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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-13

The flowers know the story
OF what the moonlight sees
At midnight. at E:.1Eight.
Beneath the forest trees.
All day they stir and whisper
And toss their beads in gles;
OF moonlight aId midnight
They know tho mystery.
For all too duh arc mortals.
Their senses al too slow,
In moonlight. at midnight.
To catch the passing show.
But all tho flowers know II.
They wake when mortals dream.
in moonlight, at midnight.
They see the fairies CLEAN.
They see tho mystic dances
OF elves and spirits gay.
In moonlight. at midnight,
How merrily they play!
The beauty or the flowers
Is won In hours like these.
In moonlight. at midnight.
Beneath the forest trees.
Elizabeth French. In Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
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smashing pane after pane. Some oft
dogs came howiiDg and whining back
Tor shelter, though the mastirs held
their ground, ficrcely barking and
bouncing about, despite the whistles
and calls from the bcsiegcd. who
sought to save them 10 the last. but not
once as yet had the ranch replied with
shot. Down in the cellar women
chung together or clasped their wall
ing children and listened fearfully to
the clamor. In Halls room the fevered
sufferer awoke from his stupor, and.
demanding his rifle, struggled to rise
from the bed, and there John Folsom
found Pappoose, pale and determined,
bending over her weakened brother
and holding him down almost as she
could have ovcrpowercd child. Lift
ing his son in his strong arms. he bore
him to the cellar and laid him upon n
couch of buffalo robes. Watch him
here, my child, he said, as he clasped
her in his arms one moment. But on
no account let anyone show above
ground now. There are more of them
than l thought, yet there is hope for
us. Somebody is veXing them down the
Laramie
Bounding up the steps. the veteran
was almost back at his post upon the
porch when there came a sound that
seemed TO give the lie TO his last
words and that froze the hope that
had risen in his breast-the sudden
rumble and thunder of at least 200
hoofs, the charging yell OF an Indian
band. the sputter and bang OF rifles
close at hand, and then rush of feet.
as, with faces agonizcd with fear,
three OF the men came darting within.
ITS all up! There's million In
dians." they cried. Two of the de-
moralized fellows plunged into the
Passage that led to the cellar. One
burst into childish wailing and clung
to Folsom's knees.
Let go, YOU coward" yelled the
old man in fury, as he kicked himself
loose, 0Id then went bounding out
upon tEs% porch. God. what Il sight.
Sweeping up the gentle slope, bran
dishing rifles and lanccs and war
clubs, racing for their hapless prey,
came so Ogallallas. Burning Star
among the leaders. Bullets could not
stop them now. The two men who
mad stood TO their posts knelt grim
and desperate. and Lannon'S last
shot took effect Within so yards OF
the walls Burning Stars rushing pony
went down on his nose. and in the
fury of his pace, turned sudden and
complete somersault. crushing his red
rider under him, and stretching him
senscleSS on the turf. An inspiration,
almost d-given, seemed 70 fash upon
the old trader at the instant. Bare
headed, i'm his shirt sleeves. throwing
upward and forward his empty hands.
he sprang out as though to meet and
rebuke his assailantS Hold" he
cried, in the tongue he knew so well.
Are my brothers crazed? Look, |
am no enemy. 1t is your friend Ii
is old joint" And even III the rage
OF their charge, many Indians at
sight of him veered to right aud left;
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of this country.
They have CONS
to regard Pe-ru-na
a s Indispensable
to their SUCCESS.
Their profession
is so exacting that
itrequires perfect
health in every
particular. They
regard Pe-Iu-na as
their friend and
safeguard Many
| T. t t cr s. are re-
ceived from this
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Up! Up, everybody! Thank God,
s Dean and the boys"

Long years after. in the camps and
stockades and the growing towns OF
the far west that almost marvellous
vescuc was the theme OF many AN
YOURS talk. The number OF men who
took part in it, the number OF hardy
fellows who personally guided the
troops or else stood shoulder to shout
der with Ned Lannion at the last tri-
umphaut moment. increased so rapid
~ with the growing moons that in
time the only wonder was that any
thing was left of the Sioux. Official
records. however. limited the number
OF officers and men engaged to a Sc
lcct few. consisting entirely of Lieut.
Loring. United States engineers:
Lieut. Loomis. TIL infantry; a fcw
men from scattered troops. "pickups"
at Frayne and Emory. with Lieut..
Marshall Deau aud 50 rank and file
OF company &C
Loriug. it will DC remembered. had
taken a small detachment from En-
DRY and gone into the hills I'm search OF
Burieigh. LOOMS. frettinc a the fort.
was later electrified by a most grudp-
iuglN gwen order to march to the Lar
annie and render such aid n might be
required b. the engineer officer OF the
department. Deau. with only Is men
all tod, mad dashed from Frayne
straight Tor the ranch. and. marching
all night had come ia sight Of thc
valley just a. it was lighted afar 20
the westward by the glare OF the burn.
ing bindings. Eve thought it was alI
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Harry Furni-~ t'Io artist. tells 40
amusing story at his own eNpqf,e.
Furui-- had been commissioned To- IL
WStrai~ % tale for Il SERIOUS" pcIird-
icai Ills drawing rcprc.rurcd "a loycrf'
meeting and The young man of the pic.
iur" was Of thc Family Herald ana
Something 20 Read typc. with iong.
thin legs. eye. like saucer. and IitHe
duck or % uusto,h,.
Ihi- would not de- AT an for the 81
itor ot %" serious periodical. who
wrote TO- Nr. Furui~s iva thc-, terms:
Dear sir: VIII Won kindly give
Charlie beard. and show au aunt.
uncle cor otter chuperon I'M the dis
lance? The subject and treatment are.
at present. hardly suitable 10 our
Young readers" Fourth Estate.
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Au example % the danger or dsGpe
a publication ahead or the actual Tim.
ot issue was illustrated by the London
Modern Society. which came ont viz,
date ltne reading January &C." aud
an article saying that The Queen wa,
inprSHog. Inc queen died on Ian
vary q.
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MonrnIns IN HnIT .rimc

Don't you mourn amy longer fov
sour iStr hu.baudy"
only forenoou- bat il viii take mo
two years. You see, It's this say:
n would not make any difference %
my deceased husband whether mourn
Tor MIN the whole oAS long for one
year or "a half day yUF Two years
and b suits me bsttsr."--FHsgends
BlasttsF.
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borne HIM within. bat to what good7

borne him within. bat 70 what good7
Escape from the ranch itself was inn
possible! Such action would only in
teasify the Indian hate aud make
more horrible the Indian vengeance
For 20 minutes the clamor continued,
then seemed to die gradually away,
and, with fury in their faces. back at
full sallop came a dozen of the braves.
One glance was enough. They had
penned in their foe among the rocks,
but not without the loss of several
at least of their band, for the fore
most rode with brandished war club
straight at Folsom. and despite the
leap of his two champions to save,
felled the old trader with one stEu-
ming blow, then gave the savage or
der TO burn the ranch.
BY this time the sun was just peer
ing into the valley. The smoke and
fame from the corral were dying
or drifting away. Eagerly half
dozen young braves rushed for fag-
OTIS and kindling with which to do
his bidding, and a cry of despair went
up from within the walls. RecklesSly
now Lannion and his comradc opened
fire from the loopholes and shot down
two of the dancing furies without,
sending every other Indian TO the
nearest cover. But the arrows that
came whistling speedily were fire
brands. The besiegers gained i'm force
with every moment. Poor old Fol
som. slowly regaining senses as he
lay bound and helpless down by the
stream. whittier his captors had
borne him, heard the ieerS and shouts
of triumph with which the Indians
within the corral were rapidly max
ing their fire darts. when suddenly
there rose on the morning air sound
that stilled all others, sound to-
which the Indians listened in super.
stitious awe. a sound that stopped the
hands that sought to burn out the
bcsieged and paralyzc just long
enough all inspiration of attack
Some of the Indians, indeed, dropped
their arms, others sprang to the
ponies as though To take to fight. IL
was the voice of Lizette, chanting
the death song of the Sioux
An hour later. once more in force.
the band was gathered for its rush
upon the ranch. Jake, gallant fellow
lay bleeding at his post. Hope of
every kind was well-nigh dead. The
silence without was only portent OF
the storm so soon To burst. Pappoose.
graspinG her brothers rifle. crouched
facing the narrow entrance to the
cellar. Jessie chung 10 the baby. for
Mrs. Hal, ouly dimly conscious, was
moaning by her husbands side. while
Lizette in silence was lIneeling, watch
ing them with strange glitter ia her
eyes. Suddenly she started. and with
hand 30 ear listened intently. Then
she sprang TO an air port and
crouched there, quivering. Then again
the ground began to tremble under
the distant thunder of pony feet.
louder and louder every second. Again
came the rush of the Indian braves.
but with it no eNultdnt Yell, only cries
OF warning, and as this sound swept
over and beyond their walls. there fol-
lowed another. the distant. deep
throated trooper cheer. the crack OF
carbine. the rising thunder of the cav
airy gallop. and then the voice OF Ned
Lannion rang jubilantly over the dull
clamor.
Up! Up, everybody! Thank God,
it's Dean and the boys"
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STUDENTS MUST PRAY.
Ths Ontversity ct Chicago CsaMcSI
Passes . Lew A6cctIag the
Hecreants

Cnclassiticd students at the Upiver.
Eity OF Chicago who have been ouryose-
~ missing the daily prayers at chapel
hours will hereafter be reauired to at
tend religious services and to comply
with All the requirements which arc n
the regulations for regular students
Inc university council has passed
law which revOkeS all the speciatpriv.
lleges OF special or uucjassified stu.
dents
ChaPei prayers physical culture. d.
vision lectures and other minor college
requirements become so irksome TO
many students that in, order TO escape
what they termed useless red tape"
thcy gradually changed their registra.
ton cards from regular students to
special students. The result was thai
the university found itself with say
al hundred specis students sndwith
Only acorPoreVs guard OF regulars.
Consequently the university council
'o"S me matter up aud passed such .
rue that there is now no advantage IN
"elng an uHclassificd student Tho re-
sun IS that the students are nov chang.
ing back 20 their regular positions ON
me university roster One discrimint
ION only has beeu made against un,
''ass'hed students and that il thai
"uch students. members OF atbletio
teams could never he captains Tbi,
~ na' almost caused a rupture jn
'i' ''hIetic teams on several occasions
"'i" IN order 10 avert trouble IN the
"."re the council ruled that "eligibil-
IVY Tor membership In any atbletis
S''" OF Inuscis club implies eligibility
any once or honor within the gift OF
inc team o. club"
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..,! me department Store Of The Future 80
Who arc those solid looking men going I'D
~ Tho express elevator" They ayc esc
''aiiSt' We lave a marked down sale ~
teI"ays to-day on the uty.fourth Hoor
y ,n nc second annex back. cleveland PLAIN
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lungs perfect, digestion undisturbcd
Hence the popularity OF Pe-ru-ua
among the leading actors and actresses
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Lasy All yes" sighed the lovclorp
youth, ~ IA passionateiy IN love Win Nj,
van fickcl. wonder II will oyer s,,c
eco an winning hcr affections WHY not ~
tePNed ms cousin Helen ~ know ~ leas.
delpha Press.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29

mad never seen one) when NJ Sonnerat
hrst discovered it. In 1881 there was
only one specimen in Europe.
IL the aye-aye is a structural puzzle,
the colugo is, equally difficult to place
In any order. 1t was first thought to be
bat, for, 1t hung like bat from the
branches of trees in the Moluccas. Then
it was pronounced to be a flying squir-
rel, next a lemur, and now may fairly
be called a nondescript 1t is as large
as cat, lis covered with soft, lemur-
like fur. but, has parachute, not only
between the forelegs and hindlegs, as
flying squirrels have, but also between
the hindlegs, like bat-"a strange and
perplexing animal" as an early natur-
alist plaintively remarked. The tarsiei
is not less SO. Spectrum" is its name,
and its appearance is weird and fantas-
tic. 1t has a tail like a piece of foxtail
grass, hands and toes with fiat discs
like tree frog, enormous eyes, upright
ears, and a woolly body. Its mere ap-
pearance scares the Javanese peasants
from their rice fields in fear of the "evil
eye though it appears to live mainly
on lizards and to be quite harmless.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29
CITY OWNS VALUABLE MINE.
1t Pays Municipal Expenses and
Provides improvements.

Not many towns or cities have a water
system which is a veritable gold mine.
but that is the condition of Baker City.
About year ago Baker City issued bonds
to the amount OF 100000 and established
a gravity water system to supply the city
from Elk Creek, ten miles away in the
mountains. After the new system was
nearly completed it was discovered this
summer that the flow of water was not
sufficient to meet the demands OF the city,
and the council issued more bonds and
purchased the celebrated Auburn Ditch.
which brings a large supply of water
eight miles from the city. The water is
excellent, there is plenty of it, and 1t will
soon be connected with the main water
system.
All this is very well, but there is some
thing distinctly peculiar about the new
water system of Baker City. The title to
the Auburn Ditch carries with it the title
to the celebrated Nelson placer mines, sit
uated eight or ten miles west of the city,
and in securing the water the city also
acquired n gold mine. probably the first
ever owned by any municipality in the
United States. These mines have been
leased in the past, year by year, to peo-
pie who have taken out good returns ev-
cry season. This year the owners have
made q good cleanup. Next year the city
can operate the mine itself or lease the
privilege to others.
II is estimated by a mining man of ex-
perience that the Nelson placer mines
will pay a sufficient revenue to meet all
the expenses of the city government of
Baker City and afford many improve
ments now greatly needed by this rapidly
growing little city For instance, the
town is in urgent need of good sewerage
system. electric street lights, street pave
ments and systematic street sprinkiins
during the dry months. 1t is also pro-
posed to erect in Baker City next year
permanent mineral palace. to be con-
structed of gold and silver ores and to
contain a large collection of the ores
from every camp and mine in East
ern Oregon. so arranged and exhibited
as to answer all questions as TO the MN
eral resources of the country. IL wouiu
show to a stranger the exact location and
character of all the different kinds OF ore,
gold. silver, copper, coal. nickel kaoiin'
asphaltum. and the location and descrip-
tiou of all the working mines and pros
poets.
II is believed that the. rental or pro-
goods from the Nelson placers. which in
euch peculiar manner became the proper
ty of Baker City. will run the city ana
nov for these much desired improvements.
and perhaps aid in wiping out the citys
Indebtedness already being steadily re-
duced under . cash basis system OF gov
ernment.-Spokanc Spokesman
The Washington times., 1901-09-29
A BUTTON BLUNDER.
English War Office Spends $4,000
and Gets Nothing.


Our military man-milliners of Pail Mall
have just made little mistake over but
tons.
have been guns.
When the King ascended the throne
some one discovered that it was neces-
sary to change the buttons of the British
Army.
There happened to be little war in
South Africa at the time-and there is still
but IL paled at once into nothingness
beside this question of buttons.
For weeks the clerks of several depart
,nents spent their spart time between
lunch and o'clock In feverish activity.
Notes had to be written copied, docket
ed, tied up with red tape. and filed. Pour
parlers were exchanged between depart
ments.
Men who could not be stirred by mere
battles found their veins tingling with ex-
element over buttons.
Several inventors of new and ingenious
buttons calculated to strike terror into the
hearts of the Kings enemies were chased
down Pail Mall. and other things were
done to prove that the War Office really
had this great question in hand.
At last a truce between contending de-
partlnents. each anxious to prove its eff
iiciency and ability in this momentuous
matter, was arrived at. One button was
chosen and sent to the King, who at once
signified his approval
Again the great machine moved. Orders
we're sent 10 manufacturers and by thou
sands the button began to return to the
army clothing people at Pimlico
But, alas. a mistake had been made
After all the button, over which strong
men had fought and wept. was not sent
to the makers.
BY -regrettable accident" wrong
design found its way to Sheffield and
el 900 worth were made before the mis-
take was discovered.
Business men might have found use
for those buttons. but Pail Mall, with its
truly paternal regard for the least i'm
portant details of TomEiy's equipment
sent them all straight back to the melting
pot.-London Express.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29

best of 1t when 1t comes 10 the modern
system of laws. Up at police headouar-
ters l guess one could find many old
bludgeons, and pistols. and knives. and
other murderous things. and each could
tell a tale of its own IL the truth were
known about 1t. and probably many of
them have accumulated during the more
than a quarter of a century that Dexter
S. Caster was connected with the New
Orleans police department, in spite of his
vigilance and courage in hunting and
catching criminais.-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-12
Uses Of Olive Oil.

No household where there are chill
dren should be without olive oil, for it
is an invaluable medicine in certain
cases. For weakly or rickety child
or one who is recovering from typhoid
fever salad oil will sometimes work
wonders. The plan is to rub In the
oil over the whole of the child's body,
especially about the upper part, TAX
ing q few drops at time into the
palm Of the hand. The nourishment
thus absorbed through the skin will be
of immense service in building up the
child's strength. When child Is suf-
fering from q severe cold it Is good
plan to omit the daily bath and to rub
the back and chest with olive oil. To
insure no further cold being caught
the child should be wrapped in blan-
ket and carefully screened from drafts
while the rubbing is being done. A
threatening of Group often will end in
a threatening only if the oil and cam
phor be applied to the child's chest.
The method is to saturate piece Of
flannel, sprinkle it with q little pow
dered camphor and apply it to the
chest and throat as warm as it can
be borne. Cover with piece Of dry
flannel and change as soon as it gets
cold.
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! 40 the speed increased. The children

as the speed Increased. The children
munched dandelion seeds and cluns
to their mothers, and two old women
crooned q solemn chant and held their
! heads in their hands. afraid to look up.
At the head of the first car was an OLD
! chief standing erect with his arms
folded and ready to meet the death
he believed the white people had
tricked him into.
Gradually getting used to the novel
motion and with an increased sense Of
security, the majority became reas-
sured, and by the time Alice River
was reached nearly all were supreme
ly happy over the adventure. They
swarmed out Of the cars, sounded the
wheels, pointed to the position Of the
sun in the heavens and marveled at
the distance they had come in such q
little time, and wound up with q gen.
eral plunge into the cool waters of the
river.
There was no need to coax them into
the cars for the return trip. With the
exception Of the two old women, who
deserted the expedition despite all ap-
peals and decided to walk back. all
clambered merrily aboard and were
run back along to Port Darwin singing
their corroborees and love hymns.
4 little while afterward q fiat car
; was attached to all trains, and the na-
tives soon came to know that it was
for their sole use. There was very sell
dom q day when it was not full.-John
r. Rathom, in the Chicago Record.
Herald.
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A TRUE FISH STORY.
Peculiar Adventures of Wedding RIM
That Was Lost Overheard.

Peculiar Adventures of a wedding King
That Was Lost Overheard.
"About the queerest fish story I
know Of" said q highly truthful man
indeed, he was a clergyman-"hap-
pened to me at little lake in Wiscon.
sin, where I used to summer with my
family. One day my wife was out in
our boat with party OF friends. She
was letting her hand trail in the water,
without thinking about its shrinking
effect, and when she finally took her
hand in her wedding ring was gone.
The lake was deep at that point, and
although we made considerable effort
to recover the ring, it was not to be
found. Naturally it worried her a
good deal, and the next year she would
not go back to the same place. Nor
did we 60 the following year, but the
third year we went there again, and
one day I was in the woods, about a
mile from the lake, with my boy, try
ing to get shot at some denizen Of
the forest or other. AS we went peer
ing around among the trees to get a
squirrel we had seen noticed some
thing shining on twig in tree about
twenty-five feet from the ground.
sent my boy up after it, and when he
came back 1 was more than astonished
to find that the shining thing was my
wife's wedding ring.
"How it ever got there was O mys.
terry at first, but was not believer
in fairies and that sort Of thing, so I
began to investigate for material
causes. The top Of the tree had dead
ened, and with q suspicion in my mind
I sent my boy up to see what signs
might be above the green boughs. He
called down to me presently that there
were remains Of q fish-hawk's nest in
the forks Of the tree, and, putting this
and that together, 1 came to the con-
clusion that the hawk had caught the
fish that had gobbled up my wife's
ring in the lake, and had taken it to
the nest for the young hawks. They
didn't care for jewelry and had left
that part of the fish in the nest, from
which, as the nest was blown to pieces
by the wind, and beaten by the storms,
the ring had dropped out and by
chance had caught on the twig where
I found it. In any event, if that was
not the way it got there, how did It?
For it surely was there, and my wife
is wearing it to-day" Washington
Star.