The Indians

[Washington Oor, Ohláfcgo TtnoM.] The tííoux delegation airivrd nt their (h'ciit F:itlicr's home paoked in two oranibnses. It was a great disiippointnieu' to the waitiiifi crowd wliu expected tlio Sioux warriors fx como lipón horsoback in truo ludían stylo. Tlio dclogatiou, as it drovo up, looknd likc a lot of circus peppie on au ezounion. Tlicy had deeided to appear m Bitnrs l'ull dross, loaded down with eveiy variety of savagc oruamont. Tlieir ippeaiauco at the White llotisc created a positive sensation. ïho iiue bcariug, cxcinisito solf-posscsbion and Ktoil iudifTcioncc of tbc Indiims gave tliem m air of superiority wliich cheapened cvery ouc who canie in contact with them. Mr. Hayes and his Cabinot ncver lodkinl moro thoroughly uncomfortable tlum they did dnriog tho hour and a half passod La council with the visitiug chiefs. The council scène was very picturesque. Tlio large east room, rarely uscd except on occasion of evcuing receptiuus, wa throwu open for the uso of the ditii)8nitlJ visitora, ThC wpor hnlf of the room wna fllleil with soate oecupicd by the lady and gentlemen friendsof the President nud the Cabiuot pooplo. Juut in front of theso the Indiaus wero arranged in a half-oirolc. ?ue Pireaident sat in a low chair faeing ,hem uul rcinainrd kíUüik during their ntcnninablc speech-ru;ikiug. Secrotary Svarts sut upon his right. Secretarios ichurz and McCrary, Commissioner Jniith and Gen. Davis sut upon his eft. The half-breed interpreters were more thnn usually conspicnous in their awkward, clumsy translations of what was said, and they mumbled their words so that they were nearly as unintelligijle as the Indians. President Hayes istened very patiently for two hours and i half before he gave up. Each Indian speaker planted himself in front of the President, and broke out into what apijcarod to bc a guttural monologue, occasionally iutensified by somo cinphatic dcmand. Hayes politely looked every chieftain in the face, but looked embarrassed throughout at his being obliged to listen to what he could not understand. The sang froid of the Indians was superb. They coolly fanned themselves as they calmly talked, showing in no place any trace of embarrassment. Their story was uniform. They all want to bo good, and want to be hired to be good also. The craft of Indian diplomaey has seldom been better illustrated than in the speeches, in which several chiefs spoke of the suggested removal to the Missouri river región as a distant rumor which they have heard. They wished to heax no more of such a rumor, ftnd tho great Red Cloud precluded all argumenta from the President to-morrow by siiying : "Ido not wish yon to mention tnat name (the Missouri river) to me. Tho Missouri river is the road to whisky and nun. " The Indians were agreed upon the benefits of civilization, although there wiUj considerable vanety in opinión as to what white civilization is. Wagons and schools, fortile lands and agricultural implements they all desire. The wildest sons of the plains had desires as crudo as the eilief who, a few years ago, lière as one of thé council, told tlio Great Father that he wanted a house with stairs in it ; lic liked to Talk upwtairs, and he thought that if he oould have a house with stairs in it he could be ciyilizcd. Big lioad, a ohiof wlio lias never seen civilization before, aud who is fresh from the nortli and the Custor battleñeld, said lic was not a man to bargain with nnybody, bilt tliat ho wantod to be civilized, and would be satisfied if the Great Father would give him 8,000 boxes of moneyto get civilizod with. Another chief, He-Dog, had no less mercenary ideas. His notion of civilization was wealth. He had come to see tlic Great Father, tolearn how tao white people got rich, and he wantod to get ricli. Signs ol Trouhle iritli tito Clipyoniies. Some document have been forwarded to the Indian Bureau at Washington from the Oheyenne Agency, in the southoru portion of the Indian Territory, which picture a most 'deplorable state of aiïairs. Another Indian war is one of the thiugs most likcly to break out at auy time from that kocüou, as the Indiana ;ire starving. They have absolute])' nothing to eat, and they have the only alternativo of btarving or breaking out and going upon a scareli for food. When this is brought about, the whites will folio w them up, two or three of thom will 1; killed, and the result will bo as heretofore - general inassacres and expensive military campaigns. All thib is possible aud likcly to occur, aud it if simply beoause these Iudians are being robbed by the thieving agents of the Indian ring. It is the old story ovci ofriiin. Nico CrtKiilntioii. Toward the finish of the individua long-range match at Creedmoor, Mr Washburn aud Mr. Blydenburgh wero the chiof centers of interest, for bot) were kuown to be high men, aud botl had been shooting steadily as they ip proached the finish. Mr. Washburn was the first to give his iiftcenth shot at the 1,000-yard range, and, his total score being discovered to be 207, the crowd edged toward the squad in which Mr. Blydenburgh Btood to await his last shot. If he could make a bull's-eye his total also would be 207, and, as his score at the longest range would stand better than his advereary's, the highest prize would bo his. He calmly set himself to the task, wind gauge and elevation being, as he estimated, all righfc, but, as he pulled the trigger, a lull of the wind let his bullet speed more to the westward than he had oaloulated, and cnrried it just outside the upper left edge of the bull'seye, thus making a diiïerence to him of $300. As he looked at tliff red disc going up to mark his defeat for first place, Blydenburgh sfeimped his foot, threw down his hat impatiently on the turf and muttered something about " half a point of wind." Subsequently, in conversation about the match, he said he believed that was the dearost half point of wind ever iuown at Creedmoor. A point of wind on the windage of a rifle, the liind and foremost sights of which are thirtysix inches apart, means a good deal at 1,000 yards' distance from the target. A marksman said that with his gun a point of wind meant twenty inches at the longest range. At 900 yards it meant eighteen inehes and sixteen inches at 800. During a portion of the match he shot with ten points of wiud and made bull'seyes, the brecze blowing so etiny that it carried a bullet sixteen fect eight inches out of its course during the few seconds it took to go from the mnzzle of the gun at the 1,000-yard range to the target. So tho suocessful marksman must estímate the f orce and directionof the wind pretty accnrately in order to put his bullet in the bull's-eye thirty-six inches in diameter. - Utioa JIcrald. lYhy Young Women Marry Elderly Htti Jennic June says that money is not so often the reasou wliy young women marry elderly men as people imagine. Shc says that the young man of tho day is not tho dcsirablo husband that the young man of iifty years ago was ; he is not so thoughtful, sober, painstaking and eonseiontious ; lie lives Jiu a club, lias no lovo of liome lifu nor desire to build up character and reputatou as a man and a citizen ; liis ideas of life are botmded by the theater and tho doingu of liis little set ; and in too many cases his ambitiou is to own a racer and be on intímate terms with the ballet. Naturally mothers ' hrink from intrustingtheir (laughters to such youths as these, even if they have the opportunity, and are better pleased to bcstow them on older men - men who have sown their wild oats ; who know how little of real valué there is in the temporary excitemeut of pleasure ; who have, perhaps, been married once, aud liavo learned to value home and the gunrantees it affords for permanent liappiness." Toatls. The toad as an insect destróyer is becoming quite popular in Kurope. Once a week a "toad market" is held regularly in l'aris, to wliicli these little animáis nrc brought eaivfully assorted, according to their strength and size, and packed by tlie huudred in bnskets of 'lamp moss. The market is never overstocked, and those of moderate sizo find ready purchasers at prices ranging from 75 to 80 francs per 100. The majority of them are bought up for the use of English market gardens, and it is stated that orders ure ou hand for the purchase, at those ratos, of cvery batsketful tliat roachea tlie narkct. Frightfitl IIí'üI li of a Young Lady. Miss Ourrie A. ltico, daughtor of l'hiio W. Bice, of Glenbrook, Lake Tahoo, was irecipitated over Shakspcare rock, last jnnday, and bo badly injured that nlnVed hi al)out half an'hour. She left her ïoinü at Glenbrook in ooinpany with two Mxe: young liulk'H anl threo gentlemen, nul the party fambled to and ascended le high, roeky puiut of land running mt iuto the lako, on which is situated vhat is known as Slmkspeare rock, there icing traceable on its face lines that nar considerable resemblnnce to the lortraits of tlie great poet. Tlie party nade the ascent by the usnnl trail, and 'or a time remained on the siuninit of he rock, gazing upon tlio beautiful scenory spread out in all directions. Finally Miss Bice proposed to her escort, Win. Cranmer, ft yoimg man, who s engineer at one of the milis on the ak, that they make tlie descent by ft eteep gorge leading down the face of the rock. All the other members of the :arty tried, but in vain, to disstiade the young couple from attempting the descent. They took their -way down the Btt'cp rock and presently reached a cave. Storting from the cave they began slipping, and slid down about lifteen fect to the cdgo of a precipíteme part of the rock. The young man caught hold of a jut'ing point of the lcdgo, where he held fast, hut wns unable to retain kis grasp on tlie yonog lady, suspended below him. Just bef ore falïing she said: "We must go, Will; there is no hope for us !" She feil n distance of about eighty feet. Young Cranmer managed to ciinib back to the trail, when he ran to theresidonce of the yoiing lady's father, where lic feil fainting at tlie door. The people of Glenbrook hastened to the fatal rock - whioh is distant about a mile in a southwest directíon - taking with them such rottoratives as were at hand, but liaving liardly hope of finding the uufortunate girl alive. On reaching the loot of the rock, she was found still alive, but tmconseious Knd dying. She lay with her head between two sharp f ragmcuts of rock, blood oozing from her noso and iuoutb, her limbs brokcn, and her body terribly bruised. Miss Kico was not yet 18 years of age, and was a very beautifnl, bright and sprightly girl. The news of her terrible dcath was received in Carsou City with a feeling of sadness that was universal, as she was well known to, and highly esteemed by nlniost all the people of that town. The remains of the unfortunate young lady were brought to Carson.- Virginia (Ncv.) Enterprise. Killing of Two or the Union Paoiflc Bandits. A correspondent of the Kansas City Times at Buffalo Station, Kan., gives the following particulars of tlie capture and killing of two of the Union Pacific cxpress robbers, and the recovery of $20,000 in gold: "Two men riding jaded horses, nnd leading a heavily-loaded pony, como into tlio station and stopped íor rcírcshincnts. The station agent's suspiciou wasaroused by noticing the name of Joel Collins on nu envelopo in the pocket of one of the men, which was exposed in drawing his hnudkerehicf. It happencd tUat Sheriff l'.o.mlsley, of Ellis oounty, and a squad of soldicrs on watch for tho robbers wore encamped in a ravine ncar by, and, as spon as the men left, the agent notifiod the Sheriff, who moanted his men and soon overtook the robbers. They told liim ho was mistaken in the men; that they were Texas ca-ttlo men returning home. The Sheriff asked them to return to the station, which they cheerfully agreedTto do. They had gono only a short di6tauce when Collins suddenly turncd and said to his eoinpanion. " lf we have to dio lot us do it gamely." Both attempted to draw their revolvers. The SherifTs posso was too quick for them, and Qied, killing both men instantly. The gold was ewed tip in the legs of a pnir of pantaloous, and consisto of $!2ü piecesoi tho mintago of 1877. " Thebodies wero taken to Ellis, where au inquest was held. There were no papers on their bodies exeept a roll of poetry dedicatnd to Collins by a young lady, and which he scemed to prizo highly. The name of the other uiau is not give'n. Collins is saul to be from Dallas, Texas, and to be of a highly re spectable family. Sheriff Beardsley anc eitizens are in liot pursuit of the balance of the gang." Anecdotes of Uor. T. M. Randolph. Th Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle re lates the brief stories of one of the Gov ernors of the Old Domin:in : "An elderly gentleman of this county, who woll recollects Gov. Thomas Mann Ean dolph, representa him to have been a man of remarkablc activity and grea physicaJ power, although his weiglit was but 130 pounds. It is related that a mac dog once carne to Monticello and en sconsed himself under the pórtico. Col Randolph ran for his pistol, but founc to bis dismay that there was no powder on the premiscB with which to load it. In this dilemma Col. Rnndolph rosorted to a curious expetUert, and ascomplished a daring feat. Incaf;ng his left arm heav ily with woolen cloths, he took his dirk in the right, and boldly attacked the rabid brute. Presenting his left arm the dog immediately seized it, when he was dispatched with the dirk with a single thrust. It is said that Col. Ran dolph would frequently swim rivors when out of their banks rather than go out o his way to a bridge. Upon one occasion having sold a liorse to a friend, he tok the pmehascr some weeks afterward tha he had forgotteu to inform him that the animal would sometimes sliy at logs when swimming. Meriwether Lew is Randolph, a son of Gov. Thomas Mann wasalso a man of great physieal strength It is related that he once cnrried l,00( pounds' weight across a room in S'iad well milis. The Death Kate in the Frincipal Cities of Europe. The Frankfort Oazcttc pnblishes tho following interesting table on the death rato of tho principal eities of Euvope from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1877 : ml, of Death Rat .amr of 7b!ti. Inhabitanta. per 1,000 Praguo 178,870 45. Pesth 315,401 43.2 MunicU 209,000 35.9 Naples 154,918 3-". Kouisbcrg in Prnrsi 421. (.45 3% Vienna 7U.548 82.2 Trieste 127,262 30.4 Stockholm 147 818 30.3 adem 177,7ikj so. Broslan 267, 0r0 29.7 Berlín ÍO8,:W1 28.9 ttotíe 278,009 28.f Paris 1,088,808 27.9 aiMgow IWSS,9: 27.5 Manchester 3':i,Ji:i 27. r Hamburg 3.-i!,r..w 27.3 Liverpool 537,(183 27.2 ColORim 13B.092 26.9 Ituvbftrnt 520,000 26.5 riirin 217,806 26.4 Dauzig 101,637 26.0 Wnrsaw 800,001) 25.8 Drosdcn 202,295 25.4 8tugart 102,906 25.4 Birroinghani 377,4:)6 24.9 BniPBels 18X,()09 21.Ü Copenbagcn 215,01)0 24.3 Bromen 106,614 23.9 Lcipnic 155,585 28.2 London 3,633,4R8 22.9 IMinburgh..1 218,72!) 2'2.3 rrankfort-ou-Mü 117,808 21.8 Insensible lu liec Ntiiigs. The licading (Pa.) Time says : " The village of Fritztowu, this county, possesses an anomalous character.known by the name of 'Tommy,1 who is snid to be insensible to the pain wnich ustially attends the sting of l)ees, yellow jackets, wasps and liornets. He can tukc hon(?y from bee-hives and bumblebces' nests witliout either stupefying or destroying tho bees. He destroys all the hörnets' and ycllow-jackets' nests that ho can find, 'and, although frequently eovered by the insect which have alighted upon him ia swarms, he has never been known to flinoh. Üpon getting hold of a hornets' nest ho empties it by shaking tbe hornets out of the aperturo. ' Tommy' is employed as a laborer upon the farm of WiUinm Miüer, of Fritetowrj,"