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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

| HE CAME BOUNDING OVER THE ROCKS
right on him; then, pickin' up my
knife and that piece of rock I'd had
in my hand, knocked off the rough
corners while l watched the Sioux for
minute or two. They were all
mounted by this time and circlin
round the camp like mad. / knew
they'd be out of my way in no time,
and, tuclSin' the pipestone in the
pocket of my huntin' shirt, crept
down to the little creek bottom.
Once out of sight, did some tall
runnin' for spell. l must have run a
mile or more when heard a great
yellin' way behind me that told me
that they'd found the brave I'd shot. |
was leavin' broad trail in the tall
grass as | ran up stream to the east
and lookin' sharp for some place to-
dodge the Sioux. When | heard that
yellin' behind / knew it was time to
get under cover. My idea, at first, was
to hide in the tall grass along the
creek, but little draw that came into
the creek from the southwest changed
my plan. After runnin' about forty
AOtof oti dlS diCduy Bdbb Jnc luOubu
of this draw, ! caved a bit of the
creeks bank into the stream. to make
them think I'd taken to the water to
hide my trail and, doublin' on my
track, ran back TO the draw, Jumped
out of my trail as far as / could and
crept through the grass and reeds up
the draw, coverin' my tracks behind
me as carefully as | knew how. I'd
got about a hundred yards up the
draw when the whole pack came up
the creek on my trail, ridin' pell-mell
and screechin' like so many fiends,
ut always did do me good to fool
the cunnin' rascals, and I laughed to
myself when l heard the snappin' and
crackin' of a fire in the dry grass.
Smoke began to curl up to the east
and the yellin' commenced again.
They'd set the creek bottoms on fire
and were ridin' along the banks to
head me off when they'd roasted me
out I'd got my wind and loaded the
empty barrel of my rife by this time,
and keepin' in the bottom of the swale
made for camp as fast as could with
out leavin' too plain trail to tell 'em
WHiCH way u gone. AS soon as ndO
put safe distance between me and
the Sioux, / took to the open prairie,
where my moccasins left scarcely a
trace as few along over the short,
dry grass. / naturally kept to the hol-
lows as much as / could, and it must
have been half an hour before heard
or saw anything of the Sioux again.
Then my ears caught the thumpin' of
hoofs on the hard sod, and I hadn't
more than thrown myself fat in the
grass before dozen of 'em came
swoopin' over a rise ON my left, and
crossed my trail without ever seem it,
not a hundred yards behind me
II knew there wasn't anything to
worry about after they were out of
sight, and took my time gettin' to
camp. .TAa
Yes, ! made this pipe out of that
bit of rock. It's always seemed like
friend to me ever since it saved my
life that time, and there amt money
enough in the country to buy it. y N
Y. Ledger.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

enough, can tell you, until had
taken good peep all around. Nary
red war in sight, and l knew they
hadn't seen me from their camp, for
I'd kept too well under cover Now
that I'd found the rock l meant to
have piece of it for a pipe, Injuns or
no Injuns. So getttn' a big ledge be-
tween me and their camp, ] began
looSin' for piece to suit me. picked
up several and threw them down
again, squintin' over the rocks every
other second to make sure | wasn't
bein' watched. Then / came to n piece
that had nice bright color, and was
chippin the ragged edges off the soft
stone with the back of my huntin'
knife, when the handle happened to
slip through my fingers. Like flash l
dropped my hand, and my body with
1T, to catch the keen blade before il
struck the rocky ground. tell you
what, boys, 1t was lucky for me that |
dropped that knife, for the instant |
stopped to catch it -twang! zip! spat,
an arrow whizzed through the collar
of my huntin' shirt from behind and
cracked against the rock in front Of
me. The sneakin' varmint that fred
it was so close that heard the 'twang'
of his bow string plain as day, and
that quick stoop of mine just as he let
fly was all that saved me from gettin'
it straight through the body.
Like a flash wheeled over on my
back and made ready for him; and I
wasn't mite too soon, either, for the
minute | dropped he let off a whoop
that you could have heard half way
to the Canada line, and I hadn't any
more than cooked my rifle and got it
to my shoulder before he came bound
in over the rocks with his tomahawk
in his hand. I'll never forget the look
in his black eyes when they met
mine, but l sent a cloud of smoke
into his face before he could throw his
tomahawls, and at the crack of my
rifle he came tumblin' like q log al
most on top of ME. ] was afraid /
was in for it then, with the whoop the
fellow gave and the noise of my gun so
near that Sioux camp. Sure enough,
when | scrambled to my feet and
looked over the tops of the rocks, that
bunch Of willow was alive with reds
Most of 'em were maxim for the
ponies, hut three or four were rum
min out on the prairie in different
directions to reconnoiter. You see,
they heard the sounds plain enough,
but didn't know which way they came
from. | rolled the dead Sioux up
close against the rocks, where they
wouldn't see him until they stumbled
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Miss ELEANOR HEWITT, the oldest un-
married daughter Of Abram S. Hewitt,
of New York, has for several years
been roadmaster at Ringwood, N. j.,
where the country home of the family
is situated.
SARAH GRAND says she received only
nine hundred and eighty-four dollars
for the manuscript of the Heavenly
wins" She lives now in Kensington,
suburb of London. Her married
pame is Mrs. c. Il. McFall.
A STUDENT of the school of applied
design for women in New York has
had an architectural design, submitted
in competition with men, accepted for
a forty-thousand-dollar hospital build
ing in San Francisco.
Mrs. PEARY has presented to the Ma
tional Geological park at Washington,
D. c., the Eskimo puppies which drew
her baby's sled. The presentation was
made in the name of Marie Ahnetigo
Peary, who was born in the arctic re-
gions year ago.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

die has a ratchet, inches in diam
eter, fastened on the crank end. The
spindies are of round iron, squared
and pointed at one end, and driven in
the auger hole of slightly less size
The iron crank of the same size
is of one piece, bent into shape and
squared where it passes into the
ratchet disk.
Three feet above the water is fast
ened into the wall of the we'll locust
sill AKA, to which are fastened two No
10 galvanized wires, at the proper dis
lance apart. A crosspiece is fastened
just under the windlass and few
inches from the center to let the rope
pass freely. The wires pass through
holes in this piece, and are drawn up
very tightly, so as to keep the descend
ing cage or box steady. The lower
stick must be placed parallel with the
top one. The cage has two screw eyes
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
on each side, 10 inches apart, through
which the wires mass

on each side, Is inches apart, through
which the wires pass.
The cage containing the articles
may be let down and let rest on the
cross-stick; or, if the water should
rise in the well, it may be held at any
point by means of the ratchet and
clamp. If there is pump in the well,
it may be placed to one side against
the wall. The rope is fastened so as
to be in the center when the box is
up. With the above diagrams, any
carpenter can easily erect one, and if
he is ct all bright, can do SO without
diagram.
We were once located where, in
warm weather, the only reasonable
temperature to preserve meats, milk,
etc, was down in a we'll having
stone pump stock in it. A groove
made from board and laths as
shown at Fig. ? was nailed to the
pump stock. A slide was made to fit
the groove and nailed to a board that
served as one end-support of tier of
shelves. The shelves were made to
suit the space in the well, and firmly
fastened at the top to a board that
completely covered the opening in the
well covering or floor when the
shelves were down in the well. A
frame was placed over the well and a
small block and tackle arrangement
was used to raise and lower the
shelves as desired. A windlass and
ratchet wheel could be used in sim
liar arrangement Rural New Yorker.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
SIMPLE DRINKING TANK.

One or More Should BE Made by Every
Poultry Farmer.
The illustration of drinking tank
is from Mr.. Nj. K. Barnum, Nebraska
1t is simple, cheap and easily cleaned.
1t is tin box about two inches deep
and foot square, leaving detacha-
BILE cover, with the corners Of the cover
cut away to permit the chicks to drink
The portions cut out may be small, so
as to prevent chicks from getting in
the water, but with such shallow
The cover also keeps dirt out and pre-
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
To Tighten Loose smokes.

The Practical Farmer is told that to
tighten loose spoles take leather
thickness to fill space between shout
der. of spoke and fclly Then round
this the size of spoke, cut round
hole in the middle of this size of
tenor. Then cut through this so as
to slip ring around tenon. 70 spring
the felly cut board little shorter
than the spokes, then take another
piece for lever, put one end of lever on
hub and the short board against this
and the felly. In this way you can
make II as tight as a drum.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

vents evaporation of the water. Mr..
Barnum states that there is no patent
on it, and he sends it asa gift to our
readers. A larger and deeper tank on
the same design may be used for fowls.
The plan may also be adapted to
tight wooden box if desired Farm
and Preside.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
Keen Your Mind nn

Aliens Lung Balsam, as this is the season
healing qualities, and being free from all
combinations of opium, places it at the head
of all Cough remedies. 1t approaches so
nearly a specific for Consumption that 95
per cent. of cases which are taken in time
are cured
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

FIRST SPoRT-"And how did the football
come outf" Second Sport-"The Ruffiers
lost the game on foul" "Hows thatl''
"One of their men kicked the ball instead
of kicking one of the fellows on the other
side. Boston Transcript.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
DOWN IN THE WELL.

Two Useful Devices for Cooling All Kinds
OF Food.
/ have used the continuance shown
at Fig. 1 for number of years, with
great satisfaction and safety. The
diagram shows the box erected over
the trap in the we'll floor. 1t isj41S
feet high by 21G feet wide and 90 INCHES
in depth, made of inch boards, with
scantling . inches square in the corners
to strengthen it. The windlass is of
pine inches in diameter, with sl-inch
iron spindles in the ends. One spin
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

"DID that uncle of yours leave you any
"He isn't dead YETI ooh!
Doesn't he hang on long timer he
does" "Why don't you present him with a
folding bed!''-W ashington Star.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

Miss BUDD "Do You believe in long
courtships, Mr.. Bcnedick!n Mr.. B.-"1
don't believe in more than six or eight
hours at Il session. Smith, Gray q Co. s
Monthly
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

DEEP-sEA forms of life as rule do
not travel far, inasmuch as the young
are not free swimmers, as is the case
with many shore and shaliow-water
forms
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

MAN bows to fate, but not as matter of
courtesy Galveston Nows.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17
Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards

II you send Is cents in stamps or coin to
JONI SEBASTIAN, Gen'l Pass. Agent, c., r.
|. q p. R'y, Chicago, you will receive post
paid the, slickest pack of playing cards
You ever handled Beautiful steel engraved
Whist Rules accompany them free.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-17

Coleman's Tulu is sweet. in fact it can't be beat;
If once you Try It you'll always buy it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-11

Mr.. Morgan's errand and repeated much
of their conversation to him, but Mr..
Carlisle's private secretary said that his
resignation would not be asked for and
that he would not voluntarily tender it.
What explanation the President may
have given Mr.. Morgan as to his attitude
concerning the currency bill is unknown,
and he is no more communicative than n
sphinx on the subject TO the members Of
his cabinet. One of them, who is opposed
to the bill. said to-day that the measure
had never been discussed in cabinet meet
ing, and all he had TO go upon was the
concluding paragraph of the recent mes
sage, which, in general terms, Endorsed
the recommendations of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and urged the necessity of
some kind of revenue reform. He had
not heard the President say q word on the
subject since and could not say whether
he approved the pending bill, but it was
at least inconsistent with his previous
ideas and public utterances on the sub
ject of sound money. Nor was the pend
ing bill an exact formulation of the sug-
gestions in the treasury report, so that il
could not be assumed the President was
committed to it, He doubted the report
that Mr.. Cleveland intends to send a spe-
cial message to Congress on the subject.
He had not heard of any such intention
and was inclined to believe the contrary.
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Seems Impossible.

William L. Curtis is responsible 70.
the statement that
''The United battleship Monterey left
the harbor of Fairhcven, when she lay
at anchor GOO yards from n coal dock,
and sailed up Puget Sound, fifty or sixty
miles, to fill her bunkcrs with Canadian
coal from the Comox mine, near Van
couver, because she could get 1t 81 ton
cheaper there than on this side of the
border Why? Because the Dominion
coal is mined by Cinnamon who are
paid 81 day The Fairhaven coal Is
mined by white men, who demand 49,"
1t seems almost impossible to believe
that n Democratic administration could
sink to such depth of degradation.
Does the Whitney Russell coal trusts
interest extend to the Canadian Pacific
end of the line? Buying Coolie coal In
Canada is as bad as paying a bounty 10
Coolie sugar in Hawaii. Anything to
down an American.
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DEMAND HIS HEAD.
NEW YORK BANKERS WANT CAR
Isles RESIGNATION.
]. Pierpont Morgan and Other Wall
Street Magnatcs Urge the President
to Get New Secretary of the Treas
ury-The Currency Bill.
The President Ia Angry.

Washington special: Mr.. j. Pierpont
Morgan, the famous New York banker,
and some of the other gentlemen who
last fall concerning an issue of bonds have
been making a secret visit to the White
House on an important errand. They
asked the removal of John G.. Carlisle for
the reason that he has demonstrated his
unfitness to manage the finances of the
country and that his continuance in Office
will imperil the public credit and retard
improvement in the financial condition of
the country. Mr.. Morgan and his asso-
ciates also endeavored to ascertain where
the President stands with regard to the
currency bill now under consideration by
tho House of Representatives.
President Cleveland is said by those
who associate with him to be very angry
at this demand of the NewYorkers for
Carlisle's head. He is exceedingly in
dignant that coterie of bankers should
have the effrontery TO poke their noses
into the administrative affairs of the
government, demanding the dismissal of
an official whom the President has hon
ored with his confidence. 1t is pretty GER
tain that they got no satisfaction. 1t
may be confidently stated that the Presi-
dent declined to ask for Mr.. Carlisle
resignation, but he is believed to have
promised to look after the finances him
self during the remainder of his admins
tration. 1t is known and admitted that
the President informed Mr. Carlisle Of
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classed among the worst nor the Oldest,
and II cannot be stated are of the finest;
but they are lorses that sold eighteen
to twenty months ago at 500 to $40 each.
Mr.. Jacob Elder. engineer of the -four
ing mills, I'm which work, told me that
a friend Of his, who had been down
through the Southwest, said that he
saw hundreds of horses running about
In Arizona and New Mexico with signs
on them reading: "Take me up and
feed me this winter and you may have
me-" Hay is selling in this State ut So
per ton. This deserves consideration.
CIIAS. Il. WEBER.
California, Mo.
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PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The Amount of Cash Owed by Uncle
Sam Increased in December.

The Amount of Cash Owed by Uncle
Sam Increased in December.
The monthly statement of the public
debt issued from the Treasury Depart
ment shows that Dec. 81, 1894, the public
debt. less cash in the treasury. amounted
to 500 1903, G9J, an increase for the month
of $31 ,320.175 Following is n recapitu-
lation of the debt: Interest bearing debt,
$G75, 16S. 1870, increase during the month,
$I0025, 100; debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity, 81 800, 800 de-
crease during the month. $l130: debt
bearing no interest, 1888. 247 $40, increase
during the month, $126,7 $50; total debt.
81 60, 375,379, of which $500. 134, 1O4 are
certificates and treasury notes offset by
an equal amount of cash in the treasury.
Cash in the treasury is classified as fol-
lows: Gold, $139, G00,35f silver, $J04,-
90. 400; paper, $40, Oh, 100; general ac-
count disbursing officers balances, etc,
SIG, 1917 19; total, $7S2, 754 $50; against
which there are demand liabilities
amounting to 5000. 416, 100, leaving n cash
balance of $153,337, $40, of which $780,
pa. 445 is gold reserve.
The monthly statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the United States
shows receipts during december amount
ing to sd, 500, 1876; disbursements, $27,-
135, 400, leaving deficit for the month of
So. 260,324 and for the six months of the
present fiscal year $27 ,56I, 400 The re-
ceipts from customs were $11. 203, 0i9,
against 1O,2G0,692 for the month of No.
vember: from internal revenue. $9,39i,-
030, against $7,774,70I for November
The receipts from customs during the last
six months were $69,6Gi,330, or only
about $161 900 less than for the first half
of last year. The receipts from internal
revenue during the last six months were
$50. 100, TS2. or IS, POI ,2I6 in excess Of the
first half Of the last fiscal year.
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How Many Sheep?

How many sheep are there in the Uni
ted States? How many in Texas, Cali
fornia and Michigan? What was their
value in the years 1S90-1S9I?
Placerville, Cal. ID. w. SMITH.
The number of sheep in the United
States on January !, 1894, was 45,020.-
795. Their average price was $2.01 per
head, as compared with sos per head
oil January ], 1892, and their total val
Tie was SOC, 4G1, III, as compared with
SIG, 121 300 in 1892. In Texas there
were 1914, 405 sheep this year, as com
pared with 5,040,175 two years ago.
In California there were 3,91S, 157, but
iOS3, 541 sheep two years ago. In
Michigan there were 2,392,G17 this year
ana 2,353,779 two years ago, but these
numbers have been largely decreased
since the beginning of the present year.
The total value of all sheep in the Uni
te0 States during the years 1S90-1S04
is officially given as follows:
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PRICES.
Tohn G: 25a

During the reign Of Nerva a fec of
&c was demanded at the bath.
"A Roman military saddle cost SIS;
whip, 2ic; bride cost SLIGO
"A Mazarin Bible, printed in 1IJ5,
sold few years ago for $1,000.
-Poppaea, Nero's wife, paid &c a
quart for asses milk to battle In.
-Chestnuts were sold on the streets
of ancient Rome at twenty for 1c
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Toe. Trunk and Roiiing-Pin.

Once the co-eds of the Yypsilanti normal
school is having trouble about her room.
Becoming dissatisfied with her room
mate. she wanted to leave, but the lahd-
lady told the preceptress the girl had en-
gagged the room until the end OF the year,
and it was no go. The girl telegrapn:d
her parents, who told her to change her
room. The landady held on to her trunk.
A brave young man came To the rescue;
With the young lady's help he succeeded
H. reaching the front hall, whore they ran
against the landady's toe and rolling
hin. and were helped out the front door
without the trunk. The young hero hired
n lawyer and a policeman. and the quar-
tet. after some trouble. secured the trunk.
Now the whole crowd is mixed UP Ill
local fight
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One Dollar Apiece.

The annual report of Treasurer Dan
lei X. Morgan on the operations and
conditions Of the Treasury is read with
more interest this year than usual, ow-
ing to the prominence of financial mat
tiers at the moment. Taking his last
years and the new reports together we
have the following comparisons Of re-
celpts and expenditures:
June 30. Revenues. Expenditures
1892 $50. 1854 ,937 ,1Si $345, 023,331
1893 ..... $50, S19,G29 49,, AT, 954
1894 ..... POI, 722,019 SG7 ,525, 279
During President Harrison's last fis-
cal year of administration the expen-
ditures were nearly S10,000,000 below
the revenues. In the following year,
partly Republican and partly Demo.
cratic, there was balance of less than
$780, 900 over and above expenditures,
while in the first complete year of Dem.
ocratic mismanagement the expendi-
lures were $70,0O0,0OO greater than the
revenue. The Democratic expenses,
moreover, were S22,500,000 greater than
during Mr.. Harrison's last year of Of
fee, while the revenue was sol 100000
smaller than under the Republican adj
ninistration.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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Reciprocity Not Such a Bad Thing.

Reciprocity Not Such n Bad Thing.
Apart from the fact that little more
than three years was not long period
within which to test the effect Of the
reciprocity arrangements, there were
peculiar disturbances during that pc
riod, such as the civil war In Brazil and
the severe depression in the United
States, and, indeed, in the trade of the
world generally, which were not fav-
orable to a marked expansion of trade
under the reciprocity agreements. A
comparison of the exports from the
United States to the South American
and West Indian States and colonies
with which the arrangements were
made, however, shows an average In
crease in the fiscal year 1894 of more
than one-fourth the value in 1SS9-90.-
The Manchester Guardian.
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Like 1857.

Editor American Economist: l can
not help but state something I'VE never
seen In my life, nor heard of before.
Mr.. Henry Hoberecht, clerk Of our
wooden mills and a neighbor of mine,
showed me team OF horses that he had
bought for So. The horses are not to be
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I.o;d ON the Snow.

Mrs. Mary Reed, residing about mile
north of Adrian, was going from the barn
to The house Thursday evening, when she
fell and Sustained broken hip. No one
was at home nor could she attract the at
tention of any passers-by by her cries.
She tried to drag herself into the house,
but it was hopeless task and she lay on
the snow suffering intense agony for
more than an hour before her son re-
turned home, and hearing her means hur-
ried out and bore her into the house. n
physician was summoned. who found
bad fracture Of the hip bone. She is 81
years old. and this, with the exposure,
will initiate against her recovery.