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St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
SAVED By INDIAN BOYS.
Defeat of the Sioux Tribe heu "
Brave Young Grows.

CAPTAIN II. J. King. Of 'hamnorIa'''
y !, one Of the best known Missouri
steamboat captains in the West hn''l'S
been running on the upper RIVER c"l'7'1 an
" for the past twcnty-ri@I't years; ne
CAPTAIN i, Il good story teller, amt WhiIe
speaking of the early Indian troubles Oh
the upper river told how the valor or
band Of Indian boys turned the tide OF
battle.
In August $50. the steamer Katie /.
kOuntz and other steamers were unable
to proceed IT, Fort Bcmtou their dcSu-
nation. Oh account U' tn" extreme 10"
water and were compelled +" di1Charg"
thrir cargocS at Cow Island. l2O miles
below Benton. The rnrgovs consisted
mostly Of government supplies for tn"
military posts in the upper country. \
company Of infantry was sent from Fort
Shaw to guard tn" supplies, aud while iF
camp some eight hundred Sioux came IN
and attacked til" guard camp, which had
been reinforced hv some Crow Indians
The Crows at once SulIicU out and en-
gagged the Sioux in combat, but were soon
defeated and driven back int" camp. The
Crows then sent It runner t. their village
fnr r,,rrntnrut. Ihr rr-i enforcement
arrived j., Irr time and they ar;,in nadr
an attack upon the Sioux, who once NOR"
defeated thrm. and tine Crows were com
PEELED to retreat to their white allies. VIII"
had fortified themselves brhilI the boxes
and barrels If supplies.
After the second defeat fine news was
soon received at the Crow VILLAGE, and the
sonows nr,mnt}v armed all Ioys between
the aro of ten and eighteen about tvp
hundred in all--ant sent them to the as
sj.13I,cr Of thcir fathers and relatives.
I'ron i,n,arina in view nf the besipred
came. lurhino along with whoop and veil
the Grow, rushed cat on their swift little
Monies and ATTEMPTED t, -top the bows ana
prevent tlrm from entering the battle.
hut thcy ,ni,rht ~ we'll have nttrmptcl to
stop cvclnnr. The bows scattered out
and cludcd their elders and Immediately
attarkel tine larcr body Of Sioux. See
inc thc;r youur men hotlv rnrarcd in
battle with the hated foe wa. too much
for fine old warriors, and. uttcring thcir
fierce battle cry. they went t. their as
sistauce. and the battle between the Sioux
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Tides in a Well.

There are some queer wells on Gray's
harbor, near Ocosta. The queerness is
in the fact that the water in the wells
rises and falls with the tide. In order
to strike water it is necessary to bore
about 125 feet The water is pure, fresh
and soft. 1t rises in the pipe at high
tide. about three feet above the level Of
the ground; at low tide it falls to about
two feet below the surface of the ground.
In the harbor the rise and fall Of the tide
is ten feet The most plausible cxpla-
nation is that advanced by Captain de
Courccy. He says the water probably
lies under Il stratum Of earth ST. that.
when the earth above is covered by the
tide, the tides enormous weight is com
municated to this stratum through the
softer strata above, thus pressing down
upon the water at high tide and forcing
it up in the pipes, and causing it to fall
when the tide recedcs. - Aberdeen Call
Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Save the Feathers.

Children who live in the country and
keep chickens can easily get plenty Of
pillows if they will only take the tronble
to save and dry perfectly all the nice soft
feathers wherever chicken is killed
Sofa pilows-and no prettier holiday or
birthday present could be given than q
pretty sofa pillow--arc So much the
fashion now that five or six are some
times piled on one small sofa; they are
also used in chairs for cushions and rests
for the back, and when made Of some
beautiful material are among the chief
decorative features Of many rooms.
The case should be made Of unbleached
muslin, and may be made Of any size,
only it must be square; it must not be
stuffed too full OF the pillow will be hard,
and if you do not wish to use silk for the
covering, a light cretonne with gay
flowers would be very pretty and suita-
ble.-j Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
The Target for Wits.

Wits have often made merry at the ex-
pense Of women financicrs, aud have
written up some real and many imaginary
stories of the way women make a mess
OF it in banking business. 1t has been
charged, for instance, that women are so
busy with drawing out funds that they
often fail to appreciate the necessity for
first putting i'll funds against which to
draw. There is {. venerable and oft
peatcd Joke Of this nature which repre-
SCENTS a woman SAYING to her husband:
"Why. my money is all gone, and my
check book is not half used up!'
about all the faults that can be found
with women depositors apply equally to
men," said an official in one Of the banks.
I'VE have to watch both men and women
to see that they do not overdraw their
accounts. We have both men and wom-
en- customers whom VIC can trust and do
trust to oyerdraw. We have fussy men
as well as tidgety women. We have
men as we'll as women whose &C
counts arc small. Possibly it may be
true that women's accounts are the lean
side of the business, but it must be re-
membered that when all these accounts
are added up they make p: cry handsome
showing and avciuse good round sum.
"As fcr mistakes and fuss, the men
who open bank accounts also make them.
The women are quick to learn the
methods. They are quite as apt to keep
good balances as men are. They are
quite as prudent as men, and the average
of downright dishonesty is to the adj
vantage OF the women's side. | mean
that they are quite as honest as the men,
fl not more SO. ''-[Chicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
CultiYating the Chestnut.

How mnch can DC accomplishing ny
Introducing 1"rG'gn strains OF GlVSlil'''s
no one can ten as yet out 'l'f' are
native varieties "hir5l a1ofo promises
Sufficiently certain ana na'terlhG; some
o. these found III vlll'sSIc' l. 'i'hsEl'
wanna Hho the m"'ni'a'!S "l Ir7Il'ia; are
nearly 3S nlS as morse ''c''n'' a. an" nave
|: most 'ehtlo"s ll"'of' Hl"ll7 from tne
trees bearing fh'm produce "''1'r"O's
results. 1t must DE understood 'Ila'
gratis DO NOT improve 'ar!t''eS, mercy
llalN'a'llllT 'iit'"' So '''|' l''t P1'l'el ID
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
A Remarkable Voyage.

Two sailing ships recently lay in the
McrScy that had left Liverpool, Eng
land, on the same day last year, and
after voyages Of nearly 1000 miles for
each returned to port at Liverpool al
most side by side. They left on October
) for Astoria, Oregon, and arrived there
on March and 2, having been i'll com
panv with each other for large portion
Of the voyage They were in sight for
forty days. Both captains had their
wives ON board, and during the forty days
Of proximity one of the captains and
his wife enjoyed Sunday dinner on the
other vessel, the compliment being re-
turned on the following Sunday by the
other captain. Both vessels left Astoria
on April 8; but this time one sailed for
Dunkirk and the other for lInvre. They
left these ports at nearly the same time,
and entered the Mersey within hailing
distance after voyage of 342 days.
detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
"GOOD-BYn


They part upon the crowded streat,
and part and part; with tireless feet
They stand and stand, their agile tongues
Propelled by potent, active lungs.
They kiss, they part; they backward HE
To kiss and part and say "Good-by!"
"Well, Good byl" "Good-byl" "Good-by
well, Good-by!"
The engine puffs, the whistle blows,
And to and fro the truckman goes
At "All aboard" the trav ers rush,
Except the two that ever gush
And kiss and part and kiss and cry
Above all 9th n roars, "Good by!'
''Well, Good-by!' Good by" Good by
swell, Good by"
With cultured pitch or common bawE,
At church or market, hut or ha |,
At feast or fune al, still are heard
The pair who speak one more last word,
And start and wait and amplify
Their parting with "Wel, eoodby,"
"WelI, good-bv!' "Good-by!' "Good-byr
''Well, good-by!'
And oh! when night comes dropping down
With gentle touch to hush the town,
There's yet no respite; for below
Perchance It's Bridget and her beau,
Or dainty Kate aud hers, who sigh
To part and wait and say "GoDd-by!"
"WeIl, good-by!' Good by"' "Good by"
''Well, Good-by,"
-[Elmra (N w. Gazette.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
A Veteran Steam Engine.

The London K Northwestern Railway
has an engine built in 1882. which the
other day completed IFS Elllionth nic. a
feat which the company claims is without
parallel in the annals Of railroad travel
ing. The engine has never sustained n
break down, and has maintained the III
tegritv Of its mechanism and speed at
comparatively Slight cApensesor altcra-
ton. 1t runs daily from Manchester to
London and back. end is named the
Charles Dickens. i Chicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
4 WONDERFUL WELL.
It Throws TwO.and.O ne- Half.Inch
Stream to Height of 40 Feet.

The artesian we'll on the valley stock
farm, says the South Dakota Huronite, con-
tinues to attract great crowds OF people.
And well it may for it is really the Won
der of the age. Following the tests made
of the pressure Saturday and Sunday, the
cap was removed and through nozzle II
two-and- one half-inch-stream Of water
shot up into the air Il distance Of 123 TO
40 feet. The direct course of the stream
was greatly interfcred with by the cross
beams and braces of the derrick With
a clear way and no wind a tw"-anda-half-
inch stream would be sent 100 feet into
the air. So great is the pressure that
pine boards six inches wide and one inch
thick, used Us stays and braces on the
derrick, fifty feet above the mouth ct
the we'll, were broken by the force Of
the water While this nozzle was on the
derrick, which is seventy five feet high,
was almost hidden from view by the spray
and lettings of the stream.
Later in the evening Mr.. Weston, man
ager of the well, who has charge of the
drilling, removed the 2t-inch nozzle and
placed upon the pipe a 4inch one. I'm
mediatelv stream four inches in diam
eter shot up nearly seventy feet, dclug
ing everything in its descent. This was
accompanied by deep roaring sound
and frequent sharp reports resembling the
discharge of rifle were heard This
stream, as we'll as the smaller one, struck
the walking beam and broke much of its
force.
The amount Of water that flows from
the we'll is tremendous, being estimated
at from 5000 to 10000 gallons per minute.
Even at the lowest figure enough pours
out of the we'll to furnish every man,
woman and child in the state Of South
Dakota with at least four gallons of water
every twenty-four hours. AS to the
pressure that has not been fully ascer-
tanned, but from tests already made it is
known to be considerably more than 200
pounds to the square inch. With fair
test it is likely to reach 22S pounds.
The pressure has steadily increased for
the last three days, and may exceed the
above figures.
The well is now $50 feet deep, and as
soon as machinery now ordered arrives,
trading at ChinCotcaguc are built with the
work of roaming the hole to eight inches
in diameter, making it an eight-inch
well from top to bottom, will be prosecut-
ed. The water is soft, clear and pleasant
to the taste. 1t is flooding the low places
in the vicinity, and, although great
bitches nave been dug 70 carry it into the
Jim river, acres of water may be seen in
every direction. Without doubt this is
the greatest artcsan well in the world.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Umbrellas in Samoa.

Apia, the capital Of the Samoan ISL
ands, is famous for its consumption of
beer and umbrellas. 1t is no unusual
thing to see nearly naked native walk
ing hatIess through the streets with a
silk umbrella spread over his head. The
use of the umbrella is toprotcct the care
fully oiled and dressed native head from
the effects Of the suns rays. Hair
dressing is the sole toilet operation with
the Samoans, and upon this they bestow
a vast amount Of time and ingenuity.
Ala American about to depart from Apia
asked what he should present to the wife
Of a chief who had entertained him. tie
was assured that nothing would please
the lady better than an umbrella. With
some misgivings as to the stock of UNI
brelIas likely to be carried by the mer-
chants of Apia he visited a shop, and
was astoni>hed to find large collection
of the best European umbrellas. He
learned that they sold well at good prices,
and that the natives were extremely eX-
acting as to the quality of that particular
article. As for the lady, she was de-
lighted with the American gift Chi
ago Time 5.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Wh;stIing for Seals.

The wcll-known love Of seals for musi =
cal sounds too often leads to their
destruction. When the Esquimaux hun
ter secs none Of his prey about he begins
whistlin~. and sooner or latter is sure to
attract All approciatiye seal within reach
of his harpoon. Lying at full length at
the odgc OF the ice, he continues whist
ling low. plaintivc, calling notes. and
presently a few Of the animals will draw
near to the spot, lifting themselves as
high as they can out Of the water, and
slowly shaking their heads to and iro, as
if keeping time to the music. By-and-
by one seal, more daring than its fellows,
will come very close to the hunter. who
then Jumps to his feet and Stays the crea-
ture, while its mates make off as quickly
as possible. The whistling is generally
more successful when performed by an
other EsqullnauN at " short distance
behind the hunter lying motj"nless Oh the
ice New York Dispatch.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

already perceived that it was the new
comers weapon which had brought down
Brif in the very act Of shooting his
friend.
1t was Jim, the Ogallala, who with a
friendly greeting to Prick, made clear
the meaning Of what had taken place.
Britt, he said, had become one of the
most fanatical of all the ghost-dancers,
and his sudden hatred Of the white peo-
pie was intense. When he joined Prick,
he undoubtedly meant TO kill him at
the first opportunity. Well aware of the
bravery and skill of the white man, and
cowardly at heart as he must have, been,
Britt had shrunk from acting until he
seemed to have Prick quite at his
mercy.
When Jim saw the two in company, he
read Brif' 5 purpose at a glance. His
retention of Tricks hand, and the search
ing look into his eyes, was meant to warn
him of his peril, and to learn if he sus-
pected it.
Britf's whispered words to the two
young warriors were really an urgent
counsel to them to fall upon the
scout and kill him then and there.
They would have done so but for the
course Of jim, who told them that if they
tried it he would join the white man in
defending himself. Brif had then de-
clared that he would manage it alone.
Jim knew his intention, and after riding
short distance with the two bucks, he
told them to keep on their course, and
that he would join them soon. Then he
rode back, determined to warn Frick OF
his danger.
He arrived in the nick of tine.
q fight you when we meet in battle
not like him. said Jim, as he wheeled
and rode off to rcjoin his companions.
Jim did fight after the manner of his
people at Wounded Knee, where he was
one Of the first to 60 down. Frick was
not present at that fierce conflict, but
when he learned of his fall, he said:
Some Indians may be devoid OF
gratitude and honor Briff was one of
that kind, but jim was not u Youths
Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

At the recent Congress of Hygiene
in London, DR.. Ogle read q paper in
which he seemed to demonstrate, by
reference to death rates, that mining
was about the healthiest and safest
occupation in which a man could en-
gage. How very misle; ding, the
argument from death rates may be is
shown incidentally by the Rev. Frome
Wilkinson in little volume just pub
lished, entitled Mutual Thrift The
managers of the Miners Relief Fund
in England have been in the habit of
estimating that for every death in
mining there will be ten non-fatal
accidents. This estimate, as they have
found to their cost,is altogether below
the mark. Experience shows that the
actual ratio is ten times higher-that
is, for every ten killed in one year,
there will be thousand cases of dis
allotment. Indeed, in the Monmouth
and South Wales district the proper
ton Of non-fatal accidents has risen to
the terrible figure Of $50 per thousand
employed, and taking the trade as a
whole, Mr.. Wilkinson estimates that
101, 200 of the $4,000 persons EN-.
ployed as coal-getting miners are dis
abled for longer or shorter periods dur
ing the twelvemonh-say an average
of one in five. OF all this the mortality
tables tell nothing.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Man and the Locomotive.

A locomotive is noisy when she is hot;
so is Il man.
When a locomotive gets too full she
lays down; men do.
A locomotives draft is governed by %
petticoat the drafts of men are often
affected by the same influence.
On a damp, dark night a locomotive is
slippery and treacherous; man too.
A locomotive, when run by night,
should always have pilot; a man should
have two.
A locomotive that is always out nights
soon becomes faded; we have seen faded
men.
A dead locomotive has no pull; dead
men same.
Locomotives spark nights; so men do.
= Western Railway.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

The United Service Gazette of Lon
don, England, has created a profound
sensation by making violent assault
upon the postal service of that coun-
esq. The Gazette complained some
stahe ace that its mail had been tam
pered with, and fJllows up the attack
later by asserting that it rs recel"ea
letters by the hundred from all parts
of England declaring that the post
Office is riddled with peculation and
petty theft. 1t is said that public sem
timent indorses the truth of the
charge.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

The latest craze in Paris is for steam
carriages. Daily Comte Greenfulhe,
who was the first to have one built
for his country seat, is seen expert
menting about the streets with the
Prince de Sagan and the Prince de
Polk. The vehicle is in the shape of a
phaeton and is worked by an instanta-
neous steam generator, and there is no
smoke or steam. A speed can be OBJ
tanned of from rs to 80 kilometres, or
a maximum of Is miles an hour.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
Herb Said to Cure Insanity.

A Mexican PAPER states that mere
grows in Iucatan an herb, welt known 10
Old women and Indian doctors, when Is
an infalIiblc cure for many OF the most
common forms Of insanity. his hero II
unknown to the scientific ncnot "cafali'
but many of them beIiey" firmly IN IT'S
evistencc. AMI many Of them have know
ledge of cures made by its use No"
here is an opportunity for some enter
nr;s;ng person to prove himself bene-
factor Of mankind and at the same t'lne
line his pockets with gold. There IS"
fortune awaiting the person who may
find and utilize thatherb. -. Nc" Orleans
Picayune.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
The Silk Province Of Japan.

Shinshiu, or Shinano. il the centre OF
the main island,i is par excellence the silk
province of Japan. il contains about
two thousand square miles. Everybody
seems TO be engaged III scIne way in seri-
culture. The houses appear +" be ell
tjrcly given up for the time being 70 the
silkworn1s, and the inmates 10 be solely
devoted TO their rearing, feeding. and
cleaning. Unlike the traffic on roads in
general, all die burdens bono by man
and beast indicate Il connection with silk,
New York Commercial! Advertiser.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
GrewsOme Groceries.

An invoice received by the caterer of
an English regiment stationed IN India
contained this bewildering item: lone
case of Tomcats."
No one had asked the caterer to order
any dainties of that kind, and the mys-
terry remained unsolved until tie pack
age arrived.
Then it appeared that the grocer's as
sistant had fancy for Authorization, and
that "tomcats was only his way of
writing the name of that useful condi-
menf, tomato catchop.-- Philadelphia
Record.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
A COcOanut Festival.

IIindoos of all classes celebrated the
Cocoanut Festival in the late summer,
when thousands of cocoanuts, with flowers
and sugar candv, were thrown into the sea
at Chowpattv, the Kennedy Sea Face, and
at Modykhana, to bespeak the favor of
the sea-god towards those who during the
ensuing year, intended to embark upon
commercial enterprises and trust them
selves and their goods to his mercy. The
festival is known among the natives as
the Sharavani or Marcel Purnima festival,
which is considered to mark the beginning
of the end Of the monsoon. The date OF
the festival varies, but it generally occurs
towards the end of the month of August.
Early in the morning of the day the
IIindoos and their families, young
and old, dress themselves in their best
clothes and pass the day in the inter
changing OF social amenities. In the
afternoon, the children and adults deck
themselves with ornaments, and in the
company of the elder members of the
families, with cocoanuts and flowers i'll
their hands, take their way towards tho
sea at Back Bay or Moody Bay. The
densest crowds Of the native population
are seen swarming all over the Esplanade,
converging from different parts of the
CITY. to witness the fair held in honor of
the day. This fair is curious enough
sight in its way, many of its attractions
being common at an ordinary native fair.
The shops and booths erected in long
lines along the verge of the Cruickshank
road for the sale Of trinkcts and sweet
meats, English and native. attract large
amount Of profitable business. Rings of
people are formed here and there to wit
ness the feats of wrcstlcrs aid fcncers,
or the antics Of cunning waghcrics. or to
listen to the tales of the proves Of Rama
or the amours Of krshna, which are re-
cited by wandering MINISTRIES with accom-
paniment of their uncouth Instruments.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

The New York Post finds that Par
nell managed 10 crowd into five years
the most extraordinary changes in
English policy and opinion in British
Parliamentary annals. That is to say,
lie raised the Irish question from a
condition of absolute contempt and
made it the chief question of British
politics; converted the great Liberal
party from stale of eoH?ofplete igz
norance> and indifference about it to a
belief}n its transcendent Importance,
coMinced the great bulk of that party
'fhN change in the framework of the
British Government greater than his
taken place since 1858 was a proper
concession to Irish feeling and opin-
ION: aud induced the Minister to bring
III bill for the purpose and to stand
or fall by it. Moreover Parnell did
this with despised and discredited
following of eighty-five members. It
is also true that there was no bit of
legislation with regard to Ireland dur
ing his Parliamentary career to which
he did not contribute valuable sugges-
tons and criticism. One of his bills,
which was regarded with scorn by the
present Ministry when he introduced
it, was adopted and passed the follow
ing year by the Tories, who had to
eat their own denunciations of it in
the most disgraceful and humiliating
way. 1t would have been folly for
him, private member, to have spent
much time in drafting bills in an as
sembly in which the majority was
tiercely hostile to him, and in which
the right of initiating legislation is
reserved to the Ministry. But no APP
parently forlorn and hopeless cause
was ever more effectively served than
the Irish cause in Parliament by him.
His faults Of all sorts were serious,
and his fall at the end was tremendous.
but he was none the less man Of ex-
traordinary capacity and great achieve
ment.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
St. Landry Democrat
by l. A. sANDoz,-
Cpelousas, Louisiana.

The largest horse ranch in the world
is said to be that at Greeley, COL,
which A. T. Wolf manages for the
Studebakers and several Eastern CAPT.
talists. Over $500 acres Of alfalfa
grass range 1890 Percherons and
ClydesdaIes.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02

emperor Williams rashness and
hot temper, are causing" AYERS the
New Orleans New Delta, "a feeling Of
distrust among the older heads in Ger
many. They fear that his imprudent
utterances may some day bring on a
bloody war, or at the least some very
unpleasant complications. The young
man should put bride on his tongue"