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Arapahoe SONGS.

Among the Indian tribes the Arapa.
hoes are pre-eminent for their native
songs. Some of their songs are re-
ligiOus, few of them are inconsistent
with our Christian ideas, but others
are much mixed with superstition and
false religion. The ghost dance reli-
gion Of recent years was the occasion
of developing many of these songs.
The translation of some Of these
songs made by the Hinton Record, is
here given:
Our Father, our Father,
He is the one
That makes the sky
Red and blue.
The thought is simple, yet entirely
it God is recognized as the giver and
maker of all. The words are sung to
a peculiar native air.
Another song is:
Go straight, go straight,
Our Father tells us,
Because he has pity on US.
Another Is this:
My Father have pity on me,
My Father have pity on me,
am crying for thirst,
am crying for thirst,
My food is all gone.
My food is all gone.
The greater number of their songs,
however hove the error of the ghost
dance religion. The crow is the sac.
red bird of the ghost dance and is
counted as a messenger from the
spirit world. Many of the songs re-
fer to the crow:
The earth, the crow,
The earth, the crow,
The crow brought it back with him,
The crow brought it back with him,
The crow has called me,
The crow has called me,
When the crow has called for me,
When the crow has called for me,
| heard him.
l heard him.
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Columbia & MOnt0ur Ell. Ry.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT JUNE
I,I9O3, and until urIher notice

Cars leave Bloom for Espy, Almedia, Lime
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate points as
follows:
A. VI. 500, $40, 6;ao, 700, 7;4o, S;ao,
600, 9;4o, 1920, II;oo, 1870.
p. M. 1870, 100, 1910, 40, 500, $40,
4:2o, 500, $40, 6;2o, 700, 7:4o, S;2o, 600,
1910 and (II:oo Saturday nights only.)
Leaving depart from Berwick one hour
from time as given above, commencing at
6:oo a. m.
Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. M. 6;2o,
100, 7:4o, $40, 900, 9;4o, 1000, II:4o.
Z. NJ. 1920, 100 1910, 2:2o, 500, $40,
4;2o, $500, $40, 6;2o, 700, 7.4o, S;2o 600
9:4o, 1920 and (II;oo Saturday nights only.
Cars returning depart from Catawissa 20
miuvtes from time as given above
IWM. TERwILLIGER,
Superintendent.
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Here Is Relief for Women.

II you have pains IN the back, Urinary, Blad-
der or Kidney trouble, and want certain,
pleasant herb remedy Tor wOmans ills, try
safe monthly regulator, AT druggists or by
mail 81 cts, Sample package FREE Address,
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y. 9-2l AZ
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The Grand Jury which had adj
journed for time after finding the
indictments against Holmes, Peck
ham and Haas in connection with
the cotton leak scandal in the De
partment of Agriculture, has gone
to work again and is expected to
make its final report in October.
Nothing of its work has been di-
vulged 50 far, but it is said that
there will be several new indict-
ments found, some duplicating the
officials already indicted and others
against employees Of the Depart
ment who have hitherto escaped.
1t is said that one will be for brib-
cry and another involving two em-
ployees will be for conspiracy.
The reports of the Department OF
Agriculture have rather fallen into
disrepute Of late, but there will be
several new ones concerning the
foodstuff crop out shortly. The
advance information is already in
and points to big yield of corn,
wheat and oats. The corn crop, it
is expected, will be in the neighbor-
hood of 2,7I6, 900, 900 bushels.
This is far in excess of any previous
corn crop and few days more will
put the whole of it beyond the dan
ger of damage from frost. The
forecast for spring wheat is 2S5,-
33I 900 bushels, the winter wheat
crop will also be large and both
will be considerably in excess of
the crop last year. Oats will be
about S per cent better than last
year and the only crop to show
decrease will be potatoes.
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dollars annually and no one be in
the least injured.

Fresh trouble has broken out in
connection with the Geological Sur
vey. The specific charge is that
aliens are employed in the survey
in contravention of the Presidents S
order, and that employees of the
bureau are doing work with govern
ment material and in government
time for their own private benefit.
The storm center of the bureau is
the map engraver's department and
there has been a row between the
head engraver Of the department,
S. J. Kubel, and the American So
ciety of plate printers. The matter
has been referred to the President
more than once, and it will proba-
bly, result in another investigation
when the Keep Commission gets a
little time on its hands.
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SOUTHWARK.

Trains No. 81 and go mixed, second class,
Trains No. l, 2, 3, 4, 3, G ana s. Passenger, lal
class. W. G. SNYDER, Supt
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PHILADELPHIA 4 READING
RAILWAY.
In effect Nov. Il, 1904.
TRAINS LEAVE BLUUMSBURG


For New York, Pnllauelpnla, Reading, Potts
viIle, iamaqua, weekdays ~ via West Milton;
1880 a IN, via East Mahanoy; 3.29 p IL Via West
Milton.
CFor Nilliamsport, weekdays, T2I a IN 3.29
p IN.
For Danville and Milton, weekdays, 7:27 a IN
3.2J p. IN.
For Catawissa weekdays 727, ll'2s a N
1920, 100, pm
For Rupert weekdays 727, lies a, m. u 90
3.29, 100, p. m.
TRAINS FOR BLUOMsBURG
Leave New YORK via Philadelphia g.G5
m. andvia Easton y.lOa.m.
Leave Philadelphia 0.2le. NJ
Leave Reading i2.l5p. m.
LeavePottsville 1888 p. III.
Leave Tamaqual .49p, M,
Leave wllliamsport weekdays lO.CC M. 4.SO
p. m.
Leave Catawissa weekdays, $50, $40 a. IN.
l.3O, 3S2 pm.
Leave Rupert, weekdays, 6.44, s.2s, ll.4O a,
m. 1888, $40 6.2l p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY X.
From Chestnut Street Ferry.
For South ST. see timetables at stations.
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Runs daily. I Flag station.
E. NJ. RINE, T. W. LEE,
Supt. Gen. Pass, Agt.
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E]oo"csburg & Sullivan
Railroad.
NORTH WARD.

Taking Effect May lst 1904, 1905 a. m.
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05
OMAN DOYLE,

tie entry which he sought. Then, will
an angry gesture of his clinched hand
he closed the book, replaced it in the
corner and put out the light. He had
hardly turned to leave the hut wheI
Hopkins hand was on the fellows col
lar, and l heard his loud gasp Of ter.
ror as he understood that he was taken
| The candle was relit, and there, was
our wretched captive, shivering" end
covering in the grasp of the detective
He sank down upon the sea chest and
looked helplessly from one of us to
the other.
"Now, my fine fellow" said Stanley
Hopkins, who are you and what do
you want here?"
The man pulled himself together and
faced us with an effort at self compo-
sure.
"You are detectives, suppose said
he. 'You imagine l am connected with
the death of Captain Peter Carey. l
assure you that I am innocent"
well see about that said Hop
kins ''First of all, what is your
name?"
st is John Hopley Neligan."
saw Holmes and Hopkins exchange
a quick glance.
"What are you doing here?
''Can speak confdentially?"
mo, certainly not
"Why should tell you"
eff you have no answer, it may go
badly with you at the trial"
The young man WINGED.
well. I will tell you," he said.
"Why should I not? And yet l hate to
think of this old scandal gaining a
new lease of life. Did you ever hear
Of Dawson & Neligan?"
II could see from Hopkins face that
he never had, but Holmes was keen1y
interested.
you mean the west country bank
ers," said he. ''They failed for a mil
lion, ruined half the county families
of Cornwall and Neligan disappeared"
Exactly. Neligan was my father
At last we were getting something
positive, and yet it seemed long gap
DSIN SCu tlA dDSCOHlllLlSe anu
Captain Peter Carey pinned against
the wall with one of his own harpoons
We all listened intently to the young
mans words
cit was my father who was really
Dawson had retired. I
was only ten years Of age at the time,
but was old enough to feel the shame
and horror Of it all. 1t has always
been said that my father stole all the
securities and fed. It is not true. 1t
was his belief if he were given time in
which to realize them all would be
well and every creditor paid in full.
He started in his little yacht for Nor
way just before pthe warrant was is
Cued for his arrest. 1 can remember
that last night, when he babe farewell
to my mother. He left us list Of the
securities he was taking, and he swore
that he would come back with his
lonor cleared and that none who had
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05
[coNrINUED.l

1t was past II o'clock when we form
ed our little ambuscade. Hopkins was
for leaving the door of the hut open,
but Holmes was of the opinion that
this would rouse the suspicious of the
stranger The lock was a perfectly
simple one. and only a strong blade
was needed to push it back Holmes
also suggested that we should wait, not
Inside the hut but outside it among
the bushes which grew round the far
Their window. In this way we should
be able to watch our man if he struck
a light and see what his object was in
this stealthy nocturnal visit.
1t was a long and melancholy vigil,
and yet brought with it something of
the thrill which the hunter feels when
he lies beside the water pool and waits
for the coming of the thirsty beast Of
prey. What savage creature was it
which might steal upon US out Of the
darkness? Was it a fierce tiger Of
crime, which could only be taken fight
ing hard with flashing fang and claw,
or would it prove to be some skulking
jacllai, dangerous only to the weak and
unguarded?
In absolute silence we crouched
among the bushes, waiting for what
ever might come. At first the steps
of a few Delated villagers or the sound
Of voices from the village lightened our
vigil, but one by one these Interruptions
died away and an absolute stiffness fell
upon US, save for the chimes of the dis
tant church, which told us of the prog
ress of the night, and for the rustic and
whisper Of a fine rain falling amid the
foliage which rooted US in.
Half past had chimed, and it was
Efhe darkest hour which precedes the
dawn, when we all started as low
but sharp click came from the direction
of the gate. Some enc had entered the
drive. Again there was long silence,
and | had begun to fear that it was a
false alarm, when a stealthy step was
heard upon the other side Of the hut
and moment later a metallic scraping
and blinking. The man was trying to
force the lock. This time his skill was
greater Or his tool was better, for there
was sudden snap and the creak Of
the hinges Then match was struck,
and next instant the steady light from
a candle filled the interior of the hut
Through the gauze curtain our eyes
were all riveted upon the scene within
The nocturnal visitor was a young
man, frail and thin, with black mus
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05

fache, which intensified the deadly
spall0r of his face. He could not have
been much above twenty years of age.
! have never seen any human being
who appeared to be in such a pitiable
fright, for his teeth were visibly chat
herring, and he was shaking in every
limb. He was dressed like gentle
man, in Norfolk jacket and ,knicker-
beckers, with a cloth cap upon his
head. We watched him staring round
with frightened eyes. Then he laid
the candle end upon the table and dis
appeared from our view into one of
s&he corners. He returned with large
book. one Of the logbooks which form
ed line upon the shelves. Leaning on
aaae table, he rapidly turned over the
leaves Of this volume until he came to
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05

him In order to question Peter Carey
about these different securities. You
may have observed that some Of them
were marked with ticks and the others
the great majority-were not Those
which are licked have been traced OH
the London market, but the others pre-
sumably were still in the possession of
Carey, and young Neligan, according to
his own account, was anxious to recov-
er them in order to do the right thing
by his fathers creditors. After his
flight he did not dare to approach the
hut again for some time, but at last he
forced himself to do so in order to OBJ
tain the information which he needed.
Surely that is all simple and obviousr"
Holmes smiled and shook his head.
s'It seems to me to have only one
drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it
is intrinsically impossible. Have you
tried to drive harpoon. through
body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you
must really pay attention to these de-
tails. My friend Watson could tell you
that / spent a whole morning in that
exercise. 1t is no easy matter and re-
quires a strong and practiced arm. But
this blow was delivered with such vio-'
lence that the head of the weapon sank
deep into the wall. Do you imagine
that this anaemic youth was capable of
so frightful an assault? Is he the man
who hobnobbed in rum and water with
Black Peter in the dead of night? Was
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05

trusted him would suffer. Well, no
word was ever heard from him again.
Both the yacht and he vanished utter
Iy. We believed, my mother and I,
that he and it, with the securities that
he had taken with him, were at the
bottom Of the sea- We had faithful
friend, however, who is a business
man. and it was he who discovered
some time ago that some of the Sc
curities which my father had with
him had reappeared on the London
market. You can imagine our amaze
ment. I spent months in trying to
trace them, and at last, after many
doubtings and difficulties. discovered
that the original seller had been Cap
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05

London without shilling. There was
only my trade left. I saw these adj
vertisements about harpooners and
high wages, so went to the shipping
agents, and they sent me here That's
all I know, and I say again that If I
'.illed Black Peter the law should give
re thanks, for 1 saved them the price
fa hempen rope"
"a very clear statement" saif
Holmes, rising and lighting his pine
Il think, Hopkins, that you shouId
lose no time in conveying your pris-
oner to place Of safety. This room
is not well adapted for cell, and Mr.
Patrick Cairns occupies too large a
proportion of our carpet" :,
"M,:. Holiness said Hopkins, 81 do
not know how to express my gratitude.
Even now L do not understand how
you attained this result"
Simply by having the good fortune
to get the right clew from the begin
ming. 1t is very possible if 1 had
known about this notebook it might
have led away my thoughts, as it did
yours. But all l heard pointed in the
one direction. The amazing strength,
the skill in the use of the harpoon, the
rum and water, the sealskin tobacco
pouch with the coarse tobacco-all
these pointed to a seaman and one
who had been whaler. l was con-
vinced that the initials 'P c. upon the
pouch were a coincidence and not
those of Peter Carey, since he seldom
smoked and no pipe was found in his
cabin. You remember that 1 asked
whether whisky and brandy were in
the cabin. You said they were. How
many landsmen are there who, would
drink rum when they could get these
other spirits? Yes, I was certain it
was a seaman
"And how did you find him."
'My dear sir, the problem had be-
come a very simple one. If it were
seaman it could only be seaman who
had been with him on the Sea Unicorn
So far as I could learn he had sailed
in no other ship. | spent three days in
wiring to Dundee, and at the end of
that time | had aScertained the names
OF the crew of the Sea Unicorn in 1883.
When l found Patrick Cairns among
the harpoonerS my research was near
ing it's end. l argued that the man
was probably in London and that he
would desire to leave the country for
a time l therefore spent some days
in the east end, devised an arctic eX-
petition, put forth tempting terms for
harpooners who would serve under
Captain Basil-and behold the resultn'
"Wonderfulv' cried Hopkins. ''Won-
derful.'
"You must obtain the release of
young Neligan as soon as possible"
said Holmes. II confess that | think
you owe him some apology. The tin
box must be returned to him; but, Of
course, the securities which Peter Ca
rev has sold are lost forever. There's
the cab, Hopkins, and you can remove
your man. II you want me for the
trial, my address and that of Watson
will be somewhere in Norway. I'll
send particulars later" . -... ...
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05
Praying For Good Husbands.

A picturesque ceremony takes place
every year in Haute- Vienne. All the
girls in the place on the day of st. Eu-
tropius file in procession to st. Junien-
les-Combes to the cross which is erect
ed near the church to the saint Each
girl hangs her left garter on the cross
and prays that she may have a good
husband and then gives way to the
next girl. The cross is so smothered in
garters Of different colors that at a
short distance it looks as though it
were covered with flowers
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05
I MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN.
A Little Story That Shows the Value
of Acquaintance.

A Little Story That Shows the Value
of Acquaintances.
How professional men make &C
quaintances can be illustrated by the
story Of two men whom I know. One
Of them, a dentist, had a practical ia
Their. who taught him how good an in
vestment good clothes and many
friends might be- This doctor lived for
many years at leading hotels and at
evening mingled socially with the
guests. There was never q p!easanter
man than he at these leisure times, nor
laaI OF letter appearance, although
during the early years he was con-
stantly in debt to his father, and in all
this social life he never mentioned his
profession Or his work unless such per-
sonal talk came naturally into the con-
versation. Each year he went to Eu-
rope and dined at the captains table,
always in immaculate evening clothes.
Sometimes he went and returned by the
same ship, for there was little to gain
by staying abroad. Everybody liked
him, and today he has an immense
practice, a considerable proportion Of
which he admits frankly can be traced
to his steamship acquaintance. One
day year ago he met a lawyer Of
about his own age and degree Of sue
cess at their club.
"I'm going abroad Saturday." said
the lawyer. "Come along" he added,
half in jest. The doctor hesitated for
moment in thought. Cali right" he
said. 'What boat? The lawyer told
him and then asked with some surprise
how he could manage to be away on
such short notice, and if he had intend
ed to take his vacation at that time.
give been over eighteen times,' said
the. doctor, with genial smile, "and
for the same reason that you have gone
and are going. Well work the boat to-
gether, you and I.a-Arthur Goodrich
in Leslies Monthly Magazine.
Morris tribune., 1905-08-05

The third applicant avas man of re.
n1arkaLlc appearance.
I it his profile that was seen on the blind
two nights before? No, no. Hopkins, it
is another and more formidable person
for whom we must seek"
| The detectives face had grown lon
ger and longer during Holmes' speech.
His hopes and his ambitions were all
| crumbling about him. But he would
not abandon his position without a
struggle.
"You can't deny that Neligan was
present that night, Mr.. Holmes. The
book will prove that. I fancy that
have evidence enough to satisfy a jury,
even if you are able to pick a hole in it.
Besides, Mr.. Holiness I have laid my
hand upon my man. AS to this terrible
person of yours, where is hep
II rather fancy that he is on the
STAIR" said Holmes serenely. Il think,
Watson, that you would do we'll to put
that revolver where you can reach it."
He rose and laid a written paper upon
side table ''Now we are ready" said
he.
There had been some talking in gruff
voices outside, and now Mrs. Hudson
opened the door to say that there were
three men inquiring for Captain Basil.
"Show them in one by one" said
Holmes.
The first who entered was a little
ribston-pippin Of man, with ruddy
cheeks and fluffy white side whiskers.
Holmes had drawn letter from his
pocket
'What name?" he asked.
"James Lancaster
81 am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth
is full. Here is half a sovereign for
your trouble. Just step into this room
and wait there for few minutes"
The second man was a long, dried
up creature, with lank hair and sallow
cheeks. His name was Hugh Pattins.
He also received his dismissal, his half
sovereign and the order to wait
The third applicant was man of
remarkable appearance. A fierce bull
dog face was framed in tangle of
hair and beard, and two bold dark
eyes cleaned behind the cover Of thick,
tufted, overhung eyebrows. He salut-
ed and stood sailor fashion, turning his
cap round in his hands.
"Your name?" asked Holmes.
"Patrick Cairns"
"Harpooner?"
eyes, sir; twenty-six voyages"
Dundee, suppose"
eyes, SIR
"And ready to start with an explor-
ing ship?"
''Yes, sir"
''What wages? ?"
"Eight pounds month"
"Could you start at once"
"As soon as get my kit"
"Have you your papers"
eyes, SIR He took sheaf Of worn
and greasy forms from his pocket.
Holmes glanced over them and return
ed them
''You are just the man want" said
be. Here's the agreement on the side
table. If you sign it the whole matter
will be settled"
The seaman lurched across the room
and took up the pen.
''Shall sign here?" he asked, stoop-
ing over the table.
Holmes leaned over his shoulder and
passed both hands over his neck.
''This will do" said he
heard click Of steel and below
Ike an enraged bull. The next instant