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I AN INDIAN MEMORIAL ERECTED BY SIOUX ON WOUND ED KNEE BATTLEFIELD. Shaft to fimemnrate Thoet Who Fell in that BlooJy Kight-The Lat Great Stand of tha Ked Kace Agaluat tha White. On a little knoll overlooking Wound ed Knee battlefield ou (be Pine Ridge agency, in South Dakota, 5,000 Sioux Indiana recently gathered to dedi cate a monument recently erected to the memory of their dead who fell at that place Dec. 29, 1900. Following the example of the whites who called the battle of the Little Big Horn the "Custer massacre," the Sioux have call ed the battle of Wounded Knee the "Big Foot massa- beeause Big mammWiA Foot was the chief &miim$4$l under whom MISS HELEN BISHOP. they fought in that last the monument, and most disastrous effort of the Indians to resist the march of civilization. Many of those warriors who rode In the whirlwind of death which engulfed Custer's men at the Little Big Horn went to their death at Wounded Knee, and this mon ument Is to their memory. ' The cele bration was the first of its kind ob served by the Indians of this country and murks the progress which civiliza tion is making among them. The Wounded Knee fight was the last great stand of the red race against the white and was caused through the agency of Sitting Bull, who was to the northern Indians what Geroninio was to the southwestern tribes. He aroused their patriotism to the fighting spirit, and in addition he anointed each brave with "medicine,' which he claimed made them Invulnerable to bullets from the white man's pistol. And ev ery IndUin thoroughly believed this. To accomplish, his purpose, Sitting Bull originated the "ghost, or Messiah, dance," which, soon spread through the Sioux nation like fire over the western prairie. This dance was only a pre liminary to being anointed with the "medicine" and was a mixture of the war and squaw dance, except that the dancers circled around a tall pole on which was hung a skin containing the medicine. The eyes of the dancers were continually fixed on this spot, their eyes thrown upward. It Is said the dancers, in time, became actually hyp- notlzed and fell on the ground in a cataleptic fit. While In this state they had visions of what was to happen to the white men who opposed the Indian when anointed with the "medicine." These visions were all alike. Buffaloes would return; white men be all killed, the Great Sprlit had informed them that the white man's bullet could not injure them any more; and, above all, that Sitting Bull must be obeyed lm pllciUy. Preparing; for War. After the Indians bad danced all dur ing the fall of 1890, about 80 per cent of tho entire Sioux tribe became firm followers of Sitting Bull; had inter viewed the Great Spirit, and had been anointed with "medicine" by their high priest or medicine man. When the Indians got Into the con dition that Sitting Bull could be sure his every order would be obeyed, the "ghost" .dancing ceased and prepara tions for war began. Then it was that the commanding officer of the United States troops at Fort Yates was order ed to arrest old Sitting Bull and con fine him in prison at the agency of Standing Rock for the time being. Sitting Bull was camped forty miles away from the agency, but a squad of fifty cavalrymen started after the old Indian early on Dec. 15. The Indian police, commanded by Bull Head and Shave Head, were within striking distance of Sitting Bull's camp several days before the cavalry took leave of the fort Sitting Bull's cabin was almost sur rounded by the fanatical "ghost danc- era," but the Indian police managed to reach the house and arrest the old fel low. Sitting Bull's young son slipped from the house and aroused the "ghost dancers," who soon swarmed around the little party of police. After the police mounted their horses to return with Sitting Bull, that old warrior called upon his followers to rescue him, and Strlke-tbe-Kettle and Catch-the-Bear dashed up at full speed to the two police who guarded the prisoner, and shot. them. . Both guards were killed,, but In falling Bull Head, a guard, wheeled, and Instead of shoot lug bis assailant, Shot Sitting Bull dead. The police then took refuse in Sit ting Bulrs cabin, which was lmmedi ately surrounded by hundreds of yell ing, frantic Indians. The soldiers came up at that moment, and the ghost dancers fled to the timber, half a mile away. If bitS 1 4D VENTURES 01 YOUNG LADS SMITTEN WITH A DESIRE TO SEE THE WORLD. A Miss Bishop was the minister's daughter, whose killing by a negro caused a mob at Wilmington, Del., to burn the miscreant at the stake. the red man, until he halted on a small knoll about eighty yards away. Dressed (or rather undressed) In full war paraphernalia, eagle war bonnet, war paint, war lance, etc., and war shirt which Sitting Bull had anointed, the warrior stood like a copper statue on the knoll, while every soldier and Indian police in the troop fired point blank at him again and again. For five minutes he sat on his horse, Im movable, drawing the fire of the ninety men, most of whom were crack shots. Then the firing ceased and every sol dier In the troop applauded the won derful nerve of the warrior. He had been testing the efficiency of the "med icine" of Sitting BulL Apparently . satisfied, he turned his back on the soldiers and rode again at full speed for the timber, never looking back. Two weeks later this same Indian started the fight at Wounded Knee by braining Captain Wallace in the presence of his entire compir.y. Killing of Capt. Wallace, Dec. 28 the Indians were camped on Wounded Knee creek, waiting for a conference the following day with Gen. Forsythe, commanding the troops. During the day the scouts Little Bat and Lone Star had been among the Sioux Indians, led by Big Foot, and had learned the serious condition of at fairs. The following morning they re ported to Gen. Forsythe that the In dians would probably resist unless an overwhelming force of soldiers was brought up. Forsythe did not agree with the scout and continued to ad vance. . But Capt. Wallace, who believed the report of the scout, together with "Lit tle Bat" and "Lone Star," rode ahead of the troops, In order to pacify the Indians. The three men drew In close to the troops of savages which had advanced to meet them, and then "Lone Star" recognized the daring 'warrior who had tried his medicine two weeks before that day. " He, together with several other Indians, left the main body and advanced toward Capt. Wallace. Suddenly, from within' the crowd, arose the shrill death song of the Sioux. Both the scouts- now saw th deadly danger In which all three stood, but Capt. Wallace did not understand. and before he could be warned, held out his hand to greet the advancing braves. From their positions, neither of the scouts could fire and Capt. Wallace walked toward his death, oblivious of the terrible fate awaiting him. The singing Indian grasped Capt. Wallace's outstretched hand, and sud denly drawing his other hand from be neath bis blanket, struck the brave captain a terrible blow with a toma hawk, killing him Instantly. But the medicine shirt failed to pro tect the Indian from the bullet which left the pistol of ''Lone Star" a mo ment later, and the savage fell dead with a bullet through his heart. . The Bloody Golch. The two scouts backed away, firing as they went, and in turn received the fire of the entire band. Both escaped without a scratch. But hot so the In dlans. A number were killed by -fht scouts before the soldiers got into ac tion. The Indians broke for cover and succeeded In reaching a ravine from which the soldiers could not drive them. ' Gen. Forsythe wrote an order for re inforcements and handed it to Lone Star, -who rode the fourteen miles to few hundred feet. (The Indians still call this "Bloody Gulch.") The soldiers that day lost Capt. Wal lace and twenty-four men killed and thirty -four wounded. But under the spot on which the In dian monument rests are the bones of more than two hundred and fifty Indi ans who were killed that day, and for many months It was nothing uncom mon to discover the bleached skeleton of an Indian lying in the grass any where In the neighborhood of the bat tlefield. The exact number of killed was never known. HEROIC attempt to have a vacation at all cost was made by a cer tain boy, whose experience la related in Chums. He joined a circus with the Intention of becoming a llon-tanier; but there was no va cancy in that department, and before he made up his mind what else he would like to do, the circus people worked him in as "tent man." lie had to help to put up and take down the great tents at each stopping place. Incidentally, he worked all the rest of the time at odd Jobs. The circus men, in fact, found him so useful that tuey locked nun up in an empty leopard cage each night, In order that, after having been kept ct work nil day by a rope's end, he might not have a chance to abandon bis circus career after dark. Ultimately, the boy hid for twenty-four hours in a disused lime kiln In one of the towns be visited, and finished his outing by giving him self p to the police authorities In order to be sent borne. Not long ago an American boy, thiuking that a vacation spent on his uncle's farm was likely to be without adventure, stowed himself away and Journeyed a long distance on the buffers of a freight train. He thought be had done a rather fine thing, but the railway people held a different opinion. "It's our turn now," they said. Then they explained to him that to send him back again would cost three dollars, and he already owed them three dollars for the trip down. So he was taken to the machine shops and directed to earn six dollars by flung tubing smooth. A watchman was deputed to keep a fatherly eye on him after hours. The new band managed to write to his people; but, very wisely, they agreed that to "serve his time," might teach him a useful lesson, so they paid no ransom. It took the boy nearly three weeks to file his way to liberty. At a harbor of Continental Europe, In which a submarine war vessel was undergoing tests, a third young adventurer was smitten with a desire to become a "stowaway.' He was continually begging one of the crew, whom he knew, to smuggle him on board. At last, after a quiet little talk with the boy's father, the sailor consented. In the dusk of evening the boy arrived at the meeting place appointed, close to the sea. "We must blindfold you," said the sailor. This was done, and then the boy was led about here and there for some time, between two grinning mariners, and watched by a grinning parent. When he was thoroughly dazed, he was pushed into a narrow, cold metal apartment, and cautioned to keep perfectly still until some one came for him. 'And mind you keep that bandage on till you're 'told to take It off," added the sailor. The boy waited for hours, It seemed to him hardly daring to breathe. but trying to think that he was having a great time. Then he took off the bandage, he was in total darkness. More hours went by, and no one came back for Ulm. He was now not only hungry, and cold, but also frightened. No sound reached him. Was he really alone In the submarine boat In the depths of the sea? - , No he was not. At 1 o'clock in the morning his father, still smiling. rescued him from an old ship's Iron cistern, In which he had been Imprisoned on the beach. The submarine boat and her crew had, in the meantime, been towed away to another seaport; but the boy was no longer Interested In a seafaring life. ODDEST COUNTY JAIL IN THE UNITED STATES. LUXURIES" ON BATTLESHIPS. Modern Vesiel Carrlea 3SO Tone of Unnecewary Article. Rear Admiral Bowles, chief of the Bureau of Construction, has made a calculation based on Investigations made by officers of his bureau of the weight of "luxuries" carried on a bat tleship of recent construction. In the preparation of plans and designs for war vessels there Is almost a constant contention bet wen the several bureaus In regard to the weights that should be carried, each branch contending for the installation of machinery and de vices deemed essential. These contro versies are usually settled by a com promise, In which something Is yielded by each, but the result is often unsat isfactory, and not Infrequently has proved detrimental to the efficiency of the vessel. At a recent meeting of the Board of Construction Admiral Bowles declared that on each battleship there were 350 tons of luxuries, a statement which startled the members of the board. Included In these so-called luxuries are materials of every description that cannot be classified as necessities, such as furniture, Ice machines, refrigera tors, radiators and the machinery re quired for them. It Is pointed out that, flagships are supplied with two bathrooms and ap purtenances for the flag officer, while one bath tub is deemed sufficient for the ward room. In which fifteen or twenty officers live. There will be un doubtedly a protracted discussion as to what constitutes luxuries, but oflr cers genera ly believe that much of the weights which Admiral Bowles de scribed might be abolished and the space given to what may be called ne cessities. , There will be little discussion outside of the flag rank as to the necessity for two bath tubs In the elegant and spa cious quarters set apart for the ad miral. The additional bath Is nrovlded for the guest of the admiral in case he should have one, which seldom hap pens. ew York Times. ; ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC Short Boat for t-hlpnients to the Far Kaat. The completion of the extensive port works at Coatzacoalcos, on the gulf, and Salina Cruz on the Pacific side, connected by a well-equipped railroad across the narrow Isthmus of Tehuan tepee, promises to provide a short route for shipments to Pacific coast ports and the far East that will be an Im portant factor long before the ques tion of an isthmian canal Is settled, says Modern Mexico. The co-operation of the Mexican government In the building of this transcontinental line is a satisfactory guaranty that the ex tensive undertaking will be carried te a successful end. The location of a connection between the great oceans Is a question that does not affect to any great degree shipping between North Atlantic and Southern Pacific ports, but when the saving In time between Atlantic and gulf points and Central and North American coast cities and in shipments to Asia are considered, the advantages of the northern route are striking. From Panama to Salina Crux the dis tance is 1,303 miles, which is a clear saving for freight to northern ports shipped via Tebuantepec. The saving will be made upon all shipments 'to Central American ports, varying In importance from 454 miles to Junta Arenas, Costa Rica, to 1,002 miles to San Jose de Gautemala. From Salina Crus to San Francisco the distance Is only 2,170 miles, and shipments to the Orient will save over 1,000 miles by the use of the Mexican rail transfer to the Pacific In preference to going through a Panama canal. It Is a fact not generally known that from New Orleans to San Francisco by the Mexican Isthmus It Is 100 miles shorter than by the line of the Southern Pa cific Railway. With such shipping facilities as It is intended to establish the Mexican short cut across the back bone of the continent will doubtless divert much commerce from all-rail lines. It will from the start furnish an attractive route for the growing export cotton trade of the Southern American States to the Orient, and at will at once become a powerful fac tor In the development of Mexico's rich west coast. An hour Inter ?n Incident hfrnnened which showed the sublime 'faith his the agency In thirty-five minutes. In followers had in Sitting Bull, and which had a great bearing upon the future of the Indians and led directly to the battle fought two weeks later by the ghost dancers at Wounded l hour and 28 minutes the re-enforce ments dashed up, the soldiers having left too hurriedly to place saddles on their horses But they had brought the gitling Kneir Wri whirh the monument cuns with them. These were new to commemorates. the Indians, who did not understand mn. k. nnnnrinir ta iim re nld nre. l nree 01 uese were return tn th frt nirrviiur tha dead nlaceu In position to rake the ravine, liodv nf Sitting Rnll with thm. in In- and tne Siaugmer urgou. hii dlan riding at full speed emerged from the woods into which they bad gone when the soldiers appeared. Straight towards the assembled soldiers rode could not escape, and later to the day the ravine was found to be actually choked with dead Indians, more than two hundred lying within a space of a Graham County Jail, at Clifton, Ariz., Is probably the most unusual in America. It comprises four large apartments, hewn in the side of a hill of solid quartz rock. The entrance to the jail Is through a boxlike vestibule, built o heavy masonry and equipped with three sets of gates of steel bars. Here and there In the rocky walls holes have been blasted for windows, and In these apertures a series of massive bars of steel have been fitted firmly In the rock. The floor of the rockbound Jail Is of cement, and the prisoners are confined wholly In the larger apartments. In some places the wall of quartz about the Jail Is fifteen feet thick. Some of the most desperate crim inals on the southwest border have been confined In the Clifton Jail, and so solid and heavy are the barriers to escape that no one there has ever attempted a break for freedom. The notorious Black Jack was there for months. Clifton Is one of the great copper mining camps In Arizona, and has the reputation of being as depraved a community as yet exists on the frontier of civilization. In summer the mercury there frequently rises to 120 In the shade, and in the winter It never goes below 40 degrees. WITH THIS TRAINED OSTRICH HE HAS A WINGED STEED Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, recently visited the Hot Springs ostrich farm, and had the ex perience of riding behind one of the largest ostriches in the country. The ostrich is known as "Black Diamond," who is big and fleet, and docile as a well-trained horse. Black Diamond Ulue Stockings, The ierm "blue stockings," as ap plied to women with literary tenden cles, Is not now considered either ele- wa hitched, to a runabout, and Sec- gant or appropriate, although as first ret1" Hitchcock had the novel senna used there was some warrant for italtion of riding behind this bird that employment Its origin Is traced to trotted as fast as a horse can run. the days of Samuel Johnson, and was applied then as now to women who MODESTY Or THE THULY GREAT cultivated learned conversations and . ' TZT V ' . rnH onWm.n l h. . How OUadstono and Darwin Retarded - ".v.u.iUii 01 Themael-rno. nnnaklnna wnlsn tai Knan n i I k; J- a :: ! ! I" "Studies in Contemporary Blogra li ":.... r-r. "ue Phy," which James Bryce has Just me luiufe iui isuici iu mrui evenin . ,. j i , - , v ii ., ... ... " DUDllsnea, are iwo Biurm wuicii uuve 1 1 1 1 l tr. Miit.il nt mil, tr -uw. - assemblies, when they might partic ipate In talk with literary and Ingeni ous men. One of the best known and most popular members of one of these assemblies was said to hare been a Mr. Stilllngfleet, who always wore blue stockings, and when at any time he happened to be absent from these gatherings it was usually remarked that "we can do nothing without blue stockings," and by degrees the term "blue stockings" was applied to all gatherings of a literary nature, and eventually to the ladies who attended the meetings. caused some of the critics to express astonishment at the "modesty, of the great," says an exchange. The stories are these: Meeting Mr. Gladstone in the lobby, and seeing his face saddened by the troubles In Ireland, Mr. Bryce tried to divert his thoughts by mentioning recent discovery to wit: that Dante had been saved from, want in his last years by a lectureship at Ravenna. Mr, Gladstone's face lit up at once, and he said: "How strange It Is to think that these great souls, whose works are a beacon light to all the generations that When a woman has Door luck with ha come after them, should have had her cake, the family are allowed to care" and anxieties to vex them In their have all they want ua"y "t JUf,t llke the rest of us com . mon mortals." The pugilist is frequently beaten at "The words reminded me," adds the his own game- . . author, "that a few days before I bad heard Mr. Darwin; in dwelling upon the pleasure a visit 'paid by Mr. Glad stone bad given him, say: 'And he talked Just as if he had been an ordin ary person like one of ourselves. The two men were alike unconscious of their greatness." It Is only the little who think them selves great. They are like those who do not know much, and, therefore. Imagine that there is not much to know. The great do not think them selves so, Just as the learned are over whelmed by their Ignorance. In the same way. It Is not the socially Import ant who are affected and Impertinent, but the unimportant. . . - A Ball or Fire rrnin the Sky. One of the strangent freaks Iu elec trical phenomena ever reported ; oc curred In Northern California recently. During the day the thermometer had fallen, and about four o'clock there was a slight fall of snow. There had been no thunder or lightning during the day. Suddenly and without warn ing, from what appeared a clear spot iu the heavy bank of clouds overhead, a brilliant ball of fire shot' from the sky and struck the ground on a farm about two miles east of Aiidnrson, a small bamlet. The illumination was plainly visible in Redding, thirteen miles distant. A few second iifiei the descent of tn fire ball, them was a loud report, like n 'mighty explo sion. The shock was felt In Keililln, where windows rattled and houses shook. In the village of Anderson tf,t, people were panic-stricken. GIuss In windows ' was broken, walls -were cracked, houses rocked as Umu','li tosned by an earthquake, , and tele phone, telegraph and electric light wires were put out of action time. 1 " f UNCLE BEN'S NEPHEW. J '"Uncle Ben" the good-natured bach elor brother of the family had been smoking silently while the other men were swapping stories. At last he took his pipe out of his mouth and drawled: "You married men think you know It all. But your experiences pale In contrast to mine with that kid nephew In the other room. "I rashly ottered to stay with him the other night while ull you folks went out, and actually the things that kid did In the hour I was with him would make a list a mile long, more or less. "He yelled twenty minutes without stopping for breath. I'm willing to swear on that. ' Pulled enough hair from my head and whiskers to stuff a sofa pillow. "Decorated the wall paper "ns high as he could reach with the poker. "Broke a vase by sitting down on It. "Swallowed several buttons and a lot of thread. "Emptied bis mother's work-basket things Into the fireplace. "Punched the head of the cat into a cup, and was scratched badly In the attempt. "Knocked the head off a fine wax doll belonging to his sister by trying to drive a tack whb It. ) "Fell off the ROfa and howled. "Broke three panes of window glass with my cane. "Fell Into the coal scuttle and spoil ed his white drees. "Sc-t fire to the- cai"pct while I was out of the room hunting up something to amuse him. "Crawled under the Rofa and re fused to come out until I gave him candy. "Got twisted in the legs of a chair; they bod to be broken to get him out "Poured water Into his mother's slip pers. "Finally when he saw his mother, coming, he ran to the door, tumbled off the steps, cut his nose and tore a bole in his dress. . Pretty swift record, Isn't It? Still, the kld'll come out nil right. He's the proper stuff." Chicago Record- Herald. for . Rid of an Aching I.imb. "Railroad took off his le?" "Yes, and so providential!" "Providential V "That's what. It was the leg with the rheumatism In it" Atlanta Con stitution. , , There Is no earthly hope for a man who Is too lazy to enemies. Indians Know a Coward. An Oklahoma man once told an In dian that a desperate white man was after his scalp. He smiled and shook his head. "A few days later," con tinues the narrator, "we were talking to the white man, when the Indian came up to. the group. Be bud spot ted the stranger and knew him by sight Without saying a word to him he walked up within arm's reach and struck the white man In the face with a rough, heavy glove. He paused for a few second and hit him again. 'Ugh!' he exclaimed as be wheeled around and walked away. The white man looked at the Indian in amaze ment but made no show of resent ment. Later In the day, when we ask ed the Indian why he didn't follow up the Insult with blows, he told us the white man was a coward. In explaining how he knew it he said the man's 'Jaw dropped' when he truck btm in the face tho second time with the glove, and that this, with the Indian, was an unfailing sign of cowardice." Kansas City Journal. . It Is hard to tell who Is borrowing money.