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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-03-17
An Indian Letter.

The following letter was picked up
not far from tbespot where Lieut.. Casey
was killed, and at about the time OF
killing. II is written in pencil on q
sheet of note paper, In the Sioux Lam
Ruage and as far Ms the chirograpby
goes it is excellent, the letters being
well formed and the style being sueh
as would merit favorable mention ih
our public schools 1t was either
picked up or given to Mr.. H. C. Thomp
son, who accompanied the Cheyenn
scouts as an interpreter and by him
handed 10 a JOURNAL reporter.
Being in the Sioux lang uage Thomp-
son could not read II, but antIcipatinE 2
that IL might contain same information
relative to the recent trouble the Jour-
NAL has procured a translation of II
from Mrs. Capt. Harm IN, who kindly
gave the necessary time to decipber-
ing 1t, for notwithsts nding that Il
looked 50 fair rs to writing. she says
she found the spelling very poor. It
- letter from fathtr to his son. die
tated evidently to an uucle OF the boy
who was able TO write. Though con-
tanning no state secrets, 1t is quite in
teresting as illustrating a phase Of
In dian character that Is but little
known; that Of family relations. The
dignity and terseu ess of Indian speech
is also well shown W. No words at
the command of the ordinary white
man could excel in force and disect-
ness, the end ing of the fathers part
Of the letter. The uncle, irue to the
reticent character of the race, declines
to commit himself in regard to his
nephew, who appears from the con-
text, to have been rather neglectful Of
his father.
YANKToN AGENCY.
Standing Antelope:
SOn-TOday / have been think nR
of on, and will send you a letter to
tell you that have a fine pipe of peace
which | will give you II you will come
and visit me. have something Of
importance to tell you. May be you
think 1 have forgotten you, think
OF you CONSTANTLY.
lam your fa'her. and have some
advise TO give you, which you should
always RENE ember. l hope YOU will
succeed In getting a horse. The pipe
l have is fine large one. The Fgent
here finds no Objections-there ie
nothing to fear, no matter who come
here-he is treated like the rest.
All these are true facts and q not
deceivlng you
There Is going to be q change after
Now Years, that IL, the tribe will re-
treat to their camp. There are going
to be dances In the old Dakota etvle
and the other bands are invited so /
hear.
Son: II you cannot come you must
write me a letter--this Is NV wlsh-II
can no longer travel. 1 am not able 90
that is one reason / speak to you
through letter and II you consider
my letter worthy OF attention Il is my
desire you should write at once-that
is all have to say-We are all getting
along nicely. / shake hands with you
all.
Son: 1 am-who is called
N0T-AFRAID OF-AE-AxE
Now: Nephew, / have one word 70
say, that Il, your father wishes to see
you and directed me 10 write you this
letter. often think OF you but can
not say bow / feel. TalsO shake hands
with you.
Edward, Is my name.
YOUR UNCLE.
Nancy IN a.. u..t.....
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-03-17

lars, address two Lake Electric So.
Euglewcod Ill. A Platter cost. s3. I
am working now ard know there is
money 10 the tu.iness.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-03-17

EmnHnusl Church (Episc 1pall Palmer - Ser.
eobinsoa, rector.
Baptist Chureh-0. ". Newman. setIng pastor
srtaching services sunday At II q. N and p. m
fraiae and Prayer Meeting, wednesday ~ 7:t5 p.
A cordial Invitation 20 all.
Methodist ChuTch-servioss sunday, IA .. m.
- p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
Wider Nutting, pastor.
Presbyterian church-services sunday. II =. m,
p. n. 7. c. Armstrong pastOf
Church Of Sacred Heart, Catf u.c- seIvies
ssrY 6rst and third sunday Of the n. nth. His
naafa l91O .. NJ. Sunday school o. ,. no
gespsIs "a Bs1ediction 81 80 p. m.
FATHEEC q. PAT WELrH.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-03-17

Tell Mrs Wells that her. OF any in
dnstrlous person can make $50 week
In the plating business. For particu-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
seIenrInc Notes.

Fashionable men in Paris and Lon
don are now using electricity as a cure
for excessive tipping.
At Toxic, Japan, "A concern employees
an electric motor instead OF steam for
operating planning and drilling ma.
chimes
Berlin has just decided that wooden
pavcments are failure while Con.
stantinople is having the first one put
down.
In France successful experiments
have been made with sulphate OF iron
and with sulphate of copper, lime, and
water as "A spray in preventing potato
disease.
The apparent flattening of the vault
OF the heavens has been found 20 have
an annual period and TO depend on
clouds. II seems least Hat with n misty
horizon, and less by night than 10y
day.
The erosion OF big guns is thought "a
be largely due 10 igniting slow-burn'
ing powder ut the base of the
charge. whereby the bore receives at
triton from the hard, unburnt por
.ions OF the powder.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

Most boys and girls do not like SER
mons-they say that they are too
long for their highnesses. Perhaps
they may like these short sermons.
They will give food 10 think over and
must not be read too hastily.
A Swedish boy fell out OF window
and was badly hurt but with
clenched lips. he kept back the cry
OF pain. The King. Gustavus
Adolphus. who saw him fall. pro-
phesied that that boy would make n
man for an emergency. And SO he
did. for he became the famous Gen.
Bauer.
A boy used TO crush the flowers TO
get their color. and painted the white
side OF his fathev's cottage in Tyrol
with all sorts OF pictures, which tho
mountainecrs gazed at as wonderful.
He was the great artist Titan.
An old painter watched little fell
low who amused himself making
drawings OF his pot and brushes. easel
and stool, and said: That boy will
beat me one day" So he aid. for he
was Michael Angelo.
A German boy was reading blood
and-thunder novel. Right in the
midst OF IL he said to himself;
Now. this will never do. ] Get too
much excited over IL. / cant study
SO well after it, SO here goes" and he
flung The book out into the river. lie
was Fichte, the great German phil
osopher.
DO you know what these little SER
mans mean? Why, simply this. that
IN boyhood and girlhood are shown
the traits for good or evil that make
the man or woman good or not
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

TO the list OF fine horsewomen.
lengthoning season by season. must be
added Miss May McCulloch. the
youngest daughter OF the Hon. Hugh
McCulloch. ex-Socretary Of the Treas
ury. Miss McCulloch Ia as like her
father In person and character as IL Il
possible for n woman TO be like n man.
She Is almost AS well known la New
York as Washington. for she Is often
the guest OF her beautiful sister, Mrs.
Yale.
She rides with grace which Is ab.
solutely unknown TO the woman who
years stays. She Is a straight. slen-
der figure In the saddle. supple as An
Indian and her friends have seen
her risky mare kick up her heels
higher than the cantle OF the escort =
saddle without budging the fair
equestrienne the fraction OF an inch
or disturbing her composure. Her
seat Is secure as we'll as graceful be-.
cause she relies on waist muscles in
stead Of whalebones.
Miss McCulloch Il handsome oIrl
with keen hazel eyes. yelIowIsh-
brown hair almost tawny In color and
tho clear fresh complication OF one
who spends much time out OF doors.
She IL good fencer and IL good nc
tennis. but her happlest hours are
spsnt In the saddle. enjoying with
her good marc HARRIET the pleasant
country roads about Holly I'LL. y
tho summer residence OF the family.
some eight miles out OF Washington.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
The Hest Exercise.

Few things. II any. are so efectual
in building up and sustaining the
physical organization ms walking, If
resoutely and judiciously followed.
IL IL perfect exercise. IL taxes the
entire system. When you walk prop
orly every member and muscle, every
nerve and fiber has something to do.
The arms swing backward and for
ward, keeping step. as IL were, with
the legs the chest expands and con
tracts ns the lungs fiji and discharges
the drummer-boy pulse beats "A tune
Tor the march; the legs
curve and siraightcn; the feet
rise and fall. while the head rides
over all-but not as dead he ad.
Every sense it has is employed. every
faculty alert. The nostris expand
To quaiT the breeze; the ears turn TO
every sound the eyes roll In their
sockets. weeping from left TO right
from earth To sky; the brain Is mt
work through all It's parts Progress
under such conditions Is the very elo-
quence Of physical motion. What is
the eilectP The flesh is soldiiied; the
lungs grow strong and sound; the
chest enlarges; the limbs ere rounded
out; the iendons swell and tougher;
tho figure rises In height and dignity.
and is clothed with grace and sup
pleness. Hunters. who walk much.
are tall and straight while sailors,
who scarcely walk nj all. are low and
squat. The whole man is developed
not the body merely. The mind Is
broadened by the contemplation OF
creations works. the soul Is enlarged
the imagination frightened. tho spirits
cheorcd. the temper sweetened. The
moral forces are strengthened equally
with the physical. A loftier reveren-
tial feeling Is awakened, II not pro.
found religious sentlmest. No one
who rightly walks tho fields and
groves. or climbs the heights be.
meath the heavenly dome. with its
blazing sun by day. and Its moon and
countless stars by night but IL ire.
sistibly drawn toward the infinite as
he clocks through nature up 10 ma.
lures God"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

One OF the best remedies for
chapped hands. from which many
women suffer in the winter. Is
camphor ice. This is made OF three
drnchms OF camphor- gum. three OF
white becswax. three OF spermacelti
and two ounces OF olive oil. Put
those together in cup, and set them
in pan OF boiling water on the stove,
where they will melt slowly and form
a white ointment. This Is an excel
lent preparation for chapped hands.
1t may be- used by women who have n
dry complexion, and 20 whom glyco-
riue is. therefore. irritating. Vase
limo should mover be applied 10
tho face by woman, because
OF It's tendency TO induce
the growth OF hair. Experienced
nurses and physicians say that the
annoyance which many women suffer
from superhous hair on their faces has
been caused by the use OF vasellne.
There is do such danger from the use
OF camphor-ice. cold cream or glycer-
Inc. The old-fashloned preparation
VIII oh our grandmothers used for
whitening tanned hands must not be
forgotten. IL consists OF two cakes OF
brown Windsor soap. scraped TO a
powder. wine-glass OF Farlna
cologne and one OF lemon juice. These
ingredients were mixed together and
the mass was nodded In cake and
left 10 dry. In weeks time II was
hard enough 10 use.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
An Army OF Ants.

Silently. deadly and irr esistlblY
move these battalions; out OF the
forest. down. into, across and up the
ditch. through the bona (wood stock
dale). across the square. and into
every nook and Granny conceivable
they swarmed. The first notice (they
generally came at mighty would be "A
loud yell from some OF the men.
Look QUIT Slainr' There would be
no more sleep that night
After experienced gained we found
IL the best plan 10 clear out OF our
houses, rush into the square and build
rings OF fire around us. To put on
ones clothes was 10 get bitten by
dozens all over ones baby unless the
garments had been first thoroughly
smoked over fire. Every now and
then yells and curses told how lazy
one had got caught in his bunk.
The walls OF the huts. the roofs and
floor were simply one scething mass
OF struggling ants.
They were after the cockroaches
mice and insects that had taken up
their abode in the roots. Now and
then squeakes Of young mice told their
story. rs fast as the ants found their
load. generally cockroach, they
would make OH down the hill in long
lines. Luckily they never touched
our granaries; they seemed TO prefer
animal food. Toward morning there
would only bo few thousand lost
ones, aimlessly tearing about. appar-
emily looking for the muin body which
had just decamped
Usually these raids on us were
made after aruinstorm; many OF them
came into the fort already staggering
under loads; these appeared 10
wander about till the others were
ready. Next day not cockroach
could be found in the place, SO that
the ants did us "A service in Kidding MS
OF these pests. Tho rats had de-
camped also and did not return for
some days.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
PENINSULAR ALMA.
INTERESTING HAPPENlNos AND
poiNoS oF THE WEEK.
state Enesmpnsent of Odd reiiows I'm
Session ss Lsns.ug.- kainnaxo
Criminals summar.iy Dealt With.


The forty fourth annual session OF the
grand encampment OF the independent
order OF odd fellows OF Michigan COM
meaccd al Lansing Tuesday morning with
about 200 delegates present Reports
show that the encampment Is la flour
ishlng condition financially. and that dur
ing the year Ave encampments. aggre-
eating 800 members. have been organized.
There are now lis subordinate encamp-
ncnts In the state. The organization OF
the long talked OF insurance branch Of the
order has been completed IL viii be
known as the odd fellows mutual benefit
association OF Michigan. Onicers were
elected as follows; President Andrew
Harshaw. Alpena; vice-presidcnt w. w.
Owens Muskegon: secretary, George l..
Davis, Lansing; treasurer. Is. ID. Pritch-
ard, Allegan; medical director, DIR, &. ii.
Haskin. Jackson; trustees. G. III. Haslin.
Andrew Harshaw. u. ID. Pritcherd. w. W..
Owen. George l.. Davis, II. IL. Heiuem~nn.
Negaunee. H. :. Andrews. WILLIAMSON,
and John Northwood, New Lathrop.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

That birds can foresec hard win.
ter Is a belief too general 10 be
founded entirely on fancy. but IL
seems as II certain species OF water
fowl we're even able to anticipate
storms not preceded by any Fymp-
toms known 10 our weather augurs.
The captain OF Russian steamer
plying between Astrakhan and
Baku reports having passed through a
gale that broke about noon OF day
almost cIoudless I'LL 0 a. m. at which
time large iocks OF sea birds were
seen Fastening towards the rocky
shores Dcrbend. though the sailors
suspected nothing wong and only be-
came alarmed when half an hour after
the sky became shrJudcd IN curious
lcad-colored haze
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

:. II is the intention OF the Washington
Ia k club. Chicago TO make their rae.
ing IN citing OF 1853 columbian Expo
ition year. the grandest ever givel
In America. Secretary brewster am
nounces that the value OF the American
Derby in 1898 will be at least 500, 900.
The Queen Isabella stakes. sl0. 900, and
the sheridan Stakes, $1,000, will also
be run, besides twenty or more valu-
able stakes for two and three year oids
and all ages, incluoing guaranteed
stake of s25, 900 for two year olds, and
the Columbus Handicap, for three year
olds and upward, the value OF which
will be S25, 900 To the winner.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
caeducaslonnl schem

II Is said that Miss Susau B. Az
thony Is authority for the q emon'
that there Is u project 70 All y
Rochester y. r.. II new un[ |ersiv
which will DO coeducational nj tho
sexes. Miss Anthony says; #fhoro
are many wealthy people in oches'
ter who think II u shame that laugh
tcrs OF workingmen cannot obtain
college education. Wealthy people
can send their daughters TO CARMEL,
the University OF Michigan, Welles.
ley or any OF tho State and nearly a'l
OF the sectarian colleges in tho Nest
IL Is the East which Is conse<7 Ativs
in closing the doors TO girls y
would be better II the University o
Rochester would spread itsolt ou'
into big institution by oponiuR ~
doors to women"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

Wo French court. ever fond Of
novelty. once carried its innovations
In language 80 far a. TO alter the
gender OF substantive In compll-
meut To an infant mistake OF their
grand monarch. Tho word car
rosse. u coach. was originally fcmi.
nine as It's termination implied. But
when NJ. Menage published die
tionary no gave 10 as ayowcdly
masculine. The revolution as TO
the gender OF this word arose
from n trivial grammatical error.
Louis XIV. succeeded TO the crown at
the age OF about . years Not long
aflerward. on inquring for his coach
ono day. he happened to mistake the
gender OF the noun and said "Ou est
mon carrosse ?" using the masculine
pronoun instead OF the feminine. The
courtiers. on the principle that the
King can do no wrong. even In gram
mar. at once treated the word "car-
rosse'' ms masculine. aud so IL has
continued ever since.
livery one initiates the example OF
the King used TO DO "A courtly
maxim, and 10 Il even now acted
upon more generally than those who
initiate IL would acknowledge Yet
even tho most slavish imitators of
royalty would hardly go so far rs did
the French courtiers during the pre-
ceding reign. that OF Louis XIII.
This monarch also was boy when he
succeeded Henry Nv. And being n
boy no had no beard. Therefore
tho court!ers would wear no beard
themselves. Not a man OF them ven
tured to appear In the Kings presence
unless smoothly shaven.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

ground An APP BLoCK stoNALcAuTIoN
pronching engine pulled over the
switch-crossing 10 another track
Scarcely had IL done so whea the soma
phore rose again TO It's horizontal posi-
ton and the switch moved back TO
where 10 was before.
When the scmaphore blade OF n
switch is In horizontal position, ex-
planned Mr. Harrington, IL indicates
danger and engineers are strictly
forbidden TO pass ON 10 n switch when
the danger signal is shown. Each
switch has its semaphore on the right
hand side OF the track, coming or
going, and the normal position OF
n semaphore is horizontal or at danger
The operator In the tower, who alone
controls the movements OF switches, Is
thus able 10 command the movements
Of the trains and engines, for unless
the way or the route Is clear he will
not drop the semaphore TO indicate
that there Is clear track, and can
hold an engine all night IL Re desires.
Nor can he show n clear signal until
after he has moved the switch.
This Ii the operating mechanism OF
the switch" he said Here are the
two small pipes for compressed air
which come down from the tower,
feeding from the thrce-inch supply
pipe. Air Is admitted TO this cylinder
by n ID valve when the operator
throws the lever on the pneumatic ma
chine. The air forces the piston rod
forward. The extension of the piston
rod Is attached TO what Is called the
sliding plate, which, by means OF bell
crank connections, throws the switch
points and so makes 'cross-over,' or
switch from one track TO the other
Along the rail for ABOUT forty-hvc
feet lies what Is called 'detcctor bar
Whenever the switch In moved this bar
rises cove and very osc TO the rail.
moving up an inch or so. Thus. n an
engine or car stands on the switch the
detector bar cannot raise and all move
ment II blocked.
sThc scmaphore Is also moved by
compressed air. but It's cylinder valve
Is opened and closed by an electro
magnet connected with storage bat
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
mI.taI.cn Identity.

An American lady visiting in Eng
land one day rashly alluded TO neas
by their common name. saws a cor
respondent OF the Youths Companion,
and 1t was only when her English
listeners looked slightly Mortified that
she realized that she should have
spoken OF those offensive insects as
II sharps. or applied TO them some
equally euphonious title. That un-
familiarity with them is confined TO
their names. rather than their per-
sons. may be guessed from the follow
ing story, which Is told about a pro-
posed entertainment OF performing
ilcas. n long while ago before the
King OF Prussia.
All the royal party had assembled
about a platform, on which the exhi-
bition was TO take place. The enter
tainment was called Napoleon and
his Generals
The court sat in expectation, but
tho professor. who was manager OF
the affair. shook his bushy name and
rolled his eyes in anguish. while he
wrung his long hands, and marched
up aud down his little cage. At last
he gasped;
Napoleon Is missing"
He paused, and east his cagle eve
over this distinguished company. lie
observed that the princess royal
fdgeted little. Throwing his whole
soul into his eyes and voice. he APP
preached that august lady and the
King.
Sire, madam. he cried, this
exhibition Is II poor mans ALL
Without Napolean, his generals are
valueless. There can DO no enter
taiument without him. An unfor-
tunate entreats. Allow me. "
The princess wore an old-fashioped
iichu. In the fraction OF "A second tho
professor had turned back several OF
its white folds, made n capture. and
proudly returned TO his troop. Ar
rived on tho stage. he ventured TO
relax his hold. and examine tho cap
tive.
oh" he groaned. 10 despair lit
is wild oncl"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

There Is one bright girl Ia Keu
York who IL earning comfor(co'o
living In a somewhat novel way. tn@
Is type writer and has an oliico q
Temple Court Every morning ~
goes to tho Offices OF ten business uIon
takes the letters received In the Ir1t
twenty-four hours. on the enveIope,
OF v h ch are brief instructions us p
the manner OF answering them
and in the afternoon brings hack
type written answers TO theu1 all'
She receives % a week from cren
man. and reserves two afternoons =
week for herself Whether sl,o M
two letters day TO answer or t~enV
the amount received Is the SAM fpr
about hall OF the quantity of>xovk
that the average young womau h e.
Office is called upon To do she tos<s''
three or four times as much ainry'
aud all through little ext cxer
else OF brains.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
Passing a woman'- umbrciia.

The momentous question OF bow TO
meet IA woman with AN umbrella and
pass 10 the other side without the loss
Of your hat with your eyes unjnhbed,
and your crayat still on. was solved tho
other day by an old gentleman on
Main street. lie deserves the unqual-
lied gratitude OF the entire male pop
uation.
The old gentleman was stumpin z
lcasurely up Main street toward the
junction. The lady was going In the
very large, spreading um-
brella.
just before the two met the old
gentleman raised his cane in mat
ter-of-fact way. and held It In per-
pendicular position. little 10 the
side upon which the lady would pass.
lie held IL there just as he would 10
turn aside n limb overhanging his
path. and IL worked to perfection.
OF course the lady did not move the
umbrella but the cane did. The old
gentleman had given three-fourths OF
the sidewalk already and that
relentless cano stood up ms
erect ms II IL Ind been
planted In the rocks. The umbrella
struck IL. OF course. and began TO re-
volve. Then the lady's arm gave out
and the umbrella swerved against her
hat. knocking 1t edgewise. Then IL
caught In her companions hair and
got tangled up. Both ladies stopped
for repairs and made remarks In
which were heard tho words nasty
man" hog" brute" and several
synonymous terms. The old gentle
man had been In town before and he
walked right along with never "a
word. his good hickory cano keeping
rhythmic time TO his step.