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vot.tttvttr, 4-3- YOEKYILLE,Tc., SATURDAY, JTJLY 84, 1897. NUMBER 59.
BY HUGO ST. Fl
Copyright, 1897, by the Author.
Synopsis of Pevious Installments.
In order that new readers of The Enquirer
may begin with the following installment
of this story, and understand it
iust the same as though they had read it
all from the beginning, we here give a
synopsis of that portion of it wb ich has
already been published:
Chapters I and II.?Harmon O. Westcott
an American born to humble fortune,
learns that he is endowed with the strength
of Samson, but that he must not use the
fift except of necessity. III.?The young
amson, who has tested his strength,
meets in Harold O. Westcott, a physical
double, born upon the same day. Harold
is a bachelor of great wealth and without
ties. Harmon reveals his secret
and by way of example lifts an immense
safe with ease, and, taking a sword
between the fingers of his left %iud,
snaps it in two like a pipestem. IV.?Harold
is an amateur boxer, and, learning that
Harmon is somewhat skilled in the art,
engages him as his substitute in a match
with a noted pugilist. The young Samson
is an easy victor, and his double
makes a contract with him to masquerade
in the plumage of Harold O. Westcott for
one year. He is installed in Harold's
k quarter's with a princely bank account.
while the real Harold goes to Europe. V
and VI.?The first day of his novel role
the young Samson, at the immediate risk
of any ordinary life, saves the mother of
Harold's fiancee from a horrible death in
the presence of her daughter, who recognizes
the hero, as she supposes. VII.?
Harold's mail contains a letter which apparently
implicates him in transactions in
green goods and another from the girl
begging him to call. The family has returned
unexpectedly from Europe, and
she had planned a surprise for her lover,
now on the ocean to join her. Harmon
summons Detective Cone to find the address
of the girl, Jeanette, and that worthy
lights upon a criminal clew in the green
goods letter, which he chances to see.
VIII.?Harmon calls on Jeanette and ex"'?
L:~ nf iniiiriAQ rp.
piHUIS U1S UOIA^ uy Wiling "? -ceived
at the time of rescue. 'Ihe interview
leads up to a point where the caller
feels it his duty as a man of honor to declare
that he is not Harold Westcott. Instead
of fainting, Jeauette murmurs:
"Dear Harold, you need rest. Think 110
more of this." IX.?Harmon returns to
the Westcott apartments to find that they
are watched by Detective Cone. He suspects
the absent owner of criminal associations.
Jeanette's mother sends the family
physician to advise Harmon to leave
town for a week to recover his health and
sanity. X.?Harmon retires to a village
on the Hudson. He is tracked by the
western green goods man, who demands
$10,000 in cash upon an old promise of
Harold Westcott's. Harmon thinks it is
blackmail, but agrees to meet the villain
at night upon the Palisades. The strong
man is lured into ambush by a gang,
headed by a notorious desperado. lie delivers
all hands over to the law, but meanwhile
makes a vain exhibition of his
strength and it vanishes.
CHAPTER XVIIL
IN THE MAELSTROM.
I eat for several minutes smothered
by a strange terror. There could be no
mistake about it The miraculous gift,
reproduced after the lapse of centuries
In myself, had departed forever.
My vanity was my own Delilah.
Yielding to a silly pride, I had made a
vain display of my incredible strength,
and now it had vanished, and I was as
ordinary men.
Singular that during all my life,
ween 1 was DOC as ocuers, me icciiuk
of awe, though present with rue in a
greater or less degree, never approached
in height and breadth and depth
that which now pervaded my being.
And yet it should not have been so.
Rather the emotion should have been
* one of inexpressi ble relief that the supernatural
element had been eliminated
and that I was walking on the plane of
my fellow mortals.
Perhaps such would be my mood
when I became accustomed to the great
change. But for the present I shivered
like a man stauding on the verge of a
fathomless abyss into which he feels
himself slipping without the power to
draw back.
I must do something to fight off my
impending madness. I was seized with
an unspeakable dread of myself, of my
room, of being alone. I must go out?
must look upon others and meet men
face to face.
Amid my tempest of emotion that
saving consciousness remained. My only
escape from the collapse of brain and
mind was to rush out of the building
and pinnge into something that would
relieve the terrific pressure by turning
It in another direction.
Without waiting for the elevator I
dashed down the stairs three steps at a
time. In the clear sunlight I breathed
freer.
Whither should I fly? What was to bo
my refuge?
Wall street. In the wild vortex, the
diz/.v maelstrom of that place, I might
find surcease from my tremendous emotions.
Thither I would go and leap into
the pit whicn has been the grave of despairing
multitudes.
True, I had never been th?re and
knew nothing of its labyrinthine windings.
All the better. I would go it
blind.
But hold! A man must have money
In order to lose money. The $10,000
which I drew some days before was still
in my pocket. Most likely my check
would be accepted, but it might be questioned.
I had never looked at the bankbook
that was shoved toward me, and
did not do so now.
"How much is my balance, please?"
The cashier turned to the bookkeeper
and said something in a low tone. The
bookkeeper handed him a slip of paper
with some figures on it
"That's how your account stands,"
said the courteous cashier, passing mo
NISTERE, M.D.
the slip, with which I walked to the
row of desks provided for the accommodation
of the customers of the bank.
Even in my exaltation I was surprised,
for the figures were $16,000.
Before Harold went to Europe he
placed some bills in my hands, of which
I bad made use, such as payiug Mrs.
Murphy and my personal expenses. I
had drawn only the single check of $10,000.
He had assured me that just ten
times that amount was subject to my
call, and that half of it was absolutely
mine.
Evidently there was a mistake somewhere,
for the whole amount left at my
command was $25,000. However, that
was not the time to inquire into the
matter. It could wait.
I drew out every dollar of the balance
and added it to the package in my pocket
That made a goodly sum with which
I could make or mar my fortune in Wall
street I was resolved to do one of these
things
It would be a fitting climax with
Which to wind up my loss of strength.
I did not know a soul in that financial
center, though several persons spoke
to me, and I returned their salutations.
Entering the office of the first prominent
firm of brokers, I controlled my
agitation so as not to attract attention
and made inquiries as to the movements
of the various stocka
"Have you any intention of making
a venture?" was the bland inquiry.
"That is what brings me here. "What
do you advise?"
"Have you any preference?"
"None. I simply made up my mind
awhile ago to tuke a flier. Here is $25,000.
Invest it for me as your judgment
dictates."
He gave me a receipt, thanked me for
my custom, and I told him 1 would call
on the following afternoon to learn the
result.
I walked all the way back to my
rooms up town. The exercise and the
reaction from the grotesque step I had
taken acted as a soporific. My fever
cooled, and a refreshing calm suffused
my being. I was not afraid to re-enter
my apartment and to sit down in the
chair, from which I had bounded with
a nameless terror.
I looked at the black, ponderous safe,
which seemerfto glower and gibe at me
from the adjoining room as if to say:
"Vain fool, you would lift me again
from my support. Try it and be overwhelmed
with shame."
I But. I did not accept the challenge. I
was not afraid to do so, but what man
knowingly attempts the impossible?
After all, as I reflected, it was well
that it had come out thus. To go about
the world with the power of Samson
was to separate me rrom my mna. ay
And by I would find myself apart from
others. If in due time I should seek a
wife, she would shrink from me upon
learning my inexplainable gift. But now
I was only an ordinary man.
Strange how quickly a sound philosophy
reconciles us to the inevitable! My
sickening horror, my awe, my dread, left
me. Truly I was relieved to have things
as they were.
But with this new phase of the situation
came vexing thoughts of another
nature.
I had risked every dollar I possessed
where the chances were a hundred
to one that I would lose all. Then
I would be penniless. No doubt wheu
the matter was explained to Harold he
would assist me. But I could not live
upon the generosity of that man who
had already done so much for me.
I would tell him the whole truth, but
sternly refuse uuy aid. Why should not
I earn my own living like any other
person? I was no better than thousands
of young men that do not shrink from
carving their own fortunes.
What a lunatic I had been to risk all
on the throw of a die! I would return
to the brokers and cancel my order.
I had reached the elevator, when a
glance at my watch showed that the
afternoon was so well along that it was
impossible to get to Wall street in time.
All the offices were closed.
"It's too late. I must resign myself
to the calamity that I know is coming."
My victory over myself seemed to
have given me renewed mental strength.
Despite the conviction that my fortune
was to depart with the same suddenness
it had come, I put the disquieting reflection
behind me and began thinking
of?Jennette Lawrence.
I had not answered her letter, and
doubtless she felt hurt by my neglect,
but with that sweet charity which is
essentially the possession of her sex she
would attribute it to my brain trouble
and not bhune me therefor.
With my musings turned into another
channel?that is, toward Harold?a
vague uneasiness crept over nie.
There is something in his course
which 1 do not understand. I have it in
his own hand that there was ?100,1)00
in the bank subject to my order when
the amount was only one-fourth of that.
It may have been a mistake on his part,
and I will let it go at that.
It is something else that troubles
me. He kept from me every hint of this
counterfeiting business. Discoo told me
that on two occasions at least Harold
Westcott offered them ?10,000, and had
they not postponed accepting it?a
strange thing for them to do?he would
nt
have been Inextricably involved" with
them.
Harold was his own master and a
free moral agent Simple timidity does
not explain hie readiness to enter into
this unlawful business, followed by bis
flight when the day drew near for the
demand from these evil men for money.
I would be glad to believe that it
was his love for Miss Lawrence that
took him across the ocean, but his per
sistency in making his term of absence
a year gives ma a discomforting suspicion
of which I cannot free myself.
Strange that he does not name- an
address through which I can communicate
with him. If he is kept away, after
learning the whereabouts of Miss Lawrence,
by his dread of Discoe and Huke,
I can quickly remove that fear, and I
will not permit myself to believe that
any other cause can hold him in check.
My thoughts were revolving in this
channel, when a letter dropped through
the slit in the door. Snatching it up,
my heart beat more quickly as I recognized
the writing of Harold Westcott,
so like my own. The envelope bore the
London postmark:
Mt Dear Other Belt?I am back at
Berkeley, which will be my headquarter* tor
a couple of weeks, when I think of making a
lengthy trip on the continent. If you have
anything worth communicating, address me
at the Berkeley, and 1 shall be sure to receive
It Anyway, let me bear from you, with an acoount
of how you enjoy being myself or rather
yourself. Walcott.
At last the way was opened. Harold
would be at the famous London hostelry
for a week to come, if not longer. It J
was easy to reach him by letter, but I
could not abide the delay of the mail.
It was frightfully expensive to use the
cable, but a few minutes later my message
was throbbing underneath the Atlantic:
Take next steamer home. Miss Lawrence arrived
day you left. Have nothing to dread from
any quarter. Discoe and Huke been caught
Sure of long terms. [Of course their trial had
not yet taken place. J No suspicion against you.
Way clear. Expect you next steamer.
v H. O. W.
I looked for no reply to this, but it
came on the following forenoon:
Cannot return. Have written by this mail
explaining everything. W.
This was an astonisber. Knowing
that his betrothed was in New York
and that nothing was to be feared from
the two criminale, now safely immured
in prison, he coolly announced that he
could not come back to the metropolis
To my mind there was but one explanation
possible, and that instantly
presented itself. He was implicated in
some other wrongdoing which was of a
still more serious nature. If such were
the fact, the storm would soon break on
my head.
Deprived of every dollar in the world,
shorn of my miraculous strength and in
a position where it looked impossible to
deny that I was Harold Westcott, my
doom would be as hopeless as that of
Tom Discoe or Jake Huke.
Such was my reasoning, but how
prone we mortals are to go astray! I
was not within a thousand miles of the
troth.
My reflections were not of a pleasant
nature. It looked as if I had walked
into every trap set for me and was deprived
of every chance of escape.
"At any rate he has written to Miss
Lawrence and made everything cleur to
her. So hereafter I most avoid her."
The temptation was strong to write
to Harold, taking him severely to task,
with the threat that 4f he did not do my
bidding I would expose him at all costs.
Great as would be the scandal, nevertheless
I could convince him it was possible
for me, through an appeal to my
oollege mates and the friends of my
boyhood, to establish my identity.
"However, I will wait until his letter
arrives."
It was now noon, and I started down
town. At precisely the same minute
that I entered the broker's office on (be
preceding day I stepped across the thresh
old again to learn my financial fate. .
I quickly learned it
TO BE CONTINUED.
The British are Excited.?Sir
Donald Alexander Smith, the Canadian
high commissioner, says a dispatch
from London, has been besieged
for several days past by inquiries from
those who desire to go to the Yukon
mining district. Most of the applicants
for information are from young
men without money who are employed
on farms and in factories. Wouldbe
emigrants of this class are urged to
remain at home; but hardy men,
with a capital of 100 pounds or more,
are encouraged to leave for the gold
fields. Several solid Loudon capitalists
are interesting themselves in the
mining territory and are making investigations
with a view of organizing
mining companies. Experts have
been dispatched to inspect the region.
Regarding the suggested exclusion
of Americans from the Yukon region,
otlicials here say there is nothing in
Hp treaties hetween Great Britain and
the Uuited States that preveuts such
action on the part of the British government
; but as a matter of policy it
is unlikely that the step will he taken.
Various steamship companies report
that few persons have left England for
the new gold fields thus far. This is
probably due to monetary considerations.
Sfe^" There are a good many ways in
which people make themselves miserable
when on a journey. One is to
complain of the conveyance they are
riding in ; if it is a steam-car, it is too
hot, too cold, too close, too draughty,
never just right ; and in fretting about
this evil, which they cannot help, they
forget to look out the window and see
the beautiful country the train is passing
through.
iUiscrlluttcous Reading.
"TO THE NEWSPAPERS."'
Some Advice Upon a Professional Question
of Moment.
The News and Courier.
About a month ago The News and
Courier received a higltly gratifying
communication from a nimber of gentlemen
in this city who a?c interested
in educational work, thanking it for
"the generous manner in which you
manifest your interest in the general
education of the youth of the state."
Yesterday we received a letter from
the president of one of the most flourishing
colleges in the state enclosing
an advertisement of the college and a
check for $3 to pay for it. The advertisement
was long and the check short.
In addition to the publication of the
advertisement, as many times as we
could afford for the monoy, a request
was made for such a notice in the
reading columns of the paper as we
oould prepare. It is only fair to say
that the president expressed regret
that the appropriation for advertising
was so small that be could not expend
more than the amount transmitted
for the purpose.. But we should like
to know why the appropriation for
advertising the colleges and schools is
always so small ? The newspapers in
South Carolina are remarkably generous
in their treatment of the colleges
aari schools. In no other state of the
Union, we dare say, do the newspapers
fill so much of their space with free
advertising of the schools. In no other
state, we dare say again, do the colleges
and schools spend less for newspaper
advertising. As to the college which
we now have in mind, the newspapers
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its establishment, given it thousands
of dollars worth of advertising, and
given it gladly, and from a sense of
public duty, and without the hope or
expectation of reward. We doubt
that it could have succeeded without
their assistance?certainly it would not
have made its way to the public heart
so quickly without the approving
words of the press. But when itj
comes to "business," the college is singularly
contracted in its view as to the
value of advertising. It has been willing
to accept all that could be said of
it and for it in the news columns of
the papers, but it cuts the appropriation
for advertising to the bone when
it comes to doing business in a business
way. And as long as the newspapers
accept what it chooses to offer
for their services they will never get
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view doubtless proceeds upon the theory
that "a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush," and that a check,
however small in amount, will often
pay for work really worth two or three
times as much as the amount offered.
This is trading, however, and not
business.
While we are on this subject we
should like to suggest to our Columbia
contemporaries and to other newspapers
in the state that there is a great
deal of what is called "official advertising"
that should be paid for, but is
done for nothing. Possibly there is
some "news" in almost every official
statement, but the "news" could be
covered in a few lines while the full
statement would fill half a column or
perhaps several columns. Why waste
space on proclamations and orders and
declarations and statements of a public
nature that are worth so much to
the newspapers as "news" but would
be worth a good deal more as advertising?
The present experiment in
campaign reporting has given so general
satisfaction to the newspapers and
the public that we have thought it
might be extended in the direction we
have indicated. The Baltimore Suu
is a very rich newspaper, and it has
made a pile of money out of the politicians
who have statements to make.
We have been told that in active cam
paign years the income of The Sun
from this source amounts to as mucn
or more than $25,000. A little condensation
in the "news" reports would
doubtless have a good effect on the advertising
business. An associated press
for newsgathering is a good thing?an
associated press for business purposes
might not be a bad thing.
DOLLY MADISON'S BRAVE DEED.
The capture, invasion, and burning
of our national capital, by British
forces under Admiral Cockburn, are
graphically recalled by Clifford Howard
in the July Ladies' Home Journal
in its "Great Personal Events" series.
Mr. Howard lucidly tells of the inci
uenis leuuiug up iu uic iuvooiuu, uuu
pictures the terror and excitement of
the people of Washington, who fled,
shouting, screaming, jostliug one another
under foot, into Virginia, as the
enemy approached. President Madison
had gone to the front, and his wife was
anxiously awaiting his return, in fear
for his safety. The White House attaches
had nearly all deserted their
posts, but Mrs. Madison had packed
all her husband's papers and records,
and, as she was about to abandon the
house, bethought herself of General
Washington's portrait. The heavy
frame inclosing it was broken by a
servant with an axe, and she removed
the canvas with her own hands, keeping
it from falling into the hands of
the enemy.
"It was then," writes Mr. Howard,
"just as she was in the act of hurrying
away, that Dolly Madison was
seized with an inspiration that will
ever cause her name to live in the
heart of every true American. She
stopped to think. What if the White
House should be burned ? Did it contain
anything of value to the government
that she bad neglected? The
Declaration of Independence! In a
dash she called to mind this most precious
of all documents. Carefully
treasured in a case apart from the
other papers, it bad been overlooked
in the worriment and confusion. It
must be saved at all hazards! Without
a moment's hesitation she turned
and rushed back into the house.
"Stop! for Heaven's sake, stop!" cried
her friends, vainly endeavoring to in
tercept her. Regardless of their commands.
regardless of her danger, the
brave woman sped to the room containing
the treasure for which she was
willing to sacrifice her life. Without
attempting to open the glazed door of
the case, she shattered the glass with
her clenched hand, snatching the priceless
parchment, and, waving it exultantly
above her bead, hurried to the
door, where she entered her carriage
and was rapidly driven away in the
direction of Georgetown."
TUB DUG IN HOT WEATHER.
There Are No Such Days as "Dog Days"?
How to Tell Whether a Dog Has Hydrophobia.
From Our Animal Friends.
The very first observation we have
to make on this subject is that there
are do such days in the year's calendar
as "dog days." There are no days on
which, and there is no kind of weather
during which, a dog is peculiarly liable
to rabies. Rabies is a rare disease
at all seasons of the year, and there
are no more cases of rabies in July or
August than in December or January.
It follows, therefore, that there is no
more reason to dread our family friend,
the dog, in hot weather than in cold,
and no more reason to dread hydrophobia
from his bite at one time of the
year than at another. The phrase
"dog days" is a false and misleading
phrase, which all humane persons
1 - - _ - ? *
OUgnt 10 avoiQ in iue iuieresi ui iuc
dogs.
We have said, and we repeat, that
hydrophobia is one of the rarest of
diseases; and that when it appears to
be developed we believe it, in the vast
majority of cases, to be a simulated
disease produced by a morbid imagination.
We do not go so far as to assert
that it is never caused by the bite of a
rabid animal; and therefore we would
advise that all proper care should be
taken to destroy, without delay, all
animals that are affected with rabies.
Yet, here again, we must recall the
fact that rabies itself is one of the
rarest of all the diseases with which
dogs and other animals are affected.
When we hear the cry of "Mad dog!"
the chances are millions to one that
the dog is not mad; it is the people
who are mad with terror.
In the thirty years since the American
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals was established
our officers and agents have been constantly
on the outlook; but no undoubted
case of rabies has even fallen
under their observation, or within
their knowledge ; and of over 160,000
dogs and other small animals which
have been cared for at our shelter dur-j
ing the past three years not one single
case of rabies has been found.
These facts sufficiently prove that
rabies is rare in this city and in this
state; but there is such a disease, and
it is important for the public, as well
as yourself, that you should know
whether a sick dog is or is not rabid.
If you will note the following facts
you will bave no difficulty. You will
probably find them to be quite different
from the popular fancies by which
most persons are misled :
(1). It is supposed that a mad dog
dreads water. It is not so. The mad
dog is very likely to plunge his head
to the eyes in water, though he canoot
swallow it and laps it with difficulty.
(2). It is supposed that a mad dog
runs about with evidences of intense
excitement. It is not so. The mad
dog never runs about in agitation ; he
never gallops; he is always alone,
usually in a strange place, where he
jogs along slowly. If he is approached
by dog or man be shows no sign of
excitement; but when the dog or man
is near enough he snaps and resumes
his solitary trot.
(3.) If a dog barks, yelps, whines, or
growls that dog is not mad. The only
sound a mad dog. is ever known to
emit is a hoarse howl, and that but
seldom. Even blows will not extort
an outcry from a mad dog. Therefore,
if any dog, under any circumstances,
utters any other sound than that of a
noarse nowi, timi uug is uwi wnu,
(4.) It is supposed that the mad dog
froths at the mouth. It is not so. If
a dog's jaws are covered or flecked
with white froth that dog is uot mad.
The surest of all signs that a dog is
mad is a thick and ropy brown mucus
clinging to his lips, which he often
tries vainly to tear away with his paws
or to wash away with water.
(5.) If your own dog is bitten by any
other dog, watch him carefully. If he
is infected by rabies you will discover
signs of it possibly in from six to teu
days. Then he will be restless, often
getting up ouly to lie down agaiu,
changing his position impatiently, turning
from side to side, and constantly
licking or scratching some particular
part of his head, limbs, or body. He
will be irritable and inclined to dash
at other animals, and he will sometimes
suap at objects which he imagines
to be uear him. He will be excessively
thirsty, lappiDg water eagerly
and often. Then there will be glan
dular swellings about his jaws add
throat, and he will vaioly endeavor to
rid himself of a thick, ropy, mucous
discharge from his mouth and throat.
If he can he will probably stray away
from home and trot slowly and mournfully
along the highway or across
country, meddling with neither man
nor beast, unless they approach bim,
and then giving a single snap. The
only exception to this behavior occurs
in ferocious dogs, which, during the
earlier sfa^e of excitement, mav at
tack any living object in bight.
WHAT AN OCEAN STEAMSHIP CARRIES.
The famous steamship Great Eastern,
historically associated with the
first efforts to Jay Atlantic telegraph
cables, has hitherto been regarded as
the largest vessel ever launched. Its
laurels as a sea leviathan, however,
are of late endangered. . The new
ocean freighter, Pennsylvania, although
scarcely attaining the external
measurements of the farmer celebrated
ship, will carry far more cargo.
The capacity, indeed, of these new
freight ships is a matter for astonishment
to a landsman.
The Pennsylvania, for example, is
rated at 20,000 tons burden, and will
carry loads such as may be briefly
itemized thus:
160,000 bushels of wheat in bulk,
equal to 320 carloads, or 16 trains of
20 cars each.
1,000 tons of flour, 80 carloads.
4,000 boxes of bacon, 75 carloads.
3,000 tierces of lard, 48 carloads.
1,300 bales of cotton, 40 carloads.
1,200 head of live cattle, 8 carloads.
3,600 quarters of dressed beef.
In addition there there will probably
be 1,000 tons of miscellaneous
merchandise, say 80 carloads more;
in all not less than 780 carloads, or
39 long trains of 20 cars each.
Nor is the above by any means the
entire load of this modern ark. The
Pennsylvania will have accommoda- ,
tions for from 800 to 1,000 steerage
passengers, as also for a crew of 150
men and 50 cattlemen, with food and
fodder for all.
In the fuel bins, too, there will be
carried a burden of 1,300 tons of coal,
or more than 100 carloads.
If we were to say that the entire
agricultural product of 60 New England
towns, or 20 western counties,
could all be stowed away in this mammoth
ship, we should not exceed the
fftfitfl.
A Sportsman's Paradise.?There
is something in the California air that
conduces to optimistic views of life.
The denizen of the Golden state never
tires of eulogizing the climate; and 1
now this tendency to show the silver
lining and conceal the cloud itself has
extended to sporting matters.
"Astoria is the greatest town on
earth for sport," declared a commercial
traveler in the hearing of a San
Francisco "Post" reporter. All sorts
of gambling games are running night
and day, bear and deer are killed within
the city limits and the fishing is the
finest in the world.
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"Une day i was piaying uwuaiua
with Alex. Megler, at the Occident
hotel, which stands on piles over the
Columbia river, but on the main street
of the town. I noticed that whenever
it was my turn to play Alex, walked
over to the open window and pulled
on a string. Just as I started over to
see what be was doing, be yanked a
big salmon trout in through the window.
He had taken up a plank in the
back yard, and while he was playing
billiards, was fishing. I've seen him
many a time sit and play whist with a
fishline tied to the leg of the table.
Between bands be would jiggle the
line, haul in his fish and bait bis hook.
One day a small sturgeon took the
bait, upset the table and broke up a
game of rounce.
"Whenever the people play billiards
there they have to keep the door shut,
for if a ball jumps the table and goes
out the door it is almost sure to go
into the river, and the game stops until
the tide goes out and the ball is
recovered."
Wild Horses.?Wild horses are
getting to be quite numerous again on
the flats in the Texas Panhandle and
in Beaver county. They are very troublesome.
as thev lead away the horses
belonging to the cow men and the
grangers, and when a domesticated
horse once gets with a wild buuch it is
an all day's job, and sometimes it takes
several days, to catch him. The laziest
old crowbait alive, or the gentlest
family horse, after associating for a
few days with these mustangs, appears
to forget bis raising ; ail the old time
wildness of his forefathers seem to
crop out in him ; although formerly he
may have allowed himself to be caught
anywhere, he will not then permit a
man to get within a half mile of him.
About the only way to recover a horse
of this kind is to run the eutire bunch
down and to corral them, or to rope
the ones wanted. Nearly all our stockmen
have lost horses in this manner;
and the mustang, instead of being
looked upon with respect and with
covetous eyes, as in the past, is now
considered an intruder and a pest, and
is shot down whenever opportunity
oflers to do so. Since horses became
so cheap there is no object in catching
mustangs ; and this once valuable representative
of the best friend of man
is now classed in the same category as
the coyote and the other "varmints."
1ST If we all did the best we knew
how, there would be more money in the
pocket and more contentment in the
mind.