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AN ARIZONA EPISODE
BY COSMOS MmOBLEF*. *
I mu sitting in my teat oae after
noon la November aba or bod ia Soaae
matbrmoiieai onMoMMeno connected
with my work, when I- beard a tre
mendous splashing in the river e few
hundred goods below, followed by
•bote and yells and the sound .of gal
***** horses. A moment Inter four
me* rode into comp like e whirlwind.
Loud cries of “Where is he?” “Don’t
let him get away!” “Who's got the
rope?" gave me eu inkling of whet
they wore after. They wanted me.
The oamp we* » Urge one. tad gen*
eraliy there were eight or ten white
men and .forty or fifty Indians about;
bnt this happened Ip be e holiday,end
nil the men hod gone ewav except my
tent mate, Barton, end myself, We
were building come Urge irrigating
ditches, and I had come out' to take
charge of the work only a abort time
before. I had found it necessary to
discharge a number of the men and
repUoe them by others. Only tie
day before I had had trouble with ore
of the men, Leonard by upme. He
went e little too far, and, I knocked
him down. As be arose he picked up
a heavy club and came at ma with it,
but throwing np my left hand to gnard
my head I caught the blow oq it and
knocked liiui down again with my
right. That settled the matter,I sup
posed, for the fellow went off to his
tent, swearing roundly and calliug
for eguu with which to clean ont the
camp. i
Bat when 1 heard the splashing at
the ford I remembered the incident of
the day before, and on the instant it
flaahed into my mind that I bad no
weapon of any kind and that I might
need one. I slipped out quickly, and
running down to a tent near the end
•f the line I seized a revolver and
belt of cartridges which I knew were
there and was back when the meu rode
up.
I remained in my tent while the
men dismounted and tied their horses
together. Leonard appeared to be the
leader ef the gang, for I heard him
“Look here, boys, I’m the captain
of thia outfit, and you’ve got to do
just what I tell yon. We’ll do all
that we came dowu here to do b fore
we leave; you mnst leave it to me."
“All right,” responded another.
“Wq’re here for fnu."
“We’ll have onr fnn all right,” re
plied Leonard. “Gome into my tent
and talk it over. Ton, Miller, etay
here with the horses and watch that
tent there eo he can’t get away."
Leaving one of their number out
side With the horses under the big
tree, the men went into the tent next
to mine, t'hey had all been drinking,
end se I was separated from them
only by two thin canvas walls and
twenty feet of space, their conversa
tion was easily audible.
The conversation I heard was amus
ing, even under the circumstauces.
Leonard was laying ont thfc program
to be followed and telling his com
panions what a “worthless cnss" I
was, the harden of his accusations
being that I wore white shirts in
camp and was “a long-legged cnss
from the east. ’’
rue man leit on gnarii outside i
knew; he wae one of our own men.
While the talking was going on in the
next tent he os me in to see me end to
explain thet he had been forced to
come down with the others against
his will. He added that if I wished
to get away he would make no effort
to stop me.
My plan was to ran out just as the
rifle was fired and bringing down tha
man who had it, for I oottld hardly
miss him at twenty feet distance, get
in ope more shot as the others crowded
to the door and were well bnnohed to
gether and then break for the big tree,
from behind which as a shelter I would
st^nd «s good a chance as two men in
the vpeo.
Filling my coat pocket with loose
cartridges end taking my revolver in
my tight hand, I was on the point of
stepping outside and opeaing the pro
ceedings when I heard one of the men
•ay:
"That's no fun. Let's make him
pat ap his fists before we hang bim;
or, if he won’t do that, we’ll make
him wade the river. ”
"Tfhat’s great,” replied another.
‘‘We might as well have some fun ont
of him first Come on. ”
Remembering the eld weateru
maxim, "Never show a gnn until yon
DSf.it,”. t tacked my revolver into my
vfgt so that it was oat of eight, but.
wi%^&e butt not more than, two inches
frommy h»«d .* I fcaid sypipeto my
mouth, I turned to Barton, who was
trembtigg, aid o*atiming him to con
trol himself I lighted my pipe and re
sumed my stool hear the front of the
tent, A <>sm»at later the canvas doer
rthrust aside and a man entered,
wed by two others.
•' first comer wee a little fellow,
1 and not much over five feat ia
hot he had a . wicked look in
the faee of a professional
I learned attorvard thet
considered the "bad maa” of
neighborhood. Behind him wen
V Mg Ufa* ih n flannel shirt and no
coat, with a .4fl Colt taeked into the
waistband of Me troneeru ’ Ve wae a
saloon keeper fa a email town near by
and had provided Me "courage” for
the sxpmnttoa. Baok 01 him came
Leonard, bin Cam inflamed with drink.
X remained seeded, while Barton bashed
off to the roar of the tent, n <
The little fellow locked Ol mo, and
X looked at him. Neither spoke lor a
minute or more, FlaallOShe suspense
became too groat; ba shifted from mo
foot to the other sad pressotod m ah a
jgrtore of naeasinesa that I laughed.
■
I haven’t been intro
my name is Carter,
•sate this gentle*
' / ---.
wan. ” Leonard yelled ont my name,
and Carter resumed: “We’ve cotta
down with our friend Leonard hare to
see that ha gets satisfaction for the
way you’ve treated him. We've de
cided that you'll either have to put up
yonr dukes against all three of ua or
wade the river three times.”
‘‘Vgry well,” I replied. “In that
oase | will light. I expect you to act
as uiy second and see that I have fair
| play. ' Draw a ring outside,and I will
join you in a moment.” I knew that
I would have to remove my coat and
ve^t, and I wished to get rid of my re
volver without letting them sea it.
As they went ont I turned to Bar
ton and, to my consternation, found
' him the picture of abject fear. Put
ting my revolver into the holster I
banded it to him and told him to stand
by the door with it when I went out,
to cloeeiv wstcli the men dnring the
light and if either of them raised his
gun, or if more than one at a time at
tacked me, to fire into the crowd, and
in the confusion following the unex
pected shot I would have an opportu
nity to break for the tent, snatch the
revolver from his hands and from be
hind the shelter of the big tree hold
my own against them.
Barton said he understood and
promised to follow my instructions.
Afterward I learned that as soon as I
turned my back he dropped the pistol
and ran out into the bushes, where he
hid himself. But not knowing this at
the ti oe I weut ont with confidence
and stood up before Leonard in the
ring.
Leonard was almost exactly my
beigut and weight, and as he stood be
fore me stripped to a tight-fitting
undershirt, trousers and moccasins, I
could sea the movement of his muscles
ae he put up his guard and made play
with his hands. He seemed no mean
antagonist, and I thought as I exam
ined him critically that I would have
to do my best, disabled as I was, if I
held my own in tue coming struggle.
But I noticed that his face was Unshed
with drink and excitement,and in that
I felt that I bad an advantage.
The ring had been drawn nearly in
the centre of the open space; Carter
and hia companion stood a little to one
side with their pistols in tbeir bauds,
"to see fair play,” and they notified
me that if I made the slightest move
which they considered unfair they
wonld take a hand in tha fight. Car
ter came np and examined my clothing
to see that I had no weapon. Than,
turning to Leonard, he said:
"We’ll see that yon do him up,”
and a moment later asked him, "Are
you ready?”
By this time a unmber of Indians
and Mexioans had appeared, attracted
by the sound of the firing, and they
stood in little groups some distance
off, ready to break away into the
bnahes if pistol play recommenced.
"Play balll” shouted Carter, and I
advanced and put up my gnardL Leon
ard made a pass at me, but failed to
land. I had been a good boxer in my
boyhood days,and the knowledge now
atood me in good stead.
While the spavring was going on T
kept one eye on Carter and the big
man. I was afraid that a straight
knockout blow delivered by me wonld
be the signal for two pistol shots and
that Barton might not be quick enough
to fire first. I temporized, sparring
lightly, until Carter called out:
"Kick him, Leonard; kick the staf
fing out of him. ”
“Hold on,” I cried, "kicking is not
allowed;” fori had been notified that
“tbie was to be a fair fight, no rongh
and tniul^Je.”
“picking is all right,” rejoined Car
ter in a surly tone. This augered me,
and as Leonard made another rnsh at
me I met him half way, aud striking
through his guard I lauded*my right
full iu bis face. Leonard spun around
aqd around and finally measured hie
length on the ground;folly twelve feet
from where I stood. As he fell I
whirled upon his two companions and
cried out,“One for me.”
“Yes, that’s one for yon,” replied
Carter. "But it’s my turn nest.”
“Wait a moment,” I replied. “I’m
aot through with Leonard yet, nor
will I be until he has said he has had
•nongh.”
“I’ve had enough,” rejoined Leon
ard, rising to his feet. “It’s Carter’s
turn now- Give me that gun, and if
he hits you the wav he hit me I’ll blew
bis bead off.”
“It Leonard has enough, so have
L” was my reply. “I shall oertainly
aot fight with man I never saw ba
bn.”
“Well, if yon won’t, yon won't,” be
rejoin ad, “Let’s eall it square. ”
Joining tba two man I moved with
than toward tba tent into which Leon
ard waa jnet disappearing. I noticed
on* id our Indians standing by tba
door, a magnificent specimen of a
man, aver sis feet tall and a noted
warrior. Apparently he had just ar
rived, end I nodded to him as wa came
ap, for wo were great friends. It did
scf tecu to me that there waa any
thing < peculiar about hie standing
thereto ths door, bnt his experience
wangrontcft than mine—aa the sequel
will show.
Jwst before we reached the teat, and
•when porbepa twelve feat away from
it, oaa ef teaman stopped me a uo
aaeat to emphasise soma ra marL and
aa I tented again tba canvas gag of
tba tent was thrust aside, and X found
zsxasr "’**>?
An I looked the little Mack bole
seemed to grow end expend; ell the
interest of my life teemed centred in
that spot. The perspiration started
otstonme, and it maybe teat my
tedr^rote^ I thought of a grestjueuy
longed for something to happen —fhst
black hole was maddening,
seemed Tory loag. h**‘ it
i. ■■ ■ - .
had to tell tkia story.
I had Ntaad aadsr a sp«U aa I
gazed down into that little blaak koto,
bat the eight of the flame aad the
aoiae of the dieekarge restored me. 1
1 steered the intervening epaea with a
spring. A* I same through the doer
like a wild dock oa the wtag X saw
my I adieu friend and the fearth maa
of the gang struggling with Leoaard.
They had jnst taken the rifle away
from him, and a moment later ht
broke down aad boeama hysterical.
The men assured am that the gaa
had been accidentslly discharged, aad
although I kaew better I accepted the
explanation. Leonard's state waa pit
iable. He seized my hand and press
ing it convulsively between hia awn
again and again asked my pardon and
wailed, “Why did you hit me so hard?”
For over an hour wo worked to
soothe aad quiet bim,aad Anally I saw
them aU out of camp, just as a wagon
filled with oar own men returned.
Barton also turned up as tbs wagon
palled in, end then I learned for the
first time how frail my dependence on
him had been.—New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
DEWEY AND VON DiEDEWICK
The Here ef Maaile's Mearns* to the
Meitdlewnr German Admiral.
In the article “With Dewey at
Manila," by Joseph L. Stickney in
Harper’s Magazine, the first detailed
account of how our admiral put a stop
to the ill-mannered behavior of the
Germans after the battle of Manila, ia
given as follows:
Onr courteous and courtly commo
dore mads uo sign. Hs was waiting
until he could pat an and to the whole
annoyance with one crashing blow.
At last the opportunity came. Ha
learned eu unquestionable authority,
that ons.of the German vessels had
landed provisions in Manila, thereby,
violating neutrality. I was not pres
ent wbeu he sent his message to Ad
miral von Diedsricb, and therefore I
do not speak from personal knowledge
concerning it; but I learned the facta
from a perfectly authentic source, as
follows:
"Orderly, tell Mr. urnmny i would
like to see him,” said Admiral Dewey
one forenoon.
"Oh, Brnmby, ” be continued, when
the flag-lieutenant made his appear
ance on the quarter-deck, "I wish yon
to tske the barge and go over to the
Oerman flagship. Give Admiral von
Diederich my compliments, ind say
that I wish to call his attention to the
fact that the veesels of his squadron
have shown an extraordinary disre
gard of the usual courtesies of naval
intercourse, and that finally oue of
them has committed s gross breach of
neutrality in landing provisions in
Manila, a port which I am blockad
ing.”
The oommodore’s voice had been as
low and as sweetly modulated as if he
had been sending von Diederich an
invitation to dinner. When he stopped
speaking, Brumby, who did not need
any better indication of the commo
dore’s mood than the unusually formal
and gentle manner of his chief, turned
to go, making the usual official salute,
and replying with the customary, “Ay,
ay, sir.”
“And, Brumby, ’’continued the Com
modore, his voice rising and ringing
with tha intensity of feeling that he
felt he had repressed about long
enough, "tell Admiral von Diederich
that if he want* a light he can have it
right now!”
Brumby weut with his message, and
the commodore paced the quarter-deck
iu silence for a considerable time, evi
dently working off some of the high
preesure that had brought forth this
emphatic message to the German ad
miral. The latter sent back the ex
traordinary reply that he had not
known anything about these actions
of his captains, and that they would
not be repeated. When one considers
the rigidity of discipline that is sup
posed to exist in the Oerman navy,the
character of Admiral von Diederich's
apology is all the more incomprehen
sible.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Football was a crime in England
during the reign of Henry VIII.
Calhoun county, Illinois, enjoys the
peculiar distinction of not having a
railroad, a telegraph, or a telephone
line.
The Indiana of Paraguay eradicate
tbair eyebrows and eyelashes, saying
that they do not wish to look like
horses.
▲t Swedish waddings, among the
middle classes, the bridegroom carries
a whip. This is'an emblem of his au
thority in the domestic circle.
A Berliner has asked the permis
sion or the local authorities to estab
lish a public oemeterj for pet auimals.
Ha believes it would meet u long-felt
want.
Kokomo, lad., has an extrsms cur
few ordiaanee, requiring all persons
under eighteen years of age to be off
the streets at 8 p. m., under a pen
alty of ten days in jail.
Milan has a curiosity in a dock
which Ik made entirety of broad. The
maker is a native of India and he bus
devoted three yeare of hie time to the
construction of this emiosity. The
oloek is ef respectable size and goes
welL :i
The Inhabitants of the Andamso
Islands are said to km the smallest
race mi people in the world. The av
erage height o»e fall grown Andaman
Is Isss thaa four foot, and the anthro
pologieal sxparts who roeoutly viaited
them found hut few that weighed over
MYtaty-ir# pooaift.
Ub* tsosi Wares.
Imku M figures reeairsd for the
pastygur by Sow story Kean mi the
Lake Carriers* association show that
■ Lake Superior has boon above ite
average for Hie part II years; Lakes
Huron and Michigan ana foot balaw
tbs leval of the last Sff years; Laha
Erie holding her own. Those repeats
ccaftrm tbs theory that rainfall atone
determine* the tabu level, and that
deepening channels baa nothing to do
with it, - Detroit Proa Prose.
tOSTOPTEABl FEVEBS."
THE OOVCRMMCNT WILL WtOTECT
j.' MUSSEL wnm
I
! The United Stake Fisti Oammiesion
ie taking etepi to protect Ike wonder
Ml pearl fisheries with which nature
hna endowed nearly wry State in the
Union end to put n stop to “pearl
fevers." It la really remarkable to
look book upon the history of these
fevers and see how they have, from
, time to time, attaeked tha people of
, this ooaitry, not only la late years,
■ but away book in ths prshistorie past,
i Tha first victims were the monad
builders. Recent examination* of
some of tbe mounds in the Mississippi
| Vallry, especially at certain points in
Ohio, show that this forgotten race
treasured fresh water mussel pearls to
an astonishing extent. On their
hearths have been founds bushels of
decomposed pearls.
Columbus and all tbs Spanish dis- j
oovarers were attracted by the valu- j
: able pearls in the possession of the
' Indians. Later De Soto and his fol
I lowers got the pearl fever, and it i»
related how, near the Bay of Eapiritu
Santo, now Tampa Bay, Florida, De
Soto came upon the town of an Indian
chief called Uoita. When the Span
iarda discovered the pearls possessed
! by the Indians they were all seized
I by a vary bad form of the pearl fever,
! and went so far as to rifle the Indiau |
graves and sepulchers, scouring 350 j
I pounds of pearls.
The greatest pearl fever of modern j
days broke out in 1857 at Notch Brook, j
near Paterson, N. J. It raged nntil
men left their regular bueiness and
women left their homes to become
peer! banters. In fact, some of tbe
vlotims were driven to the insane
asylum by th* excitement, whioh
started with the accidental finding in
Notoh Brook of a fresh-water mussel
pearl weighing ninety-three grains.
It was of surprising luster and color
and became known as the "queen
pearl.” Tiffany & Co. sold it to the
Empress Eugenie of France for $2500,
and to-day ft Is worth four times that
much.
The news of this find «u spread
over the country, and men, women
and children rushed to Notch Brook
from all parts of New Jersey and the
neighboring States. The fresh-water
mnsaels, the ahells of whioh are pearl
bearing, were gathered by the millions.
During the excitement a large, round
pearl, weighing 400 grains, which
would donbtlcss hare been the finest
pearl of modern times, was spoiled by
boiling to open the mussel shell At
first it was the enston of the hunters
to wade into the stream and gather up
and open the shells while standing in
the water. A boy who was opening
shells in this way dropped a giant
pearl in the water and it was never
found. Then the hunters gathered
the sheila upon the shores and opened
them by heat, until they discovered
that the heat wonld destroy the luster
of any pearls which might be within
the shells. Oyster'knives were final
ly found to be the best, and for
months the shores of the streams of
New Jersey were piled with deoaying
mussel shells which had been opened
and found to contain no pearls.
During the first year of the fever
over $10,000 worth of pearls were sent
to the New Tork market, bnt a de
cline came then, and daring the next
three years not more than $8,000
worth were found. This was largely
due to the wholesale destruction of
the mussel shells, whioh, after they
were found not to’contain pearls,
could have been replaced in the
streams, and would, perhaps, have
1 , ly note broke
out in 1876 at Wayneaville, Ohio,
when $8000 worth of pearla(were
found in a short time. In 1889 more
than $10,000 worth were sent from
Wisoonsin to New Tork, and since
that time Wisconsin has produced
$280,000 worth of pearls.
The year 1897 witnessed a very
widespread outbreak of the pearl
mania, whioh extended through Ar
kansas, a State previously unaffected
bp [It. The fever seised the whole
population. The ordinary |forms of
labor were abandoned, and the people
flocked to the streams to gather mus
aels. As in New Jersey, the pearl
boaring ahells were soon cleaned out,
and for the time the supply was de
stroyed.
A peculiar feature of the Arkansas
fever was the finding of pearls in the
mud along the shores of streams. A
local impression prevailed that the
mussel crawled upon the shore and
eked Us pearl, but it is more scientific
to conjecture that in the agitation of
tbe shells by floods and freshets the
pearls were shaken out.
Bring the l»»7 excitement e young
tun from 8i Louis vu spending his
venation on the shore of Crooked Luke,
Mu, and while sitting ou a log with a
negro guide diaoovered e fine pearl
lying cloee an the shore near him. The
negro told him that the native chil
dren often gathered “them things”
toping with end took him to e spot on
the shere of the lake where they were
tying around in great prof union. The
Kwaa greatly amused at the child
iter net the young ana took in
them and helped him to gather his
poeketa full. ▲ few samples mailed
to a Memphia, Teen., jeweler brought
bmb a large onset ana also a man to
investigate the discoveries.
The Memphis investigator immedi
ately resigned his position with tlx*
iews|ry hansa he represented, and
together with tha yeung man from St.
bonis w-eat inte the pearl gathering
hbsinsss. They endeavored to keei
it qafet, bub it was impossible, aad u
pearl lever sprang op at ones. Tb
shores of Crooked Lake were gbbbl>
■pby asyadisateof capitalists, whir
Hissaid, is now dredging them wi
Itain* the Crooked Lake. M,
favor an lassais at the Coafederr
, doldsees’Hoses, sear Little Bock, wi>
i tb s leans ef abeenee, loaad soui
t pearls an the Mina River. He ap
plied for sanrtsrslon of leave, the story
ef hie diettvtry get abroad aad a
fnnore was at once created along the
star. At tha other aad at tha State,
| an Bleak River, a farmer while fishing
opened a mussel for bait aad found a
, pink pearl, far which he received 925
{ «•«> - 'seal jeweler, trhe said it in Bt.
■ v I c '
- —r
soon lined with pearl
Abont this time J. M. Peso, n
known planter, while fishing in De*
eh sal Lake, Columbia County, opened
a faw mussels ss an experiment end
found four poerts, for one at w hie* be
received |1»
pearl hunting
Missouri and Arkansas. The people
beoame so absorbed ia the parent! that
local papers at veri
apprehension on the put of . j
era as to tho prospect of getting in
their crops, stl the farm hands being
engaged in pearl hunting.
One deep pink pearl of fortv grains,
found by a woman, was said in Bt
Louie for 9100, obout one-fifth of its |
present value. ▲ farmer's boy found
a thirty-one grain pearl in Blank River,;
whieh ke told for 999, sad it was after-1
ward sold ia 8t. Louie for 9600. One
man found 91300 worth ia Sevan Mils
Lake, Arkansas, and another man,
found 91600 worth in Little Bed Bivu.1
Tennessee, the greatest of all the;
States for pearl fisheries, seldom gets
the pearl fever very bad. Tho hunting
there ie steady, and many hundreds of
people follow it year in and year out
as a regular vocation. Lust season,
however, quite vivid and piotureeque
accounts wert published of hosts of
peerl hunters coming along tho Clinch
River and its tributaries; some ia
tents, some in shanties and some go
ing from ehoal to ahoal in radely built
houseboats. They were described M
a free and easy class of people, work
ing very hud all day, subsisting a
good deal on the fish oaught in the
streams and dancing at night to the
tune of the banjo as they gathered
around camp fires along the banks.
Oeorgia and Connecticut have re
cently had their small pearl fevus,
but iu Michigan a company of capital
ists has been organized to completely
dredge 8t. Joseph River in senreh of
tmstIs.
The extravagant methods employed
by pearl hunters generally and espec
ially during these fevers has nearly
ruined the wonderful natural fisheries,
and the aim of the fish commission
now is to put a stop to the destruction
of mussels.
It is perfectly easy, by the use of s
pair of pincers suoh as employed b^
the pearl fishers in Germany ana
China, to open the shells, peep inside
for pearls, and if none are found drop
the mussel back into the stream.
The Chinese do not only proteoi
their mussels in this way, but when
they open the shells, if there are nc
pearls inside they introduce little ob
jects of some foreign substance,around
whioh pearls can form. The shells
are replaced in the water and in a
few months beautiful pearls will b«
formed around these little objects.
The fish commission proposes, if il
can, to work up such a sentiment
against the wholesale destruction of
mussel shells as is now going on that
each State will pass laws prohibiting
it. •—Chicago Times-Herald.
A “Beal" Wax Mean.
A stylishly gowned eooiety woman
and the persistent shopper formed ths
dramatis personas of a comical inci
dent that amused a throng of buyers
in one of the city’s orowdcd depart
ment stores. A portion of the store
having on exhibition new importa
tions of Paris-made garments was
thronged with early buyers, and as
one demure little woman stood among
the line of richly dressed models, the
peraistent shopper began her tour of
inspection.
Continuing her hasty and inquisi
tive examination the woman went
through the entire line, disarranging
garments on the "dummies,” to the
great disoomfort of the husy shop
girls. When she oame to the prettily
olad woman, who stood motionless,
facing the eounter, the unobservant
shopper continued her inspection.
She felt the silken waist, and was
making an over-careful examination
when the lady who was wearing the
garment moved. With surprised ejac
ulation—"I thought you—ah—I beg
your, pardon,” the shopper beat a
hasty retreat and left the store.
Philadelphia Reoord.
Hu>tlas 8«a Elephant*.
"Talk about an adventurous life/
said a little Irishman, ‘‘if yon want a
life that is the next thing to death,
and I believe one step beyond, try the
life of e sea elephant hunter. That’f
what I was for two years; two years od
an ialand they call Kerguelen's Land,
where it anowed or rained every day
in the year; where there was nothing
but eold and aleet; where there was
not a tree or a bush. We stayed
there a year at a time, forty or fifty of
us, and hunted the sea elephants for
their oil. We knocked the poor crea*
tures over the head with clubs and
shot at them, then boiled them down.
At night we gathered in atone huts,
piling in together to keep warm. We
had nothing to eat but seals, sea gulls 1
and penguins half the time; nothing
bnt oil for fuel. Sometimes the
fights with tiie sea elephant* resulted
in the lees of a man. Some of them
were twenty-five feet long ana they
would roll over the men or beat them
down. At tins end of e year the
sohooner came for the oil, and those
of as that waated to leave want to the
Cape of Good Hope, where we were
paid off.—New York Boa.
relkmu'a Story at Korea.
"Talk about your nerve,” said «
policeman in the West Twentieth
street station, ‘‘why, I once had a
rase that boats the firemen worse than
Dewey beat tha Spanish. I wae sent
'•» investigate a suicide in Twenty
t bird street some time ego, end M 1
■vent into tha Mate I noticed that a
young man of good appearanoe joined
io at the dam and followed me inte
lie room. None of the others seemed
> notiee him, so I said nothing. The
other of the young women who had
umitted suicide was crying and re- I
iting: ‘Oh, what shall I do?’ Up
pped the quiet-lodking young man. I
,‘‘ ‘Pardon hie, sir,’ said he, ‘here’s
e oard of our firm. We notify the
rouer, see the doctor, secure th«
.unit, embalm the body, furnish the
>.ln, provide the Clergyman, hire
. jo singers and dig the grave, making.
i» short, ail the arrangements without
trouble to you, and all for a nominal■
«um. You canuot do better.'
"And hanged if he didn’t get tiu
job, '* concluded the patrolman.
‘‘Sure,” paid the Sergeant_New
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TAPS FOB A WABHOBSE.
CONFKDCftAT^ BMNt AN CfiUlNt
COMftADK MATN NIUTANY MONO**
Colonel, n veteran wnshaana af
Confederacy, one b«le* With ■MUteny
honors recently nl Oak dhwwe, Km
milea from Attanta^^Mm^Oobb^e
traimidt '“IqlSEif*m
w2t« wedWilh" They took alo^Te
colt which they named Oaisnil. whlofa
waa eboet aa *g»y e ^aeimm of haves
flesh as roe would an* In a weok’s
travel. He wan AM, raw hom»d, long
headed and knocV-knead. H# was of
er bay nor eorral, thei hair was meagre
#n hie mane and tail, nad ha was ns
alnmsy as he ”ai nglv. Colonel waa
z&Zgpxgtt&ss
toughness, and hie fofttNU and fidel
ity were demonstrated on many a long,
hard march and in many a hot fight.
The legion wae at first commanded
by Colonel Thomas B. B. Oebh, aa
eminent jurist-soldier and one ad Aa
most gallant of Georgians, hatfi hie
fall, when other officers in Nrn lad
the decimated ranks through tho ar
duous campaigns of North arn Vir
ginia. At Seven Pines, Banker HUl,
Sharpsburg, Banks’s Milts and many
ether bloody battles Colonel was in
the oharge.
On one occasion vne union ■ in mis
stole a march on the legion at Meaflew
Bridge, and thee only ssospsd capture
by instant and rapid flight, leaving
their baggage and camp equipage in
the hands of the Federal troopers.
Among ths spoils of war thus ac
quired was Colonel. He had been
seised by a Federal trooper and lad
back to the rear. Ths legion retreat
ed until a stronger position was
reached beyond tba long bridge,
where they made a stand. Iu tba
gathering twilight sentries were post
ed so as to command the bridge, and
tbs troopers remounted and remained
on the alert for ths Federal*, whom
they expeoted momentarily te follow
np their advantage by charging the
bridge. Just about dark tke sentries
were arouse 1 by the clatter of hoofs
approaching the bridge, and than the
thunder of s galloping steed on the
planking. They supposed it was a
body of scouts from the Federal cav
alry, and made ready to give them a
warm reception. All they eew, how
ever, was a riderless steed dashing
along the bridge at the top of hia
speed. It wae old Colonel with a new
Federal halier on his nook. Ha had
given his captors ths slip, and had
followed his oomrades as fast as his
olumsy heels oould- carry him. He
was weloomed in the eamp with ring
ing oheers, and ever afterward be was
held in the highest esteem by every
man in the legion.
After long service in the Virginia
army Cobb’a Legion wae ordeeed to
the support of General Joseph E.
Johnston, who was posted at Dalton,
'confronting Genera Sherman's vic
torious army. Throughout ths long
and hard-fought campaign, from
Dalton to Kennesaw Mountain, At
lanta and Jonesboro, Colonel followed
the fortunes and misfortunes of the
retreating army. Whan the Con
federates under Hood turned back
ward and began their retreat toward
South Carolina Colonel was (till one
of the most faithful of campaigners.
Tbs roads were rough and the forage
grew woefully scares ou that long re
treat to Bentonville, where Johnston's
army finally surrendered, but Colonel
never flinched or faltered. During
the latter days he was more frequently
brought into requisition than during
the earlier and more dashing date of
the great conflict. His staying Quali
ties commended iiim to his two
masters, and when their jaded Meads
gave out first one and than the other
would mount Colonel, and no matin
how wearisome the marsh he always
kept step with his oomrades.
At the close of hostilities ha was
brought back to Atlanta and httohad
to a aray. It is told of him Hut for
many years, while hauling h*«*y load*
along the muddy streets, he would
pick up his ears at the sound
of s bugle, end it was somewhat diffi
cult to oontrol him on snob occasions.
He began to grow old end 'fooble,
however, and when ths Grtto boys
died Colonel foil into the hands of
their brother-in-law, *J. T. Dempsey,
of Oak Grove. Mr. Dempsey was a
well-to-do farmer, end he tamed the
veteran wsrhorae into a pasture and
gave him his freedom after so many
yesre of faithful service both ia war
ana peace. Mr. Dempsey had in
tended to bring him to Atlanta dar
ing the peace jubilee, bat the old
horse had grown too feeble to stand
the journey, and the project was
abandoned. Recently he wnt found
dead in his stall. He was on* of the
last surviving horses of the Con
federacy, and must have been elose to
forty years of age. That he poesssssd
extraordinary vitality is wridenead by
the fact that he survived as long after
the toils of his long campaigns, and
after having served for yuan as a
dray hors* after hia days of estop and
field were over.
A large grave was dag under the
shade of a great oak in the pasture
where Colonel had spent his lest days.
Ths members of the flouted nets
veterans’ camp at Dak Grove marehad
behind toe body to the grave sad fired
a parting salute. This is an* of toe
few instances where each military
honors were paid to a hens,’bat
one present thought tost too
trlhuteto Colons! was w#M bestowed.
—New York Sun.
* -_ .■* v* i
“It'a an infernal shame! fhey’re
ueeeaad my new honse at «M00, and
i n hare to.pej nearly $80» taaee on 1
it Paying taxes and ianaraaea on
mj property » whet keeps ** jBnr.” ;
Wenee? How much have you
Sf4 £ °“5Z. Hit «k«dd
tern down Pd lose $10,000 clean.”—
Chicago Tribune.
Y”&*VdlexandwrBaaubein
and Charles H. Barnea ere rival claim
ante to the diattncfi m of Ming th.
tout white child born in Chioagev
’’Ten tank humor ku tmmmmi
tear inquired hia auditor
MtBli *»*her (light
"I should aay ao. I don't snoauf
•f the good, old-fashioned, ont aad-onl
fan that aaad to delight am. Whan
la that lake about tha mother*?
h*J It 1ms drifted from tea aaaaa
Lika tha giaute af aanteay aad states'
man ship and acting, it is no nan
Tha way thay aaad to gat sp thing* t«
huat tha faaliaga of mother*-in-law
aad thaw ’out they had no right to m
a ward if a aaa ahoaa to (toy ont J>
night aad aoaao home intoxicated and
funhU around tea keyhole did an
heart goad. Thatalwaya need to makt
»* tough—tha way they woald depict .
a man Ta a atete of total inebriety
fumbling at tea kayhola, with Ua
mother-in-law aad wife inside, won
daring whether it woald bo safe to la«
hint !■ «r not.”
"We don’t aaa aa mnoh of that sort
of humor aa wp naad to,” ass anted hit
(Hand.
"Wo. They scam to bans leal tte
knack. The spirit of theags is iemo?
elastic. Tha tendency in to alight
tho old classics, even toaaeer at them,
and think that things pretty near at
good are being produced. There was
tha young man who wont trembling
into tho old man’s study to ask him
for his daughter's hand. What ha/
beoome of himf The way the old part]
would take him by the ear, lead him
ont to tha front door and kick him
clear ont to the curbstone—he always
lit on tha curbstone—need to ticklt
me nearly to death. I hare laughed
tot hours as I thought of him lying
there with hia beat clothes spoiled,
waiting tor somebody to some along
and tend for tha hospital ambulance.’
"Ha’s not vary mnoh in evidence,
that’s a fact.” was the replv.
“Than there iu the little hoy who
ate things whioh didn’t agree with him
- green apples, usually—and went to
join the angels. That used to keep
me in roars. The idea of that little
boy—well, there’s no use of trying to
describe it. It’s too fnnny to tali
about. And the servant girl who bias
herself into atoms trying to light the
fire with kerosene, and a lot more ol
them, have about disappeared. Ones
in awhile they try to fliokei to tin
front, but they ain’t what they wan
when I was writing the real stuff foi
the Whangville Monitor. Those wen
the palqoy days of humor, and I ban
myk doubts if we’ll ever see anythin!
like ’em again.”
And he heaved a long, long sigh.1
CURIOUS FACTS.
The first expedition to the South
Pole took plaoe in 1667.
Skates were first made of bones by
the Scandinavian nations.
Denmark has the oldest national
flag in the world. It has been in use
since the year 1219.
It is a curious faot that there are no
direct deeoendanta of Napoleon, Well*
ington, Washington or Waltei Soott.
Hon. John T. Stone, of Glenwood,
Iowa, haa 188,000 apple trees in hit
orchard, whioh is said to be the larg.
eat in the world.
In regard to longevity ths olergy
stand at the head of the professions,
and physicians near the bottom, be
low coal merchants, milkmen sad
grocers.
Whales from 800 to 400 years old
are sometimes met with. The age is
ascertained by the sise and number ol
layers of the whalebone, which in
creases yearly.
ft would be difloultto imagine mow
extraordinary digestive powers than
those- of the hyena. One of them
beasts haa been known to swallow six
large bonea without crushing them.
A train eonsistic j of an engine and
four coaches ran off the track at Pen
ryn, England, lately, and though the
whole train was upset not a person
was killed, and 6nly one or two were
slightly injured.