The Corvallis gazette., March 26, 1897, Image 4

fliscellany.
GETTING TO BE A MAN.
I'm glad my hair ain't yallow,
And all curled up and long;
I'm glad my cheeks ain't dimpled,
And that I'm gittin' strong!
I wisht my roice was hoarser.
To talk like Uncle Dan.
Because I want to hurry
And git to be a man!
I'm glad the women never
Come up to me and say:
"Oh, what a party little boy!"
In that soft kind of way!
I wear big shoes, and always
Make all the noise I can.
Because I want to hurry
.And git to be a man! t
Onct I tried to chew tobacker.
Bat couldn't do it quite,
It made me awful dizzy
They said I was a sight.
Bat some time, when I'm older
I bet you that I can
. I won't give up that easy,
'Cause I want to be a man!
I've got on pa's suspenders
Wisht I bad whiskers, too, ..
And that my feet was bigger
And schoolin' was all through!
Wisht Edison or someone '
Would come out with a plan
To help a boy to hurry
And git to be a man!
Cleveland Leader.
DEAWN TO HIS DOOM.
There was unusual excitement at
Fort Clark. Cattlemen, cowboys, horse
ranchers, teamsters, soldiers, all moved
around in In uneasy, excited way, and
threats of violence against some un
known person came fast and furious.
Fort Clark Is a frontier post In South
western Texas. It was not of so much
Importance as a town in '69 as it Is
now; but, civilization not having crept
so close over Iron rails, It was of more
Importance as a frontier post Word
bad come in that Willie Pray, a sheep
herder on Turkey Creek, had been
found In his cabin with a gaping knife
wound in his breast, and a Mexican
woman, whom he had recently en
gaged to go oat to take charge of the
domestic arrangements at his ranch,
was also discovered with her throat
cut
Whatever was the cause of the dou
ble murder was only a matter of sur
mise, but surmise is generally enough
for Judge Lynch. He doesn't waste
much time upon quibbles. The matter
.was argued out In this way:
"Anybody seen any Indians about?"
came from a young soldier who stood
In a group near Bill Chunk's store.
".Tain't no Injuns," came from a
long-haired hunter, who was seated on
a stump mending the cinch of his sad
dle with buckskin thongs.
"Why, Uncle Bill?" came from sev
. eral voices;
"Injuns don't knife unless It's for
hair. 'Sides that, ef they'd bin around,
I reckon that tbar jacal ud bin a
blazin'. How did this yer news come
anyhow?" -
Km one seemed to know. The report
JUst appeared to spring up without
there being any responsible author for
it It started as a rumor, and the story
gradually developed until the whole
post knew of It and was consequently
excited.
wviiiva aittike rtii, sttiu one OI
the group, "he seems 1J Inow as much
about It as anybody."
When Jake came up he said he did
not know any more than the rest.
Someone had brought In the report and
he had Just heard folks talking about
it. He agreed with Uncle Bill that it
was not Indians, and, with many oaths,
he explained his theory.
"You see, Pray took a greaser wom
an out there to look after his ranch.
Most Mexican women have lovers of
their own color. Everybody knows
Mexicans are jealous and revengeful.
They mostly use a knife, while a white
man uses a shooting Iron. The report
says that both were killed with a knife,
which shows that it was done by a
Mexican who was jealous of Pray, and
the only Mexican we know of about
the place is the herder he had looking
after his sheep. It looks as if he was
the guilty party.
"That's so, said several, "tlhe Mex
ican must have done it."
"Then what's the use waiting around
here? ' The greaser ain't going to come
here and ask us to hansr him. TTo ma?
be around the ranch yet, If he ain't
skipped to Mexico. We've got to hang
a greaser mighty quick, If we wants to
do Justice In this matter," said Jake,
and the most of those there assembled
appeared to agree with him.
Jake was a desperado of the first
water, and was necessaritly an authori
ty In these matters. i
: "Whars the coyote ez brought the
news?" said Uncle Bill.
Again there was no answer.
"I reckon we'd better go and see ef
they're dead, afore we hang anybody.
We'd best go to the ranch and take a
look at the late lamented afore we un
dertake to do anything else. We can
take A 1nrira a Inn (r fnr nnnvanl t
case we need him. I'm going to the
ranch," and Uncle Bill picked up a sad
dle that lay on the ground near him and
started for a pony staked out on the
prairie a hundred yards off.
This move of Uncle Bill's appeared
to meet with favor in the crowd, and by
the time he was on his pony and start
ed toward Turkey Creek he had a party
of twenty-five at his back, among
whom was Jake Breen.
It was not a long ride to Pray's
ranch, and the ponies went on a trot.
The way led principally over a rolling
prairie, with an occasional motte of
live oak or a chapparal thicket to re
lieve the monotony.
When they had come wlthln a mile of
we rancn some one in ine cavalcade
called out that there was a herd of
sheep off to the northward. The com
pany halted and looked In the direction,
and, sure enough, on the other side of
a slight depression in the prairie was a
herd of sheep quietly grazing, but evi
dently making their way slowly in the
direction of Pray's ranch, as a man was
apparently urging them on, while a dog
was keeping them from straggling.
- "That's Prav's zreaser now." said
Breen. "I know him by bis having that
dog with him. We'd better get him
while we have a chance," and be turned
his pony's head in that direction.
"Say, Squire," said Uncle Bill, turn
ing to a bright, intelligent-looking
young man riding near him, who got
his title by being a lawyer, " 'pears like
you'd best go along an' see that the
Mex don't escape from the hands o'
Justice," and a sly twinkle came into
his eye, as he added: "Seems like a
mighty desprit feller, the way he drives
them sheep, an' Jake an' the other fel
lers maybe couldn't handle right alone.
I'll take keer o' this cavyard."
v So the young lawyer and five others
followed Jake Breen In a dash over the
prairie to capture the Mexican, while
the rest of the cavalcade rode on to the
ranch.
Pray's Jacal, or hut, was a rude af
fair, constructed as many of them are
In that country, by planting live oak
I pickets, ten feet long, in an upright
J position, side by sile, to form the walls.
and making a roof of prairie grass
thatch. The cracks were stopped with
mud, and there was no opoaing except
the door, which furnished all the light
and ventilation needed, besides that
which came in through the numerous
crevices in the rude structure. It was
situated in a grove of trees on the
banks of the creek.
When the party rode up they found
the door .of the cabin closed, and not a
sign or sound of life anywhere around.
"Hello, house!" called Uncle Bill.
"Thar don't seem to be nobody here,"
he added, and then dismounting he
walked up to the door and gave it a
push. It opened inwardly, scraping on
the dirt floor as it did so, for it hung
loose on its strap hinges.
"Well, I'll be derned!" exclaimed the
old man as bis eyes became accus
tomed to the dim light In the cabin; "ef
it hain't so, fer a fact!"
And then the others crowded up to
look in, and see what Uncle Bill had
seen; the body of the woman .on the
floor, near the rear of the room, "with
her throat cut, and the body of Willie
Pray near the door, lying in a pool of
blood, which had evidently flowed from
a wound In his side.
"Don't crowd that thar door, men, I
want ter see," said the old man, as he
caught hold of Pray's hand. "That
gal's gone, but this here boy seems ter
be kinder warm yit. Give a hand, a
couple o' yo'uns, an let's see w'at a
leetle fresh air'Il do."
They took him up gently and bore
him to a grassy place in the shade of
some trees. Here they laid him tender
ly down upon a bed of blankets, and
after moistening the lips with liquor,
they began examining the wound.
They had just reached this stage of
the proceedings when there was a di
version. It came from the party who
had gone off to capture the Mexican.
They rode along, the unfortunate greas
er being tied to a lariat attached to the
saddle-bow of one of the men. He was
running along uttering protestations,
his face actually pale with terror.
"No sabe, senors; no entender, Senor
Caballeros."
"Here he Is!" called Jake Breen, as
the company came to a halt. "We've
got the scoundrel." "
And then they all crowded up to
where the wounded and apparently
dead man lay upon the blankets. As
the last party came up they approach
ed the feet of the wounded man. The
Sheriff led the Mexican up, the others
making room for them.
"Stand back, men, an' let us have
air. This yer corpse seems to be re
vivin some;" and Uncle Bill put his
arm under Pray's shoulders to raise
them up.
And just then a strange thing hap
pened. The wounded man opened his
eyes and stared round in a dazed sort
of way. Then fixing his gaze straight
before him and raising himself up with
his arm outstretched, pointing his fin
ger toward the trembling Mexican, he
said in an almost indistinct, hesitating
whisper:
"You you killed her," and then he
seemed to gasp for breath, but he made
another effort and added: "Jake
Breen," and then would have dropped
from exhaustion If the strong arm of
Uncle Bill had not been at band to ease
him gently down.
When the name was mentioned it as
tonished the men as much as If they
bad heard thunder from a clear sky.
The ones on the outer edge of the circle
had not heard the name at all, but had
seen the action, and supposed that Pray
was pointing to the Mexican and not
to the burly figure of Breen, which
loomed up behind that unhappy indi
vidual. They, therefore, naturally
crowded up closer, and their scowling
faces boded no good for the descendant
of the Aztecs.
Those who were close enough to hear
the whisper were so astonished for a
moment that they could not grasp the
situation. There were two men who
did, however, understand what It
meant, and when the one, Uncle Bill,
looked up to speak the other, Jake
Breen, had allowed himself to be
crowded out of the circle and was al
ready on his horse.
"He says it was Jake Breen; stop the
coyote," called Uncle Bill, and those
near to him sprang to their feet for
some "of them had been down on one
knee, some on both, so as to watch the
wounded man. - Those who understood
finally got-out of the crowd and by
their repeating, "He says It's Jake
Breen," got the others to understand.
But those few moments of delay
were enough. When Breen saw the
finger pointed toward him he knew too
well what it meant He had supposed
Pray was dead, and now when he faced
the supposed corpse the eyes were open
and the lips moved to speak. He had
had too much experience in Judge
Lynoh's court to await further develop
ments. He permitted the other anxious
spectators to crowd him out, and he
quietly and quickly got Into the saddle
of the lawyer's horse, Which was not
only the nearest to him, but the best
one in the lot It was near the corner
of the hut that he mounted, and when
the others realized the situation he was
already started on his way to the south
ward. It took only a few moments to have
a dozen riders following on the trail,
headed by the lawyer on Jake Breen's
horse.
"Say, you 'uns!" called Uncle Bill, to
those who had not yet started, " 'tain't
no use fer us to jine in thet thar chase.
One had better ride down to Uvalde an'
tell the folks, an' one bad better go to
Clark for a doctor from the post an' an
ambulance. The rest can stay here till
mornin' an' hear from the other fellers.
Thet sun ain't half a hour high, an'
w'en she drops yer know hit ends the
chase unless they're mighty dost on ter
him, ez thar ain't no moon."
What the old man meant was that
there could be no chase after sunset
There is no twilight in Texas, and when,
the sun sets one passes directly fromj
daylight to dark. One might make his
way by starlight, but he couldn't follow
a trail In the shadows.
The sun rose next morning In a clear
sky and soon afterward the pursuing
party were. up to the ranch.
"Did you get yer hoss, squire?" in
quired Uncle BilL
"Yes."
"Whar'd you find him?"
"Down by Elm Water hole."
- "Did you find Jake?"
"Yes."
"Did you bring him along?" ,
"No; we just left him ther among the
trees."
"Well, then, ez everything has passed
off so pleasant like, and the docrors
thinks the boy kin be moved, I reckon
we mought Jest ez well go back to
Clark." New York Mercury.
A woman's Idea of a man good and
true Is one who, on Sunday afternoon,
reads to bis child the little paper It re
ceived at Sunday school that da.
CKKASB AND INCREASE.
An elephant wears more creases tohil
frousers than any other animal. They
fceem to be sort of a kilt pleat with a bias
slope. He is not very fashionable, but is
up to date in taking care of himself. Some
sudden, violent pains crease, twist or con
tract the muscles or tendons, and this is
the nature of a bad sprain. If neglected,
the creases increase, and so does the pain,
until sometimes it is very difficult to
straighten them out, but by the prompt
use of St. Jacobs Oil, the friction or rub
bing in its application and the curative
qualities of the oil will smooth out the
worst twist or crease and get the muscle in
natural shape, where it will remain, re
stored, strengthened, cured. Promptness
in using it insures prompt cure, and when
the sprain is cured, it is cured for good.
The business of farming in Spain is
so much derjresaed that the eovern-
jment is about to devote $1,200,000 to
' the relief of that industry.
GROAN IF YOU MUST,
. But also appeal to a means of relief of the tor
ture if physical which produces the groan.
I Kheumatis.n is a prolific source of agony in its
j acute inflammatory or chronic forms. But it
may be annihilated at its birth with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which, unlike the poisons in
; minute doses often prescribed for it, is perfectly
safe. In malarial, kidney, bilious, dyspeptic or
nervous ailments the Bitters is a certain source
of relief.
The Art of Milking.
Suburban Resident Yes, I want a
useful man about my country place.
Can you milk?
Applicant Yis, sor.
"Which side of a cow do you sit on
when milking?"
; 3 "Wull, sor, Oi niver milked but wan
sow, an' she was a kicker, sor; an',
bedad, a good dale av the toime Oi was
; on both soides av her, sor." N. Y.
Weekly.
- Professor Amos. E. Dolbear, of Tufts
College, an eminent electrician, pre
I diets that it will be possible ere long to
flash signals to Mars by means of great
'. searchlights.
Incipient Insanity.
A. SICK AND AILING GIRL HER
"MOTHER'S ADVICE.
An Interesting; Story Told Under Em
barrassing Circumstances.
From the Express, Los Angeles, California.
The interviewer's lines sometimes
fall in queer places. People who are
to be talked to may be in all sorts of
conditions and frames of mind, but one
cannot conceive a much more embarrass
ing thing for all parties concerned than
an assignment to interview a mother of
a two days' old infant. Some things are
too sacred for even the callous news
paper man to lightly ignore. But Mrs.
C. C. Reeder had a story to tell and
this paper wanted that story. The baby
was asleep, and the mother expressed
her amiability, so the reporter was
ushered into the room.
Mrs. Reeder used to be Johanna
Rinker, and lived for several years at
Riverside, Cal. She was a domestic
and worked very hard. Perhaps it was
the toil, perhaps the climate, at all
events, she fell sick. . Doctors and
medicines did-her no good. Her ap
petite vanished. Sleep eluded her at
night, always and ever that dreadful
feeling of lassitude and depression, so
familiar to women, made itself apparent
to her. And then she began to im
agine things. One night while driving
across a bridge that she knew perfectly
well was there, she cried out in fright
because she could see nothing. The
doctors might call thisinsanity1 but
until the hallucinations and delusions
grow to be a menace to life or peace,
not much heed is paid to the imaginings
of weakly girls. "
Last spring Mrs. Reeder, for she had
married in the meantime, concluded to
visit her old home at Daleville, Ind.,
and it was while there that her .mother,
Mrs. Caroline Leaser, told her of the
wonderful properties of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. Mrs.
Reeder began to take them. When she
started in she could not walk the three
quarters of a mile to the postofflce, she
was so weak. In about three weeks she
took according to directions about five
boxes of the pills, and at the expira
tion of that time could go down into
town and come back and do a big day's
washing over the tub at her homo.
Her blood came back into the pale
cheeks, sleep once again refreshed her
at night, the cold sweats left, and she
could eat and enjoy all the pleasures
and diversions of life where before she
had been averse to society and amuse
ments of all kinds. The awful notions
and hallucinations left her, her brain
again resumed its normal' functions.
From that time to now she has taken
no medicine and she is well in all re
spects. "See my baby, God bless its heart,"
said the proud mother. "It is as
strong and healthy as any baby ever
born. It weighed nine pounds." As
it lay there, its little pink fists clench
ed over its thumbs, its little eyes
puckered up in sleep, a bundle of pink,
satiny infantile loveliness, there could
be little doubt of the physical health
of its parents.
Mrs. Reeder lives at a cottage num
bered 407 East Pico street, Los
Angeles, Cal., and the last wors she
said were, "Oh, you are perfectly ex
cusable. I am just as glad to endorse
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as yon can
possibly be to hear my story. If all
suffering women only knew their power
and good, there would be less sickness
and misery in the world, I'm sure.
Good-bye." .-" .
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills . contain,
in a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health to
pale and sallow cheeks. In men they
effect a radical cure in all cases arising
from mental worry, overwork or ex
cesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills
are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk)
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50,
and may be had of all druggists, or
direct by mail from Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
A New York export firm will soon
ship 3,000 pairs of shoes to the Argen
tine Republic and 2,500 pairs to Cen
tral America.
I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. 12, 1895.
We can afford to say :
"Get every sc-t of Schil
ling's Best tea of your gro
cer, and get your nioney
back on what you don't
like."
Your tea-trade for the rest
of your life is worth the risk
and there is no risk.
A Schilling: & Company
San FrancUc
42i
CULTURE OF GRASS.
ORCHARD GRASS THE BEST FOR
PARKS AND ORCHARDS.
It Requires a Deep, Finely Pulverized
, Soil For a Paatnre, Well Drained,
Moist Land la Necessary Notice
able Art in Agriculture. -
. . Grass,
For parks and orchards, and upon
dry soils, orchard- grass Is one of our
most profitable grasses, says the Balti
more American. The soil must be made
fertile, -deep and mellow. The roots
run down a long distance into the
ground. It therefore requires a deep,
finely pulverized soil The seed Is very
light, feeling like chaff, and weighing
but fifteen pounds to the bushel. It
usually sells for $1.75 to $1.80 per bush
el. Two bushels of fresh seed should
be sown to the acre, and one peck of
clover seed. These seeds should be
sown over the soiling rye ground early
In March, so as to get fully rooted be
fore hot weather. The rye will be fit
to cut by the middle of April, and by
the 10th of May, being all cut off, the
ground should be heavily rolled, and
dressed with twenty bushels of lime
to the acre. By the middle of July a
half crop of excellent -grass can be cut,
and by the middle of September an
other crop. Manure the ground In the
fall, and If It is wanted for hay, do not
pasture the ground. This grass de
lights in a deep, rich, clay loam; upon
poor, thin, sandy or gravelly soils, It
would prove a failure. The seeding
should be done early In the season,
and thirty pounds, or two bushels, of
seed should be sown to the acre. For
a pasture grass It Is very valuable,
as, when once set, It will continue to
spring up and grow after every graz
ing. For pasture, sow it on deep, well
drained, moist land. The ground must
be heavily dressed with rich, finely rot
ted manure. Any one carefully follow
ing these directions will find that It Is
a most valuable grass, either for feed
ing at the barn or for pasture. On
poorly prepared, thin soils, using but
little seed, it will not give satisfaction.
With slipshod methods the grass would
prove a failure, and should not be
sown.
Barn Ventilation.
If the barn is not ventilated enough
to give the cows a sufficiency of oxy
gen, then all the carbon Is not burned
up and dead matter soil Is left In the
system, and this tits it to be a fertile
place for the tuberculous germs to
make a lodgment, and the cows will
have tuberculosis Just In the order
they are predisposed to the disease
from weak lungs or any other cause. I
have been in quite a number of stables
where the commissioners had applied
the test in "one they had taken four
fifths of the cows where there was no
chance for' air to get In, yet the own
ers told me that the officers never said
a word to them about ventilation. The
horse and ox seldom have tuberculosis,
as they have a chance to get outdoors
and fill their lungs with fresh air and
get rid of the dead carbon which has
been accumulating in tne system. I
will stake my reputation that many
herds tested last year will show the
same, or nearly the same, ratio of sus
pected cases this year, if again subject
ed to the tuberculin test. - Ventilation
should be looked after, and when that
Is done we shall seldom hear much
about tuberculosis.-' Farmers should
look well after ventilation and thus
avoid disease. .Open your ventilators
wide, particularly warm nights. Now
is the time cattle take tne disease.
Agriculturist
Grinding Corn on the Cob.
The cob possesses some nutrition,
though when fed whole It Is hard to
digest. But If ground fine with the
corn on it the mixture makes a feed on
which cattle will thrive better than on
corn meal not thus distended in bulk.
It is well known to stock feeders that
the chief difficulty with them Is "get
ting off their -feed" if even a slight ex
cess of food is given. In carefully con
ducted experiments it was found that
more corn could be eaten without In
jury when ground with the cob than if
shelled and ground separately. So
whether the corn, cob contributed to
the result directly or did not, there can
be no question that at least for fatten
ing stock there Is an advantage In
grinding them together over that " of
feeding the corn separately.
Hints to Frnit Growers.
Blackberries are a profitable fruit
and may be grown with little labor on
almost every farm.
Never crowd the orchard. Trees
should have room to grow; they need
plenty of ground and free sun.
- In setting " out an orchard confine
yourself to a few, well selected varie
ties of each fruit; as you become ex
perienced you can add new ones.
It pays to set out shade trees around
the orchard to protect the trees from
storms; they 'also assist greatly in
beautifying the premises.
It Is poor policy to depend on a single
crop, failure is apt to come, and It Is
most disastrous to the man who has
placed all his hopes on one crop.
Don't imagine that to have a profit
able orchard all you have to do Is to
buy trees, plant them and afterwards
allow them to take their own chances.
There are two dangerous extremes In
the selection of varieties for the or
chard. The one is the liability of se
lecting too few. and. the other too
many. You can strike the medium if
you observe carefully the success of
other people.
Every horticulturist ought by this
time to know all about the copper solu
tion for fungus diseases. The . nsual
mixture is six pounds of copper sul
phate and four pounds of lime to twenty-two
gallons of water. Sprayers are
so numerous that it is difficult to name
any one that Is better than another.
Art in Agriculture.
Art In agriculture Is coming to be
more and more noticeable every day.
With the advent of new methods, Im
proved implements and a wider knowl
edge of the field, the agriculturist is ris
ing higher and higher in the field of
useful or ornamental art as the years
go by. We may say that sharp compe
tition is no small factor in this progres
sive movement, says the American Stu
dent. Take, for example, the manner in
which certain products are prepared
for the open markeL The improvement
In the condition of certaindairy products
and fruit on the market in the last few
years is truly wonderfuL The reason,
of course, Is. that people always buy
that article which is put up In the most
tasty and attractive style, and are will
ing to pay a little more for It With
this change comes a more wholesome
effect upon the article itself, and dis
ease Is much less disseminated through
food at the present time than formerly.
Greater ; precautions are taken now
than ever before In preventing the
spread of contagious diseases In this
manner, and, with the Increase In the
size of the cities and the greater liabil
ity to Ill-health, these precautions can
not be observed too carefully. " Thus,
the agriculutrist, to be successful, must
keep right up -to date in his readings
and methods. Wisconsin Farmer.
To Prevent Milk Fever.
: After having a twenty-cow dairy for
the past twenty years, and having
them come fresh at all times In the
year, a writer In the Country Gentle
man says he has never had a case of
milk fever in summer, and only two In
eold weather, and the reason is simply
"exercise." He Is a strong advocate of
exercise for a dairy cow, although he
would not give it in the same manner
that he would do a' trotting horse.
While a cow may live and keep fat by
being tied by the neck, from fall till
spring, as a pig will being confined In
a pen, yet this is not the proper thing
to do. Country Gentleman.
. Poultry Notes.
Cleanliness Is the best disinfectant
Exercise is good medicine and cheap.
If you desire strong eggs for early
incubation you should mate up your
hens at once. -
In. saving the droppings, mix them
with dry earth before they have a
chance to freeze.
Clover, by displacing grain, supplies
the hens with substances which are
lacking In -grain, and also bulky food
for heating.
Don't forget to keep the grit-box well
filled. This Is especially Important
when the ground is frozen hard, or cov
ered with snow.
Boiling of brine, as strong as It can
be made, is an effective remedy for
white mites. Apply to the roosts and
dropping boards with a whitewash
brush.
Be always on the watch against
draughts in the roosting house. A cold
at this time of the year is very apt to
run Into roup and ruin your flock.
He who would keep poultry success
fully In this northern country, must
know that the house must be warm and
free from draughts; it Is the warmth
which brings the eggs. -. -
Be sure that the water fountains are
not allowed to -freeze up. The best
thing to do Is to turn out the water as
soon as all the fowls have had a good
drink. They should be watered at
least twice a day, if you wish a full
egg basket.
AMERICAN JOCKEYS.
They Forced Bngliah Horsemen to
Adopt Their System.
When American Jockeys first Invaded
England, both they and their methods
were the laughing stock of the old
world. .
The idea of the saddle being placed
right on the horse's withers, with the
stirrups so short that the jockey's knees
were almost up to his chin, seemed to
the Englishmen such a departure from
the general conception of the way a
jockey should ride that It was simply
ridiculous. Another system which the
majority of Englishmen have not even
yet got used to Is the American idea,
of getting away first and winning the
races in the first stages, rather than to
gallop for three-quarters of the dis
tance and sprint the balance.
Two hundred years of sticking to old
methods has not made It easy for the
Englishmen to accept new Ideas, but
the success made by Jockey Relff
abroad on Duke & Wishard's horses
has forced even. the most egotistical
of the Englishmen to admit that there
Is something good In the new styles
and methods, despite' the fact that they
are radical departures from old and
accepted Ideas. This Is made manifest
when such a decidedly and radically
English sporting paper as the London
Sportsman publishes the following:
"The repeated success of Mr. Wish
ard's stable formed quite a feature of
the Newmarket first meeting, and
those who have been most set against
Reiff s style of riding and I freely ad
mit to having been one of them were
compelled to admit that there was
something In his methods. I think few
of us would ever become reconciled to
seeing the saddle placed on a horse's
withers, and it does not seem possible
that a jockey in that position and rid
ing so short that his knees are nearly In
his mouth can have much control over
his mount
"On the other hand, fieiff very speed
ily demonstrated that no one could
teach him anything In the art of get
ting away, and one or two of our lead-,
ing professionals would do well to take
a leaf out of his book and try to win
an occasional race In the early part
of it, instead of depending entirely up
on that 'one run' at the finish, which
so frequently just fails In Its object and
lands them In second or third place."
It is well within the possibilities that
next season may see some of the chief
English stables departing from old tra
ditions and embracing the advanced
ideas transplanted from America.
Ridicule Conquers Hypnotism.
Leo Vint, a hypnotist, In London, re
cently attempted to keep a man In a
mesmeric trance from Monday till the
following Saturday. The subject was
placed in-a casket and the public In
vited to pay to see him. A commercial
traveler and a dozen companions, arm
ed with cards and whisky, visited the
trance room with the object of watch
ing the subject during Thursday night
to detect any possible fraud. The sub
ject had a fit after an hour of the watch
ing and shortly afterward jumped out
of the casket, saying he could not stand
the "drummers' " jokes. He showed
fight," too, and resumed his "trance" at
sight of a policeman. "Prof." Vint then
arrived and was arrested and later
bound over to keep the peace, In a po
lice court, on complaint of one of the
watchers, who claimed the hypnotist
had threatened him with a pistol.
A Freakish Egg.
. Ex-Councilman William Chaffin, of
Huntington, W. Va., has a great curt
osity which he was exhibiting at his
place of business recently. It was taken
from a hen's egg. It is a solid sub
stance, almost exactly the form of a
fish, having the head fairly well form
ed and the eye almost to perfection.
The thing Is about two and one-half
'inches In length and Is proportioned
about as the ordinary pike fish. It is
carefully preserved in alcohol and Is
exciting no small degree of curiosity.
" Crushed Him.
"Your money or your life," he hissed.
The girl who was taking advantage of
the gloaming to mount her bicycle
frowned. - -
"Sir," she answered, with a trace of
irritation in her manner, "if I felt that
it would be necessary for me to be held
up I should employ a regular Instructor.
Good evening." Detroit Tribune
The Very Opposite.
Mr. Snaggs-My dear, isn't the grocer
on the next corner a Celtic gentleman?
Mrs. Snaggs No. indeed I He sells
for cash only. Pittsburg Chronicle.
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The Foremost Athletic
mends Paine's
John Graham is the foremost man in
American athletics.
It was he who managed the success
ful team from, this country that attract
ed world-wide attention in the recent
Olympic games at Athens.
Formerly trainer for Columbia col
lege, then for Princeton and finally for
Harvard university, Mr. Graham had
much to do with raising the standard
of collegiate sports. A small army of
gentlemen have been guided by him
since he left Harvard and took his pres
ent position, superintendent of the
famous gymnasium of the Boston ath
letic association.
Three of his proteges, White, Brewer
and McCarthy, have just won the New
England championship at the mile,
quater-mile and five-mile run. He has
trained Weeks of Brown university,
one of the best college sprinters in the
country.
Many another student of what makes
men and women strong has used and
has recommended Pai.ne's celery com
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those who are weak and dispirited, the
overworked and enfeebled persons who
are most concerned in' the general
awakening of interest in outdoor exer
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rules of health.
It was the ablest professor of medi
cine and surgery in any college, that
giant among men, Prof. Edward E.
Phelps, M. D , LL. D., of Dartmouth
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A Good Opportunity. '
Teacher Have - you finished your
composition on what little boys should
not do in school? -
"Yes'm." ! "
. "Read it"
"Little boys when at school should
not make faces at the teacher, and
should not study too hard, 'cause it
makes them " near-sighted, and should
not sit too long in one position, 'cause it
makes their backs crooked, and 'should
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'cause it uses up their pencils too fast"
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Colored photographs taken at a single
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