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BATTLE.
lopa Indians on a
Warpath.
But Exciting Con
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Wrong they g-.uln-red at thi- lilt:.'
^B of Tempo, nine miles east of
and fur a day held possession
Vhc burg and surrounding height*.
W.d in tlio briefest of attire, with
feathers in their hair, and
in red, yellow and blue, they
resented ihemselvos in their most
and warlike guise, and with
and pistol shots for aecompani
ient charged on horseback hither ami
thither apparently bent on the most
bloody work of destruction.
But the warfare was only a mimic
one. The Pima and Maricopa tribes
are and ever have been frionds of the
pale faces and their presence in Tempo
was due solely to tho invitation from
the local Board of Trade. The In¬
dians had been notified a week before
of what would be expected of them,
and also of the important fact that
three oxeu and 10,000 pounds of flour
were to bo the rewards of their exer¬
tions. Tho invitation had been ac¬
cepted with alacrity and the braves
gathered on tho appointed day in
strong force. While |ihe two tribes
are friendly and occupy the same
reservation south of Phrenic, they are
yet of distinct origin, habits and
language. They were, therefore,
opposed in the Indian battle.
Tempfe butte is a prominent knob
500 feet in height, jutting abruptly
from the valley plain and shading the
little town. On the summit is a large
and picturesque group of rugged
rocks. Here the Maricopas took their
stand to defend the position against a
much stronger force of Piinas. On a
pole aloft was a shock of human hair
representing a Pima scalp, displayed
as a taunt to the foemen below.
The gago of battle was Accepted
early in the forenoon. Up tho rough
and steep sides of the buito came the
Pimas, some stealing along ou foot
ami others boldly climbing tho slope
on their sturdy ponies. Blood curd¬
ling yells came floating down the
mountain side, arrows flew, guns
were discharged and from two sides
the fortress was scaled. Around the
scalp guidon the contest raged hand
to hand. The play was well carried
on. While bloodless, the contest was
none the less real. The Pimas, by
force of numbers, reached the pole,
secured the scalp and retired in
triumph, but half-way down the
mountain their retreatiag columns
were surprised by an-unexpected sor¬
tie, and a daring Maricopa buck ou a
fleet pony tore away the scalp and
bore it away to a place of safety.
Still, according to the terms of the
savage agreement governing the con¬
test, the Pimas had won. The victory
was celebrated in the usual aboriginal
manner by a chorus of songs, rhyth¬
mic as the beat of a clock aud as mo¬
notonous, and by dancing, in which
tho prowess of each warrior was de¬
lineated by himself. The squaws,too,
had dances that glorified the deeds of
their masters.
Then came the barbecue, every
portion of tho slaughtered beeves
vanishing under tho not too fas¬
tidious appetites of the reconciled
tribesmen.
About 4000 whites were in attend¬
ance to witness the evolutions of the
Indians, the sight proving especially
interesting to a large number of visit¬
ors from the East. The day was a
perfect one in every respect and un¬
marred by a single unpleasant inci¬
dent— [San Francisco Examiner.
A Man with a Gigantic Brain.
This question about Beu Butler’s
enormous brain reminds me of an odd
character who now resides in Wash¬
ington, D. C.—Loftus J. Parker, a
man who has a natural case of “big
head” that surpasses anything known,
in physiological or anatomical litera¬
ture. Butler had sixty-three ounces
of brain, (if I rightly remember the
accounts that were published in the
newspapers shortly after the autopsy)
but this man Parker surely has one
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA. MAY 11, 1893.
hundred ounces. If his skul! is no
thicker than that of the average man,
and the specific gravity of the thought
matter contained therein is similar to
that of the small-headed varieties of
the genus homo, then Mr. Parker will
show a brain weight much greater
than that of Butler, Cuuier and other
big-brained men.
Parker’s head is simply enor
mous — measuring a fraction over
thirty-two inches around, that of tho
“average mau” being eleveu inches
smaller. Mr. Parker is a mau of
about fifty years of age.
Twenty or twenty-five years ago
three Washington physicians noticed
the monstrous size of liis brain-pan
and resolved to own it after Mr.
Parker had 110 further use for it.
They called him in one day and made
known their desires. At that time ho
was a business man of tho Capitol,
not exactly as successful as the Stew¬
arts, Drexelsand Girards, still he was
making a fair living. These medicos
proposed to him that lie retire on a
bonus or subsidy which they would
pay regularly if I 10 would sign an
agreement to the effect that they were
to be the sole owners of his gigantic
skull and contents after lie had “shuf¬
fled off this mortal coil.” An agree¬
ment was soon arrived at, and Parker
retired on the “endowment” which
was then and there set aside for his
maintenance, I understand that he
has already outlived two of the physi¬
cians that made the proposal, and that
the third is likely to loso all intereet
in the skull before Parker relinguisli
es liis right to what is generally
known as “the biggest head in tho
world.”—[St. Louis Republic.
Willing to Pay.
When the subject of doctors’ foes is
mentioned a well known physician
likes to tell the story of a young mau
who was very ill aud very poor, to
whom ho gave unremitting care and
finally nursed back to health.
Before he had recovered his strength
he dragged himself feebly to the doc¬
tor’s office and endeavored to express
his gratitude, which was not greater
than his grief that he had nothing but
thanks with which to repay the debt.
“Unless,” said the young man hesi¬
tatingly, “you would be willing to
accept payment in my way.”
“What is your way?” inquired tho
doctor, with some amusen ent.
“1 am a musician by profession,”
replied the young mau; “I teach the
flute and I should like to give you
some lessons upon it.”
“Ah!” exclaimed the doctor
thoughtfully, “so you are a flute play¬
er. I’ll tell you,” he said, whimsical¬
ly. “I am too busy a man to take
lessons on the flute, but suppose you
make yourself comfortable here in tho
office while I go my rounds and blow
out the amount you think you owe
me.”
The youug man who appears to
have been of a literal turn of minds,
actually took his beloved flute from its
bag and was about to begin the pay¬
ment when he caught the doctor’s ex¬
pression and saw that the suggestion
was made in joke.
“He seemed so oppressed with
gratitude aud anxious to do some¬
thing,” says the doctor in telling the
story,” that I let him play at an enter¬
tainment for some poor children not
long after, and if flute-playing had
any value he certainly blew out the
entire amount of his indebtedness on
that occasion and seemed to be greatly
relieved.”—[Chicago News.
Kitty’s Imaginary Feast.
The other day when kitty lay sound
asleep in the cushioned chair she uses
for a bed, I put a small piece of fresh
beef on the end of a toothpick and
held it within half an inch of her nose.
After a few seconds the muscles of
the throat twitched slightly, the mouth
opened, the jaws began to work, and
every detail of chewing aud swallow¬
ing followed, after which she licked
her lips, but slept right on, and she
did not awake for some time after¬
ward.— [Forest and Stream.
How It Was.
“Do you quarrel with your neigh¬
bor yet about his dog coming over
into your garden?”
“No, that’s all over, now,”
“Buried the hatchet?”
“No; buried the dog.”
The St. Louis new water tower is
said to bo the highest in the world.
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The Roustabout’s Cues.
A pleasant feature of the sugar business
of the boats in the South is the songs of
the men as they work. A long skidway
or slide is arranged from the top of the
bank to the boat, and the barrels or
hogsheads are thus slid on board. The
man at the top will sing, as each barrel
is started on its way, a sort of notifica¬
tion to “look out below,” and the man
on the boat will answer in a way that
means “let her come.” The most strik¬
ing words I caught were; Bar’l, bar’l,
here goes bar’l,” Here goes bar’l, all full
sugar,,’ “Tell de troof, black man, tell
tie truth down dar,” “I’ll ax my wife if
she’ll go to town Sunday,” “Sugar,
sugar, dey ain’t nuflin’ like sugar,”
“When a mule kik yer, hit ’ina in de
eye,” “Never steal sugar; go an’ ax the
boss,” and perhaps twenty other im¬
promptu phrases, many of which I oould
not catch,
When some of the plantation hands
can be spared days. they will ship for a married trip of
three or four If the man be
the leave-taking is some times pathetic,
yet ludicrous, and if he returns all right
he is as much an oracle to some of the
plantation hands as is a man who has
been around the world. On a recent trip
the boat was ready to back out from a
plantation landing and seven colored waving
girls their and adieus women those stood in board. a row One of
to on
the roustabouts started at the end of
that row and kissed every one of those
women. The mate called out to him to
hurry up. When he got aboard the mate
said, “Why didn’t you hurry?” He re¬
plied. “I did kiss hurry up as fas’ wunst.”—[St. as I could.
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