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REAL RURAL READING INDIAN CAVALRIMEN, EVERYBOUY'S GARDEN. All iJAnff tTia n-oneiiln i'n 1 a called the Long ivel uut, a narrow pass a mile Ions, with high, steep banks on either side, out of the bushes at the side of the track, and perhaps cvciyuouy garden i Tbere the wild rose blossoms through the HiTinmprrlnva WILL BE THIS DE- FOUND IN PA FITMENT. HOW THE NEW IDEA IS WORKING IN THE WEST. Bounded by field fences and ever stretching on a hundred feet ahead of my engine, It is God own garden. For it rive him bounded a big buck right on to the praise.

'Tis gay with goldenrod. Savages to Soldiers The Afoorlgrl From side of the track. The deer stopped lies Take Kindly to Hoots and Saddles in frightened uncertainty, gazed for a second or two in big-eyed astonish And snnflowers sraaU and yellow turn ever into nun About the The Season Should Regulate the Use of the Good Roads Farming Is an Independent Life Machine, for Milking Cows, Etc. Cultivation of Corn. Some Interesting: Facts Troop of Red Warriors.

Quaint darky-heads are there, ment at the approaching train, and then turned and entered the cut. uiusiua wiia ana iair. In everybody's garden each flower's the love-lient. nnA soldierscooking, caring for horses, and' even how to wear their clothing. In fact, It has been especially difficult to teach them to be saving of their unl-; forms.

Not that they do not take the! greatest pride in their personal appear-j ance. Their natural vanity precludes' that. But when they become possessed' of ft neat-fitting blouse or pair of shapely trousers, they can seldom resist wearing the same until threadbare, and if permitted they would speedily make way with not only their clothing allowance' but also their monthly pay for clothes alone In connection with clothing it is surprising to note the complete transforma-v tion the exteriors of some of these men undergo at the dances, of which they have been allowed to have several since their enlistment. With the removal of uniforms, and the addition of hideous paint, beads, ornaments of porcupine quills, and metallic bracelets, together with a conspicuous absence of clothing, they seem very unlike the tractable sol-. brother, Horned Horse, is a member of the troop; High Bear, who was another hostile chief, and whose son, Sammy High Bear, now wears the chevrons of a sergeant; and old Chief Two Strikes, whose name was at one time in every soldier's mouth, has a bright and efficient son in the troop, who also proudly wears a sergeant's chevrons.

Of the fifty-five men enlisted, five are half-breeds, three are one-fourth white, and forty-seven are full-blooded Brules. And among those who have been fortunate enough to attend industrial school, the trades represented are: Blacksmiths, three; bakers, two; painters, two; carpenters, one; shoemakers, one; tailors, one; barbers, one. After enlistment at the agency, the Indians were like a lot oi schoolboys, anxious to get to their, new post, Fort Niobrara, and don their brand new uniforms. And when at last the wagons came to take them to the post they could not contain themselves, but spent most of the night singing. He who A Successful Experiment.

In the year 1890, writes Charles D. Rhodes, in the Chicago Inter Ocean, All along the waveirin ia f-vnnrhnrtv'a enrden two troops in each of the ten regiments "That settles his hash!" exclaimed my firemen. "Half-mile trestle starts right from the end of this cut, and unless that deer can run a half mile of open railroad ties or jump a foroy-foot Come out and gather posies; the very air is sweet. Come out with hearts of gladness, ye big and little children. of cavalry were skeletonized tnat is, the enlisted men of these troops were Into our Father's garden, made for cur stroll distributed among the other ten troops of the same regiment, and officers were ing ieet.

The flitting butterfly. The fragrant winds that sigh. gully, he might as well stand still and let us run over him." "The road was down grade through assigned to these so-called paper The tiny clouds that hover above us in the the cut, and I made up my mind to blue, The bird's song high and clear, Make Heaven draw more near. see how much faster a frightened HE judgment of intelligent farmers, based upon their experience and observation, would satisfy them that the matter of cultivation depends somewhat upon the condition of the season, and this is confirmed by results of experiments at the Kansas Station. The conclusion arrived at is that troops," who were not present for duty with their regiments.

This was done to bring the remaining troops up to its maximum strength of officers and men. After the close of the Sioux campaign af 1890-91, the War Department directed that one of the skeletonized troops in In everybody's garden the world once more is new I Christian Union. deer could travel than a railroad train, so I pulled her open and let her slide. I'll bet we weren't a minute going through that mile cut, but the each regiment be again materialized and recruited bv enlistments from deer kept a good ten yards' space be ONLY AN ENGINEER. among the Indians, and it was in com-nliance with this order that the enlist tween himself and the engine with ease.

The road takes the long, high trestle at the end of the cut by quite a stiff curve, and at the left is Kane's "When the B. railroad was opened through the hemlock wilder ment of Troop Li, Sixth Cavalry the first regular Indian troop or company organized was begun among the Brule Sioux by Lieut. E. E. Dravo, at the Rosebud Aeencv.

South Dakota, in ness of Northern and Northwestern horses and driving horses should a ways wear them. For horses of 1,100 pounds weight, and with well-shaped, upright feet, the fore shoes should weigh about one pound each, and the hind ones twelve ounces. If four ounces are added to each shoe, let us see what a difference it will make. In plowing, cultivating, mowing, reaping and many other farm operations, a horse will walk from ten to twenty miles a day, and advance at about four feet at a step. At each step the horse lifts a half pound extra on its two feet or 600 pounds in every mile.

In a day's work of fifteen miles, the horse would lift 9,900 pounds extra or nearly five tons. If the force required to lift this five tons of iron could be expended in the work the horse is doing, much more could be accomplished. In the light of these facts, is it any wonder that when young horses begin to wear shoes, they soon grow leg-weary, have their step shortened and acquire slower walking gait? American Agriculturist. Win Milk Thirty Cows an Hour, There has been received at the Chicago Custom House a machine which, it is claimed, will do away with that useful adjunct to every well regulated farm, the farm hand who milks the cows. The apparatus was imported from Glasgow, Scotland.

This machine, it is claimed, will milk thirty cows in one hour, and do it so easily and neatly that the cows will scarcely know it. The machine is constructed on the vacum principle, and when adjusted to the cow the milk flows in a continuous stream, and the machine does the work without assistance. The apparatus received is said to be the first one ever brought to this country, and its use will be in the nature of an experiment at first. The contrivance is largely used in Scotland, and its practicability has been long ago demonstrated. The great objection to the machine by farmers will probably be its price.

This one Is valued at $55 in Scotland, but the duties paid upon it added $45, making the total cost $100. The appraisers had considerable difficulty in finding a duty which would apply, no machines of the kind having ever -received at that port. Dairy Xotes. gullej', forty feet wide at the top if it is a foot, and eighty feet deep. If Pennsylvania, some years aero, 1 was engineer of the first train that made the round trip," said Joe Carrol, now April, 1891.

In order to expedite the enlistment as on the Erie divisions, "ana it was well as to come to a thorough under attended with such unusual standing with the Indians of just what and peculiarly lively exper iences that I resigned my place after first trip. If I had been in the inenasrerie business it might have the buck attempted to cross the open trestle he was sure to fall between the ties to the bottom of the ravine, and for him to leap thegulley seemed utterly impossible. The deer knew his capacity, however, and quitting the track at the end of the cut he gathered himself on the edge of the gulley and shot across that forty feet of chasm as lightly as if he were jumping a six foot ditch, clearing it with a foot or more to spare and bounded away into the forest. "Whatever happens on this road been a big thing for me to have wained ou the road for a few trips 'longer, for I think I'd have had enough material in that time to start zoological exhibition. But I was more frequent cultivation is advantageous in a dry season, and that in a wet season it is possible to give too much.

Puring last Reason, which was a wet one, it was found that four times cultivation produced best results. As a rule, with a fairly dry season it is supposed that the occasional stirring of the soil whereby it is loosened and becomes aerated, it not only takes moisture from the atmosphere, but also absorbs therefrom those gases that are either a direct source of fertilization or aid therein. But like many other points in farming operations, while theoretically correct, ttiey cannot be practically carried out for want of time, and it is yet to be demonstrated whether the advantages are such as to warrant the'additional expenditure that would be necessary. Better Than Horse Fork. A handy home-made contrivance which will assist greatly at the unloading of hay during the busy afternoons of haying time, is nothing more nor less than two inch ropes each ten feet long.

A strong ring must be spliced in each end of each rope. inducements would be offered by the Government, and what duties would in return be required of Indian soldiers, the first week at the agency was devoted by the officers' recruiting party to a series of "talks" with all the braves, young and old, who were interested in the enlistment, and the week's deliberations were brought to a fitting close by a grand council, participated in by a very large number of Indians. To the Brules, the greatest obstacle to enlistment was, naturally enough, the fact that the latter would probably at some time take them far away from their friends and relatives, and this point was prominently brought out by the old men at the council. They wished a condition introduced that upon enlistment the Indians should serve on or near their reservation. But as has since been shown, this con now won't surprise me!" exclaimed my fireman, as he gazed with bulging THE INDIAN TROOP IS THE SADDLE.

eyes after the fleeing deer. "I thought the same then, but I changed my mind afterward. The rest of the down trip was quiet enough, but coming back we had plenty to keep us awake. We were dition would have proven a great bar to passing through a part of the hemlock woods where there had been a big slashing made by the tannery bark-peelers, andhappening to glance back over the progress, and the objection was met by arguments proving the great benefits diers that they were. But the gratification of their pleasure in dancing, wild and savage as it appears to lookers on, does not seem to do harm, and no retrogade movement in discipline has been apparent.

There are in the troop a number of excellent dancers, White Horse, a tall, fine-looking young brave, having the reputation of being the very best on the reservation. The proximity of the Indians to their reservation has been to the troop officers a bete noir from the very beginning. All kinds of ingenious excuses are bethought of to obtain a pass to go on the reservation. Sickness of family, burning of houses, ailings of horses and cattle, domestic infelicities, all these reasons are cited and re-cited. While the gained by contact of the young men with the civilization of the East; that, so long as the Indians remained on their train I saw one of the brakemen struggling desperately on he top of a freight car with the biggest bird I had ever seen.

The brakeman had his stout brake stick and was ham Previous to putting on the load ini reservation, aloof from the white people, so long would they make little improve the field, these ropes must be laid, ment; whereas the boys who had re- one across the forward end and the mering the bird, which was a bald eagle, wherever he could get a blow, while the eagle was, pitching into the brakeman with beak and claws and striking him with its immense wings. other half-way between the middle and back end of the rigging. The ropes are allowed to hang loosely outside of the rigging. On driving the load into the Darn, the rings on the side next the mow where the hay is to be placed, are caught in two heavy hooks in the side of the hay. Ropes and blocks hanging to the plate over The top of the freight car, with the train running twenty-five miles, an hour, is not a particularly desirable place for one to have a desperate fight on his hands and I was about to stop the train and give some aid to the brakeman when the eagle came running and screeching over the tops would have us believe in the eternal moroseness and taciturnity of the Indian, should have heard the jokes, laughter and singing which heralded the advent of these wild young savages into our army.

Arriving at the post, trouble was at first anticipated in getting them to have their long, straight hair clipped, but none whatever was experienced, the men submitting to the ordeal willingly, and, in fact, in all things seemed only too anxious to become as much like the white soldiers as possible. They were taught English words, preferably the names of common objects around them, and by the 1st of July forty men could sign their names to the June muster-rolls, twenty-one of whom were unable to do so on the May rolls. Drills were begun at once, commencing with the setting-up exercises and the school-of-the-soldier dismounted, and their progress was surprisingly rapid the execution of the marchings and the manual-of-arms being especially well done. Thi3 improvement was the more encouraging as all but eleven members of the troop knew nothing of English except a few disconnected words. In learning the drill it was necessary for them to memorize the different English commands the tactical movement with its command of execution, being first explained by an interpreter.

All commands were and have been given in English and very little repetition has been necessary for the Indians to grasp them. Immediately upon arriving at the post the troop started its own mess and the men were taught the details of civilized cooking, so that at the present time there are in the troop a number of excellent cooks. From the first the greatest cleanliness was insisted on, and the traditional slovenliness of the Indian seemed to have been left with his relatives on the reservation. Upon the arrival of charts, slates, and primary school books a daily recitation of an hour and a half was begun, and the improvement in reading and writing was most encouraging. The instruction was further supplemented by an object lesson class, whose members were taught the names of their arms, equipments, and articles of clothing, the greatest interest being displayed, more especially with respect to all things relating to the military service.

In the fall of 1891, about six months after enlistment, the troop, mounted, of the cars, jumping from one to the other, toward the enerine. One wing was dragging, showing that it was broken. The eagle came right on toward the engine, and the first thing my fireman and myself knew it had jumped into the tender and dashed into the cab, where, being unable to get any further, it con tinued with us the fight it had begun with the brakeman. The eagle communing: with the canteen 'niTKWAsii in the cow staUTe rakes things look cheerful and is in the direction of cleanliness. Have the cows before you build the factory.

You can add to that as the number of cows or the quantity of milk increases. Always be suspicious of a cow tho progressive dairyman desires to selU He knows the value of a good cow and never turns her off without a reason. The man that breeds and feeds farm animals nearly always makes money. It is when the animals breed or feed themselves, or both, that they are unprofitable. Look out for the creamery shark.

Don't let him bite you. Sign no papers, make no contracts for building and equipment till you have estimates from two or more creamery supply houses. "Will a cow lose 20 pounds in weight by making too sudden a change to green grass? Yes, sir. Would a fair share of this weight go to milk or butter if she were properly cared for? Yes, sir again." It costs money to ill-treat a cow-Be regular in feeding, milking and watering, Keep everything quiet. Restlessness will shorten the milk flow.

It is the best plan to keep the cows in the stable from fall till spring, arranging the stables so that they can have access to water at all times. A SEovable Brooding: Coop. A cheap poultry coop can be made from an apple-barrel with the one end covered with lath and a door to admit of cleaning and placing feed for the brood and the old hen, says Farm and Home. At night and on wet days a piece of oil cloth can be arranged to shelter the front and be thrown back when not in use. It can be easily removed from one place to another, admitting of fresh sur fought so desperately with the terrible weapons at its command that in a very short time my greasy engine the mow are next loosened and carried over the load and attached by hooks to the rings on the other side of the load.

Two strong men can readily roll the load off the rigging and into the mow if it be on a level with the rigging or below it. If the load be especially heavy, a second block will be necessary to aid the men. Bank barns with deep bays can be filled as quickly with this appliance as with the more expensive commercial horse fork. H. S.

Spaulding in Farm and Home. clothes were hanging in strips about A "FRIENDLY." me. My fireman retreated through the cab window to the guard-rail at turned from the schools at Hampton, the side of the boiler, and but for the Carlisle, and elsewhere could tell of the arrival on the scene of the brakeman and the flagman I would have either had to desert my post or been roundly truth prevails in these excuses, exaggeration must always be looked for. Indian braves who have been reported dead by members of the troop have had a way of coming to life again, without any apparent embarrassment to the originators of the canard, they explaining it simply by, Walking Fly was dead a little while, but all right now. One honest fellow who was very anxious to obtain a pass, in order, as I well knew, to carry a flag to his relatives, told me after all other resources had failed, that he had heard that his father was dying.

Upon cross-examination I found that the paternal one had a severe attack of rheumatism wonderful prosperity of the East. The force of these arguments was further enhanced by the verbal testimony of those chiefs who had visited Washington. Finally and quite suddenly the sentiment in regard to leaving the vicinity of the reservation seemed to com whipped by the eagle. The two men succeeded in overpowering the fierce bird, and we tied him down. The brakeman said the eagle had swooped down on him from somewhere in the 6imply wanting a job as an engineer, and not as a collector of natural history specimens.

A job on a railroad where you are expected to stop every little while to either capture a bear or kill a catamount, and where you are apt to be attacked right in your cab by some fierce denizen of that cheerful region, wasn't just the kind of a job I was looking for, and one trip was enough for me. That trip only covered a distance of about thirty miles, but we gathered in three bears, one of them alive, two catamounts, and the biggest bald eagle that was ever seen in that locality. Besides that, we had a race with a catamount, saw two more bears, and chased a big buck for more than a mile before it escaped by a tremendous leap across a ravine. "That first train over the B. K.

wasn't an excursion train, but a train for business. It was a mixed train, and I remember very well that there was a car-load of calves in it on the down trip. "We hadn't gone more than three miles into the woods when my fireman touched me on the arm and pointed toward a big hemlock tree at one side of the road. Peering out from behind it was a tremendous big bear, with only his head and shoulders visible. As the train passed by the tree the bear came out from behind it, and looiins back, we saw him in the middle of the track, standing upon his haunches and gazing after us.

We had hardly got over the excitement of the bear's survey of us when a big catamount came bounding through the trees from somewhere in the woods, and raced along the train, leaping from tree to tree, and sometimes getting several rods ahead of us, although we were running twenty-five miles an hour. Whenever the wildcat got ahead of us it would stop and crouch on a limb, and glare at us as we came along, as if it intended to spring upon us. It kept along with us for more than a mile and then bounded away again and disappeared. Whether it was the same catamount that met us two or three miles further on, in company with a mate, and boldly boarded the train, I can't say, but it is likely that it was. Whether it was or not, when we were going up a very steep grade known as Snow's Mountain, and necessarily running slow, I suddenly heard a great bleating among the calves in the cattle car, which was only the second car behind the engine.

I leaned out of the cab window and saw a catamount clinging to the side of the cattle car and trying to push himself into the car between slats, but the opening was too small. I grabbed the long iron poker used by the fireman, and jumping from the engine, ran back and dealt the wild cat a blow that knocked it partially loose from the car. My attack on the catamount turned its attention from the calves to me, and it sprang from the car at me. Another blow stunned the cat, and another one broke its back. "My fireman had by this time stopped the train, and the conductor, and a brakeman came running toward the cattle car.

Before they reached it I made the discovery that a second wildcat, which, being smaller than the one I had killed, had squeezed between the slats of the car, and had already killed a calf, and was making a meal from it in one corner, the other calves being huddled in a trembling, bleating group at the other end of the car. The conductor of the train had a revolver, and he put the weapon through an opening in the car, close to the catamount, and fired. The fierce animal sprang to its feet, and seeing me and the brakeman close to the car, on the opposite side, he leaped toward us, striking the side of the car with such force that the animal fell back to the floor. The conductor fired a second ball into the cat, and the tough beast got up again and leaped toward the conductor, striking the side of the car and clinging to it this time, and endeavoring to get out at one of the narrow openings. The conductor shot the animal in the throat, and it pletely change, and with counter-directness the young men were counseled by their chiefs to enlist and, if possible, to Dark slashing and almost knocked him from the car at the first assault.

go all over the (ireat 1 ather country, learning all they could for their own and their people's good. It was his lucky blow in breaking the The Road Question, The subject of improved roadways is apparently under serious consideration, for the public press, from one end of the country to the other, has the same under continual discussion. This is well, for all kinds of reform have been effected by continued agitation, and there is no greater occasion for agitation in any ordinary matter of importance than is presented in this. Although the extent of. roads throughout the country is great, those of the greatest importance should be so improved as to eagle's wing with his brake stick that Another objection raised at the coun turned the fight in his favor, for the eagle beat a retreat, and being unable cil was the desire of the chiefs to have their own favorite young men appointed non-commissioned officers immediately, with a view to their becoming commis to fly had endeavored to escape by running, which brought it in close sioned officers later on.

It was with quarters in the cab. "It's good road isn't any great difficulty that this point was settled, until the Carlisle men explained to the chiefs how impossible it was for Indians to become officers until their standard of education was raised. Other points were discussed and ques tions answered, and altogether the Indians were made to feel that although they were not in the least coerced into enlisting, and if made at all it was to be unconditional they would by so doing certainly give substantial proof of their friendliness toward the Government, besides gaining for themselves numerous advantages. On April 6, two days after the coun cil, the enlistment was begun, and on this and the two days succeeding forty-two Brule braves were examined phys ically by the surgeon, and Mnrty-two of these accepted and enlisted. By April 20 the troop was enlisted to fifty-two men, and the two remaining vacancies AN OLD-TI3II INDIAN VILLAGE.

were afterward filled without trouble, competition even running high. It is interesting to here note the fact that the troop was enlisted from the most warlike and daring, perhaps, of all Indian tribes, and from among the very Sioux who some months before had bolt ed into the Bad Lands, and had given the Government so much trouble and longer. I said: to my fireman, after we had got over the effects of the eagle fight. "If it had much more of such a country to run through they would have to send a company of soldiers with each train to protect it." "We were within five miles of th end of the trip, and had just rounded Balcom's curve, when we came in sight of three bears, one a very largi one and the other two smaller ones, standing right in the middle of the track, not five rods ahead. We were running fast and I sounded the whistle, thinking to scare the bears off the track, but the sound had no effect on them, except, to fetch the big bear to his haunches, where he stood with open jaws and fore paws raised, awaiting what she supposed was an attack, a small bear on each side of her.

The engine swept into the foolish bear family at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, and when the train was stopped the old bear was found lodged against the fore part of the boiler, dead, and one of the small bears lay twenty feet up in the woods, also dead, while the other was on the cow-catcher, uninjured, but holding on to the bars like grim death. "I never said a word about that bear episode until we got in. I jumped off my engine and gagged as 1 was from the eagle's claws, went straight to the Superintendent's office and told him my place on that railroad was at his disposal. 'The road I learned to be an engineer I said, 'somehow neglected to include bear fighting, catamount killiner, deer chasing, and the like in its instructions, and I can't fill the bill on the B. 'And so I quit." New York Sun.

Learui Xt Thoroughly. A Columbia College student searched for a leak in the gas -pipe with a lighted match. He will never do it again. There is this to say in favor of a collegiate education: When a man learns anything he learns it so thoroughly that he never forgets it. Ax Eastern editor announces the arrival of a twelfth responsibility at his house, and makes the following appeal thereafter: "More subscribers wanted immediately ft this office." roundings as often as deemed necessary.

It is raised slightly from the ground by means of blocks on either side to avoid the least dampness. The inside of the barrel should be covered with fresh straw in a moderate quantity. Wire netting in place of lath can also be used and is just as good for the front, possibly better. The entrance board can be made about as shown by cutting the front block under the barrel, slanting and placing cleats on it, to allow the chicks to get in and out easily. Poultry Picking's.

Provide shady runs for the ChtcKaT They cannot stand much sun. Do not crowd your flocks of youngsters. Like in crowded flocks of old fowls, they become mischievous, sicken, and die. There is nothing gained by giving a hen all the eggs she can cover. Thirteen, fifteen at the most, are enough for any hen.

Do xot sprinkle the eggs in the incubator. Increase the moisture by adding ho water in the pans, or increasing the number of sponges. Keep a strict account of your feed bills egg records, and sales of poultry, and at the end of the year sum up. It will prove that keeping hens pay. Sever give soft feed to a sitting hen as it is liable to produce diarrhoea.

Corn and oats are best. Feed and water should be constantly Jbefore them. It is said that five drops each of turpentine and castor oil, thoroughly mixed, and about one-half teaspoon ful given every morning, is an excellent roup cure. Before you set a hen "be sore she means business. Test her by giving her a nest egg.

If she sits closely on it for several days you can let her begin to incubate. Gekmantowx Ptffs. One pint sifted flour, one pint milk, two eggs, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, one 'teaspoon ful of salt. Beat the eggs very light, whites and yolks separately. Mix them and add the milk, and then stir in the flour.

Beat welL Melt the butter and stiT in last. Butter some small baking cups, fill them half full and bae in a quick oven. Inill them open and eat with fresh butter. make them suitable for travel at any season of the year. "What is wanted is a permanent, hard road bed, one that will not be affected by rains in summer or frosts in winter.

"Where, as is the case in the country, the roads are composed of earth, with enough stones to make them an abomination ona rainy day, they become simply tracks of mud, and the real cost to every one who is compelled to travel, in the wear and tear of vehicles and injury to animals, can hardly be estimated. So let the good work of agitation go on, and the result may be the working out of some system of improvement that will be of a permanent character. Tis an Independent Life. A correspondent of the American Farmer says: "I often wonder why so many who live in the country seem to look only on the dark side of their home life. I lived in the country until I was about twenty-five, and in the memory there is far more sunshine than shadow; in fact, I often look back upon those days with an indescribable longing.

Many farmers are so grasping and spend so little money on luxuries, or frequently even necessities, that to their families life is anything but bright. Or they may live on the frontier, far from church, schools or towns, and thus be deprived of many privileges. But given a goctl farm out of debt, the produce of which more than makes a bare living, schools, good neighborhood and a farmer with a soul above hoarding every dollar toward the purchase of more land, and you have the happiest, most independent life imaginable. Horses Should Wear Light Shoes. Horses are commonly made to carry too heavy shoes.

The shoe is designed merely to protect the hoof, and the lighter it can be made and still serve its purpose, the better for the horse. Horses that are devoted to farm work, and on land where there are few or no may dispense with shoes, except while, the ground is frozen. This would be of great advantage to the horse, to say nothing of the saving in the horseshoer's bill. But most horses require shoeing, and the shoes worn are generally heaw iron ones. Steel shoes can be made lighter, will wear longer, and the first cost is not so much more that it veed prevent their being used." Light in the right foot.

Upon organizing the troop several white non-commissioned officers were detailed for duty with it to assist in its instruction, but at present these have been reduced to two one acting as first sergeant and the other as troop clerk. All other duties are performed by the Indian non-commissioned officers in a creditable manner. There is a common feeling among our army officers throughout the West to disapprove of the enlistment of Indians as soldiers. No one seems to question the benefits accruing to the Indians by the discipline and contact with civilized speech, manner, and costumes. But by many it is not believed to be the function of our small but efficient army to act as public educators, and it must be confessed the molding of the Indian soldier requires an education in many things not directly pertaining to the military profession; and these critics believe that our army has enough to do to take care of its own efficiency without undertaking the civilizing of the Indian.

Probably similar views were expressed upon the organization of the negro regiments. Be this as it may, the scheme is not without prededent in the military establishments of India.France, Russia and other foreigr countries. Probably our army would feel better satisfied, and greater good would result, were an Indian regiment of cavalry and of infantry organized, without decreasing our present strength of white and colored troops. The natural pastime of the Indian has for ages been war and the chase, and by combining the allurements of a military life with the use of English words and manners, a compromise upon what is to the Indian monotonous and irksome school-room instruction, much of that obstinate conservatism which has been so great an obstacle to Indian civilization may be broken down and took a tour through the reservation for the double purpose of stimulating pride and ambition and of showing the other Indians how much improvement had been made. The trip was a pronounced success.

Both mounted and dismounted drills took place in the presence of the chiefs and head men, and the troop was as much on its mettle to excel as any crack State organization drilling for a prize trophy. Up to the present time improvement has been steadily satisfactory, although, naturally enough, not as remarkable latterly as that whioh was made at the outset. There is a troop blacksmith, George Bull, who cares for the horses most effi-ciently. The troop farrier. White Bank, was formerly a doctor of wide celebrity among his people and understands the virtues of all the roots and herbs in this part of the country.

His care for the horses of the troop is assiduous, and he well deserves the testimonial as to his trustworthiness which he received from Gen. Crook in 1876. "The troop tailor" is a young Apache from San Carlos, Arizona, who enlisted for the troop from Carlisle. He has already paid $75 for his sewing machine, and has deposited $50 of savings with the paymaster, obtained entirely through his pay and earnings. He does such excellent work that he now has orders from all troops in the post.

The troop barber has little to do except with cutting hair. The Indians never shave and when hair does appear on their faces they pull it out by the roots with a small pair of tweezers. Charley Running Horse, the saddler, is a fine worker in leather and his Carlisle" training has been further improved by lessons from the regimental saddler sergeant. The troop has had much to learn of things which come naturally to white fell back and died. "The conductor dead wildcats back car, and we started Just at the summit, carried the two to the express on up the hill, perched in the crotch of a biff chestnut tree, and not SCOTTT AND TROOPER.

twenty feet from the track, we came in sight of our second bear. I gave a sharp toot with iny whistle and the bear tumbled out of the tree as if he had been shot, and went snuffing away in the woods at race-horse speed, never once looking back at the object that had frightened him. I was beginning to think that this was a little the live- liest railroading that I had ever done, and I hadn't gone a mile further vhen I was still more satisfied of the ct Just before entered what is anxiety during the disagreeable winter campaign. Added to this, twenty-three of the enlistments were made from the camps of Sky Bull and Big Turkey, considered the most conservative and non-progressive camps on the reservation. These points are interesting in view of the remarkable progress since made by the troop.

Among the chiefs who were particularly favorable toward the enlistment were Turning Bear, who was chief of the dog soldiers of the Brules in the hostile camp in the Bad Lands, and whose.