Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1899 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1899.

MONEY TO LEND Fersons desiring to borrow money on improved real estate in this city, or upon approved collateral security, Trill find it to their advantage to call at the office of... Tie Indiana Trust Com'y Corner Washington Street and Virginia Avenue.

Loans made promptly upon the most favorable terms as to time, rate and payments. Capital Liability of Stockholders Surplus ...... $l,Cu)Cv3 $i,CMK)0 J65.Q OFFICERS! J. P. FRENZEL. president. FREDERICK FAHNLEY, 1st Vice Pres. E. O. CORNELIUS, 2d Vice Pres. JOHN A. BUTLER. Secretary. We are Prepared To make LOANS on REAL ESTATE or Approved COLLATERAL. Interest Reasonable, A'o Delay. There is no better place for the safe keeping of money, in either large or small amounts, than our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Compound interest paid on deposit. . The Marion Trust Co. T eloee Statu rday at noon daring Jaly and Anarunt BUSH, Stock and Grain Broker SECOND FLOOR Stevenson Building; nARGIN . . 1 to 5 Per Cent. When orders are limited as to price I Iruarantee orders will be executed when lmit is reached. Spot cash settlements. NEWTON TODD, Stocks and Bonds, 7 INGALLS BLOCK, Member Chicago Stock Exchange. Wanted Union Trust Company stock. "Wanted Indiana Trust Company stock. "Wanted Capital National Bank stock. SAFE DEPOSITS. S. A. FLETCHER & CO.'S SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT SO Et Washington Street. Absolute safety against fire and burglar. Policeman day and night on guard. Designed for afe keeping- of Money. Bond. Wills. Deeds. Abstracts. Silver Plate, Jewels and valuable Trunks, Packages, etc. Contains 2,100 boxes. Rent fS to $45 per year. JOIIN S. TARKIXGTOX Manager. BETTER STOCK PRICES COMPARTIVELT FAVORABLE DANK STATEMENT II EL FED THE DULLS. As a Whole the Week In Wall Street Has Been Under Pressure, and Shares Fell Off Local Trade Active. At New York Saturday money on call was teady at 4 per cent.; prime mercantile paper, Vrfok per cent, Sterling exchange was firm, with actual business in backers' bills at H-STiS?? for demand, and VLS45.i for sixty Says; posted rates, and $LSSft4.SS',; commercial bills. J4.S3USilver certificates, glc; bar silver, 60c; Mexican dollars, 47!c At London bar silver closed steady at Z7d an ounce. The imports of dry goods and merchandise at the port of New York for the past week were valued at JW.018.SS2. Exports of gold and silver to all countries aggregated J3itf,127 in silver bars and $6,785 gold. The imports were JlOO.Sd gold and JS0.613 silver. The New York weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus reserve, increase $.1,366,273 Loans, decrease 17, ISO, 709 Specie, decrease 609,400 Ixgal tendera. Increase 2,o72,440 Deposits, decrease 15,273,100 Circulation, increase 10 The banks now hold $10,608,73) in excess 4f the requirements of the 23-per-cent. rule. The New York Financier says: "There was a material improvement in the condition of the associated banks of New York last week, the reserve above legal requirements showing a gain of J5,63o,275, which brings the total surplus cash to $10,638,750. This was the result of a rather drastic liquidation in loans, that item having decreased no less than $17.1SO,700. A coincident transaction of $13,273,100 in deposits reduced reserve requirements by $3,813,000, and this, added to the gain of S1.S18.000 in specie, made the expansion in surplus as stated. The statement is much more favorable than preliminary estimates had forecast. The known movements of money indicated tnat tho banks had lost more money than they had gained, the treasury absorptions being responsible for this opinion. But it is possible the previous statement, as set forth last week In this review, very much underrated the real position of the clearing-house institutions. In the same man- . ner the gains from the interior for the current week were probably larger than expected. In any event, the reserve has been materially strengthened, although it Is still much below the average. Whether the statements for the next week or two will continue to show cash gains cannot be asserted positively, but It is known that a portion of the July dividend disbursements, especially those by the government, have not yet Iwen redeposited In bank. The treasury, owing to customs collections, has been a gainer of late from the banks. OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE. "The principal point of Interest centers In the, crop movement demands, the season for which is rapidly approaching. If reports from the Interior be correct, and the bank exhibits now being published seem to show that they are, it is difficult to see where New York can lose much money in that direction during the early fall. Reserves all over the country are extremely high and a drain on New York heavy enough to advance interest rates would inevitably attract large sums of money to this center. The question of foreign exchange is again a subject of interest, but In the present state of the market it will require a profitable premium, indeed, to induce an outward flow of gold. Considered from every standpoint the next few weeks give promise of developing some important phases in the monetary world." The total sales of stocks, Saturday, amounted to 126.150 shares. including: American Sugar. 12.G00; Anaconda. 4,u0: Atchison preferred, 9.0; Ilrnoklyn Transit. 13.jO: Burlington. S,um; Manhattan. .: Northern Pacific. 4.600; St. Paul, 5; Chesapeake &. Ohio, 3.0o0; Missouri Pacific. 7 0j0. 'Saturday's New York short market was o narrow and so nearly stagnant that movements of prices were of little significance. There was a perceptible tone of firmness, however, which was emphasized after th appearance of the bank statement by the hasty covering of some small bear contracts in the grangers, which had been put out Just previous to the appearance of

the settlement. Probably the greater part of the day's business was given over to the closing out of short contracts by the bears. This contingent has been particularly active in Brooklyn Transit during the past week, on the persistent talk of a pending strike. Their buying to cover Saturday made that stock the most active on the list, and moved It up two points from the opening decline. Sugar was largely bought and rose at one time i over last night. People's Gas recovered sharply from Friday's price. Oregon Navigation preferred advanced on the discharge of the voting trust and the Implied guarantee of preferred dividends to the amount of 10 per cent, in yearly Installments. Cotton Oil rose over a point. Manhattan and the Southwestern railways were also inclined to strength. The bank statement was up to expectation In the item of loan contractions and the consequent reduction In deposit liabilities. It was unexpectedly favorable in the showing of a gain in cash, considering the payment of $2,300.000 to the subtreasury on customs payments during the week. The New York money market wortced still lower, but demand sterling advanced a significant fraction and London discounts were also harder. Sterling exchange, at continental centers, also rose sharply. lending point to the note of alarm founded by the weekly English financial publications over the immediate future of the London money market. BAD WEEK IN STOCKS. The week in Wall street has offered evidences that an eager speculative contingent is watching for an opportunity to embark on the long side of the market There is evidence also that a large portion of the contingent was not possessed of abundant funds and the continued tightness of the money market and the successful machinations of the bears have checked the bullish enthusiasm, wiped out margins and precipitated considerable speculative liquidation. A number of individual stocks, however, has shown aggressive strength on large buying and sustained the general list. The activity of the market for call loans on the Stock Exchange, even at the high, rates, also indicates confidence in some quarters in the early clearing of the situation. The extended period of the hardness of money afuer the July 1 period upset the calculations of many observers and last Saturday's bank statement, showing surplus reserves down to near $3,000,000 and lower than since the panic of 1833. caused something like alarm. There were large orders to sell at the opening on Monday, as it was certain many loans would be called to reduce deposit accounts of the banks that were below their legal reserve limit. The acute phase of the Transvaal situation interfered with values abroad and so emphasized the money stringency in all foreign centers, with the result that London offered large amounts of stocks for sale in New York. Finally there was acute weakness in New York Traction stock and in People's Gas. The combined effect was a violent break in prices through most of the list and active selling movement. The almost complete recovery on the following day on only two-thirds the volume of Monday's business demonstrated that the precipitate selling had been well absorbed and the amount of stock for sale greatly diminished. The technical position of the market w.s thus much strengthened by the shaking vitt of weak holders. It came to be better understood that Saturday's bank statement, based on averages or totals for each day in the preceding week, did not fairly reflect the actual condition of the banks on the date when it was made. At the same time it became known some very large loans made on account of an organization of the tube industry and to the New York city government pending its sale of new bonds had been liquidated and that funds disbursed on July 1 for dividends and interests were comlne back Into the deposit accounts of the New York banks. Hut the relief afforded on this account gave way to renewed uneasiness when it was perceived that the rate for demand sterling was hardening as the local rate for money became easier. It was feared the continued urgent needs of the London money market would cause a further drain of gold from New York and keep the local money rate high for a considerable time to come. The downwardt tendency of long sterling tinder offerings cJ futures against merchandise shipments partly answered the fears on this score. The bond market was moderately active and irregular, the Southwestern rallrcad issues moving up in sympathy with the strength of the stocks. United States twos and old fours, registered, have declined i in the bid price. The following table, prepared by L. W. Louis,- Room 11, Board of Trade, shows the range of quotations: Open- High- Low- ClosName. . lng. est. est. lng. Atchison i95, 194 19 19 Atchison fret 6Q?i 614 60T, Ufc Baltimore & Ohio 47i Canada raciflo 96 Canada Southern 54 Central Pacific ci'4 Chesapeake & Ohio 27Ti 28 2751 28 Chicago & Alton 150 B. &Q 1361, mVt m 9.- & E- 1 74 C. & E. L pref 14 C, C, C. & St. L. 674 574 57V4 C. C. C. & St. L. pref 93 Chicago Great Western 1414 Chi., Ind. & L .... Chi.. Ind. & L. pref 43 Chicago & Northwestern .... 1) Delaware 1 Hudson ...,t i22tf D. . L. & W 16S Denver & Rio Grande 214 Denver & Rio Grande pref 7314 rl 1314 Erie first pref 36 Fort Wayne 1M Great Northern pref 16814 Illinois Central us Lake Erie & Western , U14 Lake Erie & Western pref 75 Lake Shore 200 Louisville. & Nashville 71 72 71 72 Manhattan lis4 113 118V4 Michigan Central .. m Missouri Pacific 47 48 47 48 Mo., Kan. & Texas pref.... 84 33 34 Vj 34 New Jersey Central ' .... ui New York Central 138 139 13S 138 Northern Pacific 51 51 snvi 61 Northern Pacific pref 77 77 77 77 Reading 21 21 20 20 Reading first pref o Rock Island 117 117 11(5 117 St. Paul ..131 131 130 131 St. Paul pref 174 St. Paul & Omaha 107. St. Paul & Omaha pref 173 Southern Pacific 31 Texas Pacific 22 Union Pacific com 43 43 43 43 Union Pacific pref 76 76"i 75 76 AhisTi Wabash pref 23 Wheeling & Lake Erie s Wheeling & Lake Erie pref 64 EXPRESS COMPANIES. Adams Express m American Express 137 IT. S. Express ............i. .... .... 48 Wells-Fargo Express MISCELLANEOUS. American Wire 55 American Wire pref 35 American Cotton Oil .... 43 American Cotton Oil pref 52 American Spirits 6 $ s 6 American Spirits pref 29 American Tobacco 97 97 97 97 American Tobacco pref 144 People-s Gas 117 117 117 117 Brooklyn Transit : 112 Consolidated Gas isi Commercial Cable Co. .... 179 General Electric ns Federal Steel 9 Federal Steel pref ro Lead ..: 23 23 23 23 Lead pref 112 Pacific Mall 47 47 47 47 Pullman Palace iza Sugar 155 157 155 156 Sugar rref us Tennessee Coal and Iron... 68 69 6S 69 IT. S. Leather 5 U. S. Leather pref 71 71 71 71 IT. S. Rubber ... ....... , .... .... .... 494 U. S. Rubber pref 113 Western Union .... 90 UNITED STATES BONDS. T.J. S. fours, reg 112 U. S. fours, coup .... 112 U. 8. fours, new, rej 130 U. S. fours, new, coup ; 130 Xj S. fives, reg. ............ .. .... .... .... 112 U. S. fives, coup. ........ .... ... . 112 L. H. threes, rep. .. ..... .... .... 10$ U. S. threes, coup 109 Saturday's Dank Cleartnsa. At Chicago Clearings, 117.546.017; balances, $1.52.30. Sterling exchange, M.SSHftl.&s. New York exchange. 25c. discount. At Cincinnati Clearings. J2.OS3A0O. At New Orleans Clearings. $.6,7D7. New York exchange, bank, 50c per 11.000 premium; commercial, $1 per $1,000 discount. At New York-Clearings, 11,370,962; balances. JP.624.603. At Boston Clearings, $27,315,521; balances, At ' Paltimore Clearings, $3,434,839; balances. $s:c,or9. At Philadelphia Clearing $16,336,476; balances. J2.5oo.133. At St. Louis Clearings. $5.542.3S7; balances. I1.V&.0OL

LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE. A Rather Quiet, bat Satlafactory, "Week for Mlrtantnnaer. Durinf the reek ending Saturday there was a fair Yolume of trad for the midsummer season. Drj goods are quiet, but very firm in tone, with a tendency toward higher rather than lower prices. In rrocerles there Is remarkable steadiness In quotations, with a strong- feellnf throughout. Trad has been good and dealers say the prospect is very favorable for a continuance of the umi condition. Country produce has shown Uttls rarUtion In prices during the week, the only chacfe noticeable belnf a' weakening in poultry, owing to much mora ubaral racslU. Oa

Commission row the week has not been very satisfactory, owing- In great measure to the hot, sultry weather which prevailed for some days, adding to the perishability of fruits, which made local customers chary about stocking up heavily. The grain movement continues quite heavy, th receipts Saturday being about W.OOO bushels of wheat and 35.0(0 of corn. The closing bids on Change, as reported by the secretary, were as follows: Wheat No. 2 red. 71c; No. t red. 6S70c; July, 71c; wagon wheat, 71c. Corn No. 1 white. ZMc; No. 3 white tone color), 24c; No. 4 white. 31S33c; No. 2 white mixed. Uc: No. 3 white mixed. 34c: No. 4 white mixed. ll23c; No. 2 yellow. 34'4c; No. 3 yellow. 34c; No. 4 yellow, 3133c; No. 2 mixed, 34c; No. 3 mixed. 34c; No. 4 mixed, 3133c; ear corn, 34c. Oats No. 2 white, 29c; No. 3 white, 2Sc; No. 2 mixed. 27c; No. 3 mixed, 2dc. Hay No. 1 timothy. $3&9.M; No. 2 timothy, 3fi.50. Inspections Wheat: No. 2 red, 7 cars;. No. 3 red, 21; No. 4 red, 1; unmerchantable. 1; total, S3 cars. Co-n: No. 3 white, 33 cars; No. 3 yellow, t; No. 3 mixed, 4; total. 4S cars. Oats: No. 1 white, 1 car; rejected, 1; total, 2 cars. Poultry and Other Produce. (Prices paid by shippers.) Poultry Hens. Fc; cocks. 3c; your? chickens, 1012e; hen turkeys, young and fat, 7c; young tomi, 6c; young ducks, ftc; geese, 4c for full feathered, 3c for plucked. Cheese New York full cream, 10llc; skims. 638c; domestic Swiss, 10 15c; brick, 12c; limburger, 11c. Butter Choice, 10c; poor, 67c; Elgin creamerr, 2lc. ' Eggs Candled. 11c. Feathers Prime geese, 30c per lb; prima duck. 10S17c per lb. Iieeswax 30c for yellow; 25c for dark. Wool Medium, unwashed. lS13c; tub-wttshed. 2025c; burry and unmerchantable. 5c less. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. Green-salted Hides No. 1. 8c; No. 2, 7c; No. 1 calf, 10c; No. 2 calf, 8c.; Grease White, 3c; yellow. 2c; brown, 2c Tallow No. 1. 3c: No. 2. 2c Bones Dry. $1213 per ton. LIVE STOCK. Cattle Scarce and Qnlet Hosts Active nn Lower Sheep Quiet. INDIANAPOLIS. July 13. Cattle Receipts light; shipments none. There were but few on sale. The market was quiet at unchanged prices. All sold early. Export grades $4.90 5.40 Killers, medium to good 4.60 4.80 Killers, common to fair 4.003 4.35 Feeders, good to choice 4.25 4.65 Stockers, common to good 3. 50 4.50 Heifers, good to choice 4. 25 4.73 Heifers, fair to medium 3.?0 4.15 Heifers, common and thin 3.50 3.75 Cows, good to choice 3.83 4.25 Cows, fair to medium 3.-V(t 3.75 Cows, common and canners 2.50 3.00 Veals, good to choice 6.00 7.00 Veals, common to medium 3.&0 5.00 Bulls, good to choice S.65 4.00 Bulls, common to medium 3.fX 3.40 Milkers, good to choice 35. 00 45.00 Milkers, common to medium 20.00 30.00 Hogs Receipts, 10,000; shipments, 4.000. The market opened active, with packers the principal buyers at a decline of 571zc and tlosed steady, with all sold. Heavies $4.3034.35 Mixed 4.254.32 Lights 4.3IHS-4.33 Pigs 3.M'4.10 Roughs 3.50(4.00 Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 1.150; shipments, 900. The market was quiet, with no material change in price. Good to choice sheep and yearlings 3.85S'4.50 Fair to medium cheep nnd yearlings 3.25f;3.75 Stockers, common to good 2.5O3.50 Spring Iambs, common to good 6.25ij.25 EUewhere. KANSAS CITY, July 15. Cattle Receipts. 70. Supply too light to make a market and prices were nominal. A liberal fupply this week consisted largely of common grass stock; dry-fed steers and good grass steers in good demand at about steady prices, while common green stock,. either slaughtering or feeding grades, were slow sale at 10-U25C lower than same day last week; heavy native steer9, $5.25ff5.60; light-weight steers, $4.4Q5.25; stockers and feeders, i3.50'i4; butcher cows and heifers. $3.15i&5.45: canners, $2.25 63.15; butcher bulls, $3.25(54.40; veal calves, $fU each; Western steers, $3,750.23; Texans, $3.40 4.70. Hogs Receipts, 8,720. Trade opened steady, but weakened In sympathy with lower provision market and closed 7Vsc lower; sales were largely at 21485c decline. Market for the week very active; after discounting to-day's break, net. gain for week is 20c. To-day's sales: Heavy, $4.10f34.22Vi; mixed. $4i4.20; lights, $3.901i4.10; pigs. $3.75S4. Sheep No market to-day. Receipts for the week, 13,000. Supplies mostly range stock, many of them of Inferior quality; spring lambs are In better demand and rartly recovered from late breaks in prices, with mutton grades In strong demand at steady prices; spring lambs brought $4.25S5.75; muttons, $3.755.25; stockers and feeders, $34.50; culls, $1.603. EAST BUFFALO, July 15. Special. Ransom. Mansfield & Co., live stock commission dealers, report: Cattle Receipts, 7 cars. Market fairly active for good butchers and desirable fat cattle of aU kinds; veals market slow and prices lower; best veals, $66.25; common to good, $4.5035.75; buttermilks, $3.254; grassers, $2.50&3. Hogs Receipts, 16 cars. Market fairly active and steady; Yorkers, J4.55Q4.60; pigs and light Yorkers, $4.6054.65; mixed packers, $4.634.60; mediums and heavy, $4.55(64.60; roughs, $3.753.90; stags, $3.213.50; closed firm. Sheep Receipts,. 2 cars. Feeling firm for good grades of handy stock, but none on sale; culls and common dull and lower; common Kentucky spring lambs, $14.50; fair to good, $5.7536.23; no sheep here. CHICAGO, July 15. Receipts of cattle to-day were small. The general demand continued good at yesterday's ruling prices. Prices generally are lOfilaC lower than a week ago. Hogs Receipts were unusually large for the close of the week and a decline of 10c was forced; heavy hogs brought $4.10? 5.35; mixed lots, $4.10 4.35; light, $4.154.35; pigs, $4.255.60; culls and rough lots, $204.10. There were not enough sheep for a market; sheep were quotable at $2t?3 for culls up to $5g5.25 for prime wethers: Texans brought $3.254 and Western range sheep $44.60: yearlings were quotable at $4.755.M and spring lambs at $3.50g 6.50. n Receipts Cattle, 200; hogs. 30,000; sheep. 1.500. ST. LOUIS, July 15. Cattle Receipts, 200. Market steady; fair to choice native shipping and export steers, $505.15. with fancy worth up to $5.25; dressed beef and butcher steers, $45.40; steers under 1.000 lbs, $3.75 5; stockers and feeders, $2.903.50; cows and heifers, $2.255.15; bulls, $2.23 43.75; canners. $1.252.75; Texas and Indian steers. $2.954.95; cows and heifers. $2. 30ft 3. 70. Hogs Receipts. 3,300. Market 510c lower; pigs and lights. $4.354.40; packers, $4.30(94.40; butchers. $4.35!?4.45. Sheep-Recelpts, 400. Market dull and nominal; native muttons, $44.25; spring lambs, f 45 4.75; culls and bucks, $2.75(4; stockers, $393.25; Texans. $3.604.50. NEW YORK, July 15. Beeves Receipts, 272. Nothing doing; feeling easy. No late cables. Exports, 250 cattle, 203 sheep and 1.250 quarters of beef. Calves Receipts, 91; 62 on tale; veals slow and State stock lower at $3.50(5 6.25; buttermilks, $2.75: 159 calves unsold; city dressed veals, 8 10c per lb. Hogs Receipts, L39; none for sale. Market rominally firm at $4.704.80. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 5,405 ; 23 cars on sale. Sheep slow; medium grades weak; prime lambs steady to a shade lower; medium and common dull, closing easier; sheep, $36; lambs, $55.25. CINCINNATI, July 15. Cattle steady at $3.23 63.10. Hogs dull and lower at $3.5004.40. ' Sheep steady at $2.25 4. 15; lambs dull at $16.60.

VITAL STATISTICS JULY 15. Births. Carolina and Carl Ginsberg, 2064 Cooper street, girl. Louie and John Doehleman, 1513 Arsenal avenue, boy. Bertha and Carl Bernett, 1729 Columbia avenue, boy. Augusta and Frank Mix, 2710 East New York street, girl. Katrina and John Metzger, 16 Lincoln street, boy. Mrs. and J. J. Johnson. 933 West North street, boy. Llda and Julius Kltslng, Riverside Park, boy. Stella and T. W. Rolf. Capitol avenue and Ohio street, boy. . Deaths. Ella Greathouse. thirty-six years, 1703 Yandes street, peritonitis. Lorinda. Long, seventy-three years, 29 Division street, dysentery. Harold House, four months, 1342 Yandes street, enlero-colltls. Julia Walsh, seventy-eight years, 1635 Hall 5iace, apoplexy. Infant Harding. 636 Fulton street, premature. Olto C. Kalpin. thirty-five years, 1104 West Morris street, haemo ptosis. Cecil Stansen, one year, 3J7 West New York, street, meningitis. Jemima Miller, sixty-nine years, 1210 Wright street, paralysis. Returning- Good for Evil. Detroit Free Press. "I came upon a couple of boys fighting on the street the other day," said the portly man, as he laughed at the recollection. "They were both smeared over with eggs and were fighting like a couple of young wildcats. "As a usual thing I do not believe in interfering with quarrels among children, believing that it is better to let them fight it out and settle their differences in their own way. "Hut they were fighting so fiercely and were using such bad language that I thought it best to separate them. "Getting hold of their collars I pulled them apart and demanded an explanation. "He threw a rotten egg at me!" shouted the younger of the two as he struggled to get at the other boy again. "This was undoubtedly a fact, as the boy's clothing was a strong testimonial to the point In evidence. " 'Tut. tut.' said I. you should have returnd good for evil. i did,' he sobbed, the reaction having set in. 'The one that X threw at him was a good onel' '

BLOODY KNIFE'S STORY

A. IXCIDElXT OF THE CCSTER CAMPAIGN IX THE NORTHWEST. Honesty, Fidelity and Frankness Dli played by in L'n tutored Savuge at a Critical Time. "W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Record. My friend. Bloody Knife, was a slender man. below the usual size, with a decided stoop to his shoulders, and did not resemble the traditional Indian chieftain in appearance any more than in stature. . His features did not "favor" tho Indian race, being more delicate and refined, and he might have been taken for a Cuban or a Spaniard, except for the rich, deep copper color of his skin. His mouth and nose were small the latter a straight aquiline. His lips were thin and delicately cut, but wore a sort of cynical curl, an Index of his disposition, for a tawny cynic was Bloody Knife, and did not reciprocate the confidence that was placed in him. If he had ever been a trustful Indian, experience had taught him that white men, as well as the reds, were "mighty unsartin." He wore no ornaments; no rings in his ears, no beads or red flannel braided In his long, heavy hair; no bracelets of silver or brass upon his arms, no feather in his scalp lock, nothing but a small steel horseshoe hanging to his cartridge belt, the significance of which I was never able to discover. Bloody Knife never allowed himself to be caught, like his fellows, with the bait of tawdry finery or the cheap chaff which the white man generally Cings out to catch the red man's favor. He had a fine sense of discrimination, too, and usually answered a fool according to his folly. Bloody Knife had the rare reputation of honesty, fidelity and frankness qualities not often accredited to his race, and General Custer used to trust him absolutely. "Lonesome Charley Reynolds," Custer's favorite scout, gave him a similar confidence, and between them there was a bond of friendship like that which tied Leather Btocking to "The Last of the Mohicans." There was a story behind the brotherly affection between this Yale College graduate and this untutored savage. I could never get the truth of it, although I questioned both of them several times. The popular version was that Charlie Reynolds and Bloody Knife met for the first time while on a hunting trip in Montana and were attacked by a band of Crows, who chased thera to the shelter of a half ruined cabin. There' they stood them off for several days, and while their assailants retired for reinforcements and ammunition Reynolds and Bloody Knife managed to escape. Bloody Knife was badly wounded in the leg and his strength toon gave out. Reynolds was a man of slight stature, but he had legs enough for two and packed Bloody Knite on his back nearly a hundred miles to Fort Berthold, a little Incident which the Indian never forgot. Reynolds said Bloody Knife had the heart of a white man, but I never heard Bloody Kiilte express his opinion of Reynolds In words. However, they lived together and died together at the massacre of the Little Big Horn, and the body of one was found lying upon the body of the other at the top of the knoll which was Custer's last stand. MADE CHIEF OF SCOUTS. Bloody Knife was of mixed blood. His father was a Sioux and his mother an Arlckaree. Although the two nations were hereditary enemies, he lived with both. He was once head chief of the Uncapapa band of Sioux, but for some reason was deposed and took refuge among his mother's people, where he raised a squad of scouts for Gen. Custer, who placed him In command with the rank of sergeant. Bloody Knife always wore a soldier's blue blouse with the sergeant's chevrons upon the arms in place of the usual Indian finery. It was In the Black' Hills expedition of 1S74 that Bloody Knife performed what Custer used to say was the most remarkable piece of scouting and exhibition of plainscraft he had ever seen, and to the tenderfeet in the expedition it seemed like a miracle. We had been marching over the hard clay plains of Dakota for three weeks. The grass was burned almost to a crisp by the nerce rays of the sun, and the ground was so hot that we could feel it through the soles of our boots. We had not been able to find a drop of water for two days except a few stagnant pools, which had been poisoned and polluted by the Indians that surrounded us, and the only way that this could be used , was by digging holes at the sides and letting the water filter through. We thus obtained enough to make coffee for the soldiers, after it had been thoroughly boiled, but there was none to fill the canteens, and the small supply usually carried in the v wagons for an emergency was exhausted, so the poor animals had to depend upon the scanty dew that was caught by the dry tufts of gamma grass. That night, after we had made a "dry camp" and frontiersmen only know the fearful significance of the words Gen. Custer called Bloody Knife, Bear's Ears, Goose, Reynolds and two or three other scouts to headquarters for a consultation, and a?ked themwhere we could find the nearest water. After an exchange of opinions among them Reynolds explained that Bloody Knife knew of a mysterious hidden spring about seven hours march to the eastward, but it was very difficult to find, and would take us out of our way. "Can he find it?" asked Custer, impetuously. Bloody Knife said "Ugh" a sound which frequently comes from the throat of an Indian, and means "Yes" or "No,". according to the inflection. On this occasion it was a covert sneer at Custer's lack of confidence. Bloody Knife never boasted, but at the same time he would not permit a doubt to rest upon his ability or sincerity. "Is there water enough for all the men and animals?" Inquired the general. "Heap, plenty," was the laconic but lucid reply. DESCRIBES A SECRET SPRING. Bloody Knife said it was. only a little well in the open prairie, invisible half a mile away, and the rivulet which carried off the overflow sunk and disappeared in the thirsty sands. All this was told in the poetic and 'figurative language of the Indian. As Bloody Knife squatted on the ground in the firelight by Gen. Custer's tent he drew a map with spears of grass to show where the hidden spring could be found. Here was a butte that appeared on the map; there was a deep canyon, and we were to pass to the left of It; then came a wide, rolling prairie covered with dry grass, 'and there, hidden in a small gully, was a noble spring, perhaps twelve feet In diameter and seven or eight feeet deep, which he had visited many tims as a boy and as a man, and which had saved the lives of many a thirsty Indian. Did any one else know of It? No; none but Bloody Knife, although Goose had heard it described and believed it was pcmewhere In the vicinity. We broke camp very early the next morningnot long after midnight and were well on our way before dawn, in order that the weary soldiers and the almost exhausted animals might not be compelled to endure the heat of the sun as well as the pangs of thirst. It was a doleful Journey. When a man is hungry he becomes faint and weak. He is thirsty and he becomes frantic, and It requires the greatest degree of self-control to behave as a human being should. Bloody Knife rode at the head of the column, looking neither to the right hand nor to the left, giving no sign of interest, no evidence of fatigue. No pranks were played upon the tenderfeet. The only expressions were muttered oaths and surly growls or a cheerful word of encouragement from a sanguine and self-confident soul. Now and then the air would be rent by the wail of a mule, a noise that no other being can imitate a volume of grief and woe unloaded upon the air which would find an answer from the other end of the caravan, and the braying would be kept up for a few minutes, so ludicrous as to awaken a brief smile upon the dejected faces whose pallor could be seen beneath the dust. The landscape was as monotonous aa a landscape could be. One mile was exactly like another. A long dreary waste of sandy gray soil, stretching In every direction until it touched thj horizon. There was not a tree nor a hill, nor a rock or any sort of a landmark by which direction or distance might be measured, and the only signs of vegetation were little clumps of dry buffalo grass and greasewood bushes. Here and there was a little swale of clay, cracked Into parallelograms, curled up at the edges, or a buffalo wallow, in which even the gamma grass refused to grow simply another evidence of utter desolation. If he had but a star to steer by we might have understood how Bloody Knife knew

which way to go, but to our untrained eyes he was simply striking out at random into the distance. General Custer suddenly called Bloody Knife to him and asked: "Where is that water?" Bloody Knife's face expressed pity and contempt. If he had spoken he might have said: "You miserable white man, can't you have a little faith, for you know you are in my power?" But, looking the general steadily in the eye. he pointed toward the hopeless horizon and said: "There." SOLDIERS SUCKED BULLETS. We looked anxiously in the direction of hU finger, but could see nothing we had not seen over and over again since daylight that morning, end It looked as if there could be nothing different until wc reached the place where the earth and Fky met. Bloody Knife returned slowly to his position 200 or 300 yards ahead of the line and the march was resumed with many misgivings and much anxiety. Most of the soldiers cut bullets from cartridges and held them on their tongues, for contact with the lead excites the saliva and keeps the mouth moist. After a time it becomes a matter of indifference with many whether they ever reach water or not. A certain amount of suffering paralyzes the nerves, deadens the sense of distress and produces a stupor similar to that left by one freezing to death. A large proportion of the command had reached that awful state of mental and physical depression, when their vitality was suddenly aroused by seeing Bloody Knife stop his pony and turn his head about until he faced us. We had been watching him carefully all day, and this was the first time he had made such a motion. There was no gesture; there was no attempt at communication; there was no sign of elation or triumph nothing but inscrutable silence and composure. He might have been painted as an ideal of Indian dignity and stoicism. ' Feeling that' something had happened, Custer stabbed his. spurs into Dandy and galloped forward. As he approached the Indian he saw Bloody Knife's long finger pointing forward, and as Custer's eyes followed it he gave a shriek of delight, which was echoed instantly by the men, although the discipline of the soldiers kept them m their places In columns of fours. We who belonged tx the staff and company of camp followers were not restrained, however, by such considerations, so we dashed after the general, and saw, nestling in the monotonous prairie, a sunken well, surrounded by low bushes, which could not have been detected 500 feet away. . . Calhoun, the adjutant, Custer's brother-in-law, at a word from the general, dashed toward the command and gave the order to halt and dismount, so that the animals might not get close enough to scent the water and break Into a stampede. Occasions like this show the effect and lmp6rtance of discipline. Every man in that army and they numbered about 1.8C0 and every one of the animals and there were perhaps 2,000 was dying for a drink, and the human portion, at least, was aware that water was within their reach. But each waited In his place for orders, and a. system was followed, that there might be no confusion and no delay. We who were free could go to the spring as soon and as often as we liked, although the surgeon stood by, with a watchful eye on everybody, and often called out: "There! That's enough, now. Don't drink any more for awhile." THIRST OF ALL SATISFIED. Every fourth man in every company was ordered out with his own canteen and those of his comrades, and the detail marched in platoons to the spring and filled them carefully, so as not to disturb the water. Then, when every human being had drunk as much as was good for him, the barrels in the wagon were taken out and filled. Next the animals, first the horses and afterward the mules, were unharnessed and unsaddled and led to a long ditch or trough in the ground which had "been rapidly dug, under orders from Captain Smith, our quartermaster. They were allowed but a few swallows at first, but were watered again 'an hour or two later. A camp was laid out. rapidly, as usual, and we remained at that hidden spring for three days, resting and recuperating, and wondering how in the world Bloody Knife found it. I never saw Bloody Knife excited but once, and that was when he discovered that some of his braves had been arrested and were lying handcuffed in the guardhouse. He did not object to the arrest. The bucks were drunk and dangerous, but he did object to the guardhouse. They should have been taken to their tepees in the Indian camp and turned over to him, for he was responsible for their good behavior and might be trusted to administer proper discipline. But handcuffs ugh! no warrior should be so degraded. The soldiers might have bound them with withes or straps, if you please, but nippers of Iron such as they clapped on horse thieves or ordinary malefactors should not be used to reptrain a warrior. It was to avenge an insult like this that Itain-ln-the-Face swore that some time he would cut Tom Custer's heart out. Raln-in-the-Face was arrested for burning a cabin and murdering two unoffending frontiersmen. Tom Custer, the general's brother, a captain In the Seventh cavalry, was sent over from Fort Rice to the Standing Rock Agtncy to arrest the suspects. Rain-in-the-Face was one of them. He was captured In the trader's store, and for obvious reasons they put him in irons. Bloody Knife was away from camp when his braves were arrested and imprisoned, but when he learned of their humiliation his dignity was swallowed up in his Indignation, and, jumping upon the nearest pony, saddleless and brldleless, he galloped to headquarters, shouting with all the English at his command: "Custer! Custer! Guardhouse! Handcuffs!" The general, who was sitting in his library, stepped through the long window to the porch, where Bloody Knife was engaged in a pantomimic performance, which consisted of a succession of rapid motions in direction of the guardhouse, the holding up of two fingers signifying the number of braves in prLson, and crossing h!s wrists to show that they were In bonds of iron. General Custer was quite as adept in the sign language as his chief of scouts, and by a few gestures explained the reasons for the imprisonment, which he said was only temporary, until Bloody Knife had returned to camp to take care of his men. He then stepped to his desk and wrote an order to the officer of the day to release the prisoners and place them in charge of Bloody Knife, who would be responsible for their safety and their punishment. Thrusting the paper into his bosom Bloody Knife started for the guardhouse at full gallop, received his prisoners, and justified the confidence that had been placed in him.

Sallorst Like Cycllnsr. Washington Star. "The men who rent bicycles are always glad to hear of the arrival of one of the vessels of the navy at Washington," said a warrant officer of the Detroit the other day at the navy yard, where the gunboat was tied up. "See those fellows going toward the gate?" continued he, pointing with the end of his pipe to half a dozen jackles walking away from the dock. "In less than an hour all of them will be scorching up and down the streets on bikes. The sailorman's favorite recreation on shore is bicycle riding, and Washington is his favorite place to indulge in it. Nearly every man on the Detroit is a good rider, and the few who don't know how are anxious to learn to steer a wheel. Those boys have shore leave to-day and they are going to a place where a wheel can be rented. They will spend the whole day riding over the city and out into the suburbs. "It's fine exercise for them and their money Is better ppent than If it went to boost up the profits of a gin mill. The boys all like to get to Washington because the streets here afford the finest bicycle riding In the world, at least that part of the world we visit. Yesterday there were twenty of the men from the Detroit ashore and sixteen of them went for a spin over the smooth asphalt pavements. They returned to the ship last night on time and all the better for their long ride. Before the bike became popular the programme would probably have been eight hours of carousing with a watch in the brlg to follow. "The officers encourage bicycle riding among the men. First because it is good for the men physically and serves to keep them away from booze. The only trouble they ever have is an occasional Jar with a policeman about a burst of speed, fcr a sailor after a long cruise feels free from constraint once he gets mounted on a wheel, end he is scorching before he knows it. The police are very kind, however, and I don't remember that one of our crew was ever arrested for falling to observe the laws governing bicycle riding." Eqnal to the Occasion. Detroit Free Press. She is from the far Southwest and on her first visit to the city, but all attempts to chaff her have been reactive. "I suppose," said her host, with a wink to the others at the table, "the cyclone you had just before leaving carried away a township or two and pasted them against the mountains beyond?" "Yes, and stood one of the mountains on its apex, where it spun like a top. But the most interesting feature to me was the hail. The stones were not only very large, but nearly all of them were handpalnted and some had horns." Iiulldlnir Permit. V. T. Malott. addition. Washington, near Meridian street. 2,635. 8t. Anthony's Church, brick addition, Warxn&Q and Vermont streets. 13.985. J. and JP. O' Conner, shed. Ml Ooedlet street,

THE THREE . FOX SISTERS

CLEVER IMPOSTORS MADE FOOLS OF WISE AD "WEALTHY 31EX. Their "Spirit napplngs Caused a Sensation, but It In Seen They Held Their Dnpea In Contempt. W. B. Phillips, in New York Independent. Fifty years ago modern spiritualism arose near and in Rochester, in New York. There were three Fox sisters, namely, Mrs. Leah Fish, a young widow, who afterward was Mrs. Underbill, the wife of the president of a New York insurance company; Margaret, better known as Maggie, and Catherine, also known generally as Kate. Leah was a half-sister and much older than Maggie and Kate, and evidently an experienced woman. Maggie was born in 1?36 and therefore could only be from twelve to thh teen years of age when the mysterious noises were first heard at Hydesville, Wayne county. New York, in 1S4S. Kate was younger than Maggie by nearly three years and her age, consequently, would be about ten years. Mrs. Fox, the mother, stated in an interview with her several years subsequent to the commencement of the "rappings" that the relative ages of Maggie and Kate were fourteen and. twelve when the noises were first heard at Hydesville. It is highly probable that this simple-minded old lady spoke In an offhand sort of way and made a mistake of a year or two. But whether she did or not it is certain that both the young sisters were merely children. And this fact Is dwelt upon by spiritualist believers as showing that these children were too young to practice deception, and It went far to induce many intelligent people to believe there must be some foundation for the manifestations exhibited afterward by the little Fox sisters. All three, Leah, Maggie and Kate, are dead. Although Leah was much less known to the public in the Inception and progress of spiritualism than her sisters, in fact, not professing to be a medium, she had nevertheless most to do with working up and carrying on the so-called spirit manifestations. She was a shrewd, cunning and determined woman. Her little sisters were completely under her control, as also was the mother, who was a plain, uncultivated, good-natured and credulous country woman. REMARKABLE CREDULITY". Maggie, in later years, in speaking one day to me of the credulity of the "old spiritualists," as she called them, told me that her mother even was a believer in spiritualism, and died believing in it, so well were the secret practices of her children kept from her. Then people sometimes hear or tell lies so long and persistently that they finally forget the origin of them and believe them to be true. The so-called phenomena arose at the house of Michael Weekman, village of Hydesville, Wayne county. New York. Weekman, it was said, heard mysterious noises or knockings at his door. It was an old. dilapidated building. He left it in 1S47, and then the Fox family went to live there, and the rent being low and they being poor. They reported that mysterious sounds were heard by them in the house in March, 1?4S. When Mrs. Fox, some years later, spoke of the matetr she said: "The noises seemed to be in one of the bedrooms and sounded as if some one was knocking on the floor or moving chairs. On Friday night we concluded to go to bed early, because we had been broken of our rest so much. I had Just laid down in bed when the noise began. It commenced as usual. I knew it from all other noises I had ever heard. The girls, Maggie and Kate, who slept in the other bed of the room, heard the noipe and tried to make a similar noise by snapping their fingers. As fast as the youngest one made the noise with her hands or fingers the sound was followed up in the room, it making the same number of noises the girls did. When Ehe stopped it stopped. The other girl then ppoke In sport and said: 'Now, do just as I da count one, two, three, four, etc., striking one hand in the other at the same time. The blows which she made were repeated as before, blow after blow. She then began to be startled. I then said to the noise: 'Count ten in the same way, it making ten strokes.. The ages of the children were rapped but. I. asked if it was a human being making the noise, but no response came. I asked if it were a spirit to signify by two sounds, and two were made." A few months after these alleged manifestations the Fox family removed from Hydesville to Rochester, where they resided with Mrs. Leah Fish, the half-sister of the two little girls. The rapping continued in that city and other people bgan to have like rappings. Generally the rappings of the Fox sisters were only heard when they were together. They went to Auburn and other places in that section of New York, where in 1849 'they made their "manifestatlens" before an audience in a public hall. STARTLED NEW YORK. In May, 1850, they went to New York city, where their proceedings became the topic of much public dlscusslcn. At the same time spiritualist "mediums" sprang up In many different parts of the country, the business having become too enticing, with prospects of profit, to escape adventurers in It. When spiritualism had become a flourishing business Maggie and Kate used to make noises by snapping their toe and finger Joints. Maggie especially was an adept in thus making distinct and sharp sounds. Besides every skilled conjurer knows there are different ways of producing sounds or rappings, the source of which would be unknown to the audience. ' While the family remained at Hydesville the sensation was only local, and investigation did not go far, but when, three months after, they left the "haunted" house and went to live at Rochester with Leah Fish, quite a spiritualistic revival commenced. Mrs. Fox, the mother, practically disappeared and only knew what ner daughters did or proposed to do Just as they thought proper to tell her. Leah perceived at once, evidently, that by proper management the sensation that had been started could be made profitable by bringing herself as well as her sisters to more prominence in life and In getting rnonej'. Having taken charge of Maggie ani Kate, she had absolute control over them After entering upon a course of deception they could not for their own sakes confess they were or had been deceivers. Certainly Maggie and Kate dared not to do so while under the firm' hand of Leah. The progress of spiritualism, after having been thus started, is known generally and need not be related here. Both Maggie and Kate were good-looking, or, as some would say. pretty; short in stature and slight in figure, but with wellrcunded forms. Their features were regular but small. Their childlike, winsome manner and good nature when they first came into public notice won for them the favor of the people in general. Dr. Kane, the celebrated arctic explorer, met Maggie In the second year of her appearance before the public, when she was about sixteen or seventeen years old. fell in love with her, became engaged to her, and made arrangements to prepare her to become his wife. Previous to his expedition to the arctic region in 13 he insisted that Maggie should give up the spiritual mediumship and he provided the means to have her properly educated during his absence in the north; consequently she was placed in an excellent school in Pennsylvania. His intention, no doubt, was to marry her. But when he returned In 1S55 from the arctic his health was broken and he never recovered it. He died not long after. Maggie asserted that a marriage had taken place, and, although this was denied by some of Dr. Kane's relatives, she assumed the name of Kane and was ever after known as Margaret, or Maggie Fox Kane. Dr. Kane left her a small Income from his estate, which she drew for several years; but when she published in 1SG3 her book entitled "The Love Life of Dr. Kane," containing letters and facsimiles, the Kane family were indignant and stopped her income. In 1SG$ she commenced legal proceedings to recover it, but failed In her endeavor. Between the time of Dr. Kane's death and the publication of her book she resumed more or less the practice of a sprltualist. But when she instituted the lawsuit she had become a Catholic, and therefore was not permitted by the -Catholic Church to practice spiritualism. Somewhat later she relapsed and returned to spiritualism, partly because she was in needy circumstances and partly through the Incessant calls upon her by spiritualists for seances and so-called spirit communications. One day I asked Maggie why she had gone back to spiritualism, when she replied she had to do something for a living, and then added, with much disgust: "The old fools, they will have Fox went to England some time about 1871. and there married a Mr. Jencken, a barrister of the Temple and an accomplished man, but a spiritualist. He became acquainted with her through her performances m a medium, la a letter to me dated

London. Sfpt. 19, 17S. she says: "Since jny marriage I am quite out of pirltu.illsm. When lA-Ah married Mr. Underbill, a man in a good position, and she was well provided for she abandoned spiritualism as a buslmys. Previous to her marriage, however, her sisters after they grew up to womanhood quarreled with her and carried on the spiritualistic business Independently. . Magpie went to England in September, 176. In a letter to me. dated London. Dec. 6. 1S77, referring to lier brother-in-law, Mr. Jencken, with whom she had quarrclexl. and to some other spiritualists, is the ollowimj verbatim extract: HELD THEM IN CONTEMPT. "Jencken, withal, is a fanatic, and of all things on earth I detest fanatics the most. Have you read of the slaughter tt th Philadelphia spiritual fanatics? Only Imagine their invented spirit names, as la the list are Billy the Bootblack. Red Cloud. Spirit Water, etc They had the name of the blessed virgin. What old fools! One of , the faithful was a Mr. S-. one of the wealthiest men of Philadelphia. He had spent JlOO.Ono in his great etfort after truth, and at last he has got it. and. as the naughty little boys on the street say, he has got it bad. Pardon me for stooping so low as to quote the language of the naughty street boys, but it comes in so apropos that 1 cannot help It," x At another time she wrote humorously: "Yours in sisterly love, as the old spiritualists would say. Apropos, how are you progressing in the faith? Do you believe as of yore?" She knew well I did not believe in the silly, fraud and that 1 had all along begged of her to repudiate it; but this was her way of showing I was a disbeliever and of making fun of the "old spiritualists." In the same humorous vein she wrote oa ' another occasion: "Imagine how happy I em to hear that you are still In the land of the living. I was a little fearful that you had "passed away' and that perhaps you were giving some startling manifestations through soma spiritual medium." I could cite many other sarcastic and humorous expressions, and also of disgust, from both Maggie and Kate, when writing or speaking of spiritualism and spiritualists, ail going to show their disbelief and contempt, but the above Instances are sufficient to convince any intelligent person, A TYPICAL SEANCE. When I first met Maggie It was at the res- ' idence of distinguished people, who were inquiring into or. gratifying their curiosity about spiritualism. In the evening a seance) was held, all sitting arounj a table with hands joined. Previous to sitting down Z told Maggie In a whisper that I did not btbelieve in the spiritualistic stuff, but that I would not give expression to that to the others present nor reveal any of her teems. As a consequence she placed me by her side at the table where she could release her hand from mine whenever she chose, which) no one would perceive, as the room was darkened; and she did take her hand from mine at times when the customary rappings, with questions and answers, were) going on. Subsequently I was at many other seances in different places with both Maggie and Kate and they, knowing my disbelief, never asked me to communicate with spirits, being conscious at the same time that I would keep my promise not to betray them as Ions as they lived. All the sisters being now, dead, 1 am free to state the above facts. Although they made no pubUc revelation of the deception they had been led into and practiced, fearing, no doubt, an outcry of condemnation against them while living, I am sure their minds were oppressed by. what they had done. For many of the later years of their lives Maggie and Katie pought mental relief and oblivion by spells of haii drinking and intoxication. Naturally they were not bad girls, but were good-natured and kind. They were the victims of the cir- " cumstances by whh& they were surrounded and from which they were unable to escape. Had they been placed from childhood and in early womanhood under good moral influence and favorable circumstances, thera is reason vo believe their lives would have been marked by truthfulness, modesty and. propriety. "EASTERN SHORE" DIALECT. Queer Expressions In Common V9 Among Natives of Maryland

John A. Geeting, in Indiana School Journal. Here on the Eastern Shore, which from Its opportunities should be one of the most enlightened instead of most benighted regions of the country, a teacher in the public schools or a minister of the gospel, no less than any member of the common herd, would never fail In telling of his-lack of luck in fishing to say, "I was gone all day And never caught either fish' or, on meeting with similar want of success in hunting, would declare he "saw plenty of rabbits, but never got either one." Among these people there are bo early vegetables or fruit grown, but forward' potatoes, cabbage, corn, strawberries, etc are quite common. I have even heard the remark: "The forward bird catches tha worm." Here rails are not used in con structing the old-fashioned worm fence, only fence "logs," although they be split as Lincoln made them in Lis "forward" days. What are called sawlogs In other States afe "chunks" here, regardless of length or size. One never sees a corn crib hereabout, but "corn stacks" (buildings in which maize is stored at gathering time) ere found on every farm. There are no barnyards or stable lots, either; all such things are given the name of "pound." The universal misuse of the word "head is ridiculous, if net ludicrous. A man has five or six or ten "head" of children, or visitors on a Sunday, but he never applies the word head to his stock. Our congressman, who operates a large mill here, if asked how many hands he employs would tell you so many, or about so many "heaa." Recently a news item in one of the county papers was headlined, "Big Revival la Progress Four Head Baptized." Quite as general, as well among the white as among; the colored portion of the population. Is tho use of "d" tor "th" in the words the, this, that, they and them. The prepositions "U' and "Into" are basely mistreated; the first by neglect, the other by overworking: It. Nobody has money Invested "In" stocks, land, merchandise and the like, but always "into" them. Ask a man what his farm or horse is worth and he'll answer by telling you what amount of money he has invested "into" 1L One never has a hole in his trousers or a dollar "in" his pocket, but "into" them or It. I heard a lady teacher say he had lost her porttmonnaie. "But, thank fortune." she added, "there wasn't a penny into 1L" People never haul anything here, but carry it. A man carries his wife or family to church, his wood or crops to the railroad station or boat landing, his cattle to pasture, or his "chunks" to the "steam mill" (never "saw mill.") Whatever he takes "into" his arms or on his shoulder to convey from one place to nother. he "totes, Instead of carries. There are no buggies or phaetons - here, every vehicle used exclusively to ride in being a "carriage," If it has more than two wheels. The land is of two kinds, "hard" and "kind." Hard land is chiefly clay, and kind land mostly sand. The land Is never "broke" when plowed. but "flushed," never "harrowed but "drug" to -make the surface, fine: crops, when tilled with a cultivator, are harrowed, and a cultivator Is known here only as a harrow, while a rrarrow Is called a drag. Teams, except when attached to carriage, are driven without reins or lines. The driver, whether walking or riding, directs his team by word of mouth supplemented with 'a long-lashed whip. When he wants hist team horses, mules or oxen to go or turn to the right he halloos "gee-a." If be wants a short turn to the left he yells "petty-wo! but If only a slight diversion in that direction he ejaculates "ha-ther" (pronounced like "father"). In a subdued tone. To top his team he yells "wo-back." loud enough) to stop a train, and the team usually halts within a space of ten rods. The familiar "gee." "haw," "ho" or "whoa" of our Ohio boyhood days are not heard in this country, and the use of a single line on the leader of a team is unknown. No odds how wicked the natives may ba in this part of the moral vineyard, none Is so abandoned as to use the word "hello." They consider it shocking profanity, worso indeed than "downright cusslnV He!gh-h is the word they employ instead. A telef hone exchange is to be opened in Snow fill in a few days, and it will be interesting to see the exchange girl have hysterics when she hears some one say "hello" to her. Thi country Is as full of superstition as an egg is of meat, and If the Journal cares to know something of the whimsicalities one encounters hire I shall be pleased t tell about someSof them. True Lots). Detroit Jourr.aL This is a story of true love, and not, un(3r stand, a true story of love. "Be mine!" cried Edwin, but Geraldlns answers him. no, not on his tintype. Forty-three years later Edwin hat a chatice to organize a trust and clear up eleven million and some odd dollars. "But no!" exclaims he. not forgetting his love for Geraldlne. "If I become rich, she will kick herself for not having married me. and suffer much pain!" Then he becomes embittered and runs for Congress as a xaiddit-of-!tht-rcad FociV ,

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