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The National tribune., 1895-08-01

I" / was stopping with the Governor and
had quarters on the ground floor, which is
the storeroom and granery of the tribe
Here his daughter, See-cho-mah, would
come and weave baskets of willow root and
maguey, while her mother was IN the valley
with the women of the herd and old Hual-
pee smoked my tobacco in the estufa
When See-cho-mah found me watching her
at her work, she would stop weaving and
turn her great, dark eyes across the valley
to the snow-capped peaks of the San Fran
cisco range, which rose like clouds and rest
ed in the blue. Then her gaze was very
wstful but when she saw | had followed
her glance toward the mountains she would
quickly drop her eyes and resume her work.
dozen times a day | wanted to make
love to her, but knew little of the Mosquis'
language and spoke that badly.
g ! could only sit fascinated, watching her
at work, until | would be seized with de-
sire to touch her, but never knew how to
begin ] knew none of their love words, so
could only try to look my longing-women
are so shy until art teaches them to hide
their feelings. With II bolder woman of my
own skin / could have solved the situation
in short order. / had watched See-cho-mah
stopped her weaving and began grinding
corn on her metate. Suddenly she ceased
grinding, took quick breath, and with
lowered eyes caught up handful of flour
and dashed it in nv face. / did not then
know what that meant, but the act seemed
playful-almost affectionate-s0 / caught
and kissed her.
THAT night they held bale at the
estulI. Such dance You never saw. The
women and the tribe were admitted the
men came masked, clad In skins. Some
wore hideous goggles cut from gourds, others
masqueraaed as antelopes, elks, and bears,
walking on all-fours and initiating their
gaits. The musicians sat IN the angles OF
the room, dimly lighted by the sacred sage
fire, and beat tom-tOms, sawed gourd fid-
dies and played on flutes whose ends, i'm
mersed iii water held in alias, bubbled
strange sounds in imitation of beasts and
birds.
ain the haii-lighted room this wild me-
nagere paraded for some minutes to the
weird music Then the fiesta fires were
lighted, bark wicks inserted into earthen jars
filled with fat illuminated and filled with
shadows the oppressive room, and the dance
began.
''Women and children chanted to the mo-
notonous beat of the tom-toms and the
movement of dancing feet. Placed before
the musicians in the angles of the room
were jars filled with fiery tiswin, fermented
from corn. Squaws with bags OF goat-skins
The National tribune., 1895-08-01
June. July and August

The most charming Summer Resorts. in
which there are over three hundred choice
locations. are 10 be found in Wisconsin. Iowa.
Minnesota, South Dakota, and the Peninsula
of Mich gan, along the lines of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y. Nearly all are
located on or near lakes which have not been
fished out.
These resorts are easily reached by railway
and range in variety from the full dress for
dinner" to the fannel-shirt costume for every
meal.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01
Pins Once a Luxury.

When pins were first invented they were
considered so great q luxury as not to be ft
for common use, and the maker was not
allowed to sell them in an open shop except
on two days of the year, at the beg.uuIDg of
January.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

We were lounging on the rigging, watch
ing the sparks float upward from the ex-
plOdiDg grease-wOUd and the camp talk
turned on snakes. Snakes are a safe sub
ject in a land where mans affairs are either
apparent or else entirely his own, and where
your business, if not evident, ia best kept TO
yourself There are not many sub bects.
Papers don't reach you, and politics don't in
,erest, because you don't know the men,
and they were elected so long ago; the
tariff don't affect you because you have to
make everything for yourself, and transpor-
tation is enormous; women are not discussed,
because you see none and the ones you once
knew have either been forgotten or else are
unknown to the men you meet. Religion IS
not in evidence because there are few
churches and you have no chance to practice
it. The weather is not discussed; it is too
permanent to permit differences of opinion.
Even the future affords no topic, for it is
too uncertain, and is sure to be unlike the
pas. Of the past there has been plenty,
and it includes both Indians and snakes, so
they are safe subjects, and keep men from
growing bgotted, hearing always of things
in adventures utterly unlike your own, In
this monotonous land Of permanent tur-
guoise skies and unforgctabe landscape
which has been so costly with life and 30
versatile with incident.
Several men who had told snake stories
now turned TO Pete. Pete was never for
ward with bis anecdotes, but if you could
dig out one OF his chronicles it was gener
ally worth the digging. He had been buff
ieted badly, for he was an educated man,
cursed with a love of adventure.
Pete shifted his position against the pack
rigging and began:
Probably have had one original expe
rience, for allow / am the only man living
that was ever sentenced by jury to die at
the hands of a snake"
snake." echoed the camp.
"Il bet the Judge was drunk and they
did not execute it," said the master of trans
por'aion.
"Tll bet there warn't no Judge, and Their
camp had run shy on ropes" observed n
teamster, with a twinkle.
There was no Judge and there were
plenty of ropes it was jury, not rs you
would call my peers but their sentence was
executed at least so far as the snake was
able to do his duty" replied Pete, in slow
correction to- facetious Interruptions, and
then continued:
''If you amt been among the Moqus it
isn't likely you'd know much about their
ways, which are peculiar. They are still
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

"ToGETHER WE WALKED AROUND THE
ENCLOSURE"
Pueblo Indian, just as they were when Coro-
nado found them over 300 years ago. Bat
their houses must be higher now, for they
had a queer custom of continuing building
from generation to generation adding story
to story, for they always built upward, and
there wasn't room to build any other way,
because their forefathers had selected small
detached bnttes as site for the village.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

" I turned my head again and looked over
the cool rim towards the Matzatzats on the
Verde, where my comrades about now were
lettering on the stOOp OF the barracks, wait
ing for the rOll-caH at retreat. The sun was
sinking into the dust haze, and / expected
never again to see it set. The night fell,
and / siumbered, but awakened to feel q
light hand on my shoulder, hand that
offered me food. See-cho-mah was bending
over me. She had followed, and found me
on the bluff. Then she removed the cords
and bound up my swollen wrists. In the
morning | asked her to go with me into my
post but she refused, saying:
Togoa, the rsttlesnake, spared you be-
cause | love you. The rain god is appeased
But the medicine man is right, you are a
devil, and if Iyield to my love it will curse
my tribe / return to my people,
Il never again saw See-cho-mah OF her
tribe"
As the packer finished his story he held
forth his wrists still defaced by scars broad
as ring-bone on q ruined coronet. His tale
provoked no doubling comment, for it was
told way out on the Yuma trail, under the
bright desert stars to men who had all seen
very strange things happen.-PhitadeLpAi6
Times
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

I" For some minutes gazed, watching him
coil and project himself with sudden jerks
like the hands of stop watch, moving in
termittently in its circle. Again he passed
ME. Again / closed my eyes. But he did
not reach me. He could not reach me. /
would live. In my Joy at my first dis
covery / had forgotten my own thongs, and
how was to loose them. To unite them
was impossible Then tried chatting them
through against the ground, but only cut
my wrists in the attempt, for they were
buried deeply in my flesh. My captors had
been cunning. Already my tongue was
growing thick with thirst, and the rays of
the hot morning sun, now high in the
heavens, beat down upon me. Then the
terror of my situation struck in, until even
pited the snake, helpless as myself and
wished that he could strike and end it. He,
too, was evidently suffering with thirst, and
his impOtent strokes were growing feebler.
"The red disk of the desert sun hung ray
less in the saffron western sky and my wrists
were roasted by the blazing heat 1t seemed
to me it would never set. Once turned my
body so far that L gazed over the cool green
forests that spread belcw the bluffs, and
fancied l heard the murmur of waters that
/ could not see, but knew coursed from un-
der the RIM When l turned back to look
at my companion captive, | found that he had
grown weary of the useless struggle and had
coled himself up amid some slack folds of
his thong. Igazed toward the San Francisco
range and saw the dark clouds rising be-
yond, spread over the snow-clad peaks.
Then came the sound of wind hurrying rain
clouds over the foothills where the storm
soon broke. Then rain vailed all the valley,
and my heart took hope. / wondered if
the rain would reach the rim / had not
long to wait before the big drops, falling one
by one, splashed about me in the dust. Then
food came down and / swallowed water
as the drops fell in my mouth. Soon the
water was flowing in sheet beneath me,
and turning my face / drank from puddles,
The National tribune., 1895-08-01


segers. After while the Apaches with
drew from the siege, and collected the Mo-
quis' stock and drove it south.
The Apaches have never been back, but
the Moquis still live like swamp rabbits,
crowded on knoll when the food is on in
the bottom. The men are too cowardly to
fight in the open, so l suppose their women
will drag wood and water up those bluffs
till the day of judgment.
60 The married women drive the stock to
pasture on the plain and till the maize and
barley land in the valley, where it is irri-
gated from the streams. The girls remain
indoors and weave baskets and wooden
blankets and grind corn on metates. When
girl wishes to marry she grinds incessant-
ly i'll token of her longing. The men see
ing the sign gather round if she be comely.
and when the chosen one appears she
filings -four in the face of him she would IA
yor. If he accepts her he quits the estufa
long enough to erect the cote on top of the
ancestral mansion, arranges ladder to con-
meet with the terrace below, after which the
ceremony is concluded by big feast at the
estufa.
Then his sguaw no longer grinds and
weaves, but goes farther with the sheep
into the valley and tiils and sows and har-
vests, while he returns to loaf and smoke at
the estuia. The estu'a is big dug-out de-
fensively arranged on the brow of the bluff,
just outside one of the buildings inclosing
the court, and is entered through hatch
way by ladder. 1t is "a big and as dark
as the hold of ship, and is dimly lighted
by the sacred estufa fire, which is kept al
ways burning in the center of the room and
the smoke ascends through the entrance
hatch. The men lie around on sheep robes,
spread against the wall, and gossip and
smoke You see, the estufa is kind of
clubhouse, council-room and temple, with
square stone stove in the center where a
joss fire Of aromatic wood is kept constant
ly burning. 1t is also used for feasts, when
the women are admitted. The Governor
meets the old men of the tribe here in
council.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

I bEtkUNED HEX TO FULLUW.
His thong, now softened and dIstended by
the rain, would easily permit him to reach
me. had already decided that death from
his poison was preferable 20 the lingering
death from thirst, if must die there on the
desert.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

filing my mouth with grit and mud. My
cords were somewhat lOOsened by the rain
and longer cut my wrists. When the
rain ceased my exeeutOuer, the snake,
seemed also revived and renewed his strug-
giles for liberty, striking always as before.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

But even when the mind is made up to
death there is STILL III ali flesh, an animal
cIinging to life. / shrank back rs far as
my bonds would permit / was within his
reach. / closed my eyes as the snake coiled
again, and felt sharp blow on my cheek as
from the prick of a needle or q tack. TWAS
over now and I would soon be free. waited
calmly for the effect Of the poison; hours
passed, but no swelling came.
"Then | remembered having once been
told that after rattlesnake had struck
several times his bite is harmless, for the
poison becomes exhausted.
so it was to be lingering death at last.
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

Gen. Howard, in transmitting this re-
port, added: " j wish to express my high
qualification with the conduct of the
troops engaged. never saw better con-
duct in battle. Gen. Logan, though i'll
and much worn out, was indefatigable,
and the success of the day is as much
attributable to him as to any one man."
The National tribune., 1895-08-01

At this iuncture one of our batteries
came forward, the horses on the run, and
took position on little knoll which
commanded part of their advancing col
umns, and opened a vigorous fire, their
guns being double-shotted with grape
and canister. This
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04

At Yesterday afternoons session OF
the county court, Assessor James Il.
Hall submitted the a sessment rolls
for 1895, showing total valuation OF the
taxable property of the county to be
81. 418 O3O, exclusive of railroads, tele-
graph, telephone and electric light
companies to be assessed by the terri
torial board of equalization.
Based upon this report, after much
calculation, discussion and considera-
ton as to the probable needs of the
county, consistent with strict economy,
the court fixed the rate OF county
tax for 1895, at 2 mills; county school
tax at II mills.
Monday, July 18th, was liked as
date of meeting of the court as board
of equalization.
The time of court this morning was
taken I'D in the hearing and auditing
of the accounts OF justices Of the peace
and other county officers. Coroner
Berg reported the inquest held
over B. Jensen, the man found
dead in Hobble Greek canyon, near
Springville. Clerk Jones reported
the expenditure OF his contingent fund.
So 80 on hand. Treasurer Wride re-
ported the condition OF his othcei
1882. As cash on hand.
This afternoon the court Is looking
into some claims for services and Other
expenses incurred in the attempt &c
uDsolve the Pelican Point murder
mystery and considering how best tc
proceed further with the investigation
and what aid financial and otherwise
had best be given the sheriff.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04
Potatoes as Penho1ders.

cit is surprising" says a CONNER.
oial traveller, chow general the use of
potatoes as penholders is becoming in
hotels. I have seen them in use in great
hostelries of the east, whose owners
wouldn't hesitate for moment to
spend SO for desk ornament to hold
pens used by the guests in registering
The mixture of starch, glucose and wa
ter in the potato seems we'll adapted to
take up the impurities of ink and to
keep the pen point clear and bright,
while the alkaloid of the potato, known
as solanine, doubtless has something to
do with it in the same line. These ele-
,nents readily take up the tannate OF
iron, which is the body substance of ink,
Chemically speaking starch is the first
base of a potato, and sugar or glucose
is its second base. Thus is the humble
potato finding another way in which to
serve the uses of mankind. New
York Tribune.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04
spectal Rates via D &R. G. R. R,

The Rio Grande Western Railway
agent at this place will sell excursion
tickets via the Denver & Rio Grande
Railway to all Missouri River points,
st. Louis and Chicago, on June 18th, at
one fare for the round trip. These
tickets are good for return passage up
to ard including Sept. 8th, 1895 Re
member the D. q R. g. R. R. is the
only line running two daily fast trains
to all points east in connection with
the Rio Grande Western, and the only
railroad having two distinct lines be-
tween Grand Junction and Denver. All
D, & r. G. tickets are good going via
the famous Marshall Pass. and return
ing via Grand CANYON of the Arkansas,
Leadville, and Clenwood Springs, or
wise versa.
For furt err information call on ticket
agent.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04
AMERICAN CAMELS.
Increasing Despite the Fact That They Are
Butchered and Sold as Beef.

Increasing Despite the Fact That They Are
Butchered and Sold Beef.
M. F. Campbell, who has been for
some time at the famous Gunsight mine
near the line of southern Arizona, says
the camels Of the desert are increasing
very rapidly, aad that there are now be-
tween 800 and 400 of them. This is sur
prising, he says, considering the large
number that have been killed and palm
ed off for beef in the past few years and
the inroads made upon the bands by
passing showmen. Mr.. Campbell gave
some interesting details of these tawny
denizens of the waste places, introduced
SO many years ago by Ben Butterworth'
and now grown wild.
'"These hulking animals he said,
"roam mainly between the ella and
Colorado rivers, in a stretch Of the low
Eagle Tail mountains and the desert adj
Joining. There is very fine bunch grass
in that region, and the camels keep III
good condition. l have several times
seen as many as eight or ten in band,
and most of them are very large
Different persons have been there
from time to time catching them for the
circuses. That is the source of supply
now for all the shows. The hunters GO
out in bands of half a dozen on mules,
as horses would be of no account The
camels, cumbersome as they look, run
very fast, and only mules are enduring
enough in that tough country to wear
them out. The hunters stretch out, sur
round a band, and out of ten or dozen
manage to cut out and stay by a couple,
wearing them out and catching them
finally with lassos. The camels are very
wild at first, but speedily tame down,
and the showmeu can do anything they
please with them.
81 was for nearly two years there
mining, and myself and men were fur
pished with camel meat right along
and thought it very good. We paid 2;
cents a pound for good deal of it, anc
we thought it as good beef as we hac
usually eaten. The old prospeotors, wht
had turned to peddling meat, never sale
a word to US, but took their pay regu
larIy to go away and come back again
At the last we found out it was nothing
but the cancels meat which they wer'
furnishing US. Then we began to draw
the line
''If the meat sellers and circus peopl
would let the oamels alone for awhile
they would increase much faster. Th
animals are interesting to see on thu
desert and do no harm. San Francis
| CO Examiner.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04
A Mean Trick.

"My husband played such a mean
trick on me-" said one woman to an
other on the street Car the other day.
"How?" asked the friend sympathet-
ically.
"Why, I found he was smoking so
cents worth of cigars day, and got
him to agree to give me as much pin
money week as smoking cost him. H
stuck to it one week. "
''And then what?"
''He bought a clay pipe and pound
Of 10 cent tobacco and cut my pin mon
ey down to Q cents a week. "-Exchange.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04
Farms improved.
Farming Lands,

Provo City Residence Property,
Will sell cheap and on reasonable
terms. One good house in good loca--
ton one-fourth cash balance on partial
payments or terms to suit the pur-
chaser.
Ask D. L. Dean or NJ. j Barrett. y
PLENTY of rubber hose can now be
bad from the Provo Hardware q Iron
company. Best quality, lowest price.
PERSONS who are subject to diarhGa
will find a speedy cure in De Wits's
Collie and Cholera Cure. Use no other.
It is the best that can be made or that
money can procure. 1t leaves the sYs-
tenn in natural condition after its use.
We sell it. Smoot Drug company. =
s, G. WHITE LeghoTn eggs, soc. per
setting, three settings for 81: 81. at Provo
City Lumber company,-W. }. Ross,
Manager.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04

For SALE-White plume celery
plants; Winringstead and Flat Dutch
cabbage plants. Soren Jensen, taber-
nacle block,
FISHING commences the 18th Of June.
The Provo Hardware & Iron company
are in the lead with an immense stock
of tackle. Prices are in keeping with
the times,
DON'T fail to see the bargains on fur
nisure at Rev. S. Roses. Furniture
must be sold in twenty days.
The best and cheape st spray pumps
in town is at Eggertsen's-
WE recommend De Wits Collie and
Cholera Cure because we believe it a
safe and reliable remedy. It's good
effects are shown at once in cases OF
Cholera Morbus and similar COM
plants, Smoot Drug company.
LADIES', Misses and Chrildren's OK
fords and shoes, tan and black at
Farrer Brothers & Co.
The summer school at the B. Y. aca-
DENY will be free to any of the eight
grades. This is indeed liberal.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04
a Costly Campaign.

In consequence of NJ. Dreyfus' trea.
son in supplying Germany with the Sc
qrets of the French plans of mobiliza-
ton says a Paris correspondent. the
GOV arnment has just spent more than
$500, 900 in changing all the essential
features Of the schemes for placing
troops in case of war. 1t has been found
that fully 10 per cent of the men drafted
for the Madagascar expedition are phys
ically unfit for the arduous service, and
their places are being filled. Already it
is apparent that the campaign will cost
s25, 900, 900 instead of $13, 100000.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04

% pcs Regina IDENTITY, former
price zoe. ........ .........now 1215c
% pcs Linen Lawn, former price
Tie vd. northumberland now l231ac
% pcs White Apron Goods, was
1Z5c. 1900 liz" O14C
10 pes Zephyr Ginghams, was 15c
yu. .............. uoW 4OC
10 pcs Bad Ticking, was 123. 10,
ISL; yd 49,, .........,. now lO1
% pcs Outing Flannel, was 1Oe
yd now Is for 81 90
Breeze Dress Duck, was 15c.. now 10c
% pcs extra wide Percales, was
173C yd. .................n I212c
80 pcs Oil Cloth. was Csc. now III
Is pcs Blue and Brown Demings,
was loo. ..-........... now ~
) YES Painting Cloth. was zoe. now lOc
u pcs Shelf Oil Cloth, was LOG, now loo
so DIT Turkish Towels from .....74c up
Linen Towels from. .............l5e mp
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-04

A WE'LL bred stallion for sale cheap
at Lewis livery stables.
GRAND ball at the Provo Park
Gardens Friday night. Best muBlc,
smoothest floor. Tickets 90 cents.
LADIES waists in endless variety,
don't delay but come today and get
one at Eggertsen's.
FISHING tackle at the Provo Hard
ware 81 Iron company.
A RARE chance for housekeepers.
On account of removal from the city, l
desire to dispose of my household fur
niture within the next twenty days.
S. ROSE.
TRAVELLERS find safe companion IN
De Wits Collie and Cholera Cure. A
change in drinking water and In diet,
often causes severe and dangerous
complaints. This medicine always
cures them. Smoot Drug company.
ENDLESS variety of dress goods at
Farrer Brothers q Co.
Fob sALK-Old papers at Is cenSs
per hundred. Apply to the business
1fice of HE DISPATCH.
THERE is one medicine that will cure
Immediately. We refer TO De Wits
Collie and Cholera Cure for all Summer
Complaints. No delay, no disappoint-
ment, no failure. Smoot Drug COM
pany.
SPRING lamb on sale every Saturday
by the Provo Meat company.
SPRAY PUMPS at Eggertsen's.
Now is your chance to send your
children to the summer school at the
b. Y. academy which commences May
18th, at 10 o'clock p. M.