Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1888, Page 19

DU - = aration of se THE EDUCATIONAL REPORT. Annual Report of the United States Commisgloner of Education. SCHOOL PUBLIC STATISTICS. Bome Interesting Figures and Com- parisons of Growth of Attend- ance in the South—Disad. vantages in the South. Public Schools. The annual repact of the United States commissioner of education for 1586-87 is now going through the press at the gov- ernment printing office, but copies of the volume will not probably be ready for distribution until next winter. The report of Comm issioner Dawson, besides giving the usual state ments of the or- ganization and administration of his office, is supplemented with an explana- tion of his plau to publish in a series of monographs a history of cducation in the United States,and an account of his visit to Alaska, with suggestions as to the education of the people of that far- off territory The commissioner's statement is fol- lowed by twenty-two chapters, which, in addition to presenting the usual statistics, digests of state school reports, ete., treat of the training of teachers, kindergartens, secondary instruction, superior instruction, manual and in- dustrial training, education of special classes, libraries in the United States, ana many other important educational subjects, and a ¢ hapter of papers on im- portant topics by men of recognized au- thority on the subjects upon which they write. In addition to the usual statistical tables accompanying the report, Com- Fiis{oHer Diwaonilias Qirestsqtha} ep- ral new and quite im- portant ones, and the addition of new columns to some of the old ones. This work has been done by Mr. . Up- ton, of the bureau of education, who has added some notes of explanation. These treat of many important and interest- ing subjects, and will be referred to again in future numbers of Science. Some of the more striking facts in re- gard to school-census population and at- tendance are given here. “Although the school-census popula- tions,” says Mr. Upton in one of his notes, “miy not be compared with each other, nor aggregated, on account of their heterogeneity, the percentage of increase of these populations may, if we assume that the population between any two limits of age in any state increases in the san atio as that between any other two limits (i. e., that the propor- tion of the population of any given nge remains constant in each state)—un assumption that may be made as regards the increase of a few years within very narrow limits of error. It ison this as- sumption that the percentage of in- crease or decrense of school-census pop- ulation has been aggregated by geo- graphical divisions.” The geographical divisions are as fol- lows: North Atlantic division, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu- setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania; South Atlantic division, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- lina, Georgial Florida: south central division, Kentucky, Tennessce, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas; north central division, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Towa, Missouri, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas; western division, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada. Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Califor- nia. “The largest -percentage [in school- census popuiation] is found, as might be expected, in the western division, which contains the newer states and territories, and where a small absolute increase sometimes causes a larger rela- tivé one. In the five states and terri- tories of that diyision that furnish the necessary data, the average increase r cent of the school-census ‘x)puh\tiun {’:Iound to be 5.68, which would cause it to double in about twelve and & half years. The next largest rate of growth of school-census population is found in the south. The percentage of increase in the South Atlantic division (based on two states only) is 8.21. “The total public school enrollment of the United States, as made up from the latest data received and suppli- mented by estimates in two cases (Ar- kansas and Montana), is11,805,660. The yearly increase for the United States cannot be accurately determined, as ten states and territories do not furnish the nocessary data. Assuming, however, that the states and territories solacking bave made the same progress as the others in the same divisions, the yearly increase would be 805,782, or at the rate of 2,66 per cent per annum, TIn only five states (New Humpshire, Vermont, South Cavolina, Ohio and Nevada) and one territory (Avizona) has the enroll- ment decveased. The largest relative decreaso 7 per cent) is found in New Hampshire. Dakota furnishes the largest per cent of increase (11.70 per cent followed by Indiana with 9.20 per cent. The large development of the school registration of Tndiana is @ nota- ble cireumstance, when compared with the nearly stationary condition of the contiguous states, Ohio and Illinois, “In the proportion of children enrolled in the public sohools, the north central states are far in the lead, having 121 pupils in the public schools for every 100 children six to fourteen years of age. That this should be a matter of congratulation, considering the rel- ativly low density of population of those states, has already been noted. “Notwithstanding the tremendous strides that have been made in the de- velopment of the school systems of the southern states during the past ten years, they are still far behind the northern states in regard to proportion of children enrolled in the public schools. Inthe south Atlantic states only 89, and in the south ceutral states only 79, children out of every 100, six to fourteen years of age, are enrolled as pupils in‘the public schools. This re- sults in a great degree from the exces- slve proportion of children to grown rersom met with in the southern states; or, il we compare the proportion of total population enrolled, the disparity which appears to the prejudice of the southern states almost disappears, and in one case is quite reversed; i.e., the proportion of total population en- rolled is actually greater in the two southern divisions (bein 19.06 and 17.49 in the cases referred to than it is in the western division (16.36). No account is taken here of the dura- tion of attendance at school, but only of the circumstance that the children were on the school registers. If the element of time is taken into considera- tion, the south appears much more at disadvantage. The great ndvnnmge which the northern states possess is the \arger number of taxpayers in propor- tign to the number of children to be ed- acated. Even if the relative wealth of ‘ug north and south were equal, which A LIST Of Some of the Firms and Corporations Empoying Stencgraphers end Type- Writer Operaiors WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM Valenting's Sho rthand Ingtitute Union Pacific R. ., Richardson Drug C: J. R, Lemer, R. | O. F. Davis 't , Omaha, Esterbrook & Irvin, attorneys-at-lu A. C. Wakeley, attorne Mutual Life [nsuranc A. M. Post, Judge 4th lumbus, Neb, R. E. Moore, Corllette Lacy & R Y0 (eight stenographers.) Co,, Omaha. Judicial Distriet, Co state, Lincoln, Neb, , attorneys,Cheyenne, R. H. Mockett & Son, insurance, Lincoln, Neb. S. Land Office, Valentine, Neb. mers & Merchants Ins, Co., Lincoln, Neb, grain ¢ . Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska & [owa Ins. Co., Owalia Hurgraves & Co., wholesale grocers, Lin- coln, First National Bank, Lincoln, Neb. B. & M. Land Office, (three stenographers), Lincoln, Neb, Sioux City & Pacific R. R., Norfolk, Neb. County Court, Bird City, Kansas. Stotts, Cox & Houston, r ate, Omabia. James M. Woolworth, attorney, Omab ‘Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Topeka, Kan, taymoud Brothers, wholesale grocers, Lin- coln, Neb, . Plummer & Perry, wholesale grocers, Lin- coln, Neb, J. C. McBride. real estate, Lincoln, Neb, H. M. Uttley, attorney-at-law, O'Neill, Neb. Land Omice, Chidron, Neb. Muson Gregg & Bro., grain dealers, Lincoln City Packing House, Nebraska City. Judge Harrison, 9th Judicial District, Grand Island, Neb, C. . Waltson, ity. Western Union Telegraph Co., Omal St. Jo. & G. L R. R., Hastings, Neb, Cavanagh & Craue, attorneys-at-law,Omaha. Kirkendall, Jones & Co., wholesale boots and shoes, Omaha. Newcomb Lumber Co., Omaha. J. A, Wakefield & Co., lumber, Omaha. C.'P. Treat, R. R. contractor, Chicago. E. L. Fletcher, uttorney-at-law, Mitchell, Dak. Pullman Palac Wilbur Real B attorney-at-law, Nebraska Car Co., Omaha. e Co., Sioux City, Dak. , Omah Lindsay, attorney-at-law, Omaha. lor & Co., insurance, Omaha. ik, Columbus, Neb. with & Fulier, Scribner, Neb. 1 Medical Institute, Omah Robert Law, ass't gen'l manager, N. P.R.R., Livingston, Mont. Mapes & White, attorneys, Norfolk, Neb. Geo. W. Ambrose, attor: Omaha. Sedgwick & Powdrs, attorneys, York, Neb, inds Jtubber Co., Omaha, Neb, Clinton N. Powell, attorney, Omaha, Neb. Mahoney, Minahan & Smyth, Omalia, Neb. 0. W. Bltts, commission merchunt, Coun- cil Bluffs, Ta. C. E. Wurtele, Cheyenne, Wyo. Salmon & Co., brokers, Omaha. Woodman Linseed Oil Works, Omaha. Geo. N. Hicks, real estate, Omaha. F. W. Meegan' & Co., cominission merchants, Omaha, C. F. Grabie, real estate, Omaha. is far from being the case, each tax- payer of the former section would have a far less burden to bear in the work of getting all the schoolable cilhdren within the schools. **According to the most recent re- cent returns, the number of pupils at- tending the public schools of the United States while they are in session, is on an average, 7,671,416. As in the case of enrollment, it is not possible to de- termine the exact yearly increase; but a very fair approximation places it at 218,500, or at the yearly rate of 2.89 per cent. The greatestincrease in average attandance is observable in the south. In both of the southern divisions - it is not only remarkably large. but it is to be noted that it exceeds the increase of enrollment; in other words, not only more pupils are going to school there, but the attendance of those who do go is more regular. There is an evidence of incremsed appreciation of public schools not to be overlooked. Florida shows the greatest growth of average attendance; viz., 13.94 per cent. In the Distriet of Columbia, Virginia and Georgia, the growth is also exceed- ingly noteworthy. Indiai stands in the same relation to the states on her east and west borders as in the case of enrollment. The average attendance has decreased in six states, so far as reported—New _Hampshire, Vermont, Reode Island, Connecticut, New York and South Carolina. The g st de- crense (3.64 per, cent) took pla Hampshire.” This may be explained by the fact that the private school en- rollment has increased 3.57 per centin Vermont, 5.18 in Connecticut, and 4.12 in New York. These figures may be considered as establishing conclusively the fact that the private schools are gaining on the public schools in the states mentioned, and the presumption that they are doing so in the neighbor- ing states. “The rate of increasc of average at- tendance for the Unitad States (2.59 per cent) exceeds slightly the rate of in- crease of enrollment (2,66 per cent) as estimated. This indicated a greater regularity of attendance for the country at large. The average attendance for the United States is 64.16: that is for every 100 pupils enrolled during the school year, sixty-four have attended duily, on an average, during the ses- sions of the schools; or, looking at the matter in another light. each pupil en- rolled was present, on an average, sixty- four out of every 100 days his school was in session. “Regularity of attendance is greatest in the western division (66.51), and least in the South Atlantic division (62.79), bat it is nearly uniform in the different sections of the country; more so, per- haps, than any other single item which admits of statistical record.” \?en the individual states are considered, a reater inequality is observed. In glnine and Arvizona the regularity of attendance is 82.79 and 84.26 respect- ively, while in Minunesota it drops to 40.17. It is possible, however, as in other instances, that this inequality may be due in some measure 10 inac- curacy or incompleteness in the school reports, or a lack of uniformity in the methods used. This regularity of at- tendance is far from being as high asis to be desired. Compulsory attendance laws do not seem to affect it to any ap- preciable extent, as it is somewhat higher in the south central states, where there are no compulsory laws, than in the north central states. It will probably depend for improvement upon & growiw appreciation of the ben- efits of a public-school education. “Such as it is now, however it is far in advance of any former ‘nrlod. and the progress it has made in the last semi-decade is especially moteworthy. R e = ALENTINES SIORTHAND an - Nismt e f“; ——t IF“L{’.(,'L, b i e A ) “‘CQ\T N Al SR by men are barred against them. L clean, oil and school in the s adjust the ma ;//];)Z\/A‘i\; - \\“)J g AI 4 WO 1k {4 % Wglioo) whies o1 — L= wo2lead _‘/\.__\‘ a\_\_IJ"(\\ (4 T 4 The Demand for Gne of the popular persons who have b takoen th paying positions. ____lto enter the p We keep on hand a full OUR ROOMS—Are rooms, our students find this a ple The tendancy suggested by the figures is unmistakable. They show conelu- siyely the steady growth of a sentiment in favor of popular education—u growth not confined to any one part of the country, but extending through its length and breadth. This remark will be seen to possess greater force when it is considered that there has been an in- crease in the proportion of the children enrolled as pupils, as well asan increase in the proportion of the number enrolled who attend regularly.” BOOK RE 1IEW ApyENTURES OF PlroNeer CiiLpreN—Cin- cinnati, Robert Clarke & Co. Much has been written of the adven- tures of the early settlers of the west- ern count but the hardships and suf- ferings, s and adventures of the children whoaccompanied their parents into the wilderness, have never been especially portrayed. Robert Clarke & Co., of Cincinnati, have justissued a volume of thrilling narratives relating exclusively to the exploits of pioneer children. "It is an historical produc- tion, and its perusal by the girls and boys of the present day will have a ten- dency to make them better appre the great blessings and privileges they enjoy, by contrasting their i those of peril and privation led by the children of tho early settlers. g BLICAN Paury: Its history, prin iples and polities, edited by Hon John D. Long, New York, M. W. I{azan & Co. From u republican standpoint and on the eve of probably the greatest politi- cal conflict the republic has ever Kknown, this work is of supreme impor- tance to all classesof readers. The fol- lowing articles formulate concisely and authoritatively the principles of repub- licanism, and make them easily avail- able and readily understood by all: “Public Lands,” by Hon. L. E. Payson, Pen- member of congress from Illinois; sious,” by Hon. Edmund N. Morrill, member of congress from Kansas; “Our Fisheries,” by Senator Wil- liam P, 2, of Maine, *The Amevican Navy,” by Senator Wil- liam E. Chandler, of New Hampshire; “Coast Defenses,” by Senator Joseph R. Hawley of Conneticut; “The American Merchant Marine,” by Hon. Nelson Dingley, jr., member of cong from Maine: “Our Foreign Trade,” by Hon. . Burrows, member of congress from Michigan; *“*Internal Revenue,” by Hon. een B. Raum, ex-commissioner of in- ternal revenue; A Protective Tariff,” by Hon. William MeKinley, jr., mem- ber of congress from Ohio; ‘‘Internal Development,” by Hon. Benjamin But- terworth, member of congress from Ohio, and F. E. Musse, The Civil Service,” by Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, member of congress from Massachusetts; “The New South,” by Hon. John S. Wise of Virginia, and “A Fair Vote and an Honest Count,” by Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas. STue PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN oF 1506, a scrap-book chronicle, conipiled by an editor of that period; by the author of *‘The Bat- tle of Mietigheim.” Funk & Wagnalls, New York. The sceno is laid in America, where the forces of modern civilization and the communistic, anarchical and social- istic elements of modern evolutions and revolutions meet in deadly combat. The occasion is the presidential cam- paign of 1896, when the combined forces of socialism, anarchy and atheism meet their Waterloo at the hands of an aroused, living, active American pa- triotism. It isone of the most graphic, stirving descriptions, and probable prophecies ever put on rwr. 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Also Underwood’s Superior Carbon Paper, We also carry a large stock of all kinds of Fine kinds of note books and shorth ul and comfortable. and cusily accessible from all points of the city by street cars. d s the rooms are just across the hall from the Omaha Public Libinry and reading urther information will be supplied on application made either by 1 writers supplies. read Ihe Presidential 15067 by the same author. 11 contribute to an article on ative Process, which hé giv great number of i stances of the banishment of persons to Siberia, without the observance of any of the legal formalities that in most countr precede or attend a depri ghts ) ennan will als »in this number question, “Is the le System tobe at Once stating his reasons for g that the I of reform now being dis:ussed in Rus- sia, and which is said by the London ator toinvolve the entire abolition le to Siberin as a method of pun- 1 not be put” in operation. vs that the present plan > proposel by the chief of the Rus- siun prison department. with whom he had a long and interesting conversation just before hisdepartuve from St. Poters- burg. 1t grew out of the many com- plaints of the respactable inhabitants of Siberia, who demanded that the peual classes of Russia should not be turned loose upon them, The Russian official ouly hoped to restrict and reform the system, 50 as to make it more tole to the Siberiun people, by shutting up in prisons in Europein Russiaa certain proportion of prisoncrswho are now sent to siberia. This reform would have af- fected in the year 1885 fewer than t thousand exiles out of wrtotal of over thousand. Before such a plan goes to the council of stite for discussion, it is always sub- mitted to thé ministers thin whose jurisdiction it falls,- the p the minister of justice, the minists finance, and the minister of the interior. Two of these officers have aiready disap- proved of the plan, the mini j tice declaring that *exile to Sibe political and religious of s must_be preserved.” and it is Mr. Kennan’s be- lief that the scheme will not even reach en | Campaign of | the council of state. This is by no means the first measure of reform which has been submitted to the Tsar’s ministers, but every effort has s0 fur been fruitless,and the plans have peen found *“‘impracticable.” The September pumber of *“The Pop- ular Science Montbly,” fully maintains the well-earned reputation of this stan- dard maguzine. The opening article is by Prof. W. K. Brogks, of John Hop- Kins university, on “The Growth of Jelly-Fishes; a Chbapter in the New Zoology,” and describes, with the aid of striking illustrations, the curious transformations which the young jelly - fish pass through. , The most notable feature of this issue is the highly enter- taining character of ' much of its con- tents. Miss Adele M. Fielde contri- butes ‘‘Some Chinese Mortuary Cus- toms,” describing burial and mourn- ing rites among this curious people; Mr. Benjamin Karr gives some of his observations of ‘‘Mental Traits in the Poultry Yard.” In “Ani- mal and Plant Lore” Mrs. Fanny D. Berken records many curious beliefs in the healing virtues of various repulsive substances, and in the power for harm of snakes and other reptiles. ‘‘A Fos- sil Continent” is a very lmpry compari- son of the animals of Australia with the forms which the rest of the world left hehind in the secondary geological pe- riod. In amore thoughtful vein ure “Eye-Mindedness an Ear-Minded- ness,” by Prof. Joseph Jastrow, show- ing that some persons learn most from what they see, others from what they hear; and ‘*Antagonism” by Sir Wil- llnmh.(}rove.who maintains that all pro- frau results from the conflict of oppos- ng forces. There isan illustrated article by Arthur Good on *“Writing Machines. they are always members and are cared for the Blind ibing several of for without further expense. S0 these sies, to which is added | At present there are sixty men and the one invented by the late Prof. E. | sixty-five women enjoying thé privileges L. Youmans, the founder of the |of Altenheim. Theyare nice, pleasant- *Monthly” during his temporary blind- | faced old people, and they take life ness. Prof. F. W, Clarke brielly dis- | easily. There isn't a cave to disturb ‘I-.M-.wnuum nony.” | them. The women enjoy themselves as n Heliotropisy e Turning Motions of Plants,” Conwi MeMillan” explains revolutions of Lwining stems, of ten- s, lowers, ete. Guuss, the eminent wthematician, is the subject of the best they can and the men have that in- comparable solace to a German—a meerschaum pipe and plenty of tobacco. Aye, aud there is beer, too—not only the American article, but the frothy *Sketeh’ and portrait. The “*Editor’s | lager from Potsdam. Table.” *“‘Correspondence,” and other Everything about th titution, from departments show a pleasing iety. the kitchen cat to the garret mouse, is New York: D. Appleton & C o German. ALl the rules of the house are Fifty cents a number, $5 a'y printed in German. The inmates all talk German, and the superintendent can’ttalkanything else. Even the cows fail to understand English and would Altenheim, the Home of tho Aged Ex- | Kick over any one but a German atten- Subjects of the Kaiser, dant. Chicago Times: About a hundred members ofg the Society of Altenheim held a social gathering at thut place ompany . A GERMAN SETTLEMENT, - Hair Dressing. T have just returned from Paris, and will make another visit there during September,but at present Iam devoting _Altenlicim, located on the Wisconsin | mi'attention o a revolution: that 18 oc. Central railvond, contains the homo | curring‘in_the latest modes of hair founded several years ago for aged Ger- | drossing among ladies, There ar muns, At an outiay of about 590,000 a el g d 2k AESROW, to be inauguratea two distincet styles, which I would define as the national and foreign. The latter coiffure is formed of a heavy bang in front, while the k is made into what is called the L baskot—a quantity of small eathed tightly to the he: n mode, and one p: becoming to the ladies.is the fine palm- leaf—commonly called the pointed bang —ahove the brow, while the hai el institation for old people has been founded on ract of twenty acres. The idea of providing such an institu- tion originated with A. C. Hesing, of the Staats Zeitung. Seveval other per- sons, among them Carter Harrison and Conrad Seipp, were interested in the project. years ago the tract of land was purchased. It was obtained at o bargain, too, the twenty acres cost- ing about 6,000, Since the purchase, | pack is twisted about a large however, land has increased in value | eomb made ¢ \ly for this arrange- until the property is worth $24,000. ‘e | ont, This very unique wa, T Jnain buiiding a four i - & story brick structure that is a model of airinessand brightuess. Every comfort is provided for the old peoplé who are so fortunate asto find a home there. The grounds ave laid out prettily. A little park and picnic grounds have been added through a bequost of Mrs. A. C. Hesing at the time of her death. This parv of the grounds has been named Lousenhein in her honor. great favor, purticularly with young and attractive fas The entire coif- fure is frequently made of false ha v fastened to the scalp as to sm from the most scruti- ing oyes. Take, for example, the regular society girl. Why, it is next to impossible for hicr to wear a false coif- fure, or what is usually called a wig. Of course there are many who do not do co, but the majority find keeping The greater portion of theland is | the ~matural hair dn . order & under cultivation, a dairy herd of sixty- | physical impossibility. Hence, the four cows has grown to be a source of already-made coffure gains increas- ing favor, especially those fitting the head with a patent spring. When she has completed her haiv toilet in the considerable income. Several outer buildings have been added to meet the requirements of the dairy and farming busii 1d all ure kopt whitewashod 4 all are kept whitey morning it is stationary for all day, for and clean. The institution is sup- | calls, ball or reception. At the sea- ported by the Ladies’ and Gen- [ mde it is indispensable. Talking about tlemen’s societies of Altenheim. | new fads in the toilet article There are about eight hundred [line, do you know that with members in the first and a thou- ] fashionable women soap is an article sand in the second. Every member | gone into disuse? In the first place, la~ contributes annually, according to his T S T roughening to the or her ability, from $5 to $100. = This, | skin, gradual in the beginning but with the sale of the dairy products and | finally obstructing the pores, until often the entrance fee charged members, | a disease is formed, Now, there isa supports the institution, and a consider- | new article called the creme de palmier, able reserve fund has been accumu- | or soap substitute, sometimes, too, lated. termed a winter wash. It cleans the While no account of an applicant’s | skin in a dry way as effectually as the religious preferences is taken, he or | most potent” soap. I could name a hun- she must be of a good moral character. | dred well-known ladies in this city who **We are very careful in thisrespect,” | use it entirely, to the exclusion of soap. said Mr, Hesing, who is presidentof | I reminded one the other day of the the board of directors. **We domnot | French count who wrote a letter asking ask the nthcnnlu themselves, but go | for release from his fiance because he among their neighbors. If a person is | had learned she never washed her face, uarrelsome or disagreeable among his | but used oil instead to cleanse her com- riends, we reason that he will be the | plexion, butof no avail. Anti-soap is same here, By exercising care | the cry now, and women will follow the in this respect, we have | fashion at any hazard to Y been very fortunate in maintaining | personal com};ort. voren.tah Iack of a peaceful and happy home. Then we charge an entrance fee, the ability to raise which is sure indication of thrift. No one is admitted who is under 60 years of age. The entrance fee is ——— An Absolute Cure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two ounce tin boxes, and is an absoluto cure for old sores, burns, . ? | wounds, chapped hands, and all skin er: £rvisd nooording 1o e 2. lolowsl | ifiey’ WL oaitively dare all kinids of oiea: ixty years, $300; 65 years, 8250; 70 | Ak for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- ears, 8200; 75 years and over, 8150. | MENT, Sold by Goodman Drug Co. st ‘hen when once members of the home, | cents per box—hy raail 80 centas BAYONETTED BY A SOLDIER, The Leader of tho Hostiles in thf Custer Massacre. HOW CHIEF CRAZY HORSE DIEDy xcitement Among the into Confines ment by the Whites—Lieutens ant Lee's Objections. Death of Crazy Horse, Written for The Bee, the spring of 1877 the northerm In Cheyennes under Dull Knife and Stands ing Llk, came into Red Cloud Agency and surrendered. During the previous winter they had been badly whipped on Tongue river in Montana by the troops of General Crook, under the command of Colonel R. S. Mackenzie, Fourth cave alry. Following them € Horse, of the Sioux tribe, comm negotiae tions for a surrender, and of agency Indians, from both Red Cloud ana Spotted rencies, necompanied by & numbe mixed bloods and white L intermarvied among the Sioux, were sent ou: to counsel with these Sioux and induce them to come iny which they did. part with Crazy Hordo, about 1.000 goin the A loud Agency, 1o Spotted ‘pting the surrende heyennes and Sioux, Licutenant W. P. Clark, Second ¢, for the war department, with liim Garnett, . mixed-blood inters preter, took their arms and ammunie tion, while C. P. Jordan for the interior department, with Leon P, Pallardy, the noted Sioux interpreter, recorded thein names and the number in each family, razy Horse,” after a short stay at Red Cloud ugency, became dissati and, it is believed, s the false interpretation, and was ungul, alarmed and made to believe be ha enemies among the Ogalallas who de= sired to “*down” him. Atany rate, he and his band suddenly npeded from ted Cloud agency ‘to Spotted Tail ageney, forty-two miles apart. Th Sioux,Arapahoeand scouts at Red Clou many of whom had served with Crook in his campaign agaiust the hostiles in 1876, were sent in pursuit of the fugie tives as it was feared they were strikin, 4 and out for the north toag hostilities. “Crazy Horse and his ban however, stopped at Spotted Tail agenc, and ey ,])rc, ed a desire to be transferres to reside there. Through the persuas sion of the military agent and othep officers there, and of the Brule Sioux chiefs and several influential mixed bloods, Crazy Horse was induced to accompany Licutenant J. M. Lee, Chiof Superintendent Bear and Interpreter Louis Bordeaux, escorted by the Red Cloud scouts, back to Fort Robinson, in pursuance of the order issucd by tha commanding officer there for his arrest, Great excitement prevailed at botl agencics and troops were under arm for several nights and days. As the scouts were seen approaching from the Spotted Tail agency, escorting the ame bulance containing Lieutensnt Lee, Swift Bear and Bordeaux, in the renw of which Crazy Horse rode horseback, the Indians camped in the immediata vicimty of Red Cloud agency,past which the parties would go, cnroute to the military post, were haranged by several old and influential Indians, who were advised by the agency clerk, 1010w, tify the Indians to remain in or neap their lodges, while the ambulance and scouts passed, as it was feared a rescuq would be attempted, or undue excites ment created, at beholding Crazy Horse a prisoner; as the Indians almost uni= versally looked upon him, because of hi reckless bravery and bloody deeds i war, and escape from harm, as a sort ol “big medicine” or supernatural being. The party passed the agency hurriedly, and Proceuflcd 0 the post—Fort obison, on@ and a half miles distant, where iff was decided to imprison Crazy Hors: until his final disposition was dete mined. He had been told at Cam| Sheridan, on Spotted Tail agency: as an inducement to cause him to peaces ably give up and return to Fort Robine son—that the officer there desired to “have a talk” with him, and it was nob thought by the officers and others at Sheridan that Crazy Horse wasto be confined as o prisoner. In fact the offi« cer, Licutenant Lee, who had made the representations to Crazy Horse, obe jected to this violation of an honorable promise he had made in good faith, an Lee was a man whose ability and judge ment was second to none. When Cr Horse was taken inside the post limits a great many Indiang were there and arriving, anxious to sea what was to be done. As Crazy Horse entered the guard house he saw the T door_to the prison room, and at once realized that he was to bo made & prisoner, to which death was preferable to one like him, He immediatel, drew a knife which he _ ha councealed about his person and sprung for Captain Ken< nington, the ofiicer of the day, who was just outside the door. Several Indiang tried to protect Crazy Horse from bein harmed by the guard of soldiers, an to prevent his doing harm. *‘Little Bij Man,” brother of **Sioux Jim,” who hi been a great warrior and Crazy Horse's ight bower, scized him around the st as he jumped for Kennington, At that instanf, during the melee, the soldiers on postquickly and dexterously bayoneted him in the left side, and it was done 5o quickly that but very few, if any, beyond the man who did it,knew for months afterward who gave the fatal wound, The soldier was immediately relieved by a new sentinel. Craz; Horse l'lllll\\hfl(\ and fell to the uruuni and surgical assistance was summone when it was discovered (but which was kept a secret) that he had been bay- ed. « " white soldier ve this mortal woundy serious trouble would have resulted then and there. As it was when Crazy Horse made his desperate effort for lib= y, the crowd of Indians who had coly lected there became excited and two o more score of gun-cocks in their hnndi were heard to click, and more than on officer and soldier experienced col chills up his back. Many believed th wound had been inflicted by Crazy Horse himself; while with his knife in his right hand he had made a desperate strike at Captain Kennington, missin him, and the force of the blow and hi desperation caused the knife to pene- trate his own body. Othersthought thad *‘Little Big Man’’ had secretly stabbed him (as he seized him around the waist) that he might gain favor with the sol« diers, and he even boasted of so doing himself, afterwards, when in the pres< ence of whites and beyond the heurlnq of Indians. Crazy Horse died that night, aftew having been carried to comfortablg quarters and everything done to reliovg his misery and agony, and the most sind guler feature, and which atitested the reverence with which he was esteemed by the Indians, was the fact that h body was taken by the Indians, carri by L{wm while on their move alterwards t0 the Missouri river, and no oue can be found who knows, or at least will tell, what became of it Had the Indians known that g * i