Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1880 — The Indian and the Telephone. [ARTICLE]

The Indian and the Telephone.

An amusing application of. the wonders of the telephone as an assistant detective' of crime comes to us from Julian. Several horses were recently stolen in that neighborhood, and suspicion fell upon a certain Indian as the thief. Some one having introduced a telephone up there, the same was being exhibited, when it occurred to the owner of the stolen horses to get the Indian to come in and hear the “Great Spirit” talk. The Indian took one of the cups and was thrilled with astonishment at being apparently so near the Great Keeper of the Happy HuntingGrounds. After some little time spent in wonderment, the Indian was solemnly commanded by the Great Spirit to “give up those stolen horses!” Dropping the cup as if he had been shot, the Indian immediately confessed to having stolen the horses, and tremblingly promised if his life was spared he would restore the “caballos” at once, and-he did so.—San Diego (Cal.) Union. The Cossacks number 4,309 officers and 152,514 men. They render military service without remuneration, in hen of paying taxes, and have a small allowance in lira of rations, together with their srmssnd ammunition.