Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1892 — Page 6

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INDIAN CAVALRYMEN.

HOW THE NEW IDEA IS WORKING IN THE WEST. lYom Savages to Soldiers—Tl»e Aljorlgrlnes Take Kindly to Hoots and Saddles —Some Interesting Facts About the Troop of Red Warriors. A Snccesslul .Experiment. In the year 1890, writes Charles D. Rhodes, in the Chicago Inter Ocean, two troops in each of the ten regiments of cavalry were skeletonized —that is, the enlisted men of these troops were distributed among the other ten troops of the same regiment, and officers were assigned to these so-called paper troops,” who were not present for duty 1 with their regiments. This was done to bring the remaining troops up to its maximum strength of officers and men. After the close of the Sioux campaign as 1890-91, the War Department directed that one of the skeletonized troops in each regiment be again materialized and recruited by enlistments from among the Indians, and it was in compliance with this order that the enlistment. of Troop L, Sixth Cavalry—the first regular Indian troop or company organized —was begun among the ltiule Sioux by Lieut. E. E. Dravo, at the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, in April, 1891; In order to expedite the enlistment as well as to come to a thorough understanding with the Indians of just what inducements would be offered by tho Government, and what duties would in return be required of Indian soldiers, the first week at the agency was devoti d by the officers’ recruiting party to a series of “talks'’ with all the braves, young and old, who were interested in the enlistment, and the week’s deliberations were brought to a fitting close by a grand council, participated in by a vory large number of Indians. To the Brules, the greatest obstacle to enlistment was, naturally enough, the fact that the latter would probably at some time take ihem far away from their friends and relatives, and this point was prominently brought out by the old men a.t the council. They wished a condition introduced that upon enlistment the Indians should serve on or near, their, reservation. But as has since been shown, this condition would have proven a great bar to

A “FRIENDLY.”

progress, and the objection was met by j arguments proving the great benefits ] gained by contact of the young men with the civilization of the East; that, so long as the Indians remained on their reservation, aloof from the white people, so long would they make little improvement; whereas the boys who had returned from the schools at Hampton, Carlisle, and elsewhere could tell of the wonderful prosperity of the East. .The force of these arguments was further enhanced by the verbal testimony of those chiefs who had visited Washington. Finally and quite suddenly the sentiment in regard to leaving the vicinity of the reservation seemed to completely change, and with counter-direct-ness the young'men were counseled by their chiefs to enlist and, if possible, to go all over the Great Father’s country, learning all they could for their own and their people’s good. Another objection raised at the council was the desire of the chiefs to have their own favorite young men appointed non-commissioned officers immediately, with a view to their becoming commissioned officers later on. It was with great difficulty that this point was settled, until the Carlisle men explained to the ch efs how impossible it was for Indians to become officers Until their standard of education was raised. On April 6, two days after the council, the enlistment was begun, and on this and the two days succeeding fortytwo Brule braves were examined physically by tho surgeon, and ihirty-lwo of these accepted and enlisted. By April 20 the troop was enlisted to fifty-two men, and the twd remaining vacancies were afterward filled Without trouble, competition even running high. It is interesting to here note the fact that the troop was enlisted from the most warlike And daring, perhaps, of all Indian tribes, r aitd from among the very Sioux wh retime. months before had bolted into the Bad Lands, and had given the Government so much trouble and

SCOUT AND TROOPER.

anxiety during the disagreeable winter campaign. ■ p Added to this, twenty-three of the enlistments were made from the camps of Sky Bull and Big Turkey, considered the most conservative and non-progres-aive camps on the reservation. These points are interesting in view of tfae remarkable progress since mjifte by . Among the chiefs wbotwere pqjpticulariy favorable toward the enlistment were Turning Bear, who was chief of the dog soldiers 4 the Brules in the hostile camp In the Bad Lands, and whose *

brother, Homed Horse, fs a member of the troop! High Bear, who was another hostile chief, and whose eon, Sammy High Rear, now wears the chevrons of a sergeant; and old Chief -Two Strikes, whose name was at one time,in every soldier’s mouth, has a bright and efficient Bon in the troop, who also proudly wears a sergeant’s chevrons. Of the fifty-five men enlisted, five are half-breeds, three are one-fourth white, and forty-seven are full-blooded Brules. And among those who have been fortunate enough to attend industrial school, the trades represented are: Blacksmiths, three; bakers, two; painters, iwo; carpenters, one; shoemakers, one; tailors, one; barbers, one. After enlistment at thA? agency, the Indians were like a lot or schoolboys, anxious to get to their new post, Fort Niobrara, Neb., and don their brand new uniforms. And when at last the wagons came to take them to the post they could not contain themselves, but spent most of the night singing. He who

would have us believe in the eternal moroseness and taciturnity of the Indian should have heard the jokes, laughter and singing which heralded the advent of these wild young savages into our army. Arriving at the post, trouble was at first anticipated in getting them to have their long, straight hair clipped, but none whatever was experienced, the men submitting to the ordeal willingly, and, in fact, in all things seemel only 100 anxious to become as much like the white soldiers as possible. They were taught English words, preferably the names of common objects around them, and by the Ist of July forty men could sign their names to the June muster-rolls, twenty-ono of whom were unable to do so on the May rolls. Drills were begun at once, commencing with the setting-up exercises and the school-of-the-soldier dismounted, and their progress was surprisingly rapid—tho execution of the marchings and the manual-of-arms being especially well done. This improvement was the more encouraging as all but eleven members of the troop knew nothing of English except a few disr onnected words. In learning the drill it was necessary for them to memorize the different English commands—the tactical movement with its command of execution, being first explained by an interpreter. Allctmmands were and have been given jn English and very little repetition has been necessary for tho Indians to grasp them.

Immediately upon arriving at tho post Ihe troop started its own mess and the men were taught the dotails of civilized acoking, so that at the present time there are in the troop a number of excellent cooks. From the’first the greatest cleanliness was insisted on, and the traditional slovenliness of the Indian seemed to have been left with his relatives on the reservation. Upon the arrival of charts, slates, and primary school books a daily recitation of an hour and a half was begun, and tho improvement in reading and writing was most encouraging. The instruction was further supplemented by an object lesson class, whose members were taught the names of their arms, equipments, and articles of clothing, the greatest interest being displayed, more especially with n spect to all things relating to the military service. In the fall of 1891, about six months after enlistment, the troop, mounted,

took a tour through the reservation for ! the double purpose of stimulating pride and ambition and of showing the other Indians how much improvement had been made. The trip' was a pronounced success. ! Both mounted and dismounted drills | took place in the presence of the chiefs and head men, and tho troop was as j much on its mettle to excel as any crank ! State organization drilling for a prize | trophy. Up to the present time improvement has been steadily satisfactory, although, naturally enough, not as remarkable latterly as that which was made at tho i outset. There is a troop blacksmith, George Bull, who cares for the horses most effi- ; ciently. The troop farrier, White Bank, Was formerly a doctor of wide cc-lebrity among his people and understands the virtues of ail the roots and herbs in this part of the country. His care for the horses of the troop is assiduous, and he j well deserves the testimonial as to his trustworthiness which he received from Gen. Crook in 1876. “The troop tailor” is a young Apache 1 from San Carlos, Arizona, who enlisted for the troop from Carlisle. He has already paid $75 for his sewing machine, j and has deposited SSO of savings With the paymaster, obtained entirely through his pay and earnings. He does sttch excellent work that he now has orders from all troops in the post. The troop barber has little to do ex- j cept with cutting hair. The Indians never shAve and when hair does appear on their, faces they pull it out by the roots with a small pair of tweezers. Charley Bunning Horse, the saddler, is a.fine worker in leather and his Carlisle training Tias been further improved by lessons from the regimental saddler sergeant. 'r’ l ’’ ■ . . The troop has had much to learn of j things which come naturally to white

Boldlert—Cooking, caring for horses, and even how to wear their olothlng. In fact, It has been especially difficult to teach them to be saving of their uniforms. Not that they do not take the greatest pride in their personal appearance. Their natural vanity preoludes that. But when they become possessed of a neat-fitting blouse or pair of shapely trousers, they can seldom resist wearing the same until threadbaro, and if permitted they would speedily make way with not only their clothing allowance but also their monthly pay for clothes alone In connection with clothing It is surprising to note the complete transformation the exteriors of some of these men undergo at the dances, of whioh they have been allowed to have several sinco their enlistment. With the removal of uniforms, and the addition of hideous paint, beads, ornaments of porcupine quills, and metallic bracelets, together with a conspicuous absence of clothing, they seem very unlike the tractable sol-

THE INDIAN TROOP IN THE SADDLE.

diers that they were. But the gratification of their pleasure in dancing, wild and savage as it appears to lookers on, does not seem to do harm, and no retrogade movement in discipline has been apparent. There are in the troop a number of excellent dancers, White Horse, a tall, fine-looking young brave, having the reputation of being the very best on the reservation The proximity of the Indians to their reservation has been to tho troop officers a bete noir from the very beginning. All kinds of ingenious excuses are bethought of to obtain a pass to go on the reservation. Sickness of family, burning of houses, ailings of horses and cattle, domestic infelicities, all these reasons are cited and re-cited. While the

truth prevails in these excuses, exaggeration must always be looked for. Indian braves who have been reported dead by members of the troop have had a way of coming to life again, without any apparent embarrassment to the originators •of tho canard, they explaining it simply by, “ Walking Fly was dead a little while, but all right now. ” One honest fellow who was very anxious to obtain a pass, in order, as I well knew, to carry a flag to his relatives, told me after all other resources hud failed, that he had heard that his father was dying. Upon crossexamination I found that the paternal one hud a severe attack of rheumatism

AN OLD-TIME INDIAN VILLAGE.

in the right foot. Upon organizing the troop several white non-commissioneii officers were detailed for duty with it to assist in its instruction, but at present these have been reduced to two—one acting as first sergeant and the other as troop clerk. All other duties are performed by the Indian non-commissioned officers in a ! creditable manner. There is a common feeling among our army officers throughout the West to disapprove of the enlistment of Indians as soldiers. No one seems ta question the benefits accruing to the Indians by j the discipline and contact with civilized J Speech, manner, and costumes. But by many it is not believed to be the function of our small but efficient army to i act as public educators, aud it must be confessed the molding of the Indian soldier requires an education in many things not directly pertaining to the military profession; and these critics j believe that our army has enough to do | to take care of its own efficiency without undertaking the civilizing of the Inj dian. Probably similar views were ex- ! pressed upon the organization of the 1 negro regiments. Be this as it may, the i scheme is not without prededent in the military establishments of India,France, i Ilussia and other foreign countries. Probably our army would feel better satisfied, and greater good would result, , were an Indian regiment of cavalry and of infantry organized, without decreas- | ing our present strength of .white and jj colored troops. The natural pastime of the Indian has for ages been war and the chase, and !by combining the allurements,of a milij tary life with the use of English words and manners, a compromise upon what I is to the Indian monotonous and irksome school-room instruction, much of that j obstinate conservatism which has been so great an obstacle to Indian ciriliza- ! tion may be broken down and elimiI nated.

COMMUNING WITH THE CANTEEN

SPICED AND PICKLED

ARE THE INDIANA NEWS ITEMS IN THIS COLUMN. fre»h Intelligence from Every Part of the State—Nothing ol Interest to Our Readers Left Out. Minor State Item*. Odd Fellows will bbjld $30,000 temple in Peru. James Hadley, aged eighty-nine, the oldest citizen at Dublin, is dead. Mrs. John Mast, Lafayette#took dose of iodine by mistake, and nearly died. La Porte people are having their oars plugged. Town baud lias begun to give concerts. Wm. L. Wrigut, Ilosedale, in jail for alleged forgery of notes amounting to 511.000. Stephen Wright, an old bachelor at Wilkinson, died, leaving a bank account Df SB,OOO. Connersvillk driving park association, Connersville, been incorporated. Capital $35,000. Ori.in Snyiler, 35, drowned in a creek near Kokomo, while attempting to rescue his brothef. John Wiseman, 0, was accidentally shot and killed, bv liis uncle, Andy Johnson, near Seymour. George. Howe of Xenia, was killed by the cars, failing to observe the warning jf a whistling locomotive. The State funeral directors closed their meeting in Richmond. Will meet in Crawfordsville next year. Mrs. John Harch and her son of Centerville, were severely burned by an explosion of slacking lime. The Weekly Advocate of Dillsboro, has made its appearance, being tho fifth paper in Dearborn County. Wm. L. Wright, Rockville, who is alleged to have forged $13,000 in notes, is in jail unable to give bail. Rev. Henry Gardner, Fostoria, 0., has accepted pastorate of the First Presbyterian church, Kokomo. The storehouse of the Elkhart Paper Campany was damaged by fire to tho extent of $3,000, with no insurance. John Ward, 83, landmark of Randolph County, dead in Farmland. He drove stage coach in the old days. Craniotomy was performed on a 10-year-old bov at Columbus, a portion of the skull 4x2 inches being removed. Ninety-seven cases of measles reported among the Oil children at the Soldiers’ orphans’ home, Ivnightstown. Hon. John Holmes, of Knightsville, died of consumption. He was one of the door-keepers at the last session of the Legislature. • Enos Geiger’s house in Avondale was struck by lightning and set on fire, but the night watchman woke up and put but the blaze.

A calf belonging to n man named Houchen, Seymour, whirled ’round and round for two hours chasing its tail, ind then fell dead. George Saltw kiif.l, Valparaiso, brought, suit against the Valparaiso Sun for libel. Sun said he abused his wife, He wants SIO,OOO. Lewis Earhart, aged 72, ot Delubu wants a divorce from his 17-vear-oid wife. Been married since March. She grew tired and skipped. Stuart Bones, who was injured in a wreck at Indian Springs, got $4,000 damages against tho E. A R. Railroad by a verdict at Bloomington. At. Muncio the 13-year-old son of W. B. Wilsey fell under a street-car and had both his feet mashed, one having to be amputated at the ankle. Maggie Burns, Columbus, shot five times at her, lover, Melville Tolen, because he wouldn’t marry her She then went home and took carbolic acid and will die.

The Carpenters’ Union at El wood, will test the eight hour law. Have brought suit against E. R. Coxen, a contractor, for working his men more than eight hours. Charles Fickel, a young man of Salaraonia, Jay County, in jumping off a freight train on the L. E. & W. railroad, was thrown under the train and one leg crushed, requiring amputation. Th» other night at Kempton, B. C. McMury’s drug store. Dr. E. A. Burn’s drug store, Vanmoeter’s hardware store, J. C McArty’s general store and Joseph Murphy's saloon were broken into by burglars.

At Knightstown, William Jones, aged 10, was drowned in a pond in a corn-field overflowed tv Blue River. He was wading in search of fish, and venturing out too far, stepped into a hole estimated at twenty feet deep. Elias Wagner, who was sent to the i Northern Prison from LaPorte County j for two years for stealing a sack of flour, lias been paroled by the Governer. He served fourteen months for stealing a sack of flour worth 65 cents. Joseph Wolf of Rush County, was also paroled. He was sentenced for two years for stealing a goose. Two big damage suits have just been filed in the Wabash Circuit Court. Dode Reed, of North Manchester, who was arrested for burglarizing Big Four freight cars, was acquitted and sues the company for damages. Winton Ricards of the same place, sues Ulrev, Riter & Co., for $5,000 damages. While in the employ of that firm ho was hurt by the breaking of a bridge in the lumber-yard over which he was driving. A mysterious fire occurred at the home of Charles Gould, Crawfordsville, the family awakened almost suffocated by the smoke, and found the entire roof in flames, it was with difficulty that they reached the air to give the alarm. Col. Gifford, lather of Mrs. Gould had to be carried out. The loss will be 81,200, covered by insurance. A coal oil can which was full at r.ight, was found empty next morning and lying out in the yard, and there is no donbt but that the oil was poured upon the back porch and a match applied. The suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad for the killing of James Welsh of Edinburg at Columbus, sixteen months I ago. has just been concluded in the Bar- j tholomew Circuit Court, and the jury, j after being out a short time, brought I in a verdict awarding the father 81,000 ] damages. Alfred Midriff was whipped by “White Caps” in Sbarpsvilie, Tipton County. The “Caps” thought he was to intimate with a certaiu woman. Heavy switches were used and made the blood come. He succeeded in crawling to the house, after lying unconscious for some time. The Auditor’s report of the condition of the school iund, just completed, shows the total of the permanent school fund to be 8640,133.97. This is the lightest point the fund has ever reached, the increase during the last year being 80,.019.55. Mrs. Missie A. Nunn, wife of Albert Nunn, colored, of Indianapolis, walked into a room where her husband was dressing carrying a smoking revolver, and with the simple remark, “It went off.” she fell dead at his feet with a bullet through her heart. There was no suspicion that she contemplated suicide, but in the losom of her dress was found a package of “Rough on She was aged 24.

Unknown man killed Dy ears, near Elkhart. The Lutherans will build a new church in Richmond. Mrs. Daniel Tinkle, near Shoals, fell dead from her chair. Mrs. Margaret Demabee of Franklin, died, aged 77 years. John H. Organ, ex-Recorder of L&Porte County, died suddenly. Burglars cracked Hoberg & Root’s safe, Terre Haute. G0t.8200. Counterfeit gold dollars dated 1857 are in circulation in the state. Pet Perkins goes to the pen. one year from Marion for stealing a rooster. Young squirrels can now be shot in Indiana if the hunter is quick enough. South Wabash, recently annexed to city proper, wants to be disannexed. Litzunberger’s flour mills, Lafayette, burned. Loss 813,000, insurance 80,500. Columbia City wants a new grave yard. The old one is full and cucumbers are coming on. Hint to those who do not read the papers: TJie gold brick will get you if you don’t watch out. William Wrotkn and Marvis Carr, near Cicero, tried to repair revolver. Went off, and Wroten will die, Archibald Crowley, a farmer of Warren Township, by shooting himself in the forehead. DePauw will not remove the rest of his plate glass factory from New Albany to Fairmount. Said he never thought of it. An unknown enemy attempted to assassinate Seth Copeland of Greensburg, by shooting through the window at midnight. Thomas Ludwig, a boy of South Bend, was badly injured by being caught in a revolving shaft with which he was fooling. Mrs. David McCrosky fell down stairs at her home near LaPorte and injured herself so severely that she died in a few minutes. Lafayette is soon to have another daily paper, making four in all. It will be the property of ex-Representative William Hazzard. While cutting wood in South Bend C. J. Gaskill was badly hurt. Ax caught in his coat pocket and muscles of his wrist were severed. Marie Earhart, Richmond, who married Frank Fuller, a traveling man, has been granted a divorce because Fuller has another wife living. A stranger wearing aG. A. R. uniform was killed at Chesterton by being hurled from the platform of a Lake Shore train by an unknown assailant. Louis Martin who lives about seven miles northeast of Indianapolis, fell from the upper floor of the barn into a hay press and was instantly crushed to death.

John Ai.dridgE' of Mount Vernon, took the gold fever in 1849 and went to J California. He has just returned home bringing the burden of nine winters with him. His wife is 73. During an electrical storm, lightning struck the barn of Michael Mosbaugh near Cicero, burning the barn and killing seven horses. Loss, 82,000; insured in the Hamilton County Mutual. A jury at Wabash found that E. L. Rittenhouse owed the estate of George Knoop 8000 for United States bond coupons that were in an old chest that Rittenhouse had purchased for a song. Citizens are getting desperate in Crawfordsville on the Sunday closing of saloons, and demand that the council j order all screens and blinds down. ; Preachers and business men aje deterulined. Riley and Sanford Applegate, near Alaska, in Morgan County, were preparing for a squirrel hunt, when Riley’s gun was accidentally discharged. The ball passed through his brother’s leg above the knee. The twentieth annual convention of j the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the State was held at Muncle. At the convention one year ago, at Connersville, the Union had but about 1,000 members, now the roll shows 2JHO memberk in the State, and the growth of the Union the past year in Indiana by far exceeds that of any other State. George Perdue and Andrew Russler ! of Cowjin, near Muncie, recently found a pair of counterfeiter’s molds hidden in a hollow log in the woods six miles south of Muncie. The boys left the outfit and watched for the owners for several days, but without success. The molds were for $lO gold coin and bore the date 1881. They were turned over to Muncie officers.

In the eastern part of Bartholomew County the army worm, in great numbers, has made its appearance and is doing great damage to hay-fields. So numerous are these worms that in some instances as many as ten acres of growing hay is destroyed in a day. They come from the ground, it appears. It is twenty-four years ago this season when these pests last appeared there. A peculiar bug has appeared near New Ross, and L. O. Howard,’Assistant Entomologist, United Status Department of Agriculture, pronounces them as being "scutijicraforcops.” They live on cockroaches and house-flies and are common in the South. The bug has a body from one to two inches long, covered with eight plates, and "has fifteen pairs of legs, which increase in length from from front to rear, the hind ones being as long as the body. It has large, reticulated eyes, and its motions are rapid. About a month ago Shelbyvllle purchased theGamewell fire-alarm system. Since then, on several different occasions, the company and citizens have been greatly annoyed by unknown parties turning in false alarms at various hours of the night, thus bringing out the department and the people from their beds. Finally the Council passed an ordinance on the subject fixing a heavy penalty. The other night two false alarms were turned in from distant parts of the city. For this William Lane and William Moore were spotted. They were arrested and taken before Mayor Morrison, and convicted-of being the guiity parties. Each were fined 8100. W’hile Rev. R S. Ingles was delivering a sermon in tho First Presbyterian ! Church, at Crawfordsville, Johu Mati thews, a member supposed to be intoxi- [ cated. waltzed down the aisle with a bouI quet for the minister, and, giving three [ cheers, danced out again. The sermon was finished with difficulty. * | Charles Fassett, colored, of Muncie, i has a drum major’s baton that is thirty- ! eight inches long and consists of 38,000 i layers of vari colored glazed paper i strung and tightly compressed on a steel ! rod. The paper is compresst* so tightly | that there are 1.000 layers to the inch and the baton weighs but three pounds. Christopher Roudebush, a young i man residing in Tippecanoe County, was drowned in the Wea creek. He wag j on his way to visit his affianced and findj ing the creek swollen out of its banks enj deavored to drive across: The body was | recovered, Some excitement in Fowler. Prof, j Bowen is superintendent of the school i there and Miss Winnie Rosebrock is j teacher and boarded at Bowen's. Bowen jis a somnambulist, he says. One night [ Miss Rosebrock was awakened and | found Bowen sitting on her bed. She j screamed, the household was aroused, j and he fled. She left the house&nd.next | day the professor left town. He insists I that he was walking in his sleep.

A REMARKABLE ROCK.

The Swinging Block of Mount Tandll that Seems Fixed on a Flvot, The “swinging rock” of Mount Tandil, in the Argentine province of Buenos Ayres, is one of the mast remarkable features of South America, says an exchange. A gigantic block, twenty-two feet high, eighty-two feet long and fifteen feet broad, with a diameter of more than 4,500 cubic

THE SWINGING ROCK.

feet, and weighing about 50,000 pounds, seems pivoted to its base by an invisible pin, and has a lateral mot on from east to west, produced by the wind, or- by the propelling strength of man. The rock is shaped like an irregular cone. When the wind begins to blow from the southeast it begins to rock to and fro in the air like the branches of a large tree.

A TINY BABY.

A Little Girl Who When Born Weighed Only One Pound and Seven Ounces. A baby that when born weighed but one pound seven ounces has been astonishing the good people of Boston and roundabout, says an exchange. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Lemon of Cambridge. It is the cutest baby iu the world—of

the same weight. Its head is about tbe size of a small orange, and'its legs are no thicker than one's forefinger. When the father went out to buy some shoes for the little mite he could find none small enough, and had to take doll’s shoes, only one and a half inch long. The baby is it girl, is very healthy and is growing lustily.

Lincoln as a Young Man.

John E. Ball, who is living in Springfield, 111., was a great friend ot Abraham Lincoln when in 1831 he visited that State. He has given a good description of Lincoln at that time, as follows: Lincoln was then a little past 22 years of age, and he was the rawest, most primitive-look' ing specimen of humanity I ever saw. He was tall, bony, and, as homely as he has ever been pictured. He wore a suit of blue jeans—-if it could be called a suit. It seemed that everything was too short for him. His pantaloons lacked four or five inches of reaching the ground, and when the legs were not stuffed into his big rawhide boots they were held down by leather straps, which extended under his boots. He wore an old roundabout that might have served him in his younger days, but was now far too short for him, and when he stooped over he showed four or five inches of his suspenders—that is, when he went so far as to have on a pair of “galluses.” He wore a drabcolored wool hat, pretty well worn, small-crowned and broad-brimmed. I remember one occasion on which this old hat was brought into service, for the entertainment of the natives. One day a slight-of-band performer made his appearance in the village. At the tavern, a crowd, of course, gathered around him and he entertained us for some. He asked for somebody’s hat to fry some eggs in, and Lincoln pulled off his old slouch hat and passed it up. The magician put in some fresh eggs, made a pretense of holding the hat over the fire, and then handed back a hat full of fried eggs. This amused Lincoln greatly, and he seemed to pride himself on having such a convenient cooking utensil.

System In Business.

A good many business men have two, three or more different offices. In each of these is transacted some particular department of business. Thus if a man is engaged in real estate transactions and also in insurance, he may so divide his time as to spend a portion in one office where only real estate is looked after, and at another specified hour he may be found in his insurance office. Col. Dan Lamont, ex-Presideht Cleveland’s former private secretary, has three offices, and while in the city can he found at certain hours of the day at his office up town as President of the Broadway Bailroad and down town as something else. There are well-known lawyers also who have two offices and handle a wholly different class of business at each. Interested in big corporations, a live business man often necessarily has office hours at the corporation offices of the respective concern. This not only enables him to discharge his mind of all other business while attending to one, but it enables those who have business with him t-o transact it without interfering with those who are bent on something else.

The mental strain thus put upon an active business man soon sends him to some more permanent resting place, so that it is doubtful if anything is gained by doubling up in this way. The matter is interesting, however, as (illustrating the peculiar qualities of brain power and training

OUR BUDGET OF FUN.

HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DOINGS HERE AND THERE. and Jokelet* that Are Supposed to Have Been Recently Born—-Sayings and Bolngs that Are Odd, Curious and Laughable. A Man In a Thousand. Stranger—Are you the gentleman who caught a big, burly burglar and held on with bull-dog* tenacity until he ceased to struggle and you were able to bind and gag him? Gentleman—Yes; what is it you wish? Stranger—l called, sir, to ask if you would not accept an agency for some of the long-felt wants which we manufacture and which no family should be without. New York Weekly. Not Treated Well. Prison Visitor—You are treated well here, are you not? Convict—No, I ain’t. “I am surprised. Tell me what you wish the prison authorities to do for your comfort.” “Lemme out.”—New York Weekly. New York’s 150. She—Ward McAllister says that New York society is now composed of only 150. He—Who’s the I and the 5? I know who the cipher is. Free Press. Plain Enough. Mr. Impressionist— I That’s my last, there'on the easel. Now, that is a picture, Squibs. Squibs—Yes, so it is. I can tell that by the frame.—Life. Returns Came in Early. Husband—Er—my dear, there is going, to be a very important—er—election at my club to-night, and I may— Wife—Very well. I’ll wait up to hear the returns. “Um—er—are you interested in the returns?” “Yes —your returns.”—Exchange. Atheistic Doctrine. He—Sorry to have kept yo-u waiting, but my watch was wrong. I shall never have faith in it again. She—lt’s not faith you need but works. —Life. Cause lor Nervousness. He (quizzingly)—You were awfully nervous when we were married. She—Well, any other woman would have been nervous when she was being married to you.—Brooklyn Life. What It Might Moan. Mrs. White (calling on an old servant)—So your husband is dead, Margaret? Margaret (vigorously wiping her eyes)—Ah, yes, mum; he’s been gmold’rin in his grave these many years. —Harper’s Bazar. •Wliot It Means. ,Wise —“What does it mean in this paper when it says that the young German Emperor expects a call to arms?” . Husband—“A call to arms? I suppose he expects his wife to say: ‘Wilhelm, take the baby. ’” General Manager.

Indifferent. Jeweler—“lf you think this jewelry is too expensive for your friend, let me show you something else.” Student—“Ah! There’s where you don’t know my friend. It’s all the same to him whether he owes 100 marks or 500.”—Fliegende Blatter. A Considerate Passenger. Worried mother (in a railroad train) —I hope my baby’s crying doesn’t disturb you. I can’t stop it. Old bachelor (genially)—l’m all right, madam. Don’t worry about me. I’m afraid, though, the noise is a sort of a wet blanket on those young people yonder. “Dear me! Why?” “They’re on their wedding tcur.”— General Manager. Too Much Curiosity. “What was God doing ail this time before he made this world?” asked an incipient Bob Ingersoll of a Harlem Sunday-school teacher. The teacher was silent for some minutes, evidently absorbed in deep thought, but arousing himself he said: “God was growing switches with which to drive out the curiosity of little hoys” and drawing the boy across the bench, the teacher allayed, temporarily at least, the curiosity of the seeker after more light.—Texas Siftings. An Unkind Remark. Miss Murray Hill—l wonder if Bridget drinks? Of late her nose is suspiciously red. Mr. Murray Hill —Maybe she has got hold of some of that red paint you smear on your face when you go to the theater.—Texas Siftings. Careless but Cuting. Attorney Wantling—What did your father say when he saw my picture in your watch? Miss Worth—That it wa,s the only case you had ever appeared in.—Jeweler’s Weekly.

Caught a Pretty Snake.

Ed A. Babcock, of North Stonington, Conn., while crossing his rocky farm met an odd and brilliant looking snake of a species that was believed to be extinct in Connecticut, and after a lively chase captured it. It is a little fellow, not half grown, and is black, except that a broad golden band encircles its neck. It belongs to t*he gbld-baoded racer species, which growofco be* ten ,or fifteen feet long and are swift and ferocious. '

Must Write Something.

This bit of dialogue from the New York Weekly may explain how so many uncharitable things get into the newspapers: Space Reporter—Can’t you give me something to write up to-day?” City Editor—“ Haven’t a thing.-” Space Reporter—“ Well, then, give me some thing to write dpwn.”

Economy.

Mrs. Trotter—l hear that all three of Mrs. Barlow’s children have the measles. * Mrs. Faster—Yes, so I understand. They’re so poor that they have to economize on the doctor ’Uf.aiUfetting sick at once.—Judge. 1