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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
GAMBLER KNOX HAD SAND.
His Desperate and Unequal Fight With
Band of ApaChss.

Band of ApsChes.
We were sitting one night at a
freighter's camp fire, around which
were drawn half score or more OF the
freighters. who. with their outfits
were in camp for the night Stories
of old times when the Indians were
bad, and of the bravery of the white
pioneers, had gone around the circle
until it came to old man Wilson's turn.
who said:
Talk about sand in a man. tell
you it takes sand In q man to try and
stand off single-handed forty or fifty
Apaches when he knows just how the
scrap will end and that the end will
be his own death. But that was just
the kind OF sand that was in Felix
Knox when he was killed by the Apa-
ches. You see Knox was ali all-arOund
gambler, such as the tenderfoOt from
the east scorn so much and know so
little about, but he had II heart in him
bigger than any teuderfoots head.
Well it was in the spring Of 1882.
Knox, with his wife and baby and a
Mexican driver. were coming from
Silver City to Clifton. They got to
lork's ranch. which is on the Gila
river. about thirty miles from Clifton,
all right, but were told there that signs
of Apaches had been seen. and that
they had better go in camp there for a
few days. but knox-who had fought
the Apaches dozens Of times and didn',
know what fear was-said he wanted
to make Clifton that day.
They drove on and were about two
miles from IOrkes ranch when Knox
saw an Indian come from behind q
low, roundtopped hill, and feeling as
sured there were more of them, ant
filled his pocket with cartridges, KISSED
his little sleeping girl baby and hi
wife for the last time, and with
'good-by' to them. he jumped from tn,
wagon and quickly turned the team
and told the Mexican driver to Will
them back to the ranch and that h.
would stand the Apaches off. As tn
wagon turned and was furiously drive
away. the Apaches, who now came il
sight HFeu IL NOlltv, Dttl hlllcu III ollc
Then Knox faced his foes and pumpe
. the lead from his Winchester int
them. The Indians gradually circle
around Knox and the end came. TIL
: Mexican driver dashed his team bac
to the ranch. where both of the horse
fell dead from wounds received fror
the Indians first volley.
"a party, after delay, was mad
up. and returned to the place wher
the fight took place, and there the
= found Knox's body, and the Indians
contrary to their usual custom, had nc
y mutilated it in the least, but had take
u clean pocket handkerchief trol
o knox's pocket and carefully spread
! over his face, and had fastened it Their
by putting a small stone on eac
corner Of it, to hold it in its place
Q That was their tribute to the sand
n Knox. Seventy empty shells wer
9 found that had been emptied fro
= knox's Winchester, and one OF tt
r raiding Indians had afterward sal
d their party numbered fortytwo. al
J! that Knox had killed seven of them.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
SLAM DER.

,o, only passing whisper,
IN, the lips of a careless child,
J.. II caught the ear Of the list'ner,
u ,nd the sinister minded smiled,
thonob they had found great secret
n hroadest and deepest import,
And away it went,
On it's mission bent,
That gossips might gigsle and sport.
,tsred the homes Of innocence,
.na harsh were the blows 1t dealt;
funded the kindliest natures,
Tie noisonous fangs were felt;
h is known by the name OF Slander'
4 nd il springs from the fount OF sin,
But it will rebound
With o sudden bound
~, those who indulge therein.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
Foreign SnObs.

The Rev. Thomas Dixon of New
York is Of the opinion that 1--WE need
q more vigorous Americanism in So
ciety. Society swells aping the aris-
tOcracy of Europe are beneath con-
tempt. The American girl who mar
ries q foreign snob is a fool who de-
serves little pity when she is abused
by the brute who she calls my Lord. "
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
VIII Admit American Cattle.

OTTAWA. Ont. June 4.-The gov.
eminent has passed an order in coun-
Gil permitting the Three Rivers dead
meat export company to import Amer
lean cattle. in bond, to DO slaughtered.
The present regulation prohibits the
importation of cattle from the United
States, on account OF q threat OF the
British government that Canadian
cattle arriving in England would be
scheduled the same as those arriving
from the United States, il the importa-
ton Of American cattle into the do
minion was permitted.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
Who's Got the RuttOnl

Men are willing to take some
chances provided they can get good
deal of advertising out of it. A trouser
button manufacturer at Barmen ad-
vertisss his willingness to pay $3.50 to
the heirs Of any man who may be
killed in a railway accident, provided
he is shown to have been wearing at
least six Of the manufacturer buttons.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25

In Georgia there Is q tree on the
mountains above the large cliff Of mar
BILE on the line Of the Marietta & North
Georgia railroad that has been burn
ing for five months. The whole mass
is red hot, and the material when taken
out is very much like chop cinder. but
after being exposed for a few hours 1t
slacks like lime. It Is very strong
with alksli and smells like sulphur.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
Tropical Insects.

Most tropical insects initiate grass,
twigs, sticks. and leaves and the OBJ
ject Of this curious provision in nature
Is presumed to be protection. for the
creature has but to keep still to save
its life,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers for
their children while teething. If dis
burbed at night and broken of your rest
BY sick child suffering and crying with
pain of cutting teeth send at once and get
bottle o. Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children ;eethlng. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon it, mothers, there's no mis-
take about it. 1t cures diarrhoea, regu-
lstes the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie. softens the gums. reduces inf1sm ma
ton and gives tone and energy to the
whole system, Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup for children teething is pleasant
TO the taste and is the prescription of one
OF the oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold BY
all druggists throughout the world. Price
twenty-five cents q bottle. Be sure and
ass for Mrs. Winslow 5 Soothing Syrup
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
DO NOT nIss ONE OF THEm.
DlseaseIs c Punishment for s,nY

Tie following advertisement, published
by prominent western patent medicine
house would indicate that they regard
disease as a punishment for sin:
DO you wish to know the quickest
way to cure severe cold2 We will tell
you. To cure cold quickly. it must be
trea'ed before the cold hiss become set
uzd In The system. This can ALWAYS be
done II you choose TO, as nature in her
kindress TO man gives timely warning
and rltiulv tells you IN nsture's wav,
that as punishment for some indiscre
non. you are 10 be afflicted with a cold
unless YOU choose to ward it off bv
prompt action. The first symptoms of a
cold, IN most cases, is dry. loud cough
and sueeZing. The cough is soon fol>
lowed by profuse watery expectoration
and tie speezing by a profuse watery dis
charge from the nose. In severe cases
there IS q thin white coating on the
tongue. What to do? 1t is only Deces-
ssry 10 take Chamberlain Cough Rem
edv in double doses every hour. That
will greatly lessen the severity of the cold
and in most cases will effectually counter
act it, and cure what would have been a
severe cold within one or two days time.
Try it and be convinced" so cent bot
ties for sale by Hariz & Bahnsen, drug
Cisls
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
ruin" IN ENGLAND.
An Enormous Balance of Trade" Against
That Country.

mat country.
If there is anything in the "balance of
trade" notion of the protectionists Eng
land Is in most pitiable plight. Ex-
ports from England last year We're ST.
OO,OOO,O00, while imports reached the
enormous sum of 50. 100 900. 600
One Of the cardinal doctrines of the
protectionists is that when imports ex-
coed exports money flows out of the
country" and the country necessarily
grows poorer. If this be true England
must nave sent away last year the large
sum Of $500, 900, 600. But nothing of the
kind happened. This free trade" ma
ton has more than half the steam ship
ping Of the world, and large part of
this vast excess of $500, 000, 900 worth Of
goods flowing into England was earned
as freight by her ships.
Another large portion was sent in as
the profits on British investments in all
parts of the world. The English syndi-
Gates. of which we have heard so much
III our country within the past few years.
send home every year enormous values
in the form of commodities
We send England now about 5000, 000.-
900 year over and above what we buy
in that country; this excess being in paw
ment of profits on English investments,
freights to English vessels and trans
ferred debts incurred in other countries
where our exports are less than our i'm
ports.
The Republican doctrine is that to
send abroad more goods than we bring
in from foreign countries Is sign OF
prosperity, and that country grows
poor when more goods are imported than
exported. In other words, that which
goes away from US enriches US and that
which comes into our possession impov-
erishes us. What a topsy-turvy perver-
sion Of common sense! According to this
notion England ought to be growing
$500, 600, 600 poorer every year. Yet every
body knows the contrary. There never
has been n time when British capital was
pushing its way into all the world as
now; and it is well known fact that the
condition of the English working classes
has vastly improved within the past
fifty years. Wages are higher, pauperism
has been greatly reduced, education has
been promoted, and the general comfort
of the working classes is higher than
ever before. The .'ruinous effects of
British free trade" exist only in the
imagination of American protectionists
who refuse to see the most evident facts
as they exist in England.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20

IF Italy had demeaued herself toward
any other European power in the way
that she has demeaned herself toward
this country, there would have been pre-.
parations Cor serious trouble. But the
American government has given only
very slight heed to Itsly's demonstration
and Rudni's demands have neither ere
ated terror nor met with defiance. In
this country the people sometimes main
tain complacent spirit. even when there
is noise beyond seas.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
The March of Improvement.

Stranger-Is the queen in:
Sentinel (at Buckingham palace}-Wot
dye want, me good Teller?
Stranger-Got a big thing here-want
to show it to her. Set her down, boys.
"Winterbottom' Patent Throne and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
Puck.

Come out into the garden, Maude;
Come out and watch me make it.
I've got two spades, three pecks of seeds,
and rake with which to rake it.
Come out, and watch with what def skill
= gardener / hire;
And help me sit upon the fence
To watch the man perspire.
When ! was young and foolish, NGude.
i used to do that work,
And showed big blistcrs on my hand
As proudly as Turk.
But now, although my head is bald,
It's twenty times as foxy,
And when the gentle springtime comes
l garden it by proxy.
New York Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
n~.r TO whom Honor Is Due,

Mrs. Jinks-Our woman's rights so
ciety is going to erect a monument t.
Queen Isabella We hold that America
owes its discovery to a woman, for had
it not been for Isabella, Columbus would
not have been furnished with ships and
sailors.
Mr.. Winks-America owes more tc
another woman than to Queen Isabella.
Mrs. Jinks-Indeedl What other wo-
man?
Mr.. Winks-Old Mrs. Columbus. Had
it not been for her there would have
been no Christopher York Weekly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20

We have sold Ely's Cream Balm about
three years, aud have recommended its
use IN more than hundred special cases
OF catarrh. The unanimous answer to
our Inquiries is. ITS the best remedy
that Lever used" Our experience is that
where parties continued It's use, it never
fails 10 cure.-J. 81. Montgomery 6 Co.,
druggists, DEBORAH, Ia
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
a Willy Statement.

Its TOO bad about Jack Farthingal4,
isn't it, said one member of the Bo-
hemian club to another.
what hrs happened to him." was
eagerly asked.
''They say he is crazy"
"Who says sou
''Slocombe. He says when he passed
Jack on The avenue his head was turned. :"
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20

+. I. BARNUM within the last twenty
years expended upwards of $4,000, 900 in
newspaper advertisements. and left be-
hind him fortune of 5000 600. Go
thou Md do likewise-sdvertis
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20
MONDAY, APRIL 90. 1891

The announcement that Frances treas
ury is empty does not lend color to the
report that she is anxious for war with
Germany.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20

The German socialists are moderate in
their demands. According to Herr Bebel,
they will not ask for an eight hour law if
they can get concession of ten hours a
DAY, and meantime they will oe satisfied
with the freedom of the press and the
right to hold open air meetings.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-20

She-So she married for love, did she7
He-Yes-love of money.-The Epoch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
OUR WOMAN HEROES.

There arc heroes for danger and heroes 10,
war,
And heroes there arc without chevron or AGAR
Whose monuments rise in no temple of fame.
Whose deeds neither herald nor trumpct pro.
claim.
Tho mothers who gave their brave sons to the
fray,
With tears for their slumbcr and smiles for
tho day;
Tho wives with their babies asleep in their
arms,
Their hearts throbbing fast at the battle
alarms.
The girl leaning shy on her young lovers
breast,
Ono kiss, 'tis the last ere his soul Is Mt rest;
The widow who passed from the freshly turned
sod
Tocomfort the wounded, or speed them to God.
But left woman weeping until he should come:
No hero e'cr died in tho heat of the strife
ssut woman in sorrow hung over his lifc
Oh. bravo woman heroes, your faith and your
pride
Have urged TO the conquest, have cheered
those who died;
Your prayers have lit tho rough paths of de-
feat,
Their glory blazcd over the lines of retreat.
Where carnage ran reddest and woman was
seen,
All eyes were uplifted, as 'twere to n queen;
Vow open ranks, comrades, salute her once
more,
Untitled, unchevroned. but dear as OF yore.
Kate Brownlee Sherwood.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
Tactics Extraordinary.

Immediately after the ordinance of
secession had been passed, and it became
apparent that there would be a war, the
attention of the southern youth was d.
rected almost exclusively to "Hardee's
Tactics" and especially to the drill Of
the company. Military organizations
sprang up as thick as hops all over the
country, and the rivalry between them,
as we'll as the interest elected from their
civilian friends and admirers, was i'm
mense. There was one very fine COM
pany organized at Memphis, which ac-
Quired wide reputation for excellence
in all the evolutions. 1t was commanded
by Mexican veteran, who was master
of tactics and u martinez in drill.
Every afternoon u throng Of people
would resort to the large vacant lot
whereon this company was receiving in
struction, to witness and applaud. Once,
when an unusually large crowd was col
lected, the captain became 80 enthused
that after exhausting every recognized
movement he began to extemporize, and
shouted out the command, Company,
right and left oblique, march, The
men essayed to obey the order, and scat
tered widely. The captain racked his
brain for proper command to bring
them together again, but the tactics
provided no formula for such dilemma.
At length, when the boys had become
strung out like q flock of wild pigeons,
and seemed about to separate forever, he
yelled in desperation, "Huddle! gol darn
ye!"-Southern Bivouac.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
In the Same Old Way.

Charles Gates, a minor son, wished to
enlist, but his aged parents objected to
it. One morning he was sent to drive
the cows to pasture on his way to work,
taking his dinner with him. But at
night he did not come back, because he
had run away and enlisted. He remained
through the three years without a fur
lough, and returned with the regiment,
unharmed by rebel bullets. He arrived
in the old pasture at home one night
Just at 'cowime," and leisureiy drove
up the same old cows as if he hadn't been
away for three years. His reception
was a joyful one, none the less 50 be-
cause his coming was complete surprise.
Exchange.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29

While in Richmond l witnessed a
funeral of prominent citizen who had
been an active member in several So
cieties. My attention being attracted
by the music l followed. l always fol-
low band, just as l did when boy,
aud on coming up to the procession
/ observed, with feelings that may not
describe, but which l should like some
of our northern q. A. II. men to have
witnessed, that the guard of honor on each
side of the hearse was composed of the
blue and the gray. On one side walked
men in blue uniforms of the G.. A. r.
anu on the other the gray of the Cot
federate veteranS-War Path.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
Who the Heroes Wero.

you never was scared in battlep Here,
Old conrade, don't mako break Like that
mo man don't live who was free from fear
When the vicious bullets began to spat,
And the cannons beiched from their iron
throats
The deafening notes of the song of war
Ihe frightful, terrible, laundering notes
That caused the eternal earth to jar!
I've heard men say they were just as cool
In the heat of battle rs they would DO
IN a Quiet seat in q Sabbath school,
But they couldn't find believer In me-
lneyer flinched, never shirked call,
But several times in the war swept south
Nrd been shot through the heart tho ball
Would have had To hit me square IN the
mouth.
lsy}the silliest sort of talk we hear
And hear from soldiers of solid worth
mat they stood in the front aud felt no rear
When the rumblings of battle convulsed 'he
earth.
1Aold that our bravest men were those
Who felt alarm at the cannon's roar
Ist never rearward pointed their toes
But stood like nea till the battle was DER.
.-Cap.aih Jack Crawford, the Poet scout
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
A RIDE ON A MULE.

There were two men in Company A,
Seventeenth regiment, Connecticut vol
unteers, that were very intimate chums.
They were Jim Hurlbut and Ed Malo-
ney. Their intimacy resulted from
fight that they had had while the regi-
ment was stationed in Baltimore in
September, 1862. The captain, after sep
arating them, ordered them TO load their
knapsacks with bricks, and turned
them over to the officer of the guard,
with orders for them to march the guard
line four hours as a punishment. They
were ever afterwards the frmest of
friends.
Shortly after Maloney's release from
arrest, on account of his "raid on the
commissary" at Brooks Station, 1863 he
was detailed rs n teamster on the am
munition train of the Eleventh corps. The
train was parked at Stafford Court
House, some two miles from our camp.
Ed got lonesome sometimes, and, obtain
ing permission, would ride his wheel"
mule to our camp to visit the boys of
Company A, and especially his old chum
Hurlbut. One day Jim was on the sick
list, and was lying in his bunk in half
dressed condition, only his shirt and
drawers on. It was about 2:30 p. m,
and the battalion was forming on the
parade ground for drill, when Ed rode
up to his tent on his mule, calling for
Jim. He got up and asked Maloney to
give him ride on his mule. HELL
throw you in minute; he knows when
a stranger mounts him." was Eds reply.
"I'll risk that" says Jim. ~ won't go
any further than the end of our company
street and back"
SO Ed dismounted and Jim got in the
saddle. All went well enough until the
mule got to the intersection of the COM
pany with the battalion street, and find
ing that he had stranger on his back,
he took the bit in his mouth, and, turn
ing his head toward the parade ground
and home, he struck full gallop in that
direction. jim got scared and lost his
footing in the stirrups, which tapped
against the sides of the mule, making
him more unmanageable, and they came
tearing down the battalion street at q
fearful rate. Presently we heard shout
of whoa, whoa" and, looking around,
saw Jim and the mule coming like mad,
and Jim holding on to tho bride for
dear life, his hair standing on end, his
eyes like two peeled onions, and looking
scared out of his wits
On came the mule. There was Just
room enough at the right of the line
for him to pass without running into
the woods, and among the stumps,
but he shot through Ike an express
train and on toward the camp of the
train. He had not gone far when he
gave u snort and elevated his heels, laid
back his ears and sent jim flying over
his head alongside big stump, while
the mule went on to the train camp.
Hurlbut picked himself up and struck a
bee line for his tent, but he had to pass
in full view of the whole regiment on
his way, and he got a good salute as he
ran. Maloney had to walk back to the
train, and rs the company marched up
the street on its return from drill the
captain struck his head in Jim's tent
and said to him, ''Say, Jim, the next
time you are sick take ride ON mule!"
w. w. Paynton in Grand Army Jour-
nal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
Tho WhcelbarroM Test.

Three or four Of us on the car were
talking about General Shermans death,
aud, as might have been expected one
Of the group modestly admitted that he
Was with the lamented general on his
famous march to the sea. There was
woman in the seat ahead, surrounded by
bundles and baskets, and evidently going
somewhere on visit. The war talk soon
stirred her up, and she turned to the vet
sran and queried:
Were you right in battlel"
"Yes'm."
Dead men all around?'
"Xes'm."
wounded crying for water?'
"Yes'm."
''Bombshells and cannon balls falling
around you like hail?"
"Yes'm."
"And you didn't rum
Nom, l should hope not" he modest
S replied.
"Stood right there and never got scairt,
eh?-
"Yes'm."
"Well, now, don't believe i'll" she
bluntly exclaimed. "It amt human
natur. 1t amt accordin to things
81 hope you do not doubt my word.
madam"
"Yes, do" she sharply replied. ~
don't believe you have got any more
nerve than my Sam has, and Sam can't
stand the test"
"Then you have testY
Yes, have. You jest get off at
Scottdale, where l am going to stop.
There'h be wheelbarrow somewhere
around there, and you just stand off
about thirty feet and let me bear down
on You with it. If you don't jump or
dodge or climb telegraph pole III give
IN that you're the bravest man ever
aww
"l--Im afraid I haven't time to stop
off," he stammered.
II knew yon wouldn't have" she dry
ly replied. They never do. They talk
about bombshells and dead men and
slaughter pens, and they make out that
they charged up to the roaring cannon,
hut the minute talk wheelbarrow they
knuckle. You needn't say no more.
You've wilted."
And he hadn't another word to utter.
Exchange.