jjpfack# j L j j \ fldl/entQre. \ p MADE CAPTIVE BY TnE SIOUX. Y * —T IIE monument reared In com ,l , memoration of the Spirit Lake VI massacre, the bloodiest trag ~Q~ edy in the history of lown, is a beautiful shaft about sixty feet high, built in alternate sections of rough and polished granite. The story of the massacre as related by Mrs. Abigail Gardner Sharp, a sur vivor, is one of thrilling interest. "The Bth of March, 1857," she said, "the Indians entered our house, and Instantly shot my father through the heart. He fell dead. At the same time they seized my mother and my sister by tlie arms, beating tlic.u over the heads with their guns and driving them out of doors; they there killed these de fenseless women in the most shocking manner. "They next seized the children, tear ing them from my arms one at a time. The little ones reached out their arms toward me, crying in terror for the pro tection that I was powerless to give. Heedless of their piteous cries the sav ages dragged them out of doors nnd killed them with sticks of stove wood. "During these awful scenes I was both speechless and tearless, but now, nlone in the presence of the dying and the dead, it seemed as though I could not wait for the missile of death to strike me, so I rushed forward to one of tlie band and begged him to kill me quick. He then roughly seized me by the arm and said something which I could not understand, but I well knew by ids actions tbnt I was to be taken captive. "Of tlie forty persons who were then residents of the lake region there was not one left to tell the talc! Every one who was at home was killed, except Mrs. Noble, Mrs. Thatcher, Mrs. Mar ble and myself, whom the Indians took with them as captives on their return to tlie north. "After six weeks of incessant march ing over the trackless prairies and through what is now known as Lake Madison, in South Dakota, we vr;vc visited by two strange Indians, who bought Mrs. Marble. "Some four weeks after the depart ure of Mrs. Marble we fell in with a party of Yankton Sioux. One of them, named TVauduskailiauke, or End-of jhe-Snake, bought Mrs. Noble and. my self from the mercenary Ink-pa-du-ta. "One evening a short time after we were sold, just as we supposed we were settled for the night, after a weary march, Mrs. Noble and I were nhout to lie down to rest when a son of Ink-pa-du-ta came Into the tent of tlie Yankton and ordered Mrs. Noble to go out. She shook licr head as a signal thnt she would not go. No sooner did Vyhe refuse to go that she was seized by the arm with one hand, and, with a big war club in the other he dragged her just outside the tent door nml there struck her three blows such as only an Indian can deal. The piteous groans of his victim came through, the tent nnd pierced my ears—deep, sorrowful and awful to hear. I did not dare venture out to go to her side. I was too terror stricken. "A few days after tlie death of Mrs. Noble we reached the Jim River in the northern part of South Dakota. Here was au encampment of 200 lodges of the Yankton Sioux, a powerful branch of tlie Sioux nation. "On May I! there appeared in the camp of the Yanktons three Indians wearing coats and white shirts with starched bosoms. I wns certain they were from the white settlements, as I well knew no Indian women were skilled in the art of laundering white shirts. I soon discovered that I was the subject of their conversation. "At the end of three days I was de livered over to the 'lndians in coats,' and the journey toward civilization was begun." FEROCITY OF THE*CATAMOUNT. "When it comes to savage creatures I will put the catamount against any thing to be found, in the woods," said an old hunter, "and I am sure I would come out in the lead with distance to spare. The catamount is a ferocious member. Once corner one of those creatures and you will have your hands full to come out with your life. In the first place, they are well equipped for fighting nt close range. Nature has provided them with long, curved nnd pointed claws and extraordinarily Bharp teeth. Their claws cut like a knife, and, if they could use a scythe tlioy could not meet with more success when it comes to mowing n pack of dogs down. Dogs, for this reason, flght shy of catamounts. "They will scatter and scamper around to the sides of the trail, resort ing to the same circular course they de scribe when they suddenly lose a trail. They do not care to surprise a cata mount by rushing upon him suddenly. They know what it will mean to them. Even pups, out on their first chase, seem to be wise enough instinctively to give the catamount a wide range. They are desperate fighters and in the season when food is scarce and when they become lenn nnd lank from forag ing, they are especially desperate. "I remember an experience I hnfl n few yenrs ago while floating down the St. ITancis River in a dugout, some forty miles up from the month of tlie river. I had a friend in the dugout with me. Suddenly we lienrd a limb above us swisli back as if relieved of a heavy weight, nnd in nn instant some thing fell in the river at tlie side of the canoe. It was a catamount. Tlie ani mal had tried to land in the canoe for the purpose of attacking us, nnd had leaped from a limb which hung out over the river at an elevation of thirty leet - "There was no provocation except the Innate despcrntcness of the beast for We had no idea that a catamount was within ten miles of where we were quietly floating down the river. We killed him. They are had mem bers, nnd you don't have to corner them in order to get a fight"—New Orleans Times-Democrat BOY'S TRIP ON AN ICE CAKE. The feat of the immortal Eliza of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was duplicated in the Missouri River the other after noon. John Owens, a fourteen-year-old boy, who lives at Pomeroy, twelve miles north of Kansas City, Kan., was rowing among floating ice in the Mis souri River. He lost control of his boat, and finally found himself wedged in tlie big cakes of ice. The boat cap sized, and to save himself from drown ing O.wens got on a big cake of ice. The cake got dislodged and floated down stream with Owens upon it. The boy floated for several miles, and at Quindaro was seen by a gang of sec tion men, who, however, were unable to lend him assistance. The police at Kansas City, Kan., were notified; and the patrol wagon was sent to the foot of Minnesota ave nue to await the arrival of the boy. He was finally sighted in the middle of the Missouri River. Immense cakes of ice had wedged the one on which he rested, nnd he was within a few feet of a sandbar in the middle of the river. The boy was still on the ice, and while he was not in imminent peril the police realized that be must be rescued, else he would probably freeze to death. Patrolman McElroy secured a row boat from a fisherman and went to the boy's assistance. The officer had a hard battle witii the ice cakes, but he finally reached the sandbar and rescued the boy. It was a perilous journey that the policeman and the boy had In the return to the Kansas bank of the Mis souri, but the boat finally landed. A great crowd witnessed the rescue, and when the boy was finally landed on terra firmn a shout went up, nnd three cheers were proposed for Patrolman McElroy. Owens wns not at all wet, but he was so chilled that he could hardly speak. lie was taken to No. 1 station, nnd after being thawed out was sent to Pomeroy. The boy says he will not do any more rowing in the Missouri River.—Kansas City Journal. IIOW DEWEY QUELLED MUTINY. Once when Admiral Dewey was ex ecutive olficer of the old Kearsarge, in 18SG, says the San Francisco Argonaut fifty sailors mutinied and went below to the gun deck. Summoning tlie ship's writer, who had charge of the watch muster, and arming himself with twelve pistols (they were of rather ancient pattern), Dewey, it is related, started for them. The ship's writer carried a lantern and the roll. Reaching the mutineers, the destined hero of Manila Bay, facing them with a cocked pistol in each hand and the other ten tucked away in the breast of his cont, said: "Call the roll!" The first name happened to be John Jones. Through sheer force of habit he an swered "Here." Aiming his pistol at .Tones, who stood in the rear of the crew, Dewey said: "John Jones, I see you. I am going to have your name called once more, nnd if you do not an swer and immediately go up on deck you are a dead man. Call the roll!" "John Jones!" rang out the voice of the ship's writer. No answer. Dewey fired. The bullet meant for John Jones went through the heart of the man standing beside him. Almost before his dead body struck the deck Dewey, recocking his weapon, said: "Now, men, tiio roll will be con tinued. As ench man's name is cniled lie will answer and go up on deck. Call the roll!" "George Smith!" "Here," answered Smith, putting his hand to his forotop. and as the muzzle of Dewey's pistol frowned uncompro misingly upon him he stopped out from the ranks of his fellows and disap peared through the fore-hatch. One by one the remaining forty-eight followed suit. WOMAN'S FIGHT WITH A BULL. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Puller, who live witii their five children on a farm on the mountain about five miles north of Chester, N. J„ had a terrible experi ence on a recent morning. About 0 o'clock Mrs. Puller heard the bellow ing of n vicious dehorned bull owned by them, and running to the field where it lind been grazing, saw the animal standing qver her prostrate husband nnd trying to drive the stump of its horn Into his chest. Sending the screaming nnd weeping children, who were too small to be of assistance, to fetch the nearest neigh bors, she seized a pitchfork and at tacked the bull in the rear. Again and again she drove tlie prongs into the animal's flesh, but it continued to butt its victim with its broken horn. Chnnglng her tactics, Mrs. Puller bravely assailed the hull in front, and succeeded in driving him from her husband's body. Then she stood beside the prostrate man and checked the rushes of the infuriated bull with the sharp points of the pitchfork. For half an hour she stood at bay, keeping off the animal which circled about her nnd charged repeatedly, and then a number of men arrived to the rescue, and Mr. Puller, who was un conscious, was carried to the house. The physician summoned found thnt his head and shoulders were badly bruised, and that a number of ribs were broken. Strong Paper. So strong is Bank of England note paper that a single sheet will lift ( weight of 100 pounds. The Man Who Waits. The worst thing about waiting Itu dead men's shoes is that you are opt to get cold feet.—Philadelphia Record. Makes Better Scholars. Punctuality buttons and book ■tamps are two new devices that are being used with marked success in the schools of Indiana. A button is given to a pupil at tho beginning of the school month, and he wears it until he Is absent or tardy, when he forfeits it until the beginning of the next school month. If a book ie well feeptja stamp is placed on the inside of the front cover. Tho children take pride in both button and stamp and strive to earn them. KAF.DY ORANGES. Experiments to Secure Frost-Rcslr'ant Variety Seems to Be Successful. Florida orange growers, who accord ing to pross dispatches are now pro tecting their groves from the disas trous effects of the threatening cold snap, will bo glad to learn that the hardy orange experiments of the de partment of agriculture give promise of immediate success. It will be re membered that investigation was start ed some years ago to develop a frost resisting qrange. During the past sea son the first fruits of the hybrids were obtained. They are said to he inter mediate in character botween the Flo rida swoct orange and the hardy tri foliate and have good, though few seeds. It is from the seeds of these oranges that It is hoped to obtain a variety that will possess the neces sary commercial characteristics as well as the physical one most valuable to the Florida growers, namely, the abil ity to resist, low temperatures. The hybrids referred to are the result of crossing tho hardy Japanese form with the Florida sweet orange. They are pronounced the hardiest evergreen oranges known in the world. They promise to he of great value as hedge plants apart from their fruit-bearing value. The commission of United States Senators in Hawaii accepted an invi tation to a native banquet. The prin cipal dish was cooked dog, which the Hawalians have long considered one of the greatest delicacies. The Sena tors thought they were eating roast pig. Mother G ray's Sweet Powder a For Children Huoeewsfullv used by Mother Gray, nurse in tho Children's Homo in New York. Cure Feverishness, Bud Stomach, Teething Disor ders, move and regulato tbo Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed Fn.EE. Address Allen B. Olmsted, Le Boy, N. Y. When n man finds himself in a hole he shouldn't bo surprised if other people look down on him. There is more Catarrh in this soetion of the country than ull olhor diseases put together, and until tho last few years was supposed to be incurable. For u great many years doctors pronounocd it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with iooul troatmont, pronounced it in curable. Soieuoo has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional troatmont. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. .T. Cheney A Co., Toledo, 0., is the only constitutional euro on the market. It is taken internally in doses fromlOdropstoateaspoonful. Itactsdirect ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Bond for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. Cjiemex A Co., Toledo. O. Bold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Fills are the best. When a man has a good opinion of him self he is anxious to snare it with the rest of the world. FITS permanently cnred.No fits or nervous- Dees after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveUest $2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. B. 11. KLINE, Ltd., 981 Arch Bt., Phila.,Pa. It takes a man with a atrong faoc to travel on his cheek. Mrs.Winslow's SoothtngSvrup forehlldrou teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion.ullays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle When a man's temper gets the better of him he is naturally seen at his worst. Ido not believe Piso's Curs for Consump tion has on equal for coughs and colds—Join* F. BOYISH, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. The man with a clear conscience doesn't mind 'i people tee through him. No muss or failures made with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Our troubles lose half their bitterness if we can but tell them to other people. II Why T Becaxise If I t e* + rf? > i I &lj k 1 I Its component parts are all wholesome. || | S $f | V J \<l " Ji 1 MmJ It acts gently without unpleasant after-effects. iI If i'j I; I *1 % l W,, - 11 is wholly free from objectionable substances. I|jj - l';! ly I lY€r It contains the laxative principles of plants. || & J | • It contains the carminative principles of plants. 1 ■ j jji sfi It is pure. It contains wholesome aromatic liquids which are I M g '}{ i fj _ agreeable and refreshing to the taste. | I It is gentle. * ft II ■ t i i All are pure. 1 1 ■?; jV; J 13 P easan • All are delicately blended. ! jj! j It is efficacious. All are skillfully and scientifically compounded. i| I g p !'. It is not expensive. It s value is due to our method of manufacture and to ji 11 %1 I It is good for children. the orginality and simplicity of the combination. i|| li i?jp ;.V It is excellent for ladies. To get its beneficial effects buy the genuine. I /,({). § ag ;t . Ill;I ij It is convenient for business men. Manufactured by |j 11| It is perfectly safe under all circumstances. S* |,| ;; |l]lt is used by millions of families the world over. f 1 | I FAnJ V A iflfP (° !II ' I IJ It stands highest, as a laxative, with physicians. | 111 II l\U 1 j^| ii 11 ■ If you use it you have the best laxative the world „ I llji iv KB- , Sao Froocicco. C&I. ft Ij. produces. Louisville. Ky. New York. N. Y. j j]|| 3 g | ,j FOP SALE DY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. ' g II '| iil I i 1111 I I'r T777 I i li Should the experiments In progress in the neighborhood of Berne prove as successful as is anticipated, travelers to Switzerland in. the summer of this yoar will be able to cross the moun tains by automobile instead of the usual post diligence. 9 The actual trials will be made in the spring, and the result, if successful, will be not only to allow travelers to make the differ ent journeys in half the time, but to open to automobllists tho chance of driving over the mountain roads, which are at present closed to them on account of tho horses. Hunters in Maine. It Is estimated that 8,000 or 10,000 hunters from other States visited Maine during the hunting season, each of whom paid $2 or $3 a day to the li censed guides. The law compels per sons from without the State to employ these guides, the object being the pro tection of game from reckless slaugh ter, and, incidentally, to bring money into the State. Including the guide fees, hotel bills, camp rentals and rail road faros, the hunters left probably $1,000,000 there. THE PINKHAM CUBES ATTRACTING GREAT ATTENTION A3OSG THINKING WOMEN. 114 th St., N.Y. City, adds her tes timony to the hundreds of thou sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files. When Lydia E. Pinkham's Reme dies were firet introduced skeptics all oyer the country frowned upon their curative claims, hut as year after year has rolled by and tho little group of women who had been cured by the new discovery has since grown into a vast army of hundreds of thousands, doubts and skepticisms have been swept away as by a mighty flood, until to-day the great good that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound arid her other medicines are doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many of our leading scientists, physicians and thinking people. Merit alone could win such fame; wise, therefore, is the woman who for a cure relies upon Lydia E. Pinkham's VegetabloCom pound. [ HAMLINS WIZARD OIL} LAMEBAC fa NMMLGIA. The Rothschilds of Japan. The Mitsui family is called "tho Rothschilds of Japan," standing upon a pedestal as compared with other business firms in that country. The line comes from the thirteenth cen tury, but it was not until three hun dred years later that they became mer chants. Since that time the Mitsuis have been pre-eminently the leading business family, connected with every large commercial enterprise in the country, and conducting many under takings as much for public benefit as for private gain. A Treacherous Foe. The latest dispatches from Mexico about the bubonic plague are far from reassuring to those who have watched the progress of the disease since it was first reported in that country. To many people the fact that it is in Mex ico and that Mexico is far away causes them little concern. The same apathy was apparent in this country when the scourge appeared in Honolulu, but la ter when it reached across tho Pacific and gained a foothold in San Fran -1 cisco there was a genera] cry for meas ures to prevent its spread. In crossing tho Pacific ocean tho disease gave a striking evidence that it is a danger ous, treacherous foe, therefore extraor dinary precautions should be taken to prevent its passing tho border between this country and Mexico. Once over the boundary no one can predict what may happen. While there is no occa sion for any great alarm in the North ern States, yet the health ofilclals, both State and Federal, cannot be too care ful, for it has been proven more than once that fancied security has brought about a lax condition of affairs with disastrous results. So now i 3 the time to apply tho remedy of prevention, in which in the end is the better and cheaper method. Electric Headlights. Year by year electricity is becoming a more important factor in operating trains. Great strides have lately been mado in perfecting tho apparatus so that a strong ray of light (almost equal in power to that of a searchlight) can bo thrown a thousand yards ahead of the engine. All this means more com fort for the engineers and firemen on night runs and greater safety for tho passengers. A small dynamo is fixed on top of the engine and operated by steam from the boiler. It is under in stant control from the cab. Electric headlights are now used on most of the passenger trains on the Santa Fc main line trains. A large number of engines on the New Mexico division of that, line have recently been equipped with this simple device for turning night into day. !Seller's SPEL7Z—I Igives Hlch, US ) 111 I i /fi/SALZER'S SEEDS HEVHR FAlU\sk| ffif 1,093,660 gasforoerswj If V J Proudest reooru of any seedsman on earth, TOa desire. by July i*t, i'co.ooo man aud Lcaco uA',4 tlda unprecedented oiler. fra lil SIO.OO for lOc. F] RU .-i Wo will mail upon receipt of lar.in sUunpa AVsJ caUuoane, wuitli SIOO. a) to | i r v-c \ rrr> m BVff- £2l aao ,1% If. W.T.-Teunar.Wusll Pm i EN 1 *mim The Emperor's Tea. The tea used in the immediate household of the Emperor of China is treated with the utmost care. It is raised in a garden surrounded by a wall, so that neither man nor beast can get anywhere near the plants. At the time of the harvest those collect ing these leaves must abstain from eating fish, that their breath may not spoil the aroma of the tea; they must bathe three time 3 a day, and. in addi tion, must wear gloves while picking the tea for the Chinese court. 8 " I had a terrible cold and could | H hardly breathe. 1 then tried Ayer's B S Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im- B @ mediate relief." u W. C. Layion, Sidell, lit. H I How will your cough | | be tonight? Worse, prob-1 ably. £or it's first z cold, I | then a cough, then bron-1 | chitis cr pneumonia, and S at last consumption. I Coughs always .tend | i downward. Stop this I j downward tendency by | taking Ayer's Cherry Pec- 9 toral. 0 I Three B>zc3 : 25c., S3c.,'Sl. AH druggisti. j I Consult vour doctor. If he says tako It, f I thon lu as bo Buys. If he telfs you not 1 5 to take it. thon don't tako It. He knows. P j Leave It with him. AVe are willing. I j J. U. AYKU CO.. U>welhms^j lUBiRSTdRCOVEk' ™E ORHIHAL 1 i VpiE>OiIE)MSG / /S/1/&E.Y / (A£CINBIACi>OrCLLOn) ' V/Vw/ WILL COVER YOU : /i&7' AKDKK'PYOUjKYIN ; r THLwsnesT WEATHER. 1 ' ON SAL 2 EVKYWHSSE. take (10 srasrittrres. ; A-J. TOWER CO..BOSTOS.MASS..US.A. 1 10, TOWER CANASIAN OUiaiM, TOJCKIO, CAN. Capsicum Vaseline PIT IIP IN COLLAPSIDLE TUBES. I A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any other plaster, and will not Winter the most delicate akin. The pain alJnyinsrand curative qualiti'S of tliiM artielo ure wonderful. I will stop the tooth ache ut once and relieve headache and sciatica. We recommend it us the host and > ntest external counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pain* in the chest and stomach and all rheu matic. neuralgic and gouty complaints. A trial will prove what wo claim for it. and it will be found to be invaluable in the household. Many people say "It is the best ot ali > our j rei nr*tions." Price, 15 rents, at nil druggists, or other dealers, or by Heeding this amount to us in postage stumps wo will s'-n 1 you a tube by mail. No article should in* accepted by the public unless the same carries our label, us otherwise it is not , genuine. i CtaetaililiMiiriiCo. II 17 State Street. Raw Yar': City. ' DROPSYSKJSZ canes- Book of testimonial and 10 iliiym* treatment Vrct. Dr. H. 11. OBKLH'S SWB. Boxß. Atlanta. Ga*
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