THE TITTSBIJR'G- DISPATGH,' 'SUNDilT, 'MAT '19, 1689 4 ) rS-r: r mGIFE IN OKLAHOMA. 1 Visit to theflewly-Built Home of a ' Genuine Boomer Family. AMOKG-THE CHEROKEE INDIANS. This Kation is Highly Civilized, and Quite aKumberofthe TOUKG SQUAWS CAN PLAT THE PIAXO - COBEESrOXD'CXOrTHEBISrATCH.l Tahlequah, Capital of Chekokee If Anoy, May 16. On May 3, in company with Mr. Stephan, a Denver photographer, I set out for the Cherokee Nation, in the northeast corner of the Indian Territory. To go by rail was a very round-about way, one being obliged to change cars four times between Guthrie and Tahlcquah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation. "We bought us two ponies from "town boomers," who had ridden into Guthrie, and who had no y farther use for their animals. On the morning of the 3d ot May we set out upon our journey. It was 6 o'clock in the morning when we left Guthrie, and some of the boomers were astir. "When it became noised about thatthe Cherokee Na tion was to be our destination we were besieged by a horde of disappointed boomers who entreated Us to send them the very first news concerning the opening of the "Cher okee strip" to settlement. Our paraphernalia consisted of a wagon sheet (to be used as a tent), some blankets, a frying pan and a coffee-pot. For pro visions we had some corn bread, coffee and bacon. All of the first day we rode through tbe land of the boomers. Some of them already had houses and barns completed, others had them in course of erection, but the majority of them still lived in tents. Most of them were planting corn and small "garden truck," as they called it OKLAHOMA HOSPITALITY. Toward dark it commenced to rain and soon it was pouring down in torrents. "We saw a light in a window, and riding up shouted: "Hello-o-a!" A man came to the door and said: " 'Eight an' look at your saddle!" He was followed to the door by a woman with a lamp in her hand and abont a dozen towheaded children clinging to her skirts and peeping out at us from behind their mother's dress. A big liver-spotted dog came out and barked furiously at us. The boomer threw a chunk of wood at Dim and shouted: "Git in the house, you measly sup. Ain't you ashamed of yourself to treat strangers thet a-way?" After the dog had slunk howling away, with his tail between his less, we ventured to dismount. Our horses were put up, and we went into the house. Alter our hostess had invited us both to "take the rocking cheer," arid our host had ven tured the remark that it was pow'ful bad weather, I commenced a survey of our poor surroundings. "We were evidently in the best room; otherwise, what was George' JTashington's rv:. ., j j, .,1' -.jd vrhy was n of'lnde er the man e been the as an organ, mentioned, th a string .heir hands, TOES, ur Home." "Without a uiotto, done that I couldn't inat I could make . Stephan studied ..nd finally concluded an Anchor to "Wind- .ere mat oiepnan was mis a. vSKomer stood a high-posted. V rded bed. It was that kind ot an old fashioned bed that we used to sleep in when we went to grandma's house. You had ,to have a ladder in order to get in, and when yon got in you d sink away down into tl feather bed and nearly smother. On the floor beside the log fireplace stoi a Dig cloc. It was about five feet hie and on its glass lront was painted a bunc of roses. Some cane-bottomed chairs, wit cushions and tidies on (one being a rocke "for company"), constituted the remaindi of the room s lurniture. An old yellow loosing grandmother si in a comer, rocking herself to and fro, an crooning to herself an old love ditty b; tween whiffs lroni her clav pipe. She inter spersed her song with rambling, incoherent maudlin remarks about her troubles; abou how she used to be as lively a young woma as ever set heel to a sock". And now loo at herl Then she would sing again. From time to time she raked a coal from the fire with her skinny finger and relit her pipe. SLEPT IK THE BABJT. Finally one of the little tcw-heads com menced to whimper, and ended with a wail loud and long. The old grandmother took it up and coddled it and fondled it and rode it on her knee, and sang "Now we go upy, up, upy, and now we go downy, down, downy. This monotonous lullaby kept running through my head. I became drowsy. The old woman's voice seemed farther and farther away. "Now we go upy, up, upy, and now we go downy, down, downy." I fell asleep and awoke in the morning still in tbe armchair. I think Stephan slept in the barn. After "victuals" we journeyed on. For several days we traveled in this manner. eating our three meals of cornbread. coffee I and bacon, and sleeping out upon the bard I prairie, wrappeu in our oiacKets, ana witn the wagon-sheet over us to keep the dew off. Coming through the Sac and Fox country. Stephan tried to secure some photographs of Indian girls, but when he put his head un der the black cloth, and leveled his instru-4 ment at them, they became I Tightened and scampered away as fast as they could go. We stopped at one of the huts, about noon on May 4, and asked for something to eat. They pretended not to understand us, but I believe they did. At any rate we did not care for any of their dinner. They were eating dogs' brains. The Sacs and Foxes esteem dog brains as a great delicacy. They raise dogs purposely for their brains. I never saw so many doss in my life as I did coming through the Sac and Fox country. There were all sizes and colors. The In dians eat their brains right ont of the skull. He dips it out with a kind of spoon. "We saw a right handsome girl eating dog brains in this fashion. It was a ery repulsive sight. CIVILIZED IXDIAKS. Passing through the Creek Nation we saw nothing of interest. The Creeks are civil- ized, live in huts and wear store clothes. On the night of May G we slept at the Hotel De Ferryman, at Okmulgee, the capital of the Creek Nation. It pleased Stephan wonder fully well to find himself once more in a "regular bed." His way of putting it, "regular bed," seemed so ridiculous. Since leaving Guthrie we had been sleeping in , barns, in chairs, and out upon the hard ' prairie, so that this "regular bed" felt mighty good. On the night of May 7 we entered the lit tle town of Tablequah, a place of about 1,000 inhabitants and t..e capital of the Cherokee Nation. A herd of cows came lowing down the lane, in .charge ol the town herdsman. The tinkling ol their bells made pretty music, and formed an accompaniment to the chimes Irom the two or three little white washed churches. A bevy of Indian girls trooped by ns on their way to the evening worship. They all wore red roses in their hair and in the bosoms ot their white dresses. There was" just enough admixture of Indian blood in their veins to give their beauty the Indian caste. My friend and myself went to a party at an Indian girl's house. Some of the girls are highly accomplished; play the piano and ing beautifully. "When we told them that we had brought our tents with us, expecting to have to camp nut, they thought it was a good joke. EDUCATED SQUAWS. Some of the voung ladies are educated even in the classics. A female seminary has just been completed at a cost ot 500,000. "With an iron fence and furniture the total cost will be 5100,000. On last Tuesday this building was dedicated. A pretty proces sion of Sunday school girls, dressed in white and carrying banners, marched through the streets, preceded by a band of music composed of Indians. Arriving at the grounds, speeches were deliveied by the chief and other dignitaries. A choir of young Indian girls sang songs in both Cherokee and English. Besides this female seminary there is one for males, built at a cost ot 5100,000. And then there are about 400 other schoolsin the nation, some of them being mission schools. The Cherokee Government is di vided into three branches, executive, legis lative and judicial, and they have a Con stitution similar to that of the United States. It provides that the affairs of State shall not be administered by anyone not be lieving in God. The chief of the Cherokee Kation is J. B. Mayes. He has very little Indian blood in his "veins. He Js elected for a term of lour years, and receives a salary of $2,000 a year. His duties are similar to those of President of the United States. The legis lative branch of the Government consists of a lower house of 49 members and an upper house of 18 members. HENEr GEOEGE'S FOLLOWERS. The Cherokee Nation 'proper embraces 6,000,000 acres ef land. The Cherokee out let contains 7,000,000 acres. Tbe land is held in common, as provided ior in their constitution. Each Cherokee citizen is en titled to just as much land as he can con veniently handle. There has been much agitation ot late looking toward the opening ot the Cherokee outlet (the unoccupied land of the Cherokees), to settlement. From present indications, it seems to me that the Cherokees will be loth to part with it at any price the Government would pay lor it. The Chief refuses to call the Coun cil together to act in the matter, claiming that a change in the constitution must be made by the people, before any of the land ol the Cherokee Nation can be disposed of. As no change can be made in their national constitutiou until August in 1891, when the general election occurs, it is not probable that the Cherokee outlet will be made a part of the public domain of the United States for some time to come. Boosiee. BRIGHT SCHOOL GOSSIP. Tbo Teachers' Chief Desire Tbe Annual Examination for Provisionals Visitors Day nnd Pupils' Teeib. It is the desire of many of the teachers to wind up the school year with a regular good old-fashioned teachers' institute. Accord ing to the programme arranged for this year's institute work, there yet remains a general one to be bad, and, instead of having outside lecturers hold the fort, the tendency of belief is that Home talent will wield tbe gavel and will essay at will npon such subjects as "Should tbe Speller be Used as a Text BookT" and like themes for controversy, and that all the last of this season's institutes be marked by tbe enthusiasm of the olden times. Snpenntendent Luckey yesterday com menced his examination for all persons desiring teachers' provisional certificates. One hundred and sixty-two applicants were examined in phys iology, music and orthography. Next Saturday the studies will be grammar, composition and penmanship. The North School windows are being sup plied with awnings, which partly do the duty of the old trees lately cut down. The space ac corded by tbeabsenceof the trees i eventually, it is said, to be made apromisingflower garden. Visitors', or opening, dayis occurring quite freqnently among tbe various schools, and it is amusing to note tbe various devices and tactics that the teachers call on to enlist the support of their pupils for their best efforts and appearance for the event. One bright and gay yonng teacher, who has a number of pupil-t at the age when they lose their first teeth, saw, to her sorrow, that a number of her prettiest girls, who would likely make a good impression for tbe great occasion, were losing one or two front teeth. She told them and tbe others how careful they mast be and not lose any more teeth till after "open ing day." They took it very seri ously, tw ,the teacher's great amusement. No teeth were lost for a few days. But one morning last week a little girl came up and se riously said: "Oh, -Miss G., I lost my tooth. I tried so hard to keep it in; but I took a drink and it slipped right away ! I told mamma how sorry you'd be that I lost it before opening day!" With twinkllnc eves the teacher com mented on the serious drawback. Educational Echoes. Tee Lincoln School will have its annual vis iting day May 9. Miss Lou Taylor, of the Luckey School, has obtained a leave of absence, and, with her sister, sails on June IS for London to visit rela tives. At a later period they will join tho regu lar Pittsburg excursionists at Pans. Mb. Robert McCabgo, the newly elected Supervisor of Music, entered npon his duties Wednesday morning. Prof.Blnebartwill have charge of fhe same schools as previously, and Mr. McCargo of those of the late Prof. Prosser. At the Sterret School, during the month of May, each Friday afternoon is devoted to an entertainment to which the parents are cor dially invited. Each room has a special Friday to greet friends. On the 17th Inst. Miss Belle McMillan's room contributed tbe exercises. A 'tray drill" was especially admired. The last ntertainment will De given jnay 3L CHEAP CCJRTAIXS. 11 Odd and Ends of Luce nnd Tnrcomnn Curtains at Less.Tbnn Half Price. "We will take stock in a few weeks, and before the time comes would like to get rid t all odds and ends in curtain department. All patterns in both lace and turcoman urtains that have become reduced to a few airs, are put with carpet remnants on first loor, and will go on Monday morning at ne-tnira ineir vaiue. They run from one-half pair to three pair lots. I Come early Monday morning, for thn fl crowds will be there later in the day. X.DWAED UROETZINGEB, 627 and 629 Penn avenue. 155j-Telephone 1538. Is that Dickson, the Tailor, of 65 Fifth avenue? Yes. Send around to the hotel and get my last spring's suit and pnt in as good shape as that last one you cleaned and repaired for me; saved me from buying a new suit Yours, etc. Chakles Dodge. Ger tbe Beat. The demand for Marvin's rye bread grows larger every day. It is baked by German bakers, and h the best made in the country. All grocers keep it TTSSu Dyed on tho First Day of Slay. In the year of our Lord, 1889, a beautiful light suit, all wool, five years old, a lovely dark blue, bv Dickson, the Tailor, 65 Filth ave., cor. "Wood st, second floor. Tele phone 1558. Cotinso Furniture. New patterns that prove more desirable and less in cost than goods offered iu pre vious seasons. P. C. Schoekeck, 711 Liberty street Kosenbattsi & Co. show more hats and bonnets than a dozen other stores combined. See for yourself and compare prices. The handsomest line of cream colored fabrics we nave ever shown, beautiful stuffs for both beaside and evening wear; bargains in these goods during our clearance sale. Mtvtsu Hugds & Hacke. For May Festival. An immense choice of fine fans from 25c to 5, also feather fans at 37c, worth $L Fine, painted fans 50c up, also pocket fans iuc np, at r.osentjanm & uo's. AXL the new shades and colors in awn ings tat Mamaux & Son's, 537 and 539 Penn ave. ROSeitbmjm & Co. show the largest and finest line of parasols and sun umbrellas iu tbe Hro cities. Their Dnces are below all othe. See for yourself. EVERYDAY SCIENCE. Drilling for Gas Likely to Lead to the Collapse of the Earth. FLOWER FARMS IN. FLORIDA, Development "of Plate Glass Manufacture in This Countrj. SCIENTIFIC AND 1ND0STEIAL HOTES. rraxFABiD tor thi dispatch Beadersof The Dispatch who desire information on subjects relating to indus trial development and progress in mechan ical, civil and electrical engineering and the sciences can have theft queries answered through this column. Some disquieting theories have been late ly advanced on this question. Prof. Joseph F. Jones protests strongly against tapping the natural gas reservoirs, and says that disastrous explosions will eventually occur, and the gas being exhausted, the earth's crust will collapse, and the earth will lose its place among the heavenly bodies and fall to pieces. Another writer prophesies that if the boring is continued the country along the gas belt from Toledo through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will be ripped up to thedepth of 1,200 or 1,500 feet, leaving a chasm through which tbe waters of Lake Erie will come down, filling the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and blotting them out forever. One theorist, after investigating the gas wells with telephones and delicate ther mometers, distinguished sounds like the boiling of rocks, and estimated that a mile and one-half or so beneath the Ohio and In diana gas field the temperature of the earth is 3,500. "We look in vain for a scientist who will give us some crumb of comfort. Another savantsays that an immense cavity exists, where the gas is stored, and a mile below is a mass ot seething, hungry flame, which is gradually eating into the rock floor of the cavern and thinning it. Eventually, he predicts, the flames will reach the gas, and an explosion of most objections! magni tude will ensue. Flower Farms. Among the many new industries that are being developed in this country is the rais ing of flowers for the manufacture of per fumer. It is stated that attar of roses can be made in Florida as successfully as in the gardens of Bulgaria. The two varieties of roses used are the musk and damask, and the special conditions of soil and climate necessary for their proper cultivation are seldom to be met with, being confined in Europe to a tract of land in the Balkan Mountains, 30 miles wide and 300 long. On the southern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in parts of Florida, these varieties of roses flourish abundantly, and it is claimed that 18 acres well managed will yield 540,000 per 'annum. Other flowers, such as jasmine, violets, lilies, jonquils, etc., are also used for distillation aud absorption, or enfleurage. In the latter process, sheets of glass are spread over with layers of pure fat, somewhat less than a quarter of an inch thick, and over this fat are shed the fresh leaves of the flowers. In a very short time all the odor is absorbed by the fat, which is cut up into small square pieces and put into alcohol. The scent at once unites itself to the alcohol and is fit for the market. Modern Milling- and Modern Teeth. The modern milling processes and mod ern flour are great enemies to modern teeth. It is tbe outside of all the grains and cereal foods that contains the carbonate and phos phate of lime and traces of other earthy salts which nourish the bony tissue and build the frame Up, and by sifting away the outside of corn, oats, barley, etc., we de prive the teeth of proper nourishment, and every succeeding generation of teeth is be coming more and more fragile' and weak. Oatmeal is one of the best foods for supply ing the teeth with nourishment It makes the dentine, cementum and enamel strong, flint-like and able to resist all forms of de cay. Ii you have children never allow auy white bread on your table. The best bread is made of whole wheat ground, not bolted, so that the bran which contains the minute quantities of lime is present. Plate Glass Manufacture. A phenomenal instance of development is afforded hy tbe plate glass manufacture in this country. The industry, though scarce ly eight years old, has succeeded not only in building up the Allegheny Valley, but in driving France and England out of the American markets. Ten years ago im ported French plate glass was selling in the United mates at $2 SO per foot, and now American plate glass, which is a finer prod uct than the French plate, sells at (1 per foot To-day there is not one-half the amount of French glass sold in the United States that is supplied from England, and both supplies form less than one-half the amount imported a few years ago. This wonderful stride has been made possible by natural gas, aud that the fact is appreciated is shown by the recent large acquisition of gas territory by the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, which now controls 14,000 acres. Prodoc'ton of Salt. At one time neaiiy the whole of the salt used as food and for industrial purposes was obtained from the sea, and in many countries where the climate is dry and warm, and which have a convenient sea board, a great quantity of salt is still so obtained. Two hundred and fifty thousand tons are produced yearly in Portugal, and an approximate quantity on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of France. Spain turns out from the Balearic islands, the 'Bay of Cadiz and elsewhere 300,000 tons annual ly, and even the small seaboard of Austria produces 70,000 to 100,000 tons. Tight Collars. Prof. Dr. F'orster, Director of the Uni versity Ophthalmic Clinique at Bresiau, has recently drawn the attention of parents and pedagogues to what he believes is often the cause of short-sightedness in the young namely that they are allowed to wear col lars which are too tight for them. The pro fessor appears to have excellent reasons for his deductions, for in 300 cases that came under his notice the patients were suffering from a chronic complaint, indicating a dis turbance in the regular and normal flow of blood, brought on by the wearing ot collars which were not large enough. Cement for Machinery Foundation. A valuable cement is now largely used. Two parts of oxide of zinc, two of crushed hard limestone and one of pulverized grit form a powder to which a certain proportion of ochre is added as a coloring agent A liquid consisting of a saturated solution of six parts of zinc in commercial mnriatic acid, to which is added one part of sal am moniac, is diluted with two-t irds of its volume of water, and two and- half pints ot this liquid mixed with one pound of the powder forms a quickly-hardening cement of great strength. Preservative Processes. Mueh attention, has of late been paid to the questioner increasing the durability of various materials, such as iron, wood, etc., by coating, saturating or other means. Among the principal preservative agents that have come under notice is "Cyanite." which soaks into the pores of timber and renders it fireproof. It is made as a color less paint, and needs renewal only at long Intervals. If, as it is claimed, this ma terial will protect timber against the rav ages of the white ant, it is a very valuable preparation. Romance of Invention. Some of the pioneers in electrical applica tion have reaped golden harvests. Prof. A". G, Bell was at one time walking about "Washington anxious to sell telephone stock for 10 cents on the dollar. Before that he was teaching a deaf and dumb school in Boston. The telephone hrnnpht him fame and rinhe. nnd he now hft an income of hundreds of dollars n day, and a fortune of 50,000,000. U. 15. Brush is said to nave been working at $15 a week before he struck the electric light which made him a mil lionaire. , .Removal of Tattoo Marks. The skin is covered with a concentrated solution of tannin and retattooed with this in the parts to be cleaned. Then rub with an ordinary nitrate of silver crayon over tbe parts, which become black by formation of tannateof silver in the superficial layer of tbe dermis. Sprinkle tannin powder on the surface several times a day to dry it A dark crust forms, which loses color in three or four days, and in a fortnight or so, comes away, leaving a reddish scar, free or tattoo marks, and in a few months hardly noticeable. Electric Communication for Prisoners. Electric communication has been estab lished between the police office and the cells reserved for prisoners in an English prison. In each cell is an electric button, which on being pressed rings a bell in the office. The officer in charge cannot only see Irom which cell the call comes, but can disconnect tbe bell by a switch if the prisoner be unruly and keep ou ringing. The accommodation is for prisoners who are ill or who wish to see the police for any other reason. Arrest of Cancer Growth by Electricity. Dr. J. Inglis Parsons; assistant physi cian at the Chelsea Hospital for women, England, publishes in the British Medical Journal a history of some most interesting experiments in treating cases of cancer by powerful interrupted voltaic currents, and the remarkable success he obtained points to the further use of electricity not only lor the alleviation, but also for the cure of this dreadful scourge. i Peanuts for Sleeplessness. "What will to many be a very agreeable remedy has been recommended by a learned prelate for the cure of insomnia. He says that he has found sleep induced by the eat ing of a half a pint of peanuts just before retiring for the night Thn nuts should be carefully roasted in the shell and not over--done or burned. He considers tbat only overcooked or stale nuts are indigestible. OU of Eucalyptus In Phthisis. An eminent physician reports that for 18 months he has employed eucalyptus oil in conjunction with cod-liver oil in the treatment of phthisis, with marked success. The oils were administered as an emulsion, which contained 75 per cent of cod-liver oil and five minims of eucalyptus oil in each drachm. Frecltels. A physician who has been frequently asked by his patients forsomething to remove "moth" and freckles, says: "A wash con sisting of equal parts of lactic acid and glycerine will do the work, and is harmless when applied to the skin. America's Newspaper Circulation. America publishes more papers than all the rest of the world combined. Last year its 17,107 periodicals printed 2,950,556,500 copies, enongh to supply every soul on earth with two newspapers. Economy of Labor, Tbe increasing economy of labor is shown by the fact that in modern foundries 50 men can produce as many castings as were form erly turned out by 200 men. ' ' f Treatment of Seasickness. Dr. Skinner reports that he has gained excellent results by the simultaneous em ployment of atropine and strychnine, or by that of caffeine. Edncntlonal Gifts. During the last year the sum total of edu cational gilts in this country was nearly $5,000,000. Odd Fellows Traveling. About 200 representatives of the Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. go ont on the 8 A. if. train this' morning, B. & O. B.R. for York, Pa. Quite a delegation go on the P. R.R. The Grand Encampment opens at 9 A. if. Monday, at York, and the Grand Lodge at 9 A. M. Tuesday, and will be in session un til Thursday evening and possibly until Friday. Nearly every county in Western Pennsylvania will be" represented. Repre sentative Mathews, of East Liberty Lodge, No. 585, will supply the Western Pennsyl vania delegation with The Dispatch daily during the session. Ono Thousand Miles of Trnimportntlon and One Week's Board for 812 00. Tbe Pittsburg and Cincinnati packet line. Steamers leaving Pittsburg as follows: Steamer Katie Stockdale, Thomas S. Cal houn, Master.leaves everv Monday at 4 p.m. Steamer Hudson, J. F. Ellison, Master, leaves every Wednesday at 4 p. M. Steamer Scotia, G, W.- Eowley, Master, leaves ever Friday at 4 p. u. First-class fare "to Cincinnati and return, $12 00, meals and stateroom included; or, down by river and return by rail, 512 50. Tickets good until used. For further information apply to James A. Henderson, Superintendent, 94 Water street su Coal nnd Mineral Lands for Sale. Thomas S. Reed Esq., formerly of New Florence, Pa., and who, at time of his death last tall, was one of the oldest printers In this State, was also the owner of a 60-acre lot of coal and mineral land near Lock port, on the P. P.. R. This land will be offered at public sale in New Florence, by his executor, May 23, at 130 o'clock r. M. The buyers of coal and mineral lands will do well to not neglect this opportunity of investing in what will in the near future be a valuable parcel of land. FINE GROCERY BUSINESS For Snlo at sit J.I verpool, Doing $40,000 business a vear. Stock now reduced to ?4,000 or $5,000. Good reasons for selling; one partner going on a farm, other wishes to retire on account of age. Fine chance ior yohne man with a little capital. L. T. Conant & Son, East Liverpool, O. We would advise our readers to call at the new show rooms of Kramer & Redtnan, Lim., and G. T. Herrick & Co., at 708 Smitbfield street, on their opening days, May 20, 21 and 22. From what we have seen of their mantels and fireplaces, the dis play will be a beautiful one. Cnmp Chairs For summer furnishing. Special patterns adapted for the hot season. Most suitable goods for campmeetings, lawn fetes and ex cursion parties. P. C. Schoexeck, 711 Liberty street Black Goods An elegant line of light weight summer j'abrics, entire new effects this season; bargains during our clearance sale. Hugus & Hacke. M'WFSU Bosenbaum & Co. show more hats and bonnets than a dozen other stores combined. See for yourself and compare prices. 1 i . Floeentine. awnings at Mamaux & Sons, 537 and 539 Penn ave. THE LEAP TO DEATH. A Wild, Wierd Indian Legend Coming From the Days When the PALEFACES WERE IET UNKNOWN, The Prophecj Made bj White Cloud, the' Aged Ircpois Chief. BIG PAPPOOSE AND HIS PILGRIMAGE rCOBEESFOXDEJJCE OT TUB DISPATCH-I Findlay, O., May 18. The recent dis covery in a gravel pit near the High Banks, on the Blanchard river, of the .skeletons of two Indians locked in close embrace, has revived among the early settlers of the county an old Indian legend, which was current in this section while the century was still yonng; and which, in itself, is so beau tiful, nnd yet so Indian-like, as to lead to tbe belief that the skeletons found the other day were the identical braves whose tragic fate is so fascinatingly woven into the le gend. V From a gentleman whose grandfather en joyed the friendship and confidence of one of the last Iroquois chieftains who made the lake region of Ohio his home, The Dis patch correspondent has gathered the material features of a romance as full of love, pathos and courage as was ever writ ten of the heroes of mythology, or is con tained in the legendary lore of any of tbe nations of tbe earth, past and present. Long before the white sails of Europe cast their baleful shadows over the Western continent, a vast portion of the country was occupied by two mighty nations of red men; tbe Iroquois, by far the most warlike nation, dominated, with its united tribes, around tho northern shores of the great lakes; while the Algonquin race peopled the country from Labrador almost to the Floridas and extended itself westward.south of Lake Erie, almost to the borders of Ore gon. Those of the Algonquin strain the Nepperbaus who inhabited-the country be tween the Miami-of-the-Lakesand the Ohio, were fierce and blood-thirsty, but withal manly and brave. THE1T AND NOW. Their villages were principally along the smaller streams tributary to the above named rivers. In those days the Blanchard river, now dividing the city of Findlay into north and south divisions, and npon whose banks the skeletons were found not long since, flowed downward to its resting place in the bosom of tbe lakes under some dark Indian name; and. where this city now stands, with tbe sunlight glittering upon many spires and countless windows, the smoke ot numer ous camp fires ascended to the great heavens above, untrammeled by a single adjunct of civilization, Irom painted wigwatrs of poles and skins and birch bark wrought with bar baric characters. Then was the Blanchard river wider and the curves and sweeps of the current more graceful than now. What is now known as the "High Banks," near which the inter, locked Indian skeletons were found, were higher then and the river broader at the base, and on the summit was a large thunder-split rock. But the rnsbing waters and grinding ice of many springs have worn away the storm beaten buttresses until but a moiety of their former height appear, while the great rock has fallen and lies buried under the flood and shifting sands. Of the Algonquin tribe, that formerly held dominion along this stream, history has only preserved the name. A handlul of eartben beads, a few flint arrow-beads, are the sole memorials of a once great populace. But tradition, with wonderful tenacity, clings to its legends. Even from the dross of nameless nations some golden deed shines forth with a luster antiquity can not tar nish. So among the songs of the Iroquois were heard the valorous deed told in the legend that follows. It was heard iu the council fires, iu the wigwams and in the tra ditionary lore of the once powerful nation, as long as a remnant of the tribe followed the setting sun into tbe spirit land of the fathers. BEFORE COLUMBUS' TIME. Long before the coming of the pale faces there was a great warrior of the Huron Iroquois named "Big Papoose." He had a round, smooth, small face like a child, but his arms were long and his shoulders broad and powerful as the branches of the oak; at the council fire he spoke not; at hunting parties he was indolent; and of the young squaws none could say, "He loves me." But if he spoke not at the council fires, his people knew that the scalps in his wigwam were numerous as the leaves on the oak tree; and if he cared not for hunting, it was yet remembered that he wore a triple collar made from the claws of grizzly bears, and the old braves loved to singot the great deer he had pursued and killed with a blow from his stone ax, when his feet were as the wings ol tne swallow. True it was the love that is so'common to men the love of woman was not in his breast; but the brightest and boldest maiden's eyes dropped in bis presence, and many a time when he was near, the bosoms of dusky beauties would rise and fall with unuttered emotion. Yet the "Big Pap poose was the friend of children, and it was he who would bind the tiny flint arrow heads to the feathered shafts, and the string to the little bow with the sinews of the deer, and practice the boy braves of the tribe in mimic warfare; and taught them to step with the foot of the snarrow, and trap the rabbit, the fox and the beaver, and to shout the death whoop. AN AGED WABEIOE. Tnere was then a very old brave in the Iroquois tribe. . His ha'ir was like tbe foam of the water l all and his eyes were deep and dark as the pool beneath it He was so old that he could lay his hand on the head ot a squaw of a"hundred years and say: "Boy." He it was who had found, far in tbe North, under the uttermost stars, the sacred pieces of copper; he it was who bad seen the great fish, so large that a single one could drink up the lake at a mouthful; and the great thunder water Niagara he had seen; and the cavern big enough to contain all the Indian tribes, the Iroquois and Algonquins; and the stone arch that held up the skies, the sun and moon, and the clouds; he had stood beneath, and he had seen it He was called the White Cloud, and sometimes, when the summer's heat had been powerful upon the eartb, and the green leaves oi me maize uruupeu iuu uiucu, lie would bring forth the magic red pipe and smoke, and blow the smoke toward the West, and the vapors would rise up and approach him and overshadow him; and the rain would fall and the leaves rise up re freshed and the birds sing loudly among the rain-jeweled leaves of the forest Then, too, would the "Big Papoose" sit on the same loir with White Cloud aud ask him to tell him of tbe mysteries of the skies; and the sachem would chant of the White Babbit ot the North, tbe ,Queen of the Heavens, that holds dominion pver the uttermost stars, and the snows of winter; that hides in summer when the sun is pow er'ul, that she may rival his brightness in the season of frost One day the "Big Papoose" said to the Chief: "Why, oh, White Cloud, do you ever blow the smoke of the Calumet toward the West is there .no rain, too, in the East?" A SPIRIT OP PBOPHECY. Then the white haired answered: "Be cause I like not the visions I see when I blow the smoke toward the east As the smoke of the calumet moves westward, I behold iu it nations of red men, moving and ever moving toward the land where the snn finds rest iu tbe arms of the Great Father. But when I blow the smoke toward the east I see the red men no more, but the glitter of mighty waters, and winged canoes in siz3 like the great trees of the forest and potent arrows of fire that dart forth with clouds and tnunderings. And, further and further toward the east I see more and more of the winged canoe3 in number like the leaves that are blown by the winds of autumn; and the winged ca noes bear many nations, and in the ap proaching1 hosts see not one red man." "I hare dreamed," replied the yonng warrior, "of a maiden whose eyes were in color like yonder lake, and whose skin was as beautiful as the snow at sunset" "Do you think of her often; more than of the women of the Iroquois?" asked the White Cloud. "Big Papoose" bowed his head, but said nothing. "The time will come," continued, the old chief, "when the woman with blue eyes will think of the youne brave." ,kWhen?" asked his listener, eagerly. The While Cloud touched with his finger a young oak, whose stem was not thicker than a stock ot maize, one moon old, and replied: "When this trunk has grown that a man may stretch his amis aronnd it and yet his right hand cannot meet his left hand, then will the young chief live in the thoughts of the maiden with the skin like the flush of the sunset on the snow." SIMILAR DEEAMS. "You speak truth," answered the big warrior. "So, too, have I dreamed." "Tell me," continued the white prophet,, "whom do you envy of living men?" "Not one." said the voung chief. "Whom of the dead do yon envy?" per sisted White Cloud. "The warriors who are dead in battle, yet live famed in the song of the Iroquois." "Lookl" cried the prophet A volume of smoke arose from the red pipe, and the old man blew it gently toward tho east. Tbe Iroquois saw it spread into a plain, vari gated with hills and rivers and the villages of his tribe; when it passed beyond the boundaries ot his nation, he recognized tbe habitations of the Algonquins; he saw their burial places, and the stretched skins with the accursed totems of his hereditary ene mies; he saw, too, noble warriors, the women, the medicine men and the children. Then tbe cloud moved on, and in his fancv he looked upon a sparkling river. along whose banks were villages of Algon quin tribes, the wigwams ot the Nepper hanas. And, in his vision, he was standing on the brink of a gigantio cliff, whose shadow lay midway across the sparkling river. And as he looked his foot touched a fragment of rock and it fell, sheer down, from the summit of a precipice to its base and touched nothing as it fell. And as bis eyes wandered up and down tbe sparkling river, he saw the beautiful curves of its shores go on their wending way to the lake. Then the sparkling river grew dimmer, and its high banks faded from view, and he saw only the blue sky and the.clouds, and far off in the east an eagle. SENT ON A PILGRIMAGE. "My son," said the 'white-haired chief, "you nave seen it. To-morrow night loosen the' thongs ot your moccasins beyond the wigwams of the Iroquois. In the country of the Algonquins is that wondrous cliff, and before five suns you will see the dawn light flooding the sparkling river. Take with you this bag of pigments aud painting implements. On the bare rock that rests on the summit of the high bank of tbe spark ling river inscribe the totem of your tribe and the record of your achievements. Go, I sav no more." Then the White Cloud put the tube of the calumet to his lips, and as the smoke arose from the kinikinic the bowl of his red pipe expanded wider and wider, and tbe blue vapor spread out like tbe mist tbat rises from a lake on a midsummer morning. Then there came a powerful wind from the east,and tbe smoke rolled away before it and was driven with marvelous swiftness until it grew red under the sinking sun, and passed to the far off hunting grounds of the Dakotahs. The young chief watched it until it vanished, and then turned to his companion. There was nothing near him but the green grass and the slender oak which the White Cloud had touched with his finger. Then the "Big Papoose" 'took the bag of pigments to his wigwam and prepared for his journey. Around his broad chest he drew the folds of a gorgeous hnnting robe, decorated with the many hued barbs of tbe porcupine, and secured it with a gaudy belt of wampum. His leggings were fringed with beads,shells of various colors aud the hair of scalps, and bis moccasins were wrought with quills twisted with the flowers of the prairie. - ON the mabch. Then he took, from the notched poles of his wigwam his tufted bow and a sheaf of arrows tipped with brilliant feathers; and he thrust the stone ax through his belt of wampum, and shook, once more, the slender spear staff with its ponderous head of pointed flint. Then he passed beyond the wigwams of his tribe. Twice the moon rose and he saw the maize fields of the Algon quins. Later and later, she glittered over his solitary way. He saw lodges of hostile tribes without number, and other maize fields, and at night the campfires of a great people. Then he came to a shallow river dotted with canoes; then before him was a gently sloping upland, and just as the moon.and the dawn were shining together, he stood under the shadows of the tall trees on the summit of the high banks, and at his feet was the broad, bare rocs, and below nim tbe waters or tne sparciing river. ie looted around, then walking across the rock to its farthest extremity, he laid upon its surface his tufted bow and sheaf of arrows, loosened his belt of wampum, cast down his terrible stone ax and pointed spear. Then he took irom the hag the pigments'and painting im plements, and before midday be had sketched upon the rock the outlines of his grand achievements as a brave, and as an Iroquois warrior iu the land of his fathers. It was the moment when he had com pleted the totem of his tribe, when he was farthest from his weapons, that a fawn darted to the platform, gathered up its af frighted form at sight of him, and sprang, sheer over the brink. The next instant an Algonquin warrior leaped npon the ledge. A startled look at the Iroquois, a contempt uous glance at the pictured rock, two panther bouuds and the hereditary foes were struggling upon the edge of the precipice. A DESPERATE BATTLE. They were equally matched. Sometimes in their struggles they leaned far over the yawning depths below, and then unitedly bent back, like twin oak trees overblown. Both were unarmed, for the Algonquin had not suspected an enemy where the foot of an Iroquois had never trod. So, with terrible strength, and zeal and skill, each sought to overthrow tbe other upon the high floor of the battle ground. But it was vain, and at last exhausted, with tremendous throes and throbs of anger, tbey lay in each other's embrace, until the shadows of tbe cliff had stretched far over the bosom of the spark ling river. "Let us arise," at length said the Algon quin. Tbe warriors arose to their feet, and stood looking into each other's faces. Then they stood upon the brink of the precipice. The touch of a hand would have precipitated either to tbe death below. "Let us not perish," said the Algonquin, "like thje raccoon and the fox starving in the deathlock, but rather let us die like braves." The Iroquois listened. "Do you let me gq," continued the Algonquin, "and tell tbe warriors of my tribe, that they may wit ness it, and I will leap with you from this life to the one beyond. Tbe Iroquois smiled. "Stay,'' added the Algonquin, "I am a child; do I not know the fate of an Iroquois who would venture within the domain of my people? But remain you until my re turn, that the history of my deed may be in scribed with that ot yours npon the rock." The Iroquois smiled again and said,- "I wait." Then the Algonquin bounded away to the camp of bis people. THE LEAP TO DEATH. Left to himself, the Iroquois collected to gether his painting implements and filled with brilliant color the outlines he bad sketched upon the rock. Then he cast his spear into the sparkling river, and sent the stone ax circling through tbe air until it splashed far out into the stream; and ha broke the tufted bow with his powerful arms and snapped his feathered arrows, one by one. Then he girded on his gorgeous belt of wampum and waited. Of whom waa he dreaming as he looked npon the picture he had painted upon the rock? Was it not the blue-eyed maiden with cheeks like the flush of sunset on the snow? The Iroquois waited. Then he heard a murmur as of the winds stirring the leaves and then tbe rustle of rapid footsteps; and as he started to his feet, the forest behind him was thronged with Algonquins warri ors. There was silence for an instant, and then an hundred .bows were bent, and an hundred arrows struck him. v But as he turned to hurl defiance at his enemies, a warrior form bounded upon tbe parapet; It caught the arrow-studded figure tottering npon the brink in its arms and screamed into its dying ears: "I am here, Oh I Iroquois," and then two forms locked together swept from the high banks to the depths below, and the sparkling river sane I then, as it sings yet, the funeral requiem oi me xnuiau Draves. . Fbehoxt Aepobd. 'For crayon portraits go to Dabbs, 602 Liberty street. He has had great experi ence and has a) ways shown the very best of judgment 1558 Telephone 1538. Is that Dickson, the Tailor, of 65 Fifth avenue? Yes. Send around to the hotel and get my last spring's suit and put in as good shape as that last one you cleaned and repaired for me; saved me from buying a new suit. Yours, etc. Charles Dodge. 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File tumors as large as a black walnut made their appearance several years ago, and were tbe cause of much suffer ing, xnese tumors were oiien proiapseo, ana would bleed so profusely as to cause extreme prostration. As tbe disease advanced four ffs tulse made their appearance, and were so pain- f ul that he was obliged to give up his businese ana was unaDie to perioral any manual latu' Mr. Hartrey bad tried the skill of a number o physicians bnt bad been unable to And relli , until he applied to Dr. Smith, the magnet physician, at No. 503 Penn avenue, wbo cur j,j him permanently without the use of tbe kni J9 or ligature. Dr. Smith agreed to cure him ' Oit a certain sum of money, which Mr. E. p jy him at tbe beginning of tbe treatment. y,r Hartrey was permanently cured in a si jjij time and may be referred to. Mr. Peet, owner and manager of Imp rial Hall was a great sufferer from verfcocei e for many years. He applied to Dr. Smith an i was Sermauently cured. He may be referr r d to Ir. John Foley, who resides at Millvalr 4 Wju taken with a terrible pain in bis right sb c ulder upwaru ul uvo uiuuuia iiu. .l.jo aitc g cama ou suddenly, like a shock of paralysi , xjie arm became useless in a few momen a , time. He could not use tbe band nor move r,. flner A abort time after tbe attack he beg: ii to "ex perience pain in tbe shoulder. Tbe pam jn. creased in severity for a number of d. 4j wnon it was discovered tbat there was an ccumula tion of pus in tbe shoulder joint. I jr Foley applied to a doctor, who opened tb sboulder wiib the knife. Large quantities b - pas wa3 discharged at the time and a fist Ja formed, which continued to discbarge a tb j a acrid pus. In this helpless and hopeless con d ition he ap plied to Dr. Smith, the magne t.c physician, at 502 Penn avenue, and wa j cured per fectly. He has regained tbe use of bis arm. J. C. Henderson haa been tort c red with piles for ten years. He was cured bj f j)r. smim c, one week. 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