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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
FIGHT AT SUMMIT SPRINGS.
tory of a Battle With Renegade In
dams, byCaptain King.
From the philadelphia Press

ia From the Philadelphia Press.1
Midnight, and the scouts are not
YET In. For twelve hours the hattaI.
Pc roqe through the hot july day.
jaioslly at the front. sending the dust
Aouds sailing high over the winding
Erait, and powdering the rearward
troopers with thick coating of their
mother earth. There were eight
lfpmpanies in the long column when
Re came filing out of the misty Val.
~ just st the gray Of dawn, hut
NOSE wagons had 10 be guarded, and
~ NJ troop was ordered to remain
with aud fetch alaug" the train.
Tie rest Of u are pushing North.
3 ~ fsst rs asr stsssls calf bear
fu~-SumeWhcre between that low
ildge, where the coy DIES are ypiping
aud Sn"aking about untler the nays
OF the waning moon. and the broad
valley Of the Platte. "ith its sandy
wastes ana shadow waters, a big band
OF renegade Indians, Sioux, Chry.
eGnrS and Arapahnrs, are "Streaking
1t" for the great reservation to the
North. and every man in our ARRAY
KNOWS we'll that when they lefl thu
| burning settlement on the Solomon
! they bore away with them two poo!
women whose husbands and brother,
and children they uassucred in colC
blood.
IF Kill every horse in the r. gi
ment,', said the Coiou~l, when tht
news was brought to him, I'M ru,
those scnundrel> to earth before they
can reach the river. Five hundred
of 'em. you say, Bil?" he continued
Us he looked up from the dispatch he
WAS writing on his knee, II dom
care if there's five thousand"
And that was practically what the
regiment thought. All ;he liyclons
| hay. trnn dawn to 1 O'Clock in tht
afternoon. we had uottrd in The
wax" of our scouts. hoping vainly
that every ridge we neared WouIt
lfuVp TO be the one from which thu
fleeing foe would he sighted. How
We strained our eyes in watching tht
movements Of our few PaWnee allie
dating shout far in the advance
How we followed every move tina
badly made.
h Wa there eyer such a prince
among scouts as "Bufiulo Bill?" |
wa he VINO made the long periIou
ride 'crOss country to where we were
camping far to the east ; lie Wht
4 warned US Of Tail Bull and his saw
age warriors and of their rapid re
treat, sraIp and plunder laden, t.
4 s after among the villages of the still
distant reservation. 1t was wa
party, unactwmpanird by women
IuhencumbC red By lodges, that made
the dash along the Solomon valley
1 but the Pawnees swear that some
where cover that way" still towarC
the snow peaked Rockies, these ma
RAIDERS have a big village of thei
own. If we can only reach thu
4 Platte ahead of them!
! All day long, jog, jog. jog, some
times through deep rayines, some
times clambering oyer grassy bluffs
but. all the while taking the shortes
possible route that Bill Cody's plains
craft enables him to select, heading
for the fOrds of that river of quick
and and shadows. Once there, i
we make it ahead of them, we car
turn and bar the way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03

clustered ''sidelined"upOn the rolling
prairies. Most of the horses, worn
out, are lying down. Out beyond
them the sentries are crOuching, for
only three nights ago the Cheyennes
charged the camp, hoping to STAN
pede our stock, and very nearly sue
ceeded.
Out beyond the thickets the prairie
wolves are lifting up to the starry
skies their queruIous yelp, but sud.
denly from the northeast comes the
sound of rapid hoof-beats-the chal-
lenge of the sentry, the spirited cher
ry hail of the coming party, and in
another minute "Buff,lo Bill" has
ieaped from his horse before the Col
onel's party. and the PaWnee scouts
who follow at his horses heels, bend
over The neck 8 Of their painting pom,
les to listen:
ave struck the big trail about If
teen miles over to the west. They're
moving, village and ali. They ha ve
their rear guard out looking for pur-
salt along their track and never
dreaming Of our trying this dodge.
It's my belief that they are ca,nped
Tonight Within a Jaws march Of the
Platte, and it we pull out now we
can head 'em off"
"Pul! uui" it j.. No trumpet call,
no sound, no excitement. "TnnhIe
up, men," is the ioW.tunpd order OF
| the sergeHntS, HS they scatter among
the sleeping groups. And IN twenty
minutes we are away, riding in silent
SIladoWy column up the northWard
| slopes, and moving at IA steady walk
/ Some men have n0t been sufficiently
aroused to prevent their doZlng of
again. A score of troopers are nOd.
ding over their D0mmeis us we reach
/ the ridge. For hours we glide over
| the dew laden sWard. The daWr
cntnes stealing up the eastern skies
The dim figure. of the scouts become
slowly revralr,i-far to the front
The night lamps in the heavens fade
slowly away and rosy blush spread.
like a mantel over the orient. Lighter
and lighter grows the morning, anC
along the column the bearded face:
look punched and blue. How vet
come would one tin of coffee be!
"C0nfOunl these Indians, anyway
Why can't they give a fellow /
chance for a breakfast ?" groWls the
captain Of the foremost troop. Five
O'Clock. Six, Seven. And at las
the Platte valley is in sight. Ten
and we are unsaddled in the shade
of the cOttonwoods. Eleven. and the
scouts are back with stirring news
by the eternal, boys, we've headed
'em !"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
Ayers Pills

prove effective.
"In the summer of 1864 I was sent to the
Annapolis hospital, suffering with chronic
diarrhea. While there, | became so re-
duced in strength that could MT speak and
was compelled to write everything 1 wanted
to say | was then having sOme % or 30
stools per day. The doctors ordered medi-
cine that l was satisfied would be of no
benefit to me. / did not take it, but per-
suaded my nurse to get me s,me of DR..
Ayers Pills. About two o'clock in the after
noon | took six of these pills, and by mid
night began to feel better. In the morning
the doctors came again, and after deciding
that my symptoms were more favorable gave
me q different medicine, which did notuSe,
but took four more of the pills instead. The
next day the doctors came to see me, and
thought l was doing nicely, land so did y.
I then took one pill day for week. AT the
end of that time, considered myself cured
and that Ayers Pills had saved my life.
was then weak, but had no return of the
disease, and gained in strength as fast as
could be expected. c. Luce, Late Lieut..
Goth Regt. Mass. Vol. Infantry.
AYERS Pills are
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
AHALT FOR THE NIGHT.

mo water between here and the
river" said Bill, as the dusty column
halted on the banks of tiny rivulet.
"DismOunt," rang the trumpet. "Un-
saddle" came the brief order "Herd
the horses well back along the>slOpe
and don't let 'em near that stream
till they're perfectly cool" said the
Colonel. We rumaged our saddle
bags for a cold lunch, washed it down
with what "Bill Arp" would call
"branch water,' and those of us not
detailed for guard or picket threw
ourselves on the turf to snatch what
sleep we might. The sun went down
unseen by more than half the eyes in
our grimy little force, and here it is
midnight now, and no report from
the scouts, There is little knot of
officers gathered about the COlOnePs
pillow an old Mcclellan saddle, for
there isn't stitch of canyass nearer
than the wagon train somewhere far
in the rear-and leaning or his ell
how that. officer explains the situa'
ton.
"vJe pull out at O'Clock wagons
or no wagons. If they reach us and
we can give the horses hatful of
grain and the men cup of coffee,
we'll and good. If not, We'll push
ahead on empty st0machs. That's
all there is about it,"
All around the silent bivouac-sil-
ent except for snoring troopers-the
herds of the different companies, are
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
The BulbuI.
r.. l.. Weeks in liarper's Magazine

+. H. Weeks in liarper's Magazine
Throughout India people will make pets
Of any animals that can lie induced to
contribute to their entertainment. We
noticed in Delhi that the average small
boy, as well as children of a larger growth.
exhibited particular fondness for GER
tain little bird of ashen plumagc and
black crest. This was the famous bulbul
of which Hafz has so much to say, and
some Western poets also who have senti-
without even having seen it. He is
usually tcthcred by string attached to
his leg, and sits upon his owners finger
or hops about on his arm; sometimes too
he adorns tall perch in the front of the
doorway. A lady at the hotel remarked,
"that it was touching to see how fond
these poor people were of their little
birds" The mystery was soon solved.
Returning from a drive one afternoon, We
passed the colossal gateway of great
mosque, and saw that the broad and tow
cring fight of steps before the principal
entrance was covered with scattered
groups OF people, all intent on some occu-
patton of absorbing interest. So vast
ana IiiPosihS ""S 'Hc dIohitcCturdi ""oh
ground that the crowd Of little figures
suggested one of Martins weird pictures
of the Judgment Day. Some great rclig
ious ceremony was evidently going on.
SO we got out, deeply impressed, to obtain
nearer view, when, behold, in the center
of each little group was pair of these
birds in mortal combat; and they fought
us pluckily as the bravest of game fowl,
and breathless!was the interest shown,by
every spectator, whether street urchin or
shawicd and turbancd merchant
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
The next evening when Old lobe went

The next evening when Old Tobe went
l., milk thc blue COW he noticed that she
appeared to be nervous and disturbed
about something He spoke to her gently
at first. hut when she began to toss her
head he reminded her of the fact that he
had often beaten her from Il disposition of
skinned milk into a willingness to give
cream; but when he sat down on his one
legged stool to strip the milk from her re-
luctant udder, she struck him on the head
with her fail and laid him out. Old Bill
Morgan dropped down behind neighbor-
ing log and roared with laughter. That
morning he had caught the cow in the
woods and, in an ingenious manner, had
fixed chunk of lead in the bunch of hair
at the end of her tail. OpIE p. READ.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15

This is notably true of furniture, clocks,
watches, sewing machines, organs, pianos,
etc The Messenger supplements its state
ment with figures taken from its own
market reports for April, 1880 These
show that mt that time wheat was worth
but 10 to 30 cents in Fort Dodge, in April,
1880. Corn then was IL to 20 cents, as
against Is and 20 now; haxsecd was then
Fl .25, now it is $l.25; hogs are now $500
to $3.50, as against $3.50 and $2.75 then;
oats have fallen from q to II cents; cattle
from s. and IS to - and 50; eggs have
risen from cents TO ) and o, and butter
has fallen from Ii and Is to ~ and
Is cents. 1t might he remarked, in
passing, however, that the greatest re-
duction has been in the price at which
farm machinery is sold. This, too, in
spite of the fact that the machinery men
have been looked upon as the worst enemy
of the farmer. Next to his investment in
land, machinery is rhe most expensive ac-
cessory of the farming industry. The
very great reduction. therefore, which has
been made in this department alone should
be an important offset for the low prices
which prevail. But it does not stop there.
these hSurcs aFe somethlnS new III INC
voluminOus literature now extant on the
subject of agricultural depression. The
farmer has gained more by the reductions
in his favor than he has LOST from the de-
creased value of his products. Although
the conditions by which the American
farmer is surrounded are not so favorable
as they might be, itis apparent that5a
good many extravagant estimates have
been made upon his misfortunes. - fen
more such critical analyses as these viii
doubtless fully convince the public thai
the agricultural industry issrealksin much
better shape than has come to be believed.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
Does Farming Pay
(From the Orange Judd Farmer.)

In a recent issue of Bradstreet's Report
Edward Atkinson has n paper, in which
he maintained, with facts and figures,
that, measured bv the cost of produce
ton, now and in years gone by, and by
the present as well as the past pur-
chasing power ofwhat the farmer produces
from the soil, that farming is just as
profitable as it ever was. Mr.. Atkinson
laid particular stress upon the important
factor which labor-saving machinery has
become in farming, as in everything else,
chcapening production and tightening the
load of the farmer. The Fort Dodge Mes
senger takes up another phase Of the sub
jcct, and shows by comparative figures
that the farmer can purchase quite AS
much for what he gets for his crop tas
when he received a dollar or more for
wheat. fifty cents for corn, and good round
prices for cattleand hogs The first figures
gave cost of farm machinery in 1880 and
1850.
The declension in the price of nearly all
farm machinery since 1880 is from 30 to 90
per cent, and during this interval the inn
provement in the manufacture of all
| implements llas been so great that the re-
duced prices of to-day buy farfmore SER
viceable aud. effective machinery than the
high prices ten. years ago. The price of
barb wire, the item next in,importances on
| prairie farm, has declined from 10 cents
to cents pound. Iron nails were then
So per keg, and steel nails can now be
bought for $3.50. Plow steel has fallen
'froms;1 3 81 cents to- SE cents per pound
and cook stove costing 500 then is now
worth $34 Milk pans have fallen from
$:2,.225. to 81 per dozen, and proportionate
reductions, ranging as low as 40 per cent,
have extended to all articles of household
hardware. Groceries have also declined
in corresponding ratio: Sugar, from l2la
to cents, graduated; Kerosene, from ID
to l3 cents5a gallon; -four, from $3.50 to
$50 per cwt.; salt, from 1928 to 81 %
per bbl.; tea, 80 per cent. lower; crockery
is about % per cent. lower than in ] ssh:
Though dry goods were already quite low
in 1880, there mas been continuous de-
crease in them. Calico is reduced from 6
Ito cents; unbleached muslin from . to
6; gingham from 12llss to 10 cents, and
worsted dress goods about % per cent. all
around. Readymade clothing is down from
80 to fifty per cent, and boots and shoes
have fallen 33 per cent. Lumber, drugs,
furniture and all remaining incidentals
thatthe farmer must purchase have under
gone the sanse reductions. Absolutely no
exceptions are found to this rule. Evary-
thing IS much lover than in 1850 Rail
lroad charges have pfoportionately les
tsened, The reduction is most marked in
everything that is made 6by maehiaery,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
TEN DOLLARS A MINUTE.
Successful and Clever scheme Now Being
Worked in Barrooms. M
Tchicsgo Times. l,

5ss lChlelg9 Times 53ss As.s.,sssssfsy
The very latest fim-Aam game has been
worked in, Chicagos chiefly among the
saloons, without detection for several
days past The clever knave enters
saloon, calls for drink, and pays the
exact change. He then says he has ten
one dollar bills and, as he wishes to send
that amount to n friend, asks the bar
tender to give him one $40 hill in cx-
change The; bartender, always willing tor
obtain small bills for n large one, 0bliSes
him. He losses over roll Of ones, takes
from his pocket an envelope, addressed
and stamped, places the $40 bill therein,
and seals it, replacing il in his pocket!
BY this time the man behind the bar has
counted the roll and discovered that ii
contains only 80. On having this called
to his attention the operator himself
counts them, and acknowledges the mis-
fake. The roll was Just given me by my
next door," saws lie, ssand,
I had not counted it. IL YOU viii takes
this envelope and keep it for me I'll run
in and tell him of the error and bring you
in the other dollar The envelope is
placed behind the llar, tile man GOES OUT
with the 30, and Ut tho end of an1houFsok.
so the obliging bartender grows suspicious.
For. some time he. doesn' I dare, open. the
United States mail hut vixen he does he
finds the envelope empty The supposi-
ton is that shs reatl places the bill fns the
envelope, but he has q duplicate In hiss
pocket. Fifteen sRl6ons are saia Id have,
beer thus successfully worked seste raay.s
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15

brow. checks and lips with the conccn-
tratcd passion of months of desire.
And as he grew holder, and, drawing
her on his knee. kissed her white throat
clasped her yet more passionately, she be-
came alarmed. She gave up struggling
and had recourse to tears and entrcaties
Let me go, oh. Please let me go!
"Pshaw" said he. He didn't say it rs
prettily as she did, and he didn't have
such saucy little face, but then he was
good deal stronger, and Well, when he
did release her there were more tears and
some rcproachful glances, and their IL
SWEEP little kiss Of forgiveness, given
without the least compulsion. She meyer
said "Pshaw" to him again-that is, not
when she had OH her best frock and
wanted to keep her hair in order, and they
are to DC married next week. believe.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
AsABINE LOVE STORY.
Illustrating the Effect of Gentle Force On
Woman's Sweet Nature.

Here is n cute little story from the
French of Catulle Mendes. Not u pretty
word, perhaps, but then she said it so
prcttily. s
Shewas sweet little thing, and when
she put her hands on her hips, lifted up
her 4saucy little face, and, looking at YOU
with half-sliut eyes, emitted this pro-
vokingr monosyllable, it few MS straight
and swiftly to its mark as any shaft in
Cupid's CULVER. And just because the
little minx;was sperfec tiy conscious of the
effect of .tPshaw!!s she uttered it on. all
public occasions.
.sShe said ..Pshaw.'', to everybody and
without any apparent reason, but there
was one to whom shessaid it more FREE
quently than to anybody else, and for the
very best of reasons For he loved her,
and she pretended that she didn't love
him, and SO, for long time :" Pshaw!..' was
all the answer the poor fellow got to his
sprayers and protestations. seg-@s r,.i
q 81 love, youw 81 g.
f "Pshaw!!s, sss 81
81 would give my life for a kiss from
your lips!"
"Pshaw!" said she, bringing her laugh
ing face still closer To his SO that her
tempting red lips fairly touched his beard.
She wasn't a bit afraid of him, you see,
but he, poor fellow, was still q little afraid
of her, land she drove him almost crazy
with her coquetry. At last he lost all
patience, and coming upon her unexpect-
5edly one evening he said never g word hut
took her in his arms and covered her face
with kisses: She struggledSand screamed
like a captured bird, and as useiessly, for
the victorious lover paid no attention to
her re nonatrances, but kissed ffles hair,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15

He climbed over the fence ana few
moments later Bill, with stitch - his
side and sciatic disturbance of thc h;p
limpcd toward his humble dwelling :h(
next evening when Tohc was agni:. wing
few drops of milk from the blue COW
Bill came up TO the fence and said: "'PeaI
to he enioyin yo 'sc'f putty we'll
"Yas, reasonably SO Have you got
well:"
Not exactly-still got shootn' pain
in my hip"
Did you come over fur clrst 'scocia-
ton with me?"
NO, I'm about as well acquainted with
YOU as keer to be. | lowed that after
fcssin 'ligion YOU mout lie leetlc mo
tender in yo' manners, but I find out that
you han't. You didn't git very st-one
dost, did your"
"Yas, strong enough for all practical
purposes. When l halter fight man !
jest lay my faith aside. That's the reason
| writ it out OH paper"
''Wall. some day mout meet you when
YOU KANT git it outen yo' pocket in time
an whup you like putin out IL fire"
That mout be, but I'm powerful quick
man that KANT make his religion handy
oughtenter have none. When a person
finds that his religion is sortcr cr0wdcn
him, wy he's mighty APP to turn it loose. "
Vas, reckon that's So got three or
TO sorts hcfo' found one that fit me
right we'll. tried one sort over on Ter
rapin Hill an several down in the swamps
an none of 'em stuck till got holt of
the sort that they showed out down ut
Bugs mcctin' -house. reckon I'm all
right now"
Think you've got enough to last You,
chY" 2es
Vas. | think so. My wife sometimes
thinks ma leetlc sortcr shakey an holds
her love Oft frum me at a putty cold de-
gree, but go out an git her mess of
turnip greens along with some con bread
so hard that YOU could hit II hound in the
side with it an make him howl fur week
or So an that Smooths her down nightly
Nhar did YOU cit that ar cow"
bought her frum old man Beers" 81
Purity good COW, is she?"
Vas, she do putty well. Sometimes
she don't want to let down her milk, hut
git aienct rail an punch her in the aide
TIL she turns it loose all right"
do YOU allus milk"
"las, | do the milkin' all the time"
An YOU never do let yo' wife milk
none:2 IS - e.
Never a tall Thar air some cons .aat
wmmin folks kin milk M agaia ;hNs
air others that they KANT tcck. ....a'ys.
got ter skeer COW when want, =; ,e..,u
milk Eff YOU don't skcer 'em . ~ let
dowi the poorest milk they've got. am
a great mixer me. l Jest nachulally
skeer COW into cream. bought a COW
rum teller wunst that didn't give h-tnn
IN but what they call Blue John. / ar
eyed with her while, but she KEEP on
glsin blne John. got tired one day an
l Ia her a time or two with a rail an
.hen you oughter seed the milk. 1t was
na'hin' but cream
do this here COW alias switch her tail
.hiser way?" Old Bill asked after a mo-
mcnts silence. nv
Uh, yes, specially in fy time
the facey" : ''Ns' 'As ms sou n
M" M for am so ulster it,
~, wall, | must 90 now. Good-bye
Whenever think kin whin YOU i,u
come over agin.'' y - : =
:, DO ei you please, an you'll allus and
Faith En- nancy at grabbin' my Confession Of