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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-03
THE FASHIONS OF PARIS.

Four Gowns That Are Stylish, Dainty
and Artistic.
Dresses for home and, reception are
generally cut prinoesse, style, whichfol-
lows all the outlines of the figure andis
very pleasing. Onevery handsome cos
tune for an cat home" was of cardinal
India silk, with small black flowers and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-03

we're Dan1sned, and the naIr packed
travelling bag lay forgotten on the floor
at home.-Harriet Francene Orocker in
New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-03

Built That Way.
cit was tough tale"
what wasf"
1.-THE alligator's New York Herald.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

sWers:
'Well, then, if must IN take you
down, but that man, - glanoIng COM
temptuously at the first speaker, "shall
not step foot in this boat. - A loud
laugh greets this rejoinder and Capt.
Chandos, lowering himself into the boat +,
cries merrlly, "This will be better than
having you for the skipper, Parker.
Take your bayonet out. - The boat is
freed and Dolly, Selling her oars, bends
again to her task. Her quick brain
has already furnished her with
q plausible story to account for the
powder so when Capt. Chandos, catching
sight of the box, exolaims: "Why,
what have you here?'' she answers:
"That's grandmother silver. 1 am
taking it to Aunt Hetty Buttrick 8 to
hide till the rsd-coats leave the town,
for we were warned they would take
everything they could lay their hands to 4.
That's the reason 1 wouldn't give my
boat to your soldiers - Then she drops
her eyes hastily, for this is the first lie
she has ever told, and though it is for a
good cause, it troubles her Puritan con-
science not little.
amused laugh.
think she would have gone TO all this
trouble to conceal her household goods
from the graspinR British. Why, my
dear, we don't want to touch your
personal property; Good King George
has only sent us over to keep the peace.
IT'S shocking he adds warmly, "that
the very children here should have been
taught disloyalty to their sovereign -
Dolly stops rowing abruptly, her New
England blood on fire.
yankee children don't have to be
taught their rights, 5" she cries hotly.
''ws know what we should have and
your good King George will know it be-
fore long,
Capt. Chandos bows with mock So
lemnity. "Your pardon, my little
lady, for those thoughtless remarks. 1
forgot for the moment that 1 was ad-
dressing a stsunoh Wing. Let us not
discuss this dangerous topic further, but
turn to more congenial subjects. By
your leave III light my pipe.
All unconscious of the explosive mate
rial beside him the young officer leans
dangerously near the chest and with
blazing taper carelessly lights his pipe.
When he looks up he sees that all the
pretty color has fed from his little COM
panion's face.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

casion was celebrated with not little
f' flourish of trnmpets. The proud
father summons the village herald-a
sort of town crier with tremendous voice
points out to him the carcass of elk or
buffalo laid low by the proves of his
boy, presents the herald with pony for
his services, and that individual betakes
himself to the center of the village, and
delivers long Grafton that can be heard
for mile around. It begins with q GER
tain formula, which 1 cannot transcribs,
and then gees on to q personal applica-
ton of his remarks to the brave, skill
fuI, warrlor-like and most promising
conduct of young Two Bears White Wolf,
Charging Bull, or whatsoever may
be his name; and then the whole
village seems to wake up, shower con-
CALCULATIONS on the young fellow and
the old man, his father, and load them
both with what are termed presents. But
let me tell you right here, boys, that
Indian presents are a delusion and a
snare. They only mean that in the near
fu ure the giver expects something
equally valuable, if not more so, from
the recipient, and boy whose people
cannot return these presents in some
form or other soon loses scaste among his
associates.
A word on the subject Of boys names.
The father almost always bestows the
original name upon his son, and the
yungster must wear it, whether he likes
it or no, until he has performed some
valiant deed. Then he has the right to
change it without the bother of petition
ing the courts or congress. He simply
summons the herald again, gives him a
pony or equivalent fee, and that
functionsry, in loud tones, as before,
and with much pomp and ceremony
announces, we will say, that Chaske,
the first born son of Thunder Hawk sub
chief of the Santee Sioux, will henc9
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

to get off. That is practically the trick
the young conspirators played the riders.
They made their floating horse roll with
them, and the yells of triumph and de-
light that followed could have been heard
for miles.
These were Cheyenne boys, and the
Cheyennes are the bravest and most
skillful Indians of the plains; but what is
true about the boys of this tribe is true of
nearly all of them. They are rhe hap
piest, jolIiest, iiveliest boys on the face
of the globe.
To begin with, the Indians are very
proud and fond of their children of
either sex, but the first boy in an Indian
family is young prince from the day he
first opens his eyes, and mis- younger
brothers, when they come, are only q
trifie behind him in paternal regard. Of
course it must be remembered that the
Indian brave is supposed to do no work
though he must keep himself at all times
in readiness for the warpath or the chase.
The pride, the hope, the whole future of
the tribe depends on the boys, and so it
results that they become objects of the
greatest consideration. They are only
rarely punished, and fond father will
beat his squaw-the boys mother-time
and again rather than lay hands on his
son and heir. Despite the fact that they
are taught that they are of far more con-
sequence than their mothers the BOYS
really show much affection for these
drudges, and an Indian mother we'll nigh
idolizes stalwart son shooting up to
vigorous manhood.
Under such conditions, with no mental
labor to perform, with no school to at
tend, no book lessons to study, no con-
finement of any kind, but early in
struoted how to swim, ride, fish, shoot
run races and play ball, the Indian boy
has almost an idylIic life of it. So long
as he is well fed he hasn't care in the
world. All his people expect of him is
that he shall follow his natural instincts
and practice daily all the arts that will
make him brave and skillful warrior.
he has his tiny bow and arrows before he
is four years old; he is astride his pony
and on duty as herd-guard before he is
ten; he hunts jack-rabbits, sage hens,
prairie chickens and the like as soon as
he is able to toddle, aud the proudest
day of his young life comes when he ac-
companies the braves for the first time
on a general hunt such as they IN
dulRed in twenty years ago when the
buffalo were still numerous. If he
was able to bring down big game the oc-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

sailant, putting and blowing like gram
pus, would come to the surface defeated.
Several times were such efforts made, all
unsuccessful. And great was the tri-
umph of the three occupants when lit
tie scamp, about twelve years old, who
had been having a whispered consulta-
ton with two young braves in the uni
form of the Cheyenne scouts, took
header from the bank, swan from boy
TO boy saying a word or two in low tone
to each, and the next thing l knew,
while two or three urchins kept up Wig
orous assault and occupied the attention
of the riders, there were three bigger
boys at each end of the log, and, grasp
ing it suddenly at signal from the new
conner, they gave it a quick, ro-
tarY motion, twirling it, SO to
speak, around its own axis, as
IL lay on the surface, and in the
twinkling of an eye the three straddlers
were plunged sideways into the pool and
had to swim for it. Almost any boy who
can ride pony can keep his seat when
the little rascal kicks, bucks, or rears,
bnt when he lies down and rolls it is time
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

forth be known as Lightning Spear, be-
| cause of his valor and proves in slay-
ing the Pawnee brave, Mad Wolf, with
his lance IN single combat. The first
| names borne by Indian boys in most
tribes are the result of fancy or caprice
on the part of the parents as a rule
some imagined resemblance in his tiny
features to bird or beast perhaps, or to
sailing clouds overhead; but the Teton
Sioux, the eastern tribes of the great
Dakota confederation, have a regular
system. The first boy is called Chaske
the second Harpam, the third Hapeda
the fourth Chatun, the fifth Harka, and
these names they bear until they are
big boys and can choose or win others
more significant and more TO their lik-
ing. Sometimes a tribe, in derisI N or
perhaps in malice, will attach name to
one of their men which he dislikes in
tensely but cannot rid himself Of. l
knew case Of this kind among the
Shoshones and heard of several among
the Sioux.
The Indians of the plains are great
horse jockeys and racers, and the boys
enter into the spirit of such contests
with the utmost eagerness. In the great
annual races that used to be held be-
tween the tribes, the boy who was
chosen to "wear the colors'' for his
people. was the most envIed youth in the
wide West. Indians are born gamblers,
and will bet their very wives away on
the result of race or the turn of card
and the boy who rode for his tribe knew
well that on his GOODNESS, skill and
horsemanship the fortunes on a genera
ton of kInsfolk and friends depended.
No matter how feet horse may be he is
likely, if carelessly or badly ridden, to
be disastrously beaten. Therefore the
utmost care is given to the training of
Indian boys in riding, but in previous
articles on Indian Workmanship have
said so much that there is no space for it
here.
indian boys in some tribes are ball
players that would win enthusiastic ap-
plRuse from such "kings of the diamond
as Anson, Ward, Brouthers, and Kelly.
They play no such games as ours, and
use very different tools. The finest play
ing have ever seen was game called
''Tashaway, - which was a passion
among the boys of the Hualapai Indians
of Arizona. They were down on the
flats of the Colorado at the time, and
every day thirty or forty youngsters of
from fourteen to seventeen years of age
would start their games and be sure of
crowd of interested spectators. 1t was
more like polo or the fashioned
''shinny'' than any other kind of ball
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15


dozen young CheYennes having the ioIli-
est time imaginable. They had fioated a
big log under the shade of the over
hanging trees, and two or three of
them, straddling 1t as they would their
ponies, were trying to ride the log to the
rapids just below, while the rest of the
party, encouraged by shouts from some
young braves on the bank, we're doing
their utmost to unhorse the riders and
clam Der INTO the seats themselves. Fun!
Why, you never saw anything to beat il.
The little fellows who made up the at
lacking party we're swimming all around
the bulky timber, their black hair
streaming with water, their eyes gleam-
ing, their white teeth flashing. Every
now and then one of them would dive
like duck, his heels would give kick
or two in mid air and the next instant
the knee of a rider would be forced up
by some sudden, sub-aqueous power.
Shrill jabber and laughter would
I'LL the air. The little victim
would clasp the log with his arms and
hang on for dear life and at last the as
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15


her summons, so she hurries down
the path to the barn, but every
thought of breakfast vanishes as she
hears Neighbor Hosmer's voice in ex-
cited conversation with her father;
&C. and you re to take these papers to
Isaac Davis in Acton and tell the regu-
lars are on the road here from Licking
ton
$50 they'r really coming" says
Harris, COMPRISING his lips sternly.
'To destroy the ammunition, suppose.
In that case there IS no time to be lost in
getting this cart to the village, for every
bit of powder will be needed. You will
have to take it, Reuben, either to the
courthouse or to Maj. Buttrick IS. L must
be off at once. -
''Will there be fighting, father?'
Dolly asks as he bends from his saddle
to give her farewell kiss.
"God only knows" he answers. "1f
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

''Egad - he says to himself. 'What
little rebel she is to be at such white
heat on account of few words. 1 must
do something to bring myself back to her
good graces. Then aloud: - What Is
your name, little one2" dorothy
Harris, she replies briefly with slight
feeling of relief as the taper being ex-
tinguished he leans back in his place.
"fDorothy he says with interest
'tWhy that is my little sisters name,
Dorothy, and she is just about your age
too. Dear little thing!" softly. elbow
she cried when l came away and how
glad she II be to see her big brother
again. - ''What is she like? Tell me
about her, - says Dolly, feeling that she
can take an interest now that the
dreaded pipe is at safe distance from
the powder. ''What is she like?' he re-
peats, ''Well she has honest blue eyes
like yours and, wait, l have her minia-
ture. Perhaps you d like to see it. -
He lays mis- pipe on the edge of the box
while he feels in his pocket for the minia-
ture. Dolly stops rowing and clasps her
hands in terror, then, as she sees the hot
ashes slipping from the pipe toward bit
of straw left sticking from the box, she
can stand it no longer. She
leans forward and, Selling the
hot bowl, holds it high in the
air. 81 never saw pipe like this be-
fore, - she says, and is it motion of the
boat or the heat from the pipe that
causss it suddenly to slip from her fingers
and jail down, down, into the depths Of
the 4usketaquid? Capt. Chandos steIfs
forward with an exclamation of angeRas
he Rees his cherished meershaum dis
appear in the muddy river, but he checks
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

the reports from Lexington be true, we
have terrible day before US. You had
best not stay here alone,' he adds.
Grow down to the Manse and stop with
your uncle william till the red coats
leave town, - and he rides swiftly away.
Dolly gazes after him wistfully till he
is out of sight and then turns to Reuben.
''Won't you come in to breakfast :,
nelghbor Hosmer?" she says, cor can t
you spare the timer
emo, - he answers. Gas your father
says, the powder may be wanted at any
moment. 1 only wish there ives more of
it, glanclng Iegretfully over his shoul-
der at the few kegs. ''This Is so little
compared with what those rascally red
coats will have.
Goodbye Dolly, you better leave the
house as soon as you can. It's after five
now.
For the next two hours Dolly is busy
with her household cares, but now the
last pan is secured, the last dish washed
and put in its place on the shelf in the
pantry and with a tired sigh she sits
there among the boxes and barrels to
rest.
Her only companion, large gray cat
rubs affeotionately against her homespun
SO"h anu puTTs lOuuly hs IL 10 make
amends for her inability to tSlk matters
over with this troubled little maiden.
"Oh Tabitha?' says Dolly sorrow
fully, burying her face in the soft fur.
"I'm afraid things are going very, very
wrong. Those terrible Brittishers! How
can We keep them out of the town with
so few men and so little to do with.
Well, We must not sit here moping. /. L
must go to the Manse and you shall come
too; but oh. howl wish we could help in
some way. Why stop, what is this?''
She pushes the reluctant cat from her
knee and drags aside a heavy box, dis
closing a stout wooden key, whose con-
tents are we'll known to her.
''Oh, Tabitha, Tabitha, tits gun
powderi Father must have forgotten it
in his hurry, and every little is needed,
ne says. What can we do?''.
Tabitha shifts suspiciously at the cask,
and then comes with a loud purr to rub
herself again against her little mistress
knee, but Dolly Is too troubled now to
notice her.
He said to the courthouse or to Mai.
Buttrick .. she muses..
j. could get it to the Buttriok g. not
through the village, for l might meet
some of the red coats; besides, it il too
heavy, but l eonld easily carry IT down to
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

sailing into space, and then it would be
the turn of ''our side'' TO turn like deers
and bat it back. Sometimes they would
get to f'volleying, - as we do in tennis,
and the ball would snap back and
forth between the contestants with q
vicious crack that could be heard across
the Colorado and the boys would grow
mad with excitement; the spectators
would bet their blankets even on the re-
suit; the air would ring with shouts and
when at last one party or other prevailed
and the ball was driven to earth beyond
the line, the whoops and yells of triumph
and the mad dancing of the victors were
sounds and sights never to be forgotten.
These were mountain Indians, tenn
porarily banished from their homes by
the orders of the interior department,
and the sight of their activity and life
was a revelation to the lazy, torpid
Yumas and Cocopahs who infested the
low hot valley. They would look on in
stupid amaze, but could never summon
up energy enough to try anything like it.
What is true of the Cocopahs is true of
all Indians who occupy low grounds near
the SEA or the great rivers and de-
pend much upon fish instead Of
game for their subsistence. The In
disns of the mountains and the prairies
of the great West are bred to life of
daring adventure, to climbing or riding
day after day, to the hunt or the chase,
to an active and almost ennobling life.
The coast or river Indians, on the con-
trary, are apt to be slow, lazy and easy
demoralized. There is much to command
admiration in such Indians as the CheY-
ennes. the Sioux, the Utes, Crows,
Kiowas and Apaohes, but the Columbia
River Indians who live near the mouth,
the coast Indians of Paget Sound and
below. the tribes of the lower Colorado,
eto., are about as shiftless and lazy
set of vagabonds as one could see the
world over. OF course there are exeep-
tons to the rule. The Pah Utes and
Digger Indians of Nevada, are worth
less pack of loafers whom nothing seems
to benefit and their boys are only prema-
turely old beggars.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

meet her with outstretched hands.
"well, Dorothy - he exolaims, eve we
| shown the British to-day what stun
we re made Of. Methinks they III believe
| in Yankee pluck after this. And you ,
my little patriot, I've Just heard what
you did for us. That was brave deed
my lass, and will not soon be forgotten.
| What's this? Why, Dorothy, child
| tearsi Surely you will not treat our
| first victory in this Wise?'' Then Dolly
falling on her knees beside him sobs out
| the whole story. ''But doctor,p she
says, imploringly at the end, elf we find
he can never fight against us agaiu,
for indeed he is grieVously wounded,
would 1t be wrong to keep his hiding
place q secret and help him to get back
to the friends who would care for him.
He has little sister who is waiting for
him there in England, and he was so
kind to me. Per chance it was some of
that very powder he helped me care for
which wounded him.
The doctor is sorely perplsxed. He
has known Dolly always and can well un-
derstand the struggle which is going on
in her true little heart between gratitude
for the wounded soldier and love for her
country.
"My child, - he says slowly, ''I
promise not to give your friend up with
out your permission. He may not need
our care for long. Will you lead me to
him now?''
Over an hour the doctor is busted and
both he and Dolly have a chance of see
ing that after all English grit does not
differ from YANKEE grit, for though
drops of agony stand on the young Off
GERS brow, not a sound escapes his
white lips. AT last DR.. Prescott beck
ons Dolly outside. ODDLY > he be-
gins, "that rascal hasn't come to his
wicked end yet Then as his soft heart
triumpbs over his patriotism he exolaims:
''Thank God; Dolly, that we shan t
have to give him up as a prisoner for the
poor lad will never be able to shoulder
musket again.
"Good bye. Dolly; good bye. my lit
tie friend. The time for Capt.
Chandos' departure has come.
DR.. Prescott, true to his word, has
made the necessary arrangements for an
exchange, and in few hours the young
soldier will be on his way to England.
And now the sad parting with his lit
tie nurse has come.
All the loving care which she has be-
slowed upon lin for the last month
comes again to his mind, and he puts his
arms tenderly about her, exolaiming, in
burst of gratitude, ''Ah, little lass,
should not be standing here now had II
not been for you. Tell me, Dolly, what
ever made you so kind to one who was
fighting against your csuse?''
Then Dolly answers bravely:
E'Ah, Capt. Chsndos, twas because
you helped that cause more than you
knew There is something that I must
confess before you leave. That was not
true what told you about grand
mothers silver. There was not silver in
the box You helped me to carry, but
RunDowder. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15

- latin name particular to itself;
lOu distance, the yellow pus- making
Sor az described above is known to his
'co0ou' intimate acquaintance as the
more vIococcus pyrogenes aurens, but he
stap. .ssre inst the same, whether the
gels NV ~ whom he is producing q large
BOY lows his name or not.
boil me me of my glass tubes, growing on q
u , Va kind of jelly. are half a dozen
pecu', Trsy spots about the size of large
dirH head. This tube was planted over
Pin pm months ago, for this organism grows
Two Iii a bacillus, and when it
slo"H Iodgment in the body it produces
fnus Ease called tuberculosis, which,
TIE u'5 occurring in the lungs, as it most
Nn sn does, is probablybetter known
frsqu nnder the name of "consump-
70 yoT, y, IND and causes over 80 900 deaths in
tloDI rftsd states every year, or more
the ~ ~. other single form of disease. It
insp a mo uuinteresting looking object
y nv NV garden, but when we con-
N entering and mourning