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then until now the numbers have re-
manned practically the same The
Great Sioux Reservation has, however,
been broken up into SIX smaller ones,
and about IL, 200, 900 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, S, 500; Cheyenne River, 5000,
Lower Brule and Crow Creek, $500
Roubad, 400; Pine Ridge, 5000; lank'
ton Sioux, 1900. Total 2S,00l,
1t was the privilege Of the writer to
be stationed for about three years south
Of the Great Sioux Reservation before
il had been disturbed by recent lecisla'
ton. Visits were then made by him
twice to the Santee people, once to the
Rosebud agency, and nce to the Pine
Ridge. The Santees were al that time
already quite advanced i. civilization.
They dressed as white people and ap'
peared as well-to-do as ordinary West
ern farmers, that 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
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-03

The propagation of hereditary dis
ease among live stock is as undeniable
Q fact as the propagation Of other char.
acteristics from parent to offspring. 1t
is, therefore, incumbent upon all breed.
ers who are worth Of tho name to take
as great trouble TO prevent the trans
mission Of disease as they do to pro-
mote the perpetuation Of useful and de-
sirable peculiarities. AT tho council
meeting of the Royal Agricultural So
ciety Of England it was recommended
by the Hunter stallion committee to
accept the schedule Of hereditary dis
eases adopted by the Royal commission
OF horse breeding as rendering stations
unfit for stud purposes. These dis.
eases are Roaring, whistling, ring.
bone, unsopnd feet, navicular disease,
spavine Ind cataract. An entire horse
suffering from any Of these disorders
should not DO allowed to become q
parent, the probability being that the
disease would reappear in the offspring.
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women, who were never included in the
Omaha" The 'Sun" dances witnessed
by large numbers, say 5000 or 5000 in
a single encampment, were like the
"Omaha dance" excepting that for sew
eral days the Indians prepared certain
men by keeping them by themselves,
by subiecting them to short diet or fast
Ing, and finally by attaching a burden
to their backs or shoulders with thongs
passing under the skin, like a seton"
sometimes a buffalo head was tho bur.
den, sometimes q selection OF lesser
weight, fastened through cuts not so
deep. Tho dancer was to continue his
dancing affecting himself by prescribed
cuts and Sits until tho burden or bur
aens broke away. or until nature had
| completely exhausted herself. Often
tho women, weeping, would compassion-
ate tho victim, II he was father. hus.
band, brother or son, and sometimes
they were permitted to receive tho cuts
or decorations in their limbs as a substi,
tute. to lessen the anguish Of tho vic
Tins. These extreme dancers, whom
have called Vi, ms, entered into thi,
arrangement Voluntarily, doubtless gag
Ing up rs much as possible toward IN,
great sun In tho heavens during tn
whole dance, In fact doing any thin,
that would give them pain. Tho "birc
: Of It all, VI exurussed to me, vas mair
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The hen-and Of ours the rooster
are good insecticides" They do not
answer very well in the garden. They
are not discriminating enough. But
they do good work in the orchard or
anywhere else where they will not do
harm to the growing crop. 1t Is true
they can not be depended upon to cx-
terminate the insects, but they will
lessen them, and even TO n degree that
will often make their ravagcs less no.
ticeablc. But the advice which we
have sometimes SCI given, TO turn Tho
chickens into the orchard to prey upon
the curculio, isnonsense. II we depend
upon the poultry to cxterminate the
~curculio we shall get sadly left. But
we have seen people who not only
seemed to think that chickens were use.
less In the orchard, but acted az II tho,
thought they were y positive injury
Western Rural
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Travelling ConvemIenccs.

Tho latest sleeping cars have running
water in tho lavator. es. The old FASH
toned fzz'n g and jerky hand pump Is
doomed. Tho water for the toilet
stands is o fed into strong tanks into
which compressed air is driven, and
this e vcs it a head like that OF a stream
from " fire hose The bath tubs, the
peripateiic BARRIERS, the ladies' maids,
the portable l'braro s, the yestibulcd
platforms, the dining cara, and the buf.
fets where there are no dining cars,
now render frst-class travel so complcte
In comforts that one maryels how any
further Improvements Osa be devised.-.
N. X bun
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hYGIENlC SKIN TREATMENT.
How to Remedy Defects of the Complex

How to Remedy Defects OF the complex
ion.
When the complexion is noteworthy
for its coarseness and disfigurements of
various kinds, such conditions may
often be remed ed through hyglenic
treatment. Though a beautiful, clear
complexion is not to be acquired by
artificial means, a bad complexion may
often be improved, The success of sew.
eral expensive face lotions depends not
so much upon the simple unguents Of
which they are composed as upon the
observat'o on of the careful hygienic di-
rections given for washing and steam
ing the face before putting on the To-
ton at night and the equally careful
directions for washing it off the skin
the next morning. The treatment Of
the face and throat to a bath Of water
as hot as it can be borne at night
before retiring-holding the face in
the steam and gently rubbing the
skin while it is still warm and wet
tends to promote perspsration, slim
ulate the pores and free them from
hardened matter which so often forms
"blackheads." After the face has been
thoroughly treated in this way, always
remember to use no harsh friction, only
gentle rubbing with the hand, it is al
excellent thing to rub 1T with somt
simple, pure vegetable oil, using only
enough to be absorbed by the skin ant
not enough to be percepttble. The very
best oil for this purpose is a perfec
fresh, pure olive oil. This amount o
oil is nourishing to the skin. In tn
morning wash the face carefully IL
warm water and afterward with colo
water to give tone to the complex on
Nothing is more injurious to the com
p~lexion than the failure of tho skin t
throw off impurities through tn
perspiration, tho most natural an
effective manner Of freeing the pore
and purifying the skin. In such a cas-
artificial perspiration must be induced
IN. Y. Tribune.
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HOUSEHOLD BREVlTIEs.
1t is bestnottol ct the T~radescantia'
wo,1or;,r low bloom, as it is valu'

1t is bestnottolct the Irauesoantla'
or Wandering jew, bloom, as 1t is vaiu'
ably chiefly for its trailing growth
"A quarter of an ounce OF suiphide
ot rotash dissolved in a gallon OF water
will destroy mildew on chrysanthe'
NUNS 1t is best to apply II 10 'ne lo''
iage by a fine syringe
Rice Cruel For the Sick TO ono
half cuptul Of rice (well washed use .
onart Of water Boil until soft and
clear, flavoring with stick cinnamon OF
raisins and adding salt sugar or mix
Good Housekeeping
-Sulphate of copper is recommended
for keeping posts and timber from de-
cav. Telegraph poles in Norway are
sad to be preserved by boring inch
holes about two feet from the ground
and filling with the sulphate OF copper
CRYSTALS. afterwards plugging the holes
with wood. The crystals gradually dis
solve and permeate the wood turning't
a greenIsh color.
Pie Without Pastry. This seems
rather a paradox, yet pumpkin squash,
cnstard. or cocoanut pie can very we'll
he made sans crust and sans dyspepsia
~proyoking qualities Butter the pie
dish well, and sprinkle thickly withd dry
Indian meal, leaving all on that Will
cIing to the butter, and a trifle more.
Having the mixture of pumpkin, milk,
ec,s sugar, and spices, or the custard,
ready, as for ordinary pies, pour 1T in
/ carefully, and bake as usual. -Demor-
est's Monthly.
Cakes A la Polonaise. Take some
good puff paste, roll it a quarter OF an
inch thick, and then cut it into pieces
four or five inches square, gather upthe
four corners OF each, have some small
round molds ready, dip them into warm
water, and then place cakes inside n
nut them into a quic'; oven; when they
are nearly done, brush them over with
the white of an egg beaten; sprinkle
powdered sugar over and finish baking
When done whip the white OF an egg
and powdered sugar to a froth, flavor,
and fill the cakes with t-Boston
Herald.
Rabbit Pie, Line the sides OF a
baking-dish with a good pulI-paste,
then lay in the bottom pieces of rabbit
that have been boiled for about twenty
minutes Strew parsley, salt and pep
per over them; then put a layer oil
sliced potatoes over the rabbit, then
another layer Of the meat and season
ing, and so on until the dish is full,
Over the top layer strew bits OF butter,
and pour a pint Of water or milk ovel
all before putting on the top crust
Bake until the crust is a rich brown
and serve in the dish in which it wal
baked. -Demorest's Monthly.
TO Boil Corned Beef-Wash, ant
put into cold water, if very salt; bu'
such a piece as n finds in town anC
city shops, and which the butchers corr
themselves, put into boiling water
Cook very slowly for six hours. Thi
time is for a piece weighing eight o
ten pounds. When it is to be serve,
cold, let it stand for n or two hour
in the water in which it was boiled. ]
the beef is to be pressed, get either
piece of the brisket, flank or rattlerar
Take out the bones, place in a fiat dis
or platter, put a tin sheet on top an
lay on it two or three bricks. If 20
have a corned beef press, use that, {
course. Yankee Blade.
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the "Ohio Indians" made about that
time. Among the SO tribal divisions
which he enumerates are found differ
ent bands of Sioux, for instance "Siouy
OF the Meadows" and "Sioux of the
Woods"
They are located towards the heads
OF the Mississippi" Their warriors
enumerated for each of the above di.
visions are respectively $500 and l,S0(
1890 in all. If we take the usua,
percentage of warriors to represent one
fifth OF the Sioux nation, and aggre
gate amount of men women and child
ron were in the middle of the last cent
ury al,50o.
1u 1929 in 2. paper communicated by
Genera ?. Il. Porter, the secretary o
War, we find a few words concerning
the Sioux. Their members then esti
mated were Is, 900. General Porter said
This tribe occupies a very extensive
region, stretching from the Mississippi
to the Missouri, bounded on the east BY
the Chippewa country. and on thc
south by that of the Sacs and Foxes
They are gradually extending West
and have already touched the Mandal
Territory. They are erratic in thei
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HOW TO VISIT.
The Conditions Under Which "a Visit WIN
Always Re Welcome.

The Conditions Under Which "a Visit WIN
Always BE Welcome.
To be valuable, a visit must be at the
right time and in the right place; when
it fulfills these conditions nothing can
add moro to the mutual welfare OF the
visited and the visitor. In the first
place, it should be proposed and accepted
on principles Of purest friendship p. No
sham motive, such as kinship, a sense
of obligation or prospective social adj
vantage will serve as a genuine founda.
ton for an en- ioyable visit An invita-
ton should be given only because the
givcr longs for the society OF her friend,
and II the friend can not accept in the
same spirit, she had far better reply
with SON polite 81 pray thee, excuse
me-"
Another very important requisite
of a successful visit is that it be
not too long. When a guest re.
mains several months, her situation
is anomalous in every respect. She
ceases TO be the honored stranger, and
she can not be zone OF the family" A
good motto is: "A short visit and {
merry one" 1t is satisfactory at the
beginning OF q visit to have its extern
definitely understood. When the invl
tation is sent it is very easy to say: II
will give mo great pleasure to entertain
you for a week." OF, II the time is no
stated in the invitation, the acccptanc,
can state that the prospective visito
can be spared from her home duties 70
eight or ten days. This matter beinl
mutually understood, the one who on
tertalns can consider the visit as
whole, and plan to get in it the great
est good for tho greatest mum Dor. =
Farm and Fires dc.
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thousand miles from Nevada to give a
truer idea Of the coming Messiah, and
it is averrcd that the Piutes insisted
that tie Indians should not fight, should
never shed blood, but should await the
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
dams, under excitement, what they call
becoming mad" may commit any con
cciyable outrage. Mere than five thou
sand, however, from the Great Sioux
Reservation before the division, arc
quite advanced in civilization, and viii.
always oppose war with the whites.
O. O. Howard,
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TOWN..
A New Hampshire village Where queer
Wind indicators Abound.

A New Hampshire NhiHsS ""
VIM indicators Abound
There is a tiny village in New lamp
shire which takes special pride in Its
weather-yanes, and it certainly can
boast a great variety of ingeniously con-
triyed and Observation-Disclosures spec
linens of these useful articles,
They were evidently designed NOT
only for use, but for ornament, ana
there is scarcely a barn OF any size
which is not decorated with a weather
vane of n more or less complicate work
manship.
Most of those vanes were made many
wears ago by an old man who took great
delight in carving the queer figures ana
planning their arrangement so they
would 90 through various motions. IL
Is said that he was in the habit OF try
ing" a figure, when he had completed
II, on his own barn, and then when he
became satisfied that it worked proper
ly, he would carry it with great pride to
the farmer who had ordered it,
There is one which still stands guard
over a barn that has long since been DO
serted by its owners, who have left the
lonely farm to seek their fortunes atthe
West. 1t is the figure of a soldier, whose
uniform is greatly faded from years OF
exposure, but whose gun still indicates
the quarter from which the wind Is
blowing by its position. Its %eyolutions
when the wind is, as tho w~eather-wisc
farmers say, backing or hauling are
quite interesting.
There are animals of different kinds,
such as cows, horses, pigs and bears
which arc used as vane-tigures, and
point with their heads, legs, or tails as
the case may be. One figure of a horse
which has long since left its best day
behind it, presents a startling efec
from tho fact that q %horse-hair tail ha
been inserted in place of the old woodei
one, and being of a length quite out o
proportion to the horses size, it some
times, in a high wind, lashes the poo
animals head in a most uncanny way
Youths Companion.
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YOUR MONEY, Or YOUR LIFE!

This question is q "pcrt" one, but we
mean it. VIII you sacrifice o few paltry
dollars, and save your life? or will you
allow your blood TO become tainted, and
your system rundown, until, finally, you
are laid away in the grave? Better be
an time, and "hold up" your hands for
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
a guaranteed remedy for all s%crofulous
and other blood-taints, from whatever
cause arising. 1t cures all Skin and
Scalp Diseases, Ulcers, Sores, Swellings
and kindred ailments. 1t is power
fully tonic as well as alternative, OF
blood-cleansing, in its effects, hence II
strengthens tho system and restores
vitality, thereby dispelling NIL those
languid, "tircd feelings" experienced
by the dcbilitated. Especially has II
manifested Its potency in curing letter,
Salt-rheum, Eczema, E~rysipclas, Boils
C%arbunclcs, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thicl
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, Max
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MEXICAN Schools.
Tribune.

The President q the Republic Of
Mexico has promulgated a decree pro-
viding for a 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 a sufil.
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 the
Federal district or in the Territories Of
LEIPZIG or Lower California.
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10 tho atoninc for what Indians consid'
erred wronr-doing, and the reconcilins
Of old grudges and troubles among
themselves, and, doubtless, with a
further notion on the part Of all partlc-
inants and victims Of gaining greatcred-
il for bravery, fortitude and lofty man
hood. We witnessed the large clrcutar
encampment not many miles from tho
Rosebud agency, and we did oVery
thing we could to discourage the In.
dians from pushing on to the cruel
operations. In fact the chiefs OF oahos
who were represented there promised
with emphasis that they would not al
low the former terrible decorations 10
he rcpeated. Still, they have been re-
heated since that time by the wilder
nor,ions Of the Sioux nation
Al the Pine Ridge agency, then under
Agent McGinicuddy, good order ana
system prevailed. He had an Indian
nolice Of perhaps thirty selected Indian
men. They wore the soldiers blue
blouse. and were armed and organized
AANASNF @th
as a company.
Red Cloud at that time appeared to
he conten;ed with the existing state OF
affairs There was farming n there
were some schools, but the main civil
isinr process appeared in 1855 to be the
use Of horses and wagons, with Indian
drivers hauling their supplies for over
100 miles Q. roadway from the nearest
DEPOT . the agency. The Indians were
delighted with their pay for this trans
rartation. and with the in~cipient indie
pandence which j; afforded them.
The idea otthe Indian rising from the
dead has been taught by the '%tonats, -
Or medicine men, for a long time. They
look forward to the time when the In
dams will rise from the grave, and
when the white men, who have perse-
cy,ed them, will be blotted out, with
rrea; hope anu great enthusiasm 1t Is
said that the Piute Indian ca nc over a
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National Airs.

There seems TO be rather mixed idea
with the average American as to what
particular pieces of music arc 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 English air, but when an original
American air is reached there are many
who fail to recognize it. When the
Strauss orchestra reached that stirring
hymn, 1.-THE Star ~Spangled Banner, a
rather pretty lady in the audience nod.
ded her head with a smile of appreciation
and said: Il think those Strausses
compose such pretty music. | think
that last piece was the best of the lot.
1t looks very much as If "Yankee
Doodle" would remain the National all
for some time to come in the face o.
such convincing evidence. -Minnoapoli,
Tribune.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
& OE ROOFS.
Trce's Capacity to Develop feeu'"s
Roots Near the Trunk

Trees Capacity to Develop f"'u"s
Roots Near the Trunk
A dozen or more years ago aug d
ros,,hole near a large apple tree sever
inc on of the smaller roots less than
thirty inches from the stump 1t re,
emily became necessary to gruo tne
,rer and | was enabled to see the TO
snlts of this accidental amputation'
The illustration shows the present
appearance of the root AS it stands oh
a chair before me it does not lake muoi
imagination to believe it to be II com
pact, well-furnished root oil a lour,
vea-old apple tree. a is a portion Vi
the root which was severed at III uis-
ging the post-hole, At this point .he
root was about one and one-half inehes
in diameter at that time and appears
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and they had a 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 q dance" Understanding from
the Interpreters that we very heartily
dis%approved 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 come from the great
city Of Omaha, but we learned that the
name "Omaha dance sprang from a
favorite pcace-dance Of the Indian band
of 0mahas. AS the messiah dance
has been described in the papers, there
seems to be little difference between it
and the dance we Jaw. The Indians
were painted from head to foot with a
variety of designs upon their chest and
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. Theil
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 tho music
They had some reliefs whei
any became too tired to continue thu
operation, so that the plot of ground t.
which they limited themselves was al
ways full. The granting and shoutin;
and barking like cayotes or wolvc
were particularly exciting to tn
dancers, and somewhat SO to tho strang
crs. 1t seem hat in the "Messial
dance they have sometimes added tn,
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census has been published. lion. i. P.
Smith, in 1915, reported the total num-
Der OF Sioux to DO $4,000 or $4,000, o.
whom 49, 900 out OF the a. 900 were mum.
bcred by actual count. Tho number Of
hostilcs then In Dakota under the
leadership Of Sitting Bull and q few
chiefs, was about 1000. At that time
tho Sioux wcro incirded undcr twelve
agencies, nine In Dakota, two in Mon.
tann and n IN Nebraska. Thus we
Q how widely scattercd they were. Al
Fort Dunlap. to DO fed whom tho game
geve orh there were some $500 ASSN
sbAine Sioux. They seemed TO have
eecn only The iricndlicr portion Of tn,
AzeinahainaA. and wero rather init
nstr vi b wlisks sellers and unlawful
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