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scout knew not what fear was:
A large body of Sioux X Indians were camp
ed near North Platte, Neb., having come
there to meet some peace commission . s
sent out from Washington. We We're camp
ed about eight miles below there, quietly
resting during the cessation OF hostilities,
yet constantly on the alert to guard against
q foray from our foes above. Our best
scouts were sent out every evening in the
direction of North Platte to note any evil
dences OF a night raid that might appear,
and our Indians were instructed to have
their arms in perfect order and in easy
reach when they rolled up in their blankets
for sleep.
We were sitting In the tent one evening
taking goodnight smoke, when someone
began to chaff Creede about his three
legged horse" Nick took it all good-na-
turedly, smiling in his own quiet way at
our remarks, and soon he sat with his eyes
bent on the ground, as If in deep reflee
tiOn. Suddenly he arose. buckled on his
pistols, picked up his rifle and started
from the tent without a word.
A DESPERATE UNDERTAKING. =
where are you going, Nick?" someone
asked
Going to see that the pickets are out all
right" he replied, as the tent flap closed
behind him.
This seemed natural enough and we soon
turned into our blankets and thought no
more of the matter. When We rolled out
at daylight next morning it was noticed
that Creede's blankets had not been used,
and that he was not in the tent, One of
tile boys remarked that he had lain down on
the grass to sleep and would put In an ap-
pearance at breakfast time, and we all
accepted this as the true explanation of
his absence. Half an hour later, when We
were about to eat breakfast, one Of the
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SHE WAS SHY ONE TURK.
Protest Of an Audience Against Bern.
hardt's Loss of II Servant
At,c Yosk Erm.nJ Sun

-NtO 90 n LCtHHJ sun
Sarah Bernhurdt was once aying at
Marseilles in a spectacular play in which
She mace her entree accompanied by six
Turkish slaves. a line on the programme
announced that these six Turks would
accompany Nine. Bernhar rdt but when the
tine came for them to go on one Of the
youngsters had disappeared.
Sarah mustered the five in order and
made her entrance with grand flourish.
The house was crowded, but not a hand
clapp greeted her as she appeared. Then
still small voice in the gallery murmuied
something in an indignant tone. Fifty
voices Immediately took up the strain, a nd
In ten seconds more the whole house was
shouting the same phrase.
Bernhardt strained every nerve to catch
what they were complaining about. She
knew the phrase began with ..Manuue'' -
but the ress OF it was lest in the general
hubbub. For a full minute the tumult.
continued. Then Sarah. mutterins things
below her breath, rushed like n fury down
to the footiights. In the front row the
actress had spotted one man who was
not taking rart in the hullabaloo. Pointing
at him, the actress exclaimed, sternly:
You seem TO be the only sensible person
in this house. Tell me what on earth
they are kicking up this row for?''
The man rose, bowed To the actress, and
remarked, In very bad An erit an French:
NADINE, you are Shy one Turk"
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Fight Called Off.

The two gentlemen who had been having
sidewalk discussion OF the COMA ge question
had passed from personalities to iDuendo,
thence to epithet and were just about to
proceed to physical argument when little
man u summer coat of the style Of 1883
rushed up to them and said:
Excuse me gentlemen, but il you are
going to fight would you mind stepping
over into my back lot? 1t amt very fur
away and got my mother-iD-law laid up
In the back bedroom with a broken leg
and can't stay in the same house with
her, and think eff she seen a right good
scrapit would cheer the old lady up to an
amazing degree. Is it go?''
1t was not, but By the time the coinage
debaters let the little man escape he was
In blissful condition that reckoned not
OF a whole houseful of irritable mothers-in-
hw.-IndiaDapolis journal.
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pickets came in and reported something
coming up from the river. our field
glasses soon demonstrated the fact that it
was Il man riding one horse and leading
four Others. As he came closer we recog-
niZed CINede, and lie soon rode in dis
mounted and began to uncinch his saddle,
with the quiet remark:
Guess ought to get one good mount out
of this bunch.'
Where did you get them?' Major North
asked.
up the river a little ways
what did you do with your o own horse?''
Traded him for these, even up
He had gone alone in the night, stolen
into the herd of the Sioux near North
Platte unsaddled his lame horse and placed
the saddle on an Indians and, leading four
Others, got away unobserved and reached
camp safely. 1t was a bold and desperate
undertaking, but one entirely in keeping
with his adventurous spirit.
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be placed upon the market. These will fiji
all the requirements of game baskets and
probably have places for Ice and storage
where birds are To be kept III good feather.
Ammunition belts. carrying about 100
charges of cartridge, can he worn. rifle
weighing a bout two and a quarter pounds
and costing about SO is very satisfactory.
'Yhoughany rifle that a Sportsman has been
accustomed 10 does for this purpose, pro
vide dit can be carried upon the wheel with
safety.
Several of these hunting parties have
started out OF Saturday and returned
Monday or Tuesday with such game as the
season would allow. Shooting for fun alone
is not countenanced. and no true sportsman
would touch the song birds that are his
orchestra by eariy morning light, when he
goes out upon the road
THE wHEEL.
The kind of wheel for this sport is i'm
material. Any good wheel, road or tourist,
light weight or heavy, providing it'll in it.
self relable machine. There are certain
light weights that are liked by some riders,
but others find they must have the heavy
wheel. That is Il matter of taste with the
rider every time. 1t does not affect the rifle
practice. .sl---...
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hand, it is not apt 10 throw you after
being lifted over fence, and it gets three
times as near as Il horse could.
For pistol practice the cycle has even
better advantages, because the pistol Is
more easily carried. Little pouches come
into which the pistol is slipped. The
handle is left exposed. This is hung upon
the handle bar and is within a seconds
Use of the rider. If you see an odd shaped
bag, with a handle sticking out Of the
top. you may know il is pistol, md
that the rider is II crack cyclIst out for
sport. e..
The law against carr ying concealed arms.
now SO strictly enforced in some parts of
the country, is not infringed in the carrying
of cycle arms. The weapons are not con-
cealed. They hung out in plain sight,
and there comes in another legal question
as to whether the cyclist is carrying
them or not. They are part Of his bag
gage. This was a point well asCertaiDed
by spnrtsmen before putting forward the
cycle rifle practice as Il new and desirable
sport.
WITH A PISTOL.
AT pistol practice from bicycle an anna
teur rider made good record. This m;sn
was n crack shot but an ordinary rider.
This fact handicapped him TO great ex-
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Upon a iady's wheel the rifle can be car
red easily. 1t can be strapped to the
handle bar or laid lightly along the saddle
bar. There. are. several places to put it,
each to be decided by the length OF the rifle.
With q pistol this is easily managed, as it
can be hung upon the handle bar with ease.
Improvements are so constantly taking
place that 1t is hardly safe to predict what
the next one will be, or where it will STOP
But cunning on wheels has been taken up SO
quickly that it is u sport that will be a
summer and autumn craze.
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Eccentric.

Miss Hiflire-Yes. he proposed TO me last
night and accepted him.
Miss Sweete-Is that so? How glad am
that you are going to be his wife.
Miss q. lin surprise)-You are?
Miss S.-Yes; hate Lim.-Boston Courier
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Fame.

"Pop, what do you mean by wellknown
nian?'' 'Hc..
"A wellknown man, my son, is the one
in the crowd that everybody asks who he
is.'-Yonkers. Statesman. --.ss-
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Explained.

De Caverly-why is Miss Golightly so
generally detested? 4-sa-s.'-. ,---.-4s.- =
Van Clove-Because she talks and acts
like the smart girls in the comic papers -
Kansas City World.
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HYPNOT|sM IN DENTISTRY
Taking the Place of AneSthet-
les in Difficult Operations.
MINDS POWER OVER PAIN
Interview with a Boston Practitioner
Who Declares the New Method
Has a Great Future.
Copyright, 1896. ]

HE day of pain
less dentistry
S GEMS at hand.
Hypnotisln, which
has reduced anaes-
thetlcS to a more
or less degree in
surgery, has now
been called iLfo
use as a yalua-
be TO den-
tistry.
While in its in
fancy in this new
sphere of useful
ness, it has found
strong advocates,
and its general
adoption would
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-28
JULIA NELSON.


fish actress, Miss Nelson made her wayjto
tho stage through tho Royal Academy of
Music. Her childhood was spent at Wies-
baden, and it was there that she laid tho
foundation Of hor musical education and
became an excellent German scholar At
the age of IL Sho entered tho Royal Acad-
envy with Wow to becoming q pianist
but, guided by tho advice of Professor
Randcggor and Sir Joseph (then Mr..
Barnby, she determined to cultivate hcr
voice, which Is even now-though few of
her friends know it-a remarkably sweet
and powerful mczzo soprano In quick
succession she won tho Llowellyn- Thomas
gold medal for declamutory singing, the
Sainton- Dolby prizo and tho Wostmorland
scholarship and brilliant concert and
operate career seemed within easy reach
OF tho beautiful young student whom some
amateur thcatricals suddenly revealed both
to herself and her critics where lay hor
real vocation. Mr.. w. S. Gilbert, ever on
tho watch for now talent, camc, saw and
was conquered. Within few wcoks Miss
Nollson made hcr professional debut at the
Lycoum, on tho afternoon of March 81
1883, playing Cynisca to Mary Andcrson's
Galatca.
In the last few years tho Cynisoa Of that
eventful day has played many parts. For
her specially was written "Brantingham
Hall, )" and If anything could have saved
Mr.. Gilbert's unfortunate play it would
have been tho young actress clover render
Ing of Ruth Redmayne, tho Australian
widow. Her eventful connection with
tho Haymarket theater commenced in tho
following year with her taking tho part
of julio in ga Mans Shadow" and she
soon became valuable member of Mr..
Beerbohm Trees brilliant company, show
ing on moro than one occasion consider
able versatility, rs when, Mt few hours
notice, sho undertook to net Lois In 1.-THE
Ballad Mopger" and acquitted herself ex-
cellcntly.
Perhaps it is as Drusilla IVES the fan.
tastic, hayward Qunkeress dancing girl
TINT Miss Nelson stands out most clearly
to tho London pittite-most discerning
and shrewdest of playgoers. 1t has re-
manned her favorito part. Her personality
seemed woven into tho role and has been
immortalizcd by moro than ono painter,
notably the Hon. John Collier, whose
Dancing Girl" was ono of the pictures of
tho year in tho Academy of 1902. While
acting tho title part of Mr.. Jones' pIay
Miss Nelson became tho vito of Mr.. Frod
Terry, and so joined tho distinguished
family group of players of whom the Eng
lish stage has so much reason to DO proud.
During the last two years Miss julia. Neil
sons name has been seldom out of the
bill. Sho was tho Lady Ormond in
Peril, sho created tho title part in
"Hypatia," and in ga Woman of No I'M
portancc, Tho Tomptcr'' and ''trho No
torious Mrs. Ebbsmith" added greatly to
tho finish and charms of Mr. Trees pro-
auctions.
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Boniface and Ye Actors.

They say tho business amt what it
used to be, said tho repcrtory actor, as
he filled his pipe, land I'm glad of it.
II remember about ten years ago we
were playing East Lynne, Tho Hidden
Hand and Lady Audley's Secret Mt all
the water tanks and fourth class postofIlces
In Michigan.
Our manager was about week ahead
OF us on tho route, and wo were about three
weeks behind him on salaries. Ono day he
struck town whore they had % sawmill
and liberty pole, and after ho had billed
tho town he went to tho only hotel in
town and tried to get rates.
How many. people have you got?' the
landlord asked him.
Seven men and three women
And you're goin to he here a weekp'
Eyes
"'Woll, If the girls will agree to wait
on tho table, I'll take tho whole pack OF
you at 81 IL day"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-28
lhE MISSING KEY.
What Elso Could Be Expected on He,
Wedding Day?

What Elso Could Be Expected on Her
Wedding Day?
It's beneath q womans dignity to keep
track of keys.
a girl who has been bridesmaid four
times, and thereby cut herself off from all
prospects of matrimony says, this is what
happens Mt oyory wedding: Tho bride
gives minute and particular directions
about tho packing of her trunk. Sho knows
to within tho one huntlrcdth of an inch
tho exact location of every frill and furbe-
low and looks on whilo various members
OF the family assist in examining tho trays
in and forcing tho lid down. Methods Of
accomplishing this diffcr-somctimcs it
closes easily and sometimes it is necessary
to jump up and down or sit on it. Then
tho bride TO DO orders some ono to put n
strap around it, but one person leaves it
to another until tho momont for departure
arrives. AT this juncture tho discovery is
madc that tho trunk is not locked, tho
keys arc missing and everybody wonders
where the strap can DO.
Twenty minutes until train time.
Where's your trunk key?" some one
asked tho groom. "My dear, they arc ask-
ing for tho key to your trunk. Where Is
itf''
"The key Tin some perplcxity). Why
why, on my koy ring, of course; the lit
Ito silver ono you gave mo that time; don't
you remember, doar?''
"Certainly-on the key ring To the
anxious searchers, you'll find tho trunk
key on a small, heart shaped key ring, my
wife says" replies the happy young man.
But whore is thnt?" comes in chorus
I'm snro I don't know" faltors the
bride almost in tears. '.Oh, mover mind
There, there; bother tho trunk What do
we carer" says tho groom.
The bride has q happy thought. George
L have two keys to that trunk"
well, you're wise little woman" in
tones of pride from the young husband,
while the'aunts and cousins say, "Sho has
another key
"But they wero both on tho same key
ring" continues tho bride, and the gener-
al anxiety is redoubled.
Tho girl who has been bridesmaid four
times says tho first time this happened the
key turned up Mt tho last minute inside Of
tho trunk, and after that she has always
looked there tho first thing and has mover
failed to find it.-Chicago Record.
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1t Docs Make n Dlnerence.

In Munster recently q man received
three years penal scrvtudo for Attempting
to poison his wife by administering to her
sulphato of zinc in whisky. At Leeds q
woman was condemned to 90 years penal
servitudo for Attempting to murder hor hus-
band by administering poison in his food.
1t is certainly difficult to account for this
vast difference in tho punishment in two
such similar cases, and lady correspond
emit insinuates that to the woman were
given 20 years because tho judges, being
mon, naturally regard tho crimo as more
heinous In n wife than in husband My
own opinion, aftor reading the reports, is
that the woman got no moro than she do
served, but tho man good deal less
London Truth,
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"salone" For America.

very important contract has just been
signed by Canary 81 Letlerer. The other
party to the contract is Ida Fuller, sister
of Loie Fuller, and it is to the effect that
Ida Fuller will present, under tho manage
ment, the fro scene from "Salomc," the
allcgoricnl pantomino written by Charles
Henry MeltZer, in which La Loio has been
appearing in Paris and other continental
cities with great success for tho last year.
Miss Ida Fuller will Introduce tho dance
between the first and second acts of THE
Lady Slavey." She has just arrived in
this country and brings with her the du
plicntcs of everything used by her sister in
the European production of "Salomc." II
will require 10 men to handle tho cleo
trical and other effects necessary for the
presentation of this novelty.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-28
.GUILBERT'S BEGINNING
How the French "Divette" Be-
came the Idol of Paris.
SHE APPEARED IN pANToaIIuE.

View of Her Methods From tho French
standpoint-said to Have Refined Con-
siderably-She Used to Mako Hor APP
pearance Mounted on a Donkey.
More has been printed about Yyette Gull
bert than about any othor vaudeville art
list that ever visited this country. Every
word that she has been willing to writo
has been eagerly snapped up by the news
papers In New York and other cities. Lot
us look at the divette rs sho appeared on
the other side Of the water not SO very long
ago, when she was just beginning to ore
ate furore. And let us regard her
strictly from tho standpoint of the enthu-
siastio Frenohman.
Every visitor to Paris knows tho Nou-
veau Cirque. 1t Is in the old Rue st.
Honore, near tho Rue Royale. Here
Yvette Guilbert sang every evening four
years ago. She came late. Her cab waited
at the door to take her on to another place,
for, like Paulus, she sang mt several places
each evening naughty little songs that
needed no claque to start tho ripple of OPP
plause.
1t was almost the samo personality then
rs nova bundle of electrical wires insu-
lated in q slight, girlish form, tho head
wired with hair touslod rs French
poodlo's She wore long, sinister looking
black gloves, that blotted out tho form of
hor arlns, and always now gown, crisp
and fresh from tho modesto and cut low
with u vicious little snip of the scissors at
the throat. 1t was stitched ON hor rather
than worn. And tho face-impenotrablo
rs Greok mask badly fashioned, yet
showing tho finger marks of genius.
VOLTA, Yvetto GCilbcrt
Tho gallery of tho Nouveau Cirque is
ono of tho swell lounging places of Paris,
whcro you can watch tho performance,
principally equestrian and acrobatic, end
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-28
Fanny Davenports Unselflshneso.

"Thcre is ono beautiful thing about
Fanny Davenport, says "Bab, "'sho is
the kindest and most consdcratc of nc
tresscs to tho stage folk. Sho is willing to
spend her money for them, and sho is
willing To help them. Tho people in her
company who wish to succeed arc encour-
aged and assisted by her. and she hns new
er been envious of another actress or acted
mcanly to enc. Sho does her work and
does 1t we'll, loves and is loyal to her own
people and deserves to bo happy"
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Pafierawski,s Son,

Paderewski's invalid son is an unusual
ly brilliant boy, despite his hopeless condi-
ton. He is much farther advanced in his
studies than tho average child of l2, having
already mastered four languages.
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Prolific Saln.

George Augustus Sala had a vast
amount of collected notes on all matters,
carefully indoxod. These he would con-
suit. Then he would walk up and down
the room for time, after which hc would
write or dictate without pause. Henry La
bouchere says that there was probably
never man who produced moro "copy''
than Sala, or, on the whole, more reada-
hlo
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Remit by check or post-ofllce or express order
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Nh Splendid Groom residence on
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Mn Three nice houses on Tazcwel ave-
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n q Elceant11-room house on Jefferson
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ia ACRES Of nice level land twsnty,ys
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This ia a fno investment
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-28
JULIA NELSON.

Ono Of tho Most Beautiful and Successful
Actresses ON tho English Stage.
Julia Nelson, John Hare's leading lady,
has captured New York. as sho had pro-
riously captured London, by her sympa-
thetic acting, sincere method, beautiful
face and perfect figure.
Julia Nelson was the first member of
her family to join "tho profession and
can claim no connection with her lovely
namesako and predecessor, Adelaide Neil,
son, although both owed their names to q
Scotch father. Like many q modern Eng.