Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 August 1897 — Page 2

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THE DAILY BANNER TFMES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA.

\\ OF Tin: FI T1 RE. C'lin i ii I4*nh \\ l*r<»in i n«*h to KcvoIuIIoiiIbi* tli ‘ T'rinle Next SeaMon. Will the chalnless bicycle be ihe wheel of tii*' futurt ? i - k ' the Herald. This question, that for many months has engajrod the attention of the manufacturer and interested the rider, has again been called forth by the announcement that a well known firm, who last week materially reduced the price of their chain driven wheels, will bring out a chninless m u-hine as their leader for 1808. The very fact that this firm and half a dozen others almost, if not quite, equally well known have been for some time experimenting with chalnless bicycles would seem to augur that the day of that stylo of machine is not far distant. The statement was made to the Herald yesterday by a gentleman Interested in the cycle trade tint at least ten of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the United Ht ites will pi ice chalnless wheels on the market next year, and that one company, whose head offices are in this city, has Arranged for tin* manufacture of at least ten thousand wheels of this type, to be ready for early shipment in 1H9H. This same gentleman is authority for the statement that the stai dard price of chalnless wheels will be $lou. The point in which the new machine will differ from the style now r In vogue will be in the substitution of what is known as the bevel gear for the chain g( ii. 'i hU gear is entirely* enclosed In the lower framework of the bicycle, being operated by a revolving shaft through what is technically known as the right back fork leg. The advantages claimed for this device are that there is no lost motion in the transmission of power to the driving wheel, and fully one-third less friction. Consequently the same amount of leg power would drive the chainless wheel faster than the chain wheel, the gears being equal. The champions of the new style of gearing argue that tin* exposure of the chain i; .1 s< Hou del • t in bh ycle construction; that it adds friction, causes the parts to wear more rapidly, thereby making the bicycle harder to propel, and is a source of annoyance in the way of accumulating dirt and soiling clothing. The vibratory strain of! n >\i. t to spring and throw the sprockets out of alignment. These faults are claimed to have been entirely overcome In t' l> v»*I y ea red machine. As in the ease of chain driven wheels the side shift m i him may be geared to any size required. Owing to the ease in propultion the gears will probably be made slightly higher than the average ones used now. The new machines will be from one to two pounds heavier than those with chains, md their construction will cost the manufacturer more than the present style. It is confidently believed by advocates of the chalnless bicycle that when racing wheels fitted with bevel gears are used on the track there will be another wholesale smashing of records, such as followed the introduction of the pmiematie tire. Racing men will be enabled to use higher gears, and owing to the decrease in friction their momentum will carry them a mu< h longer w iy than at present, once they get into their stride. The strength and durability of the new type of bicycle b attested by th* fact that a sample wheel manufactured last year by a New York firm has b< * n ridden more than eight thousand miles, over all kinds of roads, and after this continuous test lias been examined by expert mechanics end found to show' no perceptible wear. Similar satisfactory tests are reported to have been m ide by other manufacturing firms. non EVFKIUFNC F.k. VIorNCM \\ it Ii m l*rcIu«lice IIIcyelcN—-\ Cut >\l»ioli lliilen. Henry Marston de Maya, living near Dayton, Fla., had to run for his life recently on his bicycle, with a mad stallion In rapid pursuit The lad won. thus saving his life Tom Treldon, who lives near the beach. Is a great horseman, and besides bis fine roadsters he has two stallions, one. Black Tom. a most vicious beast. The horse is kept chained in ids stable most of the time and only Treldon dare feed him. the colored stable attendants saying. “De debcl’s in dat boss; we’se no use for 'im.’’ While De Maya was taking a spin on the smooth sea beach, which here extends for miles and miles, north and south, he heard a pattering noise behind him. He did not pay much attention to it at first, but as it became more audible he looked over his shoulder and to his horror saw the outlines of Black Tom qomlng down the beach a-tearing, his head high In the air. snorting with rage. He espied the hoy and with a mad neigh started for him. Henry was paralyzed for a moment, and then, bending down over his bars, he let out. He is a good rider and has won several races In this section, and In this instance he put on full steam. To his horror he heard the footbe.'.s coming on more rapidly and nearer, and he saw' he v;:is losing ground. . He put on a spurt owT faints! tt little. The perspiration strenmf'd down his face and neck as he pedalled for dear life. The wheel spun around and his wheel went over the smooth, level beach like lightning, but the horse soon began gaining again and Henry heard the angry screams of the beast ns be got nearer. Just as the horse w r as almost near enough to seize him. the dlspairing lad saw ahead the timbers of an old \yrc£k rising out of the sand fifteen or twenty feet. Putting a great spurt on he managed to got ahead of the enraged stallion and to secure a lead of ten yards. Making si wide turn he came In behind the wreck; fell, rather than leaped from his wheel, and hastily scrambled upon the smooth timbers, taking bis wheel with him. The mad stallion came up w ith a thundering sho« k and tried to leap uiion the timbers. Henry seized a loose timber and struck ’bim on the head, which knocked him partially down, and enabled him to escape to a more 8«*< ure, place. The stallion, mad jvith rage and pain, scurried around the ▼ reck, attempting to get at the boy, bis ivams being heard for miles, their Intel hudder at t he possibility of falling into his clutches. Ilenry was kept besieged there for two fiours. Finally Tom was missed at his pt iblo and Treldon came for him. He find a fight with the stallion before he wa s subdued, but finally In* was caught land led off. and then Henry descended and got home. -4- -4- -t* . A most unusual Incident occurred on the Dumbarton road, near Glasgow. Bcotj , cyclist hi Ing suddenly cofronted and attac ked by a riderless horse. They had dismounted and stood luvh' to let It pass, but instead of doing •<. •> stonoed and attempted to seize them.

Dropping their bicycles In afarm upon the road they tried to run past the animal, but it w f as on the alert and twice leaped over the bicycles in its effort to reach them. They then made for a hedge by the roadside ami two of them managed to crawl safely beneath it out of reach. The third, however, was not so lucky. Before she could escape the animal had seized her hat with its teeth and torn it from her head. It next made a snatch at her back, but was unable to fasten its teeth in her clothes. At this point several men came to her aid and beat off the animal with sticks and led it back to a farm from which it had escaped. One of the machines w T as somewhat damaged by the horse, but fortunately all the ladies were able to ride home. Alfred Allen, who canvassed for subscribers for weekly newspapers at Blnghampton, N. Y., had a queer experience. He travels through the country on a bicycle and was riding down a hill cn the road between Momrose and Great Bend. Pa., when he ran into a lot of rattlesnakes. He saw the reptiles in the road ahead, but was going so fast th it he could not stop. He realized that he stood a pretty good chance of being stung while going past them, as a rattlesnake is as quick as lightning t<> strik*-. The noise of the wheel had put them on the defensive and the rattles were giving that w* ll known warning to keep away. Allen saw that h«* was In for it. so taking his feet from the pedals and putting them up as far as possible he went coasting down the hill at a lively rate. As the bicycle passed the snakes twenty heads darted out and A ben soon felt them whipping him about the back and legs at every turn of the wheels. He became so excited that h? paid little attention to the handle bars. The wheel soon shied to one side of the road, dumping him over an embankment. When he got his equilibrium he picked up the wheel and found entwined about the spokes and sprocket chain a mass of dead rattlesnakes, crushed and torn into ribbons. He did not attempt to dislodge them, but waited until a farmer came along and took him and the wheel to Great Bend. -4- —r- HPixlo Norton, of No. foil ftroxol Imulovnrd. Chloaso. Is tho only oat In the vmiM that rl<h s a bicycle. He ottracts no end of attention as Mrs. I.cland Norton spins down the boulevard with her pet. He stands erect in a fanciful Indian basket that hangs from the handle bars, and watches the sights with all the eagerness of a happy child at a carnival. "How did Dixie learn to ride? Why.” said Mrs. Norton, "he w is always crazy to go out, and 01 o evening last summer I picked up his basket aid held him at arm s length while I rode around the bh ck. After tl at ho a -cd to p, rch on mv shi ulder. but as his avoirdupois increased I was obliged to swing him from the handl ■ bar.” The query "Dixie, do you want to go to ride?" Is sufficient to send Dixie bounding with delighte t squeals headforemost into his basket. When taken front the "heel he yowls and frantically clutches and claws everything In reach. Dixie Is a physical freak. He Is a shorthaired Angora, though bred from Joe the famous Persian. His mother was scarcely less arlstoi rai!.-. cud Dix‘e Is the only short-h tired men'her of that distinguished long-haired family of which Kcho (Dixies brother) Is the most noted among cat fanciers. Dixie Is a beautiful animal. His hair is fine and white and his ears are Ilk. twin sea shells. The heart of a rose Is no pinker than his little nose. His eyes aro as brilliant as . m -raids, and he is ns < h ver as a trick dog—shakes hands. >tai ds on his hind legs and jumps through a hi op. oi r-OF-T.177VTv \otiovm \\ lilrli Turn I |> in th,. t ,,.],. |,|, u_ Ion of the Potent Olliee. Most of the out-of-the-way notions recorded under the head of cycles are matters of detail and hardlv susceptible of description, hut here and there turns up something very weird and wonderful on wheels. The latest of these was patented only the other day by A. I.ogrnnd Pbree of Pittsburg, Pa. It is called a military bicycle, being designed for army us.-. The top bar or backbone of the machine is a gun—that is to say. a rifle— w-lih lock, stock and barrel. It Is a steel tube, made like any other rifle barrel, and In case of emergency it ran be aimed It the enemy by shifting the front wheel of the vehicle. Beneath the backbone, nr fixed gun, is hung a second rifle, which may be dotached at a moment's notice and used In the ordinary way. Hut this Is not all. for the machine embraces a number of supplementary Ideas of extraordinary Ingenuity. The rear tutus serve hs magazines to hold cartridges. Beneath the si at and in front of the rear wheel is a haversack of aluminum. I'ndcr the backbone, and consequently suspended beneath the second rille is a knapsack of leather. Held on a bracket just over the front wheel and forward of the handle bars ts a smaller knapsack. A water canteen Is hung below on one of the forks, and both forks are made to serve as sheaths for bayonets of daggers. The fixed gun barrel Is pointed rearward, tn'cnuse with this arrangement It Is easily aimed by moving the handle bars. Not less Interesting In Its way Is a patent Just granted to Edward P. Hart of Rochester, N. Y. It ts for a bicycle that Is propelled partly by wind. Through the tubular backbone runs a rod. which at the front end carries a sort of windmill with metal fans like those of a propeller. When the fans go round they actnute a gearing at the other end of the rod, just beneath the saddle, and this gearing ts connected with thn rear wheel and Its gearing. The result Is that when a fair breeze Is blowing thn machine will run along on a level without any use of the pedals by the rider. When the wind falls the rider takes to the pedals again. The windmill also has the effect of breaking the resistance of the air as the machine moves forward. R Hunt of Denver. Polo., has patented a peculiar sort of bicycle urtnor, consisting of a helmet and breastplate of tinned iron. Both breastplate and helmet are peaked in front, so as to break the wind In riding. The more important usefulness of the armor speaking. Is a single-wheeled cycle, the rider sitting above on a saddle. Ordinarily In a unlcycle equilibrium Is to protect the rider from injury In case he falls. Another curious Invention Is credited to T. P.. ('h Try of Buckhannolt, W. Va., and consists of a large folding screen attached to the front of the bicycle. It Is intended for use on ladies' wheels, to cover up their legs. When the screen doesn't happen to

be In use tt may he folded Into a small case that Is fastened to the wheel. The most original mud guard Is the suggestion of J. Q. McNaughton of Salisbury, N. C. It Is In the shape of a huge eagle, which, while exceedingly decorative. protects with Its wings the skirts of the ft male rider. Such notions seem absurd. perhaps, hut now and then Ideas that appear nonsensical turn up in great shape. For example, the first suggestion for using ele -trie lights on bicycles was offered as a Joke by a comic paper In a cartoon. Recently the electric bicycle lamp, with storage battery attached to the wheel, has become an accomplished fact. One of the odd bicycles patented, by the way, has two sails at the rear, so that It may use the wind to push It along when the breeze happens to he faverahle. Some of the strangest bicycles are those designed for use. not on land, but on the water. The most recent and apparently the most practicable of them is credited to John Klein of Brooklyn. It is remarkable for Its simplicity, an ordinary bicycle being extended inside of a boat, while the chain. Instead of being connected with the rear wheel In the ordinary fashion. Is associated with a small wheel, which, running from the sprocket, turns a propeller. There Is an Incidental arrangement for steering. More picturesque, perhaps. Is a water unlcycle devised by an Ohio man. the propeller of which extends the entire length of the “aquatic velocipede," as It is called. The huge propeller works like a corkscrew, while the power is given by the man on the wheel above. There are. a good many queer kinds of "epicycles.” Most people probably do not know what an epicycle Is. but In truth this type of machine is one that has a single huge wheel. Inside of which the rider sits while propelling a smaller wheel, likewise within the big one, and acting upon the latter by a suitable gearing. Some of these epicycles are ns much as twenty feet In diameter, and a few of them traveling along a road would produce a strange effect. Nobody can say that a really practicable epicycle may not supplant the bicycle at some future day. The term "dteycl*" Is applied to twowheeled cycles th at have the wheels side by side. The "unlcycle,” technically is assured by one or more very small supplementary wheels, which do not touch the ground unfess the balance Is lost. One of the most remarkable water bicycles is the Invention of a Frenchman. The rider sits upon an Inflated rubber hag and uses his hands as well as his feet for propulsion, a propeller behind pushing him ahead, while a sail helps progress. There are dozens of patents on hobby-horse bicycles, which are wooden horses mounted upon wheels In such fashion that the boy rider propels the machine by jumping up and down, or otherwise. An Interesting tricycle—not new. however—Is run by dogs, which are confined In the front wheel. This dates back to 1S70. On” of the oddest bicycle places the rider In a swimming position, and a novelty In tires incloses a continuous ring of rubber balls. Thus a puncture lets out only a little of the wind.

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< npt. Howe, of l lie n»*lmvnre. Cnrrio* Hi* Cyrlc Trn«*k W ith Him. Cycling on the deep sea Is the constant diversion with which Capt. George Howe, of the good ship Delaware., plying with cargoes of coal between Providence, R. I.. and Southern ports, eases his mind after the arduous duties of charting courses and keeping his sea dogs alert. The captain is a great lover of the bicycle, and when ashore he propels his steel and rubber craft at a good many knots per hour. Most of the captain’s time is spent on the roaring main, however, and with ready inventiveness he has adapted himself to circumstances and rides frequently aboard his vessel. She was formerly the Spanish steamship Murciano, and was designed for an ocean greyhound. Unhappily, she went ashore near Chesapeake bay, and when floated after the mishap was sold for a song, rechristened and transformed into a coal barge. However, she is one of the largest coal barges afloat, having a length of .T20 feet and ample breadth of beam, which gives her cyclist captain a cycle track of over six hundred feet of smooth, hard riding. No awkward wheolman ever collided with the rider when he spins off the laps; no bulldog mutilates his cycle breeks; none with malice and premeditation spreads tacks to Irritate

him.

Heaving billows sometimes cause the two-hundred-yard course to wobble, but Capt. Howe is a veteran tar and could keep his sea legs under more adverse conditions. And why should the captain fear a header, as there are no spectators to disconcert him with sarcasm? His crew is well disciplined and when it laughs it does so in the forecastle. Around the sides of the stanch barge is a high railing, and an unfortunate lurch need not be disastrous. Again, at the Delaware’s bow. the cycle path rises appreciably. and affords a coast that brings up back of the ship's wheel. The return tack is easy. A Cent ii r> Run. Sand above the sprocket-wheel, Mud above the chain. Wind at thirty miles an hour, Huts and rock* and rain: Doga before the farmer’s house Chew your legs for fun. Nails and glass ami mud and sand— That s a country run. —Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. < 5 cling Notes. A very grave defect in pedaling is lack of continuity. The general cause of this grievous fault is sitting too low, as the rider then cannot raise the legs conveniently, and lets the weight of them dak on the r* d tls alti rn iti ly, one foot bt - ginning to work after the other has left off, with an intermediate moment of an undriven chain. Long distance riding at a moderate, or even compartlvely slow, pace Is claimed to be one of the best cures for shortness of breath. This malady is usually caused by some congestion which prevents the lungs being exercised to their full capacity. Constant, steady and easy exercise tones up the air cells. The number of these available is gradually increased, md little by little the inconvenience disappears. There are at present 5,000 officers and («oldlcrs In the regular United States army who use the bicycle, either in service or recreation, and it is the opinion of MaJ. Gen. Nelson A. Miles that It would be practicable In any great emergency requiring the ma —ing of trn<q»s ;it a single point to equip 1*m**mi men with bicycles •\t a moment's notice and mcbtUze them for act Util service more quickly than by any other means. l>lfN*r*‘nt i I re ii in stun ire*. Tlt-BIts: Teacher—If one servant girl can clean two rooms In two hours, how long would it take two servant girls to do It? Tattle Girl—Four hours. Teacher—Wrong. It would only take one

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Little Girl -Oh! T didn't know you was talking about servant girls that wasn't on speak-

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\ Dlwt rcMMing Situation.

•‘I don’t know what this country’s coming to,” sighed the cigar dealer. “Two-thirds of the men who come in here only want to use H’ Then,” observed the man who had Just entered, as he drew a cigar from his pocket and applied the flame, “you must be doing a

and applied tm light business.’

1 ntoxlcnt iitg Tree Snps. Intoxicating liquors have been made from th« sail of the birch, the willow, the i»oplar and the sycamore. Proteetion Against 1.wafer*. One woman residing in a Maine vtllage^as been ho much annoyed by loafers leaning against her fence that she now keeps It freshly painted.

WEIRD GHOST DANCES RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ON THE

WILD INDIANS.

The Mp.Mlah's Teaching.—Thn Indian* Believe That the Time Will tome When the Whole Indian Race, Living

and Dead, Will He Reunited. ▼jjjpl HE news from Id-

, aho that three hun-

Bji V dred Bannock

braves had left the

ildRtHl reservation and

had resumed the ghost dance struck terror to the hearts of those living I within a hundred | miles of the reservation. Probably

no form of religious revival among the Indians has so much influence upon the red man as the ghost dance. The bureau of ethnology at Washington, through James Mooney, has for several years past made a special study of the

ghost dance.

In 1890 Mr. Mooney was preparing to go to the Indian territory under the auspices of the bureau of ethnology to continue researches among the Cherokees when the dance first began to attract attention. He asked and received permission to investigate the subject among the wilder tribes of the Territory. Proceeding directly to the Cheyenne and Arapaho, it soon became evident there was more In the ghost dance than had been suspected, with the result that the investigation, to which It had been intended to devote a few weeks, was extended over three years. Indeed he declares that it might be continued indefinitely, as the dance still exists and is developing new features at every performance. The first visit of about four months was made to the Arapaho, Cheyenne,

nocks urging them to go to Salt Hake City to be baptized into the Mormon religion. A large number accepted the invitation without the knowledge of the agent, went down to Ctah, and were there baptized and then returned to work as missionaries of the new faith among the tribes. The Mormons furnished free rations to all who would come, took an active interest In the religious ferment then existing among the Indians and helped to give shape, according to Mr. Mooney, to the doctrine which crystallized some years later as the ghost dance. When Tavlbo, the prophet of Mason Valley, died about 1870, he left a son named Wovoka about 14 years of age. This youth, who afterward became the Messiah, became attached to the family of a ranchman in Mason Valley named David Wilson, who took an interest in him and bestowed on him the name of Jack Wilson, by which he is commonly known to the whites. From his association with this family he gained some knowledge of English, together with a confused idea of the white man's theology. On growing up he married and continued to work for Mr. Wilson, but attracted no special notice until nearly 30 years of age, when he announced a revelation that has made him famous among the tribes of the west. In 1852 or 1853 a prophet known as Long Nose arose among the Winnebago, and announced he had been instructed in a vision to teach his people a new dance which he called the friendship dance. In 1870 another prophet arose among the Paiute in Nevada. He is said to be the father of the present "Messiah,” who has unquestionably derived many of his ideas from him, and lived, as does his son, in Mason Valley, about 60 miles from Virginia City. The latter told Mr. Mooney that his father’s name was Tavibo, or “White Man,” and that he was a petty chief, but not a prophet or preacher, although he used to have

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Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo and Wichita, all living together in what was then Indian Territory. These tribes were ail more or less under the influence of the new religion. The principal study was made among the Arapaho, who were among the most active propagators of the Messiah doctrine among the southern tribes, and are especially friendly and cordial in disposition. Another trip lasting three months was made among the Kiawas, and a third for the purpose of investigating the dance among the Sioux, where it attracted most attention, and among the Paiute, where it originated. On this journey, the author visited the Omaha, Winnebago, Sioux of Pine Kidge, Paiute, Cheyenne and Arapaho, met and talked with the Messiah himself, and afterwards on the strength of this fact obtained from the Cheyenne the original letter containing his message and instruction to the southern tribes. The entire investigation occupied twenty-two months and involved nearly 32,000 miles of travel and more or less time spent with about twenty tribes. Mr. Mooney in his account of the ghost dance religion proper prefaces tt with a discussion of the primitive Messiah belief and or the teachings of the various Indian prophets who have preceded Wovoka, the founder of the ghost dance cult. Probably every tribe had Its early hero god, who accomplished his work in the mythic halcyon days, and whose return to resume his kingdom is eagerly looked for. Curiously enough, this Messiah is usually described as a white man with a flowing heard. The doctrine that the world is old and worn out, and that the time of its renewal Is at hand, is an essential part of the teachings of the ghost dance. The number of those cycles of destruction is variously stated among different tribes. Mr. Mooney quotes Schoolcraft's account of the myth among the Winnebago as the most sadiy prophetic. Forty years ago they held that the tenth generation of thair people was near its close, and that at the end of the thirteenth the red race would be destroyed. By prayers and no fire in the center, being much like the modern ghost dance. It is said that the Mormons, who hold the theory that the Indians are the descendants of the ‘‘ten lost tribes,” cherish the belief that some of the lost Jews are still ice bound in the frozen north, whence they will emerge to join their brethren in the south. When the news of this Indian revelation came to their ears the Mormon priests accepted it as a prophecy of the sppedy fulfilment of their own traditions, and Orson Pratt preached a sermon which was extensively copied and commented upon at the time, urging the faithful to arrange their affairs, and put their houses in order to receive the long-ex-pected wanderers. It appears that the Mormons sent emissaries to the Ban-

visions and was invulnerable. There seems to be no doubt that he did preach and prophesy, and introduce a new religious dance among his people, and the doctrine which he promulgated and the hopes he held out 20 years ago were the foundation on which his son has built his present Messiah religion. He was visited by Indians from Oregon and Idaho, and his teachings were felt among the Bannock and Shoshoni, as well as among the scattered band of Paiute, to whom he continued to preach until his death. On returning to the Cheyenne and Arapaho and comparing notes with some of their recent delegates to Wovoka, Mr. Mooney states that he discovered something of Wovoka's hypnotic methods, and incidentally learned how much of miracle depends on the mental receptivity of the observer. Tall Bull, one of the Cheyenne delegates and captain of the Indian police, said before leaving they asked Wovoka to give some proof of his supernatural powers. Accordingly he had ranged them in front of him, with his sombrero between and his eagle feathers in his hand. Then with a quick movement he had put his hand in his empty hat and drawn out from it “something black.” Tall Bull would not admit that anything more had happened. Black Coyote, one of the Arapaho delegates and also a police officer, related the same incident, but with a different sequel, and told how when the Messiah had waved his feathers over his hat and withdrew his hand. Black Coyote looked into the hat, and there “saw the whole world." The great underlying principles of the ghost dance doctrine is that the time will come when the whole Indian race, living or dead, will be reunited upon a regenerated earth, to live a life of aboriginal happiness, forever free from death, disease and misery. On this each tribe has buitt a structure from its own mythology. All this Is to be brought about, not through war, but by an overruling spiritual power. Some apostles here even declare that all race distinctions &;•© to be obliterated and the whites are to participate

with the Indians in the coming felicity. Different dates are assigned to the coming of the millennium. From the Cheyenne and Arapaho delegates Mr. Mooney obtained a letter containing a message or statement of doctrine delivered to them by Wovoka in 1891, and written down on the spot by one of the Arapaho delegates. Casper Edson, a young man who had acquired some English education at the government Indian school at Carlisle. Mr. Mooney highly extols the moral code inculcated as pure and comprehensive in its simplicity, and states that the prophet has given these people a better religion than they ever had before, taught them precepts which, if faithfully carried out, will bring them in better accord with their white neighbors, and has prepared the way for their final Christianization. He has traced the progress of the doctrine through the various tribes of the United States, and gives an approximate statement as to the area of the dance and the number of Indians involved. According to the latest official reports, there are about 146,000 Indians west of the Mississippi river, exclusive of the five civilized nations in Indian Territory. Probably all of these tribes heard of the now doctrine, but only a part took an active interest in it. Some thirty or thirty-five tribes, more or less concerned, have an aggregate population of about 60,000 souls. A number were practically unanimous in accepting the new doctrine, notably the Paiute, Shoshoni, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Caddo and Pawnee, while of others, as the Comanche, only a small minority ever engaged. Only about one-half of the 26,000 Sioux took an active part in it. It may be safely said, however, that the doctrine and ceremony of the ghost dance found more adherents among our tribes than any other similar religious movement within the historic movement, except possibly the crusade led by the Shawano prophet in 1805. Among most of these tribes the movement is already extinct, having died a natural death, excepting in the case of the Sioux. The Sioux probably discontinued the dance before the final surrender, as the subsequent events convinced even the most fanatical believers that their expectations of invulnerable ability and supernatural assistance were deceptive. The Palutes were yet dancing a year ago, and as their dream has received no such rude awakening as among the Sioux, they are probably still patiently awaiting the great deliverance in spite of repeated postponements, although the frenzied earnestness of the early period has long abated. The Kiowas have recently taken up the dance again and are dancing as religiously as ever under the leadership of the old men, although the progressive element in the tribe is strongly opposed to it. Among the other tribes in Oklahoma the ghost dance has become a part of the tribal life, and it is still performed at frequent intervals, although the feverish expectation of a few years ago has now settled down into something closely approaching the Christian hope of a reunion with departed friends in a happier world at some time in the unknown future. As to Wovoka, the great Messiah, when last heard from he was on exhibition as one of the attractions of the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco.

OUR BUDGET

SOME GOOD JOKES. OR| G | N . AND SELECTED. 1 ‘ |

Why Wild Hill I* Perforatn* the

iuu»phere with Hi* TUlrty-|;i gllt I

bre Revolver The Typewriter {j*'' Idea of Life In the Country,

Shopping.

AST sample, ot latest style, tl1 ' She makes her along the a sle, 1 *

And often, backwL

turning, smile,With heart astir

From room to r<x,£

from plate to piJ?

' Mld hats. ^

gowns, and f un and lace, •

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The endless labyrinth

I trace,

Follow ing her.

X take small Interest. 1 confess, In taffetas, and even less In chiffons, but 1 acquiesce And sympathize; For, since the fates have let me win Her heart, there's romance even in The spool of silk or humble pin That Dolly buys. I sagely say, "I am afraid This will not wear," or, "That brocad* Is almost certain, dear, to fade;" And so would you If, handling the fabrics shown. Sometimes her fingers touched your own If Dolly, trusting you alone, Should ask you to! Oh, busy throng that past us moves, Pricing the ribbons and the gloves, You cannot see the troop ot loves With laughing eyes Who hide among the rolls of lace, Who peer from counter and from case And make Arcadia of the place Where Dolly buys! —Ouy Wetmore Carry 1.

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Farmer Haicede—“Yes 'm; this hers Jersey caow gives us sixteen quarts o' milk ev'ry day.” Tottie Tiperiter—"Isn't it kind ol her! 1 always supposed you had to take it from her!”

NEWEST IN BRIC-A-BRAC. Pie dishes show antique silvei mounts and china linings. Reeded glass jugs with silver lip and cover arc used for claret. Crystal marmalade pots resting on silver trays please the eye. A rabbit's foot mounted in gold is evidently a popular charm with both sexes. The most popular bracelet is flexible, being In gold chain pattern, with gems set in at intervals. Bow-knots of gold, enriched with gems, are suitable ornaments for the Marie Antoinette coiffure. The silver chafing dish has been introduced at the formal dinner, and has consequently increased in importance. Silver lamps designed to serve as corner-pieces on the dinner table are made after an old French pattern, and stand two feet. The present style In woman's dress demands gorgeous effects; hence, the buttons, buckles and other ornaments are set with fancy stones. Enamel work in the Byzantine style is used for a variety of purposes, such as frames for photographs, handles to paper knives, etc.

R<»Hflon for It. "I never hear you speak of yom son.” “No. There are occasionally sonn little matters of family history that om does not like to discuss." "He hasn't disgraced the family name, has he?” “No. Fortunately he had decency enough to change his name before hi would consent to run for the legisla* ture.”—Chicago Post. A Heavier Removal. Mrs. Stickpig—“I read today of a woman who has had a tumor weighing 20 pounds removed.” Mrs. Wabash—“Pooh! that's nothing. I have several times been divorced from mm weighing from 140 to 180 pounds.”

One Kork Avoided. Mrs. Worrld—"How in the world did you ever persuade yourself to marry a baker?” Mrs. Wise—"I was determined to marry a man who could make his own biscuits. You know, he is my second husband.”

An Kyp to Hu.lnp**, Golringski (the rich pawnbroker)— “No, mein young friendt, I can'd ba your fader-in-law; but (suavely) I vij be an tingle to you."—Judge.

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»<• Inducement. Castleton—"How few girls go bathing here this season!" Oillback "Yes. The grand star back of the bathing beach has bet washed away.”—Judge. At a Chicago Seance. \\ idower—"I want to speak to m wife." Medium (formerly a telephone girl)I 'Number, please."

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Deadshot Dick—"What’s Wild so mad about today?” 'lexas Tim—“About a week ago ha saw an ad in a paper fer a saddle that sold fer $5, so he sent the V, an’ they sent him a darn toy saddle fer a rock- ! in-horse.”

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HIRING THE DANCE.

A Good Collateial. Jones—"I married my wife for love.” Brown '‘With her money as collatl <*ral. ehr