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PET OF A SHEEP RANCHER. N
He Finds a Wildcat Better Than a Dog
to Drive 01! Coyotes. _ ‘
A sheep ranch near Ash Fork, A. T.,
. J. H. Abshire, has discovered that wild~
cats can be domesticated, and are then
as nice pets as any purring Maltese or
tortoise—shell tabbies. He has one that
follows him everywhere, acting both as
protector and companion. It is a big,
striped and spotted animal, with glar-
ing yellow eyes, whiskers like poroupine
quills and a. tail as glossy and sinuous
in its windings as any jungle t-iger's.
“How did I happen to take a wildcat
for a household puSSy?” repeated Mr.
Abshire during a. recent interview. “I’ll
' tell you about it. I was herding sheep
one day, and was standing on the top
of a cliff. Looking down on a ledge of
rocks projecting from the cliffs below
I saw a. very large, ferocious-looking
wildcat. She chad tassels on her ears,
and was lashing her tail from side to
side and glaring at me and growling
angrily. I stood spellbound for amin-
uie, and, not having any gun, I was at
a loss to know what to do. I spied a
huge bowlder on the ed 3e of the ledge,
right over this cat, and, using all my
strength, I pushedit over. She was
too quick for it and dodged. \"hen'I-
looked down again she had disappeared.
. “I concluded there must be a cave,
and perhaps a nest of kittens, so I lay
in wait a few minutes to see if the cat
would make her appearance again. I
was ready for her this time, as I had
secured a lot of rocks and intended to
shower them upon her. I did not have
very long to wait, for out she came,
looking fiercer than before. I let the
rocks go, and that time there were too
many of them for her to dodge. One
struck her on the back and broke it,
and after that I easily put an end to
her. I then crawled down the cliff a
short distance, and peered over as far
as I could, and discovered there were
two very small kittens in the cavern.
Tneir eyes were not yet open. I made
up my mind I would have them. It
took me some time to plan how I could
get to them, as the cliff was almost per-
pendicular. It was with great diffi-
culty that I finally captured u my
prizes. I too-k off my coat. and wrappc...
it around them and started home. When
I reached there I laid them down at the
base of a. big juniper tree. My .‘ g
hound, Adam, came bounding up. and,
to my surprise, seemed as pleased over
my kits as I was. He at once began to
lick them, and laid down beside them.
The kittens crawled over him and
seemed to think he was a. good substi-
tute for their mother. I gave them
sheep’s milk, which they seemed to
thrive on. They would lie all day
under the trees with the houhd, and
he would never let my shepherd dog
come near them. They grew very fast,
and we all became very much attached
to m y_st1'a.n ge pets.
“At sheep shearing time we drove
the sheep into Ash Fork. I packed the
burros and made a. box for the wild
cats and lashed them on top. When
we reached town that evening I let.
them out to run around the sheep shed.
While Adam waseating his supper 'a
large dog came in and killed one of the
cuts. Next morning, as we were pass-
in g down the street, with Adam ahd the
wildcat following, we created quite a
sensation. Some people were afraid of
- the cat—others were. anxious to pet
him, seeing me caress him, but. he ob-
jected to strangers and \ uld arch his
back and spit. furiously.
“While we were at a. safaon near the
depot the passenger tra’n ( mm in. Sev-
eral of the eastern tourists came rush-
ing over to the saloon for ad! ‘ '. Thcv
had just poured out whisky all a. w‘“'l
when they turned and so~ the v ’ldcat
sitting there looking at them. They
started for the train on 1- .. r..n, the:
whisky standing and not (“t-ting their
change. I shall try to keep him on. of:
sight of the tenderfoot after this. I
don’t want to scare them i death, but
the cat is all right and the finest pet I
ever had. I wouldn’t part with him
at any price. IIc ; death on coyotes,
and keeps all those sheep: .lling rag-6
cals away from our ranch.”—-—San F ..;-
cisco Examiner.
4
THE GOODLY SWORD.
The Egyptian Gave [t the Name Fifty Cen-
turies Ago. 3
Half a hundred centuries ago the
Egyptians gave to the sword its name
.Since those old days the history of the
trencliant blade, stained with blood and
defaced by the scans of. battle though
it is, holds much of the glory, the po-
etry, and the chivalry of the cruel game
of war.
A friend whose fidelity never wavered
and whose power never failed, it. is not
surprising that men endowed the sword
not only with human attributes, but
with the might and majesty of the
gods themselves. The old legends.
abound in tales of its magical powers.
How the divine armorers strove cou-
tinually to excel some rival in the forg-
ing of a blade of a temper so delicate
that it might cut a thread with the
same case with which it struck a head
from the body, or hewed through heavy
metal armor, was a. favorite subject of
the old Teutonic and Viking tales.
These legendary blades bore. char-
acteristic .names, by which they were
invariably known. Graysteel, “'ader
through Sorrow and Millstone Biter
were swords of wide renown; and we
all remember how Arthur of the Round
Table took “Excalibur . . . the
sword that rose from out the bosom
of. the lake.” Caesar‘s sword was called
"Crocca. Mors;” Charlemagne’s "Joye-
usc” played no small part in the set-
ting up of the great Frankis-h empire;
many a bold ca"‘a.in went down be-
fore “El Tizona,” wielded by the re-
lentless hands of the Cid—Mary Stuart
McKinney, in St. Nicholas.
. TThe greatest depth, writes Prof.
Seeley in his “Story of. the Earth,” at
which earthquakes are knowu to orig-
inate, is about 30 miles. It has also
been calculated that a heat sufficient
to melt granite might Occur at about
the same depth.
.. .nuJOa—flms-ol u.
FIRE ENGINES IN TEXAS.‘
Great Times for the Natives When the
Bells Sound the Alarm.
Si Larkins, of El Paso, Tex, was
standing at the door of the Arlington
talking with a Washington friend a
few days ago, when a fire engine and
hook and ladder rushed past with a
great clanging of bells en route to the
fire.
“Great spectacle, that,” remarked
the 'Washington man.
“Yep. considerable show,” responded
the Texan. .
“Never sec anything'of that sort
down in 151 I’. so, I s’pose?” said the
Washingtonian, with a questioning in-
flection in his statement.
The Texan turned and gave his friend
51 searching look, in which pity and
contempt seemed to struggle for' the
mastery, and then proceeded to give
him a few pointers on fires and fire de-
partments as he- knew them at home.
“Why," snorted Mr. Larkins, “if we
couldn’t get up a better show and more
enthusiasm than that when a. fire broke.
out in Our town we'd let her burn
down and'move over into Passe dcl
Norte and live in ’dobes with the
greasers. Talk about a ‘great spec-
taclel’ You?d think'it was a universal
panorama if you could see the fire dc-
pa-rtment. of E1 Pasqturn out once.
"‘Why, man, it- is counted llie greatest
honor that a man in our town can have
conferred on him to be elected a mem-
ber of the fire department. All the best
citizens belong. When the big bell
strikes you bet everything else stops
until that fire is put out. It is the only
occasion when the deal stops at the
faro banks, and when a fire comes on
Sundays that teachers all dismiss their
congregations with a mighty short
benediction and hoof it for the scene
of the conflagration.
“Then you ought to see our engine.
"She’s a daisy, and don’t you forget it.
Double handles at each side. and room
for four men at each handle. Every—
thing painted red and a brass eagle
on the top of the pump barrel. \Ve
keep four Spanish mules standin’ in the
stable all the time, harnessed and
ready to pull out at a moment‘s no-
tice. Hank Tompkins, the driver, is
the. slickest man in his business in the
whole southwest. When he pulls out
for a fire you can bet your in st simoleon
everything else has got to stand from
under. He turns the corners so fast
that the boys on Red Betsey, as they
call the engine, have to hang on to the
outside curve to keep her from upset-
tin’; Sometimes she goes clean over,
but not often, and it only takes a min-
ute to right her agin. Sometimes the
boys do it before Hank gets the mules
to a dead stop, and ofli they go agin.
“Oh! I tell you it is a. grand sight to
see Hank comin’ down the street with
his whip a—crackin’ and then two little
blue leaders just asstandin’ on their
hind feet and clawin’ out at the air
like. IVhen he passes it takes half an
hour for the dust to settle where he
went along. An’, then, you ought to
see the crowds. Why, you never see
anything like it. Men, women and
children all turn out to see the boys
lick the fire. “Then they go through
’Dobert‘own Hank mos’ always runs
over two or three greaser kids; they’re
always so slow" ’bout gettin’ out er the
way. And dogs, oh, Lord! I’ll bet I’ve
seen 400 if there was one all runnin’
an’ rippin’ an’ barkin’ behin’ Hank
and the engine. Sometimes Hank runs
over eight or ten of ‘cm, but he can’t
stop for dogs or nuthin’ else for that
matter.
“Say, pard, ’deed you never have seen
a fire turnout in this town, if that
which just went by is a. sample.”—
Washington Star.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE.
Some of Its Uses in the Arts and Manu-
factures. .
Very few people have any correct no-
tion of the number of uses to which the
products of turpentine have been put.
Let us mention some of the different
ways spirits of turpentine enters into
the arts and manufactures. Many who
read this article by gaslight will re-
member when they read their news-
papers by the smoky light furnished by
“camphene.” This was before the in-
troduction and use of petroleum. Cam-
phcnc is prepared by mixing the recti-
fied oil of turpentine with alcohol. Al-
though kcrosene is now so cheap, the
rectified spirits of turpentine is still
used for illuminating purposes in some
backwood sections of the south.
Perhaps the most common uses of the -
spirits of turpentine are those in the
arts, where it enters intojhc prepara-
tion of paints and varnishes, and cs-
pecially in the manufacture of india-
rubber goods. The paint and varnish
industries take about 5,000,000 gallons
annually, while the rubber industry re-
quires about 3,500,000 gallons a year.
But spirits of turpentine has other
uses not so well known to most readers.
How many would enjoy their salad oils
and other vegetable oils if they knew
that they were a-dulterat‘cd with turpen-
tine oil? How many invalids know
that their medicines contain-spirits of
turpentine, or that the linimcnt or
ointment which relieves their aches and
pains is largely composed of turpen-
tine?—-Lee J. Vance, in -‘ippleton’s Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
Wherefl‘hey Hang People.
“Pshawl ” petulantly ejaculated Mrs.
Dubby, looking up from little J ohnny‘s
geography. “I can’t- find it!”
“Can’t find ‘What ?” grunted Mr. Dub-
by, with his nose buried in his news:
paper.
‘sEmg),.97
$61311?!)
“Effigy, I tell you! I have. looked all
over the map of Oklahoma and cannot
find it. I was certain it——”
“Here, now!” exclaimed Mr..Dubby,
emerging from his abstraction.“What"si
that you are looking for?”
“They’re always hanging people in
Effigy, and I want to know where it is.
I supposed. of course, that ,it was in
Oklahoma, but perhaps I ought to look
at the map of Texas.”—N. Y. World. '
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SURANCECO.
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OF NEW YORK. ‘
RICHARD A. MOCURDY President.
emenfur eYeal ndmglbuflllflll.
.‘ $221,213,72133
194,347,157 58
$26,866,563 75
1 $48,597,430 51
$26,126,728 45
Assets. ’ , ;‘
Liabilities
Surplus . . - ' .
Total InoOme . .
Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895,, .
Insurance-and Annuities in force, $899,074,453 78
Not gainin 1895 p ' p . ' $61,647,645 36.
NOTE—Insurafica merely written, is dlscarded from this Statement as wholly misleading, and only insurance
actually issued and pald, for in cash ls Include .
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct:
' CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
' Report of the Examining Committee.
fillies cf lhie’ Mutual Life Insurance company of New You, '.
February 11, 1896.
,At a meeting of the Board Of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of
December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual
Statement for the year ending December 315i, 1895, and to verify the same by com-
paris'on with the assets of the Company.
The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby
certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified
therein are in possession of the Company.
In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high Character of
the investments cf the Company and express their approval of the system, order and
accuracy with which the accounts and Vouchers have been kept, and the business in
general transacted.
H. 0. Von Post,
(liarles It. Henderson.
James C. Holden,
Robert Clyphant,
Wm P. L‘ixon, .
J. H. Herrick.
Committee
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ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President.
WALTER B. GILLETTE, General Manager.
HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Secy.
ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President,
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary,
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier.
IOHN A. FON DA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS. Cashier
EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. ‘ _
JOHN TATLOCK, J 3., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS. Comptroller.
OHARLES A. PRELLEB, Auditor, HENRY s. BROWN, Asst. Comp.
' JOHN G. ELLiorr, superintendent of Domestic Agencies,
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor.
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