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WILD-WEST FUN ERALS.
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Some ”Humorous and Pathetic
Tales of Borderland Burials.
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A Cavalcisde of Mourners Who Broke
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Banks and chased Rabbits on the
' Way to the Grave—A Girl’s Jour-
ney with Her Dead Lover.
Everyone who has had a good taste
of life upon the border and great
plains kfiows the peculiar pathos of a
burial there. Poets and writers of ro-
mance have. done some of their most
pathetic work in telling of deaths
among the pioneers on the border-land
of civilization and of the lonely graves
there, hundreds of miles from any com-
munity or home. But there have been
some circumstances connected with in-
terments in the west, as known to the
cowboys of twenty-five years ago, that
was so unexpected as to be highly
humorous.- One of the first funeralsto
occur at Great Bend, Kan, says the
Philadelphia Times, possessed unprece-
dented circumstances enough to make
it humorous, if the unexpected is an at-
tribute of humor.
An old and somewhat disliked man,
Henry Turley, had been confined to his
bed several weeks by a disease which
‘baffled the skill of the would-be phy-
sicians who attended him. He Seemed to
grow steadily worse and his death was
hourly expected. Then the cold weath-
er, which had continued for nearly a
month, was broken by a few spring-like
days. The citizens of the little settle-
ment took Turley’s case in hand and
decided that as his death was certain
to occur in a few days at most, it was
better to take advantage of the mild
weather and dig a grave for him than to
await his death and the probable return
of cold weather, when grave-digging
would be extremely difficult. The
grave was accordingly dug. Turley
was so full of wrath at having his grave
prepared in advance that he rose from
his bed and the same day left town in
disgust. It appeared that he had been
shamming all the time in order to ob-
tain free victuals and care. Regrets
were expressed that he had not been
buried without waiting for the usual
preliminary of death. The pleasant
weather was soon followed by a severe
storm of snow and sleet. During the
first night of the blizzard a bibulously
inclined attorney, Godfrey by name,
being, as was his wont, in an advanced
state of intoxication, lay out all night
in the snow. Two days later he died
from the effects of his freezing. His
relatives vere telegraphed for and re-
sponded that they would come immedi-
ately. The storm increased in, violence,
and, lasting nearly a week, blocked
the avenues of travel in every direction.
A few days after Godfrey’s death
nearly the entire male population of
the settlement congregated at the com-
bined post office, saloon, grocery, etc.,
to swap stories, eat crackers and im-
bibe whisky. When all hands were
pretty well warmed up, the subject of
Turley’s shameful "deception and un-
occupied grave was freely discussed.
It was decided that such a good grave
ought not to be wasted, and that in
order to make use of it, Godfrey’s re-
mains should be speedily interred in it.
This met the approval of all present,
and, with the rude coffin in one wagon,
and as many as could crowd into" an-
other, and a number of horsemen at
either side, the funeral cortege started
'in falling snow. Several times on the
way a dog belonging to a member of-
the party started a jackrabbit and
each time the horsemen assisted in the
chase. The further the procession got
from the starting point the more the
mourners jumped from the wagon and
aided the horsemen and dog in chasing
the rabbit. The grave was reached
and found to be partially filled with
snow. Then another attorney, who
differed but little from the one in the
coffin except that the latter was dead,
proposed, as there was no minister of
the gospel present, to do his best to
deliver a funeral oration. He had
hardly got more than well started
"when some one shouted that the dog
had started another rabbit. '7 Away
went horsemen, footmen, orator,
mourners and all in pursuit of-the rabbit
and dog, leaving teams, coffin and
corpse to take care of themselves.
The chase was long and exciting, as
the dog, while always seeming about
to get the rabbit, failed to do it. Left
,to themselves, the team got tired of
standing in the storm and ran away"
toward home. When the crowd strag-
gled back the snow had filled the grave
and obliterated the wagon tracks. As
the 'cemetery consisted of only that»
one graVc and had no other marks to
‘ distinguish it from the rest of the prai-
. rie, they were by no means certain of
its location in the snow. So they
trudged off home in the snow, and ar-
rived to find the teams were there be-
' fore them. , The “tailboard” was out of
the impromptu hearse. and the coffin"
.....-
had disappeared. It was not recovered ‘
till the snow had partially melted,
,more than a week later. Then the
{relatives arrived and took the body
east with the-m.
There is a little world of pathos in
the simple story of the first burial at
Lawrence, Kan. Moses Pomcroy ar-‘
rived from Illinois in 1854 and set
dear one left behind. By dint of much
labor he improved his homestead con-
siderably, and erected a tiny but com-
fortable house. Then, full of high
hopes for the future, he wrote for his
waiting sweetheart to come. The
journey, mostly by stage and wagon,
was along one, and when she arrived
the girl found that her lover had ex-
pired the day before. The day after
the girl’s arrival the body of her lever
was borne to the tomb. The rude cof-
fin had' been taken to the grave in ad-‘
vancc. Laid on a bed of fragrant prai-
rie flowers, the body was carried in a
lumber wagon to the cemetery. The
head of the dead man rested in the
lap of the living girl, who shielded the
form as well as possible from all jar
that came from the passage of the
Springless wagon over the unworkcd
roads. .
A PRETTY GIRL.
Who Once Sat with California's Supreme
Court.
“Few people are aware that a woman
once sat'on the supreme bench in Cali-
fornia,” said ex-Secrctary of State
Thomas Beck at the Palace hotel re-
cently. A lookof incrdrfl u lity overspread
the features Of his listeners.
“It is a fact, nevertheless,” continued
Mr. Beck. “It was in— well, never
mind the year, but I was then secre-
tary of state and court was being held
in Sacramento. Judge Wallace was on
the bench, and among those in the cap-
ital city during the session Were Col.
Shafter, and a number of his officers.
The colonel was accompanied by his
daughter, a very young, bright and
handsome miss. ‘
“One morning at the breakfast table
in the Golden Eagle hotel Justice Wal-
lace said: ‘Miss Shafter, I feel quite
slighted. Since you have been in Sac-
ramento you have not deigned to visit
me. Won’t you come up this morning
and sit with us in bane? My colleague,
Judge Crocker, is absent, and you
might as well occupy his seat.’
“‘Oh! yes, I’ll come,’ returned Miss
Shafter, and the subject was dropped,
and 1 am sure Judge Wallace never
dreamed that the invitation would be
accepted-
“About an hour afterward Miss
Shafter. accompanied by one of the of-
ficers of her father’s staff, came into
my Office and said that she wanted to
go to the supreme court. Would I take
her? With pleasure. And away we
went. A young attorney was arguing
a case when we entered the court. He
did not notice us as we quietlv seated
ourselves, and went on with the most
brilliant eloquence. Judge Wallace
laid his hand on the arm of the empty
chair and nodded to my companion to
take it.
“_ ‘Shall I go up?’ she asked of me.
“ ‘Why, certainly,’ I responded. ‘It
would be discourteous to the bench not
to do so.’ .
“She hesitated a little, but as Judge
Wallace regarded her with a smiling
invitation and patted the chair pro-
vokingly, she arose and firmly and
with the grace of a queen walked up
the aisle to the platform. The judges
arose and gravely bowed. Wallace
stepped forward, and extending his
hand escorted her to the vacant seat,
and each justice was presented in turn
and shook the tiny hand of their dainty
associate. Miss Shafter was quite
equal to the occasion, and, bowing to
the standing audience, took her seat
and let the case proceed. That young
attorney, though, lost his head, and
afterward lost his case. Whether he
wished to make an impression on the
new associate or whether the strange-
ness of the proceedings rattled him, I
never learned. but he got badly tied up
in his peroration.
“ ‘What did Judge Wallace do?’
Why, at dinner: that evening he con-
ferred with the new judge and insisted
upon her occupying the seat on the
bench next day. After dinner he
asked me to take a walk with him.
‘Beck,’ said he, ‘if you bring that girl
into court in the morning I’ll have pro-
ceedings instituted to declare your
position vacant.’ ’,’—San Francisco Call.
THE AUTHORS.
1
MR. RUDYoARD .KIPLING, it is an-
nounced, is on the point of returning to
India—not to live there, however.
Miss M. E. BRADDON will write two
more novels to complete a contract, and
then retire from literary work.
MARK TWAIN has lost almost his en-
tire fortune through unfortunate in-
vestments. He lost over two hundred
thousand dollars through the failure of
one American company.
MARY. E. WILKIxs, the story writer,
is a very reserved and quiet woman,
who converses. little and is more com--
fortable when allowed to shyly sit and
listen’to others talking.
1 divided skirt, has a new fad.
LADY HABBERTON, inventor of the
She cou-
tends that female servants should wear
knickerbockers, as such costume facil-
I tates movements. ‘
For
Throat
And Lung ‘
Troubles, Take
AYEB’S
Cherryfectoral
Received
Highest Awards
At World’s Fair.
When in noubt, ask for Ayer’s m.
bravely to work to make a home for a '
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DURING
THE '- .
SPECIAL SALE ~
Of carpets there is quite a line of
all—wool lngrains to be offered at 45
cents a yard. Splendid opportunity
for those who are thinking of such
good wearing grades. Splendid
, chance if you are quick.
The Upholstery department is offer-
ing great bargains in Oilcloths, Lino-
leums, Shades, Door Mats, Rugs,
Napieeratting, Cocoa Matting, Sash
Rods and Stair Buttons. Also in
table and shelf Oilcloths. One can
replenish or stock up new pretty cheap.
The newest styles in Suits are com-
ing in daily now. And Jackets are
going out lively. The jacket oppor-
tunities are so great nowadays that
most folks think well of buying one—-
so good, so stylish and so cheap.
Dress Cambrics, in light and me-
dium colors, novelty designs, superior
finish and fine cloth—8 cents a yard.
Percales—a large assortment of
the full yard—wide sorts at 1233c. a
y ard. TWO SPECIALS: 27-in.,
7c. a yard; 32 and 36-in., 9c. 9. yard.
Chameleon Morie Skirts, looks like
silk; extra size, umbrella shape, as«
sorted colors, 98 cents and $1.25
each.
White Welts, in the new cords, 15,
19 and 22 cents a yard.
Imperial ‘ Hygenique’ Fluid. A
non—poisonous, non-corrosive, color—
less, powerful and economical toilet
wash, deodorizer, antiseptic and disin-
fectant; 45 cents a bottle—regular
50c. size.
The addition of a tablespoonful to
the bath produces and maintains a
healthy state of the skin. It is notice-
ably invigorating and refreshing wlt'h-
out being stimulating.
The big boom in Belts holds good.
One of the desirable kinds is a 2-in.
silk belt at either 25 or 50c.—just
which you like best. Another, lg-in.
leather belt, we are selling lots of.
French and Domestic Perfumes,
newest odors, at the lowest prices such
qualities were ever sold. In bulk of
course, but you can bring your bottle
2nd let us fill it—doesn't cost much
.nat way.
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“ MR3. EVERETT" Insuririnnh
The llIyster-ious New York Suicide Was
\ Mrs. Billet of Ifcwark.
NEW‘ YORF.'May l3.——"‘bo mystery of
the beautiful Colonnade hotel suicila was
cleared up today. A tall man of 35, years,
dressed in a dark CIZC‘ViOS suit and Tree
ing a bicycle cap, vlsltcl the morgue alone.
He asked to see the clothing worn by the
suicide. At the first glance at the blood
stained garmen‘s he put both hands over
his eyes, gave a little cry as he turned
away and sank fainting into a chair.
When be revived, be was taken into the
morgue, and when the shelf on which the
dead woman lay was drawn out, revealing
the bend and shoulders, he clasp d the
head, placing one hand on the top of the
head and the other under the chin.
He kissed the face again and again, cry-
ing in agony, “Oh. Julia, my darling, my
darling!” Tears streamed from his eyes,
and it was with difficulty that Keeper
White persuaded him to leave the body
and return to his office with him.
It was some time beforehe was calm
enough to speak. Then he said he was
Charles H. Billet of 15 Summit street,
Newark, and that he was a bookkeeper in
the Western ' Union Telegraph office in
Newark. He said the suicide was his wife,
Julia A. Billet; that she left home and
disappeared six weeks ago, at which time
she had nearly $200. When asked how
old she was, he went about finding out by
putting down the present data and writing
under it 1880, second month, nineteenth
day. Then he announced that she was 31
years last February.
Mr. Billet said he had been hunting for
his wife ever since her disappearance.
About a year ago their baby daughter,
9 months old, had died, and since then
she had been flighty. About a week ago
he received a letter from her, dated Boss
ton, and saying that she was stopping
with a friend of the family, J. A. Willard,
two hundred and something Commen‘
wealth avenue, Boston. He went to Bos-
ton, but the Willards had seen nothing of
her. He saw the story of the New York
suicide in the newspapers yesterday and
hurried back to New York, arriving here
this morning.
The A. P. A. Convention. ,
WASHINGTON, May 13.——The supreme
council of the American Protective asso-
ciation held an informal meeting today,
the first of the convention. No business
Was transacted except the appointment of
a committee on credentials. This com-
mittee at once began making the roll of
the council.
Ex-Cashier Love Pleads Guilty.
ROCHESTER, May 13.—Jolin Love, ex-
cushier of the First National bank of Wat-
kins, whosc trial was to take place today,
pleaded guilty to the count in the indict-
ment charging him with making a. false
entry in a report to the United States
comptroller of the currency in December,
1892.
The Stanford Track Team.
PALO ALTO, Cal, May 13.——The Stan-
ford track team will go to Chicago to rep-
resent California in the western intercol-
legiate contests on the 6th of June. After
the Berkeley team had given up the idea
of going east the Stanfords decided to go.
Student Riots In Brazil.
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 13.—The stu-
dents of the Polytechnic raised a serious
disturbance. They maltreated the pro-
fessors, shouting: “Death to the director!
Long live the republic!”
Germany's Sugar Bounty.
BERLIN, Mav 13. —-The reichstag today,
by a vote of 159 to 110, fixed the export
bounty on sugar at 2 marks per 100 kilos.
The government proposal was 4 marks
per 100 kilos.
\Vife Murder Caused by Drink.
CHICAGO, May 13.—Daniel 'MoCarthy, a
bookbinder, shot and killed his Wife today
at the home of her mother, Mrs. Barbara
Grover, and then fled. Drink was the
cause.
Sir John Millais Improving.
LONDON, May 13.—-Sir John Millais,
president of the Royal academy, who un-
derwent the operation of tracheotomy, is
reported to be making favorable progress.
Big Mills Burned.
HAWKESB'URY, Ont., May 13.-The
Hawkesbury company’s mills here were
destroyed by fire; loss, $100,000. About
900 men are thrown out of' employment.
The W'eather.
Cloudy and cooler, with northerly winds.
followed by southerly winds, with fair
and warmer weather.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK, May 1‘2.-Money on call easy at 3
per cent. Prime mercantile paper, «@556 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady. with actual
business in bankers’ bills at $4.88}[email protected]% for
demand and $4.b7%@4.88 for 60 days. Posted
rates, $4.88%@4.89 and $4.89%@4.90. Commer-
cial bills. $4.87. Silver certificates, 67%@68%c.;
no sales. Bar silver. 67%0. Mexican dollars,
53%0. Government bonds steady. State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds steady.
. Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 14%
Bur. & Quincy.. . . 17%
New England..... 48
N. J. Central.....‘.105
C., 0., C. & St. L. . 33% North American. 5%
Chesapeake & O. . 16% Northern Pacific.. 96
Chicago Gas ...... 68 ' Do. pref ........... 12%
Cordage........... 4% N. Y. Central ..... 97
CottonOil........ 13% Omaha............ 43
Ontario & West . . 14%
Pacific Mail....... 26
Reading........... 11%
Rock Island ...... 69%
Silver Bullion..... 68
St. Paul........... 76%
Del. & Hudson . . .126
Distillers‘ Trust..
Erie. ....... ‘ ...... . 14%
General Electric" 33%
Hocking Valley... 18
Lackawanna. .. . . 361%
Lake Shore ........ 149 Sugar Refining. . .122
Lead ...... . ..... . 25 Texas Pacific..." 8%
Louisville & Nash 49 Union Pacific.... 7%
Wabash pref...... 6%
Western Union... 85
Missouri Pacific.. 24%
Northwestern .. ”104%
, General Markets.
NEW YORK, May 12.-—FLOUR—State and
western quiet; city mills patents. 84.3%4430:
winter patents. [email protected];"city mills clears,
541011420; winter straights. [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red sold off sharply on rains
west. but subsequently turned strong on higher
late cables and dry weather in France: May,
63%@59%c.: July, 66%@69%c.
CORN—No. 2 quiet but fairly steady; May.
35%@35%c.: July. 365“.
OATS—No. 2 dull: J 1115’. 24%!!-
PORK—Dull: old to new mess. 58.753935: .
familY. $10.50@]1.
LARD—Steady: prime western. steam, $4.95.
BUTTE R—Steady: state dairy. 10501556c-l
state creamer-y. ll©16c. ,
CHEESE—Quiet; state. ‘ 13186. 5@9%c.;
small, 4%@10c.
EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania, 1056
@11c.: western. 93.10;“.
SUGAR—Raw quiet and steady: fair retin-
ing. 396a: centrifugal, 96 test. 9/40.; refined
quiet: crushed. 6c.: nowdel‘ed, 5%c.
TURPENTINE—Dull: 27%@37%0-
RICE—Quiem'domemc. Mode; Japan. 3%@ .
W40.
TALLOW—Easy: city, 3%-l§.35—16c.: country.
3%@3 'I-ltic. '
HAY—Easy:
shipping. 75@80c.: good to
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WHAT IT MEANS .7
Norw'aik ls Learning’lt. Learning It
Fast—Proof Not Lacklna‘
Everybody has it.
That Tired Feeling.
Don’t know what it means.
Keeps you awake at night.
Destroys daily comfort. ; .
Wearies the body. Worries the mind.
You would shake it off. .
You would be healthful and strong.
, So you can.
If you go at it right.
First. learn what it means.
Some say it's had blood.
Ur here say it’s a lazy liver.
They’re all wrong.
, Tired feeling means tired Kidn’eya'
Just as lame buck means Lame K1 -
neys.
And backache means kidney ache.
HOW do we know ll?
Because Doau’s Kidney Pills cure it.
And they are for kidneys only.
How can we prove it?
Because Norwalk people say so.
Here is a case in point.
Mrs. White wife of A. C. White the
batter, Address No. 47 River street.
Mr. W bite says. “My wife took Dean’s
Kidney Pills.”
“Took them for backache.”
“Found them Just as represented.”
“Is much improved.” ...-...
"ZDoan’s Kidney Pills did the work '
Got them at Hale’s drug store.” r E;
Doan' Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents, or mailed by
Foster-Mlburn 00.. Buffalo, N. J. ,
sole agents for the United States.
For Itching Piles, irritation of the
genitals or itching in any part of the
body, Dean’s Ointment is, worth its
weight In gold. No matter how long-
standing the trouble, Doan’s Ointment
Will not fail to give instant relief.
mm Bums
[FOR
Malaria, Rheumatism, Heuralagia,
AT ‘
Dr. Shepard’s Sanitarium.
. A skilled Masseuse and Electrician in
attendance in the Ladies’ Department.
Chas. H. Shepard, M. D.,
81 and 83 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
A short walk from the, Brooklyn end of
the Bridge and Fulton Ferry.
DAVlD .W. RAYMOND
Funoal Director and Emlalmer.
m swath-nit:
39 Washington Street'Sonih Norwalk
Residence, Manackemo Hotel.
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REMEMBER—1f you have
work to do, write to us.
Gan raise a. fearful racket
and make the neighbors
feel they Wish the whole
outfit
was where ' such
noises are forever hushed.
A. GOOD PIANO.
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calls forth our music-lov-
ing spirits and bids them
littel’
worship the manwho first
invented the
wonderful
instrument.
Band. '
Schleicher Pianos
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THE WORLD OVER.
Have you ever tried one?
Come and see our works.
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