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VOL. 58. Lost on the Plains. Only sixteen or seventeen miles a d iv. A long, creeping, creaking line of white ox-wagons,stretching away to the west across the vast and boundless brown plains. Not a house for thous ands i f tniles,not a tice,not a shrub,not a single thing in sight, except now and theii.d >tted hero and there, a few great Mack spots iu the boundless sea of bt o\v n. This is the way it was when my pat ents took me, then only a lad, across the plains, more than thirty years ago. How different now, with the engines teaiing, smoking, screeching and screaming across at the rate of five bundled miles or more a day ! There arc many houses on the plains now. The pioneers have planted great forests of trees and there are also vast corn fields, and the song of happy harvesters is heard there. But the great black spots that dotted the bound less sea of brown are gone forever. Those daik sp its were herds of count less bison, or buffalo—as they were more genially called. One sultry morning in July, as the sun rose up ami M z j d with uncommon aid r, i held of butt do aas See i giaz inv quietly close !i < u; I lain, and some of ilt* youngei boys who had guns and pistols, ami were "dying to kill a buffa lo," begged their patents to let them ride out and take a shot. As it was only a natural desire, and setimd a simple thing to do, a small paityofboys was soon ready. The men were obliged to stay wit hi he train and diive the oxen ; for the tents had already been struck, and the long white line bad begun to creep slowly away over the level brown sea toward the next water, a little blind stream that stole through the willows fifteen miles away to the west. There were in our train two sons of a lich and rather important man. And they were now first in the saddle and ready to take the lead. But as they were vain and selfish, and had al ways had a big opinion of themselves, their fat her knew they had not learned much about anything else. There was also in the train a sad-faced, silent boy, bare-footed and all in rags ; for bis parents had died with the cholera the day after we crossed the Missouri river, and he was left helpless and alone. lie hardly spoke to any one. And as for the rich man's boys, they would sooner have thought of speaking to their negro cook tbau to him. As the boys sat on their horses ready to go, and the train of wagons rolled away,the rich man came up to the bare footed boy, and said : " See here, 'Tatters,' go along with my boy's and bring back the game." "But I have no horse, sir," replied the sad-faced boy. "Well, take mine," said the anxious father ; "1 will get in the wagon and ride there till yon get back. "But I have no gun, no pistols nor knife," added the boy. •'Here !" cried the rich man. "Jump on my horse 'Ginger,' and I'll fit you out." When the barefooted boy had inoun ed the horse, the man buckled his own belt around the lad, and swung his rifle over the sadle-bcw. llow the boys face lit up ! His young hrart was beating like a drum with delight as the party bounded away after the buffalo. The wagons creaked and crawled away to the West of the great grassy plains ; the herd.of buffalo sniffed the young hunters,and lifting their shaggy heads, shook them angrily, and then turned awuv like a dark, retreating tide of the sea, with the boys boundiog after them in hot pursuit. It was a long and exciting chase. "Tat ters" soon passed the other boys and pressing hard on the herd, after nearly an hour of wild and splendid riding, thiew himself from the saddle and, taking aim, fired. The brothers came up soon, and dis mounting as fast as their less practiced limbs would let them also fired at the retreating herd. When the dust and smoke cleated avvav,a fine fat buffalo lay rolling in the grass before them. Following the ex ample of "Tatters," they loaded their guns where they stood, as all cautious hunters do, and then went up to the game. The barefooted boy at once laid his finger on a bullet hole near the region of the heart and looked up at the oth ers. aimed about there !" shouted one, "And so did I !" cried the other eager ly. Without saying a word, but with a very significant look,, the barefooted boy took out his knife,and,unobserved, piicked two boles with the point of it close by the bullet hole. Then he put his fiinger there and again looked up at the boys. They came down on MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13., 1884. their knees, wild with delight, in an instant. They hil really helped kill a buffalo! In fact, they had killed it ! "For are not t AO I til let 8 better than one !" they cried. " 'Tatters/ cut me off the tail," said '"And cut me off the mane ; 1 want it to make a coat collar for toy father," shouted the other. Without a word, the boy did as he was bid, and then securely fastened the trophies on behind their saddles. "Now let's overtake th 3 train, and tell father all about killing our first buffalo," cried the elder of the two brothers. "And won't lie be delighted !" said the other, as he clanibeied up to the saddle, and turned his face in every direction looking for the wagons. "But where are they V" he cried. At first the brothers laughed a little, then they grew very sober. "That is the way they went," said one, pointing off. "Ye-ye-yes, I think that's the way tliey went. But I wonder why we can't see the wa gons ?" "We have galloped a long way, and then they have been going ill the other direction If you go that way you will he lost. When we started, I noticed that the train was moving toward sun set, and that the sun was over our left shoulder as we look- d after the train. We must go iu this direction, or we shall be lost," mildly and firmly said the barefooted bov, as he drew his belt tighter, and prepared for work. The other boys only looked disdain fully at the speaker as he sat on his horse and shading his eves with his hand, looked away iu the direction he wised to go. Then they ta!k"d a mo ment between themselves, end taking out their pocket con passes, pretended to look at them very knowingly. Now, many people think a compass will lead them out of almost any place where they are lost. This Is a mis take . A compass is only of use when you can not see the sun. And even then you must have coolness and patience and good sense to get on with it at all. It can at best onlv guide you from one object to another, and thus keep you in a straight line, and so prevent yon from going around and around and a round. But when the plain is one vast level sea, without a single object rising up out of it as a guide, what is a boy to do ? It takes a cool bead, boy's or man's, to use a compass on the plains. "Come on ! that is right," cried the elder of the two hunters, and they darted away, with "Tatters" far iu the rear. They rode hard and hot for a full hour, getting more frightened, and going faster at every jump. The sun was hign in the heavens. Their horses were all in a foam. "I see something at last," shouted the elder,as he stood up in his stirrups, and then settling back in his seat, be laid on whip and spur, and rode fast and furious straight for a dark object that lay there in the long brown grasses of the broad unbroken plains. Soon they came up to it. It was the dead buffalo ! They knew now that they were lost on the plains. They had been riding in the fatal circle that means death if you do not break it and escape. Very meek and very penitent felt the two boys as "Tatters" came riding up slowly after them. They were tned and thirsty. They seemed to them selves to have shrunken to about half their usual size. Meekly they lifted their eyes to the despised boy, and pleaded silently and pitifully for help. Tears were in their eyes. Their chins and lips quivered, but they could not say one word. "We must ride with the sun on the left shoulder, as I said, and with our faces all the time to the west. If we do not do that we shall die. Now, come with me," said "Tatters," firm ly, as lie turned his took the lead. And now meekly and patiently the others followed. But the horses were broken in strength and spirit. The sun in mid heaven poured its full force of heat up on the heads of the thirsty hunters, and they cuiild hardly keep their seats in the hot saddles. The noises began to stumble and stagger as they walk ed. And yet there was no sight or sound of anything at all, before, behind, or left or right. Nothing but the weary dreary, eternal and unbroken sea of brown. * Away to the west the bright blue sky shut down sharp and tight upon the brown and blazing plain. The tops of the long untrodden grass gleamed and shimmered with the heat. Yet not a sign of water could be anywhere discerned. Silence, yastness, voiceless as when the woild came newly from the hand of God. No one spoke. Steadily and quietly A PAPER FOR THE HOME HRC'LE k m k OUR NEXT PR MDENT (Jrover Cleveland ! 219 ELECTORS! Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President. the young leader of the party led on. Now and then he would lift his eyes under his hat to the blazing sun over his left shoulder, and that was all. There comes a time to us all, I be lieve, sooner or later, on the plains, in the valley, or on the mountain in the palace or cottage, when we too can on ly lift our eyes, silent and helpless, to something shining in heaven. At last the silent little party heard a faint sound beyond them, a feeble, screeching cry that seemed to come oat from the brown grasi beneath them as thev struggled on. Then suddenly they came throuh and out of the tall brown grass into an open plain that looked like a plowed field. Only, all about the outer edge of the field were little hills or forts a bout as high as a man's knee. On ev ery on of these little forts stood a sold ier-sentinel, high on his hind legs and barking witli all his might. The lost hunters had found a dog town, the first they had ever seen. Some owls flew lazily over the strange little city, close to the ground ; and as they rode through the town, a rattle snake now and then glided into the hole on the top of one of the ten thous - and little forts. The prairie dogs, also as the boys rode close upon them, would twinkle their heels in the air and dis appear, head first, only to jump up,like a Jaok-in-a-box,in another fort, almost instantly. The party rode through the town and looked bej'ond. Nothing ! Behind ? Nothing 1 To the right ? Nothing 1 To the left ? Nothing; nothing but the great blue sky shut tight down a gainst the boundless level sea of brown! "Water," gasped one of the boys ; "I ao; dying for water." "Tatters" looked him iu the face and saw that what he said was true. He reflected a moment, and then said; "Wait hero for HIP." Then, leaving the others, he rode slowly a (1 quietly iirotind the prairie-dog city with his eyes closely scanning the ground. As he again nearvd the two boys waiting patiently for him, lie uttered a crv of delight, and beckoned them to come. ''Look there ! Do you see that little road there winding along though the thick grass ? It is a dim and small road, not wider than your hand, but it means everything to us." "Oh,l am dying of lliiist !" exclaim ed one of tli3 brothers. "What does it mean V" "It means water. Do you think a great city like that can get on without water. Come ! Let us follow this trail till we find it." Saying this, "Tatters" led off at a lively pace, for the horses, cheered by the barking dogs,and somewhat restsd, were in belter spirits now. And then it is safe to say that they, too, saw and understood the meaning of the dim and dusty little road that wound along un der their Let. "Hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah 1" Gal lant "Tatters" turned in his saddle and shook his cap to cheer the poor oys behind, as he saw a long line of fresh green willows starting up out of the brown grass and moving in the wind before him. And didn't the horses dip their nos es deep in the water ! And didn't the boys slide down from their saddles in a hurry and throw themselves beside it ! That s tme morning, two of these young gentlemen would not have taken water out the samecup with "Tatters." Now they were drinking with the hor ses. And happy to do it, too. So hap py ! Water was never, never so sweet to them before. The boys all bathed their faces, and the horses began to nibble the grass, as the riders sat on the Lank and looked anxiously at the setting sun. Were they lost forever? Eicli one ask ed himself the question. Water was good ; but they could not live on wa ter. "Stop here," said "Tatters," "and hold the horses till I come back." He went down to the edge of the water and sat there watching the clear swift little stream long and ax iously. At last he sprang up, rolled his rag ged pants above his knees, and dash ed into the water. Clutch a little white object in his bauds, he looked at it a second, and then with a beaming face hurried lack to the boys ; "There ! see that ! a chip ! They are camped up this stream somewhere, and they can't be very fai away from here !" Eagerly the boys mounted their burses,and pressed close on after "Tat ters." "And how do you know, they are close by ?" queried one. "The chip was wet only on one side. It had not beeu ten minutes in the wa ter." As "Tatters" said this the boys exchanged glances. They were glad, so glad, to be nearing their father once more. But it somehow began to dawn upon them very cleailv that they did not know quite everything, eveu if theii father was rich. Soon guns were heard firing for the lost party. And turning a corner in the willowy little river, they saw the tents pitched, the wagons in corral, and the oxen feeding peacefully be yond. The New York Times asserts that "every sign of the times indicates that farmers are neglecting the most profit able part of business, which is rearing and feeding stock. While grain is low er than it has been for years—a ceutury indeed—beef cattle are higner than for a years, and higher than ever before, counting the value of the cur ency, which made the highest prices twenty yea's ago. Beef is scarce and everything else is cheap. Cheap bread and butler is a public blessing no doubt but the wheat grower who must sell for seventy-five cents a bushel and the dairymm whose butter brings sixteen cents are apt to think it a blessing in such disguise as to be unrecognizable. Just now, of all branches of agricul ture, stock keeping is the most profita ble and doubly so, because while live stock is very high, everything else is very cheap. Great Britain has Lut 121,000 square miles over which to carry the mails, while the United States has 3,000,00J square miles. Our postofllce depart ment has about twenty times as much territory over which to extend its opera tions. "I'm nut in politics this year,but I'll take the stump all the same," said a tramp, going down into the gutter for a half-smoked cigar.— Merchant TraikXer, Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance. He was a man about twenty-five yearn old. He had a prominent nose, red neck, fightingjaw and sheet light ning in his eyes. He had been bunt ing lor n certain citizen for half a day without success, and when finally ask ed if it was very particular business he replied : 'You'd better bet it is ! He wants to engage me to start a boom for him.' 'A boom V ' Exact wants a county nom ination, and I'm going to work it up for him.' 'How do you booth a would-be can didate V was asked. 'Well, it's easy enough. There's three brothers of us. He divides SSO among ur> as a starter. That makes us solid for Smith. We begin to hurrah for him.Somebody hurrahs for Brown. We pulverize 'em. We talk Smith in saloons, on the street,out in the coun try and all over. Smith's the chap stands in with the boys—no aristocrat —good fellow—honest man—sure to get thar—got to see him through.' 'But suppose another faction wants Collins V 'Clean them out. Lick a Collins man and he begins to whoop for Smith. Keep treating and hurrahing and knocking down till the day of the county convention, and then watch your delegates. Bribe some, lick some —get others too drunk to sell you out. Just as easy as greese when you know how. Hang it, Smith ought to be on hand. I know of two places where I've got to set up kegs of beer to night, and I expect to lick three diff erent men before midnight. 'ltah for Smith !'— Detroit Free Pre**. The Parmer and the Editor. 'Seems to me you don't have noth in' ter do,' said the farmer, walking into' the sanctum of tie editor, the other day. 'Well, I have worked on a farm a good deal of my life, aud I regard td iting a socalled humorous paper as harder work than plowing corn,' the editor replied. 'Oh, shucks!' exclaimed the farmer. 'lf I didn't have notbin' to do but sit around and write a little ,an' shear a good deal, I tell you I'd be havin' a mighty easy time.' 'l'll tell you what I'll do,' said the editor. 'l'll plbw corn a day for you if you'll write two columns to-day for me.' 'Done,' cried the farmer. 'And I'll bet you ten dollars ye can't plow as much as ye orter.' 'I take you,' the editor replied. 'What am I to*write about V 'Oh ! anything, so it's funny. Re member, now, Mr. Farmer, you are to do the writing yourself. The matter must be strictly original.' 'Never mind me, Mr. Editor. But look ye. You have got ter do a good day o' corn plowin.' Do it jest like I would.' 'All right.' The editor went to the farm and set a good hand whom he had hired on the way, at work plow ing corn. The farmer wrote a head line which read : 'Killin'tatcr bugs,' before the editor was out of hearing. In the evening the editor came into his sanctum blithe and cheerful. The farmer sat at the desk,vexed and wor ried into auger. 'How do you feel?' asked the editor. 'Used up. Hardest day's work I ever done, an' two lines ter show fer it.' Sure enough, he was but one line beyond the head line. That line read: 'Killin tater bugs is funuy.' 'And I have won the wager.' 'What V 'Yessirl I have plowed several acres of corn, and done it well, and I've written my two columns besides.' 'Creation 1 How'd ye do it V 'Just like you would. I hired a man to do the plowing, and I sat in the shade ; but I wrote while I sat there, and did not sleep as you do. Fork oyer the ten.' The farmer paid ten dollars for his information, but the lesson was well learned and as he went out, he said : 'Stranger, I wouldn't be an -editor if I could. It looks mighty easy, but by Jerusalem, it ain't near so easy as settin' down an' watchin' the man plow corn. I'm a blasted fool,an' yer kin say it in yer paper if yer want to.' SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. NO. 45- Starting a Boom. NEWSPAPER LAWS If subscribers order the discontinuation of newspapers, the iniollshers max continue to send them until all arrearages ore paid. 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