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LORD FAIRFAX HERsCHELL.

earth. Lord Herschell was one of the most illustrious of English liberals anG. many were the honors which his coun- trymen bestowed upon him in the course of his long career. Since last July he had continuously resided in this country in the prosecution of his labors on the joint high commission. His son
 Richard Farrar HerschelI, has beep with him most of the time.
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Taking No Chances.

Lieutenant (to his orderly)-Bring me a beefsteak with pOached egg.
 Orderly-Excuse me, Lieutenant, but haven't you forgotten that you are to dine tonight at Countess Pampstis?
 Lieutenant-That's so! l had forgot ten 1t. Bring me two beefsteaks and two poached eggs!-Der Floh.
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Didn't Irritate Him.

Here is glimpse of the seamy side of life in Cornwall from The Cornish Magazine:
 "I'm afraid, Jenny. you irritate your husband with your long tongue |"
 ''Aw, no, my dear Miss Vivian. I'd never say nawthen to en. To'ther day was 'ome waitin form to come 'ome to supper. Eight o'clock come, an no Jan; g o'clock come. an no Jan; 10 o'clock come, an no Jan. 1 put up me bonnet an shoal an went to every kiddly wink in town, thout Dyke Winsor's When 1 come there. there wor Jan. Says I, You ugly murderer veilan. incest killed thee fust wife an now incest want to kill me. too. sn be up an knacked me down"
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Possibility

"DO you think the United States will allow us to have our own way?" asked one of the Philippine insurgents.
 Certainly" answered another; "only we may be obliged to change our minds now and then about what we want."- Washington Star.
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1t is not too much to say that the work that is now being done by Euro pean diplomats and soldiers to destroy China by a policy of unjust aggression will render any attempt to bring its people to Christianity during the next generation or two almost wholly vain.
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A man wants a divorce because he was deceived in his wife's age. If she had not been able to deceive him in re- gard to that very likely he would have demanded divorce on the ground that she was not woman of ordinary intel Ugence.
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Insulting the Neighborhood.

''WhuffOr is dat gemman who is jus moved in on de cOrnah putin up dat mOnst'Ous high bod fence wId de bawb wiah trimmins?"
 He's don goin' to keep chickens"
 Chickens! Wiv a fence like dat? Say. dat's a insult to de whole neighbO'- hood! Oar ain't a laddah in de whole block. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Caught.

Mir. Truax-The >one who can say mo- in such a way as to make a per son feel under obligations is the one that wins in this world
 Miss WObbsleigh-I suppose so, but of course she must say ''yes'' after she has been properly leased.
 He thought hard for a few minutes and then decided that there was no way out of it.
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Making UAe of Him.

Mistress-Mary, Mrs. Julius tells me that last night she saw policeman in the kitchen with you.
 Mary-Yes'm; I had him there to keep the other men away!-Tit-Bits.
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Hereditary Characteristic.

CrimsOnbeak-Owen Moore's son was in to see me to-day.
 Yeast-lndeed! Doesn't he remind you of his father?
 "Very much; he wanted to borrow $5."-YOnkers Statesman.
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More than twenty years ago Gam betta, speaking of the increase of Ornaments in Continental countries, said, 'If this goes on, Europe will be reduced to begging at the doors of the barracks" And tsar and kaiser now begin to think his words were true.
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Sausage Day.

The butchers of Berlin have a curl ous way of informing their customer of the. days on which fresh sausages are made by placing a chair, covered with a large clean apron, at the side On the shop door.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-05-13

The most humorous sentence uttered on the Spanish-American war was that of the Spanish member of the COrtes who asked: "The officers of the late war, why haven't they been shotY"
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Bob-"How do you stand with your

Bob-"HOw do you stand with your employer so well, Tom; you never laugh at his jokes" TOm-''No; but dine at the same restaurant, and, pre- tending not to sec him I retail all his stories. saying loudly: T can't tell Il so well as he can, but here's rattIing good yarn MT. D. told us this morning. I've been promoted three times this year."
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Another Name for 1t.

Spiffins-Is your wife jealous of your typewriter, Snaggs?
 Snaggs-She doesn't know have one.
 "HOw is that?'
 "She asked me about my typewriter one day and told her I managed to get along with stationery engineer" -Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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A Maffer of Douht

'I understand" said the morbid spectator, that the prisoner is show ing wonderful nerve'
 "I don't know" answered the cynical lawyer, whether he is showing won- derful nerve or whether he simply lacks intelligence enough to know when it Is time to be scared. Washington Star,
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Public sentiment is at times a trife slow in pulling itself together, but it usually makes up for lost time by land ing hard.
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His Idea of the Artistic.

'I understand that your friend Is fit. ting up his room in strictly artistic man. ner."
 ''I guess it must me so," replied the heavy young man. Every time sit on a piece of furniture 1t goes to pieces."- Washington Star.
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ArtfuI AdYertisera

Watts-Women do dearly love the military.
 Potts-Oh, yes. I think that is the instinct the department houses appeal to when they always advertise bargain aughters.-Detroit Journal.
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Butcher-WOuld you like nice cured
Provoking,

Spooks-Dreams always go by con traries.
 Speeke-I'm glad that's so.
 SpOOks-Why?
 Speeke-Well, you see, had a won derful dream last night.
 Spooks-Tell us what 1t was. Speeke-I dreamed you didn't return that ten you borrowed of me.-BOston Courier.
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Chi1dIike and Bland.

Mamma-YOu must be very good dur ing Lent, Tommy.
 TOmmy-Why, is Santa Claus com ing again at Easter?1Puck.
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LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF
 VARIOUS HUMORISTS.
FIeasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-Sayings that Are Cheer ful to Old or Young Funny Selections that You Will Enjoy.

Meggie-Marie's engagement has been broken off.
 Minnie-Is that fact? Poor girl! 1 saw her sitting at the window as l came by.
 "Yes; she likes to sit at the window and admire the hieroglyphics she cut on the glass with the ring she had to send back"-Yonkers Statesman.
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Abdul Hamid's aunt has died and left him $20,OO0,OOO. Uncle Sam might garnishee that money and collect the bill the Sultan owes us for American property destroyed.
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A Hard Propositiou

Blink-The trouble with bore is one never knows what to do with him.
 Wink-Not at all. The trouble is ones always afraid to do it.-Harper's Ba, gar
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Mercenary Refinement.

Remember" said Aguinaldo to his band of braves, 'that we are not sav- ages. If any of you takes prisoner, be sure to avoid anything which may cause you to be classed with the Amer ican Indian"
 What do you mean?"
 Don't scalp the man. Reach for his pocketboOk. k.'-WashingtOn Star.
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A Nicaraguan revolution has col lapsed, but as its number is not cabled no one is able to state whether it is the last one that is meant
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And now there is a coffin trust These combinations are not only going to make 1t hard to live, they are going to make it hard to die. They intend to follow a man just as far as they can.
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A TerrihlA Hahif.

Wife-John, you have very annoy ing habit of saying What's that ?" whenever you are spoken to. Can't you break your self of it?
 Husband (reading)-Eh-what's that? -Tit-Bits.
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By sending that telegram of sym pathy to Mrs. Kipling, Emperor Will fam made friends in American and England, too.
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No Fight in Him

What's the matter between you and your neighbour?
 ''TOO insipid. There's . man you couldn't get into an argument If you told him that he inspired the Darwin ian theory. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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It's natural that Italy, "the boot of Europe," should be brought in to begin the kicking down of the Chinese wall for the grand final assault of the noUarS
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T. feet 0f Hia Tnn1

''There Is seldom any point to what he writes," said Triplett.
 "He nearly always uses a stub pen," explained Twynn.-Detroit Free Press.
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The servant girls sphere of influence in the partition of china was defined shortly after china was discovered, and is therefore the earliest on record.
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When a man has trouble he regards his burden as being particularly heavy if he has no one to go to for sympathy. He is fortunate that he Is compelled to keep 1t to himself, and doesn't know 1t
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A Defective Umbrella.

Customer-Look here! The first time l used this cheap umbrella I bought of you the black dye soaked out and dripped all over me.
 Dealer-Mein friendt, dat vos von new patent detective umprel. You see 1t ish von Zelf-dedector. If anyvons dake hims you can dell him by his clod- ings.-Ohio State Journal.
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Those GOO locomotives which the American company is building for for eign countries will do some strong puff fing for Yankee enterprise.
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Break plate at a woman's house and you will discover that it was ons that had been in her family a grea many years.
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Got I'm Late.

Mrs. Tlmid-Did you ever find q man under the bed?
 Mrs. Bluff-Yes, the night we thought there were burglars in the house. l found my husband there.
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Small boys find that the thrashing machine trust makes no difference with the slipper.
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China is now waiting and wonder ing where and by whom she will be hit next
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Friends of higher education will re- Joice to hear that the chewing gum trust did not materialiZe.
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The Empire of China is now making aR exhaustive collection of European civilizations.
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

The Filipino women developed into great fighters on the approach of Hob son.
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Gomez's army feels that the United States represented liberty for it, and now it's glad to see that liberty pays.
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No One Ia at Law.

"So old MT. Spiffins is dead, l hear? said Mrs. Snaggs to her husband.
 Yes" replied Mrs. Snaggs, "and your friend Mrs. Northside is one of the heirs-at-law."
 "Chere must be some mistake about that for she told me that there would be no litigation whatever about the es- tate. "-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
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MT. Brownrigg (an absent-minded old gent-Let me see-does Mr. Brownrigg live here?
 New Servant (nOt recognizing her master)-Yes, sir; but he's not in at present.
 NIT. B.-Oh, we'll, never mind. I'll call again.-Punch.
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Some people have worked so long they can't get along without It
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Not a Minute.

You lost good deal of time from your business by going to war, didn't you?"
 "Yes," answered the man who volun- teered, "but doubt whether I lost any more than some of the people who didn't go have lost arguing over it.''- Washington Star.
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Hard Luck.

Castaway-Dis Is tough. Three days widoAt bite, and den dis box of cook books washes ashore!-Cincinnati En- Quirer.
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OVcr-ExertiOu.

Kind lady-How did you become so lame? =
 Tramp.OVereIertion, mum.
 Lady-Indeed. In what way?
 Tramp-MOvin' on every time a po- liceman tOle me.-New York Weekly.
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Trying to Be Complimentary.

Miss Weatherworn-These ridiculous scientists say the human race is more than 100000 years old. Can you be- lieve 1t?
 Young B. D. Ott-I can when I hear you say so.-1ndianapolis Journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-28
TETON COUNTY NOTES.

A. B. Mcdonald, who has been en-
gagged in the sheep business for many
years at Collins. has gone to Albuquer-
que, N. M, where he will engage in the
same business. He has disposed of all
of his interests in Northern Montana.
Robert Miller has returned from the
Sweetgrass hills, Where he has been
spending the winter, and resumed his
old position on the S Il ranch.
John Zimmerman is preparing to put
in an S0-barrel water tank for j. '.
Davies on the Marias ranch. While the
artesian we'll is still spouting, the own
er thinks it best to be on the safe side
and prepare for a storage of the water.
He will have the supply piped into his
house and garden and thus have one
of the best water supplies in this part
of the country.
j. w. Shields and Mrs. Louise CHS
holm were married at the Choteau
house on Tuesday evening in the pres
ence of few of their intimate friends.
Rev e. A. Logan performed the cere-
mony Mr.. Shields has long resided in
Choteau. where he is favorably known.
At the present time he is the county
surveyor. His bride has lived there
only about a year, having come from
Wisconsin.
Charles Simons, charged with the
murder of Charles Fl. Buckley, had his
preliminary hearing before Justice
Taylor of Dupuyer on Monday. Coun-
ty Attorney Erickson represented the
state, while Attorney ]. G. Bair of
Choteau defended the prisoner. A
number of witnesses were examined
and Simons was committed to jail with
out bonds to await trial in the district
court. He is practically recovered from
his wounds. The witnesses were each
put under $500 bonds to appear at the
trial The testimony heard at the eX-
animation covers practically the same
ground as the story of the shooting al
ready told in these columns.
The First NJ. E. church of Dupuyer
has been organized under the direction
of Rev. F. A. Riggin, with the follow
| ing trustees and incorporatOrs: A. w.
Hammer, H. A. Gillette. Rasmus Fa-
gerli. DIR. Gillette has presented to the
church a piece of land fronting on Gil
| lette avenue, and it is here that the
| members expect to build some time this
season. The gift includes about an
acre and makes an excellent site.
M. H. Ormsby of Choteau has re-
ceived a letter from Bishop Brondel
stating that a priest has been selected
and will soon arrive in Choteau to take
charge of the work of the Catholic
church there.
Phil G. Rimell. a we'll known WOOL
| grower of the northern part of the
| county, and Miss Jennie Mcdonald
were married at the NJ. f. church of
| Choteau on Wednesday. April 26, the
| ceremony being performed by the Rev.
| Alfred Brown of St. Marks Episcopal
church of Anaconda. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Rirnell are popular young people and
| receive the hearty congratulations of
| a large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances on their marriage.
| j. w. GLADDEN. has returned to Cho-
teau after six months spent at his old
home in Perrysville, Ohio. 1t was his
| intention to locate in the East but he
tired of the country and wisely con-
| Guided to return to Montana.
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about to kill him, when Corporal Phil
lips arrived on the scene from the Slave
lake post, and by his prompt and de-
termined action prevented any further
trouble. The two Indians who had
committed the murder were arrested,
and together with the second weitlgo
were brought to Lesser Slave lake. the
return journey was made in company
with the Indians Who thoroughly
panic stricken, sought the protection
of the police. All of the gaudy colored
finery with which they We're possessed
was hung on twigs along the route
with a view to frightening the evil
spirit away. At the lake Nap-as-Sis,
who had recovered his mental eQuil-
brim, was examined by a doctor and
pronounced perfectly sane. He was
therefore discharged. The two ac-
cused murderers, Pay-u and Nappa-
Souses, and an aged witness. Chuci-a-
Chuck, were brought on to the fort by
Corporal Phillips and Constable War
rem, where the preliminary hearing of
the charge against them will be pro-
ceeded with shortly.
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ITS A PECULIAR M|x-UP
Several Aldermanic Complica-
lions in Great Falls.
TIE IN THE THIRD WARD
Neither Candidate in the First Ward El-
titled to Hold Ofics-Both Ara
Barred Out by the
Statutes.

Great Falls, April 27.-This afternoon
the contest case in the Third ward,
King versus Auerbach, was taken up
in the district court and a recount of
the votes had. The returns given by
the judges of election We're 1856 votes
for Auerbach, the democratic candi
date, against 1876 for King. The court
found that one vote. which had been
counted for Auerbach, was so incor-
rectly counted, and the recount made
a tie between the two candidates, 1855
votes each for King and Auerbach.
The court has not yet rendered an
opinion in the case of the First ward
and the matter is considerably compli-
Gated In an informal talk this morn
ing, Judge Leslie stated that he was
of the opinion that PittWOOd was not
entitled to hold the office, although the
returns show that he received more
votes than Dowty. The Judgment is
based on the fact that Pittwood has
not complied with the statutory regula-
tons by having resided in the ward
the required time. On the other hand,
it appears that Dowty is not a tax
payer and freeholder in the sense of the
and besides all that, he received less
number of votes at the polls than did
his opponent.
On the face of these premises. that
present incumbent, Mathew Dunn,
would hold over for another term.
There again comes a question: Mr..
Dunn is interested in the Yogo sap
phire mines. a property which is yield
ing an excellent income at the present
time and is steadily growing in value.
| 1t is said, and the statement is appar-
emily good, that he does not desire to
hold the office any longer. Without a
doubt had he cared to have run, he
would have gained the office had he
| been candidate. Now the situation is
| this: Mathew Dunn is the alderman
| from the Second ward. If he does not
care for the place, he will resign. and
| then, the council will have an oppor-
tunity to elect his successor
In the Third ward the man to hold
over will be C. o. Jarl, and in his case
| it is not known whether he intends
| to resign or not. In such case his not
resigning, he VIII hold over for another
| year.
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HAS A SOCIAL SIDE.
More Members Admitted to the Black
Eagle Hose Company.

Eagle Hose company.
Great Falls April 27.-Down at the
Boston & Montana smelter the fire
protection has for many years de-
volved upon an institution known as
the Black Eagle Hose company. The
organization has proved not only an
effective fighter of fires, but it has as
sumed a social aspect, which has
grown steadily until it is considered
badge of social success to belong to the
fire boys. G. w. Goodale, superintend-
ent of the works, has for the past year
held the Office of chief and the other
officers have been held by men CORE
spondingly high in the social scale. At
the last meeting of the brigade six new
members We're elected, namely: Elmer
Pfouts. A. A. Byrhay. A. 7. Elliott. r.
L. Lloyd, E. Cook and H. Ward. The
organization now has a membership
of 20. divided into four companies, each
of which has a particular section of the
works under it's guardianship.
At the meeting it was also decided to
hold the practice run every Saturday
afternoon following May L. under the
guidance of the assistant chief. w. $.
Carnes This will insure perfect ia
miliarity on the part of each member
of the company with the location of the
hydrants and the formal preparation
for fighting fire. The club also selected
an executive committee, composed of
J. T. Morrow, f. D. Fuller and Henry
Seidler, and these gentlemen will look
after the social side of the organization
which, it is promised, will appear more
strongly than ever.
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Antidote Against Stings.

According to DR.. Friedander of Wies-
baden, electricity is an antidote against
stings of insects. His plan in such cases
is to apply a constant current and to
place negative cathode on the spot
Stung by the insect. Contamination pro-
duceS a rather strong sensation of burn
ing, but at the same time the pain from
the sting disappears. and if the electricity
is applied very soon after the wound has
been inflicted there is little or no swelling.
The current, however. does excellent SER
vice even if it be not applied until after
some time has elapsed. for it removes
the pain and also quickly reduces the
swelling. The supposition is that the
poison which the insect has injected
through the skin is neutralzed and rem
dered innocuous by the current DR..
Fredlander has repeatedly made expert
ments of this kind on persons who have
been stung by bees and wasps, and has
Invariably found them successful. He
naturally believes that a similar result
would be obtained in the cases of perso rs
stung by other insects.
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WEITIGOS KILLED,
Two Canadian Crees Have Been Arrested
for Murder.


Great Falls, April 27.-It would seem
from the reports reaching this city from
the North that the Canadian Cree In
dams do not follow the custom of their
brothers on United States soil, which
holds all insane subjects as sacred peo-
pie people who are possessed by di-
vine spirit, good or evil Instead, they
are in the habit of puttin~ to death all
weitigos, i. e., "bughouse." "nutty'' or
insane members of the tribe. A story
of such insanity, accompanied by can
nbalism attempted, comes from Ed
monitor, where Corporal Phillips of the
mounted police tells it. The two In
dams who killed the weitigo are now
under arrest at Fort Saska tchewan.
The corporal says that the murder was
committed by band of Crees who left
Lesser Slave lake for Smoky river, 10
miles northwest, on a hunting eXpedi-
ton two weeks ago. Moos-Toos, the
Indian who was killed, lived in shack
on Smoky river, and while the hunting
band We're in the vicinity he turned
'weitigo." This is simply a condition
of temporary insanity, or as the In
dams describe it, being possessed of
an evil spirit" While in this condition
the affected one has a craving to kill
and eat some human being, generally a
child. Indians are naturally very SUI
perstitious and anything supernatural
is sufficient to arouse intense excite
',nent, bordering almost on panic. A
weitigo is a subject of particular dread.
When Moos-Toos become affected they
killed him, severed the head from the
trunk and otherwise mutilated the
body in a frightful manner. The ex-
element aroused by Moos-Toos was
sufficient to unbalance the mind of
Nap-as-Sis a member of the hunting
band, who also turned weitigo and at
tempted to kill and eat a 10-year-old
Indian girl, who was with the party.
The Indians had captured and were
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"a word to the wise is sufficient" and

"a word to the wise is sufficient" and a
word from the wise should be sufficient,
but you ask, who are the wise? Those
who know. The oft repeated experience
of trustworthy persons may be taken
for knowledge. Mr.. w. M. Terry says
Chamberlains Cough Remedy gives
better satisfaction than any other in
the market. He has been in the drug
business at Elkton, KY, for twelve
years; has sold hundreds of bottles of
this remedy and nearly all other cough
medicines manufactured, which shows
conclusively that Chamberain's is the
most satisfactory to the people, and is
the best. For sale by druggists.