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; " KOLBROOK. ARIZOXA, THURSDAY, MAY B, 1898. Kumber 23
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STATIONS.
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8 25 4 kit
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11 (ftpi
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8 Süpt 8 05a ...
8 40pi 4 Sua ...
12 Kp 11 tip1
10 IV. 8 Up...
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8 2-a' 9 2Ua
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10 Wa Ar iojave...I-T 8 Ojí
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í SOp Ar.-Sa !)w:fo L ;10 lJp
i 8 0pl Ar San Fran co Lv 10 45a
..DiMreett .. .
11 4.'.a 1 4üp
Train No. 8. westbound, and train No. 4,
eiwtoontul. are fnt limited train., carry ins;
tirat-clats p ohm-lurvra only anil equipped with
Pullmaa s latest and most tl Icenlo;
tan. reclining chair fanw with an attendunt
to look after the pawentrers comfort and
new d in in car. through m It hout chanjre be
tween l.o Angeles and Cliicatro.
In addition to the mrular daily equipment,
a luxurious cotnartnient sleeiiinic car. con
tainins twradrawinir room and seven fuimiy
room will he attached to No. 4. lvhur Loa
Anireiea on Tnelayand Chicago on W edne
days of each week. ,
Train No. 1 and 2 carry Pullman Palace
sleeping cara throuirh without chance be
tween Chicago and San Francisco, with an
annex car between Bamtow and Loa Ajiircl-t.
Pullman Tourlt leepins; cars throueb 'itb
nt ehsiure between Chtcaeo and Sail ran-
risco. and C'hicajro ami Loa Anéele every
St. Paul: once a week between Lo Angele
lay: twice a weea dhwi -
and St. Louis ami Ho-ton.
SUMMER OR WINTER.
The Santa F Route is the mot comfort -able
Railway bet ween California anil the East.
The Orand Canon of the Colorado can be
reached In no other way.
The meals at Harvey's Dining- Rooms are
an excellent feature of the line, and are only
equalled by those served on the near Dlnuur
Cars which are carried ojiaU Unh trains.
Gent Pass. A cent. Albuquerque. N. M.
H. C. BUSH.
Aw t Geni I'asa. Atcnt. San Frnncl-o CaL
Receiver and Geni ilunagcr.
S. F., P, &P. Railwau.
TIME TAHLK '"- lO
In effect December 23, at 12.01 a. ta.
Ho'TH D'T
Mxd. I Pass
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üou'h pa'y
STATIONS.
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.No. 2. No. 32
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2 4:.p! 7 82a) Wieklow
8 (T.'p 7 4! Rock Butte
S 27pi 8 llal Cedar lodo
8 pi Valley
4 lip 8 89a! -Del Rio
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4 S5p 11 Oua
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8 &Sp.:0 10a
8 45p &;a
8 3i! 9 35a
4 50p 8 55a!. -Jerome Junction.
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in S: 1 rt-Il
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9 22a: 9 Uta
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8 41a! 8 (oa
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8 Osoi Beardsley
2 23ni .Marinette
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2 25pl 8 47pi Alhambra... ..
8 45p' 4 OOpj Ar....Phenix ... Lt
Trains No. 41 and 42 run on alternate days.
Information as to what days same will run
will be furnished by agents on apidicat ion.
No. 1 makes connect ions at Ash lork wit a
A. 4 P. vestilmled limitod No. 8 frm the
east. This Is the finest train west of ChicaBO.
No. 2 also cahnects with A. 4 P. No. 2 from
the west. . , , ,
Persons desiring to stay over at Ash Fork
will find the best of accommodations at r red
Harvey's botcL . .
No. 2 makes close connection at Ash Fork
with A. A P. trains Nos. 1 and 4. A. 4 P. No. 1
reaches San Francisco 10:15 a.m. second morn
ing. A. 4 P. No. 4 is a vestibuled train
thronghout. lighted with pintch gas. dining
car running through. Ixs Angeles to C hirwo.
Dining cars under the management of t red
Harvey, with his unexcelled service, care ana
attention to his guesw.
Vos. 1 and 2 connect at Jerome Junction
with trains of V. V. 4 P. Rr. for Jerome.
Connecting at Prescott with taire lines for
all principal mining camps; at Congress with
st
age lines for Harqua Hala. Station and Tr r-
1 1 - PkMtx with the Maricopa 4 Phe-
lie
n
x Ry. for points on the S. P.
XI. i . line Is the best route to the Great Salt
Riser Valley. For information regarding
this valley and the rich mining section tribu
tary to this road, address any Santa é Route
repre-ntative, or Jf SARGENT.
Geni Ft. and Pass. Agt- Prescott, Aris
GEO. T. NICHOLSON.
Geni Pass. Agt- Chicago. 'J1LFREY
Geni Manager. Tupeka, tun.
R. E. WELI-S.
Asst. Gen I Manager. Prescott. A rlx.
IKA P. SVIITH?
Commercial Agent, Phoenix. Ariz.
E. T)PELAND.
n'l Agent. El Paso. Texas.
PROFESIONAL CARDS.
C. O. AXDERS0X,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W
HOLBROOK. - AB1XO.
F. W. KELS0SI,
ATT O II T EV-AT-IjAW,
WIS8IXW. - AIUXOSA.
E. M. SAX FORD,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
rkBSCOTT. - ABIZOSA.
W. M. PERRILL,
IJisit'ct Attorney Navajo County
HOLBBOOK, - ABIZOSA.
Will practice In all courts of Arizona.
T, W. J0HXST0X,
ATTO R N E Y- AT- LAW,
PBKSCOTT. - ABIZOSA.
Will practice In the Courts of Navajo.
Apache. Coconino and Mohave Counties.
R. E. M0RR1S0X,
ATIOHNKY-AT-LAW,
(District Attorney Yavapai County.)
Office in Court House. Prescott. Arizona,
J. P. WELCH, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN Sc SURGEON,
(fOI.BBOOK, - ABtíO.'ÍA.
REMINISCENCES
Personal Experiences end Recol
lections of Arizona, During
The Past Thirty-Three
Years.
"Franklin's Hole" When and by Whom
Dlcoered and Nainctl, ana utner
Blatters Incidental Thereto.
BY A. F. BANT A
CHAATER I.
Twentv miles southwest of 'Win-
1rw. in Xavaio county, Arizona, is
tho biggest hole in the ground, the
writer ever looked into. Liocaiiy
this celebrated ''hole" is called "coon
mountain;" and as it is not a moun
tain at all. but simply an immense
hole in the ground; to say the least,
tho name "coon mountain," is the
rankest sort of nonsence, There
are people however, endowed with
so little "gray matter, in their simi
an skulls that are so adle-pateU as to
think this sort of thing wit; where
as, it indicates a paucity 01 bimpie
ideas.
This "hole" is an enigma to the
scientists who have visited it; each
propounding his pet theory as to its
origin. It appears that many "tend
er-feet" are totally ignorant 01 its
name and of its discovery; and
some of whom are so conceited as
to proclaim themselves to bo the
original discoverer. Ihis sort 01
egoism is on a par with that exhibited
by John Mass some years since. In
1882, John Mass was the General
Passenger and Freight Agent for
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad,
with his headquarters at Albuquer
que, New Mexico. Mr. Mass got
the notion into his head that he
would launch out as an explorer,
and by "exploring" something, send
his name thundering down the ages
alón g with that of Marco Polo. But
to do this, ho was obliged to leave
Albuquerqne and ho did so, going
out to W inslow, then the end 01 tne
A. & P. track at that time. After
making the acquaintance of the
natives of inslow, lie organizeu
and fully equipped an expedition,
which was to equal in fame, if not
to eclipse, those of Park, Baker, or
of Stanley. Leaving Winslow one
bright Sunday morning, tho expedi
tion, headed south "by southeast;
and after innumerable hardships,
which are incidental to all intrepid
explorers, the weary and almost
famished travelers reached an ím
mnnao cañón. Beinff unable to cross
tho cafion, tho expedition pitched
camp on its northwest banK. xae
intrepid leader of the expedition,
walked to the edge of the cañón
and looked down into it and as he
gazed into its depths, thought to
himself: "Here is fame with .some
to spare; I will proclaim my
self the discoverer and namo it,
Clerk Creek." This being accom
plished the travel-worn party made
an "about face", and legan its tire
some march back to civilization and
tho "busy haunts of man." Reach
ing 'Winslow in duo time, Mr. Mass
immediately returned to Albuquer
que, where, through tho columns of
the Albuquerque Journal his great
discovery was proclaimed to an
astonished world. For a minuto do
tail of the expedition, etc. ote, seo
old files of the Albuquerque Jour
nal. ' I will now proceed to examine
with the X Bay this wonderful dis
covery (T) of John Mass. In 18C3,
this so called "clear creek" was
known as the Big Dry Fork of tho
T.ittla Colorado: vet Btill farther
back, in tho year 1853, it was then
designated on the maps as the Big
Dry Fork. Still farther back in 184 ,
it was then known as the lsg JJry
Fork; and to sum up, it with other
points and places were named by a
couple of French Trappers LeKue
anb Chovlon as far back as 1S37.
So much for John Mass and his dis
covery. By-the-way, the stream put
ting into the Little Colorado at or
a little above.tho village of Wood
ruff, is named on the old maps of this
country, Chevlon's Fork of tho Lit
tle Colorado, and the Butte near to
Woodruff was also named Chevlon's
Butte.
To end this digression and re
sumo my narrative tho settlement
of the question' of tho true "namo"
and "discovery" of this "holo" in
the ground, is the object of this
short reminiscent article.
During the year 1873, or rather a
part of that year, the writer was
employed by tho United States
government, in tho capacity of
scout and guide for the Wheeler
Expedition. The object of this "ex
pedition was explorations west of
the 100th Meridian."
'The Wheeler Expedition' was sub
divided into four parties, to-wit;
Party No. 1, was under the immedi
ate charge of Lieutenant Wheeler,
tho chief of the expedition; party
No. 2, was in charge of a Lieutenant
Iiusscll; party No. 3 was in charge
of a Mr. Clett, Lieut. Wheeler's
chief clerk; and party No. 4, was
commanded by. Lieutenant Hoxie.
No. 3 was simply a "supply" or
relief party, and its camps were
"our base of supplies." Lienteuant
Hoxie, with party No. 4 opperaled
from tho north, beginning in south
ern Ltah and working southward
into Arizona.
Parties one, two and three, rendez
voused at a point three or four
miles northwest from Ft. Wingate;
from this point tho cxpedtion made
its start on tho 3rd day of July, 1S73.
For soinetiinet prior to and at the
timo I ioined tho Wheeler exploring
expedition near Ft. Wingate, N. M., I
lived with tho Zuñí Indians, and
by them was formally adopted
into that tribe in tho spring of 1S66;
and being so adopted with some for
mality and much lecturing upon my
future conduct and religious (Zuüi)
duties, was given tho Indian namo
Too-loosh-too-loo. The Zuñi village
is situated about 43mile3 in a south
westerly direction from Wingate, and
it was here a special courier from
Lieutenant Wheeler found me, bear
ing a letter from that ofucer rquest
ing, if convenient to do so, an in
terview at his camp; the courier
who was a U. S. Cavalry soldier,
also brought a note from Lieutenant
Fountain tho A. A. Q. M. at Ft.
Wingate, in which my friend Foun
tain urged me to "grant the inter
view as a- personal favor to him"
(Lt. Fountain), even if I did not
join the the outfit, in explorations
west of the 100th meridian. To
gratify my friend Fountain, and to
pay the post another visit, I saddled
mv ponv for tho trip. o sooner
did my friends tho Zuñis hear of
my proposed trip, than hrst one
then another wanted mo to make
diverse purchases for them at the
post one desired a pane oi glass,
another two yards of Manta, and
still another a skein of red yarn,
etc. etc., to at least a dozen commis
sions. In their childlike simplicity,
these "commissions" wero perfectly
natural; and knowing that any one
of them, had I asked it, would have
carried a singlo pane ol glass in his
handj from Santa Fe, N.M., to Zuüi;
therefore, it was a pleasure to exe
cute all their simple commissions
they had intrusted to me. Reaching
Ft. Wingate the first thing I did
was to make tho Indian purchases;
the next to call upon Lieut. Foun
tain, who then and there persuaded
me to ride out to Weeeler's camp.
Suffice to say I went to tho rendez
vous, saw Wheeler and his corpse
of scientists, was engaged for the
service at $100 per month and
"found." Told Lieutenant Wheeler
that I must first return to Zuñi in
order to deliver my "commissions,"
to this ho demurred by saying: "O,
never mind tho Indians let them
go, it makes no difference about
them." I said it made a deal of dif
ference to me, and I should return
to the village if no explorations
were ever made west of the 100th
meridian.
Party No.2, Lieutenant Russell in
in charge, and to which the writer
was assigned by Lieutenant Wheeler,
had orders to take in the country
as far west as the Moqui villages of
of Hualpi and Tegua; thenco south
across the desierto pintado (painted
desert), and to strike tho Little
Colorado at what is now called
the Cascades or perhaps tho Black
Falls.
coxTncrEn.
MID-OCEAN 1ÍESCUE.
Perils Of Saving Drowning Per
sons at Sea.
Many Lives Oltcn- Itis&ed to Save One
Stirring Incident of a Trip Across
the Atlantic A Would-lJe
Suicide.
Much imperiling oí life is demanded
in the mid-ocean rcscne of a drowning
man, and such an incident always fur
nishes intense dramatic interest ior a
spectator, liaron de Malortie, in a re
cent interesting work, recalls an excit
ing scene he witnessed yearsago, while
crossing the Atlantic. The ship was
several days out, when one afternoon'
he was idly lounging about on the up
per deck. Suddenly, he says. I saw a
man approach the bulwark. lie threw
overboard some objects we learned
afterward that they were his Uible and
a rosary and followed them with a
header into the foaming sea.
"Man overboard!" I cried, bnt the
storm covered my voice, and I rushed
up to the bridge to call the attention of
the officer on duty to the accident.
Stop! Half-speed astern, and orders
for the lowering of the boat were the
affairs of a minute or two.
"Volunteers to man the boat!" shouted
a youngmidshipman, cutting a lifeboat
from the davits.
Ten men came forward for every one
wanted, and, selecting four of the most
powerful tars, the middy was lowering
the boat when a young doctor, quickly
pocketing a ilaskof brandy for a restor
ative, let himself down one of the ropes
and reached the boat as a monumental
wave was dashing over it.
The men pulled with a will, and the
gallant little nutshell fought bravely
up and down the mountains of angry
waters. As to the suicide, he was far
astern and only from time to time could
we see the something like a human
form emerge on the top of a white
crested wave.
Oh, the ansiety with which we
watched both the boat and its goal!
Disappearing altogether at moments,
when Ave feared we had seen the last of
these noble fellows, another gigaulic
wave would toss them up again like
a cork. It was exciting in the extreme.
But the boat was gaining; nearer and
nearer it came, while we were slowly
following in its wake.
There! the doctor throws a lifebelt.
They are only some yards off now. But
no, a cruel wave has tossed them past
the object of their tremendous efforts.
There, they are throwing round her
nose; they are tacking; the middy has
passed tho rudder to an old quarter
master, and, armed with boathooks,
he and the doctor stand ready for action.
Another second and the lifebelt is
hooked; tho man is grasping it desper
ately; but he has no strength left;
there he slips all is lost, just at the
critical moment.
But who is that jumping overboard?
Three cheers for the brave man it's
the doctor! But he, too, disappears.
Are there to be two victims instead of
nnoi Kn. no! And there hurrah!
there is the doctor, his precious burden
before him.
The men null like mad to reach tho
two ere they sink again. The gallant
young middy is watching for the right
moment. More lifebelts are thrown.
They help the doctor to keep abve
water; another pull ana tne DoamooK
has done its duty, and while two of the
men stick to the oars, the others are
busy dragging rescuer and rescued on
board.
The long cold bath, the fright and
the proximity of death had wonderfully
sobered the would-be suicide, whom
remorse for a drunken spree had driven
to this mad freak. It did not require
many restoratives to bring him to, and
two hours later he had an opportunity
of recapitulating his adventure in dire
solitude, having been condemned to be
kejit in irons for the rest of the voyage,
a well-deserved punishment for expos
ing six valuable lives, the lives of six
heroes indeed, in this perilous venture.
Montreal Star.
How the Nose Works.
In ordinary respiration the nose
recognizes only pronounced odors,
since the filaments of the olfactory
nerve are distributed only in the upper
third of the lining membrane of its
fossae, and in ordinary breathing thi
air passes directly through the upper
half of these cavities. Hence a modi
fied respiratory effort a quick, forced
respiration or "sniff" is usually neces
sary in order to bring air carrying odor
iferous particles to the olfactory nerve
endings. Nevertheless, whenever air
mixed with odorous gases and noxious
particles is inhaled through the nose dur
ing a few successive ordinary respira
tions, the olfactory sense is awakened
to a knowledge of their presence
through the law of diffusion of gases, in
virtue of which the odorous particles
are conveyed to the superior fossae of
the nose and hence to the terminal fil
aments of the olfactory nerve. Thus
to a certain extent the sense of smell
is preservative of health. Dietetic and
Hygienic Gazette.
-.excuse me, Jap," reiuamcu ucu.
Jackson, "but why do you persist in
wearing your right hand inside your
vest ? Have you a sore thumb?"
The great Corsican looked at the
crude American in scorn for- what
would have been n moment on earth,
where there is such a t hing as time, and
answered: "That, sir, is my vested
right!" Indianapolis Journal.
! HE LOVED "SODY WATER.
Vlth "BassyparUly" It Jast Made Him
Feel Like a Vearlln' Calf. ;
I was just going into a confectioner's I
on Fourteenth street to get a glass of
soda water when a man, who stood
looking at the door, beckoned me
aside.
"Look here, stranger, I want you to
do me a favor, and it won't cost you a
cent to obleege me."
"Well, what is it?"'
"I don't know nothin Tout New
York. I'm half dead lur a drink of
soda water, but I'm kinder scart to go
in and ask fur it. They hev it here,
don't they?"
"Of course."
"And with sassyparilly sirup?" .
"Yes."
...."And jou ask.-fur it same as in a
small town?"
"Just the same. Come in and have a
glass with me."
He was a 1 ittle backward at first, but
when he had emptied his glass his con
fidence returned, and hé queried of me:
"Ilev another glass?"
"Xo, thank you."
"I guess I will. Ill lake sassaparilly
again. She seems to git right down to
the spot. Dura my hide,' but I've
walked around New York fur two days
and dasen't ask fur sody water! Ah!
but that's the staff! SayF Do you
know I feel just like whoopin'?"'-
"But I would't whoop. You seem to
be fond of soda water."
"I jest dote'on it when she's sassy
parilly. Suthin' in sassyparilly which
makes me feel like a yearlin' calf. Hev
another glass?" .
"No, thanks."
"I guess I will. That's the best sas
syparilly I ever . tasted in all my born
days. Needn't be quite so much froth
on top, but I hain"t kickin'. Ah-um!
That beats hard cider outer sight. Say,
I wanter yell just once! I'm so gaul
duracd happy that I can't skassly hold
mpself !"
"But don't yell."
"I won't if I kin help it. That's
three glasses, but I guess 111 take one
more. I've bin a dyin' fur sassyparilly
ever since I left home, Hev a glass
with me?"
"Thanks, but I've had plenty."
'Then here she goes! Yitm! Yum!
She cheers but don't inebriate. Here
them toes crack! See my ears begin to
work! Say, mister, Tve got to holler
er bust !"
I tried to stop him, but was too late.
He stood up and uttered a yell that
jumped the gii-l at the fountain a foot
high and brought the proprietor on a
run to demand:
"Now, then, what's all this about?"
"Your sassapariily has made me too
blame happy to live!" replied the old
man, as he knocked two glasses to tho
floor and tried to hug the confectioner.
"You must go out go right out!"
"I'll do it, but you can't take this
happiness away from me! Ciiume an
other glass!"
"No, sir no, sir out you go!"
"I'll go, but whoop whoop-ee!"
I got him out and walked him down
to Sixth avenne and chided him for be
ing eo enthusiastic.
"Gaul-durn my buttons, but I can't
help it!" ho replied. "Talk about cider
and beer and lemonade, but Vey ain't
in it with sassyparilly. She cheers,
but whoop-ce! Good-by, old man
good-by. You are white, you are, and
if I don't make this old town howl afore
night, tlien my name ain't Abraham
Scott and I don't hanker after sassypa
rilly with win on it!" M. Quad, in
Detroit Free IVcss.
WAR AS A CIVILIZER.
TUncs When Cattle Was the Only Ef
fective. Means.
Merchants, undoubtedly, in. early
times penetrated foreign tribes and na
tions, and brought home, in addition to
their wares, stories of what they had
seen and learned abroad. But the
merchants were too few, too ignorant
and prejudiced, and too little given to
observation, to spread mnch useful in
formation in this way; and their peo
ples were too self-satisfied to give up
any castoras and beliefs of their own
for those thus brought them.
now, then, could any effective result
from national contact be produced? In
primitive times the only effective agency
must have been that of war. Destruc
tive as this is ia its results, it has the
one t'.scf ul effect of thoroughly com
mingling diverse peoples, bringing
them into the closest contact with each
other, and forcing upon the attention
of each the advantages possessed by
the other. The caldron of human so
ciety must be set boiling before its con
tents can fully mingle and combine.
War is the furnace in which this ebulli
tion take3 place, and through whose
activity human ideas arc forced to cir
culate through and through t-he minds
of men. Charles Morris, in Popular
Science Monthly.
Pciiitferoas Leecbes. "' -In
India and Ceylon certain land
leeches are apt to become perfect pests
to man. They are no bigger than a
knitting needle, are an inch in length,
and when feeding stretch with great
power. Horses are driven wild by
them, and stamp the ground in fury to
shake them from their fetlocks, to
which they cling like bloody tassels.
The structure is so flexible they can
make their way through the meshes of
the finest goods. The bare logs of the
palanquin-bearers and coolies are a
favorite resort, and it is asserted that
a battalion of soldiers in India were put
to flight by these small bloodsuckers.
OSTRICH WANTED A SMOKE,
lie BwaUows the Lighted Cigar, to the
Consternation of His fieeper.
There was a performance in the os
trich department of the syndicate shows
the other day, says the Tucson (A. T.)
Star, which had not been advertised.
Ittook the place of the strong-man fea
ture which was advertised but. didn't
come off. Sammie Hughes was stand
ing near the ostrich conservatory mak
ing a scientific study of the birds and
smoking a freshly -lighted ten -cent
cigar. An ostrich suddenly lengthened
his neck about a foot and removed the
cigar from Mr. Hughes mouth and
swallowed it, fire and all. The lengih
of an ostrich's neck furnishes a wonder
ful opportunity for a lighted cigar, and
it burned every inch of the way to the
prompting of h3 indiscriminate iipe
tite. A gentleman connected with the
show in the capacity of chambermaid
for the ostriches saw the cigar disap
pear within the bird's bill. He accused
Mr. Hughes of having made a voluntary
contribution and uttered language
which was neither moral nor polite,
showing that the spiritual training of
this great educational menagerie is not
what it is cracked up to be. He threat
ened to eject Mr. Hughes from the prem
ises. Mr. Hughes tried to explnjn thr.t
he was the chief losen hy the transac
tion and that the whole thing was an
affair between himself and the ostrich.
Deputy United States Marshal Ezekicl
also began to say that the ostrich had
brought the trouble on himself. The
showman pushed Mr. Ezekiel aside, and
the officer was compelled to exhibit his
gun as his badge of authority. In the
meantime the cigar had been extin
guished in the bird's gizzard, and he
seemed to have forgotten the episode
of the cigar and was looking longingly
at an empty soda-water bottle which
lay on the ground just out of reach.
TRICKS IN HIGH DIVING.
Experts Do Xot Kun as Many Risks as
Most Pcoiilo Suppose
"What bothers most people who think
anything about the subject," said Kear
ney P. Speedy, a high diver, who, re
cording to the New York Herald, began
his public career by jumping head first
from the St. Louis bridge four or five
years ugo, "is how a dive of fifty or six
ty feet can be made into a tank of thirty-six
inches of water. You see they
confuse diving with bridge jumping
quite a different thing. Bridge junip
ers are neither jumpers nor divers
they're droppers; thr.t is, they reach
the lower rods of the bridge truss and
drop feet foremost into the water. The
trick is to maintain the perpendicular.
They must have plenty of water under
them, too. The high diver, as you have
seen, makes a clear dive, head first, just
a boy does from a springboard in
swimming. I do it in very shallow
water. I weigh, stripped, one hundred
and eighty pounds, and never do any
training. I have been diving from the
top of a circus tent all summer into a
tank but seven feet wide and into water
but three feet deep. The shallow water
dive is possible from the same principie
that a cannon or rifle shot meets the
most resistance the more powerful the
impact. You see, I give my body and
head a slight inclination upward at the
instant I strike the water, which causes
me to pop out as a board would do or
an oar on the feather. I learned this
trick in the St. Louis natatorium when
a boy practicing in shallow water and
from a greater height. Then there is a
certain elasticity in the water known
to the high diver, but the trick is in the
strike and turn, for water will break
bones and crush chests, as many a man
knows."
EOYS ARE CRITICAL
In Writing Stories for Them Authors
Blast Be Sure of Fact.
In an interesting article on "How to
Write Stories for Boys," in the Writer,
James Otis, the popular juvenile writer,
gives an amusing illustration of the
necessity of accuracy in stating facts
in boy's stories.
"Carelessness in stating alleged
facts," he says, "is a serious offense in
the eyes of the boy. He will forgive a
glaring improbability when it is boldly
labeled fiction; but you delibera tely
insult him when you state that which
he can ascertain from books of refer
ence is absolutely incorrect. This is
best illustrated by an experience of
mine in connection with one of my
books.
"The incorrect statement made was
regarding the depth of water at a cer
tain point on Tampa bay, end I gained
my information from an eld chart of
the Florida coast, carelessly giving no
heed to the fart that there might be a
later publication bearing on the sub
ject. In less than thirty days from the
issuance of the book four letters were
received from as many readers, in which
the mistake was pointed out, with more
or less sarcasm as to the wisdom, of the;
author.
"The latest coast survey had diseov-
ered that this particular portion of the.
bay was dry at low water, and at least
four boys had made themselves ae
quaiuted with thhat fact.
"It was an error such as an older
reader would have passed by unnoticed,
or with a smile of pity because of the
author's ignorance; but a boy does not
allow anything of the kind to go with
out rebuke, and always remembers it to,
the disparagement of the w riter."
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