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THE EVENING BULLETIN.
VOLUME XVII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898.
NUMBER 49.
, "STAMPEDE GULLY.
i 1 1
HOW A WELL KNOWN RAVINE IN
TEXAS GOT ITS NAME.
A ITercl of 15,000 Cattle Stampeded at
Night, and Before They Wcro Stopped
2,700 of Them Were Killed Costly
Blander Made by a Mexican Cowboy.
Ono of tho mo.t desperate stampedes
of cattlo over witnessed by a Texas cow
boyV says Rev. J. B. fcranfill of Waco,
Tex., occurred in 18l6 on tho prairio in
tho center of which now stands tho
town of McGregor. Fifteen thousand
cattlo and 26 cowboys participated in
the exciting event. Mr. Cranflll was not
a participant, tut ho tells tho story As
he got it from an oyowitness in Tho
Independent. Lato in tho afternoon of
July 4 thero had been a lively thunder
storm that mado the cattle nervous. At
10 o'clock at night, however, they
seemed to bo sleeping profoundly. Then
tho narrative proceeds as follows:
"Tho stars were all shining, and
thero was no cause at all for tho arous
ing of tho herd. They appeared to get
np all at once, with a singlo purposo,
and the roar that was heard seemed to
como from a single throat. Tho Wilson
brothers And their cowboys who woro
sleeping in their camp rubhal to their
ponies, who wero grazing with the sad
dles and bridles on, and as fast as tho
bits could be replaced in their mouths
they mounted and galloped to tho flanks
of tho now disappearing mass, headed
in tho direction of the Brazos river."
Tho usual courso on such occasions is
to get in front of tho herd a risky
pieco of work and 6tart it to running
in a circle. This attempt was mado in
this caso.
"Somo cattlo can outrun others, nnd
in this caso thero was a bunch of about
CO fully 20 yards in advance, and to
ward this leading gi'oup the two rescu
ers rodo. Of tho leading group, also,
somo wcro faster than others, and this
group ran in a diamond shape, with two
immouso steers leading all. When Mr.
Wilson and' his companion reached tho
two leading steers, they began shooting
their revolvers closo to them, and in
that way tho bunch was mado to oblique,
and as tho leading bunch of cattlo
obliqued tho main stampedo obliqued,
and tho first step in 'milling' had been
taken. By this fimo tho cattlo wcro get
ting tired. Nearly fivo miles had been
covered, and tho breath of tho leaders
was coming short and painfully, but
they wore rushing on because tho front
cattlo at this time knew as a matter of
fact thoir only safety waB in keeping up
the run. Those behind wero coming,
and they wero in tho majority, and tho
leadors wero compelled to run. Thero
was real danger for tho forward mem
bers of tho stampede.
"In tho invoico of articles contained
in tho regulation 'outfit' thero is always
somo kind of stimulants, and but tor
tho stimulant3 contained in Mr. Wil
son's outfit it is possible that the stam
pedo would havo been halted without
disaster. Ho had a Mexican along, ono
of tho best cowboys in tho southwest.
This Mexican and his horso always re
minded thoso who taw him ride of tho
fabled Centaur. Ho rodo far forward
and bent over, so that ho and his horse
appeared to bo ono animal. No horso,
however rugged, 'wild and woolly,' had
ever been able to unseat him. This Az
tec had been to tho little brandy runlet
too often and had filled and emptied his
tin cup with surroptitious intoxicants,
so that liis usual excellent judgment
went awry. When ho succeeded in get
ting mounted, aftor having fumbled
with hia bridlo a good deal, ho was far
in tho rear, and tho stampedo had gone
past him, so that when ho overtook tho
rear end ho passed to tho front on tho
other side and rodo on tho wrong flank.
" Whon ho reached tho head of tho
herd, ho was just in titno to defeat tho
maneuver, then under execution, of bend
ing tho moving mass from a straight
lino to a semicircle Revolver in hand,
disregarding tho other men, he begau
shooting in tho faces of tbd wild steers,
and tho effect of this was to straighten
tho run and bring tho advance straight
toward a precipice. This precipice was
a wash in tho prairio, forming a deep
raviuo fully 00 yards wido, and in a
shorter timo than it takes to toll of this
controtomps tho head of tho column was
pouring over, a horrible cascado of beof,
plunging madly into destruction whilo
fleoiug from nn imaginary danger.
" When Mr. Wilson and his lioutenants
saw that it was impossible to savo their
cattlo, they caved themselves bydoxter.
otisly turning at right angles at full
speed and riding out of thp way. They
noxt returned to tho flank and held a
council of wAr. A few seconds decided
them, and all hands commenced shoot
ing into tho herd, tho object now being
to build a breastwork of carcasses and
yfevo tho rear end from tho destruction
t had overtaken the front. Tho gul
lyWaa noarly full of cattlo by tins
timo. Thoy word snorting and hollow
ing, crashing and tearing-, and still
heaping up, and wheri tho firing began
tho wounded ones tumblfed ovor on tho
others, and ih a short timp tho gully,
liko tho sunken road at Waterloo, was
bridged by carcasses. The Herd surged
op in billows, liko fin ocean, and bent
now because it could not do otherwise.
Tho semicircle was formed, and Wil
son and his men crossed tho gully bo
low and rodo around tho opposito sido
and iccrossed, and in a short time thoy
had tho cattlo halted, forming an in
complete letter O, and thero thoy stood,
blowing, bellowing, shivering. All
hands remained on watch all night, and
in tho morning, when a count was mado,
it was ascertained that 2,700 head wero
mi6?iutf. Thero Yforo afterward 2,700
pairs of horns taken from that gully.
It was called Stampedo gully for many
years afterward, and perhaps will al
ways with somo peoplo bo remembered
by that name."
Woma' Noma do Flame.
Miss Murfree has never explained
why sho chose Charles Egbfcr$ Craddock
as tho disguise under which so abso
lutely and so long to docoivo tho redd
ing public as to her sex. Mrs. Cross ad
mitted sho took tho n&mo George Eliot
for a whim and because she thought it
had a thoroughly simplo masculine
sound, but Mrs. Craigio confesses that
the nom do plume John Oliver Hobbes
was put together with design and care.
Sinco her very earliest stirrings of liter
ary ambition wore felt sho intended to
writo under the name John becauso it
was her father's and she dearly loved
and reverenced it. Oliver she chose be
causo of her great admiration for Crom
well, who long was cherished as her fa
vorite hero, and Hobbes wos taken as
the most typically Anglo-Saxon surnamo
sho could find. Recently Mrs. Craigio
has announced to her friends that all
questions of religious doubt havo been
for her answered by tho Roman Catholic
church. Her profession of faith followed
a long illness, aftor which sho was vis
ited and instructed by a friendly priest
and at length found conviction. Chi
cago Record.
Tlio Fashionable Coiffure.
To bo 6trictly up to dato, tho back
hair should bo waved in largo waves
and well combed out, then pushed down
ward with pompadour combs mado for
that purpose. Women with heavy suits
of hair wear closo knots of braid for the
morning and crimp tho front, combing
it back plain from tho foread without
tho exaggerated roll. Tho part Is sel
dom seen, and never en women who
make any pretentions to fashion, but a
soft bang, worn very short, is still worn
by women who have never given up
this stylo. Side combs aro moro worn
than ever and come in sets of three and
four. The most stylish ones aro hinged
together. In sots of four ono goes abovo
the knot, ono below and ono on either
side. In sets of threo tho middle comb
is generally used above the knot and ia
a triflo higher and moroornato than tho
two sido combs. Tho teeth of tho combs
aro coarser and placed farthor apart and
curvo to fit tho head. Many of them aro
plain, othors are ornamented with nar
row bands of silver or gold, and 6till
others are beautifully carved. Wom
an's Homo Companion.
Waists and Blouse Bodices.
Fancy waists, soparato waists, blouso
bodices and other pretty garments of tho
kind, unlike tho skirt, aro as universal
ly popular as ever, and overy indication
is that tho coming spring will show nil
tho winter models and very many addi
tional and attraotivo styles brought out
in seasonablo fabrics and garnitures
which will render them entirely too
fascinating to relinquish merely becauso
tho soparato waist is a vory general and
familiar articlo of wear. Not only will
thoso garments prevail next season, but
several noted French designers aro al
ready modeling styles much liko tho
Russian blouso for summer waists, that
will bo copied in fancy silks, decorated
with laco and volvotf ribbon, in soft
sheer white wools, trimmed with whito
silk braid, plain whito china silks, or
gandies ami oven ginghams In varicol
ored checks and plaids and stripes in
protty tricolor mixtures, each finished
with bands of laco insertion. Now
York Post
Woman's Responsibility.
"Wo exaggerate our prosenfc responsi
bility," eas Miss Agnes Ropplier,
"fancying tho wrongs of humanity aro
waiting for us to redrosd them, and wo
uudorrato our Importauco in tho past,
forgottiug or ignoring tho fact that for
tho thousands of years in whioh tho
'child man,' as Mrs. Grand patronizing
ly calls him, baa sailed his littlo bark
through tho ocean of lifo wo havo sailed
it with him, sometimes steering him
safely in rough waters and somotimes
upsetting tho boat. Tho most lamen
tablo consequenco of this mental confu
sion is a tendency to look after man
rathor than to look aftor ourselves, to
help him to do his work for which as
sistance ho is most uugrateful rather
than map out distiuotly and practically
oxv own sphero of labor, to base our
most 6trenuous efforts of roform upon
tho past failures of men rather than
upon our own past failures, which nro
sorious enough to morit plenty of atten
tion." Tho cheeks bocomo palo from fear bo
causa the mental emotion diminishes
tho action of tho heart and-lungs and so
inpedbs tho circulation.
About 46,00(1 sovereign pass over the
Babk of England counters ovory day.
MME. JINDRISKA PESKOVA.
Her Great Work In the Interest of Bo
hem Ian Women Recognized.
Mmo. Jindriska Peskova of Prague,
in whoso honor tho Bohemian women
of Chicago Tocently hold a celebration,
is tho most distinguished woman in tho
Austrian empire and was recently dec
orated by tho emperor in acknowledg
ment of her great work among women.
As tho second Austrian woman ever
given a medal by tho emperor, Afme.
Peskova is a particularly interesting
woman. Her chiof work has been tho
MME. PESKOVA.
building in Prague of a magnificent wo
man's building which cost 5200,000 and
which is tho center of woman's activi
ties in that empire. Every year 2,000
Bohemian young women aro here pre
pared for tho University of Prague, tho
doors of which institution wero opened
to women through tho untiring efforts
of Mmo. Peskova. Sho is also tho fore
most poetess of her country, editor of a
woman's journal, translator of many
languages and a writer on educational
matters.
The Homo In tho School.
Mrs. J. P. Mumford of tho Now Cen
tury club of Philadelphia spoko beforo
the state federation on "Tho Homo In
tho School." In treating her subject
Mrs. Mumford referred to tho changes
that havo taken placo in our education
al world sinco tho days of tho old "com
mitteo man" who was wont to dangle
his legs from a high wooden bench tho
while ho imbibed knowledgo from the
ono univorsal textbook of learning tho
bluo covered speller. Tho great traot of
educational progress that lies between
that timo and tho present forms tho
truest index of tho world's advancement
along all lines. In this connection the
advantages (and tlno weak spots as well)
of our present school systems wero
dwelt upon and entertainingly describ
ed. Tho keynnto of the address was tho
sontimeut that "wo shall never havo
tho right kiud of education until tho
mother and tho teacher stand shoulder
to shoulder, hand to hand." To accom
plish this tho mother must tako nn no
tivo interest in tho schoolroom relations
between her boy or her girl and tho
teacher.
He movable Gulmpes.
Tho girl who is wiso, says n fashion
writer, has in her wardrobe this season
a waist mado with a rcmovablo guimpe.
For instanco, ono girl has a gown of
bluo cloth. Tho bodico is bloused and
cut with a round decollotago. With this
gown sho has half a dozen guimpes.
Ono, of black silk, puts tho gown in
condition for ordinary businoss wear,
another is of palo yollow satin covered
with guipuro and transforms tho cos
tumo into ono suitablo for moro dressy
occasions and still another is of whito
chiffon picked out with tiny gilt pail
lettes and appropriate for theater wear.
The last guimpo is woll worth special
description. It has a dog collar of vel
vet, sprinkled with tho yollow paillettes.
On this collar tho chiffon is fulledand
spreads out in soft folds to tho top of
tho bodico proper, wheo a full .double
flounco of chiffon is gathored. Tho
flounco falls ovor slcovcs and bodice,
almost eutiroly concealing them.
An Interesting Old Lady.
Undoubtedly Mmo. du Bos d'Elbhecq
is tho oldest living woman who sup
ports hersolf by her pen. Sho is 90 years
old and has outlived husband, son,
grandchildron nnd friends and is now
living in a convent at Angiors, France.
Mmo. du Bos d'Elbhecq is a prolific au
thoress. A list of her books would fill a
column of a largo nowspapcr. Somo of
theso woro highly successful, and "Le
Poro Fargeau" still sells. Her hand
writing remains linn and legiblo, and
the works which sho now produces aro
read ohiofly by tho peasants and country
folks. Sho began to work for tho print
ers at the age of 20 that is, 70 years
ago and her lifo ovor sinco has boon a
regular ono. Sho has riovor been Yory
poor and nover vory well off. Sho was
elected a member of tho Sooieto des
Gens do Lottros 53 years ago. San
Francisco Argonaut
m " "
Personal.
Sawftlelgli I tell you what it is,
there's somo funny things happen in
this worltl.
Keener That's' fact. How'longagtf
did you happen in? Boston Courier.
Sf
JOHN KEATS,
A roet'n Gcntlo Lifo That Was Terminat
ed All Too Soon.
In tho days of Keats, Hampstead and
Highgato wcro still capable of having
on individuality of their own and of
teeming with interesting associations.
Part of their celebrity arises lrotn thoso
associations thus formed. Leigh Hunt,
visiting thoso scenes before his derith,
would point to tho wooden teat whero
ho and Keats or ho and Shelley sat
when such a poem was recited or to tho
path through tho fields whero Coleridge
took leavo of him und Charles Lamb,
who would stutter somo witticism at
parting.
John Keats was bprn in Moorsfield,
Loudon, 1705, and at tho ago of 15 was
left an orphan, when he entered upon a
fivo years' apprenticeship In a surgeon
apothecary shop nt Edmonton. From
his youth he showed a passion formusio
and poetry and spent all his leisure mo
ments in poring over books. After read
ing "Tho Faerie Quecno" ho would talk
of nothing but Spenser. Ho learned
wholo passages by heart, which ho
would repeat and dwell upon with ec
stasies of delight. His first poetical com
position, written at tho ago of 17, was
entitled "In Imitation of Spenser."
From that timo it soemed that Keats
lived only to read poetry and to writo
it. Ho luxuriated in tho thoughts of
poets, talked about them and read them
to his friends.
Beforo Keats' apprenticeship was
over it was evident that ho would not
persevere in becoming a surgeon. At 20
ho entered a hospital as a student, but
eoou gave it up and found moro con
genial society with Leigh Hunt, Shel
ley, Goodwin, Haydon and others.
Keats signalized his accession to this
literary group by publishing in 1817 a
small volume of poems. Hunt describes
him nt this timo as boiug under medium
height, with shoulders very broad for
his sizo. His faco, strongly cut, yet deli
cately mobile, denoted determination
and sensitiveness. His eutiro expression
was of eager power, and ho plainly
showed his emotions. Wordsworth
alouo ho seemed to look upon as a sub
limity among contemporary poets.
In 1817 ho left Loudon to lead a
quiet, thoughtful and busy lifo on tho
islo of Wight, returning a year later
with four booksof his "Endymion" com
pleted. In 1820 ho was seized with tho
fatal malady, tho knowledge of which
had been his fearful secret for somo
years. After a few months, during which
ho scorned partly to fight with death as
one to whom lifo was precious and part
ly to long to dioasono who had nothing
to livo for, he was taken to Italy and
thero breathed his last at Rome, Febru
ary, 1821, at tho ago of 20.
Ho had wished for "ten years of po
etic lifo, " but not half that term had
been allowed him. Crowded into his
short lifo was much of iutorest with his
ambitions, his high ideals and his tal
ents, and had ho lived tho ordinary ago
of man many think that ho would havo
been ono of tho greate&t poota Ex
change A Delightful ricturo.
A homelike picturo of Mrs. Washing
ton and her favorito granddaughter is
given by Airs. James Gibson, who fre
quently vifaitcd her when, as tho pres
ident's wife, sho resided in Philadel
phia, then tho capital of tho United
States. Mrs. Gibson's languago is quot
ed by Miss Wharton in her "Martha
Washington."
Mrs. Washington was in tho habit
of retiring at an early hour to her own
room, unless detained by company, and
there, no matter what tho hour, Nellio
(Miss Custis) attended her.
Ono ovoning my fathor's carriago be
ing lato in coming for me, my dear
young friond invited mo to accompany
her to grandmamma's room. Thero, aft
er somo littlo chat, Mrs. Washington
apologized to mo for pursuing her usual
preparations for tho night, and Nellio
entorod upon her accustomed duty by
reading n chapter and a psalm from tho
old family Bible, after which all pres
ent knelt in ovoning prayor.
Mrs. Washington's faithful maid
then assisted her to disrobe and lay her
head upou tkpillow. Nellio thon sang
a verso of 60j?o sweetly soothing hymn,
and then leaning down received tho
parting blossiug for tho night, with
somo emphatic remarks on her duties,
improvements, eta Tho effect of theso
judicious habits aud teachings appeared
in tho granddaughter's oharacter
through lifo.
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A Well Used Cradle.
Tho Chicago Inter Ocoan says: "Mor
decai Hardesty, tho first whito child
born in Indianapolis, was rooked through
infancy in a cradle in tho possession of
Mrs. Brandt, wifo of tho Rov. J. L.
Brandt, pastor of tho Christian tabor
naclo of Valparaiso, Lid. Tho cradlo is
known to bo 100 years old. It was
brought from Virginia to Indiana at an
early day. Altogether 40 sons of Indi
ana havo been rocked in this same relic,
which is still doing scrvico in tho homo
of tho Rev. Air. Brandt Tho cradlo was
bowed from tho log, is 8 foot 2 inches
long and from its long continued use
closely resembles ebony."
A famous English boauty has startled
old London this 6ejson Ly appearing u
public in a coat of white .uhcepakiu.
THE CLEANLY ISLANDS.
A llestou Where tho Very Dust Is of
demiting Nature.
Fortunate ifclands, tho ancients called
them. What measuro of good fortune
thoy associated with cleanliness is in
deed uncertain. From tho duration and
elaboration of their baths ono might
presumo that tho Romans not tho holy,
but tho pagan Romans placed it at
least a degree abovo godliness. Yet
somo influence surely must havo trav
ersed tin law of heredity, for they
scarcely seem to have transmitted this
disposition to thoir posterity.
Whothcr, howover, the title of For
tunate, given to theso islands, had or
had not a reference to this quality,
which wo placo proverbially only next
to godliness, the quality itself is strik
ingly conspicuous. Tho islands had oth
er names. Tho Hesperides is tho most
familiar of thorn, and in Teucrifo tho
original "dragon" treo may bo seen be
neath which that sleepless dragon coiled
himself who acted as watchdog for the
maidens guarding tho golden apples.
Today wo call "golden apples" oranges
in tho languago of tho country, na
rangas. Wo havo changed tho uamo of
the islauds, too, and call them tho Ca
naries. No canary birds seem to livo in
them, however, and thero is a notion
that tho uamo is derived ultimately
from "canis," tho dogs, especially those
of tho island of Lauzeroto, tho most
easterly, being famous. Tho flora of
tho islands aro subtropical, with palms
(is not tho chief town of tho Grand
Canary Las Palmas?), bananas, eucalyp
tus, cactus aud tho aforesaid "golden
apples." Luxuriant vugotation is tho
glory of Tenerifo; a climate wonder
fully equablo is common to thorn all,
but Grand Canary is especially blessed
in its dryness and freshness.
At Orotava aro moro grandeur of gar
dens and spacious hotels. At Las
Palmas, facing tho northeast trade
winds, aro tho constant fresh breeze off
tho sea, accommodation as comfortablo
as could bo desired and tho quality of
cleanliness in its superlative degree.
Whero all is so dry it is difficult to bo
dirty and n positivo triumph of innato
instincts over circumstances on tho part
of tho proletariat that so many of them
continue to lie filthy. Tho Englishman
may oven bo astonished at tho dirt,
as ho will bo astonished nt his own
cleanliness. Tho abtouishment is tho
greater becauso tho placo is pervaded by
a fino dust, but tho very dust is of a
cleanly, almost of a cleansing, nature.
It lies in powder on the banana groves
aud palm trees. After n country drive
it may make a dark coat look as if its
wearer's profession had to do with a
flour mill, but a shower of rain sweeps
it off tho foliage, and a shako aud a
brush of tho garment, and they aro all
moro spotloss than they wcro before.
Pall Mall Gazotto.
Tootgear and Gloves.
Woman is largely judged by her ex
tremities, by tho way sho dressoa her
feet and hands, and so sho should havo
a caro in selecting footgear and gloves,
says a New York fashion writer. At no
timo nro her feet so conspicuous as when
in evening attiro, unless sho happens to
bo a raomber of tho Rainy Day club.
Evening slippers aro very smart at pres
ent. Two general styles provail for houso
and full dress wear tho singlo strap
or tho doublo strap crossed and tho
laced low shoes. Black satin slippers
olaborately embroidered in cut jot aro
very swell and nmko oven tho clum
siest foot look slim nnd dainty. Pos
sessors of feet broader than or lon
ger than four should, when possible,
stick to a black evening slipper, for tho
light colors mako largo foot looklurger.
Silver and gold buckles, jeweled butter
flies and bugs, gold and silver embroi
deries, fluffy bows and rosettes all look
too beautiful for anything in tho shoo
man's window, but thoy aro intended
for littlo feet. Women with big feet
can apply philosophy to oveniug 6lippors
as well as to everything elso in lifo.
For everything you missyougain some
thing elso, and tho gain in this caso is
immediate, for it is in dollars and cents.
All of thc&o gimerackson slippers mako
them just that much moro expensive.
Tho proper thing to wear with ball
gowns nnd othor elaborate frocks is a
slippormado from tho pieco of tho gown
worn unless it happens to bo a striped
or flowered brocado. Thon a slipper
mado of tho prevailing tint should bo
worn. Bronze blippors aro much used
for house wear again, and they aro prot
ty and Jnoxpensivo too. What woman
does not remember her childish joy over
her flrst pair of bronzo slippers?
Managing Ilusbands.
Thoro aro cortaiu genoral principles
in managing husbands which can bo ro
lled upon. To this end tho uso of
phrases, "ns you suggested," "as you
said tho othor day," "I havo been
thinking over your suggestion," "I
didn't fully understand what you
meant," is vory holpfuL A man is con
scious of his fitnoss to lead and is not
easily disabusod of his ability. It takes
quito a shook to do this, and shocks of
nuy nature aro to be avoidod. Chicago
Timos-HeralcL
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Although Grooco has anabundoncot
eeaooast, ynosfc of tho fish eaten aro im
ported, tho imp6rts of fish averaging'
$700,000 yearly;
