The Daily Democrat from Huntington, Indiana • Page 2

The Daily Democrat Published every afternoon except Sunday by BENFr BILITEB, Clayton Block, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1891. CHIPS THE COUNTY. The News Gathered for the Democrat by its Special Correspondents. ROANOKE Col. 8.

M. Zent went to Huntington Monday. Wesley Van Arsdol went to Mar-kle Wednesday. Geo. Bchoeff and wife were in Ft.

Wayne Thursday. John Orrand wife drove to Colombia City Saturday. Jacob Arlck returned the latter part of last week from a visit in Ohio. Dr. and Mrs.

W. G. Chafee attended the decoration exercises here Saturday. Amos Young raised the frame for a large bank barn on hia Ginger Hill farm Tuesday. Mr.

Morey Zent, wife and chil dren, of Bellville, are guests of his father and other relatives here. Jud. Wertsbaugher and family, of Lagrange, are being entertained by Mr. Wertsbaugher's parents this week. An excellent musical entertain ment was given at the U.

B. church last Babbath evening. The violin solo by Harry Moore de serves special' mention. Prof. F.

D. Jordan, the gentle man who taught our public schools so efficiently the past winter, went to Shelby ville, 111., Monday, where he will ake charge of the city school. Dr. Carson and wife, E. O.

Olds and wife, and Gus. Wasmuth and wife, went to Huntington Wednes day evening to attend the wedding of Mr. Frank Windle and Miss Jessie Heiney. A very large, tin coffee-pot has been placed In position in front of Co). Zent's new tin shop.

We take it to mean that he is prepared to Call and eee him about it. Our little city was visited on last Baturaay evening by a party of serenaders from Huntington. The boys rendered musie in good style and we assure them their music would haye been appreciated very math if it had not been played to the accompaniment of an over amount of hilarity, caused by an over dose of headache. The God like art(muslc)should not be classed i with blasphemy. Boys, come often, but leave that out that makes you forget your manhood.

SIMPSON. John Baker and wife were in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stetzel, visit ed at their son John, Sunday.

William Qelger and wife, of Markle, visited at Israel Wygants Sunday. Joslab First, the village post master was in the cltv Saturday on business. There is too much adve rtising done on fences and sign boards and not enough in Tub Democrat. We mentioned some time ago of Mrs. Samuel Harter being down with JLa Grippe, we ara happy to learn now she is so far recovered as to be able to set up, and we hope In a few days to see her out again.

Last Friday afternoon passen ger train going west on the CAE. railroad run over and killed eleven head of fine sheep belonging to Mr. Oliver Smith, living on the Keefer farm just west of here. They had just got out of the pasture and went straight to the railroad. It is a heavy loss on Mr.

Smith as they were all fine sheep. James Bare Cora Stetzel, James Miller, JLIIIIe Stetzel, Charles SIe, llally Rogers, Mary Manger, and Jtsiia unmth, all went to the Hanging Bock near Lagro Thurs day on a fishing expedition. The weather was cold and the fish did not bite. Though they all say they had a good time, and think in the near future they will have an other picnic at the same place. xne Lima uu company Is trying to pipe oil west by way of Bluffton and on down the Markle pike to iianungton.

One Mr. Gordon and Mr. Lee are soliciting names and getting the right of way. We and many more think it Is a nuisance. Jost think of the smell of oil all A me way aiong tne public pike, the alien in our very door yard.

Why, you can not get a good breath. They say you can smell the oil at Lima seven miles and just think the putting It all along nnder the farmers nose. Can not something be done to stop It. They can not run it on the C. cV E.

any more on account of the passengers com plaining or the bad smell. Mr. Gordon says they have the right of way from our county commission- ghost' a mam A. I era. JN ow is tms rignc lor mem give some other man a right of I way bo he can not go oat in the moraine to inhale the fresh air I bnt that he may meet with tne deathly smell of Lima oil.

Notice. Until the busy season begins in the fall, the Huntington Lieut Fuel Co. offers special inducements to Darties desiring? to have their houses fitted up for natural gas. Call and see tbem at office in Bip- dus block. 25tl 'INDIAN MARRIAGES.

Matrimonial Qow ttom Is a Trouble wme On to tho Bed Men. I ones asked the Pima how they man aged this question, says a writer Kate Field's Washington, and the o. men said it had given them more trouble than anything else, so that finally they had dropped the whole business and let the Tounflr I people mate to suit them selves: if they loved one another they remained together; If they did not, they swapped and that plan seemed to work better than any thejnad tried. I had a case among the Punas once which required judicial decision and put all my ability to the test. Tke wife of the chief came tojmy headquarters, accompanied by a small army of Amazons, to Inquire what the law was among1 the white people about the everlasting question of matrimony.

I told her the American law allowed man to have only one wife. She then said that Antonio had brought another woman into the house, and wanted to know what I was going to do about it. Now, interfering between even an In dian man and wife is no fun, so the court took the case under advisement. Finally I asked her if the other woman was as strong as she. "No," she replied, "she is a little squaw." i I had some Mexican chicotes horse whips plaited of rawhide; I gave her one of these and told her to go home and whip: the other woman like sixty 1 The advice worked to a charm and the encounter between the two women terminated the matrimonial entanglement.

The creat chief of the MojavesJ Ire- teba. had shown John Moss a gold mine tn the 1 Dorado canyoni Moss sold it in San Francisco for several thousand dollars, and out of gratitude offered to take the chief to Washington; so they had a grand tour In the Atlantic states, Thinking it would please the "Indiana, 1 had Ireteba's photograph taken, im- perlal size, and placed it in the agency on the Colorado river for the Indians to see. But they failed to appreciate the fine arts, and after looking at the photo graph would go away without saying good-by. I called np my interpreter, Jose Cabezon, and asked him: 'Jose, what is the matter with the Tn3a.nia that mW them so "They are angry," he answered. furnish hot coffee In any quantity, They think the Americans have killed bat mrhina ha meant I Ireteba and that that picture is hia "Oh, no," I replied, "Ireteba is alive and will return.

Yon tell the Indians I will stay here among them till he comes back." When Ireteba returned he was dressed in a major general's uniform. with a dashing sword and epaulets as biar as a saucepan. He came to the agency in a furious passion, i "Captain." he exclaimed. "1 want to make a speech." "AH right," I responded. knew he had been to Washington and caught the contagion.

So I fixed a dry goods box with a red blanket on it for a rostrum, and he hanuurued the audience for an hour or two hi true Indian fashion. Jose interpreted it to me, and the sub stance of it was that the Indians had come to the agency during his absence, and, having seen his "ghost," concluded he was dead and proceeded to divide out his wives, horses and other personal property among them. Here was a serious case, involving war. for whloh I was partly responsi ble; that is, I had raised the "ghost," and it reauired diplomacy to lay it again. I mauired if they bad not left him any wife at all? He replied: "Yes, The only reason that one young one.

she was not di- vided out was that she had ran away to her people among the Hualapais. I told him to hold on a few days and I'd send for her. I sent out a few friendly Hualapaia out with horses to bring her in. She turned out to be a remarkably bright little squaw, and brought with her a fine little boy about five years old. To make a long story short, I settled this matrimonial difficulty by giving her all the calico, beads and other goods which would have gone to the harem if it had not been and dressing hex boy In uniform.

The family lived happy ever afterward, for all that I know. The Apaches have not much of a mar riage ceremony except a process of bar ter, and divorce among them involves the cuttinsr off of the unfaithful wom an's nose. I Picture by Machinery. In the new drop-a-nickel photograph machine the time required to produce the picture is one' and three-quarter minutes. From the beginning of the William Hoover, I operation until the completed picture no hand has touched the There is an arrangement on the front of the case by which the tane of developing may be shortened' or prolonged as a darkly or lightly printed picture is wanted.

The picture after; being dropped out is taken py an 1 attendant and dried and fitted in a neat brass case; for this hitter service an additional nickel Is charged. The machine la equipped with four hundred small plates, known to the photographic trade as argentie dry plates, and sufficient chemicals for a day's run. SW Haired Wma. A writer hi a ladies' journal has a word of encouragement or jgbrls who lament having red hair. The Catherines, who made Russia great, had red hair; so had Maria Theresa, who saved Austria and made It the empire that it is; so had Anne, of Austria, who ruled France for-so long; so had Elizabeth, oi England, and Catherine Borgia, as well as Marie Antoinette, whose blonde tresses had in them a glint of gold.

JL Prairie Do WeU. MAJOErOENEEAL MILES. An Outline of His Remarkabl' Military Career. mm BorvieM In tho CItU War and in toe TpU" Country The Defeat of Chief Joseph and tho Nes JPerces The South Dakota Treabla. Maj.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the pres ent commander of the division ox the Missouri, is a native of Massa chusetts, was born in Westminster, in that state, August 8, 1889. His ancestors, says Harper's Weekly, were among our earliest settlers and explorers, and among the patriots who struggled for the freedom of our country in the revolutionary war and later in that, of 1812. He received an academic education, and in the early part of his life was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston.

He inherited the spirit Of a soldier, ana at tne nrsi tap of the drum In 1881 he hastened to raise a company of volunteers, devoting his own means to that end, and offered aarvlcea to his state. How WU OB performed hia duty and how worthy of Advancement, his record shows. He entered the service at the age of twenty-one, and served from the beginning of the rebellion until its close tn the volunteer service, rising from! the rank of a subaltern to that of malor general. He received four brevets for gallantry and distinguished service, and took part In many hard fought Datr tles of the war. He commanded the largest division of the army ot the Potomac and at one time, at the age of twenty-six, was in command of twenty' five thousand men.

He was engaged in the battles of the Peninsula before Blchmond, and at Antietam, and in everv battle of the army of the Poto- mac, with one exception, until the sur render of Lee at Appomattox Court house. He was distinguished in the battles of Fair; Oaks, Malvern Hill, Fredericksbunr. ChancellorsvilleJ Old Wilderness, Spottsylvania Courthouse, Beam's Station, Blchmond, campaigns of '64. and many other important bat- seemed a wellnigh impossible task, of running down and bringing in Geronimo and Natchez, and the band of Apaches that had made the entire southwest uninhabitable, thus restoring peace and prosperity to Arizona, northern Mexico and New Mexico. For his services up to this time he received the thanks of the legislatures of Montana, New Mexico and Arizona, and was presented with a sword of honor at Tucson In 1887.

But his hut great service was the settling of the recent Indian troubles in South Dakota, and saving the country from the bloodiest Indian war that it has ever By great tact and firmness, his thorough knowl edge of the Indian character, and so dis posing his troops as to effectually shut them off from the settlements, and cut ting off their supplies and escape, he forced several thousand of the most warlike Indians to return to their reservation and surrender, thoroughly protecting the settlers and saving a large amount of property. i Gen. Miles Is now the third general officer in rank in the regular army, is cull a young man, and in the full strength and vigor of manhood. TEMPERING STEEL. Pale Yellow for Basors aa4 Dark Bls for Saws tbo Proper Colors.

Steel has been denned as any kind of Iron which when heated to redness and suddenly plunged into cold water be comes hard; and every kind of mallea ble or flexible iron that can be hardened A Wyoming man has settled the ques- that process is steeL water they drink. He says they dig their own wells, each village having one with a concealed opening. He says he knows of several of these wells, from 50 to 00 feet deep, each having a circular stairway leading down -to the water. ties of the war. He was thrice wound ed, and at the battle of Chancellorsville rwas borne xroxn we neid wiu wnat rwas suDDoaed to be a mortal wound (through the body.

At the close of the war he was com- (missioned colonel of the Fortieth United States infantry, and was shortly afterward transferred to the Fifth in fantry. His service since the war has been scarcely less distinguished, His promotion has been very He was promoted brigadier general in the regular establishment in December, 1880, and major general in April, 1890. His serriaealn the Indian country have been of inestimable value to the eountry, and the remarkable success of his campaigns has probably been un equalled in the history of Indian war fare. His command has been and has extended over a great expanse of country. He has done much to open up for civilization vast sections of the great west, and has the confidence of the settler and the Tndian alike, for both respect his honesty and sincerity of purpose as well as admire his firm ness and bravery.

He defeated the Cheyennes, Eiowas and Comanches in the Staked Plains country, and in 1875 and 1876 he subjugated the hostile Sioux and other Indians in Montana, driving Sitting Bull across the and breaking np the bands that were led by him, Crazy Horse, Lame Deer, Spotted Bagle, Broad Hump and others. la De cember, 1877, after one of the most remarkable forced marches, over a dis tance of one hundred and sixty miles, he captured Chief Joseph and his band of Nez Perces, after a hard-fought battle of four days, in northern Montana, and when he had nearly reached the British line, after having eluded all other troops that had pursued him from the Pacific coast. In 1878 he intercepted and captured Elk-Horn and his band of red-handed murderers on the edge of the Yellowstone park. In 1886 he accomplished what El 0 0a, ..) -FOR i 1 -i I i i I i i I GKS. NKLSON A.

MILES. jl -i But this defi nition is not applicable to the steel of mild quality, now, made for many me chanical: uses, says the Mechanical News. One of the requisites for this mild steel is that it will not harden after being heated to a cherry red and plunged into water. To include all the PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, I WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER GOODS, ETC. unas ox steel now used in the agri cultural and mechanical industries, the better definition of steel will be, a malleable iron combined with a percentage of Chemically considered, steel occupies a half-way position between wrought and cast iron, wrought Iron being simply Iron almost entirely free from carbon, while steel that is to be tempered contains one to.

one and one-half per cent, of carbon. The reason why this very slight change La the chemleal construction should produce such wonderful results In the properties of iron and steel is aa yet an unsolved mystery. We know that a bar of iron converted into steel becomes more granular or open, and while it loses to some extent its tough ness, it gains, instead, elasticity, greater strength and closeness of fiber. Blister steel is made by heating bars of iron packed in charcoal in a furnace for a period of 'from six to ten days. When the metal is withdrawn the bars are found to be of crystalline texture, and have a blistered surface hence the name.

Cast steel waa formerly made of blister; steel broken into fragments, melted in crucibles and oast into ingots; but the modern practice is to charge the crucibles with pieces of good Swedish or American bar iron, adding charcoal and black oxide of mansranese. The heat of the furnace soon seals the lid of the crucible, and the melting iron absorbs carbon from the fumes of the charcoal, thus shortening the tedious process of making "blister bar. The cast steel Is rolled or hammered from the ingot to any desired bar, sheet or i xne cmei characteristic ox steel consists In its capability of being hardened and tempered, and when exposed to heat it takes on in succession the following colors: -1. A faint yellow, which indicates a proper temper for lancets or small cot ters that require the finest edge, with but little strength of metaL 2. A pale yellow, which indicates the temper for razors and surgical instruments.

8. Full yellow, for penknives, with increased toughness. 4. Brown, with purple spots that being for xes and carpenters' tools. 6.

Bright bine, for swords and watch-springs. 6. Full blue, for fine saws, daggers, etc r5 7. Dark blue, for large saws or instruments that may be sharpened with a file, The above colors are based on steel suitable for the requirements. A piece of steel suitable for razors, laneeta, etc, would not take the color indicated for large saws, aa that quality of steel is but little above the "blister" quality.

The finer steel Is the lees heat it will temper at, requiring a lower oolor of temper. Reeently there have been some valuable discoveries in tempering, welding and restoring steel, both from burnt or a low grade. CUNNING DEER HUNTERS. Bow a South AmerUsea Xadteae Provide ThesaselvM wltk Hon. The manner in which the South American Indians hunt deer In the Cordilleras is very Interesting and somewhat ingenious.

-They first aseeztain the locality in which the animals congregate to graze, and then the men, women and children cf the tribe make extensive prersxations to hem in the herd. In or- i zs to casta a itamsaia thas ituhar tilljly horns, yell and make other bewildering and outlandish noises. As a natural consequence the frightened deer their grazing places. They form in line in regular marching order, the elder males leading the way followed by the females and young, while the rear of the column is brought up by the young bucks, who act as protectors to the centers. i The Indiana now close in upon them, seeing which the animals prepare to do battle for their Uvea.

The hunters then proceed to prepare the instruments of destruction, consisting of large lances, resinous torches and nooses fixed to long poles. The worst enemy of the deer is the jaguar and wildcat, and then animosity to them is such that they have been known to leap over a hunter In order to attack either of these feline foes. The Indians, knowing thia, employ it to great advantage during these hunts, The women stuff a number of jaguar and cat skins, which are placed in prominent positions on the edges Of precipices in full view of the deer, says the Detroit Free Press. Immediately the bucks make a violent effort to get at them in order to hurl them into the beneath, but are thus treated themselves by the wily hunters, who pitch them over the cliff, where they are quickly ham-strung or otherwise disabled by the women, who are stationed below. After the first onslaught on the stuffed figure the remaining deer seem to recognize the fact that they nave been tricked, and huddle together, awaiting another attack.

Then the Indians throw lighted torch es among them and a panic ensues. They make desperate efforts to esoape. bnt the relentless hunters drive them over the crags until they see that a suffi cient number have been captured gen erally four or five hundred. They da not usually harm the females and fawns. and also allow a few bucks to escape Very seldom Is a doe killed, and if a she fawn is captured it is immediately liberated.

The flesh is eaten by the Indians and also carried to the villages to be sold, while the skins are either puj chased by dealers or made np into vai ous articles by those who assisted la their capture. I The Australian Tree-WeU I 1 In the vast rainless tracts of central Australia, where water In the shape of streams, ponds, wells, etc, Is unknown, and where thousands of gold-seekers, travelers, hunters and others have perished with thirst, the country is found to be tolerably populated by a hardy race known aa "Bushmen. For the past century it has been a standing wonder how these human beings managed to exist in such an arid region. It now turns out that nature has made provisions for the welfare of living creatures even in that inhospitable section of the Antipodes. Here the eucalyptus tree, which grows 800 to 800 feet high in more favorable localities, grows to but eight or ten feet, gnarled and thickly jointed like a reed, Herein Ilea the secret of the Bushman's existence.

The joints of thia dwarf eucalyptus are hollow and filled with pure water, the 'size of the joint regulating the amount of water to be found within- More than one unlucky being has laid down In the shade of one of these Australian well-trees to die of thirst, when one stroke with his knife or "machete' would have caused a llf a-givtaj stream to BOOTS AND SHOES. FOR Men, 1 FOOTWEAR Boys, Ladies, Misses and Go to 40 Jefferson Street, FOR There you will find prices that will make shoes fly. Shoes fly, they do not botherj us, because we will sell the quality at prices that cannot help but make shoes fly. Call at I IT "'t 1L IXD 9 Taylor's Old Stand, 40 Jefferson Street, HUNTINGTON, INDIANA. w51 Mi-2m BICYCLES.

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