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plains TN see II the Pawnees 60 into the
Sioux hills Co hunt. Should the Pawuees
try this. then Ugly Elk rounds up his young
coyote On a SAG hen. an when Ugly Elk
gets through, the Pawnees are very, very
hard to find.
1t grows so. however. that the Pawnees
are tired an Ugly Ek's war veil makes
their knees weak. an when they see the
smoke ot his fire. they turn an run. Then
Ugly Elk has peace IN his tepee on the
bluffs. al 10 PaWncc comes 70 anger him.
An the Sioux look up to him as a mighty
fighter. an what Ugly Elk SAYS goes as
onquesti0ned law from East To West an
No'th to South throughout the country Of
the Sioux.
ugly Elk has no sons or daughters. an
all bis sqCsws are old an dead an asleep
&: = in their ~rawhidss. high on pole
SCAT ids, where the wolves can't Coms. An
because Ugly Elk IS lonesome an would
hear good words an feel that truth IS near.
he asks his nephew. Running Water. to live
with MIN when now that years grow deep
an deeper on his head. The nephew s
named Running Water because there is no
muddincss OF lies about him an his life
runs clear an swift an good. Later. Run
ming Water Is chief. an then they call him
kill-Bear becaUse he once sat down an
waited ortil 4 mad grizzly came up: an
when he had come W. Running Water Of
fered him the muzZle Of his gun to bite;
an then. as the bear took Il between his
jaws, Running Water blew of his head.
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rabbits an InjUns that you-alI can't tame
nor c~lv.liz5; the ~faintest streak OF savage
blood in a~nybody-an' Sans half Sioux
Is bound final TO take him INFO the hills for
savage good an far: an he the day Of his
Tunnin' Cimmaron that away. near or far.
thar's ore thing shore, its alters on the
way an hound To dawn At last
While Sans l1Ihu' about WOlfviile. he
eviuces affection for Dave TUFTS son. an
an nachcraily, after he's safe an sound
among the SIOUX, he turns lnjun through
heir, EUriEht Prets Tut an as he's cap'ble
Of wheedlil' Tucson Jennie an convinces
her that young EnTight P~cets-who's
crUwdin' seven by nOw-is dearor TO him
than his skeiploCk. the TWO is permitted by
that speTited lady 10 spend hours in each
others company, an the intimacies that
tharupun springs up between Sick sam an
the infant EHTIght Poets is one OF the pic
t-rsSguz teachers Of Southwestern .ife.
Sioux Sans on the level too: he shorsly
does dwell or little EnTight Poets like he's
Z roast apple an never no doubt tharof.
As for that excellent child. he recIpr6cates
an pays four for one Ike calm -he tuIn
in farobank. an prefers the s'ciety ct Sioux
Sam 10 that Of his own personal parent,
Dave himself.
sioux sam IS wont 10 regale the infant
fancy Of EnTight Poets with tales an from
time to time tells him a string Of EN- longer
than a trace chain an every tale a link.
Colonel Green. who. like Doc Poets. is
a mighty learned sport an gifted, allows
mat sam acquires these yere yarns, orig
inal, outen one OF them ST. LoOsy priests
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An for that he was called Kn-Bear. an
made chief. But that Is not for a long
time. an comes after Ugly Elk has died an
been given a scaffold OF poles with his
Eguaws,
ugly Elk has his heart full OF love
for Running Water. an wants him ever In
his sight. an 20 hear his voice. Also. he
declares TO the Sioux that they must make
Running Water their chief when he IL gone.
An the Sioux say that II he will fight the
PaWnees like Ugly Elk until the smoke OF
his camp Is the smoke OF fear TO the
Pawnees, he shall be their chief. An be-
cause Running Water Is as bold as he Is
true. Ugly Elk accepts the promise OF the
Sioux an rests content that all will be as
he asks when his eyes close for the long
sleep.
But while Ugly Elk an Running Water
are all affection for each other. there is one
whose heart turns black as he looks ucon
them. II Is Forked Tongue. the medicine
men. lie is the cousin OF Ugly Elk. an
fun OF lies an treachery. Also. he wants
TO be chief when that soon day comes for
Ugly Elk to die an 20 away. Forked
Tongue feels hate for Running Water. an
h. plans TO kill him
"'Forked Tongue talks with the Wise
Bear who lives in the wiliowtree canyon,
an who has once helped Forked Tongue with
his meicine. The Bear IL very wise: also
he wants revenge on Forked Tongue. who
omised him a bowl OF molasses an then
put a cheat on him
When Forked Tongue powwowS with the
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WRITTEN FOR HI SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
This Sioux SAM" remarked the Old Cat
tlsmsn. when finally he was launched OF
his story, IS a scout for the COMMENT. At
last he gets thrown loose-his term OF sery-
Toe bein' over-an' since he's a savage II
Greet habits, no one objects particular
when Sioux Sam takes to csmpin' about
Wolfville an maxim himself useful an
agreeable 70 the limits OF his savage onder-
GtRndin'
II amt none shore but I oughter give
Sam q better ratin' than the term Sioux
is likely to confer. Sans half French, his
pap bein' q French trader from St. Looey
who more or less preedom'nates among the
Sioux about the time this Sam IS foaled,
an who ~weds-SlouX fashion-Sam's mother:
said last mentioned party bein' a mighty
excellent squaw an sharp in all the ways
OF camp existence
Sam, himself, IS 4 profound "a rite CT
his French father, an while the old gent
don't never take his squaw down the great
muddy river. but leaves her staked out per-
mRnent on the upper Yellowstone among
her people. he carries Sam to st. LJoey
at q early age an pastures him with a pas
sci OF French priests who for seven or eight
years brings Sam up an holds his reluctant
nose between the covers OF a book ontil
he's a heap dedicated from the standpiut5
Of the paleface.
Shore, Sam, goes back TO the Injuns
Ggin all ~spraddled out, the moment Res
big an strong enough to pull his picket pin,
an through in a Gay. Once q wolf, alters
q wolf; thRrs enamles like wolves an jack
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ADVENTURES OF FLORA
ZABELLE IN TURKEY
This Coincidence Has Aided Her Father in Armenian Political Din
ulties-OnCe Rode at Night for Six Hours When Life Itself
Depended Upon Success of Her Quest.

extent OF the danger until afterward. When
! learned OF the attacks made by mobs upon
Armenians in Con5tantinople. however. I
realized what might have happened in the
case OF one who was known TO have made
speeches IN America on the Armenian trou-
b!aE-
Il did not know very much about my own
country. Ny father brought me 10 Ameri-
ca when ! vas q child When I was about
u he took me-. with my mother, back 10
C~onStantinople. intending to visit his fam
fly in Armenia We got no further than
that.
our irst intimalion OF trouble came when
we tried TO take q train out Of constanti-
nople. Soldiers stopped Us and We were
told we could not proceed. We tried 70 leave
the station then. but again we were stopped.
" could so neither forward nor hack.
For a long time nobody would take any
message for US. but finally father prey,IIsd
on some one to send word 10 two Of nv
uncles. who were physicians In the paIa,e.
and q few hours later We were permitted
to go back TO our lodgingA
Then the officials began 70 make iuauIres
about the purpose OF my fathers visit. They
thought he intended TO so TO Armenia and
str ;he people 10 revolt. He said he merely
wished to visit his father. but they would
not believe him. At one time he was in
danger OF arrest. but the influence Of my
uncles saved him The officials became
kinder. and I Sas even permitted to visit
tho palace.
Stories sOoa began 70 spread amonS the
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WRITTEN Fon TIE SUNDAY REPUBLIC

WRITTEN q SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
New York, July ls.-Paint the terrors of
the widest ride to the remotest one-niSht
stand In America and there IS one actress
who will hold that II has its pleasures after
all. She has known the rude roads OF re-
mote Turkey. and. what Is more. has had a
ride at night on horseback when life itself
depended on the six hours OF iourneyinz.
She IS Miss Flora Isabelle. who was the
comedienne wI.h the king Dodo'' com
pany. which recently bade farewell to New
York.
grimaSe. frauSht with danger. which her
father has undertaken. Her name Is not
It appears to be on the theater pro-
gramme. In reality she Is Miss Zabelle
Mangasarian. a daughter Of Professor ". ".
Mangasarian. Al Armenian. long an exile
from the Ottoman Empire because Of his
activity IN the agitation caused by the Ar
menian troubles.
He has returned 20 Turkey. thoush refused
The protection OF the United StatesL willing
TO risk any Punishment or any uncficial
vengeance for the privilege Of visiting his
father IN CoustantIrople.
Miss Isabelle wa with him when he made
his escape from CO~nstRnJincple after his
last visit. II was when she was Just enter
ing her teeEs-which was about eight years
AgO-that the adventure bete,L-
Il don't recOIlect all the circumstancez,"
said Miss Zabelle. when ! asked her about
II. 'for my father did not tell Us about the
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u1 NO TIME FOR ESCAPE ~

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Huge and vast, the building wa IN
flames.
There was tumult In the street.
People attracted from remote paris OF
the city by the red glow in thu night
watched the work OF the Fire Department
with bated breath
Suddenly a murmur OF horror rose rom
the mass as from a single throat Every
eye perceived the meaning of the outourst
All the occupants OF the house had not
been rescued!
In q corner nat OF the seventeenth story
the light of the parlor gas stove shone
pale and slckly through the tumblinS, HVld
smoke.
Figures were seen moving about, ana
cries OF amazement mingled with the note
or suspense, for the fire escape was not Yet
threatened. Why did not the victims seize
this opportunity 10 escape before II Nds
cut of by the famesf
A hush fell upon the vast eoncourse as
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His Method of Looking
Into the Hopper"

. lulO tue
When I visited Mr.. DIckerman at his MIL
he was engaged in grinding rye into -four
/ The noise in the mill drOvned all footsteps
and not until he was spoken TO did he know
that there was a stranger present, although
In the course Of his work he ak past
his visitor two or three times. within easy
touching distance.
Il am Mr.. Dickerman." he said. IF you
will wait until / look into the hopper 70 see
~ I have time enough I will talk to you"
He referred TO the grain. which was slow
" trickling down between the grinding
stones. and his method OF looking into
the hopper" was to put his hand In and feel
the quantity OF grain that was left.
Yes" he said: there is time. That will
take az least = half hour TO run through.
oh I don't mind being blind at all. I
ind / can run this mill as well without eyes
as with them. / don't know what 1 would
do. though. 10 I had 20 start again in n new
place. I reckon maybe I couldn't do IT. l
know this place by heart, having worked
here fer ten years before ] was blind. and
that makes IL easy"
"Ons would never suspect that you were
blind TO look at you" 1 remarked.
No. they wouldn't" said he. smiling
brightly. as II he we're well pleased with
the thought: they tell me my eyes look
just as natural ah they ever did. I fool a
great many people who stop at the mill,
and down In town tnsy do not know that l
am blind.
We'll. ! am not rsAllyblind. for I can see
enough 20 be able 20 tell whether It Is dark
or daylight. by standing back In the mill
and looking at the doors 1 can always tell
BY the light where they are. and that gives
me my bearings.
But 1 amt see the grain I buy. and that
makes IL necessary for me to purchase all
my stun from the same man. Mr.. Billings
He is a good. honest fellow. and 1 trust
him.
II have q brother. older than myself. up
IN Boston, and he Is paralyzed- For years
he has been sitting IN a chair unabls TO
move. but he can read.
The Lord has been good to me and made
everybody hereabouts kind and thoughtful
for me I have lots OF work to DO. I am
making n good living. and I an happy all
the day long"
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helmeted figures assembled ths Iron ladders
and burst into thu apartment. The Bosna
that met the gaxe OF the nrsmsn eeggars
description The rooms were crowded with
ladies' and gentlemen, ohlivtous to the
smoke and name. All were In evening dress
and all were gazing intsntly 1t the sane
object. In silent intensity two persons m-
gagged In Eoms mysterious activity. moved
about a long green table
An indignant man hurried forward
What means this Intrusicnf- he g.
manded. severely.
The building Is On hrsr' EaSpsA tbs
Chief.
What OF thatT' retorted the gentleman
with increased resentment Don't you knew
that the Ping-Pong League has tied the
West Ninety-seventh streetsFs for the
Metropolitan CupH Sir. this outrags shall
be reportedP'
Appalled, by It's awful blundsF, the Fire
Department bodily retired as 1t had coma
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people, however. that my father was an Ar
menian a~Sitator, and Gil OF rs felt That the
pcopls weIe excited against US Finally
threats were conveyed to my father. lie
was told that II he did not hurry away from
C~onstantinople there was danger that o
mot would set upon him and his family.
This danger became SO great and the Of
ficials began to take such q hostile attitude
that 1t was necessary to go away between
two days. My father had tried 10 take a
ship. but he was stopped. and he deJer-
mined that the only way to safety lay In a
secret escape to the suburbs and the chanc3
OF taking a train unGetscted.
Horses were provided. and on these we
started Just before midnight one night.
When We got into the country We
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travelled rapidly. I don't remember Just
where We went. but at o suburban station
We got q train. although the soldiers there
were suspicious. We were allowed to pro-
coed 10 the frontier. fearing we would be
stopped at every point. Once there. we were
safe. ano we hurried to Vienna and then
came back to America
7 don't know what will become OF my
father now, He has been threatened ~lah
death, brt he persisted In returning
key. He does not fear the Government will
take action against him, but ais activity in
the Armenian crusade may cause attacks
by Turks He refused to ehangs his name.
and probably will attempt again to 90 10
Armenia"
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ton in the Boston PUBIC scnooIs, ana n
the age OF &c started 10 learn 10 grind
corn and wheat and rye. He stuck 10 the
same trade all his life, and operated mills
in various parts OF Connecticut. from South
orw to Meriden.
About ten years ago, while he was work
Ing In Norwalk. a disease OF the optic
nerve robbed Mr.. D!ckeTman OF the sight
OF one eye. The doctors told him that tbav
would be able to save the sight OF the other
eye and that the ravages Of the anliction
would 80 no further.
This they were able TO DO. and. while the
right eye was sishtless, the left Remained
good. But his Nemesis OF il-luck rtII nur-
sued him In his old age. And II al came
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aDvyu because me stone steps Of the mill
needed repairing.
He was sitting on . haIf-empty meal bag
Just inside the door, watching a mechanic
chip the big stone step 20 At. when a piece
Of the chisel few into his remaining eve.
The blind eye. es II happened was nearest
the open door and II was due to the mat
uraI cussedness Of inanimate objects" that
the steel crossed in front OF the blind eve
and sought out the good one on the other
side.
Mr.. Dickerman suffered great pain. and
was unable TO extract the metal because Il
was firmly inbedded in the eye. In re-
moving the obstruction at q New York
hospital the doctors were forced TO take
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Walter Went West
Never TO Return.

During the first two years OF his Western
life Walter had written home most glowing
accounts OF his success. first In Texas and
then In the western part OF Dakota In the
last letter the father had from him the
son said he was going TO move out OF the
cold North and SO again 20 Texas. because
he could not stand the climate. Then there
was a silence. and the great West had
swallowed him W.
The only way out OF the difficulty wal TO
operate the mil. blind and alone as The
miller was. So far as the actual work Of
grinding the grain went. he did not ind IL
q difficult matter. Always a msthodical
man. he found everything in its place.
where. without sight. he could lay his hand
on Il when he wanted to.
The only real difficulty he had 20 solve
was how to weigh correctly. and that din
Guilty was easily overcome by a simple de-
vice which does credit TO the brains OF the
afflicted man. The scale he had always
used in the mill was an ordinary one. OF
the platform variety, with the weights
marked I'D to 100 pounds on the balance
bar. and q pair OF sliding brass weights
working IN 4 groove to match
He has two or three small sticks OF Diff
fsrent lengths. which he carries In his vest
pocket. By laying one stick, which he
recognizes by tho feel OF IT," along the
top OF the bar and showing the weight over
against IL he can weigh fifteen pounds. BY
applying the tsme stick 10 the other era
Of the bar he marks OF eighty pounds. by
turning the same stick sideways he can
get at one end 1--WE pounds and at the other
ninety-hvs pounds. and by turning IL once
again on its smallest dimension. he can get
three pounds or ninety-eight pounds. The
other sticks are longer and permit him u
set his weight a; almost any weighing ball
Rnce he desires.
When he has the scales adjusted 20 meet
the demand OF his customer. he puts his
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with It the lens OF the eye. leaving the old
man totally blind.
While he had always been able TO grind
out a good living for himself and family In
the mill, he had not been able To save
enough 10 permit him TO retire. He had one
child, a big. Swapping boy. who would now
be about IS years old. The son, q miller
like his father. would ave been a great
help 10 him in his old age had he not gone
out West, thirteen years ago. to seek his
fortune In the milling business
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ThE Blind Nlrsp

Rp~iai correspondsnee OF Ths Sunday Rs,uoao
Aeriden. Conn. July B.-Blind, and with
the weight Of seventy-two years upon his
shoulders. Mr.. E. F. Dickerman OF this city
runs a great mill alone. and IS regarded
by his n%eighbors as the most remarkab.s
business man in the State. Not only does
he operate the mechanical part OF the
mill. turning on and or the water which
gives motion 10 the grinders and the feed
choppers. but he also attends TO the bust
Eess end. buying and selling his grain and
-four and doing his own weighing.
Mr.. Dickerman has been totally blind for
. three years, hut he had worked in the
SniIl for seven years before his aniction
Overlook him. and he knows every plank in
the structure. So intimate is his knowI-
edge of every detail Of the mill that he
walks about inside with all the assurance
OF a man with sight, and the stranger stop
ping 10 rest at his door would never guess
that the old miller was blind.
He is a little man. OF nervous temrora-
ment. There IS nothing about him to indi-
cate his age, except his gray hair ana
beard, for, in spite OF his seventy-two years.
he is as agile and as energetic as a man Of
90 He is of the Dickerman family OF Bos-
ton, which traces fits lineage back 10 the
timo Of the Pilgrim Fathers. Three broth
ers and three sisters still live in the city
Of their birth.
The mill Il located on the westneld road.
about a mile outside o. the Silver City
on the Baldwin estate. II you ask for she
''blind miller you will not ind him, for
tie people do not know him by that de-
seription; but everybody knows the miller
Of "Baldwin's mill"
Ever since the memory Of man there has
been G mill upon the site now occupied by
the Baldwin mill. It is q comparatively
modern structure-a modest one-story af-
fair with an "~A-shaped" single oof-but
II IS said to have taken the place OF one
which stood there during Revolutionary
DAYS, when General Putnam was riding his
dEuntless mare through the country and
the intrepid George Washington was lead
ing his army from Boston Town to Long
Island.
Sight Destroyed by
Disease of the Optic Nerve.
The blind miller received a good eduez-
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bag OF -four upon the platform and adds to
II OF subtracts until he feels the weighing
arm csclllating.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-02-04
A Night Alarm.

Worse than an alarm of fire by night
is the brassy cough OF Group, which
sounds like the children's death knell
and it means death unless something is
done quickly. Foley's Honey and Tar
never fails to give instant relief and
quickly cures the worst forms OF Group.
Mrs. P. L. Cordier, OF Warrington, KY,
writes: "My three-year-old girl had a
case of Group; the doctor said she could
not live. got bottle of Foley's Honey
and Tar, the first dose gave quick re-
lief and saved her life" Refuse substi-
tutes. North Yakima Drug Store, A.
ID. Sloan, Proprietor.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-02-04
High School Entertainment.

The senior class of the high school has
completed fine literary program for
the entertainment to be given in the
chapel on Saturday evening. This is the
first event of the season and special care
has been taken in preparing the pro-
gram. This will be rollicking farce
comedy by the class with special music.
An admission OF Is cents will be charged
to meet class expenses. Everybody is
requested to attend on Saturday evening.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-02-04

The Bishop of Liverpool is plain,
downright, simple preacher. The story
goes that on one occasion an old lady
went some distance to hear him preach.
After service she was found in q great
state of tribulation Never was l sc
disappointed, she declared, "I'd never
heard bishop. thowt I'd hear some
thing great. But l could understand
every word he said"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-02-04
A Thousand Dollars Thrown Away

Mr.. w. w. Baker, of Plainview, Neb.,
writes: "My wife had lung trouble for
over fifteen years. We tried a number
dollars without any relief. She was very
low and lost all hope, when a friend
suggested trying Foleys Honey and
great remedy it saved her life. She is
stronger and enjoys better health than
she has ever known in ten years. We
shall never be without Foley's Honey
and Tar and would ask those afflicted to
try it, North Yakima Drug Store, A.
d. Sloan, Proprietor.