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How Old General Harney . Fooled tho Sioux , . i In the days before railroads crowing the plains was a hazardous trip. ' In dians were always 1 laying . for the - trains, and the trail was the scene of mnany bloody encounters. AJong to 1855-50," said veteran of the trail recently, "General William S. Harney was In command of the United States soldiers on the then fron tier. His headquarters were at Fort ! Leavenworth. The wagon trail for Oregon and California led from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney, Nebras ka, then to Julesbnrg, In ; Colorado, from there to Fort Laramie, through told South pass to Badger and then to Salt Lake. .h - . ;; -, r. . : 'v , "Every now and then a band of Sioux .would ride up to an x train, kill if they felt like It and always drive away ' the stock. Soldiers would be. sent out and have the pleasure of following the Indians' trail until the weather would make winter quarters necessary. Ear ney started from Leavenworth after one band,; taking about 400 cavalry ' men, or dragoons. The Indians loaftf along ahead of him till they reachw the mountain, and then Harney turner ' back. "It was the old story, the Slou:: aaid, and their scouts followed the sol diers until they were well Into Kansas . Then the Sioux knew the country wui clear for new operations, p " . "Harney stopped on the Blue river, in northern Kansas, near where Mury f THE INDIANS FLED JOT DIB MAT. ville now stands. X wagon train reach ed there from Leavenworth, and Har ney had all the freight unloaded elm- ply seized the train. Then he put 400 soldiers into those wagons; and in two : were mountain guns., i ; ? ii'fyx ' - "The. outflt.vaq seventy miles on the : way to XAranue wnen ine oig uay came, and it came quick. . Behind them on the trail the men on the outside saw a war party. . Some say there were 500 Indians in it Even if they hadn t been painted, the fact that they were with out women or children would have told the story. vFke train made the' Usual preparations for ; ail v indlaa. attach, throwing the wagons into a circle, or .more of an ellipse, and unhooking the five lead yokes to each wagoa A front ..wheel of each wagon touched H tilnd iwheel of the one In front, andjjthe tongues were turned to the outside. At the front end of the corral an opening about fifteen feet was left, but at the rear the opening into the corral wat about fifty feet wide. "Harney didn't have time' to? drive his oxen into the corral, or else be did not want to. Only , the; five yoke of leaders were unhooked, "AM ihey were then chained to the front wheel of their ! wagon, , The space in the corral was all. clear for the Indians,? whost' method of . attacking la wagonj train was to- rush into the corral ' and do' their" Bhooting. They were a happy lot of braves this day. The war band smarted for the trail when the corral was forming. They spread out like a fan and then came together again and started for the big opening as bard as their war pontes could carry them. 'A whooping:, variegated mob. With no more clothes than the paint gave, it fe!l into tha. corral, and then real fun begran. . ' "Those soUiers, who had been sweat ing under canvas for a few weeks, wanted excitement and revenue. The tarpaulins wert rp, and they shot down Into tnut n. of 1 ravts as fut as they court load. The two mountain '-ted tho f 7 CreJ a t' rvl the j tht'r It '. , ; i 1 t I. - cv, r c : i t ) t t". 7 I 8 nay i c m : . a i ive cL!e to r: ; : v . i I've ' Caught Indians In Trap , ... . s . . . Hunting Centlpeds A Thrilling Sport Boys of southern California earn many a dime catching centlpeds and tarantulas which abound in. that re gion. Thousands of these creatures are captured every year, and after being mounted are Bold to naturalists and tOUrlStS. ' . , V . ':;"-' ' The young hunter's outfit consists of a pair of homemade wooden pinchers about eighteen inches long and a five gallon oil can with the top thrown half open. Scraps of paper line the bottom of this can to a depth of six or eight inches, and into this rustling heap the worms are plac ed. They are found .under rocks ,and stones. Full grown Callfor-, nla centlpeds are from five to eight inches long and aver age forty-two legs and twenty-one seg ments. Each leg is terminated by , a formidable brown thorn,, and if the worm is angered he simultaneously thrusts, every thorn i into the flesh of his vic tim, who feels as if a redhot iron were carv Ing lines of pain upon his ; skin. But the weapons that do the most mis chief are placed just below the mouth and are formed from the second pair of feet, which are modified into a pair of strong claws. These claws are perfo rated land are traversed by a little ca nal leading- from the poison gland, They come together tinder the flesh of their victim, with a hold so tenacious that the ceutiped sometimes has to be torn to pieces before he will loosen his hold. ' Boys who, gather the creatures are sometimes bitten, for on hot days the worms run like a streak of lightning, and unless the pinchers bold firm they glide up the sticks and under their tor mentors' shirt sleeves, where : they wreak vengeance and raise Cain gener ally. Sometimes a young hunter wildly Clutches bis pants leg and, accompa nied by his own agonized bowls, begins a remarkable dance. An application of ammonia or baking soda is usually effl caclous In removing the poison. . Training Dogs to Save , . Men From Drowning ( Much attention is being paid at the present time in Switzerland to breeding a large and powerful race of dogs for life saving purposes.: Just as the cele brated St Bernard dogs are taught by the monks of the St Bernard monas tery to-track out and rescue unfortu nate travelers who are overcome by snowstorms jwhUa 'crossing' the moun tains and are in danger of perishing, so m 'I tnese aoga i. J J w h i c h are a tl . i """1 cross between Newfoundlands a pd other large breeds, .are trained to save men' " from drowning. . , ,. in Zurich the other day a life snvlng competl tltlon for these dops took place. Sacks'; fgll v f sand, ; equal . In weight' to that of a- boy foHr- teeui x ears, or a g e, were . thrown into the water, and also some boyst. w Uo of course knew how to swim. .sprang Ipto the water, and 1ml itated the actions of a drowning man. At -a ;glyen signal the dogs were let loose and promptly brought both sacks a iid boys to land, the animal that nc CompIIshed his task ' in the shortest time receiving the prize. According tu a corrt'siondent, the dogs even suc ceeded by diving in bringing to the Sur face the sacks which had sunk in wa ter of some considerable depth. Rare and Ptrnllur Dlaraie. In Baltimore a short time ago TranU P. Farmer died of a blood disease so rare that only five enst-s previously had been known in the Unite J fates.' Tin young uian,"robnst, anarci;;ly in piT feet health, died from hemorrhagi's under the skin. This LleeJUig first be came apparent In small spots u ml or the skin, ilradually they increasej until so'jie of thom were as big as tea cent pieces. They increased In numbers and F!ze until final;? the brain was at tached, on! rnra!y.-:s from the pressure of the biooJ on the traia finally ki"ed Lim. '."tt Lo!i!i r.Irfctfrf W! t ! "v i r. '-u r. a term v.. i- r :... ', in.? fiv ' i ) f ! f 'l ' ; ' 1 tii-ar ''! f - ;, ; ! , t f t ' e v..!:i- l" '. ' . " . i v ;'! i"i i i m : V y""'-'..... LITERARY FOLKS. Bits ( Piruul Qal A . -. . Tkelr Ways. . ' : . tSpeolalComspondeno. New York, June 17. It la probibly pleasantly assuring for magazine tend ers to learn that the editors of then.' fa vorite publications, those unseen aotOr crats who bide behind sanctum cUwrs and select the dainties for the monthly repast; are teal mea of flesh and bixtd and brains who not only know Utira ture when they see It in manusciipt form, but can themselves occasionally produce it All this is pertinent to the fact that two assistant editors of lend ing magazines have each published tills season a volume of poems. ; . The latest of these to see the light is a dainty little book of verse by Mr. Robert Underwood Johnson, who, with Mr. Gilder, directs the destinies of tbe Century Magazine, , There is about M: Johnson's poems a distinct literary ft vor. Xou recognize at once that this li the product of a trained pen wielded b;i a man of fine fancy and deep thought The poems are gemmed with rare ant exquisitely colored metaphors, such as . - Along the mountain's altar crest Tha russet deepens In tha west : Or this In a quatrain entitled "FoJ Tears:" . ' Some blrchea, frorri the winter snow ua - bend, . And some lie prone tha happy umm Ion. - - ' U arief but weakness? May It be. blltb friend. -. :'.. The heavier burden stays- but on th strong? ; There is a strong human note la these verses, a quality which makes them worth reading and remembering. Another magazine editor who is also a poet is Mr. Robert Bridges, who as sists Mr. Burlingame in editing Scrib ners. Mr. Bridges calls his book ?Bramble iBrae." v Some of it comes very near being real poetry if it is not the genuine article, while some of it Is pleasant verse which the author would undoubtedly admit was nothing more. Mr. Robert W. Chambers, author of "Cardigan," was looking through the Harper ' composing rooms the other day. He stopped beside a monotype machine and noticed that the operator was at work on one of his own manu scripts. Without revealing his Identity he remarked; . "That's - pretty good ' manuscript you're working on." "No; It's darned bad," replied the un conscious printer, not pausing in his la bors. "The handwriting's all right," he added. , .:.- "Oh," 'said Mr. Chambers, "yon mean the man writes poor stuff H r "No; bis stuff is pretty good.". , -YWell, what is the trouble with the manuscript?" persisted the now curi ous author. - f "Why, the man don't know how to punctuate?' aald - the printer, with scorn. Apropos of Mr. John Kendrlck Bangf new book, "Olympian Nights," it is in i WELL, WHAT Irs THE TBOUBLE?" teresting to learn that, Mr. Bangs him self sold the first copy. It seems that a book agent called upon tbe'author end tried to sell bini a five dollar copy of a volume of sermons by a famous divine. 7 Mr. Bangs, feeling no Immediate need of tbe sermons, mde repented rfTorts to riJ himself of the agent but In vain. Flndh:? that rebuffs were unavailing, he tri. 1 persuasion. Thnt, too, failed. Thf i a bright thougtt occurred to Lim, el I" f.'-rel to take the hook agent's sulfcription for a copy of "Olympian Nihts." To Lis surprise the c "r w - s r 1, th- cioney paid, ai: 1 the f -.-t.t aftir p r.huly consuming f - 'r 1 '. T t ?T. Barbs' valna l'f !'n;f ; :rtt'-J v'-'.i i i furtlier ref crc: e to the s. rni.- fo! 1 I' J:i ro-CC-::.:' f ; ' ' , ' ! ; ' I I ... J M; GEMS IN VERSE. . A lOlS. :i A wild roaa drank of tha morning- daw, A wild rosa smiled tn tha morning, lun. A wild roaa draumad tha Ions day through, : A wild roaa dlad when tha day was doaa. And ever tha rose was fair, was sweat. And aver tha roaa waa any, But a rose' a Ufa, ilka a dream. Is fleet, . And a roaa In a day may die. It fell on a day that love once grew ' . In tha loam of tha heart like a roaa: Like a roaa it amlled In the moraine daw: Uka a roaa it died at tha sweat day's And ever tha love waa fair, waa sweat. And aver tha love waa aby. For tha life of a love, Ilka a roaa. Is fleet. 1 And lova In a day may die. Rochester Poat-Expi . Tfca Haw, Tha charm of a lova la Its tentng, the telling- that roea with tha giving-: The charm of a deed la Its doing:; tbe charm Of a life la us living ; Tha aoul of tha thing la tha thought; tha ; churm of ua act la tha actor: - Tha aoul of tha fact la Its truth, and tha mow la its principal factor. f-. The world lovaa the Now and ita Kowlat - and tests all assumptions with rigor It looka not behind It to falling, but for- , ward to ardor and vigor; It eares not tor beroea who faltered, for - martyrs who hushed and recanted. For plcturna that sever were painted, for - barveats that never were planted. The world does not cars for a fragranca , that never Is lost In perfuming; The world does not care for a blossom - that wither away before blooming; 'The world does not care for tha cblmea remaining unrung by the ringer; 'The world doea not care for the aonga un- . sung In tha. soul of the singer. - .What use to mankind la a purpose thai never ahona forth In a doer? What uaa baa the world for a loving that - never had winner nor wooer? Tha motives, the hopes and the schemes r that have ended In Idle conclusions Are burled along with tha failures that coma In a life of Illusions. Away with tha flimsy Idea that Ufa with . a nast Is attended: There's Now only Now and no Part there's never a Paat; It has ended. Away with Ita obsolete story and all of Its yesterday sorrow; There's only today, almost gone, and la ; , front of today stands tomorrow. And hopes that are quenchless are brought us like loans from a generous lender Enriching- us ail In our efforts, yet making no poorer the sender; - - Lightening all of our labors and thrilling ua ever and ever - With tha ecstasy of success and the rap- . tures of present endeavor. Eugene F. Ware. A White Hlgrist la Sleapy Hollow. The old Dutch church that Irving loved Bhows all Ita windows thick with frost Deep are tha snows upon Ita roof; Its ancient groves In drifts are lost; Tha Icy pond and ruined mill Ue In tbe moonlight white and still. The bridge beyond the willows where Tha headless horseman rode by night Is built of carved marble now; The winding road Is smoothly while; The bushes sheeted specters pale - In Sleepy Hollow's haunted vale. ' .' But In tha woodland's snowy heart v ; A little brook I cannot see - Among the stiffly frosen reeds ' Still keeps It merry spirit free. I And with a steadfast faith sublime Sings of the joys of summer time. ' Minna Irving in Era. The Farmer's Lamaat. I'm gtttin weary. Molly, of our visit hert. in town, .Though daughter's dope her very best to keep homesickness down. ; h ,; With aixty years spent on the farm, the town don t seem to be. Fer, all Its gayety an' alch, : tha fittest place rer me. Ifs true the gulrla is married an the boys Is gone Pway, An' home is sorter like ourselves bit run down an gray-' -s But still I want to git hack there whar life flows slow an' sweet. With bee hums In tha meadows an' the pattridge in the wheat Pve read the volumes, Molly, my daugb ter s bad ma read; I'va gone about tha city twice, an' all Ita , , sights I ve seed. Butwill you b'lieve It, lookin' down there on tha cold an' slush, " ' There cornea a flood of memories an a sort of silent hush. sea the children - rompln' round the premises once more An' aproutin' Jonquils la tha yard an roges by the door. An' then I somehow bear, 'twlxt me an noises of the street. ; " i . Tbe bear hums In the meadows an' the pattridge In the wheat. " - . -Will. T. Hale in New York Times. ' ' - Botterfllea. - Out In tha churchyard the grass grew deep. . Where the peaceful dead were lying:' Over their quiet and holy aleep The butterflies white were flying. And one little child was playing there ' In the churchyard, aunny and still: Be'd wandered away, tn his Innocent play. From the little white bouse on the bill. "Butterflies, butterflies!" cried the child As he played on the grassy sod, : Tou're the souls of the little dead chil- dren here . " Fluttering up to God!" ' ". : " . ; ;';. , ! Out In the churchyard a place new made Waits for the Innocent dead: ' Still, for the dear little sleeper, there -Waited his quiet bed. ... .s ,., And a long farewell tbey aay over him. ' With kfw"?9 on Itp end brow,' And, with flowers sweet at bead and feet. lie goes from his mother now.' i t ; - ! Butterflies flutter above her bead t iV i As she kneels on the grassy sod. " And the little white soul of her precious ona . '-- Flutters away to God. . . . r - - A-fishlng, Vt'e leave the dusty city; afar the rivers shine; worm H on the wiggle, and tie Csh Is on tfie line. V. Lat cara e for tbe splendors and ail the joys of town. , "iTI'h a r 5 e oa the r'vr where the cork Is gv.tij; down! ' - The hre a H blowing blossoms In show ers t : k ami white. Ar. 3 all t 9 v orlj around you Is a revel of del t Aasy mi 1 nra and s'ghlr.g; no fortune l.l c 1 - n -re t ; ? roi Is nocJIng and the cor K !. :. 1 down! " t ' ' --r ("-atT:s of t'.e ' t - (i'v' ;!')f 'fru GETTING At! ORDER... We are always anxious to - get yoar order and We are ; just jas anxious,. to U it., to jour satisfaction. It is - necessary that we posh : , for the order and that we aire careful after tbe order A ' ' is obtained. It is onr ' purpose to sell ou enough -staple or fancy groceries : to prove our judgment ' j 'i, j and yours.:';'':':--:: LaROQUC & nOUNTRCE, Up-to-Datb Grocers. Paoms T. 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