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once ear, when it is best to take it to
a professional gun repairer. The barrel
however, should be cleaned thoroughly
at the end of each day g shooting. Wipe
it out first with q wet mop of cotton
cloth, then with dry one, after which
swab it well with wooden mop slightly
saturated with pure oil.
l scarcely need say that rifle must be
kept always dry and that the ammunition
should invariably be the best. a filthy
gun and poor loading will make duffer
of the most expert rifieman. Cleanliness
Is said to be next to goodness, and the
saying holds good with the marksman.
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smuggling, the whole aided by as many
lamentations as the medicine men can
muster. Lacrosse is a modification OF
this game. The principle on which it is
played is similar TO that Of football and
hockey, driving ball through goal
defended by the opposite party. Two
bases are fixed from 200 to 400 yards
apart, depending on the ground, and
two stakes, four or FIVE feet apart, are
set u at each, through which the ball,
that has been thrown up in the middle
ground, is to be passed.
The painted players, twelve or even
400 on side, wear only the breech-
clout or short trunks; in some tribes they
wear flowing tail made of dyed horse
hair fastened on a belt. Among the
Cherokees and Choctaws each player
carries two racquets about three feet
long, with small Melted head. These
are held so as to inclose the ball, made
of buckskin stuffed with deer hair. The
ball must not be struck or picked up
with the hands; all try to run with it, or,
pressed, to throw it to friend or home.
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mands a great deal of training and the
utmost GOODNESS and steadiDess of nerve;
for the slightest movement OF the gun
will send the ball wide of the mark.
Formerly rifles were made with hair
triggers, that is, with triggers that fired
the gun at the slightest touch, and they
are sometimes so made now; but 1 do not
recommend them to boys. Still, a gun
moderately easy to fire is best. In other
words the trigger should be easily con-
trolled by gentle pressure of the fore
finger.
Now to fire rife grasp the gun by the
stock just below the guard with the right
hand, while with your left you support
the barrel. Lift the weapon steadily to
the level of the eye, the end of the
breech resting against the hollow of the
right shoulder, the right forefinger al
most reaching the trigger, the hammer
cooked and the barrel level.
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Among the Choctaws the game was 100,
and sometimes lasted eight hours before
either side reached this figure. The
Cherokees haxe lever Oh side, and
play but twelve innings. There is great
deal of science displayed in the present
game.
The side that wins twelve innings has
reason to be proud of the victory and to
forget the hardships they underwent to
prepare for the "play.' - 1t takes q
brave man to be an Indian ball player.
The most athletic men of the tribe are
chosen; there is great rivalry between
neighboring camps.
For one day before the game the play
ers are not allowed to eat anything; the
medicine men of the tribe are the train
ers. Good luck ceremonies are gone
through, and the whole night the players
dance around by torUhlight or freight.
Next morning the Cherokee brave is
scratched till he bleeds. This is done by
going over the muscles in regular order
with comb having seven sharp teeth.
Mr.. James Mooney of the bureau of eth
nology says that he stood near enough to
hear the comb rip through the skin at
every stroke, and that the Indian never
WINGED or showed that he felt it. How
they endure the agony, no one but a
stoical Indian knows; they think it
makes man active and gives success.
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CHEROKEE
IkenH RAeeyeTs

The ball is tossed up and the struggle
begins.
Catlin g spirited painting in the Ma
tional museum of the Chootaw ball-pIay
gives an idea of what it is like; his vivid
description, also, cannot be omitted.
sin these desperate struggles for the
ball, where hundreds are running and
leaping actually over each others
heads and darting between their adj
versaries' legs, tripping and throw
ing and foiliug each other in
every possible manner, and every
voice raised to the highest key, in shrlll
yelps and barks, there are rabid success
sions of feats and of incidents that as
tonish and amuse beyond the conception
of any one who has not had the singular
good luck to witness them.
''In these struggles every mode is used
that can be devised to oppose the pro-
gress Of the foremost, who is likely to
get the ball; the distractions often meet
desperate individual resistance which
terminates in q violent scuffle, and some
times in fstieuffs, when their sticks are
dropped, and the parties are unmolested
while they are settling it between them
selves, unless il be general stampede,
to which they are subject who are down
II the Dali Hepp6us 10 pass their Qlr6C-
ton. Every weapon, by a rule of all
ball players, is laid by in their respective
encamDments, and no man allowed TO go
for one, 80 that the sudden broils that
take place on the ground are presumed
to be as suddenly settled without any
probability of much personal injury,
ssThere are times when the ball gets to
the ground, and such a confused mass
rush together around IT. knocking their
sticks together without the possibility OF
any one getting or seeing it for the dust
they raise. that the spectator loses his
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"Lived in it, and will have to pay rent
for it, fear. Look out for the holes,
boyle
his heart drumming.
They appeared TO be in a veritable
quagmire. The horses would plunge into
great holes and the wagon lurch after
them.
Yet Alan calmly pulled and shouted in
his boyish treble, and guided the pant
ing, struggling beasts in zigzag course
until the firm land was reached.
Cecil drew long breath.
'You do drive very well !" said he.
''That's not a much bad road - said
Ally, simply 'Look, there's Aunt
Valley and the mules! Howdy, Aunt
Vai:ey, howdy?''
All three saluted bent black woman,
who hobbled through a gate TO the road
side.
She was. it seemed TO Cecil, the. very
blacklist negress he had ever seen.
She wore piece of -four sack for a
turban, and the grotesqueness of her
rolling eyeballs, wide nostrils and hollow
cheeks was enhanced by a pair of brass
earrings, set with red glass. The ragged
apron of jean and the faded print skirt
and buttonless blue wooden t'bass*" did
not conSort on equal terms with the
fnery above, but around her gaunt black
neck sparklcd string of amber beads
A fit background for this weird figure
Was the wretched cabin, with its "stick
and dirt chimney - It's beetllng roof and
yawning pillars. Behind two great gum
trees, il seemed sinking out of sight
yet scowling at the same time. like q
beggar that hates the charity by which
he lives.
Howdy, Cunnel, said the old
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8 watery path between the trees. Great
shrubs bare of stalk, but surmounted by
black plumes, as it were, stood among
the giant trees.
Col. Seyton pointed out the cypress
tress and knees. "And that tree with
warts on it and the limbs growing so low
DOWN. said Cecil.
ga good description, - said the col
onel. "'That is a blackberry tree. There
is a tupello gum; see the swell butt, like
the cypress, but no knees. They used to
make bowls and platters out of fupello
gum. This is the ford. -
81 call it "a river" observed Cecil,
ruefully.
Alan twisted in his seat enough to
smile. IT'S got good bottom, - said
he; "better hist your feet up, Sis. Say,
Consin Cecil, won t you have a. chew of
gum? I got fresh piece"
This was very long speech for Alan to
make TO a stranger. His father and
sister appreciated the motive of courtesy,
but Cecil only noticed how he held the
horses with his left hand while his right
tugged at his packet. Being like most
boys, pockets, it was incenYenientIy full.
He will.certainlY spill us!'' thought
Cecil, yet he could not but admire the
nerve of the young savage, as he called
poor Ally.
''No, thank you said he hastily.
"The water did not quite get into the
wagon, neither did the horses quite have
TO swim; but that is the best you can say.
about the ford So Cecil described
their passage in letter to his father.
He was glad when they were on the
corouroy again but be did not vince: be
was not going TO let these barbarous
children laugh at him
"Do you have much shooting here,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10

The raoquets used vary with the tribes:
that of the Sioux has 3 circular head
the Maine Indians use one similar TO a Ia
crosse racquet, which resembles a shiny
with net stretched along the curved
end.
The game of ''Snow Snake, D." or Kow-
asa, may be called the national winter
sport of the Iroquois.
A straight, well-beaten road is now
usually chosen in preference to the open ,
as formerly. The "snskes' are brought
out, to the great glee of the boys, whose
ears are on the alert, when some one
says, dan-di-wa-sa-ye, "let's play snow
SNAKE because they have the honor To-
run and bring back for the throwers.
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woman, calmly. She almost smiled on
Ally. "Howdy, boss; howdy, Missy {.
Is you all done heerd the news?'
tWhat news, Aunt Valley?' said
Sally.
Aunt Valley chewed at her snuff stick
before she answered. "Wan, INK
JOSEF Peat he came by yere, a spell ago
back, an he been tellin of it tine.
Hits awful, amt it?'
"AwfuI! What?' cried both the
young Seytons in breath.
"Waal, he did say, the Ku Klux ben
aout agin, las night.
''That's nonsense Col. seyton in
terrupted, "there aren't any more Ku
Klux in the country. -
"Den dey come some new uns, - per-
sisted the negress, 'saYd dey ben aout
all night an warnin' all de niggers t.
light aout, mighty briefly, an lebe DER
homes an Sessions; firing guns an pis-
ills frow de haouses; sayd dey done kill
Sis Pearl Kotchkiss plumb daid!'
Basque. Negroes are very fond of Glasses. -
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the snake farther than a rival. Andrew
John, Jr., an Indian OF Carrollton, n.
Y, has thrown the snake 600 yards.
The game is usually four snakes, that is,
the best three throws in fouT.
Large crowds assemble, and there IS
great excitement when skillful throwers
contend; it is an honor, generally well
bestowed, to be & champion snake
hurler. The Indians so believe in their
side, or their favorites in the two games
described, that they wildly stake their
whole possessions, and even their wives,
on the result. 1t is difficult to say
whether they care more for the honor for
superiority in athletic games or for the
opportunity it affords to indulge their
pernicious proolivities for gambling.
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the glimpse of head out of a window, a
waving of hats, the last look in his
fathers eyes-ah, twas ali gone, only
the horses splashing recklessly through
the mud, and the forest and these
strange, uncouth people, and the lump
tight in his throat
But no matter how miserable a boy
may be, he must care for his life, and
very soon it seemed to Cecil that they
were in imminent peril.
All traces of road had disappeared &.
Before them, TO the right and the left,
was nothing but water under the trees.
Yet Alan drove confidently along, and
from the continuous jOlting and bnmping
Cecil argued that they must be on q road
Of some kind.
Sally, who had OWNED his emotion at
parting and pitied him as much as she
dared pity such a superior sort Of young
being, answered the depressed conster-
nation in his face.
"It's lucky there only soft mud to-
day, she said, "and there's a right
good hard corduroy underneath. It's
when we get past here on to the bad
road where the holes are that it's bad. -
'Oh, there s worse then?'' said Cecil
gloomily.
q reckon there is, - answered Alan,
with enthusiasm. ''It's nothing driving
here, but just you wait until we get past
Aunt Valley Lemew s. old place; it's
like falling off a table, the holes are so
big!''
''And we have a ford, too, a big
ford, - added Sally, proudly.
els this your only road to the rail-
road?'' Cecil asked, after pause of dis
may.
Gwen, practically. yes,'' said Col.
Seyton; "but the road is good enough
three-fourths of the year -
Cecil occupied himself in studying
scenery. The swamp stretched all about
him. Trees of strange and grotesque
growth, such as he had never seen, ratE
tied their huge branches above the mo-
rass. Soft green moss was thick on
some Of them. On the surface of the
water pale green briar interIaced and
bristled. a small tree to the right was
spattered with swarm of berries, red
like blood. On either side the road made
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
HOW TO USE A RIFLE.
BY MAURICE THOMPSON.

In training to shoot with the rifle what
is called of hand firing should always be
practIced. In doing this you stand
firmly on both feet and fire from the
shoulder, that is, you hold the gun with
the breech resting in the hollow of the
right shoulder and with the weight of
the barrel sustained by tie left hand.
To fire with ease and grace, and at the
same time with perfect accuracy, de-
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out any one being able TO see the ba,
which they are often thus scufiing for
several minutes after it has been throw
off and played over another part of Ii
ground. -
MIR. Mooney says that among the Cher
okees OF North Carolina a man is ap
pointed to club apart players who &c
locked in q tussle on the ground.
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HAT our national game
is to the American boy
ball-play is to the In
dian. Even the new
tactics introduced by
Princeton, Yale and
Harvard leaders do not
quite make football
such a combination
sport as this, Indian
ball is partly baseball,
football, sh in n eyI
sprinting and general
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mistake - said she. But Alan con-
tiuued to regard the mistake as joke.
''Never you mind, you shall lend me
your gun, then, - SAID he, with a broad
smile, which Cecil was beginning to think
odious; Sally, he said to himself, really
was nice little girl.
''There is Aunt Valleys old house,
and there is the bad road, - said Col.
Seyton, diverting all their thoughts.
They were passing ruined howell which
had sunk backward off its rotting props
into the swamp.
"Did anybody ever live in such
hole?'' said Cecil.
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Take aim by seeing the foresight, which
is near the fore-end of the barrel, rest
ing low in the notch of the rear sight,
while at the same time it covers the ex-
act center of the object used as target.
1t will take some practice to be able to
make the sights correspond as have d.
rected, and when this has been accom-
plished, the pulling of the trigger will,
if you are not very careful, destroy the
aim by causing the gun to wabble. Per-
severance is the only ROAD to success in
this as in everything else.
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The snake Is q
thin, rounded strip
Of hard wood from
seven to ten feet
long and one and
one-half inches wide
at most. N ade
smooth, shod at the
forward end with q
pewter nose-piecs.
1t is balanced in the
left hand and held
by the ball in the
right hand, the fin
gers beneath and
the thumb above.
Holding it thus, the
player runs three or
four rods, and just
before he throws he
jumps. The stick
skips away over the
snow with some
what the motion Of
a snake.
The skill required
to start the snake at
the best slant, SO
none of the impetus
given by the power
full right arm is
lost, is very great;
the object of the
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strength and everything else but his
senses when the confused mass of bali
sticks, shins and bloody noses are carried
around the different parts OF the ground
for quarter of an hour at time with
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HE parting was over
in a moment. The
black man had bun
died Cecil g luggage
in to the wagon.
Hurriedly Cecil had
kissed his father /;
hurriedly the two
friends had shaken
hands. There was
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SPORTS OF THE INDIANS.

and snow-snakey-By Walter
Hough,
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CHAPTER III. THE OLD "CoNJURE
WOMAN -
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OF the NatiOnal Museum at washingtOn.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-09-11
THE HOUSEHOLD.


IT is asserted by men of high pro
fessional ability that when the sys-
tom nco'lsss< stimal.nt nothing
equals u cup of fresh coffee. Those
who desire to rescua the dipsomant
&C from his cups will fnd no bcttsr
substitute for spirits than strong.
newly y made coffee without milk or
sugar. Two ounces of coffee. or
one eight Of d pound. to ons pint OF
boiling water make a first class
beverage, but the water must be
boiling, not merely hot. 1t is assert
ed that malaria aud epidemics aro
avoided ty those who drink a cup
of hot coffee before venturing into
the morning air. Burned on hot
Goals coffee Is disilfectant for q
sick room.
The following Is recommended as
u remedy for sprained ankle: Take
csraway seed, pound it, put it in a
tin BASIN with u little water, put il
on the stove and stir until it thick
ems, then bind it on the ankle; it
will take out the inflammation and
ease the pain.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-09-11

Souikpru fruits wl,il the excep
iiun al baunas are some higher
han lt>t season Oranges are
no, touched .his wear by m',si
houses. a> he gt',cers find them
So high iaer refuse I" handle
ti,rrp Lemons are worth from
$s 10 So per box. 81
VEGETABLES WAY UP. a.
John Wallace, Liberty street,
furnished The newspaper man
will II information concerning veg
elables. Potatoes in renn>yiva
MIA are failure THIS season.
The iuhers arr, selling al the still
price oi 81 10 Bi % per bushel.
The largest consignments come
from Long Island, n. T., and
some from he South.
Long island supplies the mar
kel al present with cabbage al Sc
10 IS per 100. Germany export
large quantities of the naturas
vegetable 10 Pittsburgh in the
winter. The local gardens will
not send in cabbage for several
weeks yet.
The fragrant onion 10 import
led largely from the island Of
Malta aud Egypt. The foreign
vegetable sells at So yer barrel.
Local stocks will not come in un
I'll next month.
Sweet potatoes are good crop
aud very abundant this eeason.
Clarksboro aud Swedesboro. N.
j., supply the entire Piusburg
mai ket at present; $3. 70 10 s4 per
barrel are the ruling prices.
Kalamazoo, Mich. sends Us all
the early celery used here. II
commands 20 to- Is cents per
bunch. ~ ~ =
Tomatoes are about over.
They can scarcely be procured al
any price. They are ceiling al
81 .25 to $3.50 per bushel.
Radlsles, cucumbers and other
vegetables keep pace in the high
price class, and come mostly
from the South.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-09-11
Nonsense of the Day.

Whipper-Why, my dear fel.
lah, LIS as plain as day. Any
body of common sense can see
into il, don't you know2
Snap?er-Indeed! Who ex-
planned it to you?-PUcK.
SUsIE-"Papa, isn't it murder
10 kill a hOg?'
Papa-(who IS a lewyer)-"Not
exactly. Murder is assanliine
with intent to kill; The other is
killing with intent 10 salt
(Harper's Bszar.)
Inconsolable Widow (whose
husbrnd has committed suicide)
John was an extravagant man
That was his one fault.
Friend-I meyer observed il in
him.
Widow-Bnt you didn't know
mm as we'll as did. His ex-
travagance was the ruin of Iii.
family. Why.!ie actually bought
a costly silver mounted revolver
10 kill himself with.-Yankee
Blade.
He sat and looked at the
busy editor for about Is minute.
sidadily. Finally he yawned
sleepily and remarked:
"There are some things in thi.
world that go without saying"
II know it," snapped the edit
or, "but there are too dsrneo
many things that say good
deal without going.''-Pioneel
Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-09-11
THE FARM.

Corn has of late much improved.
SALT MATER IN TIE STABLE.-
A most excellent preventive of gall
is 10 bathe the shoulders each even
ing with strong salt water, COM
mencing slx weeks before active
spring work begins. and continuing
the bathing during the summer.
An English veterinary surgeon who
tested the above for two yesrs, says:
I'm the stable | keep a small fruit
can, in which I throw small hand
full oi salt and then add the neces.
sary water. This is stirred until
the salt ls dissolved, and the soIu-
tiell Is applied to tho shoulder with
cloth tied around the ond of a
corn coli. The roughness Of the cob
hold. tho cloth well in place. Using
this avoids getting the salt water on
the han.ls-an agreeable preoaution.
especially if the skin of your hands
is broken. When the horses are ut
work ! wash their shoulders clean
with clear water as soon as the har-
moss is removed in the evening, and
en- apply the salt water. 1t cools
and eases The shoulders and the
horses like it.
CURING THE RUNNING AWAY
HABIT.-A habit of running away
10 fatal 10 the usefulness of horse.
1t is the fault Of training. Iu training
escape from control shonld never be
permitted. The vice may be cured
in this way: Fasten two strong
rings IN the top Of the bride, one on
each side; put a strong round co:d
through these rings SO that 1t can
be drawn on ss the driving lines re-.
As soon as the horse starts he is
checked by pulling on the cord.
which presses on the wind pipe and
shuts of the breathing. If be per-
sists in running he will soon drop,
but this is seldom done; some shak.
ing of the head and the runaway
will stop. After standing a few
minutes he may be pulled up a few
times until he learns that the driver
has control of him.
The STOLEN NEsT-Nearly every
farmer in his experience with poul-
try can recith tho fact of hen GO
ing away to tho woods and stealing
her nest to return, "after many
days" with big brood of chick
ems. There is no question about it.
hens running at large show great
err fertility in the eggs. and tho
chicks are more vigorous in conse-
quence of the concealed nest under
the bushes Exposed three or tour
weeks in the open air. subject to the
many changes of climate. and
warmed up every time the hen adds
another egg to the lot. With all
these changes, strange to say, near
ly every one of these eggs produces
a healthy aud vigorous chick. 1t
becomes question whether we are
using the best method when we
carefully collect them every dav,
and put them>One end udwards in
partiti0ned crate.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-09-11

rs A carpenter. by the name ol
n. 8. Powers, fell from the ro0l
of house in East Des Moines,
Iowa, aud sustained a painful
and serious sprain of the wrist,
winch he cured with one bostle
of Chaimberlain's Pain Balm.
He SAYS it Is worth SIS a bottle.
It cost HIM SO cents. For sale by
F. Harrington. Druggist.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-09-11

Mr.. Van Pe't. Editor of the
Crig. Mo. Meteor. went to a drug
store al Hillside. Iowa, and asked
the physician in attendance to
give iim a dose of sonnet hing for
cholera morbus and looseness of
the bowels. lie says: Il felt SO
much better the next morning
that | concluded TO call on the
physician and get him TO fix up
"A supply of the medicine. | was
surprised. when he handed me
u bottle of OhamEerlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
He Says he prescribes il regularly
IN his practice aud finds it the
best he can get nr prepare. l can
testify TO its efficiency IN NV case
at all events" For sale by f.
Harrington. druggist.