MADISO.N TIMES.
D"VOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISHI
, V.--NO. 39. TALLUIAII, MADISON PARISII, ALA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1887. 'Ii- Pi1H Y EAR.
L- Ujg VIENNA.
ý lam sarhy o bods and mix
Seilas. blss. From the b
er loeng boots to the g
"&k" to the boots. Practil L
. rs notaL Seven deLr
l s daily on the streets.
leo *l down and sleep on
S Ditto in the parks and
S u se xes seen lying a
oo Wk y ukesp of the gras" ]
Soalsh d Jew frequent.
O _.l, 5ing to heels, high I
In" , eksew curls. Look d
-- ll t g dogs drawing hand
dt l wM oen't stop for you.
erg.. jr a ~Indicted by a
g The tub the uni- d
e ery dings in. Oval
stae lsmu than the rest. t
, risssdIbS w Un ep the six or
sv pels O oss s*awtsis b the Vi
Sema beomN Clean ites ditto for
w. Spnrt shops for brandy, beer i
and wis Peasant am a spree carries
greos twig ustk la Id hat-band to t
iadieae to Lbs Viaea public his pree- t
sat mials nd moral eoadition. Hacks
Sbew es ad wheels. Drivers in
andier ba Fares low. Ten cents
am n1- you fUree Dombech to Leopol
ag barhisga village 6 or 6 miles
dmae. Iupersr and empress are 2
-qsY Sees driving on the streets. s
oj abse ts off as they go by.
Sdia unwjbhere; sentries ditto, in
ags esagý tioa of saluting off1Bers.
per bpldmat. Everybody eats at
g ggeak Vienna is all restaurant
M Pemdl foor. Little home cook- a
IV M4ads. Melange and rolls are the
Isn breakfsht. Melange is half i
ab ad half hot milk, 'always brought
- S n a tall tumbler with a big table
.m Lhing here is very public If
Mac a seam he chances are you
p- thpImgh somebody's bed
Mas S t to It, or have some one
--eh years. Female help, I
er oblivious to gentlemen
eumr right In at all hours,
ameklig, when on duty.
m e like monuments, nine
vee red with porcelain.
holds about two quarts of
* s tru is monument. Hand
gpod shapes. full chests,
tless. A pleasure to sit ln a
tas aid hear the ofoials in
ths trains. Handsome
l verybody out on the
by 8or9in the mora
at on. Garden full of
la open air at 6 p. m.
pItS 9. Music. lowers, stat
dA a6 Eating not done at a
" happinesm to the square
peuqas pers smalL Outside
dklesed of Jn about twenty
laal small comic illustrated
"'link hlles" on every oor
-i u4d pagodas. Girls inside.
far more. Sells lemonade,
soda water, and other light
M. hPople here always swal
at hotL Big fuss over It
a i l uniform to ran It. Pace,
a bear. Beds all single. Every
Sags to eep single here. One
bad eO top of bed quilt. Very
ll of bathers In green silk
mary where 81x stories.
le'.Miertr Soldiers everywhere.
-s-yweare. Drumming every
ASrlag everywhere. Sol
shing past hotels at five la
Alag. Alwa-ys getting ready to
umbe4. Same alli over Europe.
ep Of ight of a bayonet
)eie awfully afraid of each
U1ulr pumps. Very talL
lesd ro handle. Reach to
Totaeco shops all run by
t. Keep stamps alsa In
_, g. ovr door "1 L"
,rd Kailer). The emperor
dl the tokboao biease. Not
tbueo In ltheir eigars. Washed
_ im ece groceries and dry goods
amrked on artiles in shop win
n read and translate as yeoa
aidyat shabde trees lay over any.
In Awrem Six rows, full grown
sge- , with walks undernesth,
beaces everywhere. Busi
srqmis all shaded, not bhere to sun
er Fifth Avesnue. Bath
al s orteirs high. Everybody
. Mauny washe by the bath .ad not
S bu al n washbaslin. Went to
G tm iei her. Took my money.
Sm r to nother girl. Black
Sqllasinkag. Went In with
Ibus em the water hot and cold.
dur waial lor the tub to fill up.
M lhe'd leave. arage
I eal eastoms. Tub ftls up.
Eaminedl door. No look.
aMiner Girl borses in again.
i r towels. And thea
what they were fort.
,e. othe girL What
Ta put oa-one behind,
sad eit still la whil,
a watr, the girl came
the eid. No hadling
ia Viennese bath.
Itall. No meh place as
L Atria. Aus tria
the bit o a river
(L Danube river In
d Siedr rus alwaM
iles Of eltivateid
PITH AND POINT.
A classical Duluth mother has named Ti
her newest babe Prometheus because
he sticks to his rock.--Duluth Para.
graphler. wl
There is a scaffoldingon the city hall. m:
Let us hope that .t will have an in. cd
timidating effect upon boodlers.--Neu "
York World. I
The Chicago anarchists have been in at
a state of suspense for some time. They
will not be agaid until Nov. iL-Nets br
York World. be
A man can be put down on the lazy hi
list when he claims that breathing all ar
day is enough work for any one.-Oii ml
lily Blizsar. fa
Speculation slacking while commerce hi
and industry are improving are both N,
encouraging signs of the times.-Phda-. CO
delphia Tones. to
Those of us wh6 forgot to get out s
trade-dollars redeemed wdll now have
to dispose of them at $800 a thousand. i
-Onmaha World. r~
A tangible railroad surpluns and the';h
man who struck Billy Patterson are twi e,
things that "no feller can find out."
Wall Street News.
The woman who marries an 111.
tempered husband is right in thinking .
that she has struck a Lucifer match.-. F
Merchant Traveler. U
A sportsman who can't bag anything B
else can bag his trousers by crawling ti
on his hands and knees behind fences.
-New Haven News.
We incline to the belief that Bern. A
hardt will not enter a nunnery until ti
after all the other places are closed up.
-Peoria Transcript. R
It looks as if the New York Episoo- a
pallans would have their cathedral built
before the Grant monument is begun. o
Atlanta Constitution.
In Singapore. if a lover can catch his V
adored in a conoe-race he can marry at
her; hence the expression, canoebial of
bliss.-Norwiich Buelkti'. hb
The Chlcago courts will not rise to
their true sphere of unsefulness until
they can divorce a man from his F
creditors.-Rochester Plt. E
Was it Shakapeare or Bacon that
wrote "The rope swings slowly it
America, but it gets there just the P
same."-Peoria Transcript. b
The way to boom a river is to dam it, I
and then break the dam. The way to
dim a town is to boom it and then
break the boom.-Erie Telegram.
There is nothing between "Jakoe"
Sharp and Sing Sing but his purse, and
the lawyers are rapidly getting that out
of the way.-Louisville Commercial. I
The red flag is a very useful acces
sory in railway signaling, but as an em- B
blem of revolution it has gone to tihe
rear in this country.--Pttsburgh Post.
To trim ship is to restore the centes a
of gravity to a point about which all its t
parts are balanced. To trim a bonnet
is to make it top-heavy.-Boston Tra.
script
When the news of that Baltimore anc
Ohio deal reaches old man Garrett hit
departed dust will jump up in the coflr
and kick the lid off.-Louivile (onrn
mereial.
It is said Job never lost his patience.
This warrants the inference that hlie
never undertook to explain a base-ball
game to a woman.L-Binghamton Be.
publican.t
But two reporters will accompany
the president on his tour. It is.eeldom
that two men have the privilege ol
writing for sixty million people.-St.
Padd Globe.
That big Baltimore and Ohio surplus
that we used to hear so much about
seems to have been hauled out on a I
gravel train and used for ballast.-Phila
adelphia Press.
That interesting story. 'The Delin
quent Tax List," is now running in
most of the territorial exchanges. It
is a story with a bad ending.-Bis
marek Tribune.
The young man who has managed
the affairs of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad for a few years past isn't as
sound in the Garrett as his father was.
Tesams 8ifinga.
Apropos of the new dress coat, in
tended to distinguish guests from wait
era, the disposition seems to be tolet the
waiters wear it If they want to.
PiloadLpkia 2~nmes.
Germany evidently classifes the great
American potato-bug with the Amer
iemn hOg and the French spy, as she
has expelled it from her territory.
Philat.dlphi a ses.
The presenee of the duke of Marl
Sborough at Newport has torn society
like a eyelone. There is a growing
feeling that a title can not veneer a
a smp.-AdUa Caldformia.
The man who moves adown life's
path ad afinds It strewn with sweet sur.
prsesis he who knows just how it's
one. who keeps a store and ad.
vertises.-Lincoln Democrat.
Look out now for the flowers, and
fruit, and maud linsympathy for the con.
Sdeomned anarchists from women of un
certain character and feather-brained
Smen.-Indianepolis Journdl.
It domesn't rain aronnd here now with
that grace ad *etnes with which it
did in July. In fact, it hasn't rained
Soa this city for six or eight weeks
more or less.-Vmtsbeug Herald.
SA frontier agent of the government
has married a Cree Indian maiden.
SThems Indian agents are a grnaceless lot,
Sand more of them should be OrC -
Smated.-BirgSialos Repubicas.
* It occurs to us that the young peo
. ple who are married at state fairs have
a greter regard for the prmesnts they
will meeive than they have for the
* sacredness of the marriage tl.--.
t Paul Globe.
a, A Shrewd Dokg
* 'That's a nime dog you have, Dr.
E Hern, but what's the matter with his
h. eyes-one is blue ad the other is
- blackP"'
• ."Yes; he was sired by a tan terrier
and dammed by a sky-blue terrier, and
he takes a mean advantage of the facst
Swhenever I havea stranger todine with
s me."
,. "How's thatt"
S *e rtstgem s ta t em sdde of my
ul t nad them mesfr e the table to
A STRANGE STORY.
The Military Man and the Million
alre-.Mnackay and Itoulanger.
"You newspaper fellows," says a well-known
wheat broker to a Sun Franc: eo Chronices
man, "are tu:kiii a great fuss about the bust
ed wheat deal andl the losses that will accrue (
from trying to corner the world's wheat, but 187
I believe you've overlooked one queer thing tue
about the whole matter."
"What's thatl" the
"Give me time and I'll get there," said the abi
broker, biting ofi the end of a cigar. "Now, We
here," he continued, ticking the points of on out
his fingers, "are the reasons the newspapers to
are giving for the smnash-upl-covetousness,
miscalculations, excessive crop, increased sol
facilities of transportation, amateur financier- of
Slug, and the refusal of help by other banks. ro
b Now, these are all factors in the tumble, of ble
course, but there's another that does not seent hal
to have been properly appreciated. One rea.
son for this is, I suppose, that you are so lq ot
the habit of looking upon commercial mat, sil
tees as something so matter-of fact that yot hbet
can't conceive of their having anything
;romantic about them. You can believe me,
however, when I tell you that the romance of jS
trade is as fruitful a subject as that of chang
C ed children, or It fo:ged will." AC1
- "Where is the romance in this casel" let
"I'm gettimng there," said the broker, gently
scattering the ispies of his cigar. "In 154,w
you will rememuaber, a number of military off- las
Scers were sent out to this counulr by the
French rep:ttlic to take port In the centenary
of the battle of Yorktown. Among at
their number was Brigadier Gen. Erneste
D Boulanger. After the celebration in
Sthe east was over he came out here. He was ab
a pleasant, cheerful kind of chap, and made
many friends of boilh sexes Almong the for
ler was Raphael Welli, who actel as his tidus a el
Achates aMn saw to his every coar.fort. So in
timate. Indeed, did they become that 'twas
currently reported that should Boulanger sk
ever come to the top of the heap the genial dr
Raphael m:ight almost expect to be made an
Sarchanlgel. Not bad, that, eh' up
"But Boulaurer had no aspirations then; ole
had lie any asp.ratious, I mean, besides those
. of etting on n the servicef" be
"Excuse me," was the broker's reply. "Not- be
withstanding Boulanger's free and easy ex
terior, it is, I thought, a tmatter of history, o01
Y that as early as 18~1 his plans were ripe and
iJ only awaited publicity. 'TIus it was that after
his accession to that portfolio in the French be
cabinet, which for fifteen years has been deem- in
0 ed of egual importance with that of foreign
ii affars his plans for the reorganization of tue
it French army were imimtediatcl" made known.
Every detail was nticeei adjusted and all
things prepared for a still bolder stroke." .
ii "But what has all this got to do with the w
is wheat deall" It was asked with some im- he
patience.
"It has this much," replied the broker, to
brushing the cigar dust off his vest, "that
t, Boulanger even tihen-in 1881. I mean-was
an aspirant for power and that he had an eye t
on tihe future. Consequentlyhe looked to the O
value of his friends, and a second of these
was another San Francisco gentleman, none a
t other than John W. Mackay. Now, perhaps, C
d you will see which way the cat is going to
lump. I can't state positively that Iualanger CC
ill made Mackay's acquaintance right here, but st
I do know that later on, when Mackay went
to Paris, the general and lie were on very in
I rood terms. Things had gone very well with a
I' Boulanger. Out his return to France from
In America lie was intrusted with the oce of Ot
i,. lirector of infantry under the minister of war, 01
and in that position had done much toward
e1 the reorganizsation of the army. 'Then in 114 W
to he took command of a division in Africa and o0
e6 transformed the expedition of force into one
of occupation at Tunis. Lastly, upon the b
formation of the De Freycemet cabinet hibs
great p,pularity became evident. Now, as to
C what passed between the millionaire
and the military man I can not of course, to
say with exact detailL But I have
heard it more than w~iTspered that the
it. millionaire was let into the confidence of the ti
military manu, and that the plate
and asperations of the soldier
were known, if not shared in, by the b
i successful miner. Now, then, let's put the b
Sease hypotheteally, as the lawyers say. Here
was a Frenchman, as ambitious as they make et
thean, and with the chief point of ambition on
the settlement of the old feud between Ger
ry many and France. Being a Frenehman. too,
he was In all orobability-to put it mildly-a
Io speculator. Bere, too, was another man with
millions at his command. A war. we will say, si
St. might be precipitated-war whose end or ex
tent no man could foresee. It would, however,
be a great European war, and someone would ii
s have to feed the armies. Not only would the
il armies have to be fed, but they would have to
a be fed as any price. Now, then. suppose the 0
ft. arrangements between the two went so far as
to include a fixed scheme by the one man to
bring about this war. All that the other would
n- have to do would be to corner all the wheat,
in and he would be master of the situation, and
It every grain would be golden. To come back
now to the faets, the Goblet miniatry came in, t
1a- and Boulanger was still minister of war. Mr.
Mackay, or the bank of Nevada or Dresbaek
e and Rosenfeld, or the wheat clique, or what- e
ever you may like to style it, did begin buying
0 up all the wheat be could lay hands on, until
ma it looked as though le were actually attempt- a
Ing to corner the food-staif of the world.
Everything looked lovely. In France it had
gone so far that about May last a moblilsatlon 1
an of the troops was on the taple, and Germany
twas ona plus and needles as to bow thnreaten
blog that massing of the soldlers along her t
I froatler might be. In San Francisco the
w- beat was beling bought up right and left;
the price was forced up to a fdare that
made conservative men ehake their heads, bat
gtill the potchanses went on. The came the
er- collapse. The French people them- i
be selves grew frightened. Bouanger was de
dared to be a dnauerous man, the oearier
cabinet was formed, and BIulanger was ift I
out in the cold. The imminence of war w I
r-* averted, and wheat, in perfect mympathy,
sty Iark you, began to go down. The arst crash
really came then, and though it was staved
tn of a few weeks you have seen that the in
evitable did take place "
"Very Ingeniou and interesting," said T
e' Chro ukl man. "Have I your permisaiO to
print the remarkable story" ,
r "'Why, eertaluly; print it if you wish to,"
It'g aid the good-tenmpered but modest broker.
ad- "By the way," ihe conueded glancing at hl
watch, "You might add this: The spirit ci
war has by no aeans been laid-yar own
tad daily dispatches prove that. Tbhat ifor the irtS
on- pont, and the second Is, that there is a great
a~ g bulkof the chque's wheat that is still aloat
e ad unsold. PI'ut these two together, reckon
ed in the proper percentage of possibilities, nad
you will see that wheat may be a good thilg
rith tio hold after alL
st A Disgusting Tra e.
Iks A San Franisco dispatch says: The estaL
saee of a Chinese syndicate for furnishlin
eat straw bondaea: ita order to land women here
. has been known for some time, but no action
Shas been takeu by the courts till to day. when
Vice ConsalI Bee was called by the United
States district attorney to testify to the
necessity of vavtigatntag this Infamous
o. I trafle. The consaul testifed that he hasfoud
' eidence of a synicate lin 1 hblnastomwn which
raisbes straw boutldsasmen for the importation
hey of women who are to be esed for immoral
r He thought all the bndmea who
S. hven bes put forwyd foa ecore of women
now demreading shlooe88 ld be ridl
egamied. The estom has ees to s.
et these bhodmen on their own oath and
that of two other Chinese. It has been faud
s upo ivestigation that these boedames did
oat own the property that they claimed, and
hi n msany es es the couldn't be found In the
Sety. Thirteen women were li court today,
trngh to get admitte oa bonds It Is ad
midtt among the conDy traders that female
ier sives are the most valebleb, and all of those
ad now uder charge e the mashbl are yoang
and good loking. They were brol[ught on the
!act stener Belgc, san can net ht worth lees
rith than INS0 ach. They a Iaeht over
here uer enatrac t for ths or afe yemr
bet head u- 4 ad dsess apeer Iy
them hebeseIg rteer m sahery rae est.
7 The eme wif bv the lmis net
eh· ~krc~ u-~y~r
SAVED BY A JACL thel
dat
A Story of the Plats Ch
one
w1o
Y FRANKx w. CALxIKx
One hot evening in the summer of kin
187-. the writer, with three other young but
-t.en, was camped out on the bank of t
the South Platte river, some 80 miles
above the little station of Julesburgh. list
We had unharnessed the horses from
our big wagon and picketed them out he
to feed near the high stockade of a kei
sol tary ranch station. Over the top otli
of the stockade posts the grass-grown of
roofs of several adobe cabins were visi- a ,
ble. On the roof of one of these a Te
half-grown antelope kid was industri
ously cropping the herbage, and by its rly
side lay another, remnley asleep, its a
head thrown back over its shoulder. on
Beyond the stockade and adjoininig ro
it, was another inclosure of several we
acres, surrounded by a high board be
fence; a large stock corral, in fact, in
which several ponies were standing. be
lazily whisking away the flies, evidently w,
too much overcome by the flies to r,
make any further exertion. These and tir
the antelopes were the only signs of life wl
about the place. lo1
"Guess this ranch takes care of it
self," remarked one of our party, who on
at that moment was attending to a th
skillet of venison steak over a fire of o'
dry drift sticks, which,he had picked cn
up on the banks of the river. 'Guess R
old Cliff would stir up tese fellows, itf w
be knew they all went of'n left the ot
house with a couple of tame antelopes at
for guard." di
On the first halting for the night, we
had rattled at the gate of the stockade. w
in the hope that we might be let in and wI
given a chance for fresh water at the a,
well; but the gate was barred inside, b
and the place was apparently deserted. of
We rather wondered at that, for we
had beard of this ranch, and knew it ri
to be one of the "Cattle King" "Clif's '"
out-post-a "round up" point for the a
great range over which his thousands g
of cattle fed, winter and summer. But it
as we sat down to our supper of bis- tI
cuits, steak, canned tomatoes, and h
coffee. we heard the big gate of the aI
stockade squeak on its hinges, and a o
moment later there sauntered out to us
a tall, strapping young fellow in a wool- n
en shirt and buckskin leggins. He had 1
on his head a wide-brimmed, white- j
wool hat, with a red leather band, and 0
on his feet high-topped, high-heeled e
boots, at the counters of which jingled a
a pair of Spanish spurs.
There was also a pair of big "Colt's" a
in his belt. His woolen shirt wasopen
in front, the sleeves were rolled up to 'i
the elbow and the deep tan-color of his a
arms matched well the bronse of the d
breast, neck and face. He had the
biggest and fiercest of black moustaoh
a es and a pair of sharp black eyes to
match it.
A remarkable figure, perhaps the t
reader may think, but one that, with
some modification of form or featwre I
will soon grow familiar to the camper i
in the "cattle country."
"Hullo," .fellers r" said this specimen
cowboy, as he came up and leaned his t
elbow upon the hind wheels of our I
I wagon.
' "Bullo," said we; and then, in the
k short, suggestive parlance of the cona
try. we asked. "Eat ?"
k "You bet!" was the cheerfnl rejoind
er, and the stockman flung himself
down into the circle about our oilcloth,
and was helped to a pint cup of coffee
d and some tomatoes, and helped himself
liberally to biscuit and fried antelope.
"Got nothin' but cold grab in the
r the ranch," he explained bet reen
' monthfuls, "an' it's too mighty hot to
t makes fires now. Nobody here but me;
Sboys gone up on Lodge Pold to rum Ia
Sthe strays. Be'n asleep all the iter
- noon. Rattled the gate did ye? Wall
Snow, I must be a snooserl Curils what
Srisks a man'll take in this country.
SNow, here's you fellows trailin' about
Sall alone, the four of ye, and me hers
Sa-sleepin' alone, in a 'dobe, an' six
k hundred Cheyennes turned loose on
the country above"
'" "Faet," he said, cooly, noticing our
Slooks of surprise, not unmixed with
Salarm. "Yes, sir; runner come down
Sfrom the ranch above an' warned me
a visterdav. They've gutted one ranch
t no there. killed a cowma an a' run off a
Slot o' stock; expect 'em down here any
Stime. A lot of 'em corm down here
last year and oaught us mooin,' right
in broad day noon. too."
t The rekder may be sure we were mot
<a l ttle alarmed at such news though
we Ihardly knew whether to eredit the
o fellows word or not
He m;ghit be trplng on the cow-boy's
e andt miner's favorite pastime-that of
" *tatff ng," or frightening ,*tenderfeet,"
h b'lt lie gave us further partiealars in an
) honest, matter-of-fact way, and after
ho supper invited as to haul oar wagon in
side the stock orral, and to apead the
a nght with him in one of the adobe.
So we ooneloded at length that he was
i acting-as, indeed, afterward proved
to be the fact--in good faith.
Having acepted his invitation to a
shelter for the night, we were soon es
tablisbed ia one of the long, cool
adobee.
Oar hores had been picketed -
Sclose to the stookade a the graiug
, limit would allow.
it You'ill hnvto take the rskt m the
Stoehk, In emues" asm Br i-he had
them resks, but I reckon there's not
danger to yerselves in here. The °"o1'
Cheyennes caught us napping here ;hat
once, as I was a-telling ye. and they LIhe
won't calo'late on doing it again. will
'Tell ye about it if you like. 'Twas ialc
kind o' scaly times for Gowan an' me.
but there was a heap o' fun in it, Coa
too." jntu
Of course we were only too glad to out
listen to his account. stol
"It was jest about a year ago now." wit
he said. "when Ed Gowan an' me was nnt
keepin' the ranch alone, while the che
other three boys-there's gener'lly five kn(
of us stay here-was up river a-help n' i
a new lot o' steers just druv in from to i
Texas. the
"There wasn't nobody along the gi
river a-thinkin' of Injun trouble then. an
an' as for Ed ani me, we hadn't seen i
one for nigh a year. We stayed close ha
round the ranch here though, for a gi'
week after the boys went off Then wo
began to feel mighty restless. the
'Then, too, we was expectin' the gal
boys back ev'ry hour. We calc'lated
'wouldent be no harm to leave the I
ranch for half a day's hunt We was to
tired o' beef and bacon, an' we knew at
where to go to find plenty of ante- an
lope. int
*We saddled our ponies. an' struck do
out that afternoon. We rode up into
the 'rock country,' 'bout 12 miles north no
o' here. 'moung the big canyons an so
cuts, an' we found plenty of antelope. hii
We killed five by dark. but by the time in
we could gather their saddles an' pack bi
our extra horses, which we'd took two. t,
an' get baek to the ranoh, it was nigh hli
daylight next morning.
"The boys hadn't come, so. as we l)
was mighty tired an' hungry an' sleepy. S"
we turned our ponies in with the other em
stock in the big corral, and got us some
breakfast; then we piled onto a couple do
of bunks and was soon sleepin' as
"I was woke up by a punch in the
ribs, an' when I'd come to myself 0l
I 'nough to git my eyes rubbed open, I
saw that there was half a dosen naked, t
I greasy Cheyennes in the room, stand- "
ing around a-grinnin' at us. I saw, e
too, that Ed was awake, an' that they cl
had gathered up all our shootin' irons, k
and that we was both pris'ners in our 0O
own shanty. i
S"I needn't tell ye that we both felt
mighty foolish and badly soared,though
we put on as bold a face as we could. i1
Ed was the bravest, though, and the
i coolest. He'd been a trapeze perform- n
er along with Montgomery Queen's big a
. show. He was all muscles an' siners. tl
up to all sorts of tricks, and as spry as y
ascat. a
a "Waul, sir, soon as Ed saw how I
0 'twas, he reached out his hand to the t
5 nearest buck an' says, says 'e: 'How a
e do, brudderr f
e "'Howr' says the Injun, an' all of
'em grunted and grinned.
p " "But jest then there was a terrible
commotion and a-yellin' outside, an'
e two or three of the IQjuns rushed out.
Ih The others wanted to see the rumpus.
a too. I 'xpect. for they turned to us. and
.r motioned us out of the door. We got
up and walked out. with an Injun in
in front an' two behind us. As we got
is out the door we beard a frightful yell
ir In' oftside the stockade. There was
six or seven Cheyennes dancin' and
Ie screechin' like they'd gone plumb
a- erazy. But the biggist fun was goin'
on inside the stock corral, and we soon
I- saw that the dancin'bucks was a-laugh
If in', though you'd never guess at that
b, by jest listenin' to 'em.
S "You see. one of their fellows, think
fIt in' of course he'd have an easy job,had
rode into the corral to drive out the
he stock.--there was thirteen ridia' ponies
a and three or four colts. But there was
to a customer in there that the Cheyenne
e; hadn't rekoned on. It was a big jack,.
in jest the agliest. orneriest critter ever
ryou set eyes aon. He never 'lowed any
1I stranger inside that corral if he could
at help it, an' be gen'ly could, an' that
7. was one reason we kep' him.
at "Wal, he'd got after Mr. Cheyenne,
re a' he was goltn'for him most savagely.
"ix "When we first saw the race, the
on Inajn was clear upon his pony's neck.
a-clinging for dear life, and theim jack
ur was right up alongside, with his jaws
ith wide open. The Cheyenne had loest
hn hold o' his reins, an' was jest hangin'
me over on the opposite side of the horse's
oh neck, an' there they was, goin' rounad
Sa and round, the jack a-grabbin' an·d
ny bitian' at the Injuna, a' a-brayin' an'i
rs sneauin' tinll you could a heerd him a
ht mile. An' the best of it all was. that
them Cheyeanne outside all seemed to
ot think it was the biggest kind of fun.
gh 'Talk about an' Injen's not laughin'.
he why, fellows, they bkated their tbroats.
They clapped their hands onto their
' stomachbs, an' doubled up like jack
of knives. Ed and me laughed too. I don't
I" believe we could 'a' belped it if we'd
an known they'd kill us the next minute.
ter "But matters soon begun to get pret
in- ty ser'oas inside the corral; the Injen
te darsna't git of his poay. for be could
is -o mighty plain that jack was after
ua him.
red "Be'd 'a' got the fellow, too. if hisb
pony, hadn't aben suoh a smart little
a critter; the mustang seemed to know
e that his master was in danger, for he
ool kept Brin' right around in a short
dirle, keepin' sway from the feaa.
an ad keapin' the jack oa the outside o'
ug has oirele.
*.Bat the Injunws awful msaered; he
the eoulda't sa his weapoms if he had ay,
bla a' he jst heang a am' yelled to the
. ws "a. ha I 'nase thead ad
t must a-ben, for pretty soon they
iltopped their laughing. an' all but two
2hat was left to g~card Ius jumped on Ar
the r ponies, rode into the' corral, an' ridiu
with a big whoop made a dash for the Pe
jack. ate
'"I didn't have time to watch the out- 57,0o
come of it, for all at tnce 1 see Ed
jump at one of the guI:: ir-. an' strike on t
out The (''hevelte wlent dlown like a matt
stone. an' before I could gather my In It
wits enough to nmove. lie toned. sprung It
nt
anto the other on', wrenhedi'l a wiin- At
Dhester rifle out of his hands, an' so t
knocked him down w th it. A
"1I thought it was t me then for me an,
to take a hand in the ti.lht, an' seein' an
the first Injun that E.l had hit train' to side
git up again. I made a jump for h'm. T
. an' snatched his gun out of his hands; tont
it wrsn't much of a job, for he was ban
half stunned yet from the rap Ed had ,
give him. eve
ri "'Come on. Jim!' I heard Ed say to
then. 'Don't shoot. Git inside the H.
e gate!' ous
: "I was glad enough to obey orders, nA
e I tell ye. an' leavin the two Chevenne, cen
Sto come to their senses. I followed Ed ed
at a run. We got i:tlde the stockade mit
e. an' barred the gate. then we run 1
into this 'dobe here an' fastened the by
k door. at
to 'You bet they won't come for us fan
t now, said Ed. 'I'm fixed for 'em. an'
s: o are you pretty well.' all' lo-kin' at pre
Shim I saw ho'd not ontv got the last ton
se Injun's Winchester. but lihe took off his Oe
belt of cartri;des an' bronght that.
too. I had a Springfield carbine in my J
; hands, so we didn't much fear em. tc
"They made an awful racket outside. res
be ut they didn't tire a shot, an' pretty we
rI soon things quieted down an' we heard o
er em drivin' off the stock. of
"After a while we unfastened the bir
le door and got up on top of the 'dobe, oc
an' then we could see the whole gang In
J .lrivin' our ponies across the hills to
elf the north. m
I "'Guess I didn't hurt those fellows m
, much.' said Ed. 'but look, they've T
d- made an end of old Jack;' and sure io
w, enough, we could see him in the corral
ev chucked full of arrows. They had to dc
kill him 1 expect, or he'd a run 'em all is
ur out. The next day the boys came to
down. an' one of the range bosses, an' TI
lt I 'xpected we'd git the bounce; hut
when he beard how 'twas, he jest A
Id, laughed, an' sent for more ponies." hf
the We stayed that aight with the young T1
m. ranthman, and pushed on again the
big next morning, but learned, on reaching th
s, the ranches above the day after, that
as we had narrowly escaped a brush with i ic
a large party of Cheyennes. They had a
iow passed over the trail not more than ,
the two hours ahead of us, on their way e
ow south again, evidently fearing pursuit
from the troops at Fort Collins and n,
of Cheyenne. Such was life on the plains, t,
only 10 years ago, where now are large I
ble and thriving settlements, as safe from *
an' Indian raid as the good old city of
mt. Boston.,-Atlata('onstitution.
ns.
and Tired Out. h
"Just tired out," the neighbor sad, t
Tuoranig from the squalid bed,
Wheres the wearn woman lay, 1
got Pantial life's last hours away.
&ell- ave that sound of sobbing breath, ti
was All was still as coming death;
For the frightened children cowered
mbd Where, with heavy brows that lowered, a
'Neata the long-enduring strain,
oin' The mute husband bore his pala.
Joon Jst tired out-far down below
igh- Waves were fretting on the flow;
hat And the full, recurrent roar
Echoed upward from the shore;
Ink- Fainter grew the pulses' beat
As the worn hands plucked the sheet, I
d And the death damps gathered, where j
the RuIlued all the tangled hair.
aies bid the wathebr at her aide,
was "'he is waitlng for tbe tide." I
nne When the waves had ebbed new, a
a The tired Ilife was over, too;
Gene from want, sad eare, uad til,
sver Very peacetfully and still, 1
a After all sbe bore ad wept.
ald harld-worked wife and mother slept;
that Very fair she looked, and meek,
Long dark lashes swept her cheek,
Wor, haods erneed upoa ber bres,
ane' Fr the *rer w,, at rest"
ely. -A sll . rer Roud.
the ----c--
eck, What Key West Lookas Like.
jack The key has about as muh shape a a
jaws eamel and in a general way lies east
lot and west sad contains about six square
gln' miles. It is as ufiat as a shingle, the
re's highest point being about fourteen feet
mad above the mean sea level. To a easual
and I visitor it looks as though the sea, par
an' ticularly in a storm, would submerge
m a this insignificant rise, but it is a mat
that te' of record that it new er has done it
d to The city covers the western end of the
a. key, and it wae, previous to the great
hin'. fire of March 50. 1886, very densely
oats. seeted, and about as on-Amerlesa
their looklng as could well be imagined,
jack bearing a strong resemblance to a West
lon't India town. The houses are of wood
wre'd and quite plainly built. There are. I
ute. think, only four or live brick buildings,
pret- and certainlr not more than six. The
njun streets are of very good width, tolera
euld bly straight and passably clean. The
after roadway is of eoral rock. There is no
soil to speak of; what passes for soil is
1 his triturated coral. very rich in phos
ittle phates and making an excellent fertili
now ser, but by itself deficient in fat To
r be garden one must use a pick rather than
short a hoe. Very few vegtahbles are grown
mae here, and vegetation is confined mainly
deo' to ceooanut trees. aere and there
san be mseen a pine or an Alexander, or
. he a star of India or a royal poacans, a
-ay, fewholberry sad prickly ash trees and
the opemek bhush.. Flowers and lowr
L n m abundame---e-3
b i . -
HERE AND THERE.
An Encllsh baronet was recently load for
ridlin a ticcele on a public footpath.
Peanut stands will not be allowAl hers
after on the streets of Pittsburth, Pa.
Within ten miles of Chico, CaLt, there are
57,000 acres of land owune by four men.
Over 150N) O) persons visited the Quaker city
on the last day of the c,.h bration. It i+ esti
mated that four hunltred trainus were employed
in transtporting them.
It is reported that it will cost the New York
Central Railroad cotmpany nearly $tO0,OUU to
it their cars with a steamn-heating apparatus
so that stoves can be abandoned.
A project which involves the connecting of
Santa Ana. Modena, Tu.tin, and Orange with
an electric motor raid, is receiving the con
sideration of wealthy Californians.
The center of the sewer-pipe industry of the
United States is northeastern Ohio, where
ther. are Illmense and almost lunxhaustible,
banks of clay from which the pipe is made.
What Is said to be the largest cargo of coal
ever shil tedI is lnow on its way from Baltimore
to Bost in t the three-masted schooner Henry
H. tOlds. The cargo is 1,4511 tons of bitumin
ous coal.
A large hawk attacked a coyote near Walls
Walls. Washitnitou territory, one day re"
cently, and by hitting it on the head succeed
ed in pecking it to death inside of twenty
minutes.
The famous orchid vand sanderlans, bought
by the late Mrs. Morgan, of New York, for
~,00i, is on exhibition in tMechanics' building
at Boston. It is one of the rarest and most
famous plants in existence.
The Idaho Seret states that Bennett, the ex
press messenger in jail at that place on susple
ion of having stolen $10,000 intrusted to his
care, has confessed, and that all but $1,810 of
the money has been recovered.
A resident of Rirchie Court House, W. Vs.,
named Martin drank a pint of kerosene last
Monday, and the next day was gently laid to
rest in a pine box in the city cemetery. It
was an experiment, it Is supposed.
The people of Pennsylvania seem to thlk
of nothing but centennials nowadays. Hunt
ingdon county will celebrate Its one bundredth
birthday on the 20th, 8:squehanna county Il
October, and the borough of York on the Ie
lust.
The interesting discovery has just been
made at San Francisco that in nearly a thou
sand cases where the courts have granted dl
vorces the judge has neglected to sign the de
cree, and there is no entry of judgment di.
coverable.
The extraordinary supply of grouse la Loc
o don on the first day the shooting law was up
is now accounted for by the Information that
the grouse had been kept for ten mathe In
Ice-cellers at a temperature of IS dsgrem
They were very much relished.
it Uncle Aaron Station, of Craighead esnty,
t Arkansas is I years old, and his wife 87. They
have lived together more than sixty years.
SThey have eighteen living chlldrem, atd ae "
both bale and hearty and able to show the d.
generate youngsters how to work.
R A Mexalcan prophet who propheld rafi IN
the state of Sonora has fast been sentaM
hto two years in the penteatlery. It
da great blessing to this country if sme a
n would box up a carload of local prophets ad
export them to the land of the Astees.
It has been proven through a lseries n.
periments that a large oeean stea mer gCdg at
nineteen knots an hour will move over abs
1 two miles after its engines are stopped and r
e versed, and no authority gives less tha a
m mile or a mile and a half as tihe resil
O space to stop its progress.
An apple-tree on the farm of Capt. T. ..
Williamson. in Pleasants county, Virgltia,
which has borne fruit for a anumer of yeas,
has never been known to blossom. This ye
the tree is again full of large apples the
strangest thing about which is that the 0 .u
has neither core nor seed.
It Is said that Immediately after the se a
tlon of the federal constitution Alesda i
Hamilton planted thirteen trees at hlensaatly
place la honor of the event, aad that they ao
still standing. The place is now eat up inte
building lots, however, and thereneraMb land
marks will sooner or later disappear.
Recently a burglar jumped tbrough tb ewl
dow of a New York store to escape arrest, ad
so cut himself that he soon bled to death.
Now his father is taking stepa to obtain daml
ages from the owner of the store on the p -es
liar ground that the so should have sf
given a chance to get out of the rear door.
It has been deLded by a judge la ile
Diego, CaL, that a deed to real estate fs a
husband to a wifea, where "love and ahtL ,
are named as the couslderation, is void if the
parties do notllve ln harmony, there belag as
valuable love and afetion in that am, d "
the statute requiring a valuable conaelretl
Capt Andrews and his dog dro, who W as
traveled urlrng the past four years over s ,
on their trip from Charles ton & C The
eaptanle is 97 yars old, and is a resident o
Charlestoa~ whbkb place be left in April to
walk to Boston. His hearinog and eeshe
are perfect
L A group of oil brokers standig ear the
a entrance of the smoklg room of t heezehas
at in Oil0 City were much agitated, t ahe
Safternoon, when a black snake dropped deWs
among them, and several were quite ease L
an Lnstant that bhey "ha'd 'em." Th asihe
was real, shbe ba eseeped bor the plrto
al eolleetion of a saloon-keeper.
tr- A Mainle woman, who takes pleasl u her
rg poultry, has adopted a staglar but esmilet
at- method for keeping her chickens at homa .
She ties a small enorn-eob to one leg, allowril g
It to dangle at a distance of about six nlchels.
th The fowl can erratch and get about with ease
eat but It is said, will not attempt to fly oW
ely palings or squeeze through a cerack.
ca Tse .Sew York Sum says that nome of th s
, dry-goods men who have been makling soh
extraordinary sales in the lst two week
assert that the business has been eared ao
d with very little proft The great number of
I leading articles that have to he sold at aont
gs, coet and thle lowness of prices generally have
he left the money-making to the retailers.
Thursday eveninolg Mr. George Drle, a
wealthy planter of Cuthbert county, O·orgia,
b was much annoyed by the loud talk and one
no lag of a party of negro eotton-pickers whl
is were quarrellong Into the road Is front ofl hi
boo holuse. When bhe ordered them to move they
threw stones at him and smashed a window r
two. Then be got his shotgua, and blamed
T away, bringing down two of them. Both ar
bsa badly wounded, and one is likely to die.
wn A watch has been invented by th 8wes
aly watchmakers solely for the use of blnd peo
ere pie. A small peg la set In thecenter of enw
or fiure. When the hour-hand is approaebiaw a
certarul bour the peg f.,r that hoar drope when
Stheqasarter before it is peseed. The possu
fnd1 ieelte e og is down. ad then comes bask to
13. He am thus t the time within al S.
amiut, and by pretle be me haeme. '
o .. p. on Net t ..am menI