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VOL. LXV. NO. 22
i SO THE INDI
A Battle of Cms rad Bl
In the northwestern, corner of Mon
tana, where thc g> eat plains of the
-Missouri cud nt the foot of th? BV*ik
ies, are to be Connel nearby ?a of the
Sew surviving trapper*, trailers and
bunters ot ina ??? frontier days. They
.ire married'TO Indian women of the
Blackfeet tribe, aud own ranches on
the vttfrtous streams running through
'the Reservation, where wood aud hay
?na abundant and the ranee for their
rtoeks uuexcelled. Whenever ? few of
these old-timers meet, storytelling i's
in order, and often the sessions are
S:ept up for several days, so great a
delight do they tafee lu recalling the
?COUPS aud a.jiventures of their early
ihfe. It is a privilege to listen to
these tales. In imaginntiou the relent
less years are rolled back; ouco mor*
th? plaids teem with buffalo and other
$&ine, and are peopled "frith roving
tribes whose only I.thor is the chase
and whose pastime ts war.
"Those were exciting times," s&id
Xouis Gobell the other evening.
""Each day was full of surprises and
;ad vestures, aud no oue could say what
th* ?morrow had in store, for the un- ,
.expected was always happening. I
believe I had oue experience *ttch as
has fallen to the lot of few of us-I
tvas a spectator of a beautiful fight be
tween some Blackfeet aud Crees.
"To tell the story rightly, PU begin
with the Cree side of it, as told me
som? mouths later by one of the sur
vivors. I was with the Blackfeet at
the time it happoued.bnt I traded with
%oth tribes, so it wasn't loug before
I bad a chance to henr the Crees' ac
count of it. lu the fall of 1877 the
Crees were camping and hunting in
the vicinity of the Cypress Hills, about
200 miles east of the Rockie sa id just
aorthof the international liae,and one
.dayn party of the youug meu started
to'tnnke a raid on the Blackfeet* whom
they supposed they wottld find some
where along thc Marias, or, as all
tribes called it, th j Boar river, about
150 miles to fhe southwest. There
wera 22 men iu the party, including
their leader. Little Bow, amiuor chie.'
of the trioe aud somewhat note!
medicine man aud magician. It was
said that be could foretell the future
and circumveat the machinations of
the evil spirits,
"The party started out in great
style, heavy work dogs .wrying their
little store of provisious and a robe or
two, while their owners strode lightly
along beside them, all deckad ont iu
tbeir war clothes of feathers, fringes
and ermine skins, their faces liberally
streaked and crossed with bright-hued
paints. Everything was propitious;
the medicinemen iu secret council had
found the signs righi, and predicted ? -
that they would return safely with
large numbers of the enemy's horses.
?. hundred miles west of Cypress Hills
are the three buttes of Sweetgrass.set
in a vast extent of grassy plain. They
were far to the rigl t of a direct liue
to the Marias, but the war party
beaded for them ifl order to obtain a
good view of the surrounding country
?rom their summits. When on such
dangerous expeditions the Indians al
ways weut from Kill to hill, uo matter
hoz- far they were led out of tbeir
coarse, for they tried at all times to
see ahead and about them, and thus
avoid an encouuter with the enemy.
Their object was to sneak iuto the
hostile camp under cover of uight,aud
g^t away safely with many horses.
"From the southern face of the
mountain a fair-sized stream comes
out of a rocky cauyou, and, flowing
through the plain for several miles,
finally sinks into the thirsty soil. The
party was crossing a wide meadow of
tall grass bordering this stream when
they saw'two horsemen ride up ou a
ridge several miles to the south of
them. Quick as a flash they dropped
into the tall grass, so quickly that
they wore not discovered,aud present
ly the horsemen rode away out of
sight
" '.Sow, then, quick,' said Little
Bow. 'Those riders are surely the
scouts of a Blackfoot campcomiug this
way. We have no . time to retreat lo
the butte, and must conceal ourselves
here. Go to work with your knives
.?nd dig holes; dig them close together
aud do not pile np the dirt. Scatter
it far out in the grass, aud perhaps we
will not be discovered.'
*The knives carried by the Crees in
tuose days were traded to them by the
Hudsoa Bay couipany.und were locally .
known as beaver tails, for they were
wide, flat, long, sharp on each edge,
and altogether a massive piece of steel.
The soil was soft, and, spurred ou by
the imminent danger of their position,
the warriors made the dirt fairly fly
as they slashod and chopped and
gouged it and threw it far out as a
gower scatters grain. Down, down
they went, until each one had exca
vated a hole large enough to conceal
himself and his dog.
"It was about this time that we
hove iu sight I was with about 30
lodges of the Blackfeet who had left
the main camp on the Marias for a
short hunt, and thinking that there
would be a big killing of beaver and
other fur, I had brought along a
wagon-load of trade goods. We came
leisurely up toward the butte, and ar
riving at the high-grass meadow de
termined to camp. The place selected
was midway between the stream and a
large spring, and as soon as the horses
were unpacked a couple of old squaws
started for the latter to get some
water, instead of drawing it from the
creek, which was nearest. Buckets in
hand, they were chattering along when
their dogs bagau to show signs of fear;
they sniffed the air uneasily, bristled
up "their hair, aud finally slunk growl
ing behind their owue's. Keenly
alive to the dangers which constantly
beset their wandering life, these old
women ran hastily back to us, crying
out that the.enemy must be near; that
their dogs had warne ! them as they
approached the spriug. I was busy
unhitching my team at the rime, and,
like everyone el*e, after a glance in
the direction iudicated by the old
women, laughed at their fears. The
p'.aju was absolutely level for so.ne
distance west and north, aud it seemed
impossible that ttuythiug could be
noon it and not be instantly seen. But
tL?e old.women would'not be reassured;
they persisted that they were not mis
ANS FOUGHT. !
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tobtet Seen by a Trader. j
taken; tnat their dogs bad given thei
fait warning, and dog.s, they said, ur
like people, never lied. At last on
of them appealed lo lier grandson,
lad of 12 or 14 years, to go over au
look around the spring. Mountin
his pony, which had net yet been un
saddled, he rode away.
"I had just turned my horses loos
and was piling thu harness iu th
wagoft-.wb?? I heard a couple of shot
tad turned just in time to see the bo,
fall from his horse,which came gallop
iug back toward us. The women wer
busy putting up their lodges when th
shots were fired, a?d the men, a
usual, were lounging abo?l in littl
grouufi) talking fad smoking. At th
sound of the guns there was instan
'excitement and confusion; half erectei
lodges weut down with a crash, an<
j shrieking women, squalling childreu
howliug dogs, ran wildly /about
eventually makiug for the creek on<
taking shelter behind its banks. Th
men, with one accord, grasped tbei'
weapons and started on a run for th
place whert the lad had fallen, and be
It?vf?g that whatever was about t<
happen was no concern of mine, '.
climbed up on the seat to take in th<
whole thiug.
"The warriors. 53 all. told;including
a few old mea who bad long befon
given up th? chase and war, rushet
bvav'??y ou, their chief, Crow "Wing,
leading and encouraging them. I coule
make out the form of the fallen boj
from my elevated position, but nothing
else; the plaiu seined to be devoid oi
a Iiviug thiug. But from experience
I knew, and f-o did everyone else,thal
somewhere near were s-j.i,e clever!)
dug pits, and in those pits were some
determined Indians who would grimly
Sgb.t and defend themselves to the
last. So it was. The Blackfeet had
scarcely rea-bed the dead lad wheu
cloud's of smoke burst from the ground,
and with tho booming of old muskets
and the sharp crack Of Winchesters
tho Crees had both-_ saw four of tho
charging band drop in their tracks,
and three more reel, fall, and start to
crawl painfully back. The rest kept
on, now shooting, too, aud several
more fell. Then, as suddenly as they
advanced they begau to retreat,bring
ing with them the dead and wounded.
They could not stand tho awful fire
from the pits. Out over the plain,
too, were running a lot of frightened,
yelping dog.s in all directions, and
when we saw them we kuew the enemy
were Crees, for they, only? take dogs
to war.
"AB the warriors, carrying their
fallen comrades, approached the creek,,
the women aud childen rushed out to
meet them, and f??eirwaat wails and
shrieks rent the air as the dead father
and husband, son and brother were
recognized! The sight was heart
rending. I went over among them to
see what I could do toward caring for
the wounded, bm they would have
none of my poor skill. The mediciue
men waved me away, aud instead of
'washing and biudaig tho gaping
wounds, they put chewed tip roots
upou them, heat their drums,and per
lormed a lot of mysterious ritesi
While I was looking o?, the warriors
held rt short council, and tbcu the
horses were driven in,each one caught
and. sa Idled his favorite-, ?ud once
more they went charging out toward
the pits=i The plau was to circle round
and round the enemy as near as pos
sible, and shoot into thc pits, and de
pend upon their tremendous sp. ed and
the shelter of their horses to avoid
bein j bit. They did tho best they
could, but, like the other charge, it
was a failure: four horses and two rid
ers were killed in a very short time,
and the rest came sorrowfully back to
us.
" 'Eear Child,' said the chief, 'you
white men know more than we do.
Advise us; tell ns how weean rout oiit
this burrowing enemy; how to make
thom leave their holes for the opeu
plaiu, where weean get at them.'
" That I cannot do,' I replied. 'We
know nothing of snch warfare as th's
Why not let them go? Hear the women
crying. Do you want to make widows
of* them ail'?'
"'Ah,' he replied. *it is "for them
we must, carry this thing on, or they
will cali us cowards. They call for
revenge, and we haven't a single scalp
to give them.'
" 'But haven't you killed some of
the enemy?'
" 'From some of tue pits no more
shots are fired. But what good is
that? We must have the scalps.'
"The wailing of tho camp was un
bearable, and' I went away up the
creek some distance aud'sat down for
a quiet smoke,in a position from which
I could see whatever was going on.
Presently the? warriors started out
again carryiug huge bundles which I
made ont to be bunches of lodge poles
wrapped in the lodge skins and se
curely lashed with lariats. They car
ried them within 100 yards of the pits,
placed them on the ground to the
north, south, east and west of the am
bush aud then, lying down behind,
begau to roll them ahead. At first
sight the scheme promised well.
Keeping tint on the ground, the Black
feet wriggled and writhed aloug be
hind the slowly turuiug bundles, which
they pushed forward inch by inch, loot
by foot. Under cover of them they
could undoubtedly arrive safely at the
very edge of the enemy's position.
But what then? Would the attacking
party be brave enough to rush out and
in the face of tho terrible fire, which
would meet them, staud there and fight
until the last occupant nf the pits was ;
killed? It meant tho certain death of ?
at least half of them, lt was about the |
most exciting 2') minutes I ever expe- |
rienced. I couldn't sit still aud walked j
nervously up and down more than !
half inclined, just itching, in- fact, to
rush ont and join in the row. The !
rolling bundles were now quite close |
to the point of convergence aud were 1
moving more slowly. Xow they
stopped, and the warriors sprang np 1
from behind them, nuniijerless shots {
rang ont, and a cloud of smoke ob- j
scured everything. Then the firing 1
suddenly cea-ed, aud thc next instant j
the Blackfeet were retreating ouce
inore, and 1 saw that they were hriug- i
ing several dead or wounded with j
them. I found that there were no.?
wounded, aud, evefVoua of .tbti ?y?
dead bad been ?h?t either iu the upper
breast or head.
" 'When we jumped up,' Crow Wing
said, 'the Crees had .their gnus already
in position ?iid fired befcre we could
take aim. Then the smoke got so
thick we couldu'tseethem.aud we had
to guess where to shoot. But they
could see us, for they wore below the
smoke, and my men k?pt falling one
after another until five were down. I
saw we bad uo show then and called
out to retreat. We just couldn't stay
there any longer.'
"It was ?OTV hot far front sundown*
aud everyone not caring for tho"
wounded or mourning for tho dead
went to wor to gather wood from the
thin belt of timber bordering the
stream, with which tb keep liv} watch1
fires through th'? night". As soon as
d?rkness came they blazed brightly
'all around the pits, except iu one
place, perhaps a huudred yards wide.
Wheu Little Bow, the Cree chief, saw
that, he told me afterward, he called
out to his men not to attempt to escape
through the dark place. 'It is only a
decoy for us,' he said. 'Many warriors
are lying there, and anyone who at
tempts to paBB will be killed.'
"Two young f el lows? brothers;
thought that they knowns ninth as the
chief did,and sometime after midnight
they stole away and crawled toward
the place wdiere there were no fires. A
little later sjme shots rang out in the
still air, there were.one of two shrieks
of agony, aud the Blackfeet had two
fresh and bleeding scalps.
"Early the next morning Crow
Wing approached the pits uear enqugh
to be heard aud called out: 'If any
oue of jjou can speak Blackfoot let
him stand np. No shot will be fired.1
"Little Bow stood up and asked in
fair Blackfoot what was wanted. In
earlier days both tribes had beeu oil
friendly terms and learned a little of
each other's l?ngrtag?*.
41 'How maiiy men have you?' asked
Crow Wing.
" 'There were 22 of us; ll remaiu,'
replied Little Bow.
" 'Will you come out and fight ll
of us?'
" 'JSO, We still have plenty of
water, plenty of cartridges, and will
fight from where we are to the end. '
" 'AU righr, ' said Crow Wing, turn
ing on his heels. 'All right, I thought
you were cowards. I don't think we'll
fight you any more where you are.
We'll just starve you out and fiuish
you up on the open plain. We'll just
stay here and starve you to death iu
your holes or you will come uut aild
fight like men.'
"The old fellow meant what he said,
but the younger aud hotter heads of
the camp would not agr?? td it: They
insisted Ou malciiig one more charge
and said that this time there should
b? n? r?tieat; tb?t they would stay at
the pits until the last Cr?e was killed.
The chief had to give, in, although all
the old men, and I'top,' took his part,
and since a charge-.iva? to be made,, of
course he had to lead it or lose his
rank. They started; this time on foot,
and sounding no war cry. As usual
no shot came from the pits until they
were right on them, and then the
cra.-kiug of rifles was as rapid from
both sides as tba explosion of a bunch
of firecrackers. Again the smoke hid
them from our sight for a moment oi;
two, and agaiu the Blackfeet turned
aud ran back, with three dead this
time and seven more or less seriously
wounded, if the camp was in mourn
ing before, it was now a solid commu
nity of weeping aud wailiug childreu
aud women. The dead were taken
away up the stream for burial by tbeir
sorrowing mothers and wives; the
medicine men were busier than ever
with the wounded. A few men kept
watch on the pits, and the rest of us
went out on the plain beyond the
sound of the mourners' doleful cries.
"There we stayed all day. The
fight, the fearful loss, was talked over
agaiu and again. With the old men I
argued that enough blood bad beeu
shed and that the surviving Crees
should be allowed to go iu peace. We
carried the question, and about noou
Crow Wing again approached the pits.
After assuring the Cree chief that he
came alone, and that no shot would be
fired, he asked how many men he had
left.
" 'Alas!' Little Bow replied, 'only
eight of us now survive; but still we
have plenty of water, plenty of car
tridges.'
" Won will not need the cartridges,'
said the Blackfoot. 'Already too
many of my warriors have been killed,
aud we have decided to light you no
more. You may go when you will.'
"True to the chief's word no fires
were built that night, and no oue
watched to waylay the enemy. A
guard only was placed about the cam])
and horse herd to 2>reveut surprise.
In the moruing Ave approached the
pits; step by step we walked up to
them, our guns ready to be used if
necessary.. There were 22 of them,
aud in all but four we found a dead
Indian. Two of the party, it will be
remembered, had been killed out on
the plain the night before; their chief,
then, had boldly lied when he told
Crow Wing that eight survived, for
only he and another left the place
alive."-Now York Sun.
no Broke tin; Itu le.
Algernon Dougherty of the United
States diplomatic services has quali
ties of his own to account for his suc
cess as well as being the son ot' the fa
mous "Silver Tongued Dougherty of
Philadelphia. One of the rules of tba
aristocratic concierge is that, wheu
one may ride up in the elevator, one
must not ride down. It Mas Mr. Doug
herty who broke down this rule in a
house in the Rue de Maturin. He
started down and the concierge
stopped the elevator, "lt is I or bid
den." "By whom':" "The proprietor
forbids it," said the couciergo. Mr.
Dougherty drew himself up and said:
"Tell your proprietor that J forbid
him to forbid me anything!" and rode
ou down. And now even the timid
maiden ladies on the sixth floor play
with that elevator as though it were a
tame cat. - Argonaut.
.1 Itenlistic Xerel.
Mrs. Blaz; ay -I've just been read
ing "A Sea of Tronbles." How true
to life it is!
Mr. Rlazzay-Do you think so?
Why, I looked into it and thought it
dull. There's no plot, little incident,
and less interest. .
"Yes; so true to life!"-Brooklyn
On Easter morning the Fifth A'
chutch organization in Now York Cit
most wonderful church organs that hk
worship. In fact, the instrument co
and tuese five organs may be operated,
on the part of the orgauist thau is re<
organ ie operated on whr.l is known a?:
represents a perfect balauoe between
operation; As may be imagined; & t
quired to procure the frill tones df d
feighte?h ?iid eved thirty-twd feet ii
electric motor. The varions instrnmer
are the solo, t'he swell, the great and tt
there is au echo organ, placed in th'
main instrument and operated by mean
tile keyboards of the latter. Some ide
?iiism involved may be gained from th?:
iug is used iu forming the connections
speaking stops.
?9 ?r$$?t?
Treijches to Ruq From, |
?I, One of the Chief Glorias af the Filipino ^
Ari?lyj&Obstrur.tive fighting.
?lthbugh'the insurgent soldiers in;
the Philippine Islands have c poor
reputation as marksmen, they deserve:
considerable credit for the extensive,
and elaborate trenches made by chem..'
The hobby of a rebel general seems]
be to have his men devote a large]
portion of their time to designing
building trenches, from whicbj
ar?_uUimately driv?u bj-'the.
"cans. Tf appears be'~the*r
the insurgent army to erect ma|
cent barricades and plan the
beautiful systems of trenches, onlj
have them captured by the America?
at the first charge. If the native sol
ditts could fight one-quarter as well
as they can devise and build trenches,
this Filipino war would be more seri
ous. As it is, the American troops
utterly disregard the trenches of tue
rebels, and think nothing of charging
up to and over them, scattering the
natives like bees.
The writer never saw an insurgent
forco stand its ground iu its trenches
more than a few minutes after au
American chare*;, except at the battle
of Balangtaug, near Ilo?o, when sev
eral companies of the rebels managed
to hold their position for about thirty
minutes before they broke. The in
surgents had occupied these trenches
for nearly a year, during which time
they had been constantly at work on
them, putting them into the best of
condition for defence. The rebel of
ficers had all along asserted that the
United States forces would be anni
hilated if they attacked this position.
One morning the American column
moved on the trenches at daybreak,
and after a fight of thirty minutes thc
rebels were obliged to leave the
trenches and run for the mountains.
The fault was noe with the trenches,
but with the soldiers in them. The
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TITES OF FILIPINO IXXRSNOHSIEN'TS.
trenches were built as if a thoroughly I
skilled engineer had directed the work.
The indications at every trench
system are that the builders of the
trendies always had the possibility of
Hight in mind. In fact, how to run is
the chief consideration of the rebel
soldiers, aud the officers cannot get
the natives to take to trenches or
barricades of any sort unless complete
preparations are made for flight.
At Balangtang, and at almost every
system of trenches used by the in
surgents, there will be found series of
retreating trenches, constructed on
the plan shown iu Fignre 1. The
trenches are cut iuto the ea^th zigzag
sometimes, and sometimes other ways,
but the customary method is that pre
sented in the cul. This mode of
trenching not only gives the rebel a
chance to retreat gradually, but offers
a good chance for him to stop and fire
his rifle frequently from protcctod
places in the cross trenches. He eau
pass hom the main trench to A. when
his safety is in doubt, and work back
to B, C. and su on for miles; for often
times these connecting retreating
trench** extend for mile after mile
along a roa,! or trail, and frequently
conned one tu ?rn with another.
On Rome occasion* the Americans
have run into trench RjsletnR of the
typKsl ov.ii iu Fignre 2, in which a
series of half inonu shaped trenches
ure dug aud connected as shown. Tile
SS?,Gt?yfiCH ORGAN,
venue Collegiate Chnrcli-the oldest
y-heard for the firBt time one of the
re ever been installed in any place of
moines practically five organs in one,
with no greater expenditure of energy
quired, in playing a piano. The new
the "tubular pneumatic process." It
the automatic and manual systems of
jonsider&ble amoil?t of po veer is re*
ozeas of .pipes, some of tber? sixteen,v
l 'size; Ttfis power is provided by ad
its which make up the complete organ
ie choir organs. In addition to these
a opposite end of thc uaurch from the
is of electrical connection from ono of
ia of the. elaborate nature of the mech
I fact that more than two miles of tub
within the organ, and it has fifty-two
*?4"?5.l~
first-trench (A) will contain the fight-'
:ing:. forces at'the beginning, but as
soon ss the American fire gets too se
vere, f?r comfort in Trench A the sol
diers, fall back to Trench B. Then, if
^uecesnar.Vj they fall back to Trench C,
and/they c?il continue to f??l back in
to similar trenches, making a shoifc
A FEAST DAY IN 1
staud at each trench and perhaps
damaging the opposing forces a little.
Often these half circle trenches com
pletely cover the approaches to cities
and towns previously held by the
rebels. The natives worked indus
triously for years iu making them, for
thpy used trenches against the Span
ish soldiery, and have been fighting
almost all the time since the begin
ning cf Spanish mle ou tho islands.
Then labor is inexpensive, and the
rebels employed some labor and used
prisoners to work as well, so that the
insurgent forces always had a large
number of men engaged in erectiug
trenches everywhere.
Wheu the rebels abandon a section
of trenches they haven habit of either
covering them over with light stuff
for the Americans to fall through, or
they set uppoisoncd tips of sharpened
bamboo as at D, Figure ?, boping
that some of the Americans may tum
ble iu ou theso wicked points iu the
dark. A great number of trenches
tans fitted have been located in the
enemy's country, and, of course, are
set fire to at once, so as to destroy
thc wood points and tho poison. The
writer has never heard of an Amer
ican soldier fallinc on these poisoned
tips, but has seeu some uatives stark
in death upon them. Another trick
tho natives have is shown tn Figuro
8, in which tho trench is lightly cov
ered with bamboo sticks aud somo
stones or earth thrown over so as to
conceal tho spot.
Tho natives suppose that Americans
will uot notice tho new earth, etc.,
and will step on the frail lop and fall
through upon the points below. Tho
bamboo cover is marked F; aud the
points G . Sometimes they run water
into these places and put poisonous
reptiles inside. They work ont all
sorts of extremely ingenious schemes
of this description, and to the wonder
of the natives the American soldiers
refuse to be caught,
Tim New Eldorado.
bOCATIOK Ol' CATE N'OJtS GOIdJ FIELD.
A COTTON QUEEN <S SHE.
Methods of Bira. Wilder, a Successful Ala
bama JL' lan ter.
Shiee yeats ago Mrs. Lelia Seton
der; of Decatur, Ala., took'hold of
1 .an eli*#tHft? ?state that had beefi sadly
neglected and determined to make it
a mode! cotton plantation, She sue
i eeeded, and i?$*J, e B*7* "Okie's
IW?fcf; the plonters'ot ber State are
stt?d^.h?r^methode, 8h? ~8lte<*
New York ?R B??kWM ?t?ct ses?wd
an order for all the cc^*4tV ft?r' pto*'J
tion can produce daring tho *Aiyrri# r
jeai*. She owns over 6000 acres alou^ '
the Tennessee River. Of this, 700
! antes are under cultivation, the balance
is timber ?f ?fle hard wood, princi
pally white dak.- She cultivates 100
! ??rcs herself; tito baldn t'e ia rented on
?he tenant ^ystemV , ?he" has twenty
negro' families on' the plaoeV i???fr o?
them _tr?d by the year. Each famil/
has a cabin, garden and pasture rent
free, and firewood. "I think my suc
cess with the plantation," says Mrs.
Wilder in a letter, "lies iii ffly faculty
of getting along with the negro. liH?
MES. ???li SET?N Wli?t?R;
is very different dtfwri..it?re thad, with
the tenantry of the North . 6$ West:
There are more intimate relations be
tween the mistress and ibo servants.
They come to you with' their joys and
troubles, and always expect a sympa
thetic listener. " We have had a num
ber of cotton kings, and now, in the
person of Mrs. Wilder, we have a cot
on queen.
Will? Written on Battlefields.
Many queer and pathotic wills have
been found upon the bodies ? of dead
PHE PHILIPPINES.
i British soldiers ou South African
battlefields, aud in every caso the
wishes of the testator have been re
spected.
Thc body of one soldier was found
on the battlefield of Elandslaagte who,
before death, had scrawled with the
I end of a lead bullet on the inside of
i his helmet thc wonts, "All to my
I wife."
? When an English army invaded
Afghanistan ono soldier was caught
while doing seoul duty and shot down
wnen nono cf his comrades were in
sight. Weeks afterward his body was
found lying before a tall rock, on
which he had written iu letters of
blood, "T want mother to have all.-"
In both cases the War Omeo held
thc wills to be valid, and saw that the
proper distribution of the property
was made.
?>?Kt:ovcrioH lu ISitliyloit.
Dr. Koldew('3', director of the ex
cavations at the ancient city of Baby
lon, has informed the Oriental Socioty
of tho discovery ol' a canal built by
Aramcau bricks, which is believed to
be the long-sought East Canal. A
temple called Brunch of tho goddess
Ninniach was laid bare, and stones
found inscribe;*, from the time of Ne
buchadnezzar.
Captive balloons are no-.v being used
in building operations; they are em
ployed to raise and support scaffold
poles and ladders until these latter
are secured in position.
Mark Tapley aud Mr. Pickwick were
the defendants in two successive suits
in tho Bloomsbury County Court re
cently.
W. J. RUTHEKFOKU.
W. J. RUTHERFORD
MANUFACTURERS OF
K. B. MORRIS.
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AND. DEALERS IN
Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair.
FIRE BRICE,
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OTHER
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Furniture and Household doods,
Wagons, Buggies. Harness. Saddles.
Have Purchased a New and Beautiful Hearse. Calis
By Telephone Promptly Answered and Attended
To. Lowest Prices.
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PHILADELPHIA.
PD tl 5old b>r al! Dispensaries in
llMM, South Carolina.
DISTILLERIES: HannisviHe, Martinsburff, W. Va., Hount Vernon,
Baltimore, Hd.
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? LOUISV3LLE, KENTUCKY, - J
? Are Furnishing io the ' ?
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