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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-19
FOUND BY A LETTER.

How John Stanley Discovered His
Sweetheart on Christmas Eve.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-19

Dewlach-All right. Brush it dry,
will you? l don't want to wet such q
close cut.-Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-19

dingy cabin with the sunshine OF herha'r
With yoheave-ho, and a yo-heaye-ho!
For ships must sail -
Tho fierce the gale
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

ply make the sign, with no audible re-
ply. The Indians of the Pacific slope
have one comprehensive sign TO? all of
the Indians east OF the Rockies, 'Dog
Eaters, - for on the Pacific side of the
fback bone' dog flesh does not seem to
be esteemed the luxury it is on the east
ern. Yet the PAN Utes, or Plutes, as
you generally hear them called, reyelled
in bugs and gr4sshoppers, and Digger
Indian would eat indigestibles at which a
billy goat would turn up his nose.
The greatest and most famous of our
Indian tribes Is the Sioux (Soo). Their
proper name is Dakota, and the Dakota
nation is made up of dozen tribes
speaking different dialects, as the Oga-
lallas, the Brules, Uncapnpas, MIME
conjons, Sans Arcs, Yanktons, Black
feet, etc., etc. Allied with the Sioux
are drawer and finer race-the Chey-
ennes; and Gin the old days at least) OPP
posed TO them aud always at war, were
the Absnrakas or Snakes. Further south
were the Kiowss and Comanches OF Texas
and the Indian Territory, few Apaches,
and the ruck of semi civilized Southern
bands like the Creeks, Choctaws. Cher
okees, etc. In Colorado were the Ctes.
liz, New Mexico the Navaios-once the
terror of the Southwest, and now the
richest Indians in America; and then in
Arizona were the widest and iercest of
the lot when once aroused, the Apaehes.
Now, you would have laughed to see
our boys playing Indian and swapping
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

lated into simple American Tor the Dene-
fit of my young readers, for whom little
people are ever q subject of special inter-
est, means: That there is probably no
nation or even any small tribe of human
beings who have not believed IN the ex-
istence of men of slight stature, anu VINO
have caused them to play a part III theIF
legends.
Mr.. II. N. Stanley, the African trav-
eler, we are told, proposes 10 make the
dwarfs whom he encountered in very
dark forest the chief features IN MS
book, although the public might reason
ably have expected to be told more ABOUT
the relief of EUin, which has proved 10
be a mere burlesque, from the fact thh'
the rescued Emin has FASTENED to me-
himself back from the coast to his "lu
home in the Nile basin, which he qnltleu
onlv when forced to do so by the So
called relief expedition of Mr.. Stanley.
But 10 return to our dwarfs. Ar'
Stanley, according to recent teiegrans'
describes the pygnies as the only inono-
camous race in Africa, and more Won
derful still to relate, he claims that thSi
are the Coolest aristocracy IL 'n0
world, s" counting their lineage back u
sffifty centuries "a statement so slai'-
ling that we would advise our reaueIs,
both young and old, to accept it not on,
with the usual "grain of salt, Du' ~
prepare themselves as matter oil &c
serve with ton of the sa.s
saline substance. 1t is unfortuus
that MIR. Stanley did not suecssI
in bringing with him the pysm'
queen, who died en- route. or, inus'. :,
some other specimen of her race,
present some tangible evidence OF 'i-. ~.
m onopamous anu aristocratic people, 10,
in doing so he would have but toiio"i
the action of the Italian traveller, Aiani,
who wears ago sent to Italy from u u
very reeions two pigmy children nslneo
resDectiyelyTeib and Chaifallah' anu ~
the specimen discovered by the "tn .oIs
named Ticki-Ticki, an adult lsnS nn
pygmy, which for the first time hau in
submitted to the curious gaze Hn1 II
spection of the student of ethnoios! tar
will be instructive just here u The
briefly to the pygmies as kno"H ~ saS
aucients, and, in the first place
that the name pygmy is derlVeu Ut Ut /.
Greek word meaning one whose hS, -,,ek-
measured from the elbow to the AN1
les. r,-o5otus
A century before Aristotle Heruu Of
related the story told by the plIsrlI -aus.
Cyrene who had the tale from EtsaIat
king of the Ammonians, who saiu ian
certain number CT young Nasaho ~
having gone TO explore the uese. ,,,m-
Lybia, were surprised by great ns ssrs
Der OF dwarf people. by whom lns' - no
taken prisoners and were hearu %
more. Aristotle maintains that '"'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22


sponsibilitY to bear up, as the sworn head
of family, and he pushed the half open
door wide, and boldly looked in.
81 deolare!' he said, ''if If ism t q
dog
And so it Was; q great Newfoundland,
whose gaunt frame bore witness to want
of proper nourishment, and who seemed
in the last stages of want and despair.
AS he saw the faces at the door, he lifted
his head and gave one prolonged howl.
"Poor fellowi'' cried Ned, STOPPING
beside him and patting his head.
"He is hurt. He drags one leg after
him, ''.exclaimed Martin.
"He is starving, said Ned. ''Let
us go and bring our lunch, Martin, and
get him some water from the brook. -
Leaving Hope with the dog, the boys
FASTENED back to where they had left the
valise in which their luncheon was
packed. This reminded them of the
covered basket the doctor had handed
them on parting, and opening it, they
found that it contained large bowl of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

delight. The hills approached so closely
to them on either side that they appeared
to be looking through mountainous
gateway. The rich browns of the bare
rocks, and faded yellows of the dry
grasses, struck sharply against the moist
greens of the low-lying valley. The
brook, arched with living green in the
foreground, wound like silver ribbon
through the valley, until it became
merged IN n broader sheet of silver in the
distance, which they knew to be the
beautiful hay of San Francisco. The
purple hills of the peninsula bounded the
horizon.
"Look off there to the left, boys, -
exclaimed the doctor.
rThey saw some rows of stunted trees
struggling above the tall weeds.
HAn orchard!'
1t was an orchard, but such starved
and bIighted one that it seemed mere
caricature of the thriving growths in the
valley below Most curious of all, 1t
appeared to have been planted without
any system; apple trees, peaches, plums,
pears, figs, walnuts, almonds, apricots =,
cherry trees and ounces, being scattered
over the whole area. There were fire.
quent gaps in the lines, where the trees
seemed TO have died in infancy, while
the leafless branches of others, showed
that they had fallen prey to burrowing
rodents.
s'What makes the ground so hard,
DR.. John, - asked Ned, striking his foot
against the earth, which gave back a
ringing, finty sound.
1.-The same cause that makes the trees
stunted and the fruit worthless; lack of
cultivation - was the reply.
Hope, whose eyes had been sparkling,
now bore them off to behold herown dis
covery; a spring of pure, cold water,
some hundred yards above the house, and
Just below 1t an orange tree laden with
fruit.
As they returned in the direction of
the house, Ned, who had been silent and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

| signs, and it il not ha-d lesson TO lear \
| at all. Lots OF our army boys on the
| frontier have half the language at their
| fingers end. Suppose in this lesson we
take up just the signs of the tribes, SO
| that you could find out without word
| spoken Just what band or nation an ln-
dian happened 10 belong to, or, if you
| like, play the game among yourselves.
To ask who or what you are, either
make the sign of some tribe you have IN
| mind and then point TO him with the in
dex finger right hand, or else hold the
right hand palm 10 front, about the
height of the shoulder, and with thumb
and fingers extended and separated turn
| the hand to and fro few times by wrist
motion, then point TO the Indian him.
self. 1t means, al want to ask you a
question. Who are you, or what tribe
do you belong to?''
In reply, Sioux will make the sign of
drawing the extended fingers across the
throat from left TO right; meaning cut
throat or ''out-off- head, - for in old
times the Dakotas cut OFF the heads OF
their slain enemies. "Cut-throat' is
the sign, therefore, for Sioux.
A Cheyenne holds up his left hand and
makes the motion with the right fore
or three times in q lex succession. They
are called the "slashed wrists.
An Arapehoe of the North speaks of
himself as 'tgood heart, - and his sign
is TO tap the left breast with the tips of
the thumb and fingers of the right hand
two or three times quickly. a southern
Arapahoe simply lays his right fore6nger
aside of his nose and raises It once or
twice.
a Pawnee makes the wolf Scar sign
with the right hand raised in front and
above the right shoulder, first two
fingers extended vertically and apart,
others with the thumbs closed, and then
tits them to the front. nearly horizon
tally.
A Shoshone or Snake-A Northern
Indian makes the sign of the snake with
the two first fingers of right hand ex-
tended in front of body at height of
waist, back of hand to right, thumb
and other fingers closed, and then pushes
it forward with the wavy, sinuous wrig-
gle of the serpent.
A COMMUNICATIVE a snake, but
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
The more the better

came up here for. The more the better.
We like work -
Mark stared at Ned with suspicion :,
which slowly grew into faith.
''Jiminy!' was all he said.
He accompanied Ned TO the edge of
the bluff TO point out the steep and mar
row trail that would take him home.
I'm bring the chickens myself, - he
said awkwardlY, as they parted. 81 d
like TO have a LOOK at you two fellers-
that like--wOrk. -
As Ned came in sight of the low cot
tage, Nesting in the hollow of the hills
he felt u sensation he had never known
before. For the first time he understood
sentence he had once heard from the
lips of an orator OF national repute:
1.-The home makes the patriot. No
man ever shouldered musket in defense
of q boarding house. -
Or tenement house either,' thought
Ned
The shabby dwelling towards which he
was going was no longer mean or shabby
in his eyes. 1t was TRANSPORTED by the
glory of possession.
Hope ran out to meet him. She led
him TO the front door and laughed aloud
at his exclamation of pleasure and sur
prise. The large room had been thor
oushly cleaned and busted, and the red
wood boards with which it was ceiled
lent rich background for the little
kniok-knacks, punches of dried grasses
and richly tinted leaves disposed about
the walls. Above the fireplace Martin
had suspended some redwood bookshelves
that they had brought with them, max
ing an effective substitute for a mantel
and one quite in harmony with the dull
red Of the bricks. Upon these stood a
glass filed with pink roses, whose per-
tume filled the room.
The only carpet they had brought with
them, crimson ingram, was tackled in
the center of the floor. Hope had fes-
TONED dotted white muslin above the
windows, catching it up with cypress
bougbs, while pair of Madras curtains
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

by some jealous chief close by the o..
cv. 9se9,
The Sans Ares or No Bows. So 49,,
because once, in surpiise ,they r,I glallst
away leaving their weapons bebfn4 'Opsd
described by long sign, first ST., arc
course. Then "Bow, - g. HiysI ~. Of
gone..'' 0D' Or
The Yanktou gives first the SONY 81.
end then passes the extended ina ,.5a
ger OF the right hand close l7l-- .4-
nose, just as though to indicate 49,: 'us
il. - This last, by the way, i, the ''.,ys
of the Nez Perces or Pierce Nose gu
though few OF them have now their r"-'
pierced. Neithor do the Pend d Or ans
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
OUR YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
EDITED By FRANCIS HoDGsoy BURNETT

''The man who used TO live here had a
dog like this, a large Newfoundland
puppy, said the doctor refeciively
81 wonder it he could have left him
here and the dog survived all these
years. He was a brutal fallow-the
mani Come here old fellow and let NE
see your leg -
The dog labored across the floor. Dr..
John examined the injured member.
'.That was done by blow or a kick -
he said.
"Oh, how cruel!" cried Hope. "And
he left the dog here to suffer and starVe
What could he have lived on?''
''Fish from the stream, perhaps.
have heard of animals changing their
nature in such cases and turning gran
nivorous. He certainly would have
proved up his title to the ranch if a dog
could do it, - replied the doctor. ''He
is in a sorry condition for hunting.
might help the leg even now, poor fellow 1.
But it will hurt. Shall do it?''
There was something almost human IN
the dogs low whine, the appeal of his
honest eyes.
VERY well, sir. Take hold here
Ned. Don't let him stir if you can help
it -
DR.. John took hold OF the lower por-
ton of tho injured leg and pulled with
great force upon it. The stiffened cords
and muscles gave way, there was dull
crunch, and the joint settled back into
place.
"Now for splints and bandages, -
said the doctor. "Brave old fellow! 1t
will never be pretty leg again, but,
with good care, you can walk more COM
fortably after this. Now have an hour
more to spare land we must look about. y
AS they passed through the front door
and stood for a moment on the edge of
the natural terrace on which the house
was built, Hope gave an exclamation Of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
detected. laid his hand on the DOCTORS

detected, laid his hand on the doctor 8
arm.
cdr. John, may speak to you for
one moment, alone?"
Certainly, Ned - replied the doctor
wondering what could have brought the
look of tronble and perplexity to the
young fellows face.
They moved off toward the orchard
where Ned took his stand with folded
arms, looking at his new friend.
''out with 5it!' commanded DR..
John.
cit came over me down here in the
orchard. You talked about pruning and
cultiyating. l haven't the slightest
idea what either of them mean. DR..
John, l've come out here to make q
living as farmer, and don t
know the first thing about farm
ing. -
Ned,was q little exasperated to see
the DOCTORS eyes twinkle, his
mouth twitch, aud finally TO be-
hold him. convulsed with laugh
ter.
''lt may seem laughing matter to
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

no pride in touching it, but went to the
steps OF the building with heavy heart.
The boy had no knowledge of banking
laws, and was quite in the dark as to the
precise relation of the money to the
paper he was to get, but ne knew enough
of life to feel certain that when a man
acts in secret it is because he has some
thing shameful to conceal.
He knew that the doctor must be a
criminal, and he was acting as an ac-
complete.
no BE CONTINUED
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

wear EARRINGS, as the French mama
would imply; nor have the eros Veutres
of the prairies any bigger stomachs than
these tribes. The Chippeways Otherwise
known Hs the Ogibways, seem to have
no sign now. They were for AGES the
bitter enemies of the Dakotas, aud druv.
them westward , and now they live IN
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

f HAVE a pretty big
tribe OF sturdy boys
playing all about the
neishborhood in the
sunshIny afte rnoon 5
and they are a source
of endless entertain
inent to me, and some
times of CONSERVATION
to the neighbors. Some
of them belong to mil
itarY schools and wear
their uniforms all the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
THE PRIZE SERIAL.
THE ABANDONED CLAIM

HREE young hearts
leaped, three young
faces grew pale. Ned
thought of the mys-
FERROUS trail down TO
the bro k. Martin
recalled ghost stories
he had read. Hope
gave q little cry of
fright.
"Oh, boys, don It
go in. If it should
be q tramp -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

Fl f m st eminent
ethnographist living,
N. Quatrefages, i'll
writing Of the pygmy
peoples as known TO
the ancients, said:
III n 'est prOblement
pas de nation, pas de
simple peuplade ha-
mine Qui Il hi cru d
'existeuce d hOm-
mes de taille plus OIL
moins exigue ct ne
ieur ait faut jour IN
role dams SEES legen-
dss - which. trans
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INpIAx sIaN Language.

How One Tribe is Distinguished from An
other.
Captain King relates interesting facts about
Indian Life
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22

peace in Northern Wisconsin, the Michi-
gan peninsula, near Lake Superior, and
few in Minnesota.
THE PYGiIEs OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
Col. Chaille Long, Formerly Chief o. star
to Gordon, Tells of the Dwarfs OF
the Upper Nile.
The Story OF Ticki- Ticki. q Pygmy Princess.
Copyrighted, 1890, by the author.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-13
THE MORAL EFFECTS.

The growing fact of the. cities and
their rapid accretionS at the expense of
the rural districts, as shown by the CEN
sus, is fruitful theme for the moral
izer. In the vicinity of some of the
cities that have made the most rapid
growth are farming regions that have
actually decreased in population. Even
in New York state there are counties
that have been Stagnant, or little
worse. Except in the new regions of
the West, it may be stated as a general
fact that the growth is chiefly confined
to the cities. This opens up the field
for the sociologist and the pessimist.
The moral philosophers have usual
ly concurred in the view that
the larger the cities the more
fruitful the agencies that involve
peril to society. Some very en-
inent moralists nave connected the
satanic domain with the vast aggrega-
lions of human life. The saline ele-
ments of the civilization of the times are
credited largely to the districts where
there are few artificial distractions to
atmospheric purity and clearness of
celestial observation. With no abate-
ment OF the estimation of the country
in the way of moral sanitation, it may
be noted that the modern city is by no
means the historic center of human life.
In the earlier time business and the
residence were necessarily crowded to-
gether. There were solid masses of
population in the midst of business
activities. This was peculiarly the case
in the last century and the first
half of this. Then commenced the
use of suburban railroad trains
and the animal motor car. These
enabled the more prosperous to
find suburban homes. The means of
transit have wonderfully multiplied,
and the eager inquiry is for still greater
facilities for passage. The cable, and
especially the electric agency, promise
to effect vastly greater changes. The
means of reaching homes miles out in
the country are becoming so cheap and
rapid that almost any element of the
population can have its home in the
quiet of the rural district and away
from the demoralizing influences of the
city. The population of all great cities
will have homes stretching out miles
from the scenes of business. The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-13

is voluntary load with which she has
Indiana, Kansas or Minnesota done
more?
When it comes to real personal SYM
pathy the colored man knows his
friend. The Northern theorist is seldom
practical. Consistency is jewel, and
like all other jewels is valuable on ac-
count of its rarity. Harriet Beecher
Stowe. whose orange grove is but ten
miles from my own home, employs from
ten to twelve white men constantly, but
no colored need apply.
Mr.. Price, in his lecture of Friday
night. attributed all the degradation,
moral depravity and inherent Incidence
OF the negro to slavery. Slavery was
the cause of all his woes, according to
MIR. Price. l would like to ask Mr..
Price, had it not been for slavery where
would he be to-day? Instead of adj
dressing representative audience, if
his ancestors had not been brought by
force from the wilds of the dark CON
tinent to the home of the white race,
Mr.. Price, in all probability, would have
to-day been roaming the bowling will
derness of interior Africa. Mr.. Price
and all his race owe whatever of
elevation they possess to-day to
slavery, and slavery alone. 1t was
Gods plan for their development, and
Gods plans are always best plans. 1t
is only crooked-eyed man that cannot
see them Alright. While denounce as
a glaring improperly the introduction
of the race question into the delibera-
tons of such body as the n. E. A,
appeal to my co-educators to rise above
the partisanship that leans to the heavy
side for political profits or spoils, and,
aside forever the prejudice that be-
clouds judgment. / beg them all, as
commanded by that Great Teacher
whom we all obey, to do to the South.
feel towards the South. as they would
have the South feel towards them had
their own section similar perpleXity,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-13
A DAKOTA ANIMAL.

.. The word brontOtherium does not fall
upon the ear with the suppleness of a
familiar acquaintance, and yet it is not
the fault of the party represented, or an
indication of phenomenal ignorance in
the recipient. The brontotherium was
one of the early settlers of the Black
HillS-at least, he left his bones there.
They were laid away with the tin, and
discovered recently by the mine delivers.
The latter did not recognize them, but
the wise man, Prof. FOWLER, was called
in, and he at once classified them. He
penetrated their history, and unfolded
wonderful tale to those who were his
disciples. The jaw bone was the only
part of the fossil that was perfect. but
the learned man was able to reproduce
the entire animal from that. The jaw
bone was twelve feet inlength, and this
gave monster over forty feet high. The
construction was on the kangaroo plan.
This furnished for the photographer of
that indefinite era beast that could
leap 200 feet in the air and leave 125 feet
of earth surface without scratch. The
enlarged and back-reachlng vision of the
scientist has this vivid portrayal in one
of his lectures upon the great discovery:
81 can see in my minds eye this noble
animal sitting up on his launches OH a
little rise of ground. Anon he reaches
his nose up LOO feet into the air and
whistles to his mate FIVE miles away.
Getting response, he whisks off a
giant oak with one stroke of his tail and
bounds away, leaving tracks fifteen
feet long and six feet deep"
Hunting butfaloes used to be lively
sport on the prairies, but it was tame
in comparison with what might be had
with game like ths.s A flock of a few
hundred brontotheriumS might make
intensely exciting sport for hunter
who should have occasion to conduct a
retreat to get out of their way. The
Dakota sportSmen will see what they
missed by their carelessness in coming
in too late for the fun. Possibly there
would be annoyances at times in having
such an Overgrown beast about. He
would suggest cyclone if he trod over
wheat field or lost his temper and
hunted it in an ordinary city. But he
might be as noted for his amabilty
as size, and quietly present his rear
limbs for the artillery of the hunter.
incidentally, it may be noted that an
other interpreter of the unknowable in
the unknown past has arisen in the
Black Hills, and he focuses his mental
rays and asserts that it was true bron-
totherium, but that was not the name
of an animal, but a tree. The twelve
foot jawbone was branch of the tree.
This man, however, is discountenanced
by most of the indignant citizens. A
quarter OF century earlier vigilance
committee would probably have waited
on hlm. He is a type of a class that is
always trying to spoil good things. 1t
was designed to find or rebuild the
other bones of this skeleton and take it
to the Chicago fair as a sample of the
animal products of the county in a
period before the Garden of Eden was
operated there, as the local traditions
have it. The idea that the brontothe-
rum was but an innocent, legless tree
is not to be countenanced for moment.