Evening gazette, Wednesday, September 2, 1896 · page 2

 

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ChEYENNE

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Tom, HER FAMOUS AMERICAN cc.
LAR DOG, DEAD.

Just 3 Plain Bull Dog, anl a Yorkshir‘
Setter were His Ancestors, But 1'.
Could Detect Counterfeit Coin by B 1
ing It.

A. recent dispatch from Cheyenne had
the following: Tony, the American doi-
lar dog, d1ed here at the age of
eight years. When Tony was a year
old'he was found to have an unaccoun [-
able liking for American silver dollars.
He would refuse to touch any other
coin, and as his passion for dollars was
fostered by his owner, George W.

Brewn, he soon became an expert in
_ discriminating between a good silve1

dollar and a counterfeit. Tony would
refuse to pick up a counterfeit dollar,a

Mexican dollar, a five-franc piece, or a
gold piece, but would catch, a good
American dollar 1n his mouth before it
could reach the ground whenever one

' was thrown to him. He became the

talk of the town, and was exhibited to
all visitors as one of the lions of the city.
Hundreds of these visitors were doubt-
ful at first of the stories told of Tony,
but they went away satisfied of his acu-
men after trying him with good and bad
dollars. a ,

His cleverness led his owner to utilize
him for money-making purposes. For
almost a year he wae,a dime museum
star in Denver, Salt Lake City, Butte,
and other Western cities, always at-
tracting crowds and never failing to
discriminate between good and bad
coins. The constant work of picking
up coins wore out the dog’s front teeth.
and he had to retire from the stage. Al-
though his teeth were almost gone, and
his eyesight was failing, Tony’s love
for silver dollars did not decrease, and
and even in his last sickness he could be

’ kept quiet only with numerous gifts of

silver dollars, with which he played.

His death was caused by dropsy and
a cold contracted on a recent trip from
Denver and Salt Lake City. Tony was
a cross between a Yorkshire setter and
a bulldog. Aside from a bright, intel-
ligent face, he was not prepossessing in
appearance. He resembled, in fact, the
typical yellow dog. His owner valued
himat $5,000, and had refused numer#
ons tempting offers for him.

ATTACKED THE WRONG CHINAMAN.I

Five Mott Street Toughs Repulsed By Lee
Gue's Hot Soup.

Lee Gue, a waiter in the Chinese res-
taurant at No. 11 - Mott- street, New
York, came out of the place the other
night with a tray laden with Chinese
delicacies, which he was going to de-
liver across the street. At the same
time five white men came out of a house
nearby.

One of the white men kicked the tray,
spilling the contents of some of the dish-
es. Lee Gue placed the tray on top of

, a beer keg and prepared to give battle

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. lace-making schools.

to his assailants. Just as they were

closing in on him he picked up a bowl'
of hot soup and threw bowl and con-

tents at his assailants. The soup spat-

tered over their clothes and there were

howls of pain as some of it found its

way down the back of their necks. They
retreated temporarily and then made an-
other rush.

Just as Lee had about used up all his
ammunition and the five men were pre-
paring to made a final rush, Detectives
Murphy and Sherwood, of the Elizabeth
street station, came alOng and, arrested
two of the assailants, who were carried
to the station house, and, on trial lined
five dollars each.

CUTTING DOWN SALARIES.

'Western Cities and Towns Are Reducing

the Salaries of omcials.

Many cities. towns and counties in
the Northwest have been scaling down
the salaries of public employees oduringi
the past year. The reductions have
been especially notable 1n the State of
Seattle, Tacoma, Pen-
dleton, North Yakima, Walla Walla,
and other cities have made substantial
cuts in the pay of officials. The econ-
omies have Been necessary in order to
keep the expenses of the towns within
their incomes. There is less of the
boom character about the Northwest
now than formerly.

Teaching Squawe Lace llIaking.

Miss Sybil Carter is following a
unique vocation out in Minnesota on
the Government reservation. She is
teaching Indian women to make lace.
Her pupils vary in age from 18 to 70.
Many designs in lace are taught, En-
glish lace being made at three of the
The women are
paid the highest prices the profits war-
rant, and are deeply: interested in their
work. There are lace-making schools
now at White Earth, Leech Lake, Red
Lake, Wild Rice River, Birch Cooley
and Mendota. These schools are all in
charge of Miss Carter.

 

Jumped His Job,

Col. McLaughlin, of San Francisco,
sent his Swedish foreman a few days
ago to do some, work around the mouth
of an old minmg shaft, and he took a
green countryman with him as an as-
sistant. .

In a couple of hours the foreman
walked up to the Colonel’s office and
remarked:

“Say, Colonel, I want anudder man.”

Why, what’s the matter with that

, man I sent out with you?” inquired the

Calonel. ~

“Oh, he fall down do shaft ’bout an
hour ago, 1111’ he don’t come up. I t’ink
he yumped his yob.”

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Fortune. '

Robert Louis Stevenson’s personal
estate, in the United Kingdom alone,
has just been taxed at a sworn valua-
tion of about 857, 000. ,

A Great Country.
L At least eight presidential booms are
now sweeping over the land, and no
two of them have collided as yet. This
is a great country. — Philadelphia
Ledger.

 

 

 

"1:11 LEVL N 11.

TOLD IN CHICAGO. .
But There is Some Confusion as to Where
It Happened.

The. following story must be true, be
cause it happened two weeks ago at
Austin, and last week in Lake View.
It has also been variously ascribed to
Evanston and Chicago heights, and the
last man who told it mentioned the
name of the people concerned and said
he knew them well.

M1. Burton was aroused shortly after
midnight by his wife, Who said that
little Freddie was coughing just as if he
had the c1oup, and for him (Mr. Bur-
ton) to go and bring the doctor”

Thereupon Mr. Burton aroused him-
self and, assisted by his wife, got into
his clothes. As his wife ,was helping
him on with his overcoat she asked him:
"Thomas, have you your revolver?”

‘ “No; had I better take it?”

“I should think so, it’s late and the
sheets are fearfully dark. ”

She handed him the weapon, which
he cautiously slipped into the side pock-
et of his overcoat, where he could keep
his hand upon it. -

It was indeed a very dark night, he
could barely discern the shapes of trees,
fences and houses. As he turned a cor-
ner he ran heavily against another man.
They collided fully, and then Mr. Bur-
ton jumped backward, with his heart in
his throat.

“Excuse me, ” said the man in the

darkness, and he passed on.

Burton tooka firmer hold on his weap-
on. Then he happened to think of
something; he felt ' for his watch; it
was gone. The fellow had bumped in-
to him so as to slip the watch from his
pocket.

Burton drew his revolver and ran af-‘

ter the robber, who began to run.

“Stop. or I’ll shoot,” shouted Burton.

The man stopped and leaned against
a fence.

“N ow ” said Burton, with the revol-
ver advanced, you give me that watch.”

The robber handed it over.

“N ow, you just skip,” and the fellow
ran.

When Burton reached home he was
pale and excited, but quite exultant.

“A footpad ran into me and grabbed
my watch,” said‘h'e, “but I drew my
gun and made him give it back.”

“Why, Thomas I” exclaimed his dis-
mayed wife, “I took the watch out of
your vest pocket before you started.”

Now in at least three suburbs where
all this happened the doctor came in a
half hour later. ‘

"He was agitated, and he explained
that he had been called away on an ur-
gent case at the time when Mr. Burton
called at his house.

"And right at this next corner," he
added, “I was held up by the most vil-
lainous- looking highwayman you ever
saw and robbed of my watch. ”— 3111-
cago Record.

NEW DESIGN FOR THE FLAG.

A Proposal to Divide the Stars by Historic
Periods. »

A Cincinnati man writes as follows I

concerning a design for our flag: In
the proposed design the centre group of
thirteen stars, representing the thirteen
original States, will be arranged in ex-
actly the same form as they appear up-
on the Great Seal of the United States.
Outside of this is a circle containing
twenty-three stars, representing the
States which were admitted to the Un-
ion up to the close of the civil war.

It is intended that these two features
in the design should never be changed.
The first great event, which brought
our flag into existence, and the second
great event, which made its life doubly
secure, should both be represented upon
our national emblem.

The outside circle of nine stars will

3 represent the States which have been

added to the Union since the civil war.
New stars can be added to this circle
without changing the general appear-
ance of the design.

ALASKA RICH IN GOLD.

1V. M. Elmer of Juneau Tells of the Wealth
in the Territory.

A Seattle dispatch says \V. M. Eb-
ner, a mine owner of Juneau, who pre-
cipitated the Alaska boundary dispute,
came to Seattle recently on the City
of Topeka. Speaking of the mining out-
look, he said:

“Alaska last year added about $4, 000,-
000 to the wealth of its people, and gave

just that much- to the circulating me-
dium in gold. I predict that south-
western Alaska will soon be producing
more gold than any other mining dis
t1ict in the world.”

Bridegroom, Ninety; Bride, Sixty-eight.

A bridegroom of 90 was married to a
bride of 68 in Meriden, Conn, last week.
Each had been married twice before. A
good deal of interest was evinced in the
match, and the contracting parties
made public announcement of a time
for the ceremony. They were married
a few hours earlier, and got safely and
quietly away.

A Plain Case.

“If a fellow has a chance to marry a
poor, handsome girl, or a rich, plain
gi1l, which do- you think he ought to
do? ’ '

“It looks to me as if the proper course
is a plain one in that case.”-—Indian.-.p
olis Journal.

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La Lola Kissed Dumas.

Loie Fuller, the American skirt dan
car, who likes to be called La Loie, has
published in London Black and White
some reminiscences of Alexander Du-
mas; of which the following 1s a sample
“Once I took his fine head in my hands
and kissed his crown of beautiful white
curly hair, and he was not at all
shocked.” .

Wifey—Do you think there is a man
who could conscientiously say to his
wife. “You are the only woman I eve1
loved?”

Hubby—Only one that I can think
of. .

. Wifey—Who? You, dearest.
Hubby—Oh, no; Adam—Louisville

 

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‘ BEN FRANKLIN.

A RECENT ASSERTION THAT HE
WAS NO GENTLEMAN. ’

His Thirteen Rules For An Honest Life
Are, However, Good Enough For a .Gal-
‘ahad. His Religious Creed in 92 “fell
Chosen Words.

The recent assertion by a well-known
society of women that Benjamin’Frank—
lin was not a gentleman, calls attention
to his character, and gives timeliness
to a republication of some of his max
ims and opinions.

It' 1s first recalled that he held that
there are thirteen rules which must be
observed by any one who would lead an
upright, honest life. They are;

l. Temperance; eat not to dulness;
drink not to elevation.

2. Silence; speak not but what may
benefit others or y‘burself ; avoid'trifiing
conversation.

3. O1der; let all your things ha1 e
their places; let each part of your busi-
ness have its time.

4. Resolution; resolve to perform
what you ought, perform without fail
what you resolve.

5. Frugality; make no expense but
to do good to others or yourself; that ls,
waste nothing.

6. Industry; lose no time; be always
employed in something useful; cut off
all unnecessary actions.

7. Sincerity; use no hurtful deceit:
think innocently and justly; and, if you
speak, speak accordingly.

8. Justice; wrong none by doing in-
jmies or omitting the benefits that are

Iyour duty.

9. Moderation; avoid extremes; for-
bear 1esenting injuries so much as you
think they deserve.

10. Cleanliness; tolerate no unclean-
Iiness in body, clothing, or habitation.

11. Tranquillity. Be not disturbed
at trifies or at accidents common or 1111-
avoidable.

12. Chastity.

13. Humility; Imitate Jesus and SI:-
crates. '

And yet we are told that the author
of these maxims who practiced what he
preached, was not a gentleman. .

When Franklin was editor of the
Pennsylvania Gazette, he commented
unfavorably on the public conduct of
certain prominent Philadelphians, and.
as a result, was warned that if he did
not desist many of hIS patrons would do-
sert him. He replied by inviting all the
dissatisfied ones to supper. ,

They came and were surprised to see
on the supper‘table nothing but “two
puddings made of coarse meal, called
sawdust puddings in Ithe common
phrase, and a stone pitcher filled with
water.” He helped them all and then
applied himself to his own plate, par~
taking freely of the repast and urging
his friends to do the same. They taxed
their politeness to the utmost, but all in
vain; their appetites' refused obedience

 

 

 

to the will. Perceiving their difficulty,
Franklin at last arose and said:

" "My friends, any one who can subsist
upon sawdust pudding and water. as I
can, needs no man’s patronage.”

Adulation did not spoil him. He
was ever an American and ready to
stand up for America’s rights, Being
asked by an English nobleman in 1775
what would satisfy America, he wrote
on a piece of paper:

“Re-call your forces.

“Re-store Castle William.

“Re-pair the damage done to Boston.

“Re-pea] your unconstitutional acts.

“Re nounce your pretensions to taxes.

“Re- fund the duties you have ex-
torted.

“Require and

“Re-ceive payment for the destroyed
tea with the voluntary grants of the
colonies and then

“Re—joice in a happy

“Re-conciliation.”

For a man of his character death had
no terrors. Being questioned as to his re-
ligious beliefs a few weeks before he
died, he replied:

“I believe 1n one God, the Creator of
the universe; that He governs it by His
providence; that He ought to be'wor-
shipped; that the most acceptable ser-
vice we can render to Him is doing good
to His other children; that the soul of
man is immortal, and will be treated
with justice in another life "respecting
its conduct in this. As to Jesus of N az-
ereth, I think His systems of morals and

is religion as He left them to us, the ‘

best the‘ world ever saw or is likely to
eee.’

His last words were characteristic of
the man who had given the world so
many admirable maxims. When his
daughter advised him to change his po-
sition in bed so that he might breath
more easily, he remarked: “A dying
man can do nothing easy.”

So he passed away, regretted by all
Americans and by the many in Europe
who knew his sterling worth.

 

Six Grains of Sense.

Life isn’ t worth living for the mere
living' 1n it.

A woman can lose her head about as
easily as she can her hea1t.

A woman can rarely conceal her true
self f1 om another woman.

An engagement without kisses is.
taxation without representation.

A bad man’s example often does more

good than a good man’s precept.

A p51 plexed woman can ask more
questions in a minute than she can re
memoer the answers to in a lifetime.

She Keptaflash Record, ,

A farmer’s wife in Lapeer, Mich,
kept a record last year of her cooking
operations. There are six persons in
her family, and here is her list: 325

loaves of bread, 88 tins of biscuit, 15 ,

loaves of brown bread, 287 pies, 130
cakes, 35 puddings, 114 dozen cookies,
108 dozen ginger snaps, and 14 chicken
pies.

 

A Napoleon of Financ o. .

“You say you’ re poor, Cadby; yet you
sport a gold cigarette case. ”

“Economy; dear boy, With a hand-
some case one can smoke the cheapest

mates "

 

 

 

No 11 AI‘ifi E '1‘. '1" a .‘

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MR. semi-211’s NOTEDI TROTTERS.

Sunol is Considered by Mr. Bonner the

, Fastest Trotter in tlie World.
Robert Banners two turf queens,
»MaudS., 2.08 3-4, and Sunol, 2:08 1-4
are the most noted of all trotters.
Others —have faster records, but the
Bonner mares both gained their marks
before the pneumatic sulky was intro-

duced, so that the ‘true measure of their '

speed is not represented by their records.
As Mr. Bonner expresses it, their speed
is measured by the old yardstick, which
was three feet long. The famous chest-
nut mare, whose record of 2:08 3-4 to
high-wheel sulky on an oval track has
stood unequalled for ten years, is now

twenty two years old. She is up at Mr."

Bonner’s breeding farm near ' Tarryo
town, and is still rugged and strong,
showing little sign of age, with a pros-
pect of several years yet before her.
~‘Great results were expected when Maud
S. was retired to the stud and mated
with the fast horse Ansel, 2:20, son" of
Electioneer. . Unfortunately, however.
the fashionably bred old-time turf queen
has never raised a colt, and the chances
now are she never will.

’ Although Sunol gained her record of '

2:08 1-4 five years ago, she is still in the
prime of. life, having been foaled in
1886. She, too, is at Mr. Bonner's farm,
where she is being regularly jogged
through the winter, and it is among

. the possibilities that the strapping

daughter of Electioneer will be seen in
public again this year. One of Sunol’s
hind legs gave her some trouble when
Charles Marvin trained her in 1892, but
it is believed to be sound and strong
now after three years in retirement.
Mr. Bonner was once asked when on

“the witness-stand in a patent infringe-

ment case before the United States Cir-
cuit Court in New York what horse he
considered the fastest trotter in the
world. This was after the advent of
the pneumatic sulky and Nancy Hanks
and Alix, but the famous horseman’s
prompt reply to the lawyer’s question
was “Sunol.”

A great many horsemen besides her
owner would to-day make the same an-
swer, believing the big daughter of
Electioneer and Waxana to be just what
she was once termed, “a cyclone in
horsehair.” '

Moved a Stone Church.

Perhaps the most remarkable feat of
building-moving was that successfully
accomplished in Chicago recently,when
a large stone church, with a massive
square tower, was jacked up from its
foundations and moved a distance of
fifty feet to another lot. The church
was moved in order to, admit light into

the rooms of a big hotel in Michigan

avenue, at the corner of Twenty-third
street. The hotel directly adjoined the
Immanuel Baptist Church, and new
owners of the hotel figured that the
rooms next the church would be worth
vastly more if they had more light.

They 'paid for the entire cost of mov-
ing the church, bought new land for it
to stand on, and also bought the lot
from which it was moved. The moving
was done with entire safety and success.

A Big Rain Story.

When it rains in Australia it can do
so with a vengeance. North Queens-
land sufiered from a brief tornado the
other dai, and no fewer than twenty-
six inches of rain fell during the
storm. Townsville bore the brunt of
the trouble, not a house escaping some
damage. Iron roofs flew through the
air like sheets of paper, cottages col-
lapsed and ships went ashore; in fact,
£30, 000 will hardly cover the damage
done to this one place, to say nothing of
a considerable loss of life.

ror Her Last oiés'émn.

“How tedious it is playing whist
with such a, partner as that Miss Gad-
about.’

“Yes, I believe that girl would ask
the Angel Gabriel, ‘Whats trumps?’ "
Detroit Free Press.

A Good Place for Sportsmen.
Twenty-one hundred ounces of strych-
nine were distributed by the Commis-
sioners of Walla Walla County, Wash,
to the farmers of that county last week
for use in trying to abate the plague of
squirrels.

With Hood’s Sarsapa-

rilla,“Sales Talk,” and I a! k
show that this medi-

cine has enjoyed public confidence and
patronage to a greater extent than seen (1'
ed any other proprietary medicine. Tr.
is simply because it possesses greuter
merit and produces greater cures than
any other. It is not what we say, but
what Hood’s Sarsaparilla does, that tells
the story. Alladvertisements of Hood’s

Sarsaparilla, like Hood’s :Sarsapanlla it-
self, are honest. We have never deceived
the public, and this with its superlative
medicinal merit, is why the people have
abiding confidence in it, and buy

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