St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-28
A MIMIC WAR.


An Educated lsdia.'s Rseollsesie. se
Doyish Hport.
One of our most curious sports was .
war upon the nests Of wild bees. We
, imagined ourselves about to make an
attack upon the Chippswas or some
, other tribal foe. We all painted and
, stole cautiously upon the nest; then.
, with y rush and . war-whoop, sprang
upon the object of our attack and en-
deavored to destroy it. But it seemed
that the bees were already ON the alert,
and never entirely surprised; for they
always raised quite as many scalps IS
did their bold assailants! After the
onslaught upon the bees was ended. We
usually followed II by . pretended
scalp-dancc.
On the occasion of my first expert
ence in this mode of warfare, there
were two other little boys who also
wero novices. One of them. partic-
ularly, was too young to in
dulge in such IN exploit. As it
was the custom of the Indians.
when they killed or wounded an enemy
on the battlefield, to announce the act
in q loud voice. we did the same. My
friend Little Wound las will call him.
for I do not remember his name) being
quite small. was unable to reach the
nest until it had been well trampled
upon and broken. and the insects had
made counter charge with such vigor
as to repulse and scatter our numbers
in every direction. However. he evil
IDENTIFY did not want to retreat without
any honors; so he bravely jumped upon
the nest and yelled:
II. brave Little Wound. to-day kill
the only fierce enemy-"
Scarcely was the last word uttered
when he screamed as if stabbed to the
heart. One Of his older companions
shouted:
"Dive into the water! Run! Dive into
the water!' for there was lake near
by. This advice was obeyed.
When we had reassembled and were
indulging in our mimic dance, Little
Wound was not allowed to dance. He
was not to be in existencc-he had
been KILLED" by our enemies, the Bee
tribe. Poor little fellow! His tear
stained face was sad and ashamed, as
he sat on a fallen log and watched the
dance. Although he might we'll havs
styled himself one of the noble dead
who had died for their country, yet ho
was not unmindful that he had
screamed, and that this weakness
would be apt to recur to him many
times in the future.-Dr. Charles A.
Eastman, in st. Nicholas.
A Bad Practice.
Washing the hands in the water TO
which ammonia has been added is .
very common recommendation. This
would be we'll enough, perhaps, if the
ly given. but the direction is simply
for putting q little of this substance
into the water in which the hands are
washed. Somebody follows these di-
rections, and finds the hands rough
and disagreeable almost beyond endur-
ance. Some day the victim Of this
foolish practice makes up her mind
that maybe ammonia doesn't agree
with her, and forthwith discontinues
its use. The fact is that ammonia Is
absolutely unit for tho toilet unless
CACCto 0EC C0ACAul1y IVluOvCNA
some suitable agent 1t is strongly al
kaline and destroys the natural oil ON
and near the surface Of the skin, leav-
ing it rough. crackly and with de-
cided tendency to chap and wrinkle.
After the use of soap of any sort or
any alkaline preparation the hands
should be thoroughly washed in clean
water and rubbed with some soothing
compound. such rs Rlycerine and rose
water. a'bit of diluted honey, almond
oil or some like substance. This re-
stores the softness of the skin and pre-
vents chapping. Troy Times.
The Object Of His Marriage.
Mrs. Gadd-Im very glad to hear
you say that Mr.. Tillinghastdid mar
ry Miss Landin for her money. She's
such thoroughly nice girl that she