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4 BETTING ON" THE RACES. tub nnianroH ntucu kbetixo and 118 RESULTS IN WAOBR9, ' I . It It Always nn Krrntlo Meetins and TMs lenr'a Kiperience Is tk That ot tnst Year Tho Itedd System nnd III Win- ningt-Work of the Duplicate System. In tpcftklne ot the Brighton Boaoh mooting ef 1807 It was said: It is more or less of a problem whloh awaits winters ot all types. It Is a very Bpottr nicotine, nnil one-which reaulresthe groatost ouro from all system playors. It Is hero that tho unoxpocted may bo met with without treat surprleo being warranted." Xhls proved truo last yoar. but was robbed of much ot its woloht by the awful wst weather and heavy atmosphere whloh lasted through July. This year a similar prediction was made, and truly the unexpected has happoned at this th first halt of this Ions snmmor mooting. Never beforo have thero bcon suoh astounding wcords made, noer boforo havo tho general surroundings ot tho racing boen so phonom .al Starting with on ovldont desire to cator to tho "swells" of tho track, tho fields wore so i poor that odds on tho flrat favorite dropped , jJUJa 05 ngilnst ot Sheopshoad away down for the first few days, closing at 64 against. hero being only sovon days when there was venauaverago of oon money fortlioslior even noes s tho first day openod with 3520. JP-31. 91-31. 4-J-44. 30-28. 30-42. 21-48, ' 81--. o'l-'M, 4S-37, 3527. 0770. closing at:H-'J7 , , But when tho old typo of raoos was ached uled toward tho ciidof tho first half of tho moot ing a different state of things was found and prices nd ineod Entries at night were fair In i number ot cases, but ilia morning showed cero frost, nn exact duplicate of thaeamo state ot affairs lastvoar.when oxcuso was found In the truck.. This year another reason must be , i found, but tho record stands practically tho game l&t ye ir also tho Holds showed a do orcase from tho record of 1800 of about 33 per cent thero boing onl an average of about six horns to a nice. Up to July 20, 1808, the rec ord was t)' to n race. The percentage of win nini; favorites in the first half of 1897 was 30 per cent , :w I'er cont , i'2 por cent. 30 por cent, 42 rer cent . and thuii steady around 42 per cent. closing ot 40 per cent. This year It' started off ot 40 per cent , 45 por cent.. 41 per cent, 63 per cent , 00 per cont , 50 por ocnt, 51 per cont , 31 per cont , 5J por cent, 50 peroont, 40 per cent . 40 percent., closing at 40 por cent In lfeiditwaslidper cont. There wero thirteen races of four or less horses. Coming tfc details, of the first favorites 30 won In HI races and 11 ran second, of which thero n ero 3 v h ich obtained the place with loea than 1-2 on against them. There wero also 0 favorites at unplayable odds, theso being on Jul) 0. whon Dr. Elehberg. 27. won ; on July 11, when Burlesque. l 6 on. won; Irish Bool, 1-4, won; July 12. Ogden. 10. won; July 13, Den Ronald, 13, Becond; Briar Bweet, 14, ' won, a small percentage. Ot the second tavuritos 15 won and 27 wero second. Of these 7 woie at less than 12 for tho place a curious croup of figures. The percentage of first and second favorites to I' win was therefore 55 a gold mine for the sys- r torn explained three years ago, if only tho odds had been better. There was ono walkover. Peep o' Day on July 0, and two disqualifica tions. Hanlon on a foul on July 8 and Nosey on a foul on July 10. both running second. An other strange Item Is the exceedingly small number ot rank outsiders running Into the money, these being on July 8, Haj Own. 10-1.11 6 second: on JulyO.KlnYarra.15 1. B-lseoondj on July 12. GobflnTKP-1. 15-1 isoocdion Julyl3.jDoggett, 501. 31. won. as against 11 last year. The BeatT system Is that of combining the winning Qualities of the first favorite ana also the aeoond favorite, tor the place, whichever five the better iodds. at not less than 45. , and playing tha duplicate race to win $20 per day. Thus If the favorite wins tho first race, the favorite for tho second race Is backed If the odds are right If tho odds aro not right the race Is passed unless the second favorite ran seoond In that race, and then if at favorable odds it Is played tojtot the place, as described with examples in The Hon ot May 1, ltftW. when the iAI is won, play ceases tor the day. The bot ot $20 Is never Increased and any monoy lost in recovorod by play ing the second favorite straight this being dono by waiting until a first favorito wins a ruc loses the next, and then tor tho next one the third in tho series the second favorito is playod straight for lottos If it wins, all is w ell ; if it loses, tho sec ond favoxito 1h iilnv od to win tho next race; and If ihat loses, no other bet to recover lost cash is made until once more tho favorito wins a race and 'osea tho noxt. This systotn is a ery good one. invented by a well-known horseman of this city, and it lias won heavily at Morris I'ark, Brooklyn, and Sheopshead. At the first half ot the Brighton Beach mooting, July 0 to July 21, the detailed operations wero as follows tho bet for dally cash being marked"," thoso to reiovcr losses balng unmarked: ?. Date. Bet. Ihru. Odit. ITon. o(. Juljra Bwiftmaa, 85 Kllefoot, 115 Becond ThoOarUlner, 18 5 115 Meddlesome, 1, 2, 8-5. .. 15 Ilaunoik, 1 1 Won .. Noaej, 1, 0 5 8econd 120 Ornament, 11 20 ' Tillo, 130 Second Alpen.U 5 ., 1 Klngdnn, 4 1 Won ., Peep o Day, walkover uly7- 1 Mai spinner. 5 IB) Blffleur, 13 5 5 120 hlffleur, 1, 2, 1 1 20 IHllee, 3 1 Won tlOllendor, 4 1 10 110) Bwlftuias, 2 1 10 1 Proviuua, 12-5 I Lambent, 11 Won .. 1 Lad) Mitchell, 8-1 M25 Marblehtad, 45 20 lir. 1'arker, 2 1 Second ,. liurleaijue, 0 6 ,. , , . Dolando, IB 10 Becond ., nly 8- burant.o 1 MO Misi Ljiiah, 1,3, 2 1., 20 10 Mia Lnwta, 5 1 10 Oapt Higabee, 11 a ....Won 10 MtUilleaome, 0 1 10 Lthinau.il r, , ,. Ualdruu, II fi Won Inahllerl, 4 5 Won M m lenny. 8 r , Becond .. Mlijlbtrt, 7 10 Becond 2S tntuun, ,1 1 76 Aunuu, H 5 ., ., linulon. I 6 July 0- UaiulprcM, 1 1 , .Won ,, I Ailumia 11 ,,, , Rocond . ., I Dr hitbUtv, 2 7 Won .. , , I ht CUir.il 1 ' 20) Ickum, l 10 20 I S rOaalll,.V 1 ... Sfcond IniiKdiu, 11 Won L iui n liny, 41 0 Lli. i - Dor, 1, 2, 5. 2(1 L-w , j i.uai uoca, j i jv J'uuli bkatir, 1 I... Becond luliurel, l' .,, . Hon .. At) uinaa. la 5 Hecond . loiKt, 7-10 Won ., i i.i... Haphazard, 41 -y Julru- llurlc.que, 1-5 Won ... '-onifaLie, 15 1 Becund 15 Mali tif Harlem, 41 20 I.JltM, (11 ,, I'wauter, 45 Won ., lonnati r, 4 I . . . B'cond S3 linar bweet, n r, , . Won ,, J UjtK kione, 12 5., Jack 1'olnt, w 5 Becond Ktrkviood, 135 .,.. . Irtah Heel, 1t Won Jni. .. ... Kltcfoot, Itt-C Second Iy 1-10 lierOwn.2-1 Hicond 10 Campania. 4-1 ., Won Dau Cupid, 18-5 ... Yoii I Jo Koaebud, 1,2,1 1,,, 20 I1A ltotcbud, 14 4 15 (Ud'n, 18 . , Won Titiuaruo, 71., ,,. Moiond 110 liaudaoll, ll-. , , 10 ' l.llore, j l ,, ,, Becoad .., lupiwlianuoek, 710 .Won MO 'tin Ma hi, 1, 1. 1 1. 10 . . -' (ni lUKfO.lu 5 ., . 25 M'aL)nah, 1 2 Won .. ( bareutus, 6 1 ,,, Becond ,, Ilrown lied. 12 TTk . Joi. Wnvarra.18 6 .Won , "J lr,.. Uui Itouald, 1-8 I20 Sunipitir, 1, 2, 1 1 20 I' lulua, 4-1 Mail jiait. 51, Wou lirlarHwfCt, 1 4 Won lalfjiirct, 1 5 Becond . $15 Caldron. 7-6 Second 10 Ilundo,! 5,, ,.,,,. Klrkood,7-lO 60 DliuluuUve, 8 1 50 Hn,4 B ,, j.,.,. Mtrlln, 18 6 , 'U1M4- Oeu Maceo, 0-10..;.,.. Continental, 13-0, Won . , ..... lender, i-i Won I.. 'MO Miriam Claire, i, , ll 40 it Murtllo. b 5....... Won Jullua Oeaar, 8 1...,.,. ,. Ir. KlcJiberg, 11-6...., . Caoutcbouc, 180.,,,,, ,, 1 ... ?Uor Kiuij, 8-1 176 JJannock, a-1 .,,,. 22S ., Cbartntua, 1 2 Wou ..r IB-no fCiiiaaTii:::;::::: au ; I l lorullne, 4 1 ,,, , I Kinl'trfume, 1 l. . .Won , I itoblln, 18-n ., I IlnltrnUiii 11-6 Won l'j I uanw, 1H fi .. ... ir ! l,fit Knnc. U-n , Won ' I Laldron a 1 B ainp Aul, 12-S ... lull 1'rleet, i-l I Haulm 7k '. iU)UwrJ.a-l ,.8COBd ,. It ' iftrrt,- -- iii i n hi fmiiii " . .., Ulllill .Iljllll L . wXU, BtL ttfti. OtAi. vTTn. tcti. July 10 teneAer, 0 8,.,,i8oSBd .. 20 Ooniinenul, 1, 3, 8-0., 2 ,. lUlan Thonian, 0 1.... .. .. La Panllenle, 4 1 .. Lmbnt,7 (......,..,,Won ,. HUaLynah, 10 0....,., ., ,. Bbrrox, a 1...., ii. .. BirOawaln, 18 6( won .. Imitation, 8 0,,, .,.,. .Btcond -.. Jack rotat, U 0 Won .. lUprahannoak. 7 G....Won ,, Ilurlcwino, a I,...,, ,, lloyal Scarlet, 7 10 ,. Decapod, 10 B Becond July IS . Juno, 81 ,, ,,...,, ., II0 hanraolL, 1,3, 1 1, . 30 Effervetcant, 710 Won , , lACbnTiot,48 0 Becond J0 lUahrrYeit.o-5 24 I Bculrtnr. 4 1 , ,. Dr. Oatlett, 3 1 Bannock. 18 O .. Wblplaali, 1 1 ,,Woa 10 Jack 1'olnt, 11-0 lo Decanter, oO 10 Lataon. 41 ,.. 40 ., Jolyia OoneorJ, 7 5 ,. .. .. 16 Hwamp Anaal, 1,3, 8 0. ,. 15 Incandeacent, b o.....,S4eond .. 0 BlrFiortan.io 8 .. 8 Whittling Don, 0-0 Noier.7 6. ,, HoralBUtt.lo 0 410 Iildor. 10 0 10 lure Terfume, 7 5 .Won S15 Musglni, 21...,,,...,, ,, 10 80 Continental, 7 10 ,, 31 10 nogtttt, 4-1 10 JnlrSO- I20 1'hfflp. i-1 20 one Acre. 166 ,Won .. opiiootoh, 2 x 10 Bavory, 7-3, T-0 , 21 80 Bavor, 01 108 ,, Howland, 8 5 Maiello, 11 6 , ,, LeedaTllle, 7 10 ,. IlottenUm, 41 ,. .. Imitation, 00 .. Cormorant. 31 ,, Klnrarra. 7 8 ,..,, ,. Uhclnitrom, 13 o .. Totals .' 717 1880 Deduct loeaea 080 NatwlnnlnE 333 ahead. Thus no less than $333 was won. tho maxi mum amount In tho bookmakers' hands at one time being $100, the profit being nearly double the maximum risk. This was largoly duo to iho great percontago of first favorites to win. lut tor this, with tjio small fiolds to a number ot races, tho many unplayuble second favorites nt 05 and less straight would havo seriously Increased tho capltaT required, and this was the rock foreseen when the puntor was warned to go slow at this goneraily orratio meeting. The samo warning apnlles to the last bait ot the meeting now In progress. To analyeo the running and the working of the system It will bo soon that on July 0 Meddlesome, for tho placo. failed to win dally cash, but Ornament, at even money, brought It In. In the sixth race tho aeoond favqnto wasduo for lost monoy, but this was the Peep o' Day walkovor. rendering play im possible, so second favorite was due on July 7. Straight for lost money and for tho plnoo for ally cash, aa a walkover la null and void, Thus BifUour backed straight and place failed to win. Tendor failed to win lost monoy. and Bwlftmaa tailed tor dally cash, which was won by Marblehcad, leaving $50 in the ring. On July 8 Miss Lynah won dally oash In. tho first raco by getting tho plaoe.but failed to win back betted money straight. Meddlesomo also failed to connect: Miss Tenny waa duo. butthero was no odds, owing to tho small field, and Autumn winning out at 8 to 1 brought all tho losses back and the punter broke with a level balanco on the meeting up to date. Tho total capital so farreciulrod waa $35. On July U Poetess and Chorus Boy failed tor daily casn. the latter being also baokod for lost money, but falling to retrieve It; then Itap- Eahannock won dally cash, and what would ave been a losing bot on Dutch Skater was eavod by tho smaUncss of the field making poor odds. On July 11 dally cash waa won by Maid ot Harlem at 41. Lost money was duo on Kltefoot, and again short odds saved a losing bot. On July 12 Her Own. Itosobod (dropped dead ot the wire), and Handsell were all backod. but failed to connect for dally cash, whloh was won byOen. Maccogottlng the place. Stosebed and Gen. Maceo also mllod, to recover ost money. On July 13 Songster and Caldron ailed to win dally leash. Tabouret and Merlin would have cashed tickets, but thore was no playable odds. Diminutive failed to win lost money and Merlin again had no odds. On July 11 Miriam Claire at evens for tho place won dally cash for two days, and In tho fifth race Bailor King, having faced tho starter most recently, was made favorite, and Bannock, tho second favorite won back lost money at 31, the total capital required being $190. On July 15 Don Bias won daily Cash, and on July 10 Continental ran Into tho place, and won dairy cash for that day. On July IB Ban auo II., for the place, failed to win daily cash, but this was secured by High l'rlest nt U 5. Then Jack Point was indicated for lost monoy, but failed to connect, and Ijttson. in the follow ing raco. handily brought it home. On July 20 Philip failed to win daily cash, but It was land ed by Bavory for the placo In the second race, this horso also winning back tho cash in tho bookies' hands and striking a clear balanco for tho first half of tho meeting. Tho duplicate raco system li ono whloh recommends itself to thoso who only occasion ally visit tlio track, and who then take advan tage ot percentage and are satisfied to win ex penses and a little over. The metnoa is to take r,tnb" of the running, of the prov ious, day, and, whatovor races the favorite wins, play the fa vorlto to win tho corresponding races the next day, making the first bet $20: If wonthosooond bet Is $5, and this is continued until a loss oo eurs. when the bot is raised to $20ouce moro. When the first bot isMost succeeding bets are made to opver losses and win-$20 additional. The record for the first holt ot Brighton Beach la as follows: July 0 . No bets made. .. July 7 20 Lambent, 11 S20 6 Marblehead. 8 C 3 July S 0 Captain Blgtbee, 11 0.... 11 0 Lehman, 4 0 8 80 Ktbelbert, 710 80 July 0 .. Dr. Hcbberg, 3 7 CO Utaftdon, 11 00 Julyll O Burleaque, 1 5 O llriarBwoot, 115 11 0 Jack Point, UG 0 .. Irtah Iteel, 1 t Jnlyia 10 HerOwn.2 1 10 15 Dan Cupid, 180 .. 10 .. Ogden, 17.., 10 IlandaeU. 11-6 10 130 MiaaLj-nah, 13 00 July 10 .. Briar Sweet, 14 0 Klrkwood, 710 0 25 Kin, 46 26 Jalrl4 85 llurtllo, 80 50 Julyl5 6 IUrePorfume.il 0... I.. 11 5 Rotterdam, 110......... 11 0 Hmlun, 7C 6 Jnlylo 16 Long Acre, 06 16 15 Helen Thomu, 81 10 40 lambent. 70 00 0 HirVot.-t 1 6 July IB 30 Hfitb. Prieet, 8-0 34 0 Whlplaau, 1 1 G July 10 6 Incandeacent, 8 8 0 85 VVbUtllns Con 31 0 Bare Perfume, 70 7 .. July 20 6 llowland, o 5 6 00 Leedavllle, 710 31 077 IdO 160 272 ahead. Maximum capital required, $105. Tho jockeys always make an Interesting record, and this time more than usually bo, owing to the regretted Illness of Bloan, whoso luck ot mounts nuturnlly opened tho doors to other records bulng made. Tno boys earning winning records wore: JotUv$. ' Jlounti. Wtnt. Mailer at 15 Domett 45 11 Bun Hamilton 3U 0 ian.1 " - Hilary J Hona-er 7 a Wiifiama U g Dupee ....... .....04 a Murpliy .-...li a Mood W J Mattocka 3 ?, O Connor 4a J Anderson o Chandler ; Jamea a x Jones 20 7 Tbouipaon , 4 , J Bloan i ColUua 7 1 llergtn 1 Twenty-seven boys failed to earn brackets. It would bo Interesting to know what the v Bloan followBrs" havo been doing In tho meantime, and how much they are now uheud. Tho ohart for the second halt of tho Brighton Beach mooting is as follows, the winning ra vontes boing marked "I." thoso uottinB seopud ut 12 or bettor are marked "X," those nottlng recond at worse odds than. 12 on "h." and those unplaced "O." The datos are Bllghtly different this year, but that makes no dlffer enco: , Aug. g.OIIIXXI o 70percent Aug, 10 I O 1 I O I I ..6 70perciit Au5 11 II I 1111,7 80 per cent. Amr.li. wowo I I N I .. a hi per cent. Attr.lS O N N O I IN ,2 7operccut. Aim. 14 O X I I. N I I J (is per tint. AuS.10 O t) O I O ) 1 6Hiieriut, Aua. 17 O I O 1 N X 3 50 por cent. Aug. 18. O X wo I O 1 08 per cent. AuS. 1U, O X I I O I u 55 percent. AuS.30 O 1 O (I O o I 60 per cent. Auk ai O l M I U I a bo per cent. Ausias o I I O O o l 41) per cent. Otcourse.no ono expects to see this record duplicated or anyway approaohed. The only thing to do Is to scale tho peroentage at two thirds for iurceutgo play and then follow the variations; otherwise not a percentage bet will be made at the meeting. The ohart for tho second favorites for tjio Ilcdd syatorn la as follow si ana, it O o O O I O q , 1 Aug. 10, ... O O O O O O 1) O IS IS.:::..-. 5 8 $ V 8 J j - 1 U H P l Aug. 1M O X O X X X xu7. 11 ..... I O N X o . 1 Aug Id.. ..O U O O O U aSuii. :. .. X O N C o o AUi.o X O X (1 I 1 3 Aa.31 0 X 1 X I I Aug. 2d ,," O X U c ' '".,',.,, L,'i I g MEDicnm ttATA auoir nbAtt, SUlXerxln Has Hade Enough Out at nim to Boy Out A Snloon. MsDicnra Hat, Northwest Territory. July 13. Bill Forrino has bought the saloon and lunch room next to the railroad station here, thereby upsetting tho prophecies ot nlno-tcnths ot tha pcoplo In Mcdtolnollat, who havo said, tlmo and again, that BUI would dlo a pauper. Bill Forrln has lived hero o'vor slnco thero was a town. Whon tho gradora who built tho Can adian raclflo Hallway reaohod this placo thoy found Forrlne digging for gold. Ho told thorn so many stories ot tho big nuggets bo had found that half tho men wanted to quit work and go pro9pocttng, For several years ho kept on lying ot suoh a rato that he earned tho sobrl quotof "Bogus Bill." rorrluo endeavored to promote many enterprises, but no ono wanted to bo associated with him, tot averybody be lieved that nono ot his visionary schomes would evor bring him In a living. Three years ago an Indian brought a hugo brown bear, which waa half tamed, to Mcdlclno Hat "Bogus Bill" hod only CO cents and tho Indian wanted $1 for tho boar. Forrino tried to raise tho money, and told every ono ot whom bo trlod to borrow that ho had a splendid Idea of how to moke monoy with the bear. Ho of fered any ono who would ndvanco tho holt dollar an oquol sharoof tho profits. By sheer perseverance ho got tho monoy. but tho man who loaned It told htm ho did not want to go Into partnership with htm In any business bo oauso Bill was so unluoky. Bill got tho bear and began building a big pen near tho Canadian Pacific Railroad depot. Citizens ot Modlclno Hat hod novor eoon Bill work boforo and they gathered around jeering him. Whon Bill cot tho boar con dono ho pawnod his rtflo and rovolvor for $3.05. This monoy ho put In a box with a glaBS front and a slot In tho top. Underneath ho printed In largo loiters: "This boor hasthroo dollars and Blxty-flvo conts. hen ho gots llv o dollars ho will bo Bet freo." Notwithstanding tho derision with which ho was greeted by the poonlo of tho town. Bill's faco wore a confident smilo as ho sat In front of his benr pon waiting for tho ovorland train from the oast. When tho train pullod In Bill got up on the dry goods box and soon had a crowd around him, "I'm tho Prestdunt of tho Beroloty for the Perventlon of Urultr to Animals, ladles and gentlemen, an' I've Just gl'n tills hero b'ar every cont I had. Now If somo uv you will kindlv makoup the fine thirty-five, wo'll buy him from his Injun owner and turn the pore critter Ioobo." Tho appoal was ofteotivo. Bruin lookod out from behind tho bars with a patriotic glanco that brought tears to tho oyos of the ladlos and profanity from tho lips ot the gentlemen. It was plain, they aald. that no ono but an Indian would havo tho heart to shut up suenn mag nificent monarch of tho forest in a small pen liko that. A stout, Briton, who said ho had alway boon a bollovor in tho liberty of both man and bruto, constituted himself collector. Tho $1.35 was soon raised and deposited In the box. Bill mado tho Indian opon tho stock ado, and tho bear started off on a slow trot to ward tho woods The bell rang and tho pas sengers climbed on tho train, gratlflod that they had boon able to perform at least ono good notion while making their overland journoy. Bill hastened away to catch tho bear. The citizens wore dumb with amazement. "Youdurnod fool, jou could havo got twlco that much." said old mad Kemp, who was jeal ous of Bill's now found prosperity. " Yaas, I guess $2 50 is about the limit." snld BUI. as ho changed tho sign accordingly. From that day to this tho people on nearly ovory pastengor train which has pasied through Medicine Hat havo contributed $2 50 to neo Bill's bear set fiec bometimes tho amount was not qulto nindo up and the bear was not turned loosto AN hen tho noxttraln came along, howovpr. $2 50 was still ncceiiary to set brum freo. Whon this sort of thing had been going on for a montli Mcdioino lint people began to change tholr minds nbout Bill He oven had a rival. Amnnwhohnd failed in tho drug busi ness tried to dlvido tho proflu with Bill, but ho only had n little bear, and lis this timo lllll'i bear seemed to know what was expected ot him. His fiTTiTo appeals wero so much more convincing than thoso ot the druggist's bear that Bill got most of the crowd. Public senti ment was against tho ex-npotheeary. too. and tho citizens who congregated to meet ovory ovorland trnln obstructed the pathway to tho druggist's bear cago. Bills rival soon quit tho business, and tho bear, disgusted at his unsuccessful enroor in civilization, sought his cave in tho forest to metlltatn over his failure as a flnnnclor. Mean while Bill bouchtconsidorablo whiskey nt tho tnv orn. but at Inst he came to tho conclusion that it v aschcapcrto buy tho saloon itself, and began to savo his monoy. Twelvo hundred dollars was the price Bill paid for tho snloon. Ho has a fow hundred In the bank, and his bear is stilt working. It lias become unnecessary for Bill to make any oratorical effort to induce tourists to nirt with tho prico of tho bear's freedom, and Bill, after ho tells tho strangor about the pcoplo of Medicine Hat, who have rio financial ideas, often adds: "That b'ar of mine over there. If ho lives long enough, vv 111 make moro money than any othor man In this town." BTItAXOE TlUSaS FOUND OUT. A Header of War Kewi Toll Fart of "What He Has Learned About Latitudes. From tht Wa$hxnoton Evtnino Star. "I toll you," exclaimed Hawkins, joyously, as ho sat down by Simpson In tho car and un folded tho ' Stah pnpah' ho had just bought, " I am enjoying this war hugely." "Our navy." assented Simpson. "Is winning fame every day." " Oh. I don't moan that," corrected Hawkins. "I'm proud of tho navy and of tho army, too, ot course Oh, yes, I used to belong to tho army, and my wife's uncle was In tho navy. But lam getting a great deal ot pleasure out of this war by brushing up my goography. " We're all doing that." affirmed his friend. "Every night I ametudvlng the maps," said HawMnB. "I take my boy's geography out on tho front steps, and fro'ru tho moment I get tho rass wot down till the fireflies bring tno twl ght I am nt It. "And, by tho was. do ou know our Toledo nudtipalns aro almost in the samu latitude? That's where I'm enjoying this war. I'm look ing up tho latitudes, vou know. Whon 1 was in a log schoolhouso backin Ohio I didn't diuuiu thero was so much in geography w o called It 'jogafy.' Teacher and all did that. Wo lcarusd tho definitions of latitude and longitudo and wero told that they wore ofuso to mariners to flndout whore they woroatuca 1 neversus pocted that there was any latitude or longitudo on dry land, und I was 20yoars old before I din ed ve rod two places on omioslto sides of tho earth could havo thosamc latitude. JiiHttlilnk, the two Toledos are about tho b.imo dlstnnco from tho ociuator. Hpuin's Toledo is in the laud ot lemons, orangos, w Ine und rnislns, and ours, only ninety mile furtlwr north, is n thousand miles from a lemon. This war was worth some thing tomo.lt only to maku mo brush upon "ji.gufy.1 "owwbatpluco.Hlmpson. In this country Is on thobnino para lei w lilt Ulhraltut " " Oh. 1 huppobo jilnncaiioiiM or uuoooc, "HuI Hal You'rowaj off colderthnn Quo bee itself. YI, Noifnlk'u tho pluco. Just think of it Noilolk, 'luklo, bliunghul. Cusli rnero and Ulbrultur hnng on tho sumo clothos lino uuny, isn't it I " Now liorw a another. Simpson. Did you sus poct that tlio C'unary Islands and Mount Himil weio In thoTMmo latitude ? Or Delhi, loo Chow nod Now Orleans Well, they are, all of 'em. I toll you It is glorious to look these things up, find I nuvor thought of doing it until Dewey banged tho rlpanlsh all to pieces nt Manila "8eo hero, Simpson. Did vou knowCuiro.ltho Fumaub, tho Blue Hon und tho northern part of tho DPMirt ot naildrawers on that samo parallel with Now Orleans, Delhi, Foo Chow, Mount tibial and the Canaries oil, they are. "Now, tal.o I,ondoii, Simpson: what town over hero Is In tho wiinn huitudo " " It ought to bo New ork." " Well, it Isn't. All Unglaud is further north than uny part ot tho Lulled States, except Alaska. The Aleutian Islands and Wlntilpcg, up in Manitoba, aro in tho samo class w 1th Lou- "ilero'a a soorobor now. Himpson. There's Ycnlco. If Yonlco stood still und tho earth turned round undor her, what ptacos would got oworra'soyo vlovv of Vonlco You glvult up. Well, north isconsln, blmpsoii, J us- think of It up there In iho laud of saw mills and dance houtios, brook trout mid cold summers Vouleo and Aphlaudl Tlicrouro 2.000 miles dlffoi once in tno ellmuto of l hosa places. Mlnnettpollsniid Ht, 1'iiul, too, would sen Venlco as thoy rolled under "hew York and 1'okln aro on tho same line, and Kdlnburgh und Irkutsk, in Kamchatka; Marseilles, in Franco, is north of Milwaukee; Portland, Mo.. Is south of Florence, Italy: Con stantinople., Omaha, gait Lake City. Naples, Barcelona, l'rovldeuco. It. 1.; Ohicugo ana Vladivostok are on the samo string of beads. Thank Qod, Dnvvcy whipped those, Dsgoos and sot mn to booking up on thoso things.'' " What pluuefc,1' asked dlmpson, "are on tho samo parallo! with Washington V Hawking trembled. . ' "Himpson, I ought to know that. It Is Im portant. But I eonfuasl don't know. 1 haven't looked H uPt How on oarth could I havo over looked that? By tho way, I remember Lisbon, Malaga. Hmyrnu. and Bokhara are on a par, so to spook That's the best 1 cau do for you just now, Himpson " The car stopped, and with It Hawkins's string ot latitudes. He had come to his street . "I'll look that ut). Himpson," hosuidasho landed on the asphalt, "just as soon as I get the lawn spi luklod. . To think I shouldn't know oil about my on n latitude by this timo. It'a blmply dense Ignorance," RAH6 SQUIRREL HDKOTG. .. .i.i i i . A OnBAT CONTEST lit TUB "HACK' WOODS OF AltlCAXBAB. Itrgton Overwhelmed by Sanlrrels-Methods to Destroy Them A Hunting 1'nrty'a Tlireo Days' Shooting and Fun Tliey Had In Deciding n Wager on the Itesnlt. WA-NBT Httu Ark.. July li. Any ono In tending to take a census of tho squirrels In southwestern Arkansas should have begun work a month a'go. Thero has beon a heavy decrease In tho population. Outraged farmers, whoso roasting ears ot com havo been de stroyed In acres, have risen and banded against tho common too. They were hsadod by Jako Stlgglns ot Falo Alto farm. Ho named It " Fnlo Alto" bocauso thero Is not a troo on It, and It Is In the bottoms, A long tlmo ago somo follow who had road "Flckwlck Fapors," and knownll about tho elder Weller and his troubles, called Btlgglns the "Deputy Shepherd." andthonamo has stuck to htm. Tho Deputy Bhepherd mounted his mulo and went about tho country talking of squirrels and their ravages. Ho said that all tho farmers nooded was organization against tho sharks ot Wall street and the squir rels ot Arkansas. Ho said that united they stood and divided thoy foil, and, slnco thoy could not get ot tho Wall street pcoplo just now, tho best thing to do was to go out and shoot squirrels. v As the crops had beon laid by and cotton picking had not really begun, tlmo hung heav ily upon tho hands of tho farmer folk, and thoy declared that Stlgglns was tho man of tho hour. For throo days tho massive, mossy woods echoed and ro-ochoed to tho roar of shotguns, rifles and cap-and-ball rovolvors of tho vlntago of 1803. Listening to tho Incessant splutter, oracklo and reverberation, Stlgglns said It was Santiago do Cuba over again. A dally papor from Shroveport gots In here onca a wcok, and In that way tho citizens havo been informed that a war la going on. Alt Blchnrdson. whoso board is down to his waist, who swears that PofTer ot Kansas Is tho greatest ot tho groat and who loft an arm In the " Dovll's Don" at Gettysburg, sniffed contemptuously and nn sworcd that It might bo like Santiago, but it boro not tho slightest rosomblanco to that mael strom ot doath, over which, savago and resonant as tho scroam ot tho eaglo a thousand feet In the air, soared tho ululattons bf tho robol veil. " I waa stnndln' on top of a fiat tombstono that klvcrod somo doad Dutchman ernuthor," said Alt, looking round, while he hold his muz-zlo-loadtng doublo-barrelled shotgun between his knoes and with his remaining flngorsfixod a capon tho right nipple, "an' I Beon Plokett'a mon go down tho slope, with th" non-coms calltn' 'Hop! Hop! Hop!' llko It was dress p'rado. An', by Qod, somcthln' caught hold o' mo nn' lifted me three feet up In th' air nn held mo thar. This ain't llko It." Tho Deputy Shophcrd sold: "F'rtV Lord's sako, less don't get talkln' 'bout th' war," and tho slaughter began again. Devastation wrought by Bqulrrels this spring has been So great that It has threatened seri ously the corn crop of this part of Lafayotto county. Tho oldest Inhabitant, who Is "Fop" Wcathorby, can remember that thoy wero moro numorousthe "year that tho stars fell," which was some time In tho thirties, but thoy havo not been a tonth so ninny slnco that summer. Tho Beason has beon exceptionally dry and warm, favornblo for breeding, and the heavy mast of last fall brought them through the winter all right. Furthermore, there has boon llttlo shoot ing of squirrels in this region tor flvo yonrs past, slnco times havo been hnrd, and am munition costs too much to be wasted on IBUch small game. Also, southwestern Arkan sas was visited late last winter by ono of tho migrations peculiar to tho squirrel family. By tens of thousands, seemingly, they camo In from no man knows whore. Ono day there was only tho usual number to bo Been whilo riding through tho woods : the noxt there wore a halt dozon on ovory tree and another halt dozen scamporing along tho ground in whutever di rection a man might look. This migration was traced by word of moutb to a point moro than a hundred miles west ot hero and it Is supposed that tho movement started somewhoro In tho Indian Territory. Anyhow, tho visitors found plenty to eat and went to brooding this spring as comfortably as if tliey had lived horo all or 4eSAtt Ite ta Y-I.tiav m Anu rtsvlr v 1a a ma li a 4 tholr lives. How many took up tho march at Its initial point no man can say, nor how many individuals joined the caravan on tho way. but not less than 23,000 camo to Lafayette county alouo and there wero sov oral largo streams to cross in which hundreds, if not thousunds, must have boon drowned. Whon, swuved by common, Incontrollablo Impulse, tho squirrel begins a march of this kind, ho is llko an ant or a sheep which follows its loador. Ho stops for no obstacle, little or big. It he caunot climb over it ho cuts through It. Tho maunor of crossing rivers has never boen oxplalnod. Liko nil animals, except tho monkey, tho squirrel swims a little, but it is very little. A century or two ago somo follow started a fairy story to tho effect that they strip huge pieces of bark from trees, which thoy uso as boats and erect their tails for sails, and that explanation is accepted down hero for lack of a better. These stranger squirrels are all of tho gray variety, though migration is common to ull kinds. Indeed, the black squirrel, onco common in Arkansas, has nbout migrated him self out ot human ken. Not more often than onco in a season is nn individual killed in woods whoroin tliey woro once us plentiful as woodpeckers. biiuirrol hunting, undor ordinary conditions, in this region is difficult, because most of the trees aro swathed hoavily in Spanish moss, which not only affords hiding plucos too ob scure for the vision to penetrate and a shield that no small shot will pierce, but almost ex a"tly matchcB the color of tho animal More over, at this season tho trees ore in full leaf, giving the squirrel an additional Bcourlty. Nevertheless, there aro so many of them that enormous bags woro deemed certainties by btlgglns and Ills confederates. Trio hunt began on Thursday morning, July 7, mid ended ut sunset on tho Saturday follow ing. Tho men, thirty in nil, camped eight miles west of here on lloso Creek, so called bo causo of the masses of Chorokeo wild roses that blossom on its banks. They were armed mainly with ten-gaugo double-barrelled shot- fiuns, called horo "deer guns," though a fow ind rifles of 22-i nllbro, tho only sportsmanlike weapon with which to destroy squin els. Ito volvorsoi old pattern wero common, too, and some of the humors woro remarkably expert In thelruse. Itwamtcharacterlstiool tho oldcap-und-bnll flio-chnmhored pistols mado by Bam uol Colt beforo and during the wnr thut they shot with un aecuraoy never approached by an) ono of tho inodern-cartrldged force-ball weapons. Oiic-urmed Air JiiohaniHou is willing and able to shoot holes In as m:iny dollars as a niaii cures to toss up for him, using a revolver that ho took from the body of a Federal cav airs man before lie w as sen t back invalided, and one of tho sons of this tln-vear-old marksman laughs at His rattier s crude efforts, lie Himself holds no man to bo worthy of admittance to the blood brotherhood of the rillo unless able to toss a brick in tho air, break It, and smash both ploces before they strlko tlio ground, or to use a rillo successfully upon liound-drivon deer, landing upon the nock or just buck of tho fore shoulder as tho brown quarry whizzes llko a bullet between tho glguutiu ttoo boles a hun dred yards uvvay, Tho thirty mon were dlvidod Into two parties ol ilfteon, tho Deputy Shepherd heading ono ot them us organlzoi ot tho expedition, though ho cannot shoot for shucks, and lUohardson head ing tho other. W 1th him were all tho riflemen and plBtoluien of tho crowd, twelve in number. The Prize w us to be a 500-pound balo of striot middling cotton, of which each of tho losing privates was oxpoctod to contrlbuto thirty pounds and the losing Captain eighty pounds. The cotton was to he picked, ginned and baled with their own hands and rolled with cotton hooks up and down tho hills ot a country road from lUohardson gin houso to tho main warehouse In town, a dlstnuco ot live miles, tho Deputy hhonhord remark ing merrily that all of lllchardson's gang woro middle-of-the-roaders, anyhow, and ho wanted to give them a taste of what tho phrase really moant. As an offset to tho advan tage tu weapons possessed by Btlgglns's men. It was agreed that any squirrel killed by a rule or pistol shot In the head and not otherwise wouudod should count 5 points in addition to its conventional value. Gray squirrels wore to count 5 points each, fox squirrels 25 points and black squirrels 100 points each. By this agree ment each gray squirrel slain solely by u lioad wound was worth 10 points. , Btlgglns frowned Eontously when the contract waa handed to sign, but ho put his name to It with a ponoil, which he first wet with his tongue, saying that one shotgun was as good as two fines in squirrel shooting at this season, when ialt of the targets have to be taken springing rora limb to limb, ' on the wing," as it wore. On the first day Richardson's mon hunted up Rose Creek for tlireo miles, went west two miles, south three miles, and baok to the creek two miles fi total ot ten miles covered at a slow, stealthy walk. . Much of the tlmo was taken up in long waits In oovort. tho squirrels bolug killed while inoautiously exposing themsolves to feed or coming to tno ground to scamper, btlgglns's force hunted to the south and oast ot tho creek, covering rauoh more territory, tho objeotot the shotgun peoplo being to stir the squirrels up and keep them going as much as Iiosslhte, depending for tho score largely on running and jumping shots. There are tew moro dirrioult things to stop than a small gray squirrel flying with lightning loops thirty feot from limb toUlmb. and moil i i ft. B..1i,rtft I III ,1 I) I II I I I I.A. l.fl - jf".-... - - . - ' " often through tho thickest ot loaves. It Is snap shooting purely. The gun goes to the shouldor and Is pointed and fired as mechanically as a pen In tno hand forms tho letters ofa written word. Naturally there woro many mtssos. but tho mon wero all moro or loss expert field shots, having served long apprenticeships on ducks, snipe and quail, and called to onch other cheerily toward evening that they had old Alt "on tho run. Tho eoore at nightfall when tho huntom met In camp stood t Richardson, 420.. scoring, him 2,100 on. numbor killed; numbor shot In head 232. scoring him forgraoo point l.ll)0.. Total. 3.2U0. Btlgglns. 002 1 scor ing him 3,1)10 on numbor killed, Btlgglns led DO points. Thoy woro all gray squirrels. The Deputy Bnephora danced over to Blch nrdson In an undignified way, seizod his only hand and patted Tt softly, " Tako yo n long tlmo to pick eighty pound oootton with jes' ono paw. Uno' Air," ho snld. Tho old man took his hand away, oombod out his yard ot beard Slth it. winked nt his followers, and sat down, no ot his five sons filled him a pipe, lit It, and handed It to him He smoked and sold novor a word. Four negroes, brought alone as camD cooks and hostlers, jorkod squirrel skins right and loft, roused to frenzy by a prospect of f cod ing, and in a little while a dozon hugo frying jmiiB woro sizzling full ot browning limbs. Thirty hungry mon, after an all-day tramp In July woods, weighted down tor hours by game and thirst and hunger accen tuated br breathed powder smoke, enn do a good deal with fried squirrels, many of them not more than halt grown nnd tender onough to molt In tho mouth. Tho. bread takon hero with squirrels Is egg broad," which is mado ot fresh-ground yellow not whlto cornmeal, and plonty ot lion eggs and butter, and a Ger man baker who got a tasto of It hot from tho ovon would go straight away and jump off the bridge. Old Mese," the lone fisherman ot Bodcnu Lako, had scented tho feast hours be foro It began and twonty miles away. He bor rowed a mulo and cart from, somo ono and camo in during tho day with a banio from which two strings were missing and thirty or forty rattlosnake wntormolons. Everybody was asleep by 0 o'clock. The start for tho second day s hunt was mado at daylight, after black ooffeo and squirrel stow with wholo rod-poppor pods In It. Tho llttlo gray olvos aro most acttvo beforo tho dew has dried from the grass and mosses, and tho Suns wore barking when tho men wero a nun red yards from oamp. Score at nightfall, all grays: lUohardson 0U2, pouring him 2,1)10 on numbor killed : numbor shot In Thcad, 471, scor tnglor grace points. 2.355. Total. 0,205. Btlg glns, 1,120, scoring him 5.000 on number killed. Btlgglns led "135 points ,,..,. Iho shotgun peoplo joined hands about the votoran and gavo him tho Dancer. Collnda, Boum-Boum" dance, learned years ngo on "Congo square" In Now Orleans, whon tho black slaves gathered to tho half -nude orgy and tho pme flambeaux flared Tho Deputy Shepherd sain It was a Bhamo to oxpeat an old man, who had fought for his country and stolen Fodornl pistols and had but ono hand and four feot of whlskors, to pick cotton all day In a broiling sun, whilo younger men, who never hud fought for tholr country, and would not light for it. and had no whlBknrs to speak of, sat In the fenco corners and ato muskmolons. "Unc" Alt's" ripe was filled nnd ho smoked silently. " OldMqso." whose well-nigh toothless turns had mumbled squirrels until tho grooso poured through tho black hide of him. got out his three-stringed war drum and sang Trouble In de Low Oroun's " , . Four miles northeast of tho camp point on Roso Crook tho plno lands como down to tho bottoms In a succession of awolls, covered tho year round with a six-Inch brown enrpot of sweetly Smelling needles. It is tho ldeaLstill huntlng ground, for tho heaviest footfall so that tho foot bo picked up cleanly makes not a sound If tho joyous Stlgglns folk had stopped their fusillade on tho third day and llstonea for a little while thoj would havo heard tho faint far cracks of the rllles to tho northeast. They wore not so numerous as on tho preceding days, but. gomonow, they sounded as If thoy counted for more. The fox squlrrel,.marnudor, fighter. pirate, lives in tho pinq lands, tho bril liant reddish color ot his holly gleaming far up among tho dark-green spines, 150. 2o0. 300 feet from earth Ho objects to racing, trusting to his altitude and matching craft with oraft, shifting his position as he lies extended upon a limb as tho wan' hunter shifts, swinging to tho opposlto side of the groat trunk llko a flash of light, showing occislonally ono protruding jot black oye around tho edgo of the Dark, not often uttering a defiant, coughing ohattor, lowly and guttural. Whon tho 8tlgglns party got back to camp It was black dark Thoy were covered with squirrels, which hung in gray strings, llko la dies' hots, all over them. They dumped tholr louds Into ono pllo. und It mado a small moun tain. They breathed in relief and lookod about them In the firelight. "Old Alt," cross-legged llko a Turk, was finishing his third pipe. His mon. with a lino affectation ot Indiflorenco, wero clenning cako-choked rifles. Tho negroes woro lolling about doing nothing. No sounds of frying, no seontof egg bread or aroma ot coffee wero on the air. " Why aint you cookln.'? " Stiggins domandod fiercely of " Old Moso." Tho ancient darky grinnod widely. peso Cplo nin' killed nuffln fit fur my stummlck." mid. "Wuzwaitln" furde bIio 'null hunter folks tor git In." .,,.,.. i The Deputy Shophcrd Uftod his battored straw hat from his tousled hair, walked to Old Alt " and extended ono hand above him in benediction. ., ., ... . ' nrnrhmn." lin onlii rovprentlv. let us urar that this hero affliction bo lifted Tom his ven'blo hold." , . .. , , Standing just nt tho outer edo of tho clrola of llrellghtwus a hugo two-wheeled cart, whoso body was covered with tnrptulln. Git them things out," said "Old Alt." pointing to It. It was brought forward, the oanvas removed, the tall-gato lifted, tho shafts raised, and out of it poured a cascade of squirrels, each twlco tho sire ot his gray cousins nnd each with a russet belly. Score- Richardson, 412 fox squirrels, scoring him 10.300 on number killed; number shot in head 300, scoring for graco points l.lWO; total. 12.2B0. Stiggins, 1.037. scoring him 5,18.1 on numbor killed. Richardson led, by 7,OV." Grand total forthreo days: Richardson, 20,805; Btiggins. 14,003 Richardson led by U.710 points. Grand total of squirrels killed, 4,2.1.1. of which 2,810 foil to Stigclns's, band, ot disconsolates and 1,414 to tho triumphant fol lowers of tho whiskers banner.. .. Whon tho totals were totted up "Unc'Alf" smoked silently on, remarking only that It wis well sometimes to know whore tho fox squirrels lived and forbearing to rub salt Into tho wounds of his enemy. The Deputy Bhep herd. nftor heaving twenty pounds of wood at "Old Moso" for an offer to help, sat down to count tha fox squirrels one by one and then to sort out thoso which had been shot fairly in tho head. Nobody knows when ho finished, be cause thoy wore all asleop. FARMERS CAN'T GET FIELD HANDS. The War Interfering with tho DTarveiting of the Western Crops, Bioux Falls. B. D July 21. Tho farmers of the Northwest aro without sufficient field hands as ono of tho results of tho war. Heretofore thoholphas not been largo, but, with the assist anoo of tramps during the harvostlng season, tho farmers havo been ablo to caro for their crops. Now, not only are their own sons away nt tho front, but there aro no tramps In tho Northwest "I havonevor known anything like It," said ono ot tho largest farmers in South Dakota this wcok. " I went Into a town noar my farm last week to get harvest hands. I could easily havo secured 200 mon there last year, but now I could not get one. Tho town has n imputation of 500, but it sent 210 mon to fight against Spain, and thero aro scarcely enough boys and women loft to carry on business. If there aro uny Idlo mon In tho Last who are looking for good locations nnd plenty ot work thoy should como out hero. Tlio vyhole Missouri slope In both South nnd North. Dakota offers good homes with but llttlo outlay. .Land can bu had for the taking caio of It. and the farmors who aro now horo would bo willing to glvo employ ment to any rensonnblo numbor .who may uomo to this State. Wo must havo help or some of us will loso our crocs." Farmors are working night and day cutting nnd stacking grain, andoU tho boys ami gins in tho family aro pressed Into service as, drlvors nnd Hackers. The task of gathering the grain this year Is much harder than ever before, for tho reason that the, crop Is fully, 25 percent, greater. Thus far, barring the lack of help, the progress In tho harvest Holds has boen vpry satisfactory. Tho ostlmntes of tho early spring have beon fully realized, und twenty-two bushels per acre Is tho average maintained In this State Botnu fields havo yielded forty bushels por acio, but others havo tun qs low as twelve, tho dlffercneo being In the cultivation and In tho kind of seed used. , In Charles Mix, Buffalo, and Douglas coun ties tho farmers havo omployed Indians from tho adjoining Indian agenoy to help them har vest, and, while tho Indians are slow und lazy, thoy aro saving tho crops, which otherwise could not bn harvested. It Is. however, by tho merest accident that these Indians pro now willing to work. At seodlng tlmo, when thoy should have been cultivating tholr own fields, it M hupjienod that they roeolvcdabatk pa ment from tha Government, nn event to which they had beon looking forward for bomo time, and as an Indian novor works as long as he has money, they.noglooted to, plant tholr lie ib. Tholr monoy lasted only a short time nnd they found themselves without crops und money, so thoy will bu obliged to work for tho white set tlers until unothercrop is harvosted The Work of un Amateur. "Just leavo tho things that need washing right on your bed," the fond mother said to her son who had gone for a soldier, but not yot gono to war, and who had como home from camp on a day's furlough. HU mother had seen tho things sho referred to In his open travelling bagjn his room. .... , . , ,rI haven tnnvthlug that needs washing," says theyoungsoldlor. "Why, thoso things In your dross suit caso." says Ida mother. ' Why, those are my olean things," nays the " Who washed them ?" his mother aska, " I did." says tho young soldier. 3,4. -t , .- JjtUf- 4rfU,3w- t.i5 .A SIR. FINN WAS TOO riiETTOUO. A Goat nnd n Woman Downed tllm When, Inspired by Mlokcj'e Btorlei, lie Sought to Kill Tony, the TobncconUtA On a sultry ovonlng last BUmmor n soroSfe goat might havo boon seen on tho sunny slopo of Btumpy Field, slowly masticating a juicy ruta baga turnip, and ovldontly ruminating on the folly of human affairs. Ho was, a largo vo raolous goat, with brown, prosclont oyos, and bearded llko a Russian. Moreover, ho was a gravo, contcmnlntlvo vegetarian, fondot cab bage stumps, potato parings, and melon rinds in tholr season; a sagacious, Introspcctlvo ani mal, to whom yoarn had given oxpcrlonco and rauoh thinking, but llttlo discretion: on ani mated battering ram, who oould hav o been used to good advantage a an Irish eviction. Tho goat wntchod tho sun drop behind tho hill. Ho saw the shadows longthon In tho i alloy, and gazod at Michael Finn, Br., as ho camo tip tho dusty road and disappeared through tho door ot tho Finn shanty. Tho goat then ourry-combeil himself against a sapling, yawned n blnaO, Bmldhlstlo yawn, and was blankotcd by dark ness. Mr. Finn hung his dlnnorcan on a nail beside tho door. He drew off his cOat and, breathing a sigh of relief, sat down to wait for his supper. Turning to his son, who was reading a nows paper, ho said: ".Tell mo, Mickey, Is there annythlng now about tlio war?" Faith, thoro Is." repltod tho boy. "and ter rible nowB at that." "WoIl. what Is It?" said Mr. Finn, lmpa tlontly. "'TIs about tho tun that tho Spaniards aro having with tho Cubans." repliod tho boy. "Here's a story about how a big, fat Spaniard bought a 12-conthuckloberry pio. full of Juloe and huckloberrles, and wont and stood in front of n Cuban that didn't have tho bit nor tho sup for two wooks, and ato tho pto slow In front ot htm and smacked his lips" "May ho roast rn torment. Mlokov I That's terrible, terrtblo," Interrupted Mr. Finn, glanc ing hungrily ot tho steaming potatoes on the table. "Faith, I'd llko to bco nnny Spaniard ato plo In front o' me, and I full o' corn boot and cabbago at that, leavo alono hungry." "Yes, father," replied tho boy sympatheti cally, "but thet's nuthlng to what ho did after. He went In tho houso and ho brought out two blgsllcoso'porter-housostook; big, fat slices, with on inch o' fat around them, and ho had a frying-pan undor his arm." "Yes. yes, Mickey." said Mr. Tlnn eagerly. "What did ho do with tho mate ? Did he glvo it to tho starving man ?" " No, ho did no V replied MIekoy, " Walt till J. toll you what he did. Ho mado a fire o' kln dllns in tho middle o' tho road, and hs put tho steak in tho frying-pan to fry. Mind you. father, thero was a hundred poor dovvlls o' Cubans standing around, starving, but never a ono would dare touoh tho steak for fear ho'd bo killed." . "I know, I know." said Mr. Finn, excitedly. "Go on with your story." " Tho stoak bogan to fry." resumed tho ro mancing narrator, "and tho fat snapped and crackled In tho pan, and tho sweot smell ot tho meat spread Itself out all ovor that part o' Cuba, and starving women and children oame run ning for a mtlo around, and dogs wore howling and cats making tho dtwil's own time at the smoll o' tho meat." Mr. Finn edged his chair closer to tho table and groanod sympathetically. " I'm listening," ho exclaimed. " What elso ?" "Well, whon ho had tt cooked rare. bo that the julco ran out of it and the water out ot the Cubans' mouths at tho sight of It ho" "Oh. my God I my God I" Interrupted Mr. Finn. " Ho stuok a fork Into a slice ot It ond raised It up in tho air so that tho llttlo children could seo tho sweet julco dropping in puddles of gravy In tho road, and then ho smiled ono ot them hatchet-facod smiles them Spaniards use when they aro having fun and" Mr. Finn could listen no longer. His own hunger brought homo to him overy detail so Scrapliically described by his boy. He arose to lis full horculean height, raised his brawny,, lalry fists toward tho ooillng, ond ripped out a string ot Imprecations upon the heads of all CastlTians, alive or dead. "Millla murtherl" he roared, I oould lick twenty of them dirty Dagos mysolf. single handed, collar-and-elbow, catch-as-catch-can, or annyway. Rocks and bones, hammer and tongs," he continued, striding up and down tho floor, until tho shanty rooked to his heavy tread. "I'll go down and knock the head oil that thlovlnr Bpanlsli Tony, that keeps tho tobacco store beyant, just to koop me hand In!" Bareheaded and in his shirt sleeves, Mr Finn started out of the door, pursued by his wife and tho heir to the Finn ostato. . . . "Stop him I Stop him I" shouted Mrs. Finn, wildly. " He'll stick a knlfo into you, Mike, dear 1 Oh, my God L My husband will be killod Intirolyl Help I Help I Murder! Thieves I Mlko. Mike ; my darllnt I Como back to ma 1" Her ories ended in a shriek llko that of aloco motlvo whistle, which brought all tho neigh bors out. Mike Welsh came running with nn axo in his hand. Mrs. O'Brien joined, in the chase, carrying a clothesline which she had just been taking down. Cooucy Island was in a tumult. Two hundred yards ahead of his pursuers Mike Finn was tearing along at Rowell sneed, while behind him run nearly all tho anlmato population of tho hamlet, including the goat elate and virile, 'Ho's going to his death T Stop him I" gasped Mrs, Finn, in the middle ot tho ruok. , "Never fear, ooushla." said Mrs. O'Brien, well up in tho van. " Wo'll fix him I Come on, boys. As she fairly flew along tho road, hor hair and skirts streaming on tho wind, she mado a run ning noose in the end ot the clothesline. Her fighting blood was up. Bho had not boen practicing on her husband for twenty years for nothing. She did not know what all thotuBs was about, aelther did she care. To her It was simply one of thoso exciting Incidents which occasionally stir tho current ot buoollo lifo. The primitive savagory in hor bosom was aroused to fever heat. An Amazon in size and in brawn, she would havo stormed San Juan besido Teddy Roosevelt. So, also, would tho goat "l'Ick up tho rope, a dozen of yo.", shouted Mrs O'Brien ovor nor shoulder, and whon I say pull.' jerk lively I" Meanwhile tho goat was In tho thick of tho mcleo. with head oroct and shining, linpas sloned eyes The spirit ot anarchy was in him. Tho Donnybrook war ory." Wherever you seo a head hit it," was his unconscious slogan. Seolng something moving in tho dusk ahead, he charged and struck It amidships full tilt. Tho knightly Bayard never made a more vic ious assault. It proved to be Mrs O'Brien, Hhs went down as though hit by a Mauser bullet, whilo tho goat charged over her prostrato body In pursuit ot Mr. Finu. But Mrs O'Brien still clung to tho ropo, Scrambling to hor foot, pant- Inirwllh nun. nml plinunn w Ih nllRt. shfl llllerl the air with a wealth of metaphor eminently oppropriato, but moro explosive than polite. The goat w as no w v ell In tho lead of the howl ing pursuers nnd rapidly nenring Mr. Finn, who had turned into the prlnclpnl street of tho ham let and was noarlng tho tobacconist's shop. Behind him tho orowd was constantly aug mented by passers-by. Moro than 200 iiorsons, men, women, children and dogs, were running madly down the street. , , Tony, tho tobacconist, was smoking In front of his shop. Ho board tho noiso of the ap proaching mob and arose from Ills Beat just as tho figure of the raging Irishman apponred bo foro him. Mr. Finn hesitated an instant beforo felling his victim. Tony reached tor his knife, but boforo he could opon it tho goat, propelled by Inherent deviltry and a pair of strong hind legs, thrust his head Into tho small of Mr. Finn's back, bringing the men Into violent collision. To add to Mr, Mini's embarrassment, nt tills critical juncture Mrs. O'Brien dropped tho clothosllno noose ovor his head. With a long pull, a strong pull, and n pull altogether by a doion willing hands Mr Finn was pullod backward to tho ground, whilo a considerable part of the adult .portion ot Cooney Island pllod lUtelf on top ot him, Ho struggled manfully, but. hlnck m tha face and with his tonguo protruding and a dozen of his honvlest neighbors sitting on him. ho was heln- 1068, Tim ropo around his nock was cut, but to sure ot his sifoty. Mrs, l'lim Insisted on ty iir his hands nnd feet and loading him upon a vvheolbnirow While on tho way homeward his boh MIekoy said to him: . ,. "Father, what did jou want to kill Tony for?" "BuLose ho's won o' thtm (Spaniards that starves women and llttlo ehlldre," replied Mr. Hnn, groaning with tlio pain from tho bruise in hlsunck , , "You're wrong, father, Touv's no Spaniard. Ho's as good an Irishman as you aro Ills name is Antonio Morlarty Ho was born In tho , ot t Indies, that's what makes him look so yellow." Htrntvgy In thn Jlnnln. from ISt Pacific Commercial Adcertutr, Copt. J. W Fratt has told a mighty military Btory thateainu to hi in somehow from tho big camp of the United States volunteers at Han rniudsco An Infantrj man had overstayed his Ilbort) Detection meant u lino and peihups Biiiiin imprisonment, with the most dlsagroo oble i.ort of police dun Tho infantry chap wnu a genius Ho pinned strips of whlto jiapor own tho legs of his trousers. Then he made officer's shouldor strap out ot banana sklus. Then he boldly walked right through tho Una, Kawored "officer." gad oocepted th nlghtj nor ot tho aontrr, J i ----- ASA SMITH'S "SLAB" BEAIU ffl MAINE'S rCXRIU.Y HUNTER ITOWjr V I TACKKR .V1' MORE OF TJIEXI. W ' 11 Ills Iteeord Is Already Fnr InAExeess of Hi f . li Tomlutolin UequlrometiU, nnd Hit Iriiteit : i Ventura Proved That Ills Klghty-Two) jR Yenra Are nt Lntt Beginning to Tell. 8 i Cabtlb Hill, Mo, July 21. Tho old huntora -1 y of Aroostook county havo a saying that ) 9-i-?'i Matno boar Is llko a bowl, bocauso ho has two jfci , f- sides, nnd nil bears that are not two-sldod ai w "common slabs" and not worth tho catching. StmB Old Asa Smith ot this plnutntlon has killed 'MS moro boars than any other man in Slalno. A mil n rulo, tho wood cutting, farming and hunting 99 community ot mon who llvo along tha IV fringe ot northern forests nro contented if nil thoy kill a boar every yoar. Whon a JH cltlrcn docs more than thin ho la considered la IBv groat luok, or Is lookod upon as n vngabondlsU flU tdlorwho has ncgloctod more profltablo work MR tor tlio sako ot chasing boars. On somo plant- I tlons tho record of how many bears a man has XflR killed Is placod upon his tombstono along with jNl his ag6, dnto of death, and othor data. la ffv Mpro plantation n modest slato mouumont la Wlli Inscribed nB follows: fLrff j Bacril to the memory Si J Jorrn Wasjikm Mooni, ? j t' j Dora Oct. 12, 1H01. ,1; J li ! Died Df C. 4, ISSfi. ft J f II lis waa M years old, V 5 il j and ha ldJleI 81 bears. & j jj A pocullarlty about the'so mixed obltuntr ''&Jt k notices of mon and boars Is that it tlio cars ol W $ tho dead mau oxoood tho number ot bears ho S'rl. has Blaln. tho tombstono makos no allusion to &.! ij bears. It boing considered a lack ot prowess la j' ;j Aroostook for a man to kill less than one bear ?g a year, even counting babyhood. Bverybodf '3$ if In Aroostook county knows that It Asa Smith tff ( survives long enough to bring his hunting av 1 orago down to ono bear a v ear ho will live until "J ' 1058, bocauso ho is only 82 years of age now ? and as ho has killod 142 beats In his time, ' j ho must llvo eight years beyond tho mlddlo of t tho noxt oentury In order to mako tho figures ill tally. In Bplte of tho fact that tho old man la J$ j away ahead of tho gamo, as it Is played la s )! Aroostook, his passion for tho chaso is as strong as it was halt ncontury ago, and though W M his muscles nro getting a llttlo flabby and his) jj! breath gives out In a rough-nud-tumble ollnob. his aim Is moro truo than halt ot tho sharp u V shooters who havo gono to Cuba. f ; , Ot lata the old man's deslro for bear huntlna ,i has eoolod to Bueli an extent that his friends Am hav o noticed it and charged htm with cowardlco. f Lost year he didn't kill a single bear, though a lw fiothor and her two cubs fod on tlio fattest ? JJ Iambs In his pasture for nearly n fortnight. Aa (if j a rulo there is something wrong about a bentf w that will tako pains to kill and cat mutton lq my borrytlmo. Bears aro naturally vegetarians )ril and though thoy may bo pardoned for raid SJ? j lng tho pig pens aud pastures early In tha lvth spring or lato In tho fall, no normal -Ml, bear will look nt meat when tho hills ar 'HS rod with berries. Another Aroostook tradition, m affirms that a cub that Is roared on fresh meat SKs instead of upon bcrrios will provoatcrrorto yfs tho furmors whon ho grows up, bocauso tha "5 habits ot youth aro carried through Ufa. Con-. )f ff Boquontly whon aomo Frenchmen killed this J mothor bear and ono of tho cubs which haa SJg beon lunching on Smith sshrep.evorybodypro- 'Itl dieted that thasurvlvlng cub would turn out a -JM " slab " and bring misery to tho settlement. jtfl Tho prophecy was fulfilled long boforo tho iftv frost was out of tho ground In April a sauoy Jw young bear stolo two pigs from tho barn cellar Mi of George Parkhurst, eating them up in tho ,'itv$ front yard not ton feet awuy from tho cowardly & watchdog. Beforo May was gone halfadozea 1Jm? pigs had gono tho samo way, and when tho jggfj sheep wero turned out to pasture tho towu J2n treasurer had heavy Bheop Indemnities to sottla mil nearly every week Sag Meantime tho old man. who had 142 dead ,fm bears to his credit, beard tho stories of slough- SLk tor unmoved, and novor took his rillo down 2j from its rack. Asa Smith, Jr., a promising boy jslp of 52 years, wont hunting nearly ovory day. 5IJJ coming homo at night to toll Ills father how , Ht narrowly tho bear had oscapod his prearranged 'i 1, vengoanco Asa senior heard these tales un- ffisj moved tor a fortnight, but vv hon ho learned that Sijil tho "slab" boar hod attaokud his own flock, ho fsi gave out word that ho would go alono nnd kill ,iVj tho presumptuous youngster, ov on if ho did hava '"f ju to llvo a year longer in order to square mat- J4T tors with fato. Knowing tho wajs of boara 1 ai better than most mon do, Asa sonior so ife lected a dark morning in July for tha JJ, time of his nssault, and chose a long clasp iw knife for his weapon. Ho told thoso who cama ffj tr nun Mm nwnv fhnt ho mnftt.dn thn donilnlnnn. SiSt because it was so easy that men shouldn't Ml waste valuable tlmo upon trivial matters. II -&) thoy wished to bo noar nt hand, however, so an ji to holp lug the bear out after it was dead, ho j&T, had no objections, us ho was getting a llttia 'j short of wind nnd had bad ores for picking his liH way among stumps and knolls in the dark. f if; Having admonished his ndmircrs, tho old 'it man stnrtod away about o'clook in the morn- SKi (ng, followed nt a discreet distance by Asa Am unlor and four others. Tho bear had killed a, Sfr'j at sheep tho morning beforo nnd had left It Sgi almost untouched, consequently ho would bo -Sfti btick tho next morning to finish his meal. Tlio si men who wero bohlnd saw tho old hunter rlo x. erect against the dim sky as ho climbed tha , jot; knoll where the bear's mutton was lying, ana to. knew by tho w or he acted that tho bear was on ffj timo and ready for the sacrifloe. Halfomlnuto w later thoy heard a crackling of limbs, followed m by an angry Bnurl from tho boar. Thon cama S3, moro breaking of limbs and short phrases from, Asa senior, which founded llko "Conearn yel" 1.43J "Tarnal crtttori" "Gosh I" After that th M human portion of tho dlaloguo ceased alto as? gothor. and tlio snarling ot tho bear and tha wfj breaking of brush wero oil that could bo dia CKj tlnguishcd. Jfi Bot yer a pint ther ol' man's met his kumup m panco." said Tom Scott, nudging Asa junior ink f IS Tako yer." replied tho hopeful. son, confl- Jfffi dent of his sire's prowess. "Ther b'ar don't ""!' live w'at kin best ther ol' man. Make it wff quart, ef yer daro.",. ., .... .. wM- Tho pint was forthwith swellod to a quart BIS and was In dnnger of getting enlarged to u gal- mK ton, or perhaps a demijohn, when n groan from afi tho old rnnn called tho bets off und hurried all 3ft hands to the secno of conflict Sf "Where bq vo. dad?" askd Asa junior, gron- ajf lng in the dark, seemingly moro anxious to as avoid tho bear than to succor his parent. "Hav S you got him fixed so he can bo skun ?" 9t "Asa, my boy," camo tho plaintive and pant- M lng volco ot the hunter, "of yer evor lied uunjr "313 lovo for yer ol' daddy, now's thor tlmo for yer s tor show It, an' 5011 wants ter show It pretty mi darnquloktorhovltdonio enny good " j-A1 Ono man lighted nmateh while another took :SS, aim with his rillo, anil when tlio smoke had S3, Cleared off a bit they pulled tho fainting old IV man from tho embraces of tho d ad bear. Tho rrai hunter's left shoulder was badly gnawed and M lacerated by tho boar's teoth. and four of his ii ribs were broken on neeonnt of the hugging ho ih hud received. It will lie potato digging tlmo m beforo ho can carry water or do any of tha ; household chores. Ho h is told Asa juiilorthot ,to ho will nover attack another "slab" honrvvlta Wg aclnopkiilfo. though ho should know that by wi so doing lie would rival Methuselah ji 1 (j; 1 New Soutli Wulcs I.oalng Ita Population. , ! 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