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NO. 22.
VOLUME IV.
HILLSBOROUGH, N. M., JULY 24, 188(5.
STOCK BRANDS.
J. W. Lowellius't Mm k and Brand.
Brands unci ear
mupU 1,'m- murk
across Iho loft lllld
under tliu sloop tu
rig lit.
1
. RaUaJB!
S. 8. Slailry'i Ilrnnd.
Brands used by s
PtsO- m i, x lor branding their
A A
.,( lii'MmiM (ill
lult side; ami for
Horses one (rianglo
on li'tl shoulder.
I. O. address, Chloride, N. M.
L raj sou Si Co.
V r
Placed on left of
.llttll'.
33
-' MIA
Placed upon the
oft shoulder of
horses.
placed upon (lio
elt sdn or calves
and yonrlings and
mi the lull shoulder
if horses.
lirund on loft side,
a straight bar brand
under liaif crop n
nglii oar.soino with
split uliovo crop iu
our.
P. O. address. Las
tV-lonias, Sierra Co.,
N. M.
Thomas Abevtias.
Horses branded
iin either shoulder.
tin catllc. e ther
ode. Any branded
wine, name brand,
I have sold.
X r
Brand usod on
YtittUf and horsos.
.Knipli Franklin.
Horson branded
on loft 8 do or left
iu. Sumo ou cat
tle,. ,wilh the Hddi
tmn of onr mark,
loft ear being Rplit
and under b.t.
Herman UrofaP & Fred Shan.
:
i amp iiraniioo
il twice. tmc on left
tip and mice on lef t
i do; hIhooiih tlilril
)f puch ear cut off.
Itrand on horno
ts nboro ou left
houlUer.
John It. Alley
Ilrnnd for catllo;
irt on whouldcr,
-woo ml on aide,
third on hip.
i O. address,
(lialton, N. M.
FuoblHa CandcluYio Chaves.
Stock on loft hip
and car mark ou
both ears.
Murjr Ysple
llrand for stock :
Ear marks cropped
to the right and
jnglo bob to the
loft.
Welly & Minos.
Ear mark In swal
low fork right car.
John Sullivan.
Brand on stock:
Ear mark is a hole
i h rough left par and
lewlap ou right ear.
James M. GroTer.
Brand for stock
used oo left hip
and back, near the
shoulder. Earmark
under slope In each
ear.
P. O. address:
.ake Valley, Is-. M.
Felix GonialM.
llrand uwl for
stock on tho lett
side.
P O. address:
riaisboroDKu, N.M.
Yi. F. Ornbaim.
Itrand used on the
left sido of cattle;
.jilit on riirht ear:
me bait left turcut
P. O. address;
IlilaboroiiKU, N. M.
It. '. tireclr.
Five-Inch on left
side; ends of both
ears out ofT and a
notch in under aide
of right ear, neur
the head.
P. O. address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
William ( o ton.
Stock brand used
on ripht sido.
llouhtou & Itotvo.
' "
fill tie sold Inva
riably liear tho
(Miunlev Itrn nd, thus
llrand of Conti
nental Cattle Co.
used as aliovo staled.
Hange headuuar
lersol (illuaud Ked
i 'anyon.
. See Illnck Itango.
Tost ollleo:
Uralton, N. M.
Jloni'U
& Iiend.
r
Horse brand same
.is cut. only smaller
L. in left hip. Other
tiraml M 1 una
dewlup slit once.
r.ar niaras.cropami
split both Othcr
eut- murks us above
Esperiilini 1'afojn.
Itrand for stock
used ou right side.
Francisco Apodnea.
Ilranded on riK1'!
side of horses and
cat tin.
Jose Tnfoya j tiorcin.
PoRt-offlcp :
Cuehlllo Negro,
New Mexico.
CanutH lad ilia.
O1
llrand used on left
hip of hurses and
catllo.
P. O. address:
Hillsboro, N. M.
Rafael OKjiilon.
llrand used on
lorseft, illljicii, Cat-
lo and burros.
Antonio Rpez.
S STL
Onmen, Wolf & Ohlsen.
V
TV llrand used on
"lorses, mules( bur
ros and cattlu.
P. O. address:
Las Tolomas.
Cattle brand used
n,lcft.de.
Helen V. hansom.
Cattle branded on
de. Ear mark: Cu
tler bit in let sod
riybt crop.
P. O. address:
J'airvlew. Sierra
Co., N. M.
X. M. Monroe.
M on both aide,
tarp both eara.
P. O. address:
J'alrvlew, rllerr.
to., N.lt
II. A.
W. J.
Ilinifer.
lm on either m
rK bitll sides.
t rop ou" right and
under slope off left
ear.
P. O. address:
Eairvli'w, Hierra
Co.. N. M.
SURE'S YOU LIVC.
Horded.
P. O. address;
.as Palomas, N. M.
Sierra Land anil ('utile Company.
The brand Is used
on the left side In
the following man
ner: 8 on shoulder.
1. OH HI'
I . hip and . ...
across I lie ruin p.
I'he rump mark is
used In place of tho
ear mark as record
ed in book "A," p. lit, Sierra Co. records.
The above Is also uuv of our brands for
stock ou the left side.
It. 11. Hopper, (ienenil Manager.
8. S. .luckson, Hunch Manager.
P. O. address: Kingston, N. M.
Samuel (rep?.
""K
ttmicli nn Indian
.('reek, eight miles
.outli of l ake al
ley, llrand on lett
side of cuttle and
hi either side of
lorse stock.
P. it. address:
I.ako Valley, N. M.
James Knight.
JK (connected) on
cTt thigh.
P. I), address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
11. F. Turku.
TliiH brnnrl univl
on Iho nrl aide of
cuttlo nnd on Iho
loll thigh on horses,
V. o. ftddreas:
l.nko Valley, N. M.
J. 11. ltoumaii.
Cattle branded on
lite left side; horse
branded on the left
lup and alewbrand
cd on the right hip.
P. I . address :
Fliimim. Hlcrra
'County, N. M.
Luke Valley ' Laud and Live Mock ( o.
On cattle, borsea
tnd mules the tlg
jres W on the right
hip. on sneep ami
hogs an tinder half
cllpp In the loft ear.
A. M. .lames, See'y
L. V. L. Si L. S. Co.
P. O. address:
Luke Valley, N. M.
Kubeu Shiver.
HH
P. O. address:
1'alrvlew, Hlerra
t o., N. M.
II. F. (irolie.
Haugn at and
around While Hock
Spring.
P. o. address:
l.uko Valley, N. M.
I'erkius, Sliurim k Co.
WoTi Iett shoul-
iiii left
hip.
P. I . nddress:
Eulrvlew, Sierra
t o.,N. M.
Wllliiuii Cot I on.
J.
T'sed on right side..
Eur mark: Kouud
hole in eai'h ear.
P. I. address:
Lake Valley, N, M.
W. Tate.
Cattle branded on
left side. Horses on
left hip. Home cat
tle on the range
marked and brand
ed thus-
k..,,,l..l nn Ihn Inlt IL1J
P. O. address: (irafton, N. M.
.V
S. B.
J. W. Slalor.
The above Is used
r. . - ... .... I. a wl
nmd brand. Cattle
branded on left
side. Some cattle
now oil tin ranges
Brc t.r.nitcd thus:
P. O. address:
tiraflou, N.
connecuw),
used on
left thlab
&s hur.e brand.
P. O. address:
Grafton, N.M.
Moss.
Mr mark and
brand used on cat
tle and horses; cat
t ie branded on right
hip. horses on left
shoulder. Sonic cat
t!' branded thus
"A" on left hip.
p. o. address:
Giafiou, N. it.
He will soon be out of colleae,
W.lll his head cram full or knmi ledjo.
So uu thinks, to he Ih.nks!
Ho will come the world to allcr,
In reform he'll never (alter.
So be thinks, so he itiliiks!
And he'll banish tho old fogies.
Just like a lot of bng.es.
So lie thinks, to he thinks!
In a few years he'll grow tired.
And won t act like one insp red,
So lie won I, so he won't!
He will find that It's hard hoeing,
That the vim 1,1 am t won bv blowliif,
I'll be will, yet he will!
He will then grow very prudent.
Ami he'll smile at the young student.
Yea tie will, yes he will!
And he'll say: "I oneo was veally,
cry green and very meaiy."
Sure's you live, sure'a ou lliel
jfnton iiiidLi''l
CHILDHOOD'S APOSTLE.
Tho Final Triumph of One Who
Was "All for Others."
rcstalozi wax t tin Apostle) (if Child
IuhhI. Ho was born al Zurich in 1 7-10.
His father was an oculist, who prs!P
licoii in tho city. Votin; IVslalo..i rc
oeivcii a fair cdiu'tithm, t lnuifh he was
not al all a bright boy. Indeed, in or
thojrraphy and writing he proved a
continued dunce. As he grew up to
manhood, lie entered the ministry, lie
filtered the pulpit of a country con pre-
(ration, but pursued by his native awk
wardness, he stuck fast in the sennoii.
Slriviujr to relieve his confusion, he
tuirst out into a laugh. This would
never ao!
He then thought of law. But he was
as unlit to practice law as In preach the
gospel. At last it was determined to
send ti i lit lo nn institution of practical
agriculture. He was a dreamer again;
ho did not become a practical farmer.
Dddly enough, he became a teacher!
He opened a school at Neuhof, In
Heme, for poor children. Although
he failed in being a preacher or a farm
er, he established unite a new epoch in
teaching. Yet he had not been taught
to teach. He had every thing to learn,
but nothing lo unlearn. He, hud to
make his own system. Hut, he was for
tilied and strengthened by abundant
love for children. Kducalion w ilh him
was coming in mental contact with
Idem. For education, in fact, is the
descent of the higher mind Into the
lower mind, and implies mental sm
jiatliy and contact. The plan which he
liad formed for the education of those
poor children embraced agriculture,
maniifacturo and commerce. It was
an industrial school, where hand labor
nnd head labor were combined.
"I lived," he says, "for years to
gether in a circle of more than lifty
pauper children; in poverty (lid I share
my bread wilh them, and lived like a
pauper myself, to try if I could tench
paupers to live as men.'' Hut his work
was not appreciated.
"For several years I sat nmongst my
pupils, like the'owl mining Iho birds.
I was cast away by men, and their
sneers followed after me. 'Wretch
that thou art,' I hey exclaimed, 'Himi
art less able than the meanest laborer
to help Ihvsclf. audyet thou fanciest
thyself able lo help the people!' "
In teaching the children, IVstuloz.i
had no books! Now that wcare crammed
wilh books, this will be thought mar
velous. There was plenty of sympa
thy, but no books! All (his IVsialo.zi
learned by experience. He had a long,
up-hill light. He himself was very
poor, and his pupil were junipers.
Hut the lower their condition, the
greater was their need of eilncal ton.
lie and they must win k for their liv
ing. Happy thought! The blessing of
work, nnd the blessing of education.
These went hand in hand.
In line weather the teacher was out
in the fields wilh the pupils, working
upon (he soil, and in wet weather and
in winter he taught them from his own
month the lessons of life. He also
taught weaving and spinning and
other useful arts. After live years' ex
perience the lirsl school failed and was
shut up. l'estalo..i was too poor to
carry it on any longer.
The press was open to him, and he
mado use of it. He published his
"Leonard aniKIertrndc,' and the. book
was received with universal admira
tion. He next published his "lniiir
ies into the Course of Nature in the
Development of Mankind." His prep
aration of this volume occupied him
for about three years. Heretofore l'es
talo..i had been bullied but not beaten,
in his efforts to be a school masler.
Another oppori unil v was about to be
presented to him. The lempost of rev
olution was sweeping over Kurope.
The French Republican army had burst
into Switzerland, and set up the Helve
tian Republic. The. Canton of I'ntcr
walden stood out against tho demo
cratic cnMiitsiasm. The French seized
their capital, Stanz, and burnt it. to the
ground.
"He my brother, or I will kill you!"
was the niotlo of the friends of the
people, tireat misery ensued through
out tho canton. Men. women and
children wandered alaiut unclad and
unfed. I'estalozzi was sent to help
them. . .. '
"1 united in inyseil," he said, "the
ofliccs of superintendent, paymaster,
steward, and sometimes chambermaid,
in a half-ruined house. I was sur
rounded with ignorance, disease and
every kind of trouble. The number of
children rose to eighty, all of different
ages; some were full of pretensions;
others were inured to open beggary;
and all, with few exceptions, were
entirely ignorant. To educate, to de
velops these children, what a task!
And yet I ventured upon it"
I'estalozzi began lo educate these
children? How did he succeed? Re
member, it is the schoolmaster that
makes the school, and educational sys
tems are eood just as they arc admin
istered. He had no books, but he
taught the children Low to imitale
words. From words be proceeded to
sentences, and then lie taught the clnl
liren the meaning of them. For words
and sentence.! were but the signs of
things, lie thus put ideas into their
young m'nda, and gradually gave them
ail accurate iieiiuaiiitauce n un uie c
aential nnd distinctive iua!ities of objects-considered
liist individually,
then in construction s a whole, and
then again as a part or parts of tho
great syslcin of the universe.
Thus begun the lVstiilozziun system
of education, as now practiced in our
infant schools.
"From morning till evening. b
savs, "1 was in the midst of the chil
dren. All that concerned tlieir mind
and body proceeded from me. All help,
all succor, all instruction, came forth
immediately from tny hands and heart.
My hand lay in Ihi'tr hand, my c.e
rested on tlieir eve. W hen thev wept
I wept, and their laugh called forth
mine. They were out of the world:
they were out of Stanz: they were with
me, and I was wilh theiii.
Their bread was my bread, tlieir
drink was my drink. I had nolliing
but Ihem-no hotisehohj, no pay, no
servant around me -I had only them.
If they were well, I was among Ihein:
if thev were ill, 1 was al their side.
I slept amongst them. 1 was the
last that went lo bed al night, and the
lirsl that rose in the morning. F.von
when in bed, I prayed and talked wilh
them until I hey fell asleep."
l'eslaloz.i now made great jirogrcss
in his work as an educator. '1 he poor
children lived under Ids y..ie as broth
ers and sisters, lie haji' reached their
hearts, and they rejvarded him with
tlieir love. His moral and religious
Inllueiiec upon .tficm was very great;
Ihoiigh he did-nol lalk In theli) much
about roligioii. but nn 1 v showed them
the religion life that he himself led.
The number of his pupils increased so
much that he could not teach Ihcm all
himself. He had lift means of hiring
other teachers,
Hiit he wasiievorwlthoutespedieiita.
lie employed the best and moat orderly
scholars 'to teach the others, lhls
method succeeded ae'mii ably, for ready
learners are often (lie best teachers,
And lints began the Monitorial System,
afterwards better known as the Hell
and Laneiisier Svslcni, though long
before either Hell or Laiicastm' bud
become known as popular educators.
When the war came lo an end, lVsta
lozzi's school was broken up, amidst
tears on all sides. He provided Hie
pupils with provisions for their jour
ney, and dismissed Ihcm with words of
kindness, lie himself was greatly dis
tressed al the parting.
"When, after toiling and restless
nights," he savs, "a shipwrecked sailor
gains sight of land, and begins to
breathe hope of life, but suddenly, by
an adverse blast, is driven back on the
boundless deep, and once more strains
all his limbs until thev are numb and
powerless, so was I !"
Nevertheless, he continued to teach,
lie entered an elementary school, as an
assistant, Here he in'troduccd and
taught his "Lessons on Objects." He
did not remain long in obscurity. As
sociating himself wilh Krusi, he opened
a school in a large castle at Hurgdorf,
which he was allowed to occupy.
There he drew around him a large
number of children, and dually estab
lished his educational system and ap
pliances. In his "How (icrti't'di!
Teaches her Lit lie, lines." he cndeav
ored to attract the mothers lo his side;
for he rightly held that the truest edu
cation not (inly begins at home, but
ends there.
It centers round the mother; she is
the crystal of domestic life. She edu
cates ihe heart, though she may leave
lo others tl lucatii f the intellect.
Hut l'eslaloz.i endeavored to combine
the two in one. His school took the
place of the home; and when Ihe home
was poor, miserable and full of petty
cares, the school was tl nly place
where the children could learn Ihe
lessons of life, morality and duty.
I'eslalo..i had now drawn the eyes
of all upon him - of all, that is, w ho
took an interest in the culture and ed
ucation of Ihe rising generation. His
name was now F.uropean; and scholtirs
ami teachers came to him from all
parts. Kings and emperors visiled Ihe
great educator. I'iehle declared that
he saw in his labors the commence
ment of a new era in human culture.
His life was utterly sclf-sacrilicing. All
that he did was done for the good of
others.
A tomb was creeled over his re
mains, which contains the following
inscription:
"Here lies I'estalozzi, born iu Zurich,
the 1'th of January, 174fi, died at
Iturgg, the 17th of February, LW; the
deliverer of the loor at Ncuhof; at
Stan. Ihe orphan s father; at llitrgs
dorf and Munelioiiburhsee the founder
of new schools for the people; at Yver
don Ihe instructor of manhood; as a
man, a Christian and a citizen, he was
all for others, for himself nothing!
1'eain to his ashes!" Knmuel timileif,
I.L. I)., in Fo'iM's ('owKiin'on.
WITHANIA COAGULANS.
An Indian llerry Which lo Complete Nub
slltute for Unmet.
Nature has, it appears, provided a
substitute for rennet in the manufac
ture of cheese, tho article being the
berry of the plant known lo botanists
as Wilhaniit enngulan. This shrub
thrives in the Punjab and Trans-Indus
territory, and has long been used by
the Hcllochees and Afghans to curdle
took, lint its complete etliency was
not demonstrated until lately, when
tho beery was ollicially, experimented
with at a farm belonging to Sir James
Ferguson, the present (iovcrnor of
Rombay. The report published by the
(iovcrninent says that a complete suc
cess was achieved, a perfect curd being
irnftllcci 1 nnd the checsu turninir out
excellent in every respect. The method
of picpnring tho pumrasa is tho
berry called, from the Persian name, of
cheese. is to put some ounces into a
small quantity of cold water, and to al
Ia th; tn tiimnier bv tho side of a tire
for twelve hours. At the end of that
time about a half a pint, of the decoc
tion will sutlice to curdle fifty-five gal
lons of the milk, the quantify of berries
employed being two ounces. With a
view to the more, extended cultivation
of the shrub, an experimental planta
tion is fdiout lo be established at tin;
liovcrnmenl Rohinical tiardens at Sa-haranorc.--Ao'o"
O'W'C
EGYPTIAN AMULETS.
4torles Ahoitl the "Oudjali" ami a I'rlue.
Willi Ihe ;ll Kye.
About six weeks ago, after having
purchased all Kgyptiaii amulet called
the "oudjali," w hich was said to bring
good luck, I lost a golden charm, a
heart-shaped loekci, which 1 stated pub
licly, was dearer to me, from associa
tion, than a peck of fetiches from tho
mystic Nile. As this locket was a
family heirloom, and contained the
hair of some of my children, its luss
grieved me more than 1 can tell. 1
promptly advertised for its recovery, but
no response panic. I felt satislied that
that it had either been trampled out of
recognition by horses or men hurrying
by or that some stranger had found and
appropriated it. Finally I surrendered
nil hope of ever hearing from it. Last
night I dreamed that il was returned
to inc. So vivid was the dream that,
on awakening from sleep. 1 look at
my w atch-chain, hoping to find it there
in' some mysterious way. (if course, it
was not there, and 1 relapsed Into for
gel fulness or despair of il. While
writing a moment hgo, in the reporters'
gallery of the House, Mr. Mann, Iho
messenger, said something about a
little gold heart that had been found in
Ihe gallery and never claimed. "It is
mine," l'said. My dream was pro
photic. Did the child from Heaven
cnine to me Inst night n ml inform mo
what was so unexpectedly lo occur?
Hurelv tho oudjali" hud nothing to do
with it.
In this connection vonicwluil 1 may
as well relate the strange experience
of a (leoi'giii friend, who had once re
sided otlieially In Fgypt. Ho
snvs: "I never" heard of Iho 'olullnh,'
but the L'gvplians have many dillerent
kinds of amulets. I once possessed
several that Were ill existence long be
fore the Christian era. During the races
at Cairo I became acqualnti ! with
Prince Zagle-Kl, w ho was reported to
have the evi eve. 1 he Viceroy gave
orders lo his coachman always lo turn
back when the Prince approached n
his equipage, on fool or mounted on his
horse, lhls formidable person ban
tered me In bet wilh him, be lo have
tho lirsl naming of Ihe courser. 1 lost
each time aliotlt one hundred dollars.
When the third race was imminent 1
stepped aside and asked Nazie-Aga, a
nobleman or inn Khedive s court, wiint
manner of horse was his dial had been
advertised as one ( f the competitors,
lie declared thai his entry was tin'
swiftest animal ill Ihe land,' and stood
an excellent chan t winning. With
this -tip' I returned lo the Prince,
claimed the naming of the horse
initially, and bet him four hundred
dollars. He lurned slightly pale as I
named the horse of Nn.ii"Aga. I won
the wager. He turned his glittering
black eves Inward the Irininiiliant steel
is it was slowlv paced back In the
judge's stand. To the surprise and
horror of everybody the noble creature;
quivered, sank to the earth and died.
Did the evil eye vindictively kill Ihe
beast? I do not know. Hut when it
became bruited abroad, ns it soon was,
that 1 had vanquished the Prince Zagie
F.l and won his money, ninny persons
begged me for sonic of the gold for
good luck. The most importunate
beggar, at any (n ice, was a beautiful
and wicked Oriental Princess, who
never rested linlil she coaxed from mo
one of Ihe fateful yellow sovereigns.
She had Iho goid piece magiiilicciilly
mounted and wore it as an amulet..
'It will give mo good luck.' sin; said;
no man ever before won money from
Zagie-KI.' What became of her I know
nob Yon see that Kgvpl is the land of
superstition as well as mystery."--WiwIiiiHjtuH
I'm: AnijHiila (ii.) Vliruiii
fle. IRISH HARPS.
The l our Kinds Koonii Aiming, and I sod
by the Ancient t ells.
The Irish possessed four. kinds of
harps the Clai'csch, or common harp;
Iho Ccirnin, or small religious harp:
the Chimin! (.'mil, or high-headed
harp, and the Crom ('mil, or down
bending harp. The lirsl was thai used
by the bards and harpers, and Iho Irish
harp pi'.ijKTly so-called; the second,
more exclusively clerical, probably ac
companied Druidical as later Christian
hymns. "Perhaps," says Walker,
"this Instrument was sacred lo Kar
neios or Apollo (whence (Irnmitii,
an Irish name for our favorite D'ity ),
and borne by tlx? dancers at the Kear
uaire, or au'erilice In that Deby. In
Arabic Keren implies Ihe ray. uf the
sun, with which tho pycl tells us Apol
lo's lute was always strung." The
Ciunard Cruit and Crom ('mil, though
al vied harps, were strictly of the wolin
nid guilar types. Indeed they may bo
considered the pnretiis of tl'.c .c l!!-!!'u-mcnts.
The former had ten slr'tigs
and was played on wilh a plectrum or
how. The latlcr possessed six strings,
two of which were touched wit II the
thumb. Hunting adds two other harps
to the four given by Walker and com
monly referred to- the Crailtiu's Cruit,
a noiiie derived from an Irish legend
ary hero, and the Lnb, a poetical name
of the harp. Mr. William lieauford, in
a letter to Mr. Walker (April, 17(i),
gives an erroneous division of the Irish
tiurpa arising from a misconception ol
a passage of Hrompton's, for which
Moore (preface to "Irish Melodies")
thus lakes him up sharply: "A singular
oversight' oit'iirs in an' essay on the
Irish harp by Mr. lieauford, which is
inserted in the appendix to Walker's
'Historical Memoirs. ' 'The Irish,' say s
he, 'according to Hromplou, in the
reign of Henry II. , had two kinds of
harps, the n"greatly bold and quick,
the other soft and pleasing. How a
man of Mr. Hcauford's learning could
so mistake tho meaning and inutilato
tlm irranimatical conslinction of the
Latin original isuuaccountablu." Lon
don SonWi.
m
-According to a health journal,
marble top tables aro unhealthy
though w e never heard one complain of
feeling unwell. They look just as
In little, ind strong as any other kind.
A'. )'. TcU-ijrmn.
-There, are about tt.tKMl.OlKl worth
i f private railways cars iu the country.
A LITTLE PROGRAMME.
equanimity "d Coolness of u Carolinian
Sentenced to !! lluncril.
After exhausting .ho other sights lit
the little South Carolina town wo went
ver to the jail to see a murderer who
was lo be hanged one week from that
lav". Ho w as a while man about, forty
years of age, and ho had killed bis
Wife wilh an ax because they dill'er"(l
in opinion. If wife will insist upon
differing with her husband she must bo
proparml for the worst. Husbands
will suffer long and give no sign, but
there is such a thing as driving Ihcm
lo desperation.
When wo entered tho corridor tho
sheriff was engaged in soaping the
hiiiie-man's rope. It was a new one."
i"i.,. I,, n lmrrv to render it.
smooth and pliable and have the job
off his hands. He took the rope along
in bis hand as we entered the cell of
the condemned, and after a formal in-
troduolioii the gentleman who was so
soon to go on nn excursion reached for
the rope, carefully Inspected it, and
observed: "Hill, you arc doing a slick
job on thai4."
Well. I'm trying hard."
"If I can help von in any way just
pall out. 1 might as well be soaping
tho ropo as sitting here doing noth
ing." We sal down for a smoke and a talk.
Some chaps in his situation would have)
been so stuck up that you would have
felt your littleness in their presence,
but this one made an earnest effort to
tint ns at our ease. He exhibited con
siderable Interest in Iho project to got
him out of the way. and iiis conversa
tion proved that he had given the mat
ter considerable thought.
"Kver see a man hanged?'' ho m
(iii i red of me, in a kindly voice.
"Yes."
"How did lie lake it?"
"He seemed discouraged from tlui
vcrv starl."
"Yes, some go that way. I have
mapped out a little nrogranimo to bo
followed, and I'd like to ask your
opinion of it. Here it is:
"Rise at 6 o'clock a m. on the event
ful morning.
"Put on a clean shirt and my Sunday
suit, so as lo appear respectable.
"llreakfasl al 7 o'clock.
'Receive friends from 7:,')0 to H:'.
"Front H:,'0 to ID indulge in linal
preparations and take leave of Hill and
the boys.
"At 10 o'clock proceed lo Ihe gal
lows, giving Hill as little trouble as
possible,
".Make n speech about half an hour
in length, warning all young men to
abstain from marriage and all wives to
obey their husbands.
Probably some singing.
"I'ake mv place on lue trap and Hill
swings me oil.
"Curtain. '
i ...i.i i,;, ii.ni I I. -1,1 ,hlom seen a
unit ii, in ...... ... -
more carefully prepared programme.
i ,i..., :t i...' i I,,, I., (oil ho cntilil not
itllll llllll II no .-"ii" i " -
fail In come out wilh Hying colors.
His orthography was defective iu cer
tain instances. He realized this and
asked mo to amend it. and when wo
had gone over the programme with u
pencil be relumed his heartfelt thanks.
Then: were one or two little things
that aiiuoM'd him. lor instance, he
had never 'made a study of oratory, and
I hern was danger of liim breaking
down ill Ihe middle of his speech.
Then, too, his voice was not in good
trim, and the spectators ou me muck
seals might f.-cl put, out nceause nicy
could not cali h his words. He would
be thankful for suggestions from a
newspaper man.
I told him not lo try lo make a hit
on oratory, hut to tell u plain snuy ami
nroii In the gestures where lie inoiigni.
Iliov would count. The crowd would
excuse his voice, knowing that ne nan
been shut uu for the last six months.
His countenance cleared up at once,
and he insisted thai he was my debtor.
There was another thing. He had two
brothers and one sister. Thev had
thrown out hint thai they would be on
hand to sec him swung off. Wilhin a
day or two ho had began to doubt th
priipricty of such action. Ho d'uluU
want to 'disappoint them, but would it
be jusl the proper caper for them to
show up on such an occasion? 1 re
plied that he had better leave the mat
tor for Ihcm to decide. Some peoplo
enjoy seeing a brother hanged; others
wouldn't go a rod to witness such a
spectacle. It really made no difference
to the condemned.'anybow, as ho would
be hanged all Ihe saine.
"That's so. that's so." mused the
prisoner. "I guess lil leave ''' to
follow their own bent. Say. how soon
doyoii leave?"
"To-morrow."
"No! And then you won't be here at
the banging?" .
"I can't be. though 1 regret it.
"Now, that's too bail! Can't yn"
stop over to oblige me? I'd like) to
have you see the al'iiif come off."
I excused myself on various grounds,
and as we rose In go he held out his
hand and said:
"Well, if you can't yon can t, of
course, though I'm real sorry. I'm glad
you called, and if you should con
ivhide to ehantre your mind and take
in Ihe hanging just telcgrajih me."
SI. ijuiiil, in Ihiroit I'rcvl'res.
. w',s-
"Railroad Time Tables.
Prof, t.eoigo L. Vu.se, whose manual
on railroad engineering is authority
tho world over, was one day puzzling
over the time card on the wall of the
Huston & Maine station, without llfflk
ing out what he wanted to know, when
tho president of Iho road, Mr. Fuibcr.
came, by and accosted hiru.
"I am very glad to see you," ihe
professor said. "I wish would lielp
mo out with this time table. I can not
mako head nor tail out of it"
T he president joined in the investi
gation, and for some moments the pair
doundered about among a. m.'s and
p. m.'s with no satisfactory result
whatever.
'( h, 1 never can make any thing out
of these things," President Furher ex
claimed at length. Let's ask some
body!" , ,
And they went nnd asked ft btake
nwi.l'rovii(eHec Journal.