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The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-19

making off, he came straight ashore at
me! You see, he was sure ! had not an.
other shot ready.
ale had my hatchet and knife, and
III be hanged If he wasn't coming
ashore TO have it ont against me with
my WI weapons.
when he was within five yards I
lifted my gun and put the bu:t to my
shoulder.
"He laughed in ridicule and showed
the canoe ashore. At that instant l
didn't see what to do except shoot him;
but the other Indian gave a cry from
the canoe. He had seen the loading, and
his word told the young brave the fix he
We'll. sir, that word and my mer.
cifulness in kind o. hesitatin' about
shooting him was nearly the end of me,
for the reckless young rascal flung my
Ratchet SO suddenly at my head that l
only just managed to dodge it. Next
instant he sprangat me with the knife.
But he jumped straight at the
muzzle of my gun, and the force of tho
blow that he got took the breath out
of him. He grabbed himself with both
hands and fell forward. Before he
could pick himself up ! knocked him
senseless with the butt of the gun.
what did l do then? Why, l hauled
at my trolling line, aud pretty soon it
came loose from the dummy. Then I
tied the hands Of the one I had struck
tied them behind his back--and tied
his legs and left him TO come to his
| senses.
"When ! went to the other fellow in
the canoe ] found he had tainted from
loss of blood. ! lifted him ont and tied
him so that he could not move in case
he should revive while I was off for
their guns.
''By the time ] came back they had
both returned 10 their senses. ! carried
the one that l had hit on the head over
TO where the other one was and ex.
planned to them both, as well as ! could
with my limited command of their Ian
guage, what ] intended to do. Then I
put them both into my canoe and made
for my cabin.
"Well, sir, l got the bullet ont of the
wounded redskin and nursed and fed
him for more than two weeks before he
was able TO sit up. Meantime | kept
the other one bound firmly with thongs
and chains from my traps. wished
had not felt it necessary 70 do so, but
/ knew there was nc trusting him.
"As soon rs thought the wounded
one was strong enough to stand tho
trip l put them both in their canoe,
which ] had recovered. I gave them
enough to eat for a week and placed be-
side them their rifles, unloaded. / gave
them M ammunition, for / did not
think l could trust them. Then ! cut
the thongs that bound the unwounded
one.
"'Young braves said, go back TO
your people and tell them the white
man Is their friend. II Indian does not
try to kill white man. white man will
not kill Indian. Tell your brothers
how you tried to murder me and how l
treated you. And ask them il they do
not believe that n great spirit watches
owe me-. II Indian hunts me Indian
heap die. Now co.
~ tell you, Bob, IL made me feel good
for IA week to see the look of joy and
hope in the faces of those two young saw
ages. Did see them again? Yes, and
their tribe, too, all good friendsof mine
after that.
but it's bedtime. IL we're going
trolling early in the morning, and I'll
tell you the rest another time. "-Myron
Is. Gibson, in Youths Companion.
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waters when the Sioux, the original
possessors of that beautiful section,
were numerous. Not the least pleasure
Of these trips was that of listening to
the old mans tales Of those early days.
I've played many a trick on the red.
skins said old Thad, speaking in n
slovenly dialect that l will not tran
scribe, but the neatest scheme l ever
worked on them was one 1 played on a
couple of Sioux one summer In the for
ties.
81 had frozen my feet the winter be-
fore, and was not well able to get
round on the prairie, SO l made up my
mind to take a good long rest and get
ready for the fall trapping. With that
idea ] rugged up "a brush camp on the
creek that joins these W big lakes,
and took things easy.
~ had been having a nice quiet time
oil by myself for u month or more be-
fore / knew there vas an Indian with
in fifty miles. l could kill n deer any day
within half q milo Of camp, so hunted
just enough to keep meat on hand.
Most of my time / spent fishing and
padding about and specializing where
I'd be likely to find the best trapping
that fail.
thinking about Indians didn't
trouble me n bit. had had so many
brushes with the Sioux, and had always
made them suffer SO much and then
got out of their way so mysteriously,
that they had sized me up as a great
medicine mag, with "a special manitou
to look out for Inc. They meant 70
keep out of my way; and I knew it.
'But ! didn't go round with my eyes
shut, I can tell you, for / knew too
much about Indians to expect them to
stay in n mind.
zone warm morning I got into my
canoe and started for the upper lake.
You know there are lots of bulrushes
round that lake, and ] needed about
canoe load of them to stop the leaks in
my cabin roof.
after l had cut "a lot of the bull
rushes and tied them in bundles abou
M big around as my body, I laid then
in the bottom of the canoe and paddlet
farther up the lake for a little fishing
You recollcct that place betwixt the
island and the point OF timber where
we struck that school of big black bass
last summer? Well, there were faI
more bass there forty years ago.
~ cut me n good pole among the will
lows on the island, and tied a big rocl
fast to the rope at the bow of my canoe
Then l padded close 10 the island
hoisted the rock overheard for M
anchor and began fishing.
at was about the first of July, ant
the hot sun made me sleepy. There
sat, nodding, and starting awake t.
pull in q fish whenever l fel
. jerk. But caution prevented mi
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-19
About Even.

American Eagle--That roaring Of
yours every time you hold IN election
makes me tired.
British Lion-How did you get that
sore eye, and that lame wing, and all
those tail feathers singed, and half your
claws torn off?
American Eagle with dignity)-Cele-
brating the Fourth Of July, sir .-Chica-
90 Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-19
lHesrtlesS IsirdIe.

Gus De Smith-Miss Birdie, II you
refuse to be my wife ! shall do
thing desperate. shall take . pistol
and shoot myself.
Birdie-Dear me, how dreadful II
would be II the bullet were 30 hit some-
body else.--Texas SiftingS
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-19

Looked Up to by Every One. --Wagg
DO you see that manp suppose he
Is the most looked up TO man In this
city" Hownow--"I want to knows
Who Is hep" Wsgg-"Why he Ia tha
man who goes W. in q balloon and comes
down with u parachute. = Bostca
Courier.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-19


mountains, touched with the glory Of
the mount OF God like cool Sloan, and
all lakes be radiant with gospel MEN,
cries like Genuesaret, and all islands OF
the sea be crowned with apocalyptic
visions like Patlnos, and all the cities
be sacred as Jerusalem, and all gardens
luxuriant us Paradise, with God walk
ing in the cool Of the day. Then the
chorals Of grace will drown out all the
anthems Of earth. Then the throne of
Christ will overtop all earthly author
ity. Then the crown OF Jesus will out
fame all other coronets Sin destroyed.
Death dead. He'll defeated. The
church triumphant. All the darkness
Of sin, all the darkness of trouble, all
the darkness Of earthly mystery, hieing
themselves to their dens. ''Clear us
the sun! clear as the sum-
Further, Terrible us IN army with
banners" take one more step In this
subject and say that II you were placed
for the defense OF a feeble town, and q
great army were cen coming over the
hills with flying ensigns, then you
would be able to get some idea of the
terror that will strike the hearts of the
enemies Of God when the church at last
marches on like IAN army with ban,
ners."
You know there Is nothing that OK
| cites u soldiers enthusiasm SO much as
an old flag. Many u man almost dead
| catching IA glimpse Of the national en-
sign, has sprung to his feet, and
started again to the battle. Now, my
friends, ! don't want you to think Of tn,
church of Jesus Christ as q defeated In
stitution, as the victim Of infdel sar
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ADDED TAXATION.
Plans That Mean u Heavier burden for


Plans That Mean u Heavier burden for
the People. o.
The republican platform adopted at
Minneapolis is chiefly notable for what
II does not say At hasty glance IL
appears that In but one particular is
the party fairly and squarely comnif.
ted by this document to any direct Tirn
Of action. The party is unequivocaiy
pledged TO maintain the present outra.
geous system, Of tariff tsxation, II di.
rect alignment with this is thc.pledge
Of government support to thu Near,
aqua canal One IS essential 10 tho
other. The vast expenditures neccs-
sary TO carry out the. work of piersipg
the Central America isthmus weuid
furnish an excellent excuse for main
tanning the high rate OF tariff taxation
demanded by the protected barons.
TariH taxation would be necessary to
behr the-cxpcnse' " Che canal IL lisa
brilliant scheme of two propositions,
each Of which means tho same TO tho
taxation Tie dcclara-
ton on the silver question is only sig.
n!ficant in So far as il insults the chief
executive BY Observation-Disclosures
he forcgo his constitutional prcrogative
in the exercise of the veto.power. II IL
the first platform ever adopted by an
Arheyican Political party which sought
TO deprive the president OF the veto, or
To limit him in the exercise thereof.
Such proposition could only emanate
from party hopelessly and utterly
tn Reedism and Mckinley
ism, and utterly defiant of all constitu-
tional limitations. indianapolis Senti.
mel fsHsf a7s
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GOVERNMENT AID.
Congress Has Really Given More to the
Fair Than II GcuernIiy su,uosed


Congress Has Really Given More to the
Fair Than Il Generaiiy Supposed
cIiicAGo Aug. o-fn h published in.
tcrviesv Dircctor-tiencral Davis OF, the
Worlds ,Co,umbian commission. is quot,
ed as SAYING that congress has really
given rhc Fair ts,oss, 0eo, or is7s3, 0oo
merc.than > sy gcnerallyrundcrst TODD the,
bill called Tor. His summary .Qf the
varions items bringing the total to the
sum stntcd'is as follows: Worlds Co.
lunpian vconmissions $50, 0e0; board
of lady managers, $40 oo); g0y-
ernncnt exhibit board, 800, 600; medals
ana'diplomns, sos, O,b for loss on coin-
age of souvenirs. s5o,0O)l Worlds Co.
lumbar exposition, $500, 0o0. Total,
s,2s3, 900 Mr.. Davis then goes on to
show how this amount can still be
further increased By disposing of the
souvenir half dollars at premium.
"Now You viii sec" he said,
that M have not counted anys
thing for premium on the half
dollars I know Of an offer OF 20 per
cent Premium on ,hcwholc issue that
is ready now My opinion is that every
one of the half dollars is worth at least
~ cents. A moderate estimate would
give us s5Oo,O)1 profit there, so that we
may thank congress for making us
present Of nearly 1900, zoe when we
had asked only loan Of 5000, 900 I
feel sure that the more friends of the
fair consider the question the more they
will feel the value Of the legislation in
its favor
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CtUoHT IN TIE ACT.
Onicers Arrest Counterfciters While They
- Are holding the spurious Money.

F - Are Moiding the spurious Money. 81
! ALBANIA, Ca, Apg. p,--About week
ago Lou Sturgis was arrested for shov-
ire queer money. A few days ago a
man named j. VI. Dunforti, who is e
MERCHANT in Savannah, was. arrested on
the'same charge, and was locked up ut
the sta,ion-house. For several weeks
past some one has been flooding the
city, with spurious dollars, halves,
iquarters and dimes. and United States
deputy marshals have been on the looks
out for the parties who merchandising
it. The arrest of Sturgis and Dunford
gave them clew, which they followed
CLOSELY. They learned that the money
was obtained from two, young men,
Charles Il. and Charles NJ. Chisholm,
and they watched them closely. Capt.
Thompson, of the city police force. as
sisted the deputy marshals, and they
decided TO raid the house.
The huusc was entered and in the
rooms occupied by the young men, they
found lot of spurious money. A large
amount of the money was hot as. IL II
had Just been maic. The officers found
broken moids, ladlc, pot and metal
used, in making money. The young
men were taken before Judge llaight
who. after hearing the evidence, asked
them to furnish bond in the amount of
si,OOO. The young men were unable to
furnish the bond aud they were locked
up in Jail. Both young men are very
well knpwn in the city, They married
sisters Their wives were in the house
al tho time of the arrest. Charles II.
Chisholm was, until a few weeks ago, Il
special bailiff. ,rs.. M. .-.... 81 sn'
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A.aonsra Iseap,d.

CEpABTowN, -, Aug o.T-Sevep pris-
oners escaped from jail here by saving
the grating Of the windows and knock.
ing the sheriff down with one at the
bars when he came to feed them. Two
OF the fugitives have been captured.
but the rest are still at large it-
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rorm,r proxsr, A. Mn workers,

PirrsBuRGh, Aug Among The men
now working In the Homestead plant
are four well known, and Mt ono tino
wealthy oil brokers, They are Linn
L. Dilworth, C. u. Leslie, John Me-
Laushlin and J. I. Agnewr The gen
tlemen are all highly educated and
move In. the best society in the city.
At one time Mclaughlin was considered
the "hiuhcst roller on the Oil City and
Pittsburgh exchanges. t.t.- .,-s Is
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Absent Senators.

FaANKFonr, KY, Aug. n--rhc revo.
cation of leaves OF absence had no eff.
feet on the absent senators, only two
senator's, Stewart and Anderson, sliows
ing up Monday morning In, response TO
the kilograms sent out Saturday by the
door-kecpcr. These did not SIT fficc to
make a quorum. as only nineteen n,se,
could be counted. As a result no busi-
ness could be transacted.
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Ma, asc, 600 t,rr,.. rackare.

BRIporroEr, Ct, Adg. 'o.-It was
learned Monday that the loss Of the
package containing 100000, by the
Adams Express, Co., several weeks ago,
occurredih the New York office OF the
company at 20 broadway. \ clerk was
putting packages in the safe 10 go on
the train bound for New Haven, and
while the packages were spread out on
the door some person picked up one of
them and escaped. The lost package
was consigned to the Home bank,
Meriden. The loss was not noticed I'M
I'll Messenger Orr opened the safe at
New Haven.
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nix nln,r n, hnltimnte.

BALTIMORE, Auge. Monday morning
fire was discovered in the large four
story furpitT9 fpetory n John Chatter
fon1 & Cox, No, Ten Frederick street
Tho flames had enveloped the, whole of
the chatterton buii,iing and eomnhfni-
Gated to Green d Co.'s fHopc Brass
works, at No. IL The roof of No. IL,
occupied 10y oppenheimer & Co. as a
solder factory and warehouse, also
caught fieisshmsn &pCo's. building
was also soon ablaze, and Schlegel's
Orchestra Hall was also atire. The fire
estimate places the loss at 5000, 900 with
an insurance of about s15, 900.
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ArsnS, Tex. Aug. o-Gov. IIogg has
been petitioned To mtercede in behalf
of II. Clay King the lawyer who killed
Col Poston in Memphis over a year
ago. King has relatives and many
friends in Texas, and it is through tS.S.r
influence that Coy. Hogg is called upon
to ask for Communication or respite. His
relatives hope by getting governors OF
different states to request lcniency,
that time viii be gained and thereby
give them m,rc chance Of success in
battling fm Kings life. nf ss..-..e...
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CLIPPINGS OF MiRTH.


ir Is sign you are growing old IL.
when You visit Your friends, you arc
taken oftencr 20 the cemeteries than to
parties. Globe.
PEOPLE who are all the time tallSing
about charity beginning at home arc
not the ones to do very much to help
her get good start. Rams Horn. & 4.
TlIE girls are dressing more like the
men every season, but we have not
noticed any of those suspendcrS the
dear things are wearing this summer
fastened witha ten-pennysnnil-fon-
kers Statesman.
Mr.. BrLLIoN-"Yes, my wife and
daughter are in Europe shopping"
Mr.. Scadds-"ln Paris?" Mr.. Bulliou
mo. told them ] wouldn't pay for
any but an English speaking noble
man. M Y. Herald. .4
Mrs BAGtEy dropping into hair
and throwing Off her bonnet We
had such lovely time n the CONVEX
saEione this Afternoon One'of the mem
beers has separated froin her husband"
Mr., Bagley-"And?" Mrs. ilFley-
'tAnd she was not present, u Ston
Pct. I.t.
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COL. STREATOR
Unanimousiy Elected = Private lam,

HoNEsrrAp, Pa. Aug O. -Lieut. Col.
James H. Steator was Monday night
unanimously reelected to shis position
In the Tenth regiment, his tenn having
expired Col. Strcator became famous
for his connection with the Private
lams case. Tho unanimous rec ion
is an Endorsement by all of lamsS sou.-
panions in arms OF the punishment
mete,i out n him. Iams syas IN Home.
stead Monday night-'nni, after the
election, three hearty cheers were heard
from the Provisional brigade across the
river. The discharged private inquired
the reason. and was greatly cha grined
when he learned the truth.
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The knights nj nnnXcr.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 0. IThc popula-
ton of this city was increased nearly
$4,000 Monday and still the rush con
tinues Probably one quarter Of this
number were Knights Templars The
scehcs about the Union depot, where
eastern and local trains arrived about
every fifteen minutes, We're, lively be-
yond description. In many Of the
trsinsinumbous'ef passengers had stooG
for hupdrsdss vi miles, They . wers
packed to the door, but the knights
and their ladies were cointor -alIc, Tor
they occupidd special ooachc,, ANA ID
many cases special trains
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A Hura'In hns

Nav YORK, Aug. Q, The British ship.
New City, Capt Bray, from ,Talcahu-
ano, March, via Taltal, arrived here
Monday morning, She reports that on
jas" 70 two immense .icesergs we're
sighted, one of them being about 900
feet high
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GurmRrE, O. T.. Aug. "a horrible
accident happened in County II, west of
here. A man, his wife and four chill
drcn We're en- route in wagon, when
their team ran away, and. dashine over
pl'ccipice. killed every one Of the six.
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TRAIN RonpHRs ronEp.
They Drew upat q 1unsri. Hut the Trsea
81 30 = rueu Received ~ n uin o. A. e.. -.

They Drew upwt . 1unsri. Hut the Tr'saa.
srirrf men ACKNOWLEDGMENT. a. ut 81. 3
VAN BuBEN. Ark, Aug. 9.---There was
considerable excitement here Mon
day over an attempted robbery OF the
Frisco passenger train at Winslow,
thirty miles north Of here, Monday
morning, by the Daltons. When the
train reached the tunnel the watchman
tagged them and reported that he had
seen twelve armed men hitch their
horses at The other end Of the tunnel,
and that they were going 10 rub the
train. .f.-.t -, q. q
The train backed TO Winslow and
telegraphcd here, ~ smith and Fays
ctteviIlc for help The police md citi-
zcns went from here, the state cadets
from Fayetteville and United States
troops and a mounted posse from TT.
Smith, and it is hoped that they will be
taken, as there is a big party after
them Only for the presence of mind
Of the Waterman there is no telling
how much damage would have been
done TO the passengers. t
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Rae Repo,ts Of NY. c,,.or

'SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. o.-Reports
OF the boh worm still continue To come
in. Near Salada farmer offers a hun
drcd acres of cotton for one dollar an
acre, Many plantations are completely
rhined, Similar news comes from vari-
GUS points. 49,,
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Prom,n,n, North caro.inian D,ad

KAIEIGn, y. q, Aug D~IIon. Jos. ],
Davis dicd'of paralysis ntShis hemc 40
'iioni~burg. lie served for many years
IN congress, and since 1856 has been
associate justice 81 North Carolina
supreme court His age YVES 20
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A HOT CAMPAIGN.
MAJ q. B. Murray, . Prominent Man.
Assaulted by TiIfmanitcs. 80
TASTY Flight Alone ssves ma own and sfis
Companions Lives-Thc Two Men Fol-
ioWrd shndr BHffsd v1th ptours-
Politics Asn, .s<vUttL (srot,yx

: CINCINNATI, Avg ga Special dis
patch to the Enquirer from Grcenvillc,
-. g, says: Excttement Is r1inSina,
high in Sonth Carolina politics. .fhe'
browning act of the sensational cam.
paign now. In progress VIVA committed.
Monday wfrn Maj f. D. Murray, one
of the most prominent men Ia me STATE,
was violently assaulted by the Till.
NANTES In his own county and made To
leave TO save his life.Teh * II
A county meeting was in progress Mt
Sugar Grove, and Maj. Murray, who is
a nQu1inee of the conservative faction
for delegate to the state nominating
convention, was Attending with a com.
panion named Gossett When they ar.
fivedea crowd of Tillpanites seized
Murray and began the most violent
defnonstrationss ne atsemtted to go
On theistand. but was hurled down and
dyagged back 10. his buggy, tho
crowd beating him with their
Az y and umbrc1lus. Being sus
srnesia he and Gossett jumped ia
the buggy started of, apd II was all
they could do to run the horse through
the crowd The Tillhianites followed
aud pcltcdl the two men with stones,
denting the buggy and striking Murray.
On arriving at Williamstown, where .
conservative meeting was in progress,
great Indignation was expressed and
Maj. Murray was called upon TO speak.
Il simply state facts" said, he. when I
say, that had Gossett and myself re.
manned there, neither one of us would
have been alive at this time. .r
He said the incident showed the
people what confronted them in tho
campaign His assailants could not be
blamed q when ,thes Chief Magistrate
tGov, Tillinan), who Is bound by tho
sanction Of an oath 70 enforce The law.
snmunccs that Nc woald under certain
circppAtnncss lead alynching party end
the Encouragement attends a public
meeting armed with a'Weapon Whose
only object Is the infection Of personal
violence. These people could not be.
blamed when Gov Tillman walked arm
IN arm WITH an avowcd lyhcher and
goes home with him, as he had done
with Cal Canghmau at Lexington. Mai.
Murray said that this sitting of free
speech was the result u cducation-
of violcnce, Of mob law aa-
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boil 1t all down, and the differ
ence between Grover Cleveland and
Benjamin Harrison is expressed in tho
assertion that II Mr.. Harrison had been
four years an ex-president he would
never have been renominated. st. Paul
Globe.
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There have been three democratic
tidal waves in recent political history,
in 1874, in 1882, and in 1890. The first
two were followed by the elections of
democratic presidents, and the last one
will be followed by the election of q
democratic president next autumn
Albany Argus.
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--Ex 'headsman clarlsson picking
cheerfully at cold crow Is a charming
illustration OF the beneficence OF dis.
Establishments. m Y World
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The democratic party is not strad.
ding ON the. tariff question-not this
year. Aud II will not any. other year.
st Louis Republic.