes in our bee
trees. You have bathed in our rivers. and
especially in Ohio River. Last fall white
llttn SHoJ ono Oh OlI Warriors. WHO is u
somnambuist and pcssimist. shot him
with buck-shot while exercising one OF
your horses. and then left h IN there tn
his friends hesitated about going near
him. Is that any way for brothers to treat
each other? / know that our old chief
sold to you portion of the United States
in 1875, but his wi Q did not sign the deed
and Il so. it was before she was taken apart
as required by The law. How can we have
confidence in the white people? The white
people want the earth. and they may get
it, but in the happy hunting grounds you
will be able to detect only Il slight flavor Of
white man. and you will notice that in the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-07-13

On certain day one fall, as I was
standing on the shore of Cranberry Bog
Pond, writes correspondent of Forest
and Stream, saw large flock of ducks
near the middle of the pond, and soon
after discovered three offers in front of
me, but not near enough to shoot.
While watching the manGuvres of these
offers and scanning the pond for other
discoveries, the offers started down the
pond in a straight line for the ducks.
The old leader struck out lively, leaving
his mates far behind, and as he neared
the ducks he dove, and presently saw
one of the ducks disappear beneath the
surface, after considerable of a struggle,
the remainder of the flock rising and fly
ing away in great commotion. The otter
had gone under the flock and selected a
certain duck and pulled him under. A
minute later the otter made his appear
ance near the south shore of the pond
with the duck in his mouth.
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which they mad coded to the white peopll
in 1895. The p ople OF Ohio and Indiana
could not brook this. 1t was at this time
that the Ohio and Indiana men went to
Wa 'hinGton TO protect their interests, Il
habit which they have never been able to
entirely overcome.
TecumSrh was more OF an orator than his
brother. but was not so good an organizer.
Moreover, his brother could beat him to
death prophe syiug. Tecumseh was the
original Tall Sycamore of the Wabash. lie
spoke with great fluency. and when big
tripo or chitterling banquet was given by
his people he would always go and pay for
his meal by means of Il few dcsultory re-
marks,
Tccumseh had kind of Lawrence Bar
rptt style Of defamation, which endcarcd
him to all hearts and caused him to hold
himself in the highest esteem. Elcvating
his voice and the price of admission to their
full height, he would declaim in stentorian
tones which made one forget. all his other
woes. He spoke without notes, and could
think of a great many things which did not
actually exist. Putting his thumb in his
gird!e and rocking back on his pastcrn
joints, he would look at the proscenium box
on the right, and walking H. L. f.. like n
man who gets but dollar Il day to work on
the boulevard, he would talk like Marco
BozzariS when he awoSe to die midst flame
and smoke, or woke to hear his sentry 3
shrek TO Arms! To Arms! The Greek!
Tho Greek"
Tecumseh therefore. was the first to in
troduco what may be called the Larry Bran
nigan style Of acting. in which pathos is
marked by pulling out the trcm0lo Of the
NoX humana to its iull extent, while OK
treme anger is expressed by means of a
low, cultural and stertorOus breathing
punctuatoi with short, impatient snorts,
| ke those OF Il fat man ealing imaginary
spaghetti in his slumb,rs.
With these two brothers thus united they
became n great power. The Prophet easily
appealed To the lazy and licentious. while
Tecumseh took what was leit-viz., the lit
erary and dramatic clement OF the Shawnee
tribe. While the Prophet was said to have
been the ADLER orator of tine two. he never
spoke in council while Tecumseh was pres
ent. Tie idea of acting a broker be-
tween the Indians and the Great Spirit first
occurred to Tecumsch. and was acted upon
by T. Prophet. who translated iii o ally
the remarks of the Great Spirit to the red
man 50 as to do well out o. il himself
The Prophet went TO see Gov. Harrison
in 1905, 1T watch time he said, among other
things: Faith r. was told you intended to
hang me. l was also told. my lathcr. thq
you Wa nted to know VIII, ther was Il god or
man: and if WAS the former. YOU thought
L ought not to steal horses. Is this ttueF"
Yes" said the Governor Il said that as
Il god YOU could not expect to hold your po-
sitinn so long as you stole horses. That is
all | said about that"
Then | heard also that you sa d We must
not drink whisky. Is that so, my father?"
We'll. | said that thought the red broth
or or the Ban Baw Forest and the Jimsoa
Wood Jungle should not drink whisky so
long as there was so much suffering among
!Ie White men. aud also that as repre-.
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"A COLONIAL HOUSE.
BY R. W. sHAPPELL, ARCHITECT.

Bark wigwams and log cabins were
the almost universal dwellings, of the
first settlers of the American Colonies,
but as wealth and social dignity in
creased better habitations began to APP
pear.
For the most part these better dwell
dngs were limitations of styles prevailing
an the various Netherlands" of the colo
pists. Penn planned rows of small En-
glish cottages for the Philadelphians,
but the thrifty Germans of the interior
of Pennsylvania were long content with
houses of hewn logs and barns of vast
capacity. The Swedes of New jersey
built houses with palisade sidings of
split timber, set upright. The Dutch
of New York and the Hudson River
region closely initiated the dwellings
of their ancestors.
But the finest colonial houses, such
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out the Louise. The kitchen is isolated
and has ample storage and pantry
room.
Special features: Regarded as pure
example of the best colonial STYLE the
exterior characteristics of which are
large, square structure, with por
tico having futcd columns with carved
caps, belysdere on the roof, circular
head windows, and delicate details OF
classic origin
The cost: In the vicinity of Chicago,
well built, without extravaganza in dc.
tail, $1,000. A design in this style
much smaller than the example illus.
tratcd will not look we'll, but charging
the design enhances its appearance.
In conclusion, it may be said that ouI
ancestors of the colonial period gave
architecture, as they gave statecraft
and the general affairs of life, wise
discretion that was in every way adj.
mirable. 1t is fitting, indeed, that we
should keep them in grateful remem.
hrance.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-07-13

Here's health tn the wives and the mothers
Who sit in our households to-day;
Who are glad when they brighten for others
The hours that go drifting SWAY
May their eyes keep the light of the gladness,
Their hearts hold the fullness of bliss
That Danish shadows and sadness
And what mood we ask more han this?
But-how can this Happiness TO kept? VIVA.
shall protect those we love-those who make a
Heaven of the Home-from the ravales Of dis
ease that Is often worse than death.-that is, in
fact, lingering death2 This question is @ silly
answered: DIR. Pierce Favorite Prescription
the standard remedy for all those peculiar
must be relied on to preserve tho health of
wives and mothers. 1t prerents those diseases,
and 1t cures them. 1t is a blessing to women
and therefore n national blessing, because it
gives health to those about whom tho hap il
ness or homo centers and the strength of a ma
ton Is In its happy homes.
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st, Louis Post. Historical facts are of them.
selves like the wire foundation for a beau
iful bonnet-naked. They are destitute Of
beauty. but dec orata them with the gorge
ous word painting of n heaven born genius
and they become the beautiful bonnets OF
Easter literature.
1t was in 1911 that tho firm Of Prophet &
Brother went into the general slaughter and
rapine business. hoping. by close attention
to me and all. to merit the public patron
age and give general satisfaction. Prophet
and his brother T"cumseh were descend
ants from Georgia stock and thoroughly
we'll bred. neither they nor their ancestors
having done "a lick of work for centuries.
Like all wcll-brod people who cannot bear
the odor Of honest pcrspiration. they be-
GIN early to give their attention to crime.
atan. who aims to supply little Jobs OF
suicide, homie de. and germcidc for idle
hands to do, and who has maintained his
reputation all tho way down from Eve to
Ward McAll stcr. read the sign of Prophet
& Brother, and made arrangements with
them to handle Ohio. Indiana. and Illinois
in his interest.
Prophet was called by his tribe Lain
wasikaw. or Loud Voice. He was the
author of a new religion among his people.
lie believed in prohibitions piety and in.
lolence. His idea was. that sanctity could
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instance, if new, gold-headed, silk
umbrella is left in a conspicuous place
for few moments, on the owners re-
turn he will be apt to find it has en-
tirely disappeared, or else marvelously
changed into faded cotton one.
Another habit peculiar to itself is
that of getting lost. They are lost by
the thousand every day; yet nobody
has ever been known to find one.
And here it will be benevolent to add
a word of advice to thee, o sad-eyed
poet. Thou, who, in attempting to
scale the pinnacle of fame, hast found
it an infinitely harder task than seal
ing newly painted smoke stack or
creased lightning-rod, to thee, say,
leave thy present occupation, cease
writing thy verses, and diligently APP
ply myself to borrowing umbrellas.
spicuouslv on the handle of each OF
them-then lend them to friends. So
fast will they circulate from hand tG
hand that in twelvemonth your name
will he known to half the households
in the land!
Umbrellas, sometimes, get very I'M
happy when there is no prospect of a
chance to lose themselves, so much so,
in fact, that occasionally, on windy
days, they have been known to liter
ally fly off the handle" and lose tho
tent-like portions of themselves among
the clouds-an inhuman form of COM
hitting suicide.
According to Josh Billings there is
only one way of distinguishing a mis-
take from q blunder. When man
walks off with a cotton umbrella in
stead of his silk one-that is mistake,
but when a man walks off with silk
one instead of his cotton one, that is
simply blunder
An umbrella needs no description,
YOU have all seen one, but it may as
tonish you to hear it said of the parasol
(Which we consider to be the umbrel-
las nearest relative), that he is a
strange animal.
He is surely masculine for he is a
sun-umbrella, and he is an animal, be-
cause he has ribs.
Umbrellas are useful in both sun
shine and rain, and are especially
adapted for punching holes through oil
paintings.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-07-13
Old but Good Ones.

An old joke is as good as new ono
to person who has never heard il.
Moreover, a good joke is worth repeat
ing, even if it is old. Our readers NAV
recognize some of the following as old
favorites:
What is the difference between fog
and fallen star? Ones mist on earth
and the other is missed in heaven.
Why is a man called honorable who
is up stairs beating his wife? He is
above, doing a mean act.
What are the greatest astronomers :?
The stars, because they have studded
the heavens for ages.
What is better than God, worse than
the devil, the dead eat it, and if the liv-
ing eat it, they would die? Nothing
What is thieving in the outskirts?
Picking ladies, pockets.
In what place did the cock crow
when all the world heard him! In
Noah's Ark.
When does the rain become too famil-
lar to a lady? When it begins to pat
her (patter) on the back.
Why may carpenters reasonably be-
lieve there is no such thing as stone?
Because they never saw it.
Who are the best men sent to war?
Lawyers, because their charges are SO
great no one can stand them.
Why is Satan always II gentleman :?
Because being the imp of darkness, he
can never be imp o light
If church he on fire, why has the
organ the smallest chance of escape?
Because the engine cannot play on it.
Why are the makers of the Arm
strong guns the greatest thieves in her
Majesty's service? Because they rifle
all the guns, forge the materials, and
steel all the gun brooches.
Why was Goliath surprised when he
was struck by stone? Because such
q thing never entered his head before.
What color is field of grass when
covered with snow? Invisible green.
If you had to swallow man, what
kind would you prefer? a little Lon
don porter.
why is solar eclipse like Il mother
beating her boy? Because it is hid
ing of the sun.
What is the most difficult train to
catch? The II 80, because it is ten to
one" if you catch it.
"Ah," said the fly, as it crawled
around the bottle, Il have passed
through the Matching age, the creeping
age, and now | am in the mucilage'
then it stuck. .-> Yankee Blade.
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For Your Stomach's Sake,

Take a little wine for your stomach's SAKE, D."
Is celebrated piece OF advice. Take n little
Pe-ru-na for your stomach's sake" is a saying
that bids fair to become equally famous. The
stomach Is at once n most delicate and a most
abused organ and, between its deicacy and its
abuse, it is no wonder that it is constantly CIV
ing its owner trouble. There is no medicine
that Will help the stomach so promptly and so
effectively as Pe-ru-na. Its action is very
simple and it leaves no bad effects whatever.
Especially in summer time is 1t a valuable
remedy to have at hand. For hot weather
easily affects the stomach, and any little i'm
prudencei in eating or disorder Of the system
deranges it, Then it is that Pe-ru-na will
show itself to be just what it is claimed to be
genera! Tonic and a Corrector of Stomach
TrCub es. Try il
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MS were built by the governors and di-
vines of New England, the landed gen
try of New York, and the great propri-
etors of the South were copied from
English country houses or halls. An
example of this style, modified to meet
the requirements of modern life, illus
trates this article.
This style is essentially costly one.
The structure must be of ample size
to give it dignity, and good deal of
carving and other hand work is neces
sary
Following will be found brief de-
scnption of this design:
Size of structure: Width (front) AZ
feet; depth of main part, 80 feet 6
inches; depth over all, 50 feet; size OF
kitchen extension, % feet 6 inches b.
20 feet
Height of stories: Cellar, feet
first story, II feet; second story, feet
attic, s feet.
Materials for exterior walls: Founda-
tons, stone; first and second stories,
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ways. She wcr powerful glad to see
me IN hollered to William Henery to
git back in time fur dinner, es she wer
q goin to hev choking an dumplins fur
dinner.
William Hcnery he hollered back "Tll
cit thare Eli, you bet" Sumhow or
other William Henery has got to usin
awful site of slang an cuss words. 1
try to reson him out of it, but he sed it
is the fashun to say EN-, an he's goin
to foller the fashun or bust button
off tryin.
Mis- Giles she laffed at him an SEES,
mis- ScOoper, your man Is es full OF
fun eS a boy; he don't scam to grow ole
ut all"
Thinkscs I to myself, eff you he'd to
rub him with ST. Jacops lie an turpen-
tine few times you'd change your
tune about him n bein 50 gay an fes-
tive (thet is one of the school marm's
sayins) | didn't say cnnything, tho,
fur | thot eff she wanted TO think he
WIS Young I'd let her.
Quick es / he'd got my wropa off an
he'd arsked EN- all how thay WIS, why
Sairy ses, "Now, NAV, us gals kin git
dinner an Won les 90 an sOt down an
take it easy"
Sairy is awful likely gal, an Ben
couldn't please me enny better by
marvin her. fur sonce Susan married
Peter Roper the family hes picked mp
wunderfnl.
After we he'd got settled to our nittin
work | tole en- nv dreem. Mis- Giles
sed:
"wo,1 mn. .,r MI. S.oo,or i
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THE UMBRELLA.
BY f NJ. wEYER.

HE umbrella has
many peculiar char.
acteristics, a few Of
which may be worth
mentioning.
One of its most
wonderful proper
ties is its habit of
Transforming itself
when left alone.
L his character
istic is most fire.
quently exhibited
in umbrellas of the
finer qualities. For
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PROPHET AND BROTHER.
NYE'S HISTORY OF THE NOTED FIRM
OF INDIAN BUTCHERS.

Comparing the Historical Accounts with
His Own ive-Prophet, the One
eyed Chicltain, and Tecumseh the Law
renco Barrett of the Shawnecs.
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Four hundred Silesian lacemakers
have been at work five weeks on mag
niicent veil for the sister of the German
Empress, who is about to marry Prince
Leopold, OF Prussia.
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Just think of il! Sl4O.I. male In one week by
an agent representing Il, +. johnson n Co, Of
Richmond, Va, and they have had many more
parties travelling for them who did equally
wcll, some good deal better. Ifyou need EN-.
ployment it would be good thing to sit down
and write them a line at ones
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sentatives of the Great SPIRIT It weakened
your influence with the people and made
your proph ecies read rather raw in tho
papers when you got drunk. That was all
| said"
The Governor and Prophet soon came tc
an understanding, bu; Prophet was at heart
a free-trader and loved King George. TIL
went on till 1870 when the Governor sent a
letter TO Prophet at Tippecanoe. giving him
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~ LA ASAN-N VIM 1.-Two
r. EDITUR: As
yol may beleave,
the mex dav arfter
tibet bad dreem |
feel mulch lik o
m es William Hen
S n goin to mill [
Ben n cole snack
ner an tux my nit
tin work an rode
along es fur cs Mis-
.Gilses.
| wus q OWN
her a visit emmy
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Y VISITING Ohio
\ ! lately. and cs-
v pecially Piqua.
the birthplace OF
n Shawnee chief. Pro-
phct. | havo concluded
to revive some Of tho
memories and old wal
"reminiscences o I I h o
Old battle ofTippccanoc.
calling to my aid the re-
tcntive memory of tho
historian and my own
fe brilo Imagination.
Writpa Rill Nyp. in the
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LETTER FROM THE CORNERS.

iting-The Latior Has Some Fun with
the Girls.
NECK OR NoTEIN' HALL,
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Wheeling, w. Va, has the worlds largest
Gnil plant.
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REV. EDWARD NOEL HODGES, a mis-
sionary at present in Ceylon, has been
appointed Bishop of Travancore and
Cochin, South India. 90"
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Conduct is the great profession; be-
iaviour IS constantly revealing US; what
nan does, tells what he is.
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DIR. Pierces Pellets, or Anti bilious Granules:
In walls, 20 cents: one dose. Druggists.
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1.-TWO spoonfuls," not "two Spoons
full" is the correct expression,
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Fleeing the unwary.

A clever rogue with long list of
victims is being sought by Chief Woods
detectives. The fellow is known as
the writing paper man" His dealings
have been principally with women,
and he has been successful in swind-
ling a number of them. His game is
10 visit small grocery stores where he
is likely to find two or three women.
He carries large basket of stationery
made up in small packages, and he
represents that each package contains
money prize.
When he has secured desirable
audience he unfolds his scheme, and
when last heard of, he had operated in
Philadelphia grocery. He had sev-
eral women interested. and after he
had explained his system he got one of
The ladies to draw package which he
presented to her. She found the par
eel to contain 81. A little girl who
was present was also given chance,
and with no trouble whatever drew q
25-cent silver piece. Another woman
picked out a package, and she, too, re-
ceived n small sum. They are all
filled like that" he said.
The woman who kept the store
wanted to buy some, and he told her
that the only way he could mako
money was by selling his goods in large
quantities. The price was 81 per
dozen packages, but he could not sell
less than five dozen. The woman laid
down So and received five dozen pack
ages. The smooth-tongued stranger
departed at once. and the woman took
her account of stock, finding she had
about 20 cents worth of very ordinary
paper, which is much more than she
will use in many years, but no money
prizes. She used part of it to write
down description Of the swindler,
which she sent to the police. -Phiia-
dclphia Record.
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The Rev. John Jasper, the famous
colored preacher and author of the Jas
perisn theory That ',he sun do move,' is
by recent events the greatest prophet in
the world. According to the opinion
of his followers he had dream which,
when he related it to the members of his
congregation, caused CONSERVATION
among them. He said that he dreamed
that seven terrible storms would pass
over the earth, that the lightning would
flash, mutterings of thunder would be
heard, accompanied by storms of wind,
rain and hail, producing destruction in
the land, that on the last day OF May
would be the final winding up, with
thunder, lightning, and a great fall of
water, causing the waters in the rivers
to overflow their banks and ships and
steamers would go down in the mighty
deep, carrying with them hundreds of
souls.
L L e., .1ol IL