now awn warts rm Krnnnn
trs Purser ramax.
And How He Killed Four Thousand
Two Hundred and Eighty Buf~
“ion Within the. Period
of Eighteen Months.
Buffalo Bill, the noted scout and hun-
ter. has been detailing some of the inci-
dents of his career to a London Globe
representative. He said: “I was born
In February. 1845. in the State of Iowa.
'1 need not go into details respecting my
family. and can dismiss my youth bv say-
ing that when I was not on a horse Twas
just beingthrown off one. I soon be-
e mica pretty smart rider. and my prac-
tire with a gun was pretty good. too. I
“at twelve’yemiold when ‘1 killed my
tir~t Indian. It happened rather sudden.
I was walking out by the river. near Fort
Kearneyggone night about ten o‘clock.
'My Corn ~niori-de got on ahead some
how. ansnl was quite alone. when look~
ing up toward the bluff bordering the
river] saw. illuminated by the moon. the
head and shoulders of a live Indian.
* -.watcl\ing'bmc, withevidcnt interest. Now
Iliad heard many stories of the doings
of the red men. and had also been incul-
cated with a thorough distrust of their
ways: so. 'quick ly coming to a
conclusion as to what I should
do. I bro night my gr. III to m y
shoulder. and aiming at the head. tire l.
The repot. sounded louder than usual in
the silence of the night. for i: was past
ten o‘clock, and was followed by a war-
wlioop such as could only be built up by
an ludiau. and the “Pit instant over six
feet of dead indian came down splash
into the river. .
Soon after this I went to business. I
took the plains. and in the employ of
Messrs. Russell and Simpson soon learned
the ins 'and outs of the wild life. led
with horses and cattledriviug teams.
riding express ponies. and getting to
know the land. Amongr other things. I
Iomehovv found out how to hunt lrul‘laln.
I spurt second to none if you know h nv.
I shall never forget the u. of the tire
otlicers I met on the pru in once. not
many years ago. They WtTt‘allt’l‘ a herd
.4,
of huli‘alo. So was i. ‘Wc exchanged
views. I gave them my ideas, they gave
me their sympithy. “You surely don‘t
expect to «ah-h b.1tl’al.» with that Gothic
steed.“ said they.
“I am going to try.“ I said.
“Yoa‘i—i ucvcr do it. man alive. ,said
the t‘aptain. “It want. a fast horse to
ov. rluki- buffalo.“
~ “Div.“ in“ I r *spnnd.
"Yes. but you can come with us. if
you like.” '
And I did like. There Were eleven
bullalis in the" hard. and whileghe ofli
ccrs rode straight at them. I h” 'ded the
leaders and got up to thmfi/vi‘th ease.
The horse which my comp aion had been
chatting was the famous Brigham. who
knew as much about the sport as I did;
he speedily did his part of the business.
A few jumps brought us upto the herd.
Raising “Lucretia Borgia.“ my trusty
wonuon. I aimed at the first anim ll. tired
and brought him ~down. Brigham. like
the ideal animal that he was. carrying mo
rapidly up ‘to the next brute. not ten
lee! away: and. when I had dropped
him. bounded on to the next. and so on.
until I had slain tho whole eleven ani-
maIS. and then my horse stopped. [dis-
u
' mounted to regard my work with a feel-
_ pains to aid me in getting ~game.
‘ .
'13”?
g». . '
«rug 5
.._,;£fiék,:hut though» themiuk itself
'w?‘
" a ew diiys ag‘o.
2’ ioct. ind 1f yeti» can to ‘make a‘ present
ing of satisfaction. Those otlicers rode
up shortly. and Ishall never forget their
expression as they stirveytabthc work of
five minutes lying around.
My horse Brigham was an exception-
ally intelligentln-uto. lletookthe. keen-
ear delight in sport. and invariably took
All he
expel-ted of me “as to do the shooting.
The test was his Works llc \vould always
ltup if the hutl‘alo did not fallat the first ‘
Ihot. so u to give me a soco'fid chance; 2
» but if I did not bring hlmrdown then he
would go on disgusted.
'It was in t$ti7 that the Kansas Pacific
track was in the budan country, and the
wmpany was employing over L200 men
in the making of the mud. The Indians
were very troublesome. and it was not
always easy, to get” sufficient supplies of
H mm for the men. It was about
this titncthat Messrs. Goddard. the con‘
tractors, to the constructors. made me a
handsome Oder. provided I would unper-
take to hunt for them. They required
twelve bufialos lt‘I‘ diem. . he work
was somewhat t angcrous, owing to
the Indians. but the terms were
handsnrnewflfto per month; I took
the offer, and in less than eighteen
months, during which time my engage:
men! lasted. 1 killed 4.280 budalOs single
handed. and had litany serimmages with
the Indiana and hairhreadtlt escapes. It
'was‘duringthis petiod of my career that
.2! had my celelrmtod hutlaloskillin match
with 'Billy ‘Co‘ms’toek. the not scout.
then at Fort wallace. The terms were
settled as follows: We were to hunt on:
day of eight hours. from 8 A. .\r. to 4 rxxt.
The stakes were $500 a sidc,an-.l the mar.
who killed the most buffalo was to be
declared the winner. The contest took
place twenty miles east from ,5heridart.
audimany' thousand people camei'from all
parts to see the sporti \Ve were fortu-
nate on finding animals, and had plenty
of s ort. We made three runs ear h. and
I ki led sixty-nine buffalo, my rival being
content with forty~six. Not a bad day‘:
work, a day which is an historical one
for me. inammch us since then I have in
variably been referred to in an parts or
in? cfyrlizea world as Buffalo Bill.
, .
. Fashion in Sticks.
"Yes, there is just as much fashior
t'about a cane as any article of 'dress,’
v‘la'd a dealer to a Brookl 7 1179 6 write
‘fi'ou’zm lgilt is tlf:
policy of the trade ”changeethe stylejri"
cane every season“ {this wasp not dour
Gui customers woul . i y the game cam:
year infiaad year out.“ few years ago,
vet-y “fit thin cones are the, propel
8. I tgi~dayitho briiviar :‘hfi Stiff!
carries. 'thcfltcaivlef’r swell he it
, to be. The back- W“ cane”
up still iery popular. but iffiqutr wish If
bfi right up to the latest style you should.
' carryja natural wood bentzlbandle stir-k
"A WW silver or gold but sets oil tln
.
nu».
a
more: fashionable it becomes; ‘ The oily ‘
nudism. handled cams are alwaysrcns
, or old ntlernan o o ‘ givéhim
i .W;v mtwr biennium.
" 3 3" ' ‘ ' m m
r‘” uém ..~tht.
. " , thorn atlckaarc camv ink;
.. vi *Alight. imagined pick»
I f. nreimtiitci fiends are being rmfifi up i I exp-fetal .0 he disc arms-l wanna: . e. g
instinct with around and
“the novelties .introduccd this spriillv and
v
illv‘rfisjE-i? ut‘ unite. ' .
v
toitttebetm: class
5.3800 0!}
THE SUKMER DAYS
..-~.-.:'r»«— ~c rww _..,.
' “Oh. sweet and long!
was: at Romeo‘s feet
_ < 3‘1““) 9‘9? ions
We dream and drearri through days so “It.
0h. life is sweet!
hirdsjaud flowers and tenthf air,
And sunshine deep. -
Fair youth and lovogo hand in hand,
In life‘s bright spring;
Love uses wall his magic wand
' Sweet spoils to bring.
in»
nu
with
Young hearts, be happy while ye may,
For youth is fleet:
in path lies not again this way
For thys in feet.
Then dream and sing thy happy sons
Through summertide',
Mirth. innocence and joy belong
And with thee bide.
—-Saluh P. .lI«‘1'.eun. in the C‘tu‘rent.
————-—-.—-————.—- .
A SONG on THE SUNSET LAND.
In the far~off hills of the sunset land;
In the land where'the long ‘gra‘s bends and
quivers. '
Where the ghosts of night and morning stand
By the gleam: and dreams of the lonely
I‘."EI‘S.
Where the brown sedge wavi
shivers
n3. Stoops and
At the water‘s mige in the sunset land. 4
,
Thnrugh thw- tra ”gloss paths of the sunset
, Ian 1'.
‘\'II"I‘V.‘ the silou e broods in a dream on
broken.
Anl the d t_‘ j: like grains of sand,
\\'he1\- llic sou: unsung and the word un—
spoken.
Seem like a part of a namless token
Of the “‘il l gray wast-s of the sunset land.
0n the so. \\\‘~r‘ltl~l p ~ak< of the sunset land:
As they use in the clouds so near to heaven
In shadowy vastness. stern and grand.
Where gaunt old pin-es by the lightning
rlvon. _
Moon in the wmd, through their branches
driven. V
0n the cmgs and cliffs of the suns it land. '
'hIid the rolling plains of the sunsu land,
“'hcrr‘ th \ r‘s‘il RS drift; on the tufted
heutlrol‘
In the wake of breezes swoat and bland;
“’here the shalows go in a thiop togethor
Across tho hum of the fair Juno weather
In the grassy halls of the suusat laud.
By the wan I‘ring strewns of the sunset land.
Where the rippies rise ‘mi-l the tall reeds
bending
And float an'ay to an unknown strand;
And the shade and the suiiitght slow do
sounding
Fall where the voice of ti
in,r
Sings of the sunset land.
—-Erm's.‘ .llctioifry. in Inter-(bean.
ALL BUT HANGED.
The story of a man who is reprieved
while standing on the scatfold with the
noose about his neck, must always thrill.
The fact of any one standing in the press
onceol death fora moment has a strange
fascination about it. and his. fellow min
are anxious to know what his thoughts
to waters blend—
uahcred into eternity. It has been mv ill
luck to look squarely into the eyes. of
grim death on several occasions. and my
food luck to present my life ago Hi! the
a
some»! the incidents may prove interest
ing to the unneml reader.
During the siege of Yorktown by Me-
Clellan I was detailed from my company
to do scout Work. \Vbilc my rcpozts no
doubt went to the commander himself.
I reported directly to a division cont-
mnudcr. “horn I never met without
being forced to notice the
was the worse for liquor. Liter on in the
warthew \xasa chief of scouts, but. at
this time thrrc were half a dozen of us
taking orders direct from this General
and reportzugback to him in person. tin
my third trip I was very nearly captured
by tho t‘oufcdcmtcs. and in the squeeze
piss which gave me entrance and exit
to the Federal lines. Thcmforc. when I
finally reached the Federal picket post I
ought to add to his importance. by re-
fusing to helium my story and sending
me to the headquarters of the brigade.
Confederate spy. and the General in conr~
mood was extremely pompous in his dc-
tueanor toward me. can remember
the conversation as vividly as if it took
lace yestelxliiy. By the time I reached
mo, and l was looked upon as a verv
dangerous fc low. '
“So you are the sly captured down
there at. the picket l“ s outed the General
CI I stood before him.
._ 3‘1 am no spy, sir,“.I replied.
“Oh, no." of course not: but
talk back to me. on infernal tratrorl
Who sent you spying into our-”ca ii“
“I am a l‘nion soldier, sir, and c-
long to————" .
“Shut up, you scoundrel! Don‘t
think that you can stand there and lie to
fine. What rebel command to you he-
lonp to?“ ‘ "
‘ None. air.
was detailed
“Stop!“ he shouted, while hisE face
grew crimson.‘ “While the truth; may
not helpflyou, I hate to see you stand in
the presence of death with a lie upon
your lips. Guard, remove<him.’?» '
I was taken away and confined in a
guard house, but: not for long. In about
an hour I was taken to another tent in
the same encam meat. and I entered
it to 3nd four or. via general officers pres-
slit It was to be a drum-head court
martiat. As I afterward learned, a re-
rt‘of my capture had been sent to
Kgadqparters, and McClellan had replied :
f'l'q'xhim by drum‘head court: martial.
Jana If found guilty hang him at sunrise."
‘ A drum-head court martial is a dignified
farce It is-convenpd‘ to compo}- The
idea isthat the victim is gniltyflmt must
be disposed of aecording‘to the regula-
tions of the War De fitment. Thefact.
that: I openly and bo dly approached the
which: picket, and that I was coating
from the Confederatidinesh carried no
. $33.33!}? in. myriamge The ofiicer of the
picket said I wascertainly a spy, and that
settled» in. When they finallyrpcondoj,
“endedaohearmxcxplaaation, I gave
it
film“ iii-'3 ’ “um "this“?
«Y z .r‘. “‘ raster; .
teams. '1 Qrhino er sweat»
fear, knowing how easily I could be
identified. Some of. the members of the
court «my Rf“ to w“ ' 3 me thw' .
obstacle; in' my? a: but itcwas finally do-
oided to despatch an orderly and "adjourn
the court for an hour. ‘I was con-
ductedybadt to the guard house to wait.
and when @113: tiller: before'thc oficer-I,
‘Illj. You can therein-5: ‘unagiac in;
and feelings were as he expected to be T
tcwhh-h secmcd to hunger for it; and ‘
fact that he ‘
I got rid of all my papers. including the i
had nothing by which to identify myself. '
The otllccr in command of the reserve f
\icket post. was a smart. Alcck. who f
There 1 was regarded as a veritable
is tent my arms had been tied behind .-
don‘t you ’
Iam‘a entail coil. and .
feelings when I was informed that Gen.
—=—-'—utterly ' Hyugiment
and company were “a dozen miles away,
and I felt: that it would be useless to ask
further delay. In ten minutes I was
found guilty, and sentenced to execution
at sunrise, and before midnight a soaflold
had been prepared.
' Why had hen. denied my identity?
The only excuse I could ofier for him was
that he was drunk when the Messenger
reached him, and such proved to be the
case. Roused from his stupid sleep. he
had winked and blinked at the com-
inunication and made out a. portion of it.
and then flung it down with the assertion
that he knew no one of my name. The
gallows was erected within a few rods of
where I was confined. Some beams and
boards were taken from an abandoned
house. and the structure was a very rude
_ affair. I could lainlv hear every blow
struck. and the ellows engaged in put—
ting it up seemed to want. me to overhear
their unfecling remarks. About an hour
before daylight a curious change took
place in me. I began to wonder if I was
really the. man I claimed to be. and it
wasn‘t fifteen minutes before I had come
to the conclusion that I was some one
else—4n fact, a Confederate spy, as they
declared. This idea took such firm
lodgment in my mind that I would have
honestly denied my real identity. I felt
that I had been fairly tried and honestly
convicted. and that I ought to suffer
death. There was no particular terror in
the idea. The only thought about hang-
in.r which made me cringe was the fall
through the trap. It seemed to me as I
reflected on it that the. pain would be
something awful. but I was consoled at
the same time with the reflection that it
would soon be over.
Half an hour before
sunrise I was
the gallows. ' If I remember right there
was about half a company of infantry on
the ground. Only a few of the soldiers
in camp were out to Wllncs‘s the pro~
ceedings; They had graciously provided
to.- with spiritual conso atiou in the prcs~
ence of a chaplain, but, though the good
'man talked to me for ten minutes, I did
not hear UIIL‘ word in twenty he uttered.
l was all the time wondering how long
before it would be over. and every
minute of delay made me impatient.
When the time came for me to mount the
scaffold [was really glad of it. There
was nothingiu the sight of the dangling
rope to chill me. I took my place on the
trap. the chaplain uttered a prayer. and
then a soldier quickly tied my elbows
and ankles and pulled a cap over my
head. ' It was a matter of seconds now,
and I said to myself: '
“It is coming uow—gomey to all—ii.
will soon be over.“
They had to cut a rope underneath to
spring thctrap. My scrrseof hearing was
. so acute that I located the man who
stood with an axe ready to do his service
at a given signal. and I heard him
. whisper to himself: '
1 “Why. in God‘s name. do they keep
g the man so long in suspense!"
; “Then I began to count one Atwo—
three. and so on. and had got up to nine.
V when lhcard a shouting not far away,
, and mingled with it the sound of horses
i coming at a gallop.
‘ “Dori‘t cut that rope I" commanded
the otliccr in charge. and I said to my-
, self :
’ (“Something has gone wrong. and there
will bc a further delay. Perhaps I am to
he shot. That. would be an easier way
_tu vile."
There was some loud talk around me.
two or three people came up the ladder
,to the platform. and directly a hand
pulled the cap off my head and a voice
said :
"(‘aptain. there is some terrible mistake
here. This is llobsrts. one of my scouts.“
. “Ilut you did not know him last
night 3"
"I know him now. and you will release
him at once.“
It was tit-u. ———-—. As he awoke from
his drunken sleep at an early hour a dim
remembrance of the message crept into
his mind. and he rolled out of bed and
found the inquiry sent by the court
martial. llc (‘Utlltl not remember what
ward he ind sent in reply. but he. jumped
into his clothes and then into the saddle.
and he come just in time to prevent a
military murder. “'hat was the ”led
of this (‘lnsr‘ call? \Vcll. I went to the.
hospital for two weeks with a fever. and
‘ it was a full month before I was tosi‘
: lively certain of my identity—Nine ’orl
Sun.
--_.————-—-—-—-—-—-
The t‘llant‘s Causeway.
' untuar basaltic rocks in County .~\ntrim.
on the uor.‘ocast coast of Ireland. For
eight “1th along the coast the land abuts
on the set in clitl's of basalt. many of
them male up of rude vertical columns.
. and the appearance of these olumns
from the sea suggests a partia rcsem~
blanee to architectural forms. The name
Giant‘s Causeway is often applied to all
this coast range of cliffs, but it. properly
. belongs to only a small part of it. which
is a platform of basalt in closely arranged
columus‘from fifteen to thirtysix feet
;high~which extends from a steep clitl
-‘_ down into the sea till it is lost below low
i water mark. It is divided across its
breadth into three portions. the. Little,
. Middle and Grand Causeway. thz-se being
“ separated from each other by dikes of
,basalt. The columns are generally he»
. agonal prisms. but they are also found of
; tire, seven, eight and nine sides,in almost
every instance being tittedto ier with
the utmost precision. and it is said? that
even water cannot enetrate between ad—
; joining columns. he name causeway is
l given to the platform, as its columns ter.
minute at so nearly a uniform height
extending to the water. seeming to the
’rimitive im inatim a road that had
11 pre for the convenience of
giants. ——Intcr- Ocean,
Silver on Their Solos.
, The workmen in Mexican silver mines
becomeso skilful in stealing silver that
the owners employ detectives to work
with them. An owner tells this story:
“One day a detective came to me and
said when such and _ such men‘ came out
to examine their sandals. I had that
done. 0n the bottoms of the sandals
was what appeared to be mud. but when
it was scraped into a pan and worked I
found that it ran at the rate of $3,000 to
the ton. My minerahad plastered athin
layer _of.rnnd from the mine ovgr the
leather, and then rial-fled ozi‘thé‘partis
clcs of silver, an over all had put an‘
other laverof mud. The were working
for ‘37} cents a day,‘ an carry' g out
if Acosta-“tho! silver: oaths .e of
his sandalflq ‘ . l i.
, f Alums neon; Flint “out;
A certain traveling man recently dis-
covered that he is a great poet, and this
.is how he found it “Ii; ‘
on. time gins. um. _
. 00m .
Evenyourslm A y
gwthsmupwnb
The Giant‘s (‘ausewav is a series of cob
that it presents an almost smooth area"
i
brought out and escorted to the foot of 3
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOBOUS SKETCH-
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Wonted to Fly—A Boarder With
Two Threats—no Paid OI!
An Old Debt—Preferred '
8 Mud Color. Etc.
“My son,” said a Boston father as he
took his, boy' by the hand. “you are
about to start for the “'est to found a
city. Consider well. Found it upon the
banks ofia river. so that steamboat rates
will keep railroad rates down to the loan
est notch."
(A period of six months issupprmed to
have elapsed, and the old man gets a let-
ter).
“DEAR FATHER: River is frozen up
and railroad snowed under. Send wings
for me to get out of the darned coun
try.“— “1111 Street A'ezcs.
A Boarder “‘ith Two Thu-oats.
The \Vidow Flapjack got a new
boarder the other dav. At the first meal
he took he choked and had a terrible
time “'3'ng to swallow some coffee.
““‘hat‘s the matter, stranger!" she
asked. kindly.
“Nt‘llhing. except the coffee went
l
~ bottle,
3-. why! » Prodneejha preset-i tionl
youha'ttr met " that out wingspan.
down the wrong way."
"Good heavens! It isn‘t possible that
I have secured a boarder with two
throats!“ exclaimed Mrs. Flapjack. who
has been complaining' very llitt'crly of the
amount of food a mar. with only one
throat can punish. .. (“Margo .thiouul.
He Paid Off an Old Debt.
_ There. is in this city a young man who
has a habit of pets.Llil'yiugrult‘wt'ls in his
speech. and this habit has brought him
no little annoyance. particularly in the
orlicc where he is employed. and where
the your): lady bookkeeper seizes upon
every s'nrh lapse of speech to make him
um'omfortnbic in the presence of his
other other ussm’lrtlcs. The other day
in speaking of the clock he said:
“She keeps excclicut time." and was
imnu-diarcly brought up short by his tor-
rncntor with tho question? “Why do you
say ‘sllc‘ in speaking of a clock I"
Here was a chance to payoff an old
debt. and promptly came the reply: “Be«
cause its pcm ulurn. like a woman‘s
tongue. is always wagging." —.Bw£0n
b‘wlyd.
Prefer red at M nil-Color.
“Yes, a pretty good looking carpet.“
she said as she stood MI and surveyed it.
but—i“
"Aren‘t the col-ms all right, ma‘aml"
“They seem to be."
“And you like the pattern?“
“My much."
“And I‘m sun: 111-.- price is very reason-
able.“
" Y-c-s.
It wasn‘t that so much. but
I was wondering how this carpet would :
look after my woodshcd not on tire and
the engines had tillcd the houwgvith “n‘
tcr. the firemen had trumped through all
the rooms. and twenty reporters had come
around to a~k about the insurance. I
guess I'd better get something of a mud~
Color. "——1k'!rurt 'Fra Press.
A Possible l-Itplanruion.
“Suit-kins says he‘s no friend of yours
any more." said Sam Sample to Charley
Sellers as they met at the store the other
morning.
“Indeed?"
“No. He says that your are no friend
of his any more. No“ what is the trou~
lvlcl You haven‘t insulted him simply
I)(‘\‘;\II\t‘ you Inlth happened to be going
to we the Sfilllt.‘ girl, havo you t"
"t‘crtaiuly not.“
,“Thcn what. can be the matter 2"
"I don't know unless he has found out
who it was scat that nc’wsboy in front of
her house- to holler. ‘hcre‘s your [north
innr papers.' while he was in th re calling.
I understand that that. call sort of waked
up her father and made trouble for
Suif‘.“——- Prelim! Trawler.
The Dark Side of Things.
Some people will persist in taking a
gloomy view of everything. There
man of that kind in Austin. living in
Ward No. 18. A neighbor happened to
drop in to see him the other day and
found everybody lively except the head
of the. family.
“llow are you all coming on ?“
“We are all tolerable except Bob. He
is laughing and joking because he is go—
ing fishing. I just know that he is go-
ing to come home drowned. and bowling
with a tish hook sticking in him some-
where.“
"Wcll. the rest seem tobe cheerful.“
“Yes. sorter. Jemimy is jumping and
skipping about becau-e she is going to a
candy pulling. but. I know somethin
will happen to her. I read of a girl in
Philadelphia only last year who was com-
ing front a candy pulling, when adrunkeu
man threw his wife out of a throe‘story
window and killed-her."
“Killed who?“
“Jemimy.”
“Why; no; there she is.“
“Well, it might have been her if the
had been on the pavement below when)
the' woman fell."
“Well. you are lookin" healthy.“
“Ye I feeljust like the man did who
droppe dead. in New York last week
from heart. disease. He was in high spirits
and had a good ap etite, and them‘s just
my sy_mptoms.“-- mo‘éflinga.
Be Filled the Prescription.
_thn the tin of the soda fountain
died out in a Washington avenue drug
store yesterday afternoon the good-
lookrng clerk glanced up and saw a man
standing there with a deprecating look
near the door. “
demanded the
“Well. what. is it?"
clerk.
The man came forward and spoke a
few words. in the language of Esaias
Tegner. which were entirely unintelligible
to the good~lookin clerk. Then the
man produced a fol ed paper, which tho
_ clerk took. studied a moment and said:
“I don‘t know this doctor, but sit
down and I‘ll have it ready inn moment.“
He. went behind the prescription case
and in a few minutes rea with a
four~ounce vial, which he neatly labelled,
and marked the dose: “A tablespoonful
after each meal. Shake, well before tak-
.” Handing it to the man he re»
marked laconically:
“Dollar and a half."
It evoked considerable pantomime
gefige the Swede underséotéd, but. he
as y paid the money an ice peered
with the medicine. _ The good-Ionkin
clerk went down to the ball me an
had hardly disappeared before In rushed
a well~knowu . young. .attorney from
Temple Court. He earned the vial in
his hand and blood in his eye. ,
. “Where’s thoman who filled prescrip-
tion No. 3,th he demanded.
The proprietor cooly surveyed the
and with a look-that wouldl havo
drsarmedh pimte, .blandly replied:
“Why?" . . . _ - _ .
“Great cs... .Whyi I’ll show you
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m druggist produced the aura of
.pape, r and thegscited meme; P 8‘
otphcred the writin as follows: -
“Ivan Olselr’iaECorneg my ofice this
afternoon at. 3 o‘clock. sure. Business of
importance. Saw your man and every-
thing is all right. "
This was the “prescription.” The
drug man fainted and the clerk in now
advertising for a position as porter in
a hardware store.—& Paul Globe.
Just a Bit Too Previous.
A Chicago society youth recently at
tended church with a young lady on
whom he was particularly sweet. “'hen
the contribution box started out on his
rounds the young man took a five-dollar
gold piece out of his pOifket and dis-
played it in such a way that the young
lady saw it. She mildly rebuked him for
his extravagance. but he said he often
contributed that touch, especially when
in strange churches. “latching his
chance he slipped the gold coin into his
pocket and slyly took out a silver quar-
tcr which he as slyly dropped into the
box when it reached him. This fixed
the impression on the young lady that
her beau was generous. and held the
church in high esteem. At the close of
the services. as was the custom of the
Church. the amount in the box was an.
nounced. The total was $3.55. That
voting man has had no business in the
immediate neighborhood of that young
ladies‘ house, since that eventful evening.
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Arbor Day.
under the direction of State authority
was model‘y B. G. Northrop. then Secre-
tary of the Connecticut Board of Educa-
port. In 187F- this samu- ge-utlcmau en~
di-avorcd to stimulate "centennial trec~
planting" by the'ot‘fer of prizt-s to the
children of Connecticut. But the idea
of setting apart a day for the work had
originated with ex Governor Sterling
Morton. of Nebraska. “ho about 1S72in~
duced the Governor of that State to issue
a proclamation appointing a day for the
A year or two later theday was made a
lature. and provision was made f- r
awarding premiums to those who put on
the mo~t tries in its observant-e. It. is
said that nearly 700,0(Mt,00i) Arbor Day
trees are now in thriving condition on
the prairie tracts of the State. The en
ample of Nebraska wzhs soon followed by
Kansas. and with grand fiflllts.
Day in Minncsx‘lta. first observed in Initi.
million and a half of trees.
the Arbor Day law was paswd in 1‘31.
and in Ohio in 1932. Since then Arbor
Day has been observed in (‘olorado.\\'is-
New Hampshire. Massachusetts. New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Florida. Alabama.
and Georgia.
tnendation of the “range. the Grand
Array of the Republic. or by State agri»
cultural societies.
coonomic tree—planting was the primary
grounds soon followed. 0n the first "bio
form of planting memorial trees and dedi~
‘ eating their. to authors. statesmen. and
' other distinguished citizens. B. G.
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the observance of Arbor Day:
forests should not be planted on our rich,
erred it out onthd show-cisoarid 6;
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tion. about ISIi—‘t. in an official State re-.
legal holiday by enactment of the Legis- ’
cousin. West Virginia. Indiann.\'ertnonr. ;
The first suggestion of tree planting;
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In Michigan ,
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In several other States its !
observance has been secured by the recom- .
While at the outset ‘
aim. thcadornnn-nt of home and school ‘»
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Arbor Day, the children of (‘ineinnati I,
joined in an attractive celebration. in the I
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Northrup says. concerning the value of ;
While ;
arable lands. there are in New England
and all the Atlantic States large areas of 7
? bar-tens worthless for tield crops.that may
profitably be devbted to w'oodgrowirtg.
The feasibility of reclaiming our most
sterile wastes is proved by many facts
both at home and abroad: Our Atlantic
sand plains were once covered with for-
? cats and can be rc-forestcel.
acres on (‘ape t‘od. which thirty years
ago were barren. sandy plains, are now
covered with thriving planted forest-..—
Irtlcr— Oct-m.
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Less Food Needed in Summer.
Growth and waste. and repair go on in
a nearly uniform way the whole year
through. but the amount of food neces.
: sary for these operations or purposes is
isuririsingly small. The generation of
l but ily heat requires a more variable
_quantity of food. In winter, with the
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5 lei-sons is 98.3 degress; and when the
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l the blood still registers 98.3 degrees.
{The marvelous mechanism by which this
sidcr. but 't must be evident to every
one that t e foicc needed to raise the
temperature of the whole body to nearly
100 degrees in winter is no longer needed
in summer. The total amount of food
needed for repair, for rowth. and for
heating, physiology teac es us. is much
less than is generally imagined. and it
impresses us with the truth of the great
surgeon Abernetlry‘s saying. that “one-
fourth of what we eat keeps us. the other
tltree~fourths we keep at the peril of our
lives.“ In winter we burn up the sur-
plus food with a limited amount of ex-
tra exertion. In summer we get rid of
it literally at some extra risk to health
and, of course, to life. We cannot burn
up. Our vital furnaces are banked. and
we worry the most important working
organs with the extra exertion of re-
moving what had better never have been
taken into the stomach—Philadelphia
Lodger.
A SIn-Dial's Moth.
Some years since in the “Temple“ was
a vertical sun-dial with the motto: “Be-
gone about you business.” It is stated
that this very appropriate motto was the
result. of the following blunder: When
the dial was emcted the benehers were
applied to for a motto- They desired
the builder’s man to call at the library at
a certain hour on a certain day, when he
should receive instructions. But the
forgot the whole matter. The appointed
day and hour the builder’s man called at
the library and found only a lawyer in
close study over a law book. The man
stated the cause of his intrusion. which
suited so badly the lawyer’s time and
leisure that be bid the man. sharply “Be-
gone about. your business.” The lawyer’s
testy reply was duly painted in big let-
ters upon the dial, and was considered so
apposrt that it was allowed not only to
remain, but was considered to beas ap-
propriate a motto as could be chosen.—
Chimqo I‘ribuno. i
llofllly Loft.
098:; gdo'r;bly,mlovo. I wavered hum
Andoflz‘nthuo h
summit and on
wail-MW»: $.13?“
“I“; behavior no harm
But ’
118104: I strangle you!”
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A HONS'I'ER WHICH INFES'I‘S
CALIFORNIA‘S COASTS-
A Great Fish That Tow: Vessels-
The Experience of a Pacific
Pear-I Diver‘Shocking
[Iowan-y Celestial;
“Do you see that short. thick-set man
sitting on the boat i" asked a lpunger at
San Pedro. Cal.. to a New lork (20m
martial Advertiser correspondent. "Well.
he‘s an cx-pearl diver, ex-smugler. ex‘
everything. and can tell somc‘ strange
stories of this part of the world. ‘
A little later] was introduced to the
div er, who was a half -l)I‘L‘0\l Mexican. He
laughed when his experiences were re-
ferred to, and replied: "They were
nothing. I have left the business, and
have dime with it for good or bad. It‘s a
dog‘s life. this diving: and I would not
go back to it for anything you couxdotfer.
Win-3 w.~u. 1 :.m tired of it. andI “as
covered with a blanket tish on my last :
trip down. and the Second time means
death. Am I stu‘ct" and the italid-rce-I
smiled. "\Vcll. I never knew it to fail.
There were Ilamolis. Nana. Salons. a‘l
from mv familv. killed by the blanket—i
fish. and every: one had his warning. It l
is not no *essirv to believ‘e it. I (I‘hilfl‘Vv :
ever. It is not a thing that a man would ;
be likelv to forget."
“I h't‘Ve set-n a good many of them in 7
mv time. but I “its never cornered except ;
mice. and that w as a year ago. I wa~ one 2
of the party that Went to the pvurl ,
grounds in the Centipede. the bent that
was never heard from .afz-‘r Iii'l' next
cruise. It came my turn to go down and
over I went .‘llll as sit-n as I no: down I
felt that something was wrong. that
something was going to happen as soon
as I struck the bottom. I landed among;
a line lot of pearl sheila and had bogu'l
to till tnv Itaski'l.\\‘licii all at once I noticed
a darkchiug about me and luukul up. i
saw what appr art-(Lto lmalilanke: ~iozviy
Icttlitrg do“ it over me. I knew I Ira-Iv a
chance. so I t .' uvvdcd down close I ) Iilz'
bottom. hoping the link wouldn‘t see tit".
and by luck it didn‘t. Just as it was ten
or twelve fcet off something alarmed it. _
and it darted away. I w is: llaultr-l up
ljudgxlmtt til--
fish was at least thirty feet. across. and if
it had settled on me nothing could have
saved me."
“The divers." said an Allieriean latwr
0n, "have an idea that the“: fish settle
down on vou. as they have a very Broad
surface arid a IK"‘lliI.rI‘ undulating motion
in the water. using the side has like
wings. They are aimo~t as pm’crfui as a
large whale. and one twenty-rive feet
arms could undoubtedly move or} with .
a large ship. In almost every locality -
“rm”.- thev are found stories are told of
their carrying ofI vtswls. Several in-
stances of this have It lppt‘llt‘ti in the
Gulf of Mexico. where devil fish. as they
are railed there. have run off with
smacks and small fishing vessels during
the night. In one instance a skipper
‘turncd in' at night in a harbor and
awake in the morning to rind himself out ‘
of Sight of land. a big drv' =5.le had run
foul of the anchor and 3; v: .- or! of the
channel so silently that non: of the crew
nt‘bllt‘cli II.“ ,
Tampa bay. Florida. is a famous place
for then: monsters of the deep. and often
schools of a dozen or more are
swimming about in circles. These rays
are among the largest fishes known. 'I‘w»
immense tins extend out. from each side.
while from the tail projects a lung lash-
likc whip. capable of doing SJVt‘lt‘ exc—’
cation. The writer was once polio: a
boat over the Florida reefs in the vicinity
of Key \\'cst. uhrna comrade. who lyui
been sitting :Lstriile the cutnvatflr dart:-
ling his feet in the water. threw himself
back into the boat with a yell of pain.
whilea huge black ray darting off over
the white sand told the story. Both of
his feet. were cut almost to the bone. The
Weapon that produced the injury was a;
delicate whip-like lash, smaller than a?
man's little linger. E
(In still nights. in subtropical regions. é
‘ the rays are often chased by sharks. and ;
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escape. falling with a tremendous eras
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The inan~eatingY sharks. with their third?
skins. are mfc from their attacks. and
often bite out great pieces from the side
tins of the monsters.
At San Pctlroaml the various watering ,
laces from San Diego north.the ray fatn- .
rlymakcs itself disagn-cably conspicuous. ‘
The smaller ones have a habit of hiding .
in the sand. and presenting their spines
for bathcrs‘ feet. while others are pro--
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I uniform blood temperature is maintained . ‘ E
. at all seasons it is not necessary to com '
the fishermen powerful
shocks. I have known a man to be dis-
abled for several days for harpaoniag -,
one.
The Chinese monopolize the fishing in .
these waters. and are often victims of the
ravtical jokes of the Mexican and Amer-
can fishermefi. An able-bodied torpedo
will be brunt-ht ashore at San Pedro or
Monterey am? the whites will wager a
green Cbinaman that he cannot ltjt it. .
The fish up ears to weigh about six or ’
eight poum s, and “John." after putting
a his money. with a laugh at the sitn~ '
picity of the “American devils.“ takes
old with both hands nadis stitfenerlout ’
so quickly that often be can do nothing
but hold the fish and rear with anguish l
until he is released. The shock given by :
these tishes has been eomtmred to that of
a single Leyden jar. and can be plainly
felt by tifty persons in a circle.
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Some Queer Elm-pits. 1
One of the English weekly journalsi
has made an extensive collection of f
“quaint and curious epitaphs." Here
aresome of the best: Epitaph on a Mr. ~
Partridge, who died in the month of
May :
kill a ‘d in the month !
m Deng ! Eh l 0‘ Kay
On a young lady who died of paraly- -
sis, brought on by a hair~dye containing
sugar of lead:
Inallthcprideof halthldyed.
A dire mischanca did then bedde—
That: dye_ contained some sugar of lead—
Hy hair is golden. but I‘m dead.
A man who had four wives wrote the
following epitaph, after burying the g
fourth and collecting the remains of the ;
other three and planes them in the same
st‘x‘lt '
then I withdrew.
low to San m txpaol In
Death by Drowning.
The following timely directionsIuvI
been issued by Dr. I. D. Jones, President
of the Ohio State Baud of Health:
First' —Remove all obstructions . to
breathino; cut loose the neck and want-
bands. t the person be turned face
downward, with the head down hill, the
person having. chasm3 to stand astride of
the hips witlf the face toward the head of
the tient, and both the fingers under
the *Ily: raise the body as high as pos-
sible without lifting the Iotehcad from
the ground. andgive the body a. smart
jerk to remove the mucus from the throat
and the water from the wrpdpipe: hold
the body suspended long enough so that
you may count five slowly. Repeat the
jerk three or four times slowly.
Second —Let the patient be p‘ared face
downward. you maintaining your pose
tion astride the body, Grasp the cloth~
ins: at the shoulder points. -or if the pa-
tight is naked. place your fingers into the.
armpits. with IIIL‘ thumbs on the top of
the shoulders. and iai~e the chest as
high as vou can. letting the head rest on
the groiind. Keep this fiositinn until
vouran cmmt three slowly. Keep the
patient on the ground with the forehead
on thcartu and the heck straightened;
see that the mouth and nose are free.
Place roar t—El- lws against your knees
and vour hands against the sides of the
chest. over the lower ribs. press down.
war-i and inward “izh force. count. two
slowly. then suddenly lvt go and grasp
the shoulders a.» before and raise the
chest. than prt ss upon the ribs. These
movements ~h~-u‘.d b:- a‘trrnatmi for ten
or fifteen ting s a minute. unless breath—
in;' has been restored sooner. I'se the
mine regularity .as in natural breath:
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third—After ltrv‘atbitr: has been re-
stored. then rotor.- ti; animal heat.
“'rap the pati- nt it: ' ukcts. Put but
\\ ater or hot in It ks or aznthizl: to restore
4.
warmth. Warm the~ Ili'u-l as fast us“ the
both. to prev: :lt (w-tzvulsixns. Rub the
l)» dr and slap the IIt“-3l:\' parts. This will
produce warmth. When you are sa!‘ -
tic-l tltepatirnt can swallow. :zve hot
drinks. entl'ec. tea. or spoilt-.621: of
spirits with but wa'rr Pin-c the patient
on a warm brul and let thsrc lw pic y of
iI'CJII air in the ro rm. iiwp t‘uv lutllt‘ftt
Avoid dn-‘ay. Artificial breath-
in: l~ of the-Aunt imiwrtan e. 1‘” not
pt-nnit the patient t v lie on the Back un.
:x w some person prevents thc tongue
from fallingr ba- RWaY-I. whi: h mixztt pro~
dueea fatal choking. If l-re lzhiag cc l~£33
give smart slaps on the face or sudden
TETKS of the hand, and it. will s cult-tunes
start again. I): not giv: up to l «nan,
for within two l;~:ir~ i: may be near s1:—
i‘xTE‘.
Ilovv frequently we find people who
know how to car-x for animals but know
it now to a lrniaister to a [erg-lo in alis~
tress.
A Kansas Device to Sell Liquor.
In several viii-pi in the State what is
known as the "blind tiger" is Ill” scheme
which is bring: us I to sell lrcrl' and
whisky. A do.» in: of this novel
little apfmrattts. 7‘ ' v a 2-‘ltiit‘uhsli who
investigmtcd it. is as . s. p
"The other day \\I;t‘.l I u‘a- out tn
Wc-tcru Iianso in a t “a of an: UVrl'
sl‘
7am Pulp: I who: Zb- hotel pulpit-tor
if there was any p' we where I void ob-
tain sornrln-cr. ll‘ pointed youth sully
to a little tag-nut in the rnar oi the h'ihcl
and in Ilium-d toe to go ahead.
“I did. and pump: five or six steps I
entered a room about five feet bells“ the
of the c.:.tl:. ter: feet Eon; by six
feet wide.
“Looking around on either side of me
was the wall. but gating ahead was a
partition dividing the tnotu. . In the
tentre of this partition mid“ 1y iron; the
door to the ceiling was a revolving cyl-
inder divided into c.).:zp:irtr::vnt<. Above
this “wheel.“ it “as called were
printed the foZinwiztg words on a placard:
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i '1‘. tlm Wins-l. 2
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Z t'otuo Luck. 1
IBWT. 41‘»: [1 Ir film‘s I
I Mr. 3.- }: ~r glass. :
:Blnckl errv bnuidv‘fi
:Two drunks for 25‘»:
f “I went down int.) my pocket. and
finding among the ruins ti fifty-cent piece.
I placed it on the wheel in one of til!
compartments. In a clear and distict
‘ tone of voice laud:
“One bottle of beer. please.“
For a Second silence reigned supreme
in the cave-like saloon. I soon heard a
creaking sound, the u heel revolved. and
.tny fifty-cent. pit-cc dissppearai from
view.
"For the spare of several minutes I
heard nothing: then the wheel revolved
once more. and before my astonished
mire rested abortle of beer. a glass. and
l a ten-cent piece. the glass being in one
; compartment and the beer in the other.
:ldrank the forbidden fluid in silence.
I and placing the empty glam and bottle
bse_k in the compartments of the wheel
I saw them whisked from my sight. and
a. \er
“Now, at poflme was the party who
sold me the liquor visiblc,and it would be
impossible for Illi.‘ to swear who or what
he was. The partition which divided
the cave and behind which the unknown
seller transactml his businm was very
tight. having but one crack in it. I
looked through this. striving to see what
was behind the mysterious partition. but
I could see but one thing and that was a
Government license Rom the Internal
Revenue otfiec at Leavenworth."— T o~
p’ek‘r (Kara) Letter. ‘
City Street Ben.
The verbal batteries of the street boy
are sometimes formidable enough to cope
with the heaviest artillery, says a writer
in the Brooklyn (Salem. With a little
, canister in the shape of slang and around
of grape in his sense of the ridiculous ha
, is as ready for a general engagement at
for a skirmish calling for light ammuni-
tion. Among the residents of the Height:
, is a prominent bank official. His youtl‘r
3 ful son is as English as a massive walkin
stick, baggy trousers and a hat with:
g mere apology for a rim can make him.
. This extremely fashionable young gentle-
man passed Trinity (hurch on Clinton
street on Monday evening last. He at.-
tncted the attention of three exceedingly
unfashionable boys. So far as I can ro~
tomb: member this is what he was greeted with:
Stranger. gueanddrop a tear, "Git on to him.”
For-Susan 13¢“th ; “Who made it?”
' led in some potplexinz manner - “Is 't Ii 3-,
Wi Ji‘ne’ xwu‘d pardon-018mb. % “Vt; ‘thzedoor onencd and the w‘ d
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On“ “3!”: Tell me what it Is and you can have
a. _ It.” .
mmdamgxgggh Tho‘img English stride of the dude
hadn‘t mflhm' bankersson qmckcned a little, and he
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