Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1891 — Pillows for the Red Men. [ARTICLE]

Pillows for the Red Men.

People who are in the habit of criticisihz the Government for its harshness to the Indians will be surprised to learn that Unc e Sam supplies pillows and mattresses for the red men to reclineupon and that a Chicago firm furnishes, the articles The Ind an office awarded its contracts for pi lows and mattressesto Fred Schultz of Chicago, he being the successful bidder. The contract for furnishing wkgons to the Indians was awarded to E-dward E. Mauzy of Moline 111. No girl needs a warning against a. man younger than herself; it may help, her to warn her against those near her own age, but no warnings should be spared to protect her from believing the battery ot the man who fe much older. Salamanders and toads have, according to Herr Schultz, a German naturalist, not only mucus- glands all over their skins but certain poison, glands on parts of the back and limbs and behind the ears. These glands perform a protective function, and emit acorrosive juice, which can be detected, with copper-haematoxylin. In the salamander the poison is spurted out'on stimulation, but in the toad it slow.y exudes. Cowards waste a great deal of energy in running after enemies who are too. far ahead to be caught.