Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1893, Page 10

_——— MAIN STREET, MU SCOGEE, IND. TER. WEALTHY INDIANS. Some Tribes Richer Than Any Equal Body in the World. PROPERTY IN MONEY, LAND AND STOCK. Those Who Wear Civilized Attire and Can Read. SOME INTERESTING FACTS. = * ii OPENING OF the Cherokee strip to settlement last week and the recent acqui- sition by the govern- ment of various other Indian = reservations have given rise to a popular impression that the Indians of the United States are steadily becoming poorer. The interjec- tion in Pope's well- ; known allusion to the American aborigine, “Lo! the poor Indian, has come to be regarded as a proper name in the newspaper headlines of the day, and “Lo” is typified as a poverty-stricken wretch sitting disconsolate somewhere on & desert waste, clothed only in i tattered Dlanket and growing more destitute every year. Exactly the reverse is true, in the main, as is demonstrated in the forthcoming re- port on the general Indian census, soon to be issued by the government. It may seem astonishing and wonderful, but nevertheless it 1s a fact that certain of our Indian trites are without qualification the wealth- fest people on the face of the globe, the riches of some tribes, man for man, being six and eight and even ten times as great as that of the very wealthiest European nations. What is more, the tribes are rapidly becoming still richer, for as their numbers slowly, bat surely diminish and their lands constantly appreciate with time, their wealth per capita undergoes a corres- ponding increase. Self-Supporting Indians. ‘There are today 23,534 Indians, men, wo- men and children, in the United States, and of this number 76 per cent or 185,574 are self- supporting and receive no subsistence sup- glies whatever from the government. Of Moses Keokink, Sane and Fox. the total number, 133,417 are known as reser- gation Indians, residing as wards of the gation on 129 different reservations, in twenty states and territories, the reservi tions being made either ‘by law, by exec live order or by treaty and subject to in- frease or diminution by the government ft pleasure. These reservation Indians own 884,518 worth of horses, mules, swine, Sheep and domestic fowls, which with their pier Property and the trust funds owned many of the tribes, place them far above the reach of want. The non-reservation Indians, of which there are 110,117, are in an tven more enviable condition. All are im- mensely rich as tribes and the degree of enlightenment and civilization they have BMiained is a startling revelation to the un- initiated. Of this class 69,000 belong to the five civilized tribes in Indian territory, 10,287 to the Moquis and Pueblos of New Mexico, 6,203 to the six nations of New York, 2.8% to the eastern band of Cherokees ef North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. and 17,00 to the Navajos of Art- fona. Their lends were acquired by pur- phase, settlement or treaty, their trust funds by the sale of their surplus lands and their other proverty by the personal exertion and fabor of the tribes, assisted in their efforts by the federal government. The Richest Per Capita. A little remnant tribe of Delawares, de- scendants of the old Len!-Lenape of the mid- dle states,now residing among the Kiowas and Comanches in Oklahoma, and number- ing only ninety-five souls im all, have to their credit in the United States treasury the sum of $874,195, which is $9,202 in cold cash for every man, them, besides eighty acres per capita of Jand, together with horses, stock, houses and other property. They are probably t Fichest per capita of all the Indians, their ‘Wealth in trust funds and land alone being Arizons and Modern Indiau Dwelling. per capita. Compared with theirs capita wealth of the richest the world is insignificant. The i habitants of the British islands are the oputent civilized race on the earth, their per capita wealth is only $1.26. the British are the French, the on the continent of Europe, capita wealth is only $1,102. ench are the Hollanders & per capita wealth of $1,083, @re our own people in the ‘United States, whose wealth per capita is The per capita wealth of but $52, and that of Russia Delawares above referred to, with the Cherokees, are the numbering 1509, and residing cast lahoma, tribal government of their own, based upon by the Interior Le- the immense sum of in the United States treasury—a capita fund of $,49, bearing interest to amount of $55 annually. In addition own, per capita, $2,900 worth 9 splen- acres at $50 an acre, making ber capita wealth in the two items of money and land $3,296. More Wealt Than Any Equal Rody. The five civitized tribes inhabiting the In- ian territory—the Choctaws, Chickasaw Cherokees, Creeks and Seminoles—consti- tuting, as stated, a population of 6,000 souls, bave more concrete wealth xmong themselves, chiefly held in common by each tribe, than any body of people of equal size under the sun. Once absolute savuges, in- vesting the bottoms and wildernesses of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, except the Seminoles, who came from Florida, they are now creditable and cultivated cit- izens, of perhaps a little higher order than many of our imported European Americans, With tegisiative, executive and judicial de- 9 | or woman and papoose of | partments, trial by jury and the right of ‘appeal to the Supreme Court. The men, as @ rule, are handsome and the women comely, frequently even beautiful; 0 at- tractive, indeed, that white men from eise- where, captivated by thelr charms and worth, as well as by the delicious climate and other favorable conditions under which they live, seek alliances with them in mat- rimony and cast in their lot with the tribes. The half-bloods produced by these mar- Tiages are a much more promising race than one would suppose. Altogether the five tribes have in bank and in the United States treasury the ag- gregate sum of $19,000,000; they own nearly 20,000,000 acres of land, some of it literally underlaid with deposits of coal, iron and other rich mineral resources, the whole val- ued at $1,000,000,000, and easily salable at that figure today; they produce between %,000,000 and $6,000,000 worth of farm crops every year, and their live stock is esti- mated at 756,000 head. Besides all this they have prosperous cities and towns, with schools, newspapers, factories, inills and workshops in large numbers, and $17/,(wé Pleasant Porte: worth of church property. Not counting their stock, houses, mills or factories, but simply their land,‘ trust funds and farm products, the per capita wealth of the five tribes, men, women and children, is $1,812. Certain of these tribes are wealthier than others by reason of the superior quality of their lands, the extent and nature of their improvements and the amount of trust funds held for them in the treasury. Pay- ments of interest and other sums due them by the ent are made every year by the United States assistant treasurer at St. | Louis to the treasurer of each tribe cr na- | tion, and the expenditure of these amounts is entirely under the control of the tribes | and tribal councits. | The Choctaws and Chickasaws, living | down in the Gomeeeap ny poll pend pai tory, number together people, and own | sissies acres of- land, of which 5,300,000 acres Bre tillable, id in addition they have | due them or in trust in the treasury $4.371,- 289 in cash, or a cash per capita of $21. | Beyond this they possess valuable property in the shape of flocks, herds, houses, pub- le bu‘ldings, schools’and other” improve- | ments. | Money of the Cherokees. | The Cherokees, who inhabit the northeast- | ern part of the territory and who recently sold their interest in the Cherokee outlet for #%,600,000, have due them, besides this | money, $2,697,00 held in trust in the treas- ury, or $11,287,000 in all. They number 26,256, so that their cash funds amount to $2 for each individual. The land owned and oc- jeupied by the tribe covers 5,W1,351 acres. | Of this % acres per capita are arable and | Susceptible of high cultivation. The Creeks, who live south end west of the Cherokees [und number 15,000, have $200,000 to their | credit in the treasury and own 3,040,495 ucres | of land of fine quality. The per capita cash | wealth of the Seminoles is greater than that | of the other four civilized tribes, but their | lands are not so extensive. The tribe, liv- | Ing southwest of the Creek country, em- | braces 2,729 individuals. Their trast’ fund amounts to $1,500,000, being $48 to each man, woman and child. Their land covers $75,000 | acres, of which 25 acres per capita are till- | able. | Near by, in the territory of Oklahoma, are numerous other tribes of very wealthy Indians. Among these are the Cheyennes and Arapahces, who number only 3,210, | but who have $1,000,000 held in the treasury in trust and $1,500,000 more as the proceeis from the sale of some land three years ego, making $2,500,000 in all, or $778 per capita. They also own a vast body of land, but only 9 acres of it per capita are adapted to griculture. The Otoes and Missoarias, a small band of 36% also residing in Oklaho- ma, west of the Pawnees, have $S01,s5 in the treasury, a per capita of $1,683. Their lands, kewise, are exceedingly rich. The Miss Ross, 2 Half-Blood Belle. Jowas in Oklahoma, numbering 26, have | im the treasury $171,583, or 3659 per capita, and the Sacs and Foxes, just east cf the Towas, have $200,000 in the treasury. Num- bering only 27, their per capita wealth is | $569. “Still other tribes In the territory, such | as the Pottawatomies, the Kansas, Tonka- Was, Absentee Shawnees, Pawnees and Poncas are exceedingly well off. } Off in South Dakota ts a small band, the Sisseton and Wahpeton, of the Stoux femily, numbéring 1,522, who have $1,699,800 in the treasury, or $1.i17 per capita. Out in Utah is a body of Utes, exclusive of the White river branch, who have $1,750,000 in the treasury, which divided among 2,243 gives $78) to each. Away up in the state of Washington ts a tribe who are the richest in lands of all the aborigines on the continent. They are the Puyallups, number 600, the grown males be- ing citizens and voters. Their alloted Innds occupy 18,000 acres on the outskirts of the city of Tacoma, part of the tract fronting on the shores of Commencement bay, at the | head of Puget sound—the prospective if hot the present water front of @ great and | commanding city. Some of the land is | Worth $10,000 per acre on account of its pe- culiar position, and there are twenty-five men among the Puyallups who are worth | fortunes ranging all the way from $30,000 to | $200,000 each. Land of the Yakima: In the state of Washington also are the Yakimas, numbering 1,400, the males being likewise voters, and these are destined Probably te be even richer in land than the Puyallups. They now own 800,000 acres Cherokee, Creek and Seminole. of fertile soll, which {s bound to appre- ciate imme! in value in the course of a few years. The treaties by which these | Washington Indians were enabled to ob- tain their lands in severalty were made | with c Stevens when the state was still a territory. The governor hap- | pened at the same time to be the head of | the territorial land office, and his idea was |to place the tribes upon reservations of jlimited extent, but of self-sustaining soil |to the end that they could take up allo ments and so eventually become progres sive citizens. His plan, said never to have been pursued before or since, was have now taken their places as perha| the wealthiest and most promising in the in Idaho, t re ‘are two mo! the latter, numbering but iter, num of land. Last year million dollars from ii banks or loaned out to merchants over in Spokane, Wash. Last year they had 4,800 acres under prime cultivation and sold $48,000 worth of stock and produce. ‘This season they have 13,000 acres in crop, or nearly 100 acres for every family on the whole reservation. They also have about 192,000 acres under fence. They hold 9,00 head of horses and 1.500 head of cattle. The Nez Perces are a larger tribe, numbering 1,828 persons. They possess 746,601 acres of excellent land, or 406 acres per capita, a Jarge proportion of which ts under thor- ough cultivation and bringing in most re- munerative returns. Down in Arizona ts a large and wonder- fully rich tribe of a nomadic and pastoral eharacter—the Navajos—numbering 17,204 and owning 8,206,440 acres of land admirably ited to grazing. They pursue stock rals- as national avocation, and have 74 head of sheep, 118,798 head of horses 9,188 head of cattle. They are proba- the best armed and equipped Indians the continent, and are able to put from 6,000 to 7,000 fighting men in the field on the shortest notice. The Moquis of Arizona and the Pueblos of New Mexico, neighbors of the Navajos, are also quite rich and live under an ancient form of government, holding their lands by patents issued by the Spanish government, 400 years ago and since confirmed by the United States gov- ernment. The Pu $3,000,000. Coming east of the Allegheny mountains the Eastern Cherokees, forming a body politic Incorporated under the laws of forth Carolina, are another favored race. ‘There sre 28% of them and they hold 6,000 acrés of land, of which 20,00 acres are arable, 30,000 well suited for grazing and 10,000 ‘covered with vaiuable timber. The Six Nations of New York, progeny of the original Iroquois, made ‘famous Cooper's novels, are made up of the Onon- daga, Oneida, Tonowanda Allegany, Cat- taraugus, Tuscarora and Bt. Regis tribes, and live on reservations of their own, be- sovereignties within themselves, nations within the nation, governed by a constitu- tion ratified by the legislature of the state of New York. They are further advanced in civilization than any other reservation Indians. They speak and read English, wear citizens’ clothes and own 87, 327 acres of land, valued at $1,810.69, and other prop- erty valued at $1,284,996. If this wealth were divided among them equally tt would give to each of 5,208 Indians and adopted persons there $595. The Indian Depredation Claim. A great deal of money has been diss!- Pated by some of the richer tribes in pay- ing to attorneys and claim agents in Wash- ington exorbitant retainers and contin- gent fees for procuring legislation tn their interest at the national capital. But the test menace to Indian weaith js the dian depredation claim, dating back in numberless instances almost to the begin- ning of the government. The property al- Jeged to have been taken or stroyed in ns by rampant tribes is as varied as the times and localities in which the raids took place. Indemnity 1s asked by descendants of early white settlers and many of later date for slaves taken, for mining machinery damaged, for gold coin, English bank notes, cattle and stock of ali kinds, houses, barns and fences, and in one case recorded for a luxuriant head of hair, valued at several thousand doliars by the fair claimant who was despoiled of it, but_who happily escaped further injury. The officals of the Department of Justice relate droll stories illustrating the marvei- ous tendency to indefinite multiplication observable in these claims. A single cow or a few starving sheep, after the lapse of a few misty years, become transformed into an enormous herd or flock in the lmag- ination and even belief of the claimant, and a primitive hut or cabin in the woods fs idealized into a noble and luxurious man- sion, and so on down the list of all prticles and ‘things that could be taken or injured by marauding Indians. ‘Peculiar legal machinery has been pro- vided for the adjudication of these claim: which, though Just in many cases, are trumped up and dishonest in the mass. Un- der the operations of this machinery the Court of Claims can render judyment against the United States and ‘diterent tribes of Indians for upward of $34.(00,000 without service of process upon one of the judgment debtors, and the judgment #0 Tendered must be paid by the government from the trust funds belonging to the tribes whose remote ancestors are charged with committing the depredations. Over 10,000 actions of this kind have already been Drought, and last year 413 of them were disposed of—291 judgments being rendered against the Indians and the government and 122 rendered in their favor. The ag- gregate amount claimed in the actions ed- Judicated was $1,723,132. Unless some new @eparture is taken in the disposition of these claims the wealth of certain tribes of warlike brcaltvities in the past is in dan- r of being wiped out entirely. "Meverting. to the condition of the five civilized tribes in Indian territory, it 1s interesting to note that they have 75 church organizations and own and main- tain 422 church edifices proper, besides 308 halls, in which they worship. Of the total 000 souls composing the five tribes, 28,521 church members and communicants, or the surprisingly large proportion of 41 per cent—probably not equaled or excelled by any other race of people under heaven. ‘Those Who Wear Citizens’ Dress. Exclusive of the Five Tribes, there are 8 Indians who wear citizens’ dress wholly, and 35,48 in part, 29,48 who can read English, and 33,68 who can speak it for ordinary’ purposes. Among the tribes not before mentioned that are entirely self- supporting are the Pimas, Papagos and Marieopas of Arizona; the Mission and Tule River Apaches of California; the Eastern Shawnees, Miamis, Ottawas, ‘Peorias, Qua- paws, Senecas and Wyandottes of the In- @ian ‘territory; the Iowas, Chippewas and Sacs and Foxes of Kansas; the Chehalis, Nisquallies, 8’Kiallam, S'Kokomish, Much- leshoat and Swinomish of Washington; the Menomenees, Oneldes and Stockbridges of Wisconsin, and the Chippewas of Minne- sota. Among them are 20,00) dwelling houses, together with 231 church buildings, in which 28,000 communicants assemble regularly to worship. Counting in the communicants in the Five Civilized Tribes, tt will be seen that there are nearly 54,000 Christian church Members among our Indians, or 22 per cent of tha entire aboriginal population. However wicked and murderous the Sioux, Utes and certain other unregenerate tribes fay yet be it cannot be denied that this & won: showing of progress toward higher civilization—all gained since the and Puritans first fell upon their knees and then upon the aborigines. And whatever may be said as to the present policy of the gov- ernment in still further educating and ele- vating the Indians, one thing is certain, that no other nation in the world has achieved in such a short time wonder- ful a result with a savage race a: that now aposrent. Surely neither Canada nor Me feo has done anything comparable in this Tegard. It is estimated by experts on In- dians that our government has spent ing this so-called “century of dishonor,” of since 1776, when the Continental Congress: was organized, the stupendous sum of one billion five hundred millions of dollars in subduing and maintaining the tribes, in uplifting them and protecting white settlers from their ravages. But: considering their present gratifying condition, no humane economist can regret the outlay, if not as a conscience fund, then as a practical in- vestment. JOHN D. CREMER. ——— Elixir of Youthful Spirits. From the Ne York Sun. ‘As I was walking up and down my roo: the other day,” sald a man, “wrapped In thought and absorbed in care, with head lowered and hands clasped behind me, 1 heard a tittering, and, looking back, I saw my children following me, each with bowed head and clasped hands; they had tried hard to be very solemn, but had found it quite impossible. I couldn't help laughing myself when I saw them, but I picked up my burden and marched on. Promptly the children fell in again and marched after me; when I turned a corner I saw them tagging on as before. We all laughed again, and then the children and I played soldier for a while. When we got through with that I found that my serious friend Care had gone % The green apnle knocks out the small boy with a hit below the belt.—Life by | strenuously. | grimy SPIKING THE GUNS. G. J. Catcliffe Hyne in the Strand Magarin. L HE REGIMENT will be annihilated,” observed the adju- tant, coolly. And then, in the same im- movable tones, he asked some one to pass him a biscuit. “Curse you,” shouted .the colonel, “do you think I don’t know that? Do you imagine I fear getting killed tomor- Tow? De you suppose I want to live on after what has happened? It's the eternal disgrace of the thing that’s cutting me.” “Once comfortably shot,” remarked the senior major in easy philosophy, “it doesn’t much matter to me personally where, or for why, I go down. Not a soul will be left behind to care. 2, This last remark added tinder to the blaze. The major was a peasant’s son who hed hacked and thrust his way up from the ranks by sheer hard fighting. His com- manding officer was a noble of the old re- gime. He had hoped, and reasonably expect- ed, that the previous day’s engagement Would give him a brigade; und so the fiasco had fallen all the more bitterly. It seemed as though the very stars in their courses had been battling against Everything had gone wrong. The blamé Was not ours; but this, in an army where want of luck was the greatest crime, told nothing in our favor. Many men had fallen, and panic had seized the heels of the rent. Which of us initiated the run cannot be said; but in the rush of some, all nad been carried along, few (except, perhaps, one oF two of the older officers) resisting very The colonel, burning with shame, had gone in to report. What pre- cisely had been said to him we did not know; but we guessed with some accuracy, although he did not repeat the detail. The sist of his interview was that the regiment Was to attack again on the morrow; and if unsuccessful then, once more on the day efter; and so on till the bridge was taken. Xesterday the thing had been barely pos- sible. Yet today it was far cliiferent.. Dur- ing the night the defenses had been more than trebled. The Austrians swarmed. Enough artillery was mounted there now to have demolished an entire army corps ad- vancing against it from the 2pen. The deduction was clear. The bravest men will turn tall sometimes; and in our army, which was the bravest in the world, there had, during the latter part of the campaign, been more than one case of wavering. An example accordingly was to be made. Our corps had been singled out for the .condign punishment. We were doomed to march on the morrow to our an- ihilation. course, the matter had not been put #0 at headquarters. There the words Tan: “Most important strategic point. Must be taken at whatever cost. Your regiment will again have the honor, colonel," and 80 on. But, summed up bluntly, it’ was neither more nor less than I have said. We all un- derstood the order of the letter, and there was not a man in the regiment who would hesitate a moment in carrying out his share. Each private soldier, each offer, would march with frm determination to march then his last. ‘That gives the case in a nut- shel But the secure knowledge that there would be no skulkers along this road to execution did not pacify the colonel, If anything, it increased his bitterness. It would make his ungrateful memory last the longer, He sat at the table end of that inn room where we had messed. with folded arms and nervous fingers kneading at his muscles. By a singular trony we were lodged in comfort there—we, who had got to go out and die on the morrow—and he must needs taut us with it, as though it were shame for Buch as we to have so tolerable a billet. yself, I was stretched out on a sofa away by the far wall, and lay there mutely, having but little taste for the wordy sav- ageries which were being so freely deult about. And the night grew older without my being disturbed. But the ansry man at the end of the table singled me out at last, perhaps beause my outward calm ond Ustlessness Jarred upon him. ‘Tired, Eugene?” he asked. ‘A little, sir.” ‘Ah, I can understand {t. I noted your activity today. You have mistaken your voeation, mon cher. You should not have come into the army, You should have been @ professional runner. An answer burned on my, tongue. But I kept it there, gave a shrug and said ‘oth- ing. What use could further wrangling bet But the silence was an il] move. It cnly angered him further, and he threw at me an insult which was more than human man could endure. ‘Do you think you will again feel in- clined to use those powers of yours tomor- row, Eugene? Or had I better have you band-cuffed to some steady old soldier?” A dozen of thé other officers. sprang to their feet at this ghastly taunt, for when such a thing as this was said’ to one of their number it touched all, The old major was their spokesman. ‘Colonel, we make all allowances, but you are going too far with the youngster.” The colonel scowled round tight-lipped for a minute, and then: m quite capable of commanding this regiment of lost sheep, without unasked- for advice from subordinates, major. Lieut. Ramard, you heard my question, I presume? Flease have the civility to on- ‘swer.”” During the minute's respite I had been thinking and acting—that 1s, writing. I got up and handed the colonel a slip of paper. On it were the words “I acknowledge that I, E. Ramard, lMeu- tenant of the twenty-second ‘am a coward. EUGENE RAMARD.” He read it. "There, sir,” I said, “kindly add the date, as I have forgotten what it is, and please leave that behind with the baggage when we march tomorrow. If I do not do better werk for France than any man in the regi- ment, it is my wish that this paper be pub- Ushed.” The colonel nodded grimly, and then frowned. “Have I your permission aow, sir, to withdraw from this room?” A refusal was framing itself—I could see it; but the lowering faces aroand made him curb his passion, and he nodded again, but reluctantly. IL In the dark, wet air outside, and not be fore, did 1 realize fully what I had done. The screed on the slip of paper had been the spasm of the instant. It seemed to me now the outcome of a moment's insanity. I had had no plan, no trace of scheme in my head whilst I was scribbling. The words and the pledge were an empty boast, made in the wild hope that I could hold them good. But how could such a thing be done? ‘The most furious, desperate cour age, by itself, would avatl nothing. There would be a thousand men around, each to the full as brave as I—for no one can march farther than death—and to do “bet- ter work for France” than any of them! Ah, no, the thing was impossible. With them I'should fall, and among all of them I alone would be branded infamous. ‘The paper would be brought to light; the curt, bald confession would be read, with no ex- planation of how or why it was written; and men would form their own opinions— all hostile, all against me. ‘To leave behind nothing but the name of a self-avowéd coward! Ob, agony! bitter agony! 1 wandered wherever my blind feet led me, wrenched by torments that God alone knew the strength of, and from which there seem- ed no human means of escape. The heavy Tain-squails moaned down the village streets. ‘The place, with its armed tenantry, slept. Only the dripping sentries were open-eyed. These, taking me for an officer on ordinary rounds, saluted with silent respect. No soul interfered with me. Not even a dog barked. ‘The thought came: You die only to gain a wreath of craven plumes. Why not pass away from here—escape—desert—vanish—be kpown no more—and yet live? No one with- holds from you new life and new country. France alone, of all the world, is utterly hopeless for you. The thought gained. I say it freely now, for the dead, dull blackness of my pros: pect then showed no spot of relief. In my walkings to and fro I gradually verged nearer and nearer to the outer cordon. AS an officer I knew the words for the night, sign and countersign both. I could pass the pickets. Farther and farther toward the scatterea outskirts of the hamlet did my doubting feet lead me. In one more patrol up and down I think my mind would have been made up, and efter that, whatever deluge the Fates desired. But a sound fell on my ear, faint and not unmusical. I was dully conscious of some new scheme beginning to frame Itself. I changed my path, and walked faster. Presently the cause of the sound disclosed itself. A field forge, an anvil, and couple ot farriers. and half-a-dozen troopers with horses. The cavalrym&n were resting on the ground, watering bridle in hand, awaiting their turns. The sm‘ths were slav- ing, sweating, swearing, doing the work of thrice their number. It was a queer enough group, and I gazed at it for many minutes, still unable to frame the gauzy idea that had reantmated ne. Then one of the farriers who had been fitting o hissing in'evrain puddle and TMunped up: the borse! ai\ral up. J fetlock on to his apron again. I started. ‘The fellow picked up a hammer, took a nail from his mouth, and drove the nail first gently, and then smartly home. ‘“There. vicious one,” swore he. “I put that spike through the vent in a matter of seconds, but with these four others beside it, thou'lt not rid thyself of it ‘The military smith dropped the hoof from his lap, came to attention, and saluted. But he looked at me queerly, and answered nothing. I could see he thought me mad. Very likely excitement had made me look 50. “Ten louis. There is the money, in gold.” “My officer, the things are yours.” Steel spikes, brittle rods that would snap off short, would have been better. But bee Was growing narrow, and I must take w! offered. These soft bent nails would serve my purpose. And now for the river. The Current was swift. and. could ae eet stroke, I must go up-stream, and find some tree trunk or wooden balk that would aid me in floating down. 111. Of the matters that happened after this I cannot speak with any minuteness, To think back at, the whole time seems like a blurred dream, broken by snatches of dead sleep. I know I gained my point on the river bank, some miles above the village, and entered the water there, finding It chill as ice. I think it was a small fence gate that aided my choking . I can only recollect clearly that the thing I clung to was terribly unstable, and that on being landed by @ chance eddy on a strip of shoal, I lay there for fully half an hour, Ustening to a sentry plodding past and Past through the mud-ten yards away, un- able to move a limb. Then I gathered strength, and crawling, not only from cau- tion, but through sheer helplessness, made my stealthy way still further along the ore. Four batteries commanded the approaches to the bridge. Two were on either flunk, to deliver a converging fire; two, one ubove the other, were in @ direct’ line with it, so that the causeway could be swept from end to en It was in the lower of these last chat I found myself—by what route come I cannot say. Only then my senses seemed to re- turn to me. I was lying in an embrasure. Overhead was the round black chase of a sixty-pounder. I crawled farther and looked down the line. Six more guns loomed through the night, making seven tn The rain was coming down in torrents, sending up spurts of mud. There were men within = dozen yards, wakeful men, end then, and not before, did it flash upon me that my farrier’s hammer was a useless Weapon. Fool that I was to bring it. Idiot I must have been to forget that che (irat clink would awaken the redoubt. My life? No, pah! I didn’t count that. But it would mean only one gun spiked effectually, if 80 much. I drew back into the embrasure and knitted my forehead afresh. The right thought was tardy, but it came. I drew off my boot. It was new and it wes heavy —badinage had been poured out by my com- rades over its heaviness. The strong-sewn heel would drive like a calker’s mallet. ‘Then I got to work. The guns were lond- ed and primed. The locks were covered with leather aprons. I used infinite caution; crawling like @ cat, crouching in deepest stopping, making detours, not for 3 sake, be 1t understood, but be- cause life was wanted for work’ yet un- jone. The seven guns were put out of action, and still the night was dark and the Aus- vere ignorant behind the curtain of °° And then on to the upper * © Two, four, eight guns! Three I spiked, and the night began to gray. Three more, and men were stirring. I got reckless and sprang openly at another. air was filling with shouts, and stinkt wder smoke, and crashes and the h of cannon. The French were advancing to the storm in the wet, gray dawn. Both flanking bat- teries, fully manned, had opened upon them: but of the guns which had direct command of the bridge, only one spoke. Into the roar of artillery, the wind brought up yells, and oaths bubbling shrieks. And then the eagles came through vere gn gad There was no stopping that rush. Somehow I found myself among com- Trades, fighting with @ claw-backed farrier’s hammer; knowing nothing of order or ree: son, or how these came to pass; but heated only by an insane desire to kill, and Kill, and kill! And then I grappled with man who was struggling off with and wrestled with him in a crimson ‘and choked him down into it, whilst heavily shod feet trampled madly on both of us. And afterward there was more shouting and cheering, and mighty hand claps between my shoulder blades, and the old major, who gave me cognac out of a silver flask—cog- mac which seemed to have been sadly over watered. And that-is all I remembered till I woke up in the afternoon from the sofa in that village inn. Reveille had sounded. We mustered under arms, and the roll was called. Many did not ‘answer. And then: “Stand out, Lieut. Ramard!” said the colonel. I advanced and saluted. “You will consider yourself under arrest, sir, for desertion before the enemy. Pres- ently, you will surrender your sword, and report yourself at headquarters.” 5 he colonel turned and exchanged some words with a little, pale man near him, who sat awkwardly on a white stailjon. He resumed: “The emperor has considered your case, sir, confirms the arrest, and orders you to ‘be reduced to the ranks.” The colonel paused and continued: “But as a reward for your gallantry, your commission of captain will be made out with promotion to the first vacant meaiority and you will also receive a decor- ation.” And then I was ordered to advance again and the‘emperor transferred a Cross of the Legion from his own breast to mine. “Captain of the twenty-second,” he said, “thou art my brother.” I never asked for the colonel’s apology. ———e0______ FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT. ‘They Are Peculiarily Adapted te At- tract the Attention of Winged Insects From the Corabill Magazine. As we all know, there are day-blooming and night-blooming flowers. The former lay themselves out for the fertilizing visits of bees and butterflies; they are generally decked in red, blue, yellow or purple, and have often lines, spots or markings on their petals which point to the nectaries and so act as honey guides. The night-blooming flowers, on the other hand, lay themselves out for the visits of moths or other crepus- cular insects, and therefore have recourse to something lke the tactics of the fire flies and the glow worms. They are usually pure white, and the petals are often of such a peculiar texture that they seem to glow with internal light in the dim shades of evening. At times one might almost fancy they were stained by nature with some curious forerunner of luminous paint, so strongly do they reflect every invisible ray of the faint twilight. They thus suc- ceed in catching the eyes of moths, which, of course, are specially modified for receiv- ing and perceiving the slender stimulus of dusk and the gloaming. But the nocturnal flowers have no lines or spots, because these last could never be perceived in the gray gloom of evening. ‘They make up for it, however, by being heavily scented; indeed, almost all the strong white flowers, like jasamine, tube- rose, gardenia, stephanotis, cereus and syringa, which are such favorites with florists, belong to night-blossoming plants, specially adapted to attract the eyes and noses of night-flying Insects. Perhaps that may be why the gilded youth of the gaiety 80 specially affect these luscious white ex- otics. I may add, in passing, that not a few nocturnal animais are also provided with similar allurements for their roaming mates in the shape of musky or other powerful perfumes. + “Corned Beef.” From Puck. Benjamin F. Mitchell, who was nomi- nated by the prohibition republicans of Towa for governor. has accepted the nomi-| nation. Lor ‘trust, recorded tn . one’ of the land of the District of Columbia, and at the re- of the ty @ecured thereby. we will front of sen, om SATURDAY. THE TWENTY-TSIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1893, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M... the following described erty, situate in the District of Columbia, to wit: Lot ‘numbered one (1), in block numbered twelve G2), of William 0.” Denison and | Redtord W. ‘Trustees’. recorded subdivision of a tract called “South Brookland,” as recorded in oftice of the surveyor of the District of Oo- io. 7 folio is SE Sone ere te One-third cash, and the balance two Years, with interest at 6 per cent necured oa the property, or all cash. if All, convezarcing and fecording at pur, t. $100 deposit required at time of JOB BARNARD, Trustee, 500 bth st. mw. 308. T. FERRY, Trustee, 441 :N. 5. ave. aw. FUTURE DAYS. RATCLIFFE, DARB & OO., Auctioneers, 920 Pa. AVE. oxe 53° E TARE OE oe uv A 3 U4 IN LO jo ERY AND VETERINARY CHARGES. On TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH, at TWELVE O'CLOCK M., 1 will offer for sale, at = auction, in front of the auction rooms of ° iS Bat GOK, oo Oovnt LIVERY AND VET. ‘4 ‘ARY CHARGES, ‘The said horse having been left at my infrmary in the mame of R. E. ‘All parties interested ‘will please take notice. z ‘Terms cash. 'W. C. KIMPTON, V. 8. 028-2 O si. bet. 9tb and loth m WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., AUCTIONEERS. CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL OF REMARQUE PROOF ETCHINGS, ENGRAV- INGS, PHOTOGRAVURES, WATER COLORS, FRAMED AND UNFRAMED; LARGE AND MEDIUM-SIZE EASELS, CABINET AND CARD PHOTOGRAPHS AND “OTHER | ARTICLES USUALLY FOUND IN A FIRST-CLASS ART STOI ‘We will sell at the art store of A. P. McEiros, 1008 Fe, ave. 2-W., 00 TUESDAY, SEPTENBES TWENTY-SIXTH, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M., the Sy Sika "Sa ae te el it . per empiory. WALTER B. W! & 00. 028. ART GALLERIES OF RATCLIFFE, DARR & 00., AUCTIONEERS, 920 PA. AVE. N.W.. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, CATALOGUE SALE OF 500 : Turkish, Persian And India Rugs, Carpets, Tapestries, Textiles, &c., Mr. G. K. DAVIDYAN OF ‘This superd collection, wil) Ysclade exquisite ex- io Modern aod Antique Art. such as fis MY AAMAS ERE ate HALL AND STAIR bgt By Public Auctio THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘TWENTY-EIGHTH, ‘' TWENTY- AND THI |. AND’ THREE P. BE TED. COLLECTION §0 BE SOLD NINTH, BEGINNING AT ELEVEN A. M. EACH Tay. NO. 920 Pa. AVE. N.W. ‘Mr. Davidyan will be in attendance st exhibt- tious’ and sales. RATCLIFFE, DARE & 00., s/n SR Ot THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Auctioneers, O2 Est. w VALUABLE BRICK RESIDENCB, NO. 328 DELA- WARE AVENUE NORTHEAST, NEAR U. & RATCLEE, DARE DESIRABLE TWO-STORY AND BAY. BRICK HOUSE, SIX ROOMS AND Ba‘ MODERN IMPROVEMENTS, 0.640 ACKER RENT, iL, BY Acction rare on MONDAY APTERSOON, SEPTEMBER TWEX. TY-PIFTH. st HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, we ‘will offer for sale, in front of the premises, $Eut 15 toot troat iy the depth of ot "90, 40 Terms of male: The purchaser to of trust due April, MIPRO' , NO. 1738 NORTHWEST. BY AUCTION. TESDAY — APTERNOON, SIXTH, y second trust monthly ’ installments, the will be stated at the time the purchase money in cash quired at the time of ‘sale Are not complied with in of sale right is reserved to resell the risk and cost of the default Eewspaper published in) Washingt bewepaper conveyancing and recording at the ebaser. RATCLOFE, s TERS, BEING THE ENTIRE IN STORE NO. 429 THIRD STREET, R OF VIRGINIA AVENUE SOUTH: i — TY-FIFTH, AT TEN O'CLOCK, we will sell at the qhove nenied store the entire stock of (g -» containe ret, to which the attention of the’ trade and private buyers ts called se20-dts RATCLIFFE, DARR & Y DESIRABLE 3-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK HOUSE. NO. 223 Ww. BETWEEN PEN: Rox Mi SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, we will offer for sale, Uy public auction, in of the premises, part of lot 27, res. 10, feet on 4% st., by a depth of b5 feet, 1 @ large S-story brick house, wivich can be converted tato office rooms, being within of the City Hall and one-half equa avenue cable cans. It is seldom that euch a uable ‘of property as this ts by Public auction, and should com thon of parties tn’ search of an el ‘Terms iiveral, and will be stated at wale. A deposit of $200 required upon of bid. If the terms of sale are not compl in Atteen days from the day of sule the reserved to resell the property at the ri Of the defaulting purchaser, after fiver Yertisement of such renal Msbed in Was! D. fecording at the ont se15-d&ds THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Auctioner 12 E st. aw: . “or THE PRODUCERS ~ “DAIRY CO. BRACIN' WER ENGINE AND BOILER” “IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION,” “THREE MILK WAGOXS, TWO GOOD WORK” “HORSES AND’ HARNESS,” 20 TEN-GALLON CANS, LOT SMALL’ CANS AND JAUS, ONE SEPARATOR, LARGE CHURN, CREAM EXTRACTOR, ABOUT 200 BUTTER TUBS, LARGE LOT CHEESE BOXES, FOUR MILK’ VATS. CHEESE | PRESS. OFFICE DESKS, OAK REVOL. DESK, QE,DRAWERS, OAK TARLES, CHAIRS AN STOOLS. LOT LUMBER, &e., de. TY-SIXTH, 1893, commencing at TEN O’CLOCK, 1 shall sell the ‘entire contents of the Producers’ Dairy Co., No. 1005 ‘enumerated above. ‘Terms cash. seld-dte AUCTION SALES. ——— THIS EVENING. 8 SAMSTAG, Auctioneer, 731 Oth st. aw. ANOTHER BIG SALE BY SAMSTAG. APTERNO SEPTEMBER . 1808, at TALPPasT FOUR OLOCK. ‘im front of the premises, we shall sali All of Lot 6 and half of Lot 7. to cog aN of square SILKS AND VELVETS, AT AUCTION. ‘Large stock jast purchased trom Mr. Adolph Nef to sult purchasers, porchaner or purchasers, recording at purchaser's oust deposit reyuired ou eact house. THOMAS DOWLING & ©0., large stock of Ribbons, Kid and other Gloves, Sewing Silks, Clark's Spool Cottons, about 8.000 YARDS DRESS SILKS, ‘Of all shades; 600 YARDS PLAIN AND BROCADE VELVET, ae and E Giaing at TEN O'CLOCK A.M. each ‘well BUTTER | coMPORTABLE TWO. BOXES, THREE PLATFORM SCALES, MILK | TEST. WATER COOLER. THREE WALNUT | CHEST 1993, at HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P. ND | trunt of the premises, we wii! sell lo: 39, SEPTEMBER TWEN- brick dwelling, with ‘ail siz rooms and bath and papered throaghoat which is partly | with 214 years to run, ‘halance Incas). eo Tigi i sty Hilt é fh SANDERS & STAYMAN, I ef E 3 H i x Hy & rf af! Rg, re FRANCIS, WASHINGTON'S POPU ha, retirped. and woud Us pi her friends and patrons, 406 Sittings dafty, 10 1 = ee IX, MEDICATED AND SEA SALT Bat P Sie cient mansug” open Bandas. Dr. _WAYOOTT, 808% 13th a "~AKLOK AND ODD PIRCES OF PAR- EM Me Sg N' AND OAK CHAMBER SUITES, BRUSSELS CARPBTS AND KUGS, STAIR CARPETS, CABINET AND MANTEL BEDs, ODD BLKEAUS, WASHSTANDS AND BED- STEADS WHAT NOMS, TABLES, ODD CHAIRS AND ROCKERS,’ OPEN FRANKLIN STOVES, PICTURES, TURKISH COUCHES, WARDROBES, | WALN OK" CARES, Fruits, COoRING CTESRILS CHIR aD | rasether. ther the pest ; results, tells whet 5 WwW. AND ANY OTHER AK- 1s dresine, TiGLes AS USUALLY BOUND IX wecu “aN | false, tnserp fami y TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER | Sirenecm ‘money TH aod TWENTY SIXTH. Tee ee Fang hs day, at we On Mi -KDown, Mga, Bie Hours, tot fine ep HL bet. 4p and Oth nw, MMP. RAPHAEL CLAIRVOYANT vora with aul; a Soe ASTROLOGIST; ves names and jucky dates; tells how to retain hushaod or lover: a@vice en Jove, business or health: form short time: ‘all consulting ber. 615% uw. ‘Boom rere THE HORSPORD ELBCTIIC MEDICATED VAPOR: ‘bath, unexcelied as a luxury and as a preventive Also facial steaming and mamage : ‘weid-im jie. {PERRIN THE TRUEST DESTINY READER ‘ge; promotes success La love, ‘god yentncss ‘stairs. Fen, Soe. GL" bet. 38th and T4th my PROF. JOUNSON bs Teader: was sworn b ©. G. SLOAN & ©0., General Auctioneers, 1407 G st. ©0., Auctiourers, treet. t ‘mer & Sloan.) RY BRICK DWELLING. . E. AT PUBLIC AUCTION DAY. SEVTEMEER TWENTY-FIFTH. C. G. SLOAN & 1407 On MO} om Geant aan ll sep tour Judges of Sil the events of life: compels love: teparated: causes speedy me! Feratent ber Goctore of chlcage from $ a.m. to ll pm, Price plat ‘Terms: Purchaser to assume a trust of $1,200. $206 re Terms complied with Dertect ©.'G. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneers. be