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heed Is made Of steel or stone. It Is
shaped like a heart or dart and has a
stem about an inch long. The sides of
she stem are nicked or fled out like the
seeth Of a saw. Nearly all the wild
Indians now use steel arrowheads, they
being 4 great article of trade among
the savages- Eastern firms manufac-
ture thousands of them aud sell them
&c the traders, who sell them to the In
for furs-
when the shaft is ready for the
head the warrior saws q slit with a
niciKed knife in the end opposite the
notch and inserts the stem of the ar
rowhead. The slit must be exactly in
the center of the shaft and as deep as
the stem is long. When properly nd
iusted the teeth Of the stem show them
selves on each side of the slit. Buffalo.
neer or elk sinew is then softened in
water and the wood is wrapped firmly
to the arrowhead, taking care to ct the
KNEW in the teeth of tho stem, which
viii prevent the head from pulling out.
The next process is TO put on the
feathers. To do this properly great
Bare must DO taken. Turkey or eagle
quills are soaked in warm water TO
make thcrn split easily and uniformly.
The feathers are then stripped from a
quill and put on the shaft Of the arrow.
Three feathers are placed on each shaft
and they are laid equidistant along the
shaft. The big end of the feather is
fastened near the notch Of the shaft
and laid six or eight inches straight
along the wood The feathers are
glued TO the shaft, and wrapped ut each
end with fine sinew. The arrow Is now
painted. marked, dried and ready for
NSe.
when the arrow Is fred into tho
body it cannot be got out II you pull
at the shaft the barbs catch and tie
shaft pulls out, leaving the arrowhead
In the wound. Some war arrows have
but one barb, and when this arrow is
fred into the body. if the shaft be
pulled, the barb catches In the flesh and
the steel turns crosswise in the wound,
rendering it impossible TO extricate it.
Fortunately but few Indian tribes now
use the poisoned arrow. Each tribe
had its own way of poisoning. Some
did it by pounding Up ants with a NOR
tar, mixing them with the spleen Of an
Aniussl ana then letting it decay. after
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FOR RECRUIT OR VETERAN.

GES. WrNFMLD HANCOCK was knowr
rs Hancock the Superb" Dsme given
him by Gen Meade after the msgnfff
cent manner in which he repulsed Long
street. at Gettysburg.
THE long-dis.ance marching competi
tons by volunteer soldiers Ia England
are discountsnanced by the commander
In chief IN recent order. He thinks
they result in no practical good. and
may cause individual harm through nm
due stress OF effort
A CORRESPONDENT Of the voliSs Zef
tunC states that whenever the family OF
the car review their troops s1 Clarke
Selo the Hebrew troops are confined 10
their barracks, under the p<esext that
1T might hurt the tender feelings OF
the czarina TO see the enemies ci
Christ
THERE has been great yearly diminu-
tion during the last ten years IN the
number OF soldiers fn military or civil
prisons in England and Wales In lisa
there were LIZ soldiers in English
prisons. in 1891 there were ass, and on
the S1st OF last December there were
but Al.
a NEW Japanese protected cruiser,
The Yoshino, built 20 be the fastest
cruiser atioat, was launched from the
Elswielr Shipyard of Armstrong. Mitch
ell j. Co. few days since. She is 500
feet lcoS. OF 46i< feet breadth and i. $50
tons dfsplacenent> She Is expected to
develop speed, under forced draught,
of twenty-five knots
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Children In Literature.

The wise mentors IN conventional lit
eratuIe virtually tell you that child lit
eraturs wants no real children in it,
that the real chihfs example of defect
i've grammar and lack of elegant de-
pertinent would furnish to its little
patrici8n patrons Suggestions very hurt
full indeed to their higher morals, ten
denotes and ambi&5ons. Then although
the general pablic couldn't for the life
of it see why or how and might even be
reminded that it was just such a rowdy-
ing child itself and that its father-the
father of bis country-was just such n
child, that Abraham Lincoln was Just
such lovable, lewless chld-all this
argument would avail not IN the least,
since the elegant mind purveyors of child
literature cannot possibly tolerate the
presence of any but the refined chill
dren-the very proper chiloren-the
studiously thoughtful, poetic children
and these must be kept safe from the
communicating tOuch of our rough-and-
tumble little follows In '-hOdden gray"
with frowsy heads, begrined but laugh
ing faces and with such awful, awful
vulgarities of naturalness and crimes of
simplicity, and brazen faith and trust,
and love of life and everybody In It.
All other real people are getting into
literature and without some real chill
dren along viii they not soon be get
ting lonesome, too?-James Whitcomb
Riley, in Forum
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stone or file can make bow In three
DAYS if he works hard, but it most gen
orally takes week and sometimes q
month TO finish fancy bow. When
done, il is worth three dollars IN trade
See, the bows differ in length and
strength, being Rauged for the arms Of
those who are to use them
"a white man would, until he learned
the sleight of 1t, find himself unable to
bend even the weakest war bow. The
force of such an arrow nay be imagined
when it Is remembered that while a
Colts revolver wall not send a ball
through a buffalo. an arrow viii go
through buffalo and come ont On the
other side. A mans skull has been
found transhxed to tree by an arrow,
which had gone completely through the
bones and imbedded itself so deep In
the wood as to sustain the weight of the
head. He had been tied up to the tree
and shot
81 once saw" said Pedro, "a Plains
Indian ride alongside of a large buffalo
COW, going a such speed that it re-
quired feet pony to overtake and keep
up with her. Leaning forward the In
dian drew his arrow TO the head and
sent it clean through the body of the
buffalo, so that it fell to the ground on
the other side.
Bows are made Of ell kinds of wood,
the best are made Of Usage orange, hcl-
DRY. oak, ash, elm, cedar, willow, plum,
cherry, bullberry, and from the horns
of elk and mountain sheep No Indian
who cannot handle the strong bow Is
deemed fit for war. There are three
bows, the baby bow used by children,
the long bow and, last of all, the strong
bow.
1.-THE Sioux and Crows make the best
bows. The Sioux bow is generally four
feet long. When unstrung it is per
fcctly straight. Some bows are COW
cred and strengthened and made more
vitality elastic on the back by being
strung with sinews- In such instances
the back of the bow Is hattened, then
rouShened with a file or stone, the
sinew being afterward glued on The
sinew is then Tapped at the middle or
grasp of the bow and at the ends The
string is attached while green, twisted
and left to dry on the bow. The whole
outside of the wood and sioew Is now
covered with thick solution of glue
and the bow is done. These boV7s are
beautifully painted, beaded. velveted
and leathePed-" MILLER HAGKMAN.
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the least desired Some OF them--a
good mauy-sre turned back al the no
tel. Manager Strry Is getting 70 be q
keen politician and can tel an Ark1n-
sas democrat from q Boston drummer
half a mile of. When however, visit
ors whose assistance Is not required IN
dispos;ng Of Offices do make their way
to the c1istRrd pie house they find Mr..
Cleveland reasonably ps&ient under the
kEAictzon-
Lakewood itself f. an interesting
place. which YVES rapidly coming into
favor with New Yokcrs Ike eR-MayOr
Hewitt and Park Commissioners Straus
before Mr.. Cleveland took it UP. twas
CD iron manufacturing village. where
a man named Brick had works. He
had twenty-five Thousand ceres of Jer-
sey pine barreas and died poor, Ks
might have been expected Hts family
had the urspsaksble folly TO suppose
that winter resort named 'rBriclBburg"
could be success They had the idea.
and In 1880 some New Yari. men boughB
out the propertyand supplied the name.
and things began TO look mp. The Jer-
sey Central built the finest small station
IN the statey the land company spent n
host of dollars In cutting roads through
the woods The Lake is a~narrow strip
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which they tipped their barbs with it
arrows are first smoothed by being
rubbed between two grooved stones
held firmly together IN one hand las
Pedro spoke he slid an arrow between
two grooved stones) till the bark flies
off. Disputes sometimes used to arise
as to who some particular carcass be-
lonced to after the slaughter of q herd
of buffalo. If the arrow still remained
in the body the question was easily de-
cided by drawing it out and examining
the make of it. The Pawnees took
good care Of their arrows and never
made them detachable at the barb. Some
wing their arrows with two feathers,
as the Comanches; some with three,
like the Navajos and Utes, and some
with four, like the Tonlo-Apaches"
Here Pedro stopped and beckoned to
his beautiful little wife She handed
him cigarette, and having Lit it he
continued his story:
Now, to make a good bow: Well,
very tepee has it's bow-wood hung up
with the arrows in the smoke of the
fire well out of reach of the fines. A
warrior with sharp knife and a sand
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with scrub oaks, to which the rustling
leaves cling throughout the winter.
Beyond the house, the road, no longer
street, plrnges into a narrow way be-
tween taller pines and Is lost to view.
Thousands of acres lie toward Southland
and Squanhurn and BENEFITS Mills
Yet the house Is not quite without
connection with the outside world. Day
or night, the favorite walk of Lake
wood nowadays Is just to the edge of
the little clearing. And, IN case Of need
freshly peeled pine telegraph and
phone pole which stands in the yard a
conspicuous object against the dark
pines IN the background has compan-
iorable look.
Lakewood itseH hasn't recently seen
50 dull Jauuary-that is. the town
with it's three other big hotels hasn't
All the politicians hang around the
Lakewood hotel and the village drug
store man, who has imported tpo big
pine buds from Delaware 20 give his
shop the true Lakewood favor, be-
means the fact. This month win be
very different The cottage life OF the
place viii soon be at its height The
FreeInans have magnificent house set
deep IN q block Of land whereon the
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with q small scalbop. In the front rose
simply beautiful bollyhock in velvet
of genuine raspberry shade. The
stem was lily green looking well with
the dull gold and the biosso NJ At the
back there were q few knots Of velvet
ribbon to match the hollyhook.
Mignonctte Is very popular for trim
ming old hats that need fresheuing.
One sees considerable wheat too, al
though these are not the days for It
One evening bonnet Is trimmed all with
fne wheat and lavender velvet, with q
touch here and there Of bright gold
Have you seen the new silks? They
are very fresh and fair, with their small
flower lunches printed on pale grounds
The rainbow silks are quite dazzling.
Not only are they shot with two colors
on the s1rface-say sege and old rose
and hecl1ed with another, bot b&neath
you see all the shades Of the rainbow
subtly shaded one into the other, so
gradually that you can discern no divid-
ing line Then there sre more bright
plaids, for the plaid IN silk seems to have
come 10 stay. 1t has q wonderful way
OF relieving quiet costume, and IS be-
coming to nearly everyone
Two new spring costumes are about
completed They are intended for very
early spring, and therefore have de-
parted very little from the winter gown.
The 6rst Is dull blue rather pale, close
ly striped with black velvet 1t Is OF
empire cut and the skirt hAs gath
cred border Of brown velvet at the edge
OF rich leopard shade. A Figaro
Jacket Of brown velvet, closely fitting,
crosses In front. and is edged with an
open rassementerie of brown and blue
from which falls a pretty chenille and
pail fringe This passementerie and
IT1nGa sls4a AnrS>0< =. TIA hnssaxza al thu
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nor war and hunting.
Tell me the story of an arrow" I
queried. Tell me, Pedro, the whole
process of making fine bow and ar
row"
PEDRO. who can talk broken English,
then began this interesting story.
1.-THE first western Indians to use ar
rows were the Cheyennes. The Indians
cut their arrows in the fall, in the ar
row season, when the wood is hardened
to Withstand the blasts Of winter. The
shoots must not have any branches or
knots on them They are not quite as
thick as ene's little finger, and they are
sorted and tied in bundles of twenty and
twenty-five These bundles are two
or two and one-half feet in length
and wrapped tightly from end to end
with strips Of r1whide or elk skin. The
sticks are then hang up over fire, in the
tepee, TO be smoked and dried, and the
wrapping keeps them from waTping or
bending. When they are seasoned,
which takes several weeks, the bundles
are taken down, the covering removed
md the bark scraped of. The wood is
very tough then and of a yellowish
eolor The next thing is to cut the
arrow shafts exactly one length. and IN
this great care must be used, for arrows
of different lengths fly differently,
and, unless they are alike, the hunters
aim is destroyed Another reason for
measuring the length of arrows
is to identify them. No two
warriors shoot arrows of ex
actly the same length. Each warrior
carries measuring or pattern stick,
and it is only necessary to compare an ar
row with the stick to find out to whom
It belongs. But should the arrows by
chance be one length. then there are
other marks of identifying them. Every
hunter has his own private marks in
the head, the shaft or the feather. The
shafts being made even, the next thing
is to form tlle notch for the bow-string.
This q done with q sharp knife, and
when done properly the bottom of the
notch VIII be exac1ly In the center OF
the shaft. The arrow is then scraped
and tapered toward the notch to pre-
vent the string from splitting the shaft
and 10 make firm hold for tho thumb
and H,refnger IN drawing the bow.
"An the aprogvs are Peelea, scraped
ara notc1led, and then the warrior
creases them. To do this he takes an
arrowhead and scores the shaft In zig
gag lines from end to end. These
creases, or futed gutters, In the shaft
are 10 Let the blood run out when an
sauin1I Is stznolz. The blood flows along
tho little CUTTERS in the wood and runs
SIT tho end Of tho arrow. The arrow
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velvet puff Of the sleeve, falling over the
blue cuff. The back has Vatican Of
the same striped material as the gown,
coming from beneath the Figaro, and
forming rather more of a train than one
sees these days
But the train is at least more endura-
bic than the dreaded hoop skirt. Let
US be devoutly thankful that the prin-
cess of Wales has declared against 1t.
If London society does not take it up
there is some hope for the poor Ameri-
can women that can do nothing but fol-
low London's or Paris leading. Be-
sides being grateful to the princess of
Wales, should not the women of the
laud also extend vote of thanks to the
honorable gentlemen who have so
kindly endeavored to relieve their dis
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deep IN a /

pines are still allowed TO remain For flSe
most part the village IS devoid OF them
The Blaine family IS represented In :he
place by Emmons Blsine's wife and her
parents. the NcCCrTnicks, Of Chicago,
and Nathan Straus. Of New York.
w no sold coal to the poor at cost At his
yard. IS one OF the big land owne-s-
The family life Of the CIeveiands Is
very quiet sensible and Democratic
Their are not iionizsd. nor DO TIE Lake
wood people bother them IN any way.
Mr.. Cleveland comes down from New
York on the Lakewood special getting
IN Just at dusk The oilers Al the
station are 10 more numerous than 81
any country village. Sometimes the
pretty pair OF hays Is waiting for hizn,
sometimes lie walks up thu three
quarters OF q ELe q slSsh with =
sturdy stride. A MODEST re1suue OF
servants sleep mainly n snail build
ing back Of tho house
Eve-ybo3y Is interested n Baby
Ruth She K no- . rear and half
old. sturdy. r1d6y checked and weil d.
vssloped Lakewood people. have sesz
Der - often that there : 70 parIGss4sr
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That Ris Teller,

middle-aged man whose business
keeps him away from home on all days
except Sunday had occasion to chastise
hls eldest son one Sabbath. about three
weeks ago SO soon as the single
seanee was over the child ran crying
into the house
wv ny. Johnnie, what IS the natter"
asked the mother in alarm.
That big feller's been licking me, g"
whimpered the boy.
Nv hat fellow do vou mean. Johnnie9'
why, that Teller what STAYS here
every Sunday" replied the u-chiu. with
a gulp-Texas SiftinxS
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FUNNY FANClES.

WATsey--Harvey Is full Of good
traits What do you like best aboua
him. Well-er-oh, his money
Is good enough for me"
II is now that the street front limits
Of property may be told nearly 20 the
width of hair. jus, observe how the
snow Is shoveled- oil City Derrick
WHEEE SHE HBsIrkTEA --Sufrragist-
Il tell you. woman has got to the point
where she succeeds at everything she
undertakcx- Sufferer Ma, shs
doesn't: she Il rank failure as an old
est inhahGtant Truth.
ALFRED trap.urouslyt-~Now. dar-
hing. please name the happy day"
Minnie (hhz,Shingly)-"Three weeks
from next Thursday. Alfred" Norah
(throagh the kcyholel-"If you please.
miss, that's my regular day out You'll
have to git married in the early part OF
the week. It'd Bits.
FEsISrSK ECoEoasY.-MrS Bargain
"Henry. saved a clesn twenty-five dob
lars to-day. l bought a winter coat for
twenty-five dollars which had been re-
dnced from fifty" Bargain-~But my
dear. the season is over torwfnter coats,
and the moths win eat it UP before next
winter" Mrs Bargain--Ah. | was too
sharp for thatl added five "a the TWEEN
ty~ffve saved. and bought cedar
chest to keep il inP'-Puck-
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GROVER AT LAKEWOOD.
His Quiet Family Life in the Jer-
sey Pine Woods.
Baby Ruth's Sled, the Russ.e, Cutter. the
Visiting Statesmen, Something Abous
tho Cottage and Town and-Lang-
don Doesn's Know but Suspects.
TCoPYEIGET, 1891

The little white house at Lakewood
Is about the most lonesome place OF hui
man residence IN the state.
The New York reporters have
spoken of it vaguely as approached
from the station by plank walk
This is generous figure of speech.
Lakewood is designed for carriage
people" almost exclusively, and the
plank walk is confined to the business
section of the town Elsewhere it is
sporadic. The station is away ON one
side of everything and the visiting
statesman at first wonders where the
town is
go right down that road past the
big hotel" says the native who has
watched the stranger look about He
didn't want TO ask for what I was look
ing.
The Cleveland house lies northeast
from the station and fully three-quar-
ters of mile away. The village lies
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tress by introducing bills in the legisla-
ture against the dreadful tAing2 It
was most thoughtful of them, and we
feel sure their act was prompted by no
selfish motive
But / have almost forgotten my
second spring dress. It Is extremely
simple, as the early gowns of the season
should be- The material Is diagonal,
the shade soft chocolate brown. The
skirt, of round cut, has no trimming
save three very scant rufhes of the
same material The waist is quite
plain, closing invisibly at the side, and
with the slight fullness drawn in at the
belt in front beneath a pointed velvet
belt, shade Of gown At the neck is
very small triple velvet coLlarette, the
longest OF the three just reaching the
shoulders. The only touches Of color
about the gown are the gold brooch
that clasps the velvet collar, the yellow
gloves and the bright yellow plumes in
the brown hat.
An evening bodice that is yet quiet
enough to wear In Lent is thing to be
desired. Here are two-choose which
you will: First, a gauze or soft light
material fulled ON the shoulders both
back and front, with the fulfness all
gathered into the center of the bodice
and caught In a big gold or fancy
buckle; beneath, tight-Atting, pointed
belt, very light, of velvet or other
material; sleeves with two great double
puffs above the plain cuff; bows on the
shoulders. The other Is quite differ
ent, has full gathered gauze front
stretched across from arm TO arm, the
fullness being round and falling loosely
in the middle; over 10 a short black
velvet Jacket, lying back IN large
revers over the arms, and lower down
standing far apart, TO show the gauzy
fullness, held down by great buttons.
Below full gauze belt is caught with
rosette at the side, from which 1an
ribbon streamers- The sleeves are
black velvet. Eva A. SCHUBEET.
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of water only two miles long and never
more than a quarter vida 1t Is com
pIetely surrounded by the property ot
the company, aud except az the dam al
It's lower end there In no house upon il.
There ia, however, q '-ktsSAng bridge.
an echo and other modem improve
menta The lake. again, has rather a
funny rame-"CaxaAal jo"-uarnsd from
Mr.. Bricks daughters. CsToiiDs, Sally
and Josephine
That man must have been a genius IN
nomenclature.
The special claim that Lskewood
makes upon the ATTENTION Of Mr.. 0eve-
land and others is its mild winter cir
,nase.
This year the mercury went down 70
eleven degrees below Dero." said Capt
Bradshay, the veteran Of the pasce. "a
ne as v1e were discnsdng tAAas point
Wasn't ID colby / aE<ed
.-oh, dear. no." repzsed the eaPtItn-
enthusiastically. "Yoa SEQ the air hero
is so dry and bracinC THAT
Thatas 3ust the way real ESTATE nm
talk N Jerusalern and everTyrhsrc ehsa
However, the captain Ia right.
Lakewood. with It's vfrgfn forest drives,
Is beautiful place, and wtsrn the
Clevclands leave for Washington they
win probably foel some regrva
Is the white house 10 bs ehs sceue OF
that Is % sag, viii Baby Rzsh have
or. rather, Is it Ca0agbs that there Ia
likely 70 be-
don't k0ow. But that's what they
say here owKx Lsseooz-
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Prison Fisitor-You seem an honest
fellow. and feel an interest in you.
Could anything be done TO make you
more comfortable?
You bet!''
"What?''
Let me outr'-Texas Siftinrs
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The Hostess textending her haad)-
Pm 50 glad you've come
Mr.. Simply (tickled)-Tnn glad to be
here.
The Hostess-We've been needing a
dancing man to Ill up the sets.-Chica-
60 News Record
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In a NutSheIl.

She-What is the difference between
the old game of football and the new
way?
He-Formerly they kicked the ball,
now they kick each 0ther.-Truth.
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EnnaI 20 the ocoa..inn.

Cariisle-Mamrna, here comes the
train boy; now won't you buy NE some
mixed candy?
Mamma-You said that if would
take you on the cars you wouldn't ask
tor any mixed candy.
Ca-hsle-Then get me some that
isn't mixed--HaTper's Young People
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COPYRIGHT, 1881

4 the Navajo
reserv alto n l
found Pedro, the
husband Of the
beautiful Anser-
inc, in a little
hogan, with his
beautiful young
wife seated by
his side. He is
an iron and sill
versmith an d
barbs arrow s