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TheUnlversaI Verdict of:the People

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doTful preparation at once. Price 81 for a
10 rye hottie, at F. Kalteyer's Drug Store.
Ciarhe's Flax Soap is good for the Skin.
TrYit Price % cents. 2-l7Q
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8 inches.
Weight of light putting stone, IA
pounds.
Distance it has been thrown, AZ feet.
inches.
Length of heavy caber, IS to 20 fet.
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Shilo'srCatarrh Remedy.

No.3. Shilo's Catarrh Remedy, a marvel
obscure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, CankerI-
Mouth and Head Ache, With each bottle there
Is an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment of these complaints
without extra charge. Price so cents. Sold
by Kalteyer j. Son. 2 ID ly
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PRESTON,S HE'D AXE.

Judge J. II. McLeary, ex-Att'y Gen'I o
Texas and Past Grand Master of Masons, says
ut tHed-Ake) is the best medicine for head
ache ever saw Cures any headache. Fo
sale by all druggists, SOC.
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Ernest kuehner

String Band will furnish good music
or balls, parties and picnics. Leave or.
ders at 31S corner PecOS and Durango
streets, or Francisco Cara, 513 Conchc
street. TILT
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I% Bear in mind that Frank J.
Bethel keeps builders hardware and
lumber, at the International and
Great Northern depot. If
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

leg and back. Their heads were decked
out with feathers, strips of different
colored cloth, bits of fur or other small
articles, combined to attract attention.
They had the usual strip of ''manta''
about the waist, and some had on saehes,
but otherwise they were naked. Their
music was the usual drumming and
singing, done mostly by outside bands
who were looking on with delight and
cheering their companions. The
dancers kept time with the music.
They had some reliefs when
any became too tired to continue the
operation, so that the plot of ground to
which they limited themselves was al
ways full. The grunting and shouting
and barking like cayotes or wolves
were particularly exciting to the
dancers, and somewhat so to the strang-
ers. 1t seems that in the ''Messiah
dance they have sometimes added the
The Appeal., 1890-12-20
Mexican Schools.

The President of the Republic of
Mexico has promulgated a decree pro-
viding for normal school for women
teachers in the City of Mexico. The
course of instruction will extend over
four years, and the plan of study is
very thorough. The institution is free,
and in addition eighty of the pupils may
receive from the Government suffi-
cient allowance for their maintenance,
as a reward for application and talent.
Those receiving this special aid must
contract to teach for three years in tho
Federal district or in the Territories of
Lepic or Lower California.
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

was not girl to be sneezed at, and she
used her mirror. Her detection was
ominous. The girls gazed anxiously at
Mrs. Bisbee.
II don't want to be disagreeable,"
she said, smoothly, ''but Pm afraid it's
true" " ~.
whats her style?" asked Sybil.
Brown" replied Mrs. Bisbee, SEN
tentiously. --..,..... -E
"Brown?"
eyes; burnt sienna Burnt sienna
hair and eyes, dusky-pink cheeks, ,dusky-
crimson lips, silk.plush plexion-all
cream and coax-and two millions from
her uncle, y. said Harold Beaver, who had
just come up.
There was general biting of lips.
Haven't seen her for three ye ars, -
he continued, "and-"
''Ah! Perhaps she has faded!'' ex-
claimed Ethel.
''The duslsy browns DOM fade much"
said Harold.
NO" said Mrs. Bisbee, 81 saw her in
box at tho Metropolitan last winter,
and she was radiant"
"Why, she doesn't belong in New
York." Sybil said.
"No, Baltimore" responded Harold.
II don't see what she wants to come
away up here for" grumbled Ethel,
spitefully. What's the matter with
Chesapeake bay?'
''Well, she's coming next week." said
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What's he going to DOPE inquired

Whats he going to do7': inquired
Gertie, awestruck.
Lord knows, I'm glad to see him do
any thing, y said Ethel.
''Hard down with your he1m!n ex-
claimed Der Alte Chaperon. ssNrs.
Bisbee, you. and Miss Sybil please hold
the wheel there minute. Now, lad,
main sheet; in with It'll"
: Collie and the boy got the main boom
trimmed fat as the yacht came up into
the wind. The jib tapped madly.
Right your helm!'' cried Collie.
The boy obeyed the order.
keep your head to it," was the next
order
Then Collie sprang forward and
Stacked the lib halyards, unbent the
sheet, slid out on the bowsprit. which
was plunging into the young seas like
crazy porpoise, reefed the jib, came
back, bent on the sheet, and hoisted
away again, while the women huddled
in the cockpit like petrifed mummies.
''Now let her blow" said Collie, as
he went aft, put on his coat and took
the wheel.
SECT the captain below said he to
the boy, ''and give him good horn of
brandy. He's coming to-" :.
The boy dragged the skipper down
stairs, the women all following in
silence to see if they could do any thing.
Sybil Vane asked the boy, when they
were below, whether he hadn't better
go up and sail the yacht.
Guess not, said the boy. THAT
feller don't need no help. can see
that without telenscup."
The boys Judgment appeared to be
right. 1t was blowing great guns. But
the Clover was riding like canvasback
duck. Collie looked very composed at
the wheel. The girls stared up the
mpanion-vay at him. He seemed to
be enjoying it. The captain recovered
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

and they had very complete control
over him, his family, his assistants and
all their operations. The Indians were
at that time very jolly, and our party
had scarcely reached the agency when
their chiefs put in an appearance tc
welcome us to the reservation, and &c
offer us ''dance." Unders landing from
the Interpreters that we very heartily
disapproved of the ''Sun Dance" they
determined Immediately to amuse us
with what was then called the "Omaha
dance" This was very appropriate to
US, as we had just como from the great
city of Omaha, but we learned that the
name "Omaha dance sprang from a
favorite peace-dance of the Indian band
of Omahas. AS the messiah dance''
has been described in tho papers, there
seems to be little difference between it
and the dance we saw. The Indians
were painted from head to foot with a
variety of designs upon their chest and
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

the Drain yreek ana aanKton agencies.
Besides these there were in Dakota
3,751 other Sioux at Fort Berthold. the
Sisseton and other agencies. In Mon
tana COLA Indians Of the Dakota nation,
part. of whom are known as Sioux. In
Montana there were 1,lo2 Sioux at the
Santee and Flandareau agencies. From
thcn until now the numbers have re-
mained practically the same. The
Great Sioux Reservation has, however,
been broken up into Six smaller ones,
and about 100000 acres of land have
been opened for settlement by white
people. Accurate statistics of these
several agencies have not been pub
lished since the time of the subdivision,
but are substantially as follows: Stand
ing Rock, $500; Cheyenne River, 5000;
Lower Brule' and Crow Creek, 1850;
Roubad, $500; Pine Ridge, 8, 1000; Yank-
ton Sioux, 1900. Total $4,000.
1t was the privilege of the writer to
be stationed for about three years south
of the Great Sioux Reservation before
it had been disturbed by recent legisla.
tion: Visits were then made by him
twice to the Santee people, once to the
Rosebud agency, and once to the Pine
Ridge. The Santees were at that time
already quite advanced in civilization.
They dressed as white people and ap.
peared as well-to-do as ordinary West
ern farmers, is, men who work
upon their own land. They had fine
schools, which their children generally
attended. The, Episcopal bishops
school, near the reservation, was the
subject of much interest on account of
the ability of the children to read and
write and speak English. The Rosebud
agency showed far less progress in the
work of education or civilization. The
Indian agent, was afraid of the Indian,
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

men. They wore the soldiers blue
blouse, and were armed and organized
as company.
Red Cloud at that time appeared to
be contented with the existing state of
affairs. There was farming, and there
were some schools, but the main civil
izing process appeared in 1885 to be the
use Of horses and wagons, with Indian
drivers. hauling their supplies for over
120 miles Of roadway from the nearest
depot to the agency. The Indians were
delighted with their pay for this trans
portation, and with the incipient inde-
pendence which it afforded them.
The idea of the Indian rising from the
dead has been taught by the ''tonats,"
or medicine men, for long time. They
look forward to the time when the In
dians will rise from the grave, and
when the white men, who have perse-
cuted them, will be blotted out, with
great hope and great enthusiasm. 1t is
said that the Piute Indian came over
thousand miles from Nevada to give
truer idea of the coming Messiah, and
it is averred that the Piutes insisted
that the Indians should not fight, should
never shed blood, but should await tho
will and direction of the great Mes
siah. OF course the Indians readily
weave their drumming and dancing
habits into their. new inspiration, and
the wilder ones among them become
still wilder under the excitement All
experienced men know that the In
dians, under excitement, what they call
''becomiag mad" may commit any con-
ceivable outrage. Mere than five thou
sand, however, from the Great Sioux
Reservation before the division, are
quite advanced in civilization, and will
always oppose war with the whites
.-.- O! 0. HOWARD.
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

census has been published. Hon e. P.
Smith, in 1875, reported the total num-
ber of Sioux to be $4,000 or $4,000, Of
whom 40, 900 out of the A. 900 were num-
bered by actual count. Tho number of
hostiles then in Dakota under the
leadership of Sitting Bull and few
chiefs, was about 7,O0O At that time
the Sioux were included under twelve
agencies, nine in Dakota, two in Mon
tana and ono in Nebraska. Thus we
soc how widely scattered they were. At
Fort Dunlap, to be fed when the game
gave out, there were some $500 ASSN
abaine Sioux. They seemed to have
boen only the ifriendlier portion of the
Assinabaines, eand were rather inti-
mate with whisky sellers and unlawful
tralers.
At the old Red Cloud agency there
were at that time over 5000 Ogallallas,
according to tho reports, who had al
ready almost abandoned the place.
That was the year when their feeble
beginnings in raising crops were rem
aered ineffective by the grasshoppers.
Among the twelve agencies we find the
different names, Yankton, Santee, Sis
seton, Teton, Uncappus, Black Fit,
Cheyenne River, Wahpetons and Flan-
iareau.
In 1882 the Sioux on the Great Sioux
Reservation numbered %, 333, including
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

women, who were never included in the
"Omaha." The ''Sun" dances witnessed
by large numbers, say 5000 or 5000 in
single encampment, were like the
'Omaha Dance excepting that for sew
eral days the Indians prepared certain
men by keeping them BY themselves,
by subjecting them to short diet or fast.
ing, and finally by attaching burden
to their backs or shoulders with thongs
passing under the skin, like ''seton.'
Sometimes buffalo head was the bur.
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

-u1u uOG nave mucn TO say. he used to
lie about the hotel veranda in a big
steamer chair and read novels. He
wore yachting suit and cap and silk
shirt. He did not look a bit salt be-
cause the skin of his face Was as white
and as smooth as baby's. So they
laughed at him for wearing yachting
suit. All the other fellows wore them
because it was yachting port upon the
sound, and pretty much every one went
in for sailing, which was about all
there was to do at the place. Collie
went,sailing once or twice when some
generous fellow took pity on him and
invited him. Then the women laughed
at him more, and in strange German
called him Der Alte Chaperon-the
Old Chaperon-because he always went
down into the cabin, stretched himself
on locker and fell asleep. They said
he was afraid the spray would spoil his
complexion.
Collie didn't seem to know that he
was being laughed at. If he did know
it he did not mind it. He never said
any thing, but went on reading novels.
German novels, too; and he read them
in the original. 1t was most exasper-
ating. What business had a man at
gay, active summer resort to wear nauti-
cal toggery. have skin like queens
baby and read German novels? Once
some one said to him:
Come and play game of billiards.
''Thank you,'' he replied. "lt's lit
tie too much for me, you know
He certainly was. fool-and a lazy
one, too. They tried him on several
things, but he lay in the steamer chair
and read German. And there were at
least six beautiful girls in the hotel.
AND every one of them had been plqued
into trying to interest him. But he
just staid in the steamer chair and read
German, or went to sleep in the cabin
of the yacht.
:" He didn't get seasick. They remem-
bered that, after he was gone, as one of
his good qualities. They had him out
one day when it blew fresh and there
was lively sea on, but he went to sleep
like rocked infant. Ho certainly was
the most torpid man that ever lived.
"Never mind" said Mrs. Bisbee one
morning. miss Silvers is coming here
next week. Perhaps she'll wake him
up"
> "You don't mean Matte Silvers, do
you?" exclaimed Gertie Greer.
Eyes, do.'
"Oh, dear!"
And Gertie's mouth went down at the
corners.
.- ''What's the matter with Matte Sill
verso" inquired Ethel Brisket.
'Oh. nothing,'' answered Gertie, de-
jectedly; ''only was at a place where she
was once"
well, what of it?' demanded Sybil
Vane, that tall, white girl, you remem-
ber.
"Well," sighed Gertie, "every man
in the house dropped right down at her
feet"
ooh, my! is she so very wonderful"
asked Ethel.
'Oh, nothing much," replied Gertie;
''just the most beautiful woman I ever
saw, and with two little millions in her
own right.'
There was painful silence, and all
the young women looked glum. Gertie
The Appeal., 1890-12-20
A Simnle Ceremony.

The marriage ceremony practiced by
the people of Borneo is very short and
simple. Bride and groom are brought
out before the assembled tribe with
great solemnity, and. seated side by side.
A betel nut is then cut in two by the
medicine woman of the tribe, and one
half is given to the bride and the other
half to the groom. They begin to chew
the nut. and then the old woman, after
some sort of incantation, knocks their
heads together and they are declared
man and wife.
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

band, brother or son, and sometimes
they were permitted to receive the cuts
or decorations in their limbs as substi-
tute, to lessen the anguish Of the VIC
Tins. These extreme dancers, whom ]
have called victims, entered into this
arrangement voluntarily, doubtless gaz-
ing up as much as possible toward the
great sun in tho heavens during the
whole dance, in fact doing any thing
that would give them pain. The object
of it all, as expressed to me, was main.
ly the atoning for what Indians consid-
cred wrong-doing, and tho reconciling
OF old grudges and troubles among
themselves, and, doubtless, with
further notion on the part of all partic-
ipants and victims of gaining great cred
it for bravery, fortitude and lofty man.
hood. We witnessed the large circular
encampment not many miles from the
Rosebud agency, and we did every
thing we could to discourage the In
dlans from pushing on to the cruel
operations. In fact, the chiefs of bands
who were represented there promised
with emphasis that they would not al
low the former terrible decorations to
be repeated. Still, they have been re-
peated since that time by the wilder
portions of the Sioux nation.
At the Pine Ridge agency, then under
Agent McGillicuddy, good order and
system prevailed. He had an Indian
police of perhaps thirty selected Indian
The Appeal., 1890-12-20
National Airs.

There seems to be a rather mixed idea
with the average American as to what
particular pieces of music are National
airs. The majority of them are familiar
with "God Save the Queen" set to the
words of "My Country, IT'S of Thee,"
and the '.Red. White and Blue" which
is an En- glish air, but when an original
American air is reached there are emany
who fail to recognize it. When the
Strauss orchestra reached that stirring
hymn, ''The Star-spangled Banner,
rather pretty lady in the audience nod
ded her head with smile of appreciation
and said: Il think those Strausses
compose such pretty music. I think
that last piece was the best of the lot
1t looks very much as if yankee
Doodle" would remain the National air
for some time to come in the face Of
such convincing evidence. Minneapolis
Tribune
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

~
his senses presently and hurried ON
deck.
go below and lie down, captain,1
said Collie, ''your head must be rattling
like locker of shot in gale.''
The captain looked surprised.
"Who reefed the jib?" he asked.
Il did, said Collie, humoring her
neatly with the helm.
The captain watched him do it. Then
he went below and stretched himself on
Collie's favorite locker.
''That mans the best amateur sailor
ever saw" he said.
The women looked at one another and
heaved long sighs of relief.
THAT useless thing appears to be-
some govd after ALL" said Mrs. Bisbee
to Ethel
'Hum" said Ethel.
Collie sailed the Clover back to her
anchorage off the hotel after the squall.
They all went ashore, and he immedi-
ately retired to his room and was seen
no more until the next day. About
noon he was discovered in the steamer
chair with an unusually formidable
German novel. They surrounded him
and began to thank him for bringing
them in safely. He didn't seem to pay
much attention to them. Just kept
listening for something down the road.
Presently the hotel stage came rattling
up from the station.
Here she is" said Mrs. Bisbee,
beckoning the girls, and they all de-
<o ~
full heiress. She was beautiful. There
was no mistaking that. The girls
groaned inwardly. She came airily up
the steps, her brown eyes afame with
expectation. She caught sight of Der
Alte Chaperon lying in his steamer
chair. She ran right to him, threw both
arms around his neck ana publicly
kissed him on the lips.
Collie, dear!' she said, rassionately.
''But, dear old fellow, you look real
done up, and I expected to find you so
much better.'
Better? He must have been sick,
then, when he came down.
''Well, sweetheart" he replied,
laughing, II have been mending slow
ly but surely till yesterday, when had
to do little work aboard boat and"
"Aboard Boat! Now, dear, do you
know the doctor said you were not to
exert yourself, and when you sail boat
you always"
"But we got caught in a squall. and
the captain-well, perhaps these young
ladies will explain. Let me introduce
you all to my fancee."
And then the whole crew of them
figuratively got right down on their
knees and worshiped Der Alte Chap
eron. .r
1t isn't much of story, is it? But
then it has moral. Two, may be-
w. J. Henderson, in N. Y. Times.
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

the 'Ohio ]ndians," made about that
time. Among the SO tribal divisions
which he enumerates are found differ.
ent bands of Sioux, for instance ''Sioux
of the Meadows and ''Sioux of the
Woods.''
They are located towards tho heads
of the Mississippi" Their warriors
enumerated for each of the above di-
visions are respectively 1850 and 1,soc
-4,300 in all. If we take the usual
percentage of warriors to represent one.
fifth of tho Sioux nation, and aggre.
gate amount of men women and child.
rem were in the middle of the last cent
ury 21,500.
In 1920 in a paper communicated by
General P. B. Porter, the Secretary OF
War, We find a few words concerning
the Sioux. Their members then esti-
mated were Is, 900. General Porter said:
''This tribe occupies very extensive
region, stretching from the Mississippi
to the Missouri, bounded on the east by
the Chippewa country. and ON the
south by that of the Sacs and Foxes.
They are gradually extending West,
and have already touched the Mandan
Territory. They are erratic in their
The Appeal., 1890-12-20

habits, following the buffalo in their
migrations, and depending on the hunt
for their existence. Their different
bands formerly had an annual meeting
near the Missouri. This custom is dis.
appearing, as they extend their con-
quest Westward, and the different bands
have less and less connection every
year." If we add the ''Assinabaines,"
then 5000 strong-who are now often
called "tAssinabaines Sioux" to those
who are regarded as the Sioux proper,
the aggregate in 1929 would have
reached %, 600, showing that there had
been very little increase in their num-
bers in sixty-five years. There may,
however, be other tribes which should
be rcckoned among the Sioux at the
earlier dates. There is very little care
full estimation on record of the actual
numbers, or. if on record, no accurate
The Appeal., 1890-12-20
THE SIOUX NATION.
General Howard Describes the
Great Dacota Tribes.
ICoPYR1CHr. lSWO.1

In the exhaustive work of Fl. r.
Schoolcraft is to be found an estimate
made by Colonel Henry bouquet as long
ago as 1854 of different tribes of the
North American Indians. The estimate
Is taken from his historical account OF
an expedition against what were called
The Appeal., 1890-12-20
: DER ALTE CHAPERONll. .
Why the Girls at the Hotel Had
Reason5t to Bless Him.

Hey all thought
he was a fool;
but then they
often make mis-
takes like that.
Kangaroos can't
jump like wom-
en- when the
W O M Q n re
jsmping at con-
c!usions. You
see the trouble
was that Colus
Beattie e-Collie
thew called him
when they want
ed to be funny
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-15

dozen roads have gain of more than
Sl00 600, and Of These the Atohison is
the first, followed closely by the New
York Central, after which follow in or
der the Northern Pacific, the Chesapeake
and Ohio. the St. Paul and the Louisville
and Nashville. The roads with these
large gains lie in widely different sec
tons, but the heavy movements of
grain, provisions and live stock have
probably contributed most to the i'm
provement. In spite of the interrupted
movement i'll cotton only six roads in the
South, out OF fortv-eight, show a loss,
while only two small lines in the North
west have failed to do better than last
year. There are indications of an improve
ment in the coal trade, but 1t was
thought that the gain would be more inn
portant for the Rochester and Pittsburg,
on which the change of ownership came
a little too late to harmonic the coal
prices in season to have an effect upon
this month s earnings.