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THE GENUINE COWIIOY.
. ..bof's Wife Details Their Goo J foists
" sad Vriwt a t'cinparUoB,
Cerr. New York Bun.
T have beon reading Frank Wilke
sons
letters irora Aieuicme now
. .. w.i"
and I find them very interest
: and ft
trifle amusing. I have-
lived on a ranch for six years. I an
wife of a cowboy. I see hundred
am
Afrowbovfl yearly. I talk with them
observe their ways, and know their
habits, their modes of dress, and
i,ir stvle of speech. Cowboys are
universally proclaimed to be all tha
u hnd and cruel. I say it is not so.
vnr correspondent asks: "Is it
matter of surprise that cowboys are
,mel and brutal?" He includes all
cowboys. If any one should By tha
nil necrroes are vulians because one
ftf the race assaulted Miss Blocum
near Salem, N. Y., a short time ago,
his communications would be consid
ered utterly devoid of sense. Why
not sav that all divines are unworthy
in ha called divines because a few of
them fall from grace? Would it be
as just and right to say mat ail our
.,V1anfa fl.Vfl P.hfifli.H llPCfLVlfifi flTIB
man occupied the presidential chair
hv fraud, or that all editors are liars
III CDlUbUHw w - ' w
lipcause some of them have been
found guilty of libel? I say no.
A cowboy goes into town. He be
comes intoxicated on bad whisky, and
grows merry and jolly, and fires his
pistol into the air for fun. Perhaps
be grows vicious and brutal, and fires
his pistol promiscuously ai cnimneys
and lamp-posts or anything else he
sfies. A sheriff's posse surrounds
him. The air is thick with bullets
and buckshot. Cowboy returns the
fire. He breaks a leg or an arm, or
perhaps he kills the sheriff. Some
times ' he is riddled with bullets.
Sometimes he is captured, given a
fair trial and hanged. Well and
good. We say that he gets his just
deserts, and there we hope it will
rest; but it does not. His whole
outfit (in cowboy language, all the
boys who worked with him, including
the inoffensive cook;) are branded as
villians of as deep a dye, as the
murderous offender himself.
A short time ago an affray occurred
in Ogalalla, Neb. A cowboy became
senseless from drink. He fired his
pistol right and left, and frightened
the town out of its wits. At the out
set he intended to do damage to no
body. The sheriff and his posse
opened fire on him. He returned it
and shot the sheriff in the leg. Then
he fled followed by a number of arm
ed men. They followed him to the
camp, where he was captured while
trying to catch a fresh horse on
which to flee. But before he was ta
ken the sheriff's posse fired volley af
ter volley into the camp, which was
manned by a smooth-faced boyish
cook alone, whose only weapon was
a dish-cloth, and whose only crime
against mankind lay in dealing out
indigestible buscuits, and badly cook
ed meat and beans to the boys. He
escaped harm, but had he been slain
the brave posse would have carried,
back the news to town that two vil
lians had been captured, one dead
and the other alive.
What your correspondent said
about the cattle owners is undoubted
ly true. They turn cattle loose on
the prairies, knowing weli that some
of them will succumb to starvation or
die of thirst before the spring opens.
They know, too, that it is cheaper to
lose some than to feed all. Of the
horror and shame of it enough can
not be said; but I say let the blame
lie where it belongs on the Eastern
owners, not on the men who are hir
ed to do their work as they are told
to do it. Frank Wilkeson speaks of
"the brutes who live in log cabins."
Now, the real brutes live back in our
Eastern cities, in fine mansions,
drinking wines, while the cattle de
pendent on them are thirsting and
dying. Will I be forgiven, if I say
in charity, that their neglect is more
the outgrowth of carelessness than of
"callousness of heart," as your cor
respondent calls it? The owners are
seldom present when their cattle are
dying, so is it strange that, not see
ing their suffering, they are not im
pressed by it?
As for the wolves killing poor cows,
ve think Mr. Wilkeson is mistaken
about the "poor cow." In our expe
rience it is often the fat calf or year
ling or even the fat cow that is over
powered by the wolves. We have
never known of a "poor" cow tting
killed while there is a fat one on the
range. Wolves know which make
the best meat as well tu their biped
Superiors.
I know of cowboys who Lave sAved
Ep their earnings and are tow small
ctttle owners themselves, and I know
cct cf one xrho L.is tzmtd Lis cittle
c-tto"liveif they can, die if they
zU" in the litter winters of :L:s
a.'tit-de. In rammer their caf-'e we
ia close herds, anlbay is ee- i
cured and sheds built for their com
fort in the winter. My husband,
who is a thorough cowboy, asserts
and proves his assertions by his ac
tions, that he would rather sell some
of his cattle every autumn and buy
vum iwr me rest WUU tue
money
than to let the same
starvation.
number die of
I am writing of Nebraska and Kan
sas cowboys as I have found them.
However, they are pretty much the
same all over the West. Here they
make their beds as the one Mr. Wil
keson described, with the addition of
a pillow. Most of the cowboys of my
acquaintance have pillows, some of
which are mado of "prairie feathers"
(grass). Others are made of "goose
hair" (goose feathers). My hus
band's is cf the latter sort, and need
I say that thanks are due to his wife
font? '
A word now about tue manners of
the cowboy, as compared with the
"tenderfoot." Thecowbov is inva
riably polite to ladies. He is defer
ential to all. He reveres all and his
manner shows it, whether they be
richly dressed or whether they be
meanly dressed. He takes off his
hat when he enters your house, and
ho treats you with respect and defer
ence. The finely dressed, finely ed
ucated, smart young M. D.s or law
yers and graduates of all sorts called
"tenderfeet, are far different. I
have had them enter my house with
a swagger, with hats cocked on the
back or their heads, and stand or sit
in the middle of the room and squirt
tobacco juice toward the door. It
always fell short of the mark and be
smeared the carpet. Tho majority
of them seem to think that good man
ners permit them to 'enter a lady's
louse and smoke m her presence
without apology or asking leave.
They invariably drawl out, "I should
think ye'd get lonesome way out
nere.
I cannot tell how many times I
have made answer to that ques.tion.
I always answer that I never get
onesome. men tney iook at me
with an insipid stare, as much as to
say: "Why did I waste that inter-
esting,deeply thought-out question o
her? She does not know enough to
get lonesome. She is contented with
that cad of a husband, who wears a
white hat with a leather band and
eather leggins. She cannot appreci
ate the nice young men, for she can
not see their fine points nor discover
heir desirable qualities, bhe would
not feel at home in anything but a
God-forgotten country, so why should
I take my hat off in her presence, or
expectorate outside her door?"
oo grows the puddle on the car-
oet. I can be excused for
answering
contented
tenderfeet
once that I am perfectly
and happy except when
come around.
Not more than one "tenderfoot" in
ten acts as though he had been well
brought up. They think they have
bund a place where manners and
good breeding are unnecessary, and
as they are not natural gifts to them,
but "purely assumed, they tall orr eas
ily when out of sight of their fine
friends. When they tire of playing
the role of gentlemen they should go
among savages. If this catches the
eye of any "tenderfeet" who are in
our cattle country, or who contem
plate coming here, I hope they will
remember that gentlemen show re
spect to ladies wherever they meet
them. A Cowboy's Wife.
Benklememan, Neb., July 20.
Sherman Courier: Tuesday last
during the rain storm a man named
Frankle, living at Bells, was passing
out of his door, and when he stepped
on the piazza in front, a current of
electricity passed through the roof,
struck him on the shoulder and
breast, ran down one leg and out
through the sole of his shoe to the
water on the floor, when the trace of
it disappaared. His clothing was
torn to shreds. An eye witness who
soon reached the prostrate man says
they carried him to the yard and let
the pelting rain fall upon him for a
few minutes, and that in a short
time he was able to speak, and soon
recovered from the shock. His side
and legs were streaked with bright
red traces, where the fluid passed over
the fiesh, with sharp angles and
curves and perfect minature of the
electric flashes that we see riving the
storm clouds above us, and present a
wonderful picture indeed, lie is now
fully recovered from the shock, and
is perhaps the only man living whose
body has served the purpose of a con
ductor of lightning and Jived to relate
his experience.
The earnings of the Texas and
racific for the fourth week in July
were 171,452, against 117,219 same
week last year.
Three
fcbnrb of
jcr f 15,0)
acre of property in the
San Astonio recently toM
New Life
is given by using Brown's
Iron Bitters. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warms the system; in the
Spring it enriches the blood
and conquers disease ; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs ;
in the Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
of sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
so surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per
fect condition. Brown's
Iron Bitters ensures per
fect health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic sir,
and it prevents Consump
tion, Kidney and Liver Dis
ease, &c.
. S. Berlin, Ritj., of the
well-known firm of II. S.
Berlin & Co., Attorneys, Lc
Droit Building, Washing
ton, D. C, write, Dec. 5th,
iSSl :
Gentlemen: I take pleas
ure in stating that I have used .
Brown's Iron, Hitters for ma
laria and nervous troubles,
caused by overwork, with
excellent results. '...'
Beware of imitations.
Ask for Brown's Iron Bit
ters, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recom
mended as "just as good,"
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md.
7 Vkenb?sIE
The most successful Kemedy ever discovered
as it is certain in its effects and does nut Winter.
HEAD R00F BELOW.
Hutchinson's Ranch, 12 miles north of Denver, Col.,
Mar. 5th, 1(3.
Db. B. J. Kenbali. k Co.. Gents: For the past
hree years I have used Kendall's Spavin Cure. In
very case of spavin, of which I have treated five, it
has killed them all, and entirely removed three. In
ease of splint I find it has no equal, one case I had
was of three years standing and the Spavin Cure
removed it entirely. I had a cow get spavined and
it entirely cured her. One year ago a two hundred
pound block of ice fell out of a wagon striking my
fnot on instep and toes, it would be impossible to
mash a ibct worao without breaking any bonis. I
was taken home and carried into the bouse, I do
not think amputation of the let; would caime any
more pain. I went for Kendall's Spavin Cure, it
was all I used ana in six days 1 coma wain arouna.
About three weeks ago my team ran away threw me
out of the wagon, the hind wheel t truck my knee.
After applying several highly recommended lini
ments without obtaining any relief, I went for Ken
dall's Spavin Cure My eg was drawn up and my
knee swollen badly. In three days I was able to
walk to the barn, I could go into details more fill
lv, and make this a very long letter, but will not
weary you.
I am very raspectf oily yours,
UM'iitF. Hutchinson.
P. O. Lock Box. 2:t02, Denver City, Col .
Kendall's Spavin Cure.
Priofl $1 per bottle, or ti bottle for S5. All drug
gists hive it or can get it for you, or it will be, cut to
any address on receipt of prim by the proprietors.
Dr. K. J. KtKDAM. k C'o..;Enosburgb Falls, VL
Send tor Illuhtrated circular.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS-
Ef AHBPel,leare JWT on thelookou
511 W B- for chances to iocreise their earn .
k J I pTj IlnR nd in time become wealthy.
w Those who do not Improve tbeli
opportunities remain In poverty. We offer a greal
chance to mt! e money. We want many men, wo
men, beys and girls to work for m rlxhl In their
own localities. Any one can do the work properly
from the first start. The business will par more
tliau ten times ordinary wages. Expensive outfit
'urnlihrd fre. No one who enj?--i mils to make
money r..lT. you can devote your wliolo time
tothewora, or only your ipa'e moments. 'nll
In'orniailon aiirt all that Is nreiivl mure. Al
dirxMiNvniHo.. f.irtlmii i. Maine.
PlainEn
IS HERE EXPRESSES !
rawcMMKl DUB FREE CIRCULM UUI THE REST
HiimkmiifOii-Wnt I OMd Uie Pastille at
IT ..... YtK 100
directed and lh.rcoiapl.telr crd bm. In about om
week from tbe time I commenced oun tb.m 1 brr
to deep well and t continued to ail to boa i'h
constant Improvement and since that time Oct 11
I have felt like a an Bin. 1 trail bote tbe tnanr of
tbe eaSerare will find oet that torn bate a epewifce for
nerrooj weekaaea and bo eerd by tbe eatae.-
fieepectfallf i war.
P. 8 Toe will no pobltth my name bnt peieotwrlult
iac ro mar b rfrr1 to n ee I 1U aaawer Uteoa.
To erery yonur, middle ara or old man
troubled with nerrcraa or phwMe&l debili
ty or impotence) rteaUed circular I seat
troo. Send full tvddre on poetAl card tk
HARRIS REMEDY CO. St. toul. Mo.
We want roor eddreM. Torn Bead our rtisodr.
Val aa4, be oooviacod. of Uu.
A mm M eet male at to by the Inlsttrl
lev ". B-t -nle row hef- re tf.e
J I -trr-abHe. Carnal kwt beeded. Uei
W rtartyoe. M-n. womre. bote ae4 rtr.e
tte-l rybTe t w.rk lr e. '.ci. ibe
time. Ifrsicaawork la pr t:,e, vr eiee yoer
whtietlme to the betiM.e. V0 ,(ker b'ea
en:i f Tea aearly a cab fal t
Bk tni-ran.Mpr, byei rr1tr ai on-e. lu
ectxt en 4 -rc. (rev. Msy aa9e fast ,(
ai fcot ,rab:y . Ai.r Ibia c- . Aafatu
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BJEV.A.I.HOBiia Wriloa:
Aftor a thorouirh trial of
the X
PURIFIES
IRON TONIC, I tako pleaauro
ui autinsr teat I navo been
LOOD
Tatly benoatod by Its
uae. Miniatore and Pub
Lio Speakers will And It
Of the greatest value
whoro a Tonio is neoes
ary. I recommend it
as a reliable remedial
brent, possessing un
loubted nutritive and
teato.-ative properties.
Ay., UI, , Ifta.
nZTiSZS B? TSX DR. IIARTER MEDICINE CO.. CM V. UlOl CT., CT. LOUIS.'
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t NORTH-WEST COR, CAPITOL SQUARE AUSTIN TEXAS.
valuable. Kotlanir on cnrlh will make lienn loy liTte
to 1 nlnt rood. Solu evory wliero, or sent oy man lor
TUTT
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PSLL
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA. ,
From these aources arise three-lourt ns of
tlio diseases of tho human race 'iheso
Bymptomslndicatotlieircxistenco : loss of
Appetite, Bowels costive, Sick Head
ache, fullness after eating, yeMi0? to
exertion of body or mind, Eructation
of food, Irritability of temper, tow
spirits, A feeling or having neglected
some duty, Ilzxlness,FlutterInK at tlio
Heart, Mots before tUo eyes, highly col
ored irlne, COWSTIPATIOM7 and do
mand tho use of a remedy that actlirectly
on tho Liver. AsaLlvormedicinoTCXT'S
l'ltiliS liavo no equal. Tholr aotion on tho
Kidneys nnd Skin is also prompt ; removing
all Impurities through these throe scav
engers of the system," producing appe
tite, sound digestion, regular Btools, a cl ear
skinandavlgorousbody. TUTT'S vn.T.ti
cause no nausea or griping nor interfere
with dally work and aro a perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
fcSoldeverywhero.aSc. CUlce,44 Murray 6t.,N.Y.
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
Gray Hair or Whiskers changed in.
etantly to a UissT Buack by a slnglo ap.
plication of this DTE. Sold by Druggists,
or sent by express on receipt of 91.
Office, 44 Murray Street, New York.
TUTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL BECEIPTS FEEL
..y..ir-
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t-.4. tM h aee. a.4 tw.yt a4 rv
wtira m-m rm r. t, fx , a,T the tm.
J to H. IfaLart rrbMl, Me.
valuable. Notlanir on cnrlh will make hen loy iiKe.Snerldan'N iwni ition rowuecN. iroae. i leaapviHiiiu ,
mmm.
A. romblnallOH of Pro-toj-iUtof
Jron, I'rruvUii
Jlark and l'kuj'horuin
n MJataSfe form W
IMtiUty, Jams of Jtn
tttr, Jrwtrmtion of t tal
J'otcvri it is iHdlsvm
REV. J. L. TOWNER,
Industry, III., says:
'X consider It
a most excellent rexnoay lor
. 1 ... A. . . A
debilitated Yltal forces.
s
r the
VMWM
PERFECTION
OAKs-
STOVES
And RANGES
An Rnclinh Vetorlnary siircoon and Chemlnt. n
truviliiiK in this country, ajr that moat of thi
norm" ami t. 'utile row uers koiu nure are wvmi
i'ks (null, llo suya that eneriuan'a uontuiKui
owdiTK nr absolutely pure ami itiimutisi'iy
Snarl
a ieucr-aiuiiii). i. . vw
1ISSI0N VALLEY NURSERIES.
IwelTC Mi!s from Vlctorln, Tex.
These Nurserioa have clalma upon tbe people o
western and aoutliern Texas that cannot be urged
iiy any other catabUdhujeiit,
To give to western and aoutliern Texas a list ot
r. uits adapted to tbe climatic requlrtintnta Is Uie
object to which the proprietor hua dtvotud hia We.
He baa been uble to bring to hia aid the advanlaK
of early hortloultt ml trttinlng, and by the efpeud
itoseol over twenty thousand dullara In experlmfuts
upon our own ground by cloao obsorvatlon and
atudy t'jrotiKh tbe quarter ot a ctutury during
which horticultural study, experiment and labor
baa been hia leading purmilt he has been sble to
become acquainted with the peculiar wants tf our
very peculiar climate.
-i alimg advantaga ot the principle well established
by physical geojjraphibt. viz. t that all fruit trees
aro improved by btinR carried toward thidr polar
i.iuit, aud that they are deteriorated by being car
ried toward tholr equatorial limit he has ma.lflfllf
experiments and established his nurseries faithei
south than any other geueral nurseries in the United
States, lie sells no caeap northern trash to his
customers. His trees and plants are thf ref ire bet
ter suited to Texas culture i. sii tbow ot any other
esxabllshmcnt In tbe world.
Our nurseriea and grounds, embracing about CS
acres ln horticulture, will be freely shown t j visit
ors every day but Sunday.
Orders tor trees and plaus received by mull , ot
tbrcnKb any of our authorized agents.
Catalogues ent tree to every applicant. For liu
ther herniation apply 'o
GILItKKT ONDKRDONK,
ttttif Mission Val!e, YUtorta Co., lexas.
LAME BACH
rtt of Kltlney o A
Bladder, Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Epilepsy
n.1 vaia.NrvonsDebll-
ity and all Weaknesses
resulting from overwork.
Indiscretion or Excess
es, permanently cured by
TMS HOWARD
GALVANIC SHIELD'
Galvanic Esctrlclty, a
ces Replaces tho roroo
la-l Vlirn Hrainprt from
khe system, and thus cure
without Druf ffin u
Innstrated
S I lC v ic Howua iLrrrxo-jaa-
! VZn:tXS0L8Lt7lCaC.
Acldreu AMERICAN CALVANIC CO.
312 N. 6th St., St. Louis, Mo
m "Lifc' . PamnhlttFraal
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PATENTS
").Uiticl. a ) 4 all other hn.laeae la the U. 8. Pat
tot offir. attended to lor MlCMaTK V.
Our btfioe Is eppo.lte the V. C l'rnt OSlce aa
e csn oMa'.a p.unu In leas time than those re
ot rrrtn W AtiiiKeTot.
h-nd VU'DKI. t lK IVO. We advleau.
tafeeiat.tlliytr. .f rhrf. and we nks K(f
KAHt.K WKUMTAlM PATKX I'.
We rr r. kff. to e I'oMmMtrr, tbe buDt. as?
Honey OHrr i4 i offl'-tl of the JJ. g.
I'attM (irTice. Kor crcviar. adrire, tcrmi aa4
rrfereao-. toarUalCllcaU la yoar tl tlstser
V OspesiterstsatVBee, MfaaUsftes.O.C
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