Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1892 — Page 7

VIEWS OF A TENDERFOOT

-Otar Wo*trra tetter—Among tl«* G«j»rr». XJmy, Oktccr lUaw. yKiowsioKS l — r ., P£t£3E,~ Seyt V. 1C&&L 1 SECOND LETTER. I left Livings tone for Cinnabar on the morning of the 6th, reaching there after a ride of two hours through a beautiful canon. Nothing is said of the high mountain cliffs that fringe the Yellowstone river and branch of the Northern Pacific railroad on its banks,yet in my opinion matt? will travel further and see less of grandeur. Some of these cliffs and moiißtdina are hundreds of feet high, and the variegated colors which are so common in this part of the country, and so rare elsewhere, make the scene an awe inspiring one. There is not a mile of this distance that does not excite the interest and admiration of the tourist. The Ycllowstohe, clear as crystal, rushes along fifty feet below the track. On ‘ the other*side the cliffs stand pci--pendicular—imposing--magnificent. The town of Cinnabar is composed oi a dozen low, one-storied log cabins. One wonders if the few people who live here ever hear of the great world beyond, yet if you will enter into conversation with them you will find them well informed in their particular line and fairly intelligent. They are far from being moss grown. In my experience witn them, which was always of a pleasant nature, I learned that they were ever courteous and accommodating. Hero, on a dead wall, we found a mammoth bill posted advertising “ Robinson’s Spectacles.” Whether “Mr. Robin-

son ” bad the temerity to give an exhibition of any magnitude in this “ basin in the Rockies, ” without a habitation observable anywhere ex - cept those noted, f did not learn. Here we took stages and after a three mile drive reached Gardiner, on the Gardiner river, composed of two stores and less than a half dozen log cabins. At 12 o'clock we reached Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park. In a series of papers I shall publish soon I propose to enter iuto dotails in the description of this wonderful Park, and as in these letters lam but giving the “Impressions of a Tenderfoot, " I will not undertake mot's than a mere outline of what is to be seen. As one reaches Mammoth Hot Springs, and views the magnificent terraces, mountain high, of many hues, he comes to the conclusion that he has seen the most wonderful sight in the world. He spends a half day inspecting the beautiful formations, and the next morning goes to Norris Basin, and after seeing Hurriean Geyser, the Howler or Steam Gey ser, and Opal Hot Springs, with acre 3 upon acres of various other and smaller geysers and springs, he concludes that Mammoth Hot Springs have no sights of interest at ail to show, lu the afternoon he goes to Fountain Geyser Basin and witnesses the convulsions of the wonderful Fountain Geyser, and then declares that neither th* Mammoth nor Norris can compare with the Fountain. He leaves fountain the next morning for Upper Geyser Basin and hare the climax is reached. Hero is the most wonderful geyser field in the wor.d. Probably four miles from the Basin proper is Excelsior geyser. This geyser erupts only ouee in four years, the last eruption being in 1888, and is due again this year. The geyser is boiling and smoking in a cavity thirty feet deep and probably covering a spaco of 200 feet square. It is interesting only for the greatness of its eruption, when it does occur, and the wonder excited in its four years delay. We leave this and several large and interesting pools or hot springs, us they are Balled, for the basin. The Upper Geyser Basin covers Hundreds of acres of ground. Look which way you wifi your eyes fall upon steam floating up from geysers, boiling springs, large and small pools, etc. As we approach this field we discover the ‘ spiteful” goysey, which constantly ejects a sma 1 quantity of extremely hot water into tne air. Near it, probably less than fifty feet distant, is tho “Fau” geysey, which plays three times daily, throwing a vast quantity of water forty feet in the air. It has two distinct crates and throws its streams in diverging directions, tho result being a display suggestive of a fan; hence the name. Some fifty feet higher we find the most beautiful pool in all the park—not the largest nor grandest—but the richest and most delicate blending of co’ors. Its colors embrace the most delicate shales of pink, orange, Sellow, light and dark green, and ght and dark blue, and so artistically worked together that no one can tell where the one begins or the ether ends. The, to me, crowning glory of this “Morning Glory." as it jis called, was a delicate border on the inner edge of the cavity away down below the surface being a perfect yellow, an«J on the opposite or lower border a puro dear ultramajfne blim. We walked from this gloriout piece of arlistic architecture to the hotel- j -a mile distant, passing ob the wr.v the grotto, the giant, the “flftcca minute," the Bee Hive, tho Giaaters and many Other smaller but interesting geysers and pools. We were hardly reached tho hotel when we were informed that “Old Faithful" was about to give an exhibition. We witnessed it. and ore now candid enough to admit that all other displays we had seen were pigmies beside this. Its eruption was from a crate probably three feet in diameter, and it throw a volume of water and steam to its fullest capacity 150 feet in the air. I can not describe the wonder and admiration of all who witnessed it felt. It left an impression of the force of inanimate ob jects and the greatno.su of the Creator that can never bo effaced. l.ater in the afternoon wo were of the few that were privileged to witness an eruption of tho Bee Hive. This geyser piays once every two hours Tor the two,days following tho eruption of the gianters, -whith had beeu in activity during the night previous. It has a crate extending

'*■ 3 • 4 •»_ AwnnfiAn ?e ftfmi* la?LjfSat a similar araoubt of steam f"ewer from a stand-pipe would have, ts height, when in action, is 203 feet, but, as it forces up mere steam than water, 1 was forced to the conclusion that “Old FaithfulY * exhibition was thefinest. The “giantess” j which 1 just mentioned, has a monster caverh fully thirty feet across it 3 mouth, and one can look down in to this erater ftgly fifty feet. It erupts every fourteen days, and gives, it it said, a wonderful exhibition. But as I said. I cannot enter into enter into detail in the discrtptlon of this, steam land. There are hundreds upon hundreds of geysers, hot pools, boiling springs,' aniT steam boles. One will wonder at the regularity and yet the peculiarity of these geysers. Some of’ them, for instance, erupt every minute, some every five minutes. The fifteen minute geyser throws a jet of water and steam four or five inches in diameter 20 feet in the air. It recedes in five minutes, recovers in fives minutes and is in activity five minutes. The Excelsior geyser erupts once in four years. Tho Giantess every fourteen days, the Beo Hive every nine hours for two days succeeding the action of tho Giantess, the “Old Faithful” from every fifty-five to every seventy minutes. This geyser was discovered in

183b* and every hour since, night and day, summer and winter, it sends its gieat volume of water in the air. Other geysers there are which erupt three times daily, twice daily; some which erupt every other day, some three times every other day, and so on, ad libitum. Who can explain all this? What will excite greater wonder? Some of these geysers, with entirely different actions and peculiarities, are located within a few feet of each other, Here one will find a seething, gurgling, boiling spring; within a few feet will be found a beautifully colored pool of hot water, steaming, but placid except for the bubbles that percolate to the top. The 3 iver runs through this field, its waters cool and refreshing, yet probably seething atitS-Vfiry margin is a spring with a temperature of more than 200 degrees Fahrenheit. You see a mound fifty fiethigher than tho surrounding fonnations, with steam ascending from its cone. You toil up and look down into vast depths, unknown depths of hot or boiling, greenish water. What force brings Ibis water up to this height, and why should it not seek outlet through the many other similar formations many feet below. In one instance I toiled up a coiileßl shaped hill, reaching tho top after extreme care and exertion, and much blowing, to find a hot spring gurgling at its summit. In one case we found- tr steam geyser which was forcing enough steam from its crater to furnish sufficient power f if utilized, to light the entire Yellowstone Park, 15,575 square miles, by electricity. Nearly or quite all these geysers and springs havo enclosed themselves in a monster casing. The field, when one looks over it, reminds one of a vast lime-kiin field, aud, iudeed, thp newly-formed incrustations are not unlike slacked limo or limestone. Yet away bebw the surface, tho novice cannot help but notice, these deposits of the water have become solid stone, and wl.cn he looks down into the great craters of pool, spring or geyser, he is reminded of a vast hole in a sundered lock. Every one of these craters looks abysmal*. Jt is no infrequent pool or geyser that will permit yon to gam fifty or more feet into its depths. But I could not. if I would, tell all the wonders of this wonderland in one letter. More anon.

SOME BIRD LEGENDS.

Superstitions Among the Indians Regarding Feathered Creatures. AH primitive people regard tho bird as specially wise aud favored. Living in th* air, he is regarded as exercisiug control over atmospheric phenomena, and knowing so well his own migratory seasons, the Indians observe his flights as foreboding ill or good to themselves. The Huron*, says the Minneapolis Journal,believe that the dove cart es the souls of the departed hence r the Dakotas say the storm bird dwells so high os to be out of human vision and carries a fresh water lake on his back, so that when he plumes himself it rains, whou he winks his bright eyes it lightens, when he flaps his "wings thunder rolls. The Alaskans hold much the same idea about the “ thunder bird. ” Among them all tho eagle is mighty, brave, aspiring, the symbol of their warriors for apparent reasons. The kingfisher is anxious to servo bis brother man. In tho Alaskan gallery in tho Exposition art department you will soo him often carved, presenting upon his bill p frog to the medicine man. that thei .atter may absorb tho frog’s power ovci enemies. Iu the Navajo gallery a sacrcil head dress or turban of kingfisher’s scalps.is to bn seen. The ravee is mischievous, and many curious myths are to J of his misconduct in diving into the sea. running fish from the brooks aud all that, fn all theso curio rooms you will note how much is made of birds, but among the Alaskan curios bird lore is very prominent in their carvings and feathers in their sacred ornaments.

A wire rope has been manufactured at Cardiff. Wales, which is believed to be the longest and largest in tho world. It is 2,400 fath.-ms in length which would mak elt two mile uud 108 yards long, taking our measurement os the standard. He (anxiously)—-Wi:t marry me.ob sweet Pauline? Wilt bo my wife, my love, my pet ? bhe (scornfully)-—lndeed, with thee I'd ne’er bo seen. Ho (joyfully)—Thanks, Pauline, dear; I’ve won my act. ITe-'Tf I kiss you ag,in will you scream? She— Bo ar.ythiog y-u _ .

A stattftical Item of Interest to women is that women to-day are two inches toiler on an average than they were twenty-five years ago. The cause fs found in the exchange of the embroidery needle for the tennis raajquet, the oar, and the gymnastic apparatus of the school and college. It is estimated that the incomes of women doctors range from S2OO to : $20,000 a year. Ten thousand dollars for well educated, gifted and healthy woman doctor is not uncommon, and $5,000 a year is less rare. One doctor of repute earned $3,000 the first year she practiced. $5,000 the next, and a corresponding increase until she died; but she spent eight hours a day in severe study for many years after graduating.

The Medical Record is responsible for the theory that to keep the complexion, and spirits goad r to preserve grace, strength and agility ot motion, there is no gymnasium so valuable, no exercise more beneficial than sweeping, dusting, making beds, washing dishes and polishing brass and silver. §till the country housewives who spend their lives in these health-giving pursuits as arule grow old much faster, lose the bloom and freshness of youthful beauty much younger than do their city* sisters who have maids for every branch of work, and seek exercise on horseback and in the gymnasiums. St. Andrew’s, the oldest of Scotch universities, not only offers to women the privileges of its classes with a view to graduation in arts, science, theology, or medicine, but generously makes provisions for them to share in its pecuniary benefits. In the year 1833 a sum of $150,000 will become available for bursaries or scholarships at the university, of which one-half is reserved for the use of women students exclusively. Those who intend to enter the medical profession. will have prior claim to those bursaries, though they are tenable while arts and science classes are being attended.

Martha Foote Crow has been recalled from Oxford to fill a chair in the department of English literature in Chicago University. Mrs. Crow is one of the three women included among the lecturers of the university’s extensive summer meeting at Oxford, her theme being “Women's Obi leges in America." Marion Talof the officers of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and a member of the. Board of Visitors and Instructors at Wellesley College, has been appointed assistant professor in the department of social science at the new university. J. M. Barrie, popular as he is on this side of the ocean, is not likely to suffer from excess of praise from the villagers of the now famous Thrums. One old lady, with energetic but quaint criticism, says of his “Little Minister”: “It’s of rale true, but there's naethih’ in't—mere havers aboot things that's gaen on lika day—and who wants to waste their time readin' aboot sic like. Beside,®, what kens he aboot the soiers in Kinie. He’s just been makin’ up bits here and there oot o' fat he’s heard ither foulk tellin’. He’s no old enuch to hae ony mind o’ sic things."

W. H. LEEDY.

Another prophecy assures us that the sleeveless ball gown will again obtain fashionable recognition, for which the few women who have beautiful arms will rejoice and be glad. How seldom this distinction is eujoyed by a woman a night at the opera or a single ball Witt show, for at every assemblage of women in full dress it will be noticed that the throats of graceful contour outnumber two to one the arms that might, by any flight of admiriDg fancy, be called, as were those of a famous beauty of old, “the arms which the great Venus has lost." According to a recently published account in the Examiner, the society leaders of California are most original, energetic and gifted women. To Mrs. Lizzie Coit belongs the peculiar distinction of being the only woman member of a fire company. She joined the fine volunteers when a young girl and responded in volunteer days to every alarm with the same alacrity and courage as the other members of the ass iciation. Mrs. Coit counts her fortune in millions now, but she is still an honored guest of every gathering of her fellow exempts and the toast of the occasion. Miss Marie Williams is a cabinet maker of great skill, and employs bfer talent practically in making beautiful pieces of furniture from the native California woods for her home. Miss Carrie Wheelan has one of the finest collections of coleopteru extent, which Is honorably mentioned in the Scientific Directory. The Misses Lpwry. Isabel aud Agnes, are graduates of the surgical institutes of Edinburgh. | for D sk iU* in feta ujun u* e itu iMJv vwv

THE LADIES.

THE QUEEN OF ITALY.

male practitioners in Sfc*, BYancfeco. Miss Eleanor de Hooghtim, daughter of a hia an second- in precedence i n England,’ is an expert goldsmith and delights her friends with pieces of j jewelry in antique patterns which no ! one would take for the work <Sf aa amateur. Miss Swyney speaks «ght i modern languages, and can sustain her part in a conversation in Greek or Latin besides reading in Sanskrit. 1 1 All sorts of rumors are afiost concerning the coining mode. One learns from one authority that lace is still to be among our idols, but «At ska OAOroa tnnaho/1 T/OPlotirtC In 11 vo tuu wUI So UiUSutAi Vul IculCIJ in which we have invested our substance, but the finer and more delicate patterns which we have been fortunate enough to savo among our treasures. - The September drees equation is a fascinating study to the devotees and savants of the mode. Dress evolution is founded upon certain formulas as inviolable as the tenets of the Westminster catechism or the axioms of geometrical law. History repeats itself with unerring fidelity, and in the chronicle of the modes of the past the clever observer finds the prophecy of the modes to come. Thus one needs not the sanction of French designers, or'the guaranteed French fashion plates, to foretell that the short waists will lengthen to tunics,the scant skirts will broaden in flounces, aud their severity be interrupted by friflings ; that nigh shoulders will lower and broaden, and that simplicity will broaden out in splendor before the coming of the .new. year.

Mile. Jeanne Chauvin, the young woman who passed so successfully the examinations of the Ecole de Droit in spite of the disturbance which necessitated a postponment of her first examination, is in appearance the reverse of the once popular idea of the strong minded woman. She is a womanly woman, with a masculine grasp of intellect, and SO slight in stature, diffident in*manner and mode3t in demeanor that her judges fell into the error of treating her with a partiality she did not enjoy, for she would have preferred having her arguments questioned that she might have had the honor of supporting her doctrines, with the ready wit and clear judgment characteristic of her treatment of questions oi law.

Banning, Montana, is tho residence of one of the most capable and successful of business women in the West, where to win the medal of excellence is not easy, owing to the great number of woman that have made marked success in unfamiliar lines of work. When in October of last year Captain Fraser, of Banning, died he left an extensive estate, consisting of hundreds of acres of hay and grain, orchards and vineyards and a large hotel. His wife, a quiet and modest little woman, is now carrying |on the business entirely by herself, Spending days in the saddle from 6 in the morning to 7 at night without dismounting, except for lunch, overseeing the Indian laborers who do the work of the vast estate, and, half an hour later, changing her habit for an evening gown, she entertains her guests in the hotel parlors through the evening as gracefully as if life for her meant only the ordering and wearing of Paris gowns and bonnets.

Speaking of the en trance of French women into the professions, Jules Simon says a pretty woman will always be a most dangerous lawyer. There were several women, he aids, “who were great teachers—Hypatia, for example. She spoke behind a curtain. They understood the argument she uttered; they did not see the argumeut she was. We shall be a little embarrassed with pretty women when they begin to struggle with us at elections, and more if they make personal visits upon influential electors. It is the mistake, the misfortune of women to demand equality with men. They are often asked' ‘How cun you demand equality when you are weak?’ Hut it would be only just to add, ‘How can you demand equality when you are so pretty V”

A table d’hote costume has been designed, and consists of a block coat made in fine cloth with a rolling collar simulating the dress suit of men, but daintily feminized by a waistcoat of gayly flowered brocade, with a cravat of ivory lace, and full lace ruffles in the sleeves. A Variation in Blouses. A young woman who is fond of adding a touch of her own to the prevailing, mode ha? made a pretty variation on ruffles and studded f onts. It is simple straight b’ouse 1 tting only at the yoke, with full sleeves and the waist hanging loose over the oand or belted iu, but tne front has a double set of crochetcovered rings arranged in two rows os for eyelets, iu which is used a heavy silk cord or lacer.

Wanted—A young woman to wash, iron and milk one or two cow*. Philadelphia paper. Frenchman .(visiting America)— Pleasant woman, that. Is she un-ESII-.'Ste“ o-Y “ t Hai per s Weekly.

INDIANA'S EARLY DATS.

Chicago later Oeean. i-jV;, -_v-- . -a: The early history of Indiana, which was primarily embraced within the limits of “New France,” subsequently within the 11 ‘Northwest Territory,” furnishes some very interesting and entertaining events. It was originally traversed by French traders and Catholic missionaries. No doubt the first settlers were mostly, if not wholly, French saldiers-iromCanada attached to the army of Louis XIV. It is authentically recorded fthat Vinther in detail, was occupied as a French military post in 1716 and as a missionary station as early as 1766. For nearly a ceutury their descendants lived as a sort of isolated com munity, increasing slowly, and from their incessant and exclusive intercourse with the Indians, with whom they frequently intermarried, they imbibed a strong taste for savage life. In fact, because of this fraternization with the Indians they became degenerated as a civilized people. By, the terms of the treaty of peace in 1733, between France and Great Britain, all in French possession in this section became the property of Great Britain by transfer, thesettlers, however, still retaining their original rights. It was during the revolution that the French exhibited their hereditary hatred of the English, and m 1778 a Spanish resident communicated to Gen. Clark, of Virginia, such information touching the strength and position of the British force at Vincennes that he was enabled to obtain possession of it without much difficulty. In 1783 the territory comprised in the iipiits of Indiana came into the possession of the United States. Tire OLDEST TOWN IN THE STATE. Vincennes is the oldest town in the State. It is located on the left bank of the Wabash River, and is regularly laid out on a level, fertile prairie. It is the seat of a Catholic

Bishopric, and the site of alargeand commodious cathedral. It was settled by a colony of French emigrants from Canada, in 1735. Some of the historians affirm that it was a French post in 172(X It was not, however until 1735, that it received its pres-' ent name from one M. de Vincennes, a French officer, who was killed that year among the Chiekasaws. It was sometimes called St. Vincent. For quite a protracted period nothing of special import or interest seems to iiave occurred within the place. At the outset of the American revolution. a number of the old French trading posts were garrisoned by British troops who incited the Indian tribes in the vicinity to make hostile demonstrations against the Americans. In 1778, Colonel George Rogers Clarke, as indicated above, was despatched by the Legislature of Virginia to occupy the British posts ou the western frontier and by his diplomacy and address he succeeded in securing possession of Kashas ki a, Cahokia and Vincennes without bloodshed. In December of the year 1778, the British Governor Hamilton, came down from Detroit to Vincennes or St. Vincent with a large boidy of troops. At that juncture only two men garrisoned the station,oPe was named Captain Heim of Virginia, and the other Henry Helm being reluctant to surrender against any odds, loaded his single cannon and stood by it with a lighted match. As the British approached he actually demanded the terms of capitulation and the Governor equally unwilling to lose his time dr his men offered the accustomed honors of war. Imagine his chagrin and surprise when the menacing garrison turned out to bo an officer and a private. One year afterward Colonel Clark wrested it from a garrison of seventy-nine men under the command of Lieutenant Governor Hamilton, who by the by. obtained the sobriquet of the “Hair Buyer," from the circumstance of his offering the Indians a specified sum for each scalp they brought in. With the capturo of Vincennes and the British posts, Virginia acquired the country known as the North West Territory, which in 1789 she ceded to the general government. Vincennes remained the capital of the Indiana Territory from its organization in 1800 to 1813, when Corydon became the capita) of the Territory and in 1816 of the State, , until 1825, when Indianapolis,within what was called the new purchase, became the State capital. The Harrison house stands as a revered relite of the colonial past and is associated with the stirring episode of the celebrated interview between Tecumseb, the great Indian chief, and General William Heury Harrison. Thp council was held right in front memorable abode. It was erected by Harrison wheu Governor of the Territory trad stands on the banks of the Wabash.

TREATING WITH TKCCMSEII. The grove in which Tecumseh the council is immediately in front of the house, two trees of wbiohl visible on the left, are the only ones remaining. As typical of the progress of civilization and the rapid strides our country has made in its onward march along the lines of science and general improvement and development, the foreground shows the trucks cf a railroad enterprise ftbo Ohio and Mississippi Railroad). it was here that a scene was enaetctr than which u more animated and excited one was never possibly presented. A picture for the genius of art to portray, and yet, strungo to say, there is not, as fur as we know, a single sketch of this dramatic event extant. When General Huh-ison told Te/umseh in that renowned conference that their Great Father, the President of the United States, wanted him to meet the government emissaries in council, his council, his answer, his attitude, and hit subsequent, action furnished a theme for the pen or the historiun aud the pencil of the artist, the very eloquence of which would hove touched either la Inspiration. In a little village in Posey County in that portiot of Indiana called the ‘ Pocket," o* the Wabash River, about ono hundred miles from its mouth, and toUowWg the stream in ita meandering*, fifteen mile* dia-

Vernon, jn the' ites. The place hast acquired an extended reputation from two Socialistic experiments, the flatessayed by George Rapp, of Germany, and the other by Robert Owen, of Scotland. The Rappites originated from Wirtemburg in Germany about the year 1803, having left their country, as they claim, on account of - the persecution of their religioub tenents, and built a town in Western Pennsylvania which they called Harmony. Having at heart the cultivation of the grape, which did not seem to flourish as they desired, they sold out their establishment at Harmony, moving to the Wabash under the leadership of their pastor, the Rev. George Rapp, in 1814. Here they supposed the climate to bo more congenial to the cultivation of the fruit, and building the beautiful village of New Harmony, they cleared the land, planted orchards and vineyards, and erected mills and factories of various kinds.

THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM. According to their system all property was possessed in common, there being no such thing as individual ownership. After sojourning here, for about eight or ten years, they discovered the unbealtbiness of the climate, and returned to Pennsylvania, where, selecting a site on the Ohio, contiguous to Pittsburg, they reared the handsome town of Economy. It became a prosperous community, and in 1826 was visited by the Duke of Saxe Weimer. Rapp’s method is almost synonomous with that of Owens’ community of goods, each working together for the common interest. Rapp’s society is banded together and kept united by a religious tie, which is' entirely absent from that of Owens. It has always been a matter of wonder, that a man as plain as Rapp could successfully keep together a society of about 700 persons, who, in a measure, regard and honor him as a prophet. Finding the association growing too numerous, the members agreed to live with their wives as sisters. Marriage is interdicted, and yet such is the overpowering spell of human nature that marriages constantly occur, and children are born every year, for whom a school and a teacher are provided. In 1824 the village of the Rappites, including 20,000 acres of land, was purchased by Mr. Robert Owen,of New Lanark, Scotland, who, after a very successful experiment in ameliorating the physical and moral condition of the laboring class in what was then a manufacturing village, determined to test New Harmony as a suitable place for the operation of his social system, as defined above, in connec- ' tion with that of the Rappites. The experiment proved a failure so far as rts pecuniary;sustaining power was concerned, but many of the older inhabitants still revert to that period and its system os one promotive of benevolent and unselfish sentiment. THE FAMOUS FIELD OF TIPPECANOE.

Returning to the celebrated incident of the council between Tecumseh and General Harrison, it may not be inapposite to refer to the battle field of Tippecanoe, where, on November 7,1811, just before the gray of the morning’s dawn, the Governor of the Territory of Indiana, at the head of 900 men, composed chiefly of militia and volunteers, defeated’ an equal number of Indians, led by the Tensklvautawa, a brother of Tecuraseh. The town of the prophet, Kethtipecanunk, perverted or corrupted by the license of modern orthography to Tippecanoe, stood over a mile distant on the Wabash. The details of this fierce encounter, which established the reputation of General William Henry Harrison as one of the bravest and coolest men that ever stood on a battle field, are common history and familiar, from their revival with the political vicissitudes of the hour, which have seated in the presidential chair a worthy lineal descendant of a gallant ancestor, to almost every schoolboy. Dashing down to the deadliest point of the attack, he asked, “Where is the captain of this company?” Ensign Tipton replied, “Dead." “Whereare the lieutenants?” “Dead.” “Where is the ensign?” Tipton: “I am here.” “Stand fast, my brave fellow, and I will relieve you in a minute.” In a grove of white oak trees, perforated by balls, standing near the center of the inclosed grounds, is the common grave of the brave men who went down in that terrible battle.

BISON U THE OLD DATS.

Have Disappeared as Completely as the Buffalo from Karopo. Scribner's. Once an inhabitant of ttiis continent from the Arctic slope to Mexico and from Virginia to Oregon, and, within the memory of men yet young, roaming the plains in such numbers that it seemed it could never be exterminated, the bison has now disappeared os utterly as has the buffalo from Europe. The early explorers were much astonished by the multitudinous herds vrhioh they net with, the regularity of their movements, and the deep roads which they made in traveling from place to place. Many of the earlier references are to territory eat t of the Mississipi, but even within the last tifteeu years bison were to be seen on the western plains in numbers so great that an entirely sober and truthful account seems like s f»bl%. Describing the number of bison in a certain region, an Indian once said to me. in the expressive sign language of which all old frotiersmen have some knowledge, “The country was one robe."

Much has been written about their enonnoifs abundance in the old days, but 1 have never read anything that I thought an exaggeration of their numbers as I have seen them. Only one who bus actually spent months in traveling among them in those old days can credit the stories told about them. Once, in the country between the I Platte stud Republican rivers, I saw | a closely massed herd or bison so vast that I dure not hazard a guess as to its numbers; and in later years SPilPsr

CONDIMENTS.

mouse on Winns. I T's f Tit Vi nnif i ff] T gA “There's temperance feed in* place around the corner, an* th* redder a man’s nose is th* moresyraperA manwith a history—The bo<* The earth sometimes appears to he decidedly fiat to the mortal who is too poor to go around it. —Dallas News. Obliging. —He—ls I kiss you again will you scream ? She—Yes ; Tu do anything you wish. dress fit you well, Clara?” “Oh, splendidly I can hardly more or Whether closed in time or not, the doors of too many get-rich-quick schemes appear mainly trapMiss Romantique—Wouldn’t it be just lovely ough to support him.—New York Sun. ’ Prudence—What de you think of my reform ? like the rights of enough persons.-—Near York Sun. S * said, as they left the fountain. cents a good deal to pay for a glass of sarsaparilla ? " Johnny—What ’did your mother, whip you for, Jimmy ? Jimmy— Eatin’ greon trait. Johnny—Who give ye away ? Jimmy—The doctor. —Washington Star. you had last year? Griggs—Yes; and it's the same suit that you askea me last year if it wasn’t the same suit that I had the year before. — contract pneumonia this weather ? u gweat wisk, but I wore a rose that was wot with dew.—lnter Ocean. the ‘reign of terror ?’" “The rain of terror, replied Biiggins. “is the shower that comes up when your wife has her best bonnet on. ’ — Washington Star. It is time for a new popular song to take the place of Rooney^ gentleman who has one ready ia bi» mind will please not’write it out.— Boston Globe - / suppose I must take it as a compliment when George calls me a duck. can’t verv well change your gait. down the street, did his fair anct blushing bride. 'Twae a woman's throw, and It struck mawnin' myself unable to stan’ up an’ talk to yo’, an’ so I ax de congregation ter stan’ up instid

He took her out for on tce-oroom treot. His pretty blue-eyed SoL But feinted when he reed the alga, • Cream ninety cents a gal.” To holy me aave she sale, “Now, Charles, Do get it by ths quart ” The typewriter sat with his Sunday girl. And his heart with tore was warm; And he Slipped his am round her waist and ' Thiels only a matter of fomt* * Mamma—Why is it, Maud, that fat >“ ii Ir.tleis to Miss Tsttler yog write only on one side of the paper? Maud- I thought that was always the rule when a letter is intended for publication. —Chicago Inter-Ocean, “I wish you would tell me how to get out of debt,” said a depressed citizen. “Humph,** replied the man who hasn’t any credit to speak of, “I wish you would tell me howto get into debt."—Washington Star. Overheard on Fifth Avenue.—Off 'bus horse—l used to know that man on the corner out west; be was at horse thief. Nigh ’bus horse—Givet me an introduction; maybe he would steal us."—New York Herald. A Thin Querist. —B. & Supt.— Tommy, can you tell me why the lions didn’t eat Daniel when he waa in their den? Tommy—l guess ifc must’er b'en, mister, 'cause he was like you an’ hadn’t any meat on him, —Boston Courier. , | fj

“I’ll have you arrested for making false representations. I bought that, horse or you only because you told me he bad a record." “Very true, hut the record Is a bad an* Yen didn't ask me what kind el a record he had. -Rider and Driver. Mike—lt's like owld times to W’ you again, Pat. Why did you niver wroite me a letther since last we mit?” Pat-Oi didn’t know maddress, Moike. Mike -Thin wfft mi* the name o’ since did ye not wrolls for it. —Harper's Bazar. Another aiseas*.- Brudder• Jto&w kins How’s ver heaht, Sister Pugsleyf Sister Pugsley ~Ofa, ma heaht's ail right, thunks, but dat o o guzmrd <>i) mine do play de dibble tricks wid me de hut) brassed time. Brooklyn Eagle.

Don't Get Moonstruck, Young man.—These moonlight nights, rim the number of pretty girls in the world, uro responsible for lots of young men asking girls to marry them when they can’t support them* scl ves. A tchinoa Dally Globe, hello, old man! .1 thought ’vou V