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and sell il to emigrant trains that oc-
casionally passed through the country.
The church party. as well aS most o.
the other Indians, knew Their, was n.
truth in this rumor. for the agent ha
taken the head men and chiefs throug
the cellars and proved that there wa
nothing there; hut hungry people. a.
we know. are apt u be unreasonable.
and perhaps some really believed that
food was concealed in holes and cellars
around the buildings
Vt last IL was tacitlv understood that.
il the promised train did not appear by
sunset ~ the fourth dav, the Indians
would break into the government
buildings. and then, Of course. when
the SavaEeS were once started. the
houses Of the employees would be looted;
and an this meant bloodshcd and muir
der. The agent. with the aid Of the
interpreter used his best energies to
cheek the rising meeting. 81 the same
time quietly preparing for the worst.
In the warehouse there were Just TWEEN
" Old-fa>hioued burnside carbines. and
not enough ammunition FOR the whites
- defend themselves for half an hour.
All the reservations have AN army
post attached. but in this case the sol
diers were thirty-four miles from the
agency building There was no cavalry.
and the infantry would require some
time - march that distance; and. not
anticipating this delay in the coming Of
the supplies. the agent had not sent to
the post till the third day. Then. as
luck would have tor design on the
part ~ the evil-diSposed Indian>-the
messengers horse mysteriously died on
the road: though of this we Of course
knew nothing at the time.
Imagine tho sensations Of these dozen
white men. some with their wives and
children, with these relentless savages
camped all around their defenselesS
homes An Indian in wa. paint Is
frightful enough; but compared with
an Infatuated squaw he appears like a
peaceful dude Of course IL would
never DO for the white men 70 show any
fear We all attended 70 our work as
well as usual, apparently. mingled with
the Indians, visited the tepees. gave
them tobacco, smoked from their long
ltsmasd piDsa sdmired their ponies,
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MUSIC THAT sCAREs A CAT.
Certain Tunes That AImoss Drive ola
Nero Into Pits.

certain luues mat Aitup>t DfiNe oti
Nero Into Pits.
Perhaps no cat in the United States
dislizes music SO much as old Nero.
lie can endure piano playing for
awhile. but singing is a bore TO him,
whistIing drives him cut of the room
and hand organ in operation nearly
sends him into fits. This may seem
strange. but it is true.
Not long ago, while Nero was bask-
ing in the sun ON the front doorstep OF
his residence. two Italians with street
piano paused in front of him. Nero
was evidently asleep, for he paid no at
of the peripatetic musicians grasped
the crank of the instrument and as he
turned it the soul touching strains of
My Grandfather's Clock" rent the air
in loud. sonOrous tones.
Instantly Nero was on his feet. with
the fur on end and his green eyes blaz-
ing. In another moment, after emit
ting a few vicious ''spits, he was run
ming down the street as if his tail were
ahame. And he didn't halt until he
was ont of sight and sound of his tor
mentors.
Even that old and favorite melody,
The Old Oaken Bucket. = has no charms
for Nero. One day, as he was doing
before a CRATE fire. little Eddie came in
loudly whistling the air of the we'll
| known song. Nero at once began TO
squirm. east an appealing glance at the
/ boy and then stalSed out into the hall,
/ thence to the back yard and then
/ perched himself upon fence. And
/ there he remained until little Eddie had
/ been sent out on the street to play.
I Then, and then only, he returned TO the
I house to resume his nap.
Annie Rooney Down Went Me-
/ Ginty." Babies on Our Block, and
Don't Kick Man When He's Down"
are his particular abomination, no mat
| ter whether they are rendered vOcally
or fundamentally. Each and every
one of them seems to make his
earsa che. for when he hears one of
| those tunes he rubs his head with
/ first one paw, then the other, and loses
no time in escaping from the place of
/ torture
But if there is one tune more than
another that gives him pain it is only
Pansy blossom, Only a Faded
Flower" When that CRATES upon his
ears he news most pitifully, and if the
infliction is prolonged he bowls most
dismally.
Nero has always had these PECULIAR.
ties. but as he grows older they seem
to become more pronounced-N \.
| Herald
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The Timidity of sheen.

Great care has to be taken to prevent
disturbing the sheep except at their
regular feeding hours, and even then it
is best for no one to be present except
the regular feeders, says w. j. Fowler
IN American Cultivator. | noticed that
the sheep regarded my presence with
distrust, stopping eating whenever they
saw me, but not minding the presence
of Mr.. Bumpus or his son. My voice
evidently disturbed them. and they rec
ognized it as the voice of stranger.
As looked at them through the win
dow l thought of what the good shep-
herd said of old My sheep hear my
voice and follow me. but stranger
will they not follow, for they know not
the voice of stranger. 1t takes sew
eral days after the sheep are purchased
to won't them to their new home. and
for the first week at least very light
rations of grain are given them.
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SHE SAW HER OWN DEATH.
Dreadful Result of Reading Light Fiction
and Eating BonbOns.

Dreadful Result of Reading Light Fiction
and Eating BonbOns.
AT the ball last night" said man
talking to IA companion at his club din
ner, "a girl with whom sat out one of
the dances told me of a rather curious
experience she had earlier in the even
ing. She said she was in the hands of
her maid for the ball. was seated before
her dressing table having her hair done;
the room was warm and flooded With
light; her ball gown was in her sight.
She was reading during the process
some light society novel, and, as she
rather shamefully confessed. munching
bonbons between times. All at once
She grew tired of candies and fiction,
and, putting both aside, sat looking in
the glass while the maid worked. She
was thinking of the ball and various an
ticipations she had concerning it when
suddenly, without warning and from
no apparent cause, she found herself
face to face with her own death. She
put it very graphically; 1t was per-
sonal death | was struggling with, she
said not the abstract death that we
read of in the newspapers nor the
future long-to- be -postponed mortality
which we more or less indifferently ac-
cept as one common destiny. 1t was
the actual end of my life, the fms
of everything for me, and the going out
from my home and friends to the dark
ness and horror of the unknown be-
yond What religious faith l had for
sock me completely. l trembled and a
cold dampness gathered on my fore
head. choked and started
TO my feet. My maid alarmed,
asked if | were ill., said yes
and was i'll with dread but nothing
more, for | was conscious of feeling
perfectly well She went TO fetch a
glass of water, and before she returned
the vision. or whatever it was, had
gone as quickly as it had come. The
hairdressing was resumed, and could
detect no physical results of the vista.
ton, which was terribly real and awful
while it lasted, and l shall not soon
forget it..
Il reminded her of some verses of
Aldrich on a similar subject where,
while the carriage waits at the door
for miladys forgotten fan, the hus-
band or lover is confronted in the same
dismal way, but she had never seen or
heard of thea Her experience was
evidently genuine and had made con-
slider able impression upon her. N. Y.
Times.
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EDITORIAL ABILITY.
The shears Quite as Important at Times
the Quill.


the Quill.
A good many people do not know that
an editors selections from his contem-
poraries are quite often the best test of
his editorial ability. and that the func-
ton of the scissors is not merely to fill
up vacant spaces. but to reproduce the
brightest and best thoughts, and the
most attractive news from all sources
at the editors command. There are
times when the editor opens his ex-
changes and finds a feast for eyes,
heart and soul. The thoughts of his
contemporaries glow with life. He
wishes his readers to enjoy the feast,
and he lovingly takes up the scissors
and clips and clips, and signs to think
that his space is inadequate to contain
all the treasures so prodigally spread
before him. Your true editor is gen
crous, and will sacrifice his own am
bition as a writer during such festal
occasions. and il is of far more profit to
his readers to set before them the origi-
nal dish of daintics with the label of
the real author affixed than to appro-
pirate its best thoughts to himself, and
reproduce them as his own. After all,
the true test of newspapers real val
ne is not the amount of original matter
it contains, but the average quality of
all the matter appearing in its columns,
whether original or selected-N. y.
Journalist.
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Lady Ito Tramp)-Now, you've had
your dinner, why don't you go right out
ana saw that wood? What are you wait
ing round here for?
Tramp-Don't be in hurry, lady. DO
you take me for slot machine?
LADY, expect you TO act like one.
Tramp n like one of the slot ma
chimes thai don't work
And as he walked leisurely out of the
yard picking his teeth she was sorry she
hadn't let him alone.-Jurv.
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Growing a Diversity of Crops.

The expenses of the farm and family
go on through all the year. 1t is almost
impossible to make profit unless there
is equal continuity in selling. There
may be and should be special crops that
furnish the bulk of the money received
from the farm: but if this is drawn upon
by continual drain not relieved by
any new supply, it will be drawn down
to nothing. For years southern farm
ers have depended wholly on their sales
of cotton. and though this is one of the
most profitable crops grown. il has
been impossible for south m planters
to keep out of debt until they adopted
the nerthern plan of growing a diver
sity Of sTops-Coleman's Rural World,
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IS MARRIAGE A FAILuRe7
WIS

Nay nay, BY all the sacred years we've spent
Stfll >sce by side along the Swallowed vale.
By all the little kinduesses we've lent
To one anothera s " wove Iife's tale,
By the sweet endearing words we've spoken
by the peace that never once was broken
With words 81 fretJiHg. or impatient vail
In the forefront 81 times conflicting war.
Have We not faced its trials DAY by dayf
And no eclipse OF loves soft burning star
Has ever laid its darkness in our way
In the calm. as in the stormy weather,
We have been victors. because together,
And scathless passed through all The
troubled frays.
We have Toasted amid life's fruitage rare.
And We have seen true hearts around - fall
We have stood where nature vas grandlv fair.
And ny the coffin that contained our all
What strong fetter wound itself around Us:
Nothing but the loving tie that bound US
The vows We would not for the world recall
Marriage a failure, nav. il IS success.
And days and years serve % renew the chain
We would not break the links, or have then
less.
For all the glitter n q mr. march train
Best Of all. We shall take up. in glory,
AL the threads q loves unfinished story,
And weave them while eternity Shay,
WIN Lyle. in Joura---z
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racks should be made in sections from
IL to IS feet long. Use half-inch boards
for the bottom and slides. Then put
on the side boards 9 inches wide: put
the top edge - inches from the bottom
end of the posts; bevel a piece 8 inches
wide to fit the corner from the side TO
the bottom (see diagram). From a
strip II inch wide cut two pieces
, feet and inches long; put
them on the inside of the end posts, the
top side AZ inches above the side
boards for the slides to rest on. Tack
board ~ inches wide and feet 10
inches long on the front end, with the
top edge even with the strip on the in
side. Put on narrow board, and so
on up; then put ON the hinges to form
door of the lower board (see diagram).
Board the otherend up tightly: then from
a 2x3-inch piece of scantling, cut two
pieces feet long, bore three-quarter-
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excitable, could be relied on in cases of
emergency. Don was very observing.
and really had a remarkable brain: he
was well disciplined and kept himself
under good control Paska was the
ruling spirit. and both Of the others
gave themselves up tOhis manag sment;
- il was seldom that any disagreement
arose among these good friends
They were all at an Indian agency
Paska ia name given him by the Sioux
was a New England boy Of eighteen,
engaged "a a government employee 10
assist in distributing provisions, cloth
ing etc, 10 the Indians.
About the first Of the month, the In
dia,s from all parts Of the reservation
gathered around the government ware
house. waiting for their supplies They
brought their tents, their ponies. their
wives and children. and enjoyed real
picnic while waiting. II the provisions.
etc. were all ready, everything passed
off smoothly. for Indians are great
deal like other people; easy To get ON
with when everything i pleasant. But
disappointment Is apt to make the best
Of u cross at times, and. ON the occa-
sion of which ! write. the Indians with
their hungry families had been waiting
three days. and the government had
failed To deliver the supplies AT the APP
pointed time.
Now these Indians were divided into
two parties. much like the political
parties in any country; one party, called
the Church Party sided with the gov
E.saFSsaw-.aH i'm roll
taught by the white missionaries. tried
20 initiate civilized ways, cultivated the
land after a crude fashion. and was
peacefully inclined The other party
Of Indians. called the Dancing Party"
was the. reverse of all this The MEM
hers were continually trying TO arouse
a feeling of discomfort among the
tribes; they >corned work. encouraged
the continuation Of all the heather Gus
toms, such as dog frastS, sun dances,
etc. and nourished a murierOus feel
ing against all white men
Now on this memorable occasion =
memorable To Don. KoIa and Paska-
al the Indians. some fourteen hundred,
had been waiting, aS said. three days
for their rations. The small supply of
food they had brought with them was
exhausted Hunting and fishing were
poor in that locality; ~ YOU can see
that when they heard their little
papooSes CRYING for food. even the most
patient chiefs would naturally begin To
feel ugly. Threatening nUrmurs were
heard on all sides Councils were held
almost every hour, and there was "a
great deal IF bad talk. The agent
with his dozen white employees did all
that he could To- pacify them. distribut-
ing what little food there was IN the
government warehouse. and explaining
that the trains were ON the way and
must soon arrive with the promised
supplies.
Now this was great chance for the
dancing party 10 excite trouble. They
whispered around 10 the other Indians
that there were barrels Of pork. bags
of flour boxes Of coffee etc, in the
storehouSe, but that the agent wanted
to starve them So as 10 keep the food
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How we are abusing that word par
lor" OF "parlors." We have billiard
Pnriors" and eating parlors" and hair
dressing pariors'' ana bathing ,iari0fs"
and corset parlors." And even was
seen in that good city of Minneapolis
Recently a sign inscribed thus: shoe
ing parlors," with a horseshoe pictured
between the ''shOeing' and ''parlors"
Horses have ''parlors'' where a gentle
man Tor LADY, blacksmith serves them
with apparel for their feet!-Chicago
Advance
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ret Two soARptDup

inch hole through the center; nail on
the boards, put on a narrow piece for a
cross piece in the center. This should
rest directly over the center post The
slides should be just long enough to
turn nicely between the end posts.
Bore three-quarter-inch holes through
the end posts s inches from the top;
put in hardwood pins to hold the slide;
make the other slide the same. To
feed. turn the slides out: take out the
coarse stuff; open the end door and
sweep out the bottom; then put in the
grain: turn the slides in and put in the
hay; then let the sheep into the shed.
This keeps the wool clean and saves
the feed better than any rack | ever
used. -Rural New Yorker.
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ue Ene,. H.

Ballot Girl am going TO quit the
stage entirely, so I'll just consider my
self discharged at the end of the week.
Manager-Why. what's the matter?
Il am going TO marry a rich Wall
street man."
My dear young lady. You don't need
discharge. A months leave Of alb
senee viii aanswer the purpose very
well. Texas Siftings.
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Patron-Ilere are ten dollars which /
wish to present to messenger boy No.
999.
Agent am glad to hear that one of
our boys has been of SO much service.
When was it?
MISUNDERSTANDING. | sent him to the
exchange with an order To my broker
to buy 10000 shares Y. Y. u. stock, but
before night the whole bottom drop
ped out of y. y. Il. | rushed around to
my broker, and was delighted to learn
that the boy hadn't got there vet-N.
Y. Weekly.
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It's sometimes said patent
medicines are for the igno-
rant. The doctors foster this
idea.
The people" we're told,
" are mostly ignorant when it
comes to medical science"
Suppose they are What
a sick man needs is not knowl-
edge, but a cure, and the medi-
cine that cu1es is the medicine
for the sick.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures the Z" do
believes and the don't be-
lieves." There's no hesitance
about it, no "if" nor "possi-
bly,
1t says can cure you,
only do as l direct"
Perhaps it fails occasionally.
The makers hear of it when it
does, because they never keep
the money when the medicine
fails to do good.
Suppose the doctors went
on that principle. eve beg
the doctors pardon. 1t
wouldn't do
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HIS CLOTHES WE'RE SOUVENIRS.
A Tramp Whose Garments Had Valuable
Historical Associations.


Madam. these clothes of mine are
old, but-(if you will keep that door
open just one minute. madam)- but
they have a history. This hiatt
brushed it with hay this m1rnin, and
them are simply seeds. This hat be-
longed once to Senator Leland Stan
ford. of California, who has become rich
and famous since him and | went out
there in 40. He gimme the hat when
we parted in the fall of that year. said
a vagrant.
This coat-(if you please, madam,
shall try not to be tedious. This coat,
| slep' in il last night. That's the way
always get the latest wrinkles in
coats, if you'll excuse the pleasantly.
This coat. as was sayin', or about to
say, was once worn by that brilliant
poet and litterateur. Bret Harte. He
made me present of it for consentin'
to figure in one of his famous poems.
You could recognize me as one of his
characters if you would only think
hard. Another moment please. and
I'm done. These trousers-I've put EN-
on wrong side before to-day so as to
counterfeit baggin' tendency l noticed
in the knees yesterday-these trousers,
say, were formerly worn by Neal
Dow, of Maine, and We're presented to
me as a slight token of esteem for a
fellow-worker in the cause Of prohibit
ton.
You see. madam. ! am. as il were.
covered with glory, but there is just
one gap. was thinkin' as neared
this town that if | could only secure
pair o. shoes that had been worn By
your husband, / could mo. thanks; .
will stand while you look them up).
Anything most'll do, madam. There
now. that's something like. Thankin'
you kindly, / wish you a very good
day. Smith, Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
GOOD SHEEP RACK.
One That Has Been Successfully Used b,
"A New York Farmer

One That Has Been Successfully Used by
New York Farmer.
! herewith show drawings of my
sheep racks. which may be of some
help to some brother farmer.
First from a 2x3 inch scantling cut
four end posts 3 feet long; then two
center posts feet inches long, and
cut three boards feet 5 inches long. II
inches wide in the center and at the
ends (see diagram). Then nail them on
the inside of the posts l Z inch from
the bottom ends; next put on the bot
tom boards and put the ends out even
with the outside of the posts. The
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Choking, sneezing and every
other form Of catarrh in the
head, is radically cured by
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Fifty cents. BY druggists.
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way. and in
spring all posts
that have been
disturbed by the
frost can be
readily redriven
without remov-
ing the rails or
boards. + o II +
rails make as
good a cattle,
horse, and sheep
fence as seven
rails would laid
up in the COM
mon zigzag form,
o c c II p y less
4 IN
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Indians looked upon him with a gToat
deal Of respect from that time, and he
was treated with great consideration,
not TO say awe. ever after.-Will Phil
ip Hooper. in Demorest's Monthly.
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"Some writers, remarked Quilldrivc,
roll their manuscripts up, then they
send them to an editor, but am always
very careful to keep mine fiat.
$50 ! should think, from the few ]
have read. returned Bronson.-Light-
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There Is Some Comparison.-E
jaclx-.'What is the difference between
a sailor and a psalm bOok?' Passifer-
There Is no comparison between
them" Hojack-"oh. yes. there Is
One Is salt. the other psalter-"
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Are accomplis ned rs vigorous men and
women clear Of BRAN, 1.-the Of limb. with
plenty of stan ina Only by promoting di-
gestion and assimilation NAV that disability
be overcome whfch disqualifies US from sue
cessful c5.npetitiOn in the arena OF life.
Hosteti er's Stomach Bitters not only con
fers vigcg upon the weak, but remedies
bilious. nervous, malarial, kidney and rheu-
matte ailments
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Doubtless He Did.--Caller lin search
of a reports rl-''Where's Faber2" Ed
itor (vho has just bounced Faber)-
.'He went out a little while ago-after
a IRE. Chicago Tribune.
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It's sometimes said patf

THE worse a mans temper is, the more
becoming and profitable It will be for him
to keep it-BiughamtOn Leader
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be found very desirable. No. or 10
galvanized wire should be used. draw
ing each staple in so that it will grip
the wire. American Agriculturist.
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DON. K0DA AND PASKA.
Their Midnight Trip and the Dis
aster II Averted.

HERE were three
OF them. and they
were the hest of
friends. + . b q
sure, kosia was a
tribe irritable
some people even
went 50 far a. 10
say ugly, but he
was quick in ac-
~S,r, and thnrrrrr