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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05
OUIETED THE INDIANS.
Bishop Whipple's Method of Sub
DUNG Refractory and Re-
belliOus Braves.

Most interesting is Bishop Whipple' S
account of the manner in which he
once prevented an Indian outbreak,
says H. b. Merwin, in Atlantic.
RIGHTEOUSNESS of speech" he says,
sis a marked characteristic of the In
dian. 1t is an act of great rudeness
to interrupt another, and the last
words of every speech are: L have
done knowledge of this fact once
enabled me to settle a serious Difficult
ty. The Indians at Leech Lake had
heard-as was the fact-that the gov
eminent had sold all their pine with
out their knowledge and consent 81
An uprising was imminent, and the
Indians had already killed the govern
ment cattle. Bishop Whipple was re-
quested by the president to go to
Leech Lake and negotiate with the In
dams. cit was in the dead of winter,
the thermometer below zero, and the
snow deep. 1t was a journey of Is
miles through the forest, and it took
us three days to reach the lake. The
Indians came to their council in paint
and feathers, angry and turbulent"
Flatm outh, their chief, made a violent
speech. to which the bishop replied
briefly, as follows: 81 snail tell YOU
the truth. It will not be pleasant to
my red brother. When you killed
those cattle, you struck the Great
Father in the face. When you stole
those goods, you committed a crime.
I am not here to tell you what the
Great Father will do. He has not told
me. If he does what he ought to do,
he will arrest those who have COM
mitted this crime, if it takes 10000
men,
Gas I expected" the bishop relates,
''the chief was very angry, and,
springing to his feet, began to talk
violently. L folded my arms and sat
down. When he paused, said quiet
ly: Falmouth, are you talking, or
am I talking? If you are talking,
will wait till you have finished; if 1
am talking, you may wait till have
finished The Indians all shouted:
sHo! ho!' Their chief had committed
a great breach of courtesy toward me,
their friend.
mouth sat down, and knew that the
ground was mine. / then told them
that when I heard of the pine sale I
wrote to Washington and protested
against it; that / went to the man
who bought the pine, and told him
that should oppose the sale and car
ry the matter into the courts"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05

far enough to be an easy prey fer
the lurking foe. Then, too, it occurred
to him that he must not leave the
ranch unprotected. Already he was
within long rifle range of the height;
already probably some beady eye was
glancing through the sights, and the
deadly tube was covering him as he
came bounding on. Three hundred
yards more and his life probably
wouldn't be worth a dollar in con-
federate money, and wisely the young
leader began to draw rein, and, turn
ing in saddle, signaled to his single
companion. laboring along one hun
dred yards behind, to hasten to join
him. Presently the trooper came
squirting up.a swarthy young Ger
man, but though straining every
nerve, the troop was still mile away.
ride back, Wegner, and tell the
sergeant to take ten men around that
side-the south side of the bluff and
he pointed with his hand; ''the rest to
come straight to me''
Oh, well was it for Dean that he
checked his speed. and as the young
dragon went suffering back, that
he himself drew rein and waited for
the coming of his men. Suddenly from
far out along the ridge in front, from
the very crest, there leaped jet or
two of fire and smoke. Two little
spurts of dust and turf flew up from
the prairie sod a dozen yards in front,
a rifle bullet went singing off through
the sunny air, Rabb, his handsome
bay, paved the ground and switched
about. and up on the crest, riding
boldly in full view, two 1.-THE, naked,
painted warriors, war bonnets trailing
over their ponies groups, yelling shrill
insult and derision, went tearing away
northward, one CT them pausing long
enough to wave some ragged object
on high and give out ringing, exultant
whoop ere he disappeared from view.
cts a scalp, lieutenant" shouted
the foremost sergeant as he came up
to join his chief. They've got one.
anyhow"
"Come on, then, and We'll get it
back" was the only answer, as with
nearly thirty troopers stringing out
behind them, the two launched out in
chase.
ITO Re Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05


across the stream. And then while
strong arms lifted and bore the wound
ed herdsman to the porch, Dean turned
to the wailing mistress, who, white
faced and terror-stricken, was wiring
ing her hands and moaning and rum
ming wildly up and down the walk and
calling for some one to go and save
her husband. Dean almost bore her to
a chair and babe her fear nothing. He
and his men would lose not moment.
On the floor at her feet lay the little
card photograph. and Dean, hardly
thinking what ne did, stopped, picked
it up and placed it in the pocket of his
hunting shirt, just as the trum peter
on his plunging gray reached the gate,
Deans big, handsome charger trotting
swiftly alongside. In an instant the
lieutenant was in saddle, in another
second a trooper galloped up with his
belt and carbine. Already the men
were leading into line across the
stream, and, bidding the trumpeter tell
Sergt. Shaughnessy to follow at speed,
the young officer struck spur to his
horse and, carbine in hand, a single
trooper at his heels, away he darted
down the valley. c troop, splashing
through the ford moment later, took
the direct road past the stockade of
the corral, disappeared from sight a
moment behind that wooden fortifica-
ton and, when next it hove in view, it
was galloping front into line far down
the Laramie, then once more vanished
behind it's curtain of dust.
1.-TWO miles out there under the
butte" was the only indication the
young officer had of the scene of the
fight, for fight he knew it must be,
and even as he went bounding down
the valley he recalled the story of the
Indian girl, the threats of Burning
Star, the vowed vengeance of her
brothers. Could it be that, taking adj
vantage of this raid of Red Cloud, far
from all the reservations, far from
possibility of detection by count of pry-
ing agents, the three had induced a
gang of daring, devil-may-care young
warriors to slip away from the Big
Horn with them and, riding stealthily
away from the beaten trails, to ford
the Platte beyond the ken of watch
full eyes at Fetterman and sneak
through the mountain range to the
beautiful, fertile valley beyond, and
there lie in wait for Hal Folsom OR for
those he loved? What was to prevent
Well they knew the exact location of
his ranch. They had fished and sport
ed all about it in boy days-days when
the soldiers and the Sioux were all
good friends, days before the mistaken
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05
TAKE HEART.


Though fearful storms have swept In
wrath
About thy toilsome. rugged path,
And thou hast ofttimes been cast down
And sore dismayed by Fortunes frown.
Faint not, but bravely bear thy part,
o fellow man; once more take heart.
The storm is followed by the calm,
And winter gales by airs of balm
Dark night gives place to sun-bright day:
Let Hope still cheer thee on thy way.
Beyond the cloud still shines the sun:
Press on until thy work is done.
Perchance thou many times hast failed
Some weakness over thee prevailed,
And thou hast faltered in the strife
And sadly rued thy blighted life:
Though great thy grief and keen thy
pain
o weary one. take heart again!
Dwell not upon thy mcurnful past.
Arise, and for thy right stand fast;
Be strong and brave, fold not thy hands.
For thee still flows life's golden sands:
To better things sweet voices call
But God in love rules over all.
John Allen Guiiford, in Boston Tran
script.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05
CHAPTER VII.

Lieut.. Deans orders required that
he should march his troop without un-
necessary delay to Fort Emory, there
to take station relieving troop F, or
dered to change to Frayne, which
meant, in SO many words, to take the
field. Capt. Brooks, still wrestling with
the fever, had retired to his quarters
at the old frontier fort that stood so
long on the bluffs overlooking the fords
of the Platte. The surgeon said he
must remain in bed at least week,
so meantime the troop packed up,
sent its wagons ahead over the range,
babe God speed to as it passed
through Ell route to the front, ex-
changed a yolley of chaff and chewing
tobacco over the parting game of
~'freeze out" fought to a finish on
many an outspread saddle blanket,
then logged on toward Gate City,
making wide detour at the sug-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05

with smoke or dust. A narrow and
dark stairway led from the first floor
to the second, whereon were situated
the registry and money order offices
and the offices of the postmaster and
some of his assistants.
The passages were narrow and al
most as dark as those of cavern. The
plank floors were woru and uneven,
and an Investigator who went through
them one day stepped on loose board
which fell back to its place with a
rafting noise as the foot was raised
from it. None of the rooms were large
enough, and the whole interior of the
structure recalled that of backwoods
county courthouse where the hogs
sleep regularly when court is not in
session.
But that is all now historic. 1t will
soon become reminiscent. In a few
years it Will be entirely forgotten. The
people who patronize the local post of
fee now pass in and out Of an archi-
tectural credit to this national city; a
building erected especially for the use
of the post Office department-the main
floor being arranged for the city post
Office.
A movement is now on foot to erect
another home for the city post Office,
because it takes up SO much space that
the post Office department is crowded
for room. 1t seems strange that our
alleged statesmen cannot see farther
into the future than they do in matters
of such importance. The new building
would have been a good permanent
home for the city post Office for prob
ably a quarter of a century. maybe
longer. But no sooner was it erected
than the congress enacted that the
post Office department should occupy
the upper eight stories. That was a
mistake.
As this great republic grows with
marvellous and irresistible momentum.
the business Offices of the government
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05

up the turf in the sudden effort to
check his speed, long months of service
on the plains and in the heart of Indian
land having taught them in times of
alarm or peril that the quicker they
reached the guiding hand and bore,
each, his soldier on his back, the
quicker would vanish the common foe.
Even before the painting steed of the
headlong courier came within hailing
distance of the ranch, half the horses
in the troop were caught and the bits
were rafting between their teeth;
then, as the messenger tore along the
gentle slope that led to the gateway,
his wearied horse laboring painfully
at the rise, Mrs. Folsom recognized one
of her husbands herdsmen, man who
had lived long years in Wyoming and
could be unnerved by no false alarm,
and her voice went up in a shrek of
fear as she read the tidings in his al
most CHASTITY face.
where is Hal?" she screamed. "Oh,
what has happened?"
Hes safe," was the answering call,
as the rider waved a reassuring hand,
but ut the instant he bent low
'sThank God, you're here, lieutenant"
he gasped. Mount quick. Halls COR
rallied two miles out there under the
butte-Siouxi" And then they saw
that he was swooning, that the blood
was streaming down the left thigh and
leg, and before hand could help him,
he rolled senseless, doubled up in the.
dust at his horses feet, and the weary
creature never even started.
Saddle up. men!" rang the order
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05
CHAPTER vI.-CoNr1NUED.

Measuring as he meant his words
to be, Marshall Dean himself looked
anxiously about at the unprotected
walls. Not even the customary dug
out" or underground refuge seemed to
have been prepared. Almost every
homestead, big or little, of those days,
had its tunnel from the cellar to
dugout near at hand, stocked with
provisions and water and provided
with loopholes commanding the neigh
borhood, and herein the besieged
could take refuge and stand off the
Indians until help should come from
the nearest fort. 1.-The name of Fol-
som is our safeguard" said Mrs. Hal,
in her happy honeymoon days, but
that was before the mother told her
OF the threats of Burning Star or the
story of the Ogallalla girl he vainly
loved. 'All that happened so long ago."
she murmured, when at last the tale
was told. But Hal should have known,
if she did not, that even when it
seems to sleep Indian vengeance is
but gaining force and fury.
Presently Mrs. Hal came tripping
forth again, little carte de visite in
her hand, smile of no little signiti-
canoe on her lips. ''Now, Mr.. Dean,
will you tell me what you think of that
for q pappoose?"
And with wonderment in his eyes
the young officer stod and held it and
gazed.
There stood Pappoose, to be sure,
but what q change! The little maiden
with the dark braids of hair hanging
far below her waist had developed into
tail slender girl, with cIear-cut oval
face, crowned by mass of dark treSs-
es. Her heavy, low-arching brows
spanned the thoughtful deep, dark
brown eyes that seemed to speak the
soul within and the beautiful face was
lighted up with a smile that showed
Just a peep Of faultless white teeth:
cleaning through the warm curves Of
her soft, sensitive lips. The form was
eXquisitely rounded, yet supple and
erect.
Hasn't Jessie written you of how
Mrs. Hall with woman's quick note
of the admiration and surprise in
Deans regard.
"She must have" was the answer,
"I'm sure she has, but perhaps 1
tuOuSul IL liza pei
haps l had too many other things to
think off,
Perhaps you'll find it superseding
these too many other things, Mr.. Sol
der Boy" was Mrs. Halls mental COM
ment. Now, sir, if you've gazed
enough perhaps you'll tell me your
plans" and she stretched forth a re-
claiming hand.
But he hung on to the prize. ''Let me
keep it a minute" he pleaded. Its
heloveliest thing I've seen in months"
And, studying his absorbed face, she
yielded, her eyebrows arching, pref
ty smile of feminine triumph about her
lips, and neither noticed the non-com-
missioned officer hurrying within the
gate, nor that half the men in &C"
troop at their bivouac along the
stream were on their feet and gazing
to northeast, that far down the valley
a horseman was speeding like the
wind, that little puffs Of smoke were
rising from the crests of the grand
landmark of the range and floating
into the blue of the heavens. Both
started to their feet at the abrupt an
nouncement.
Lieutenant, there are smoke sig
mails on Lar'mie Peak" o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05

$50 you are looking for position
said the merchant to the youth with
can you doc"
''Oh, any old thing" replied the
young man. ''Of course, don't expect
the junior partnership at the start,
but I want to be sure of an early rise. IS
'Eery WE'LL" replied the merchant.
"1'1 make you assistant janitor. You
will rise at four O'Clock every morning
and sweep the foors." = Collier
Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05

Vaseline is the best rust preventive.
When machine is laid away it should
have a thick coating. and when =
wheel is thus treated it can be
brought out in any weather and left
untouched for days Nor is this all;
when the mud is at last wiped of the
enamel viii be found beneath un-
scratched and glossy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05
Hfs Ambition Crushed.

Weary Wraggles-Why SO sad, Lone
some?
Lonesome Samy-Dis paper says a
man wot's born in a foreign country
can't never be president OF de United
STATES.
"Weil, what of it ?''
"Dat wuz de one job I've al1us ben
lookin' for'ard ter!'.N. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05

JonesI must be getting old.
Smith-Legs getting stiff. or e-es
getting bad?
JonesrNo; but Tn beginning to
like to read statistics Chicago Rec
ord
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
A STORM IN THE TROPICS.
Impressive Memory of n Night in the
hight Of Benin binding
Flashes of Lightning.

The sun disappeared behind a noun
famous mass OF leaden-colored clouds
which rose rapidly in the southern and
western quarters, says j. Taylor Ward
in the Atlantic. To the eastward, also,
the signs were threatening. Night
came on suddenly as it does in the trop-
les. Soon the darkness enyeloped us,
q palpable veil. A noise like the march
OF mighty host was heard, which
proved 10 be the approach of tropical
flood, heralded by drops as large as
marbles. II churned the still waters
into phosphorescent foam which rem.
dered the darkness only more oppres-
sive. The rain came down as II can
come only In the Blight of Benin. The
avalanche cooled us, reducing the tenn.
perature ten or fifteen degrees, giving
Us new life, and relieving our fevered
blood. | told Mr.. Block 20 throw back
the tarpaulin over the main hatch and
let our dusky friends get some benefit
of it. In half an hour the rain ceased
but il was as calm and ominous as ever
j knew this was but the forerunner ot
something 10 follow. We had not long
20 wait. for suddenly binding flash
OF lightning darted through the gloom
from east TO west, followed by one in
the opposite direction. Without inter
mission. one blaze after another. and
thunder crashing until our eyes were
blinded and our ears deafened, thou.
sand times ten thousand pieces Of ar.
tillery Numbered away. We seemed
utterly helpless and insignificant
How wonderful are Thy works" came
70 my mind. Still no wind; the brig
lay helpless.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
RED ROCK CLINGS TO NAME.
story OF How Town Came ny IL and
Its sturdy Resolve Not To
Change a..

"Up in Columbia county" said a man
who spent the summer up the Hudson
70 a New York Sun reporter lis Red
Rock, a small hamlet, 26 miles from
Albany and near East Chatham and
Greedy Lake. Now, Red Rock isn't
much of place. but there is something
interesting about il that ! fancy all
the world doesn't know. The pres
ent name is nc the one IT has always
borne. and what its other name was
/ don't know. Whatever il was the
people did not like il, and concluded
they would change il. There was no
particular reason why they should call
it Red Rock, but that was determined
upon, and so Red Rock it became.
Then in the course of time strangers
OF an inquiring turn of mind began
to ask why the place had such a name,
and as no reason could be given, new
corners TO the neighborhood began to
want a name that meant something.
This insstence grew so strong that the
old residents began TO look around for
q reason for the name of their place,
and al last they found a huge bowlder
near by which they said was what had
suggested the name. But the bowlder
was gray instead of red and the pro
gres>ionists insisted that that would
not do At last, the old-timers hit
upon a new plan, and procuring bar
rel Of red paint, they painted the big
rock red. Red Rock, indeed. IL was
now. and not only was all opposition
TO the name overcome, but the painting
OF the rock every spring has become
an annual festival. and the people cele-
brate il with q big picnic and general
celebration. Il was a new idea to me
end if there Is any other town any
where on earth that is christencd every
spring with red paint or any other
color. | don't know where IL is"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
WAIT FOR THE DISROBING.
Feast ON Lobsters when the
Latter Shed Their shells.

IL is probably news 20 the majority
OF people TO know that the red or
rock Goldfish is a bitter enemy of the
lobster that has just crawled out Of
his shell and is soft and unable to
protect himself, says the Lewiston
(Me) journal. During shedding time
these Holsters crawl up under project
ing rocks where the seaweed and kelp
are thick and where they find pro-
tected places in which 10 90 through
the process of slipping out Of their
old shells and taking on new coat
OF mail, so to speak. For some days
after shedding the Holsters are weak
and unable to cope with those fish
that wage war upon them. This fact
the Goldfish seem intuitively to know,
and they will swarm around these re-
treats in great numbers and wait for
the sbedders to crawl out.
An old lobster fisherman said the
other morning that many times he
had stopped his dory over large
number of these red Goldfish and
watched their operations. lie had
even dropped his line down and dam
gled tempting bait within a few feet
OF them. Unless il happened to fall
directly in front Of their noses. how
ever, they would seldom take it. as
they were after lobster meat. When
the thin-shelled Holsters would crawl
out from beneath the protecting sea-
weed the Goldfish would dart at them
and strike them fierce blows with
their tails, disabling them completely.
They would then fall 10 and devour
the helpless crustaceans. This per-
Torrance The lobster fisherman said
he had witnessed many times The
shedding season is now practically
over, and the shells Of the Holsters are
becoming firm and hard and they are
fully able 10 take care Of themselves
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
What does it Mean.

Your food causes distress. There is a
heavy weight in your stomach, and you
feel dull pains, belching OF wind, heart
burn and nausea.
The trouble is, your stomach is weak
il has no power to digest food and the
pains you feel are warnings that your
stomach must have help.
Don't think you can cure this trouble
by resorting TO any means Of artificial di-
gestion. The best medicine for dyspep.
STA is Hoods Sarsaparilla, because it
restores 10 the stomach its natural di-
gestive fluids, and gives it power 10 act
as Nature intended. People who suf-
fered all that could be suffered from dys.
pepsia write that they eat what they
wish since tax ng Hoods and that food
does not cause the slightest distress. DO
not suffer any longer from this disease
You may have complete relief from
its distressing symptoms by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla faithfully and per-
sistently. 1l57.2w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
It's In the Blood.

Did you ever think how many OF the
ills from which people suffer originate
in the blood' 1t is said there are 24oo
diseases TO which the race is subject.
Look at the men and women coming
out of the big factory, all of them pale,
sickly, anaemic. Their trouble is in
the blood. 1t isn't rich and healthy
enough to put any color in their
faces. The same is true of multitude
of housekeepers, school teachers, and
others. They need Hoods Sarsaparilla
to enrich and vitalize their blood and
give them healthy, robust bodies.
Then you may see every day hundreds
of young people with pimply faces
girls, every one of whom would delight
in fair skin and beautiful complexion
young men sadly disfgured by unsightly
blotches In vain will they apply out
ward remedies. The trouble is in the
blood. They should take Hoods Sarsa
parilla which expels all impurities frou
the blood and cures all humors and erup.
tions. So with long list of ailments
Scrofula is caused by poisonous taints in
the blood. Salt rheum is not cured by
external remedies-it's in the blood
Rheumatism will not yield to outward
appliCation-its cause is acid in the
blood. Dyspepsia cannot be cured b.
the use Of artificial pepsin, but IT,.
natural digestive seCretions of the stCu
ach must be restored by the great consti.
tutional remedy, Hood Sarsaparilla.
In all these diseases and many Others
a rational, permanent cure can be
effected only by eradicating the cause
from the blood by a thorough course OF
this, Americas Greatest Blood Medi.
cine. Il57.2w