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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
A TRIPLE SURPRISE.
Il Came With . Pleasant outina In q
New Auto Car.

u Name WIN = FlcaSant VNtin9 In q
New Auto Car.
A we'll known author, who for some
years has been an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of the automobile, had an anus
ing experience, which she describes
IN the Bohemian. A new model al
ways attracted her attention, she de-
clares, and when she came out of the
New York hotel where she was stay
Ing n saw a fine new car standing
unoccupied by the curb she stopped to
admire it.:
While l examined it and gazed with
envy a friend, also interested in autos,
came down the steps and approached
the machine.
isn't it s%tunning!" he said.
I agreed enthusiastically and added
that the machine was tantalizing me,
as I did SO long to take a spin, that
my chauffeur was i'll and that I was
AFRAID to run my car through the city.
"Why, l will take you," he said. Il
haven't anything to do this afternoon.
Where shall we go?"
We got in, and I suggested Coney.
TO make a long story short, the de-
l1ghtful ride gave us an appetite. We
stopped for dinner and then went out
to Sea Gate to call upon friends. As
we were crossing the bridge on our
way home at about II o'clock my
friend inquired, AT what garage do
you keep your machine?"
At the question a terrible possibility
daWned upon me, and with the re-
membrance of a certain unfamiliarity
that he had displayed at the first in
regard to the running Of the car the
situation became instantly clear. He
had thought that the machine was
mine, and I had been equally secure
in the belief that it was his. In other
words, we had calmly gone off with
some n else's property.
You may imagine our feelings. We
felt confident that we would be ar
rested on our way uptown. We rolled
up to the hotel inwardly quaking.
After much inquiry and explaining
we found the indignant owner. For
tunately he knew me slightly and had
a we'll developed sense Of humor, in
spite Of a rather forbidding express
sion as we first faced him with u
unfortunate story. I think he believed
us.
His parting remark, however, was
rather puzzling, although he said it
with evident cordially:
whenever you'd like to use the ma
chine again just let me know"
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A SURPRISED CAT.
Gautier's Pet and Its Experience Will
a Parrot.

Gautier's Pet and Its Experience With
a Parrot.
OF all cat stories the best is one told
by Theophile Gautier, the French nov
elist. He kept many cats, the favor
lite being MADAME Theophile," and she
was his constant companion by day
and night. One day a friend, who
was going away a short time, brought
Gautier a parrot, to be taken care Of
during his absence. The bird, finding
itself in a strange place, climbed up
to the top Of its perch in a rather
frightened manne Madame Theophile
had new seen a parrot before and
regarded the creature with manifest
surprise.
After a period spent in profound
meditation, summoning up all the no
lions of natural history she had picked
up in the yard, the garden and on the
roof, she plainly anne to the conclu-
sion that the newcomer was a green
chicken. This result attained, the
next proceeding of Madame Theophile
was to lay herself fiat on the floor,
like a panther, watching her prey.
The parrot did not like this at all; it
ruff1ed it's feathers and ratified its
chain %uneasily. Then Madame Theo-
phile came creeping nearer, her nose
%quivering, her eyes half closed, while
slight thrills of pleasure ran along her
backbone at the idea of the meal she
was about to make. Another moment
and she sprang upon the perch.
The parrot instantly Strengthened up
and said in a deep bass voice, "Have
you breakfasted, Jacko?"
This utterance so terrified the cat
that she sprang backward. All her
pathological ideas were overthrown.
"And on what?" continued the par
rot gravely. "On sirloin?"
The cat cast a glance at her master
as If to say: This is not a bird. 1t is
a gentleman. It talksy And then
she promptly hid herself under the
bed, and from that refuge she could
not be induced to stir during the
whole day.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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back and said: I have seen the village.
1t Is over a ridge. away from the river
valley We had not seen the trail for
some time. They had followed an old
custom Of trailing along the ridge
where we had dismounted to cross 1t
and going owe the high ground, so
that any one following them would be
visible from camp. Cody's idea was
to get around, beyond and between
them and the river. He changed
horses quickly and went on, and I took
to the gallop for several miles through
the deep sand and got to the top Of a
sand hill or mound. Some Pawnees
away off to the left on the bluff beck
oned me, and ] went. The Pawnees
pointed over the ridge and said, 'Hoss,
hoss.' I saw what looked like a band
Of ponies, but said, NO, buffalo They
said, No, no; boss. boss They took my
glasses and looked and said. Yes. boss
I looked, and. sure enough, they were
ponies grazing, and the camp no doubt
was below. I permitted the Pawnees. as
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stop there, as It was many miles from
there to the next water. We decided
it was best to keep continuously on the
job and as the Indians must make
some stop to rest and eat we could
overlap them. When the horses were
rested, and as we had nothing on hand
to eat to delay us and had had moth
ing since dinner the day before, our
best possibility for a meal was to over
take the Indians, surprise them, whip
them and capture what dried meat
they had.
After leaving the creek the Indians
began their old tricks in trying to hide
their trail by devices well known to
me, but I paid ne attention to this,
knowing what must be their next stop
ping place, and l was as familiar with
that part Of the country as they were.
Straight on we kept to the Springs, ex-
cept that occasionally we went out Of
the direct line to keep in low places
between the sand hills SO as not to be
seen. At 9 o'clock that night we halt
ed four miles from the Springs. Ad-
vising Thomas to allow the men to un-
saddle and unbridle, letting each Sec
ond man hold two horses by their hal
tiers, and 81 let them feed on the grass,
changing the men every two hours so
they could get some sleep, I disguised
myself as an Indian and started off to
locate the hostiles and be back in time
SO as to attack them at daylight. No
fires were to be lighted, and all were
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Adaees Of Morocco.

In an article on the people of Morocco
q writer in Paris Figaro says: "They
have some queer adages and some that
closely resemble ours. Thus they say,
The camel cannot e its hump, but
plainly sees the n Of its neighbour
He who depends IN his neighbor will
go to bed hungry "A wise enemy is
better than a stupid friend!' Gross the
rushing stream, but beware Of the
quiet, noiseless one;' In this world
there are three things not to be trust
ed-luck, women and horses;' Mount
ing q horse, loosing the hunting dogs
and hearing earrings rattle drive dull
care away"
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AND
HERD
By BUFFALO BILL
FROM TRUE TALES OF THE PLAIN"
eupxRIoxrasoesxw11lAsaEo opr
PUNE 10, 1869, under General Eu-
gene A. Carr. saw Ut hunting for
a band Of Indian dog soldiers"

IN IL, 1863, unQe General Eu-
gene A. Carr, saw us hunting for
a band of Indian dog soldiers"
who were, like the 1rishman's
flea, here, there and at times every
where.
Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas were
all excited over the depredations Of
these renegades. They had murdered
right and left, had captured several
hundred mules and horses and destroy
ed wagon trains, as we could tell by
the trail Of some shod animals. What
intensified our desire to punish or cap
ture them was the fact that they had
some white captives-Mrs. Alderdice,
whose husband and children they had
killed, and Mrs. Weigel, whose hus-
band and family had also been mas
sacred, and these two women were
known to be still alive and with them.
At last we got on their trail and had
almost daily skirmishes, and General
Carr decided to use some stratagem
to see If we could not get them in a
tight place. He consulted with me,
and after a day of continual skirmish-
ing and a night attack he ordered a
retrograde movement, which created
a good deal of discussion between the
officers and men at the time. Appar-
emily abandoning the pursuit, he re-
tired as If going back to the fort, and
in two or three days, as he surmised,
the Indians were nowhere to be seen,
having come to the conclusion that
we were disheartened and that they
could with impunity take q little re-
pose themselves. This was exactly
what u willy commander desired, as
he intended to retrace his steps and
catch them sleeping. So, being sure
that there were no Indians in sight,
he packed all the grub possible on the
mules, burned the wagons and i'm
pedimenta and Immediately started to
make forced marches in their direc-
ton.
As l had surmised, they were head
ing for Summit Springs, a few miles
south Of the Platte river and among
the sand hills, which formed a beau
tiful little oasis, as 1t were, for a
camp ground. Striking their trail by
Judging from their daily campires, we
made in n day the same distance
that they made In three, but when
near the Springs, as we saw the trail
getting fresher, we covered four Of
their days journeyings, with all their
impedimenta and village outfit, in one
day and landed at the opportune mo.
ment ready for business, while the enc
my had been thrown off their guard
and gave us ar opening that resulted
so gloriously that this battle is recog-
nized as having been one of the most
effective in the early breaking Of the
power Of the red a on the plains.
. In "Carr's Campaigns" General Carr
writes:
ION Sunday, July II, 1869. I was
thinking Of going to the river to water
my horses when Buffalo Bill came
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- WV O~SCCO ~CSC W. OUSSV DOL 4JCUtuICSs
to be silent until my return. Before I
left, half of the tired men of the little
band were slumbering. One hour later
I had seen the camp, just as 1 expected,
in fancied security, believing that we
could not be within a days march Of
them. p
Crawling back till I could hoof it on
the run, l found the boys as I had left
them. Quietly they were called to sad
die up, instructions were given, men
were detailed to pay particular atten.
ton to re%capturing and rounding up
the herd, and others were instructed as
to the attack on the camp. 1 estimat-
ed the Indians to number about thirty,
and there were forty-two Of us. Ten
were to creep up to the sleeping In
dams on foot and be ready to work In
open order. Twenty, besides the lieu
tenant and myself, were to charge on
horseback. The rest were to bring up
the remaining horses, attack the herd
ers and round up the entire herd. We
attacked at break of day, and the
whole scheme worked well. The tired
lot were surprised when awakened to
meet their foes. Nine of them were
sent to sleep forever. Many had kept
their wal horses neal them, and,
hastily mounting. they escaped with
several picked horses from our band.
Among them was n of my favorite
war horses, Powder Face, which one
Of them who probably knew him had
appropriated for his own use.
As soon as the fight was over and I
saw that we had captured some Of
| their herd as we'll as own l saw
that Powder Face was not with them,
but I recognized him half a mile away,
his rider heading for the hills. This
made me hot, and, knowing that the
Indians would think others were fol-
lowing me, I dashed after them. Old
Buckskin Joe oon began to gain, and
I got near enough for a shot. My first
shot killed the horse that an Indian
was riding alongside Of Powder Face,
and his rider was 500 up behind in
the usual manner they try to save a
warrior, riding backward, shooting at
me with his revolver. Powder Face
was as swift as Joe. Being in the
rough sand hills and having a double
weight to carry, Joe in a few minutes
got me near enough for a good shot.
I kept closing on them, as I did not
want to hit my old friend Powder
Face. When I thought it sure as they
were riding up over a mound I fred.
The Indians fell, the n bullet going
through both, and when Powder Face
heard my voice he ran toward me
whinnying, and. with two Of the boys
who had been ordered to follow close
behind me by the lieutenant, We re,
turned to the camp in high glee. They
found a lot Of dried buffalo and dee,
neat and some fresh antelope and~deer
with accompanying pepper and sail
and copious drafts Of spring water, &C
a few minutes rejoicing was had. A
detail was quickly made up to bury
the dead. and as we had but three
slightly wounded and five horses
knocked out the enthusiasm can hard
" be described.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
A Heavy Load.

Pop Cooking up from the paper)-
I see there's a new baby hippopotamus
at the o What are you laughing at,
Johnnie? Johnnie (who is almost as
bright as he looks)-I "a JUS laughin'
to think Of the stork carryin' a hip
Observation-Disclosures Plain Dealer.
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Compensation,

"Speakin' of de law Of compensation
said Uncle Eben. ian automobile goes
faster dan a mule. but at de same
time it hits harder an balks longer
Washington Star.
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Every n knows best where his
own slice pinches.-German Proverb.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

Do you suffer from piles? II you
do write to r. M. Crawford or See
him and learn how he was cured.
Costs you nothing to learn. Brook
ings, South Dakota.
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Local and Personal
Boost for ~Brookings!
JOHN L. MURPHY, City Editor

Boost for B~rookings!
O. Atkins was at Watertown on bust
ness between trains Monday.
f.. II. Beatty was confined to his
home by illness the last of the week.
". H. Deeth of this city, has been
appointed as one of the clerks in the
house of representatives.
Thos. Mair and family, who are now
living at Rapid City, have been visit
ing friends here the past week.
Miss Hattie Palmer went to Estel-
line last week for a couple of weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Blote.
Congressman Philo Hall is expected
home from Washington the last of
the week to look after some cases in
circuit court.
The Rebekah lodge has postponed
it's installation upntil the first meet
ing in February on account of, the
revival meetings.
Attorney ]. P. Alexander was UP
from Elkton Saturday on legal business
and he came up again Tuesday morn
ing to attend circuit court.
Fred l.. Villas, who is now interested
in the Watertown Post Card company
came down Saturday night and spent
Sunday with his family. He states
that his company is doing an excellent
business, with good prospects of in
creased prosperity.
It is not the policy of this paper tt
act as a family doctor or prescribe
for it's readers needs and ailments
hut i'm a winter like this n we ar
having it is good policy and V on
of place to offer good advice, namely
Wear rubbers. 1t is a good deal NOR
nleasant and cheaper that the docto
and his bills.
Food and Dairy Commissioner A. h
Wheaton returned home the last of tn
week from Pierre, where he spent
few days in the interests of his par
food bill which will be presented I
the legislature. The bill complies Wit
the national pure food law, and 1t
hoped that the law makers Will Sc
their way clear to place II on tn
statute books.
Who sympathized with you whe
your little girl was sick? was
Sears & Roebuck? Who carried yo
last winter when you were out OF a i
and had no money? Was 1t Mon
gomery Ward & Co., or was it yot
home merchant. When you want
raise money for the church or son
needy person in town, do you VIII
70 the Fair store in Chicago, or
O 20 to you home merchant? no
much does Seigel, Cooper q Co., Sl'
toward the keeping up OF the sloe"aii
or paying the minister's salary? VINE
YOU were sick how many nights q
the Larkin Soap Co., sit up with yo'
When your loved one was buried Wi
il YOUR home merchant who dropp'
the tear of sympathy and uttered u
cheering word, or was 1t Marsha
Field & Coz Patronize home me
chants. ~
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SELL YOUR SOUTH DAKOTA FARM
AND INVEST IN NEW MEXICO
LAND.

Rev. Charles w. Casson of Boston,
Mass, will speak at the G. A. r. hall
Wednesday evening, January 20, at
1880 D. m, OH "The Religion of an
American" Mr.. Casson comes under
the auspices of the American Unitar-
ian association, coming from Winnipeg
Manitoba to Brookings. He will speak
at Elkton and Pipestone also. This
is an opportunity that does not come
to us every day, and it Is hoped that
a goodly number will avail themselves
of this opportunity of hearing Mr.. Cas-
son. The lecture will be free and a
cordial welcome Is extended to all.
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Boost for 3rookings!

o00St " DiSNV''SS'
Mrs. Bert Tree is rapidly owe
ing from her late illness.
DR.. F. e. Boyden made a profession
al call at Arlington between trains
Tuesday evening.
The Ladies Guild will meet with
Mrs. Wallace E. Purdy Thursday after
noon, January 81.
Human Hearts is the next attrac.
ton at the Grand opera house, which
comes Saturday, January %.
E. B. Korns, a corporation attorney
of Tracy, Mimi, has been here the
past week in attendance on circuit
court.
Mrs. Frank Sherwin, who was OPP
Grated upon for appendicitis at the
hospital last week, is reported as get
ting along nicely.
The trains, both from the east and
west, have had hard work to get in
on time the past week, due to the
snow and cold weather.
At it's last meeting the city council
raised the salary of Ward Waltz, sup
er~intendent of the telephone plant,
from $65 to SIS per month, beginning
January I.
E. A. West and children of Lans
ford, n. d., are here for a visit with
Mrs. Martha Aldrich and other rela
tives. Mr.. West formerly lived at
Aurora.
The annual poultry show of the
South Dakota Poultry association vii
be held in Mitchell January $3.50. 4
number of local chicken raisers are
planning to enter some prize fowls.
There was quite a number of on
of town people in the city Tuesday t;
attend The District Leader" Aurora
Elkton and the towns west being We!
represented.
H. P. Hanson, p. n. Trooien ant
Tobias Sand, we'll known farmers o
Lake Hendricks, have been here thu
past week attending the farmers in
stitute meetings.
Miss Mary Lockhart, who is teach
} ing at Clear Lake, came over Mon
day evening to attend the weddin;
of her brother, John. She returned
to Clear Lake yesterday morning.
The Farrenkop Ice comany are thi
week engaged in their annual job o
putting up the years supply Of ice
which is being secured at Culbertson'
creek, south of town.
Chas. Culbertson returned yesterda,
} morning from a ten days trip to CHI
cago and points in Iowa in the inter
ests of his barber school, which h
will open in the near future. He eA
poets to go to Seattle, Wash, an
locate the school there.
/ Those citizens who are in the habi
of dumping ashes in the streets an
alleys are reminded that there is
city ordinance prohibiting it. Ashe
} are to be placed on your own prof.
D erty, not in the streets where the
4 are an annoyance to the public.
} Miss Maxine Nelson, the twelv
! year old daughter of Mr.. and Mr.!
J. T. Nelson, was the winner of tn
beautiful $3.50 cabinet grand piano a
a prize for securing the largest nun
4 Der of new subscribers to the Huro
Journal orld-Spirit in the piano COZ
4 test recently conducted by that papel
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Boost for Brookings!

Boost for Bookings!
VIM. Corcoran, a former well known
miller of Volga, who is now in the
hotel business at Tracy, vas here a
few hours Tuesday. He went from
here to Volga.
On account of the meetings at the
tabernacle the NJ. E. ladies aid society
postponed their meeting until tomor-
row (Friday) afternoon, when they will
be entertained at the home OF Mrs.
X. H. Williams.
A. +. Chamberlain, superintendent
of farmers institutes, returned home
the last of the week and has since been
confined to the house with an attack
of humps. He is not seriously i'll
and expects to return to his institute
work in a few days.
H. l.. Walker came down from Aber-
deem Monday night for a two or three
days visit with his family. He states
that he has been doing an excellent
business with the G~ottschalk opera
house at Aberdeen, of which he took
possession the first of the year.
Mrs. II. G.. Fox, state president OF
the w. r. c., went to Aberdeen Mon
day morning to be present at the in
stallation of the officers of the Aber-
deem lodge. She expected to- visit
some other lodges in that part OF the
state and will be home the last of the
week.
Mrs. Z. A. Hubbart received word
Monday afternoon of the death OF
her father, Gunder Erickson, at Toron
to. Mr.. Erickson was IS years of age
and has been in feeble health for some
time. Mr.. and Mrs. HuDbaIC went w
to Toronto Tuesday morning 70 attend
the funeral.
There are now 600 students en-
, rolled at the college, the largest II
| the history of the institution. Whel
; they we're called together for thu
weekly chapel exercises Tuesda!
, morning it was impossible to sea
them all, and an overflow meetin,
was held in another building.
: The basket ball game at the colleg'
Gymnasium Saturday evening between
1 the State college and Lake Presto
I high school resulted in an easy victor,
4 FIR the college, the score being "a to Il
b In the last half Coach S~aunderson plat
: ed a substitute team in the field, an
+ they helped pile up the score. In
U game with the De Smet Y. NJ. I. A
e team next Saturday evening IS e2
e nected to be much closer.
" Monday night someone got W
with the big thermometer which hun
C from the Bank of Brookings 900
and the bank force are of the opinlo
= that prohibition is so complete III TN
town that some individual abstracte
- the alcohol from the instrument !
= order to satisfy his thirst. When IN
hank gets mother thermometer
!, vii, he of the mercury kind, and
p. night it viii be placed in the vau.
for safe keeping.
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POPULAR WANTS

FOR SALE-A nice lot of good corn
and hay. Inquire at farm north of col
lege or write G.. G. Koenig, WATERFOWL,
S. d.
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