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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1897)
J V I A NIGHT AT LAS CRUCES. a -r UYK :ilnutes lifter leu vin H house In company Willi nn adobe house in which n light was burning, while t lit door was closed. "That is Joscl'a's house,' t lit sheriff said to inc. We walked mi ns far as tile next house, a few steps lieyond. Van Patten pulled nie Into lis sliaduw and stoiied. "'We'll wait here a l)!t. Don't speak or make a noise,' lie cautioned me. "A ininiite Inter I found myself stand ing alone, the sheriir having left me so silently that I had not noticed his go ing. As 1 stood in the shadow, wondcr I UK what all this mystery was about, the door of .1 liana's house, up the hill side, opened, mill the white-robed form of .losel'a came through the darkness toward her house. Arriving, she went inlo the house, leuvltiir t lit door partly open. Then came the sound of foot steps of some one walking softly to ward the house, ami in the light that streamed through the doorway I saw a. man, in dark clothes and wearing a sombrero, ou the point of entering the house. "His foot was at the threshold when click, came the sound of u plstol-ham-iner suddenly cocked, and the sheriff's voice said, sternly: 'Hands up! You're my prisoner!' "The man at the threshold started liack as if he had been stung and turned, but his hands went up above bis head as quickly when ho saw Vim l'atteu, who had stepped behind him from round the corner of the house, covering him with his revolver. lie re covered himself in a moment enough to curse vigorously. Van Patten took no chances with his prisoner. .Tosefii 'u the doorway wn.s screaming for a res cue and calling for a knife that she might kill the sheriff. She would have attacked him tooth and nail, but he de clared that he would shoot the prisoner with the first Interference from any one. " 'It's no use, Hill; you'd better come along peaceably,' lie said, 'I'll show you my warrant when we get to the cala boose. This gun'll do for warrant till we get there. You know wlmt'll hap IHn If you drop your hands. Right about! March!' "Down the hill. Into the main street of the town, we went, where, at past one o'clock In the morning, the saloons were In full blast, with a trade almost as good as In the beginning of the even ing. A crowd gathered and followed as the sheriff took his prisoner to the lock-up. There had been no chance since the arrest was made fon the man to get rid of anything he had concealed about him, and there were found in his possession, besides the imir of revolvers and knife at his belt, a black mask and a gold watch and pocket-book with money, which nfterward led to bis conviction for the crime of attempted train-wreck lug mid for the robbery of the ranclimau. The arrest of Shifty Hill such was the prisoner's title, his real name being Philip Hulskanip was followed by the capture of his two nccoinpllces wlthlu the next twenty four hours, so that this episode was quickly closed. " 'I suspected from the first tlmt Shifty Hill had n hand in the business ui tne road,' said the sheriff, as we walked home together lu the early morning. 'Why? Instinct, I suppose. found out that he had not been in town through the afternoon and even ing. When his sin. Josefa. came f,r enchiladas and frijoles to take to her home that was her errand at Juana'a 1 made up my mind that she expected him to arrive late aud hungry. Did you sec her face when I Joked her about Hill? She wns anxious for ym, and showed It. So when he came to her house I took the risk of arresting hliu. and I made no mistake.' "New York Snu. Fish Are Short-Sighted. All Ash and other creatures thnt below the surface of the water are short-sighted. Of what use to them would lomr aUriit le when, ut a comparatively shallow tleptn. the range of vision Is limited, from lack of light, to only a few yards? The result Is the crystallite lens of a fish's eye Is bulged to an almost spher ical shape, and the tish must live In a world of surprises, seeing things loom up suddenly out of a fog. The nets we stretch for them would hnrdly take a fish, at least In daylight, If they could see as we do In air. Succeeds the Sand Hot Experiments hove recently been mniln tih.i,.i.t 41... -1! li.. . . ... I'lmuiMu iuukih- nn we aie our """ i" "" aiming or ioconio euehlladas, aud lie Joked her about tlve 'heeh by magnetizing them when ILllllItt llulu.in ...I..... I... ....II.. I I tlllttlm utt tlw. t..l . . " 17 """5, or wueu olluib- Ing steep graded. I lie my -- host, E. A. Van Patten, sheriff of Dona Ana County, came the first exciting experience of the night," said a man from New .Mexi co in telling of some happenings In that territory when the railroads there were new. "We had crossed an open lot and turned up the sandy street leading to the principal street of Las Cruets when, bang bang bang! from some where ill the darkness ahead came the reports of a repeating-rille, or heavy revolver, mingled with the whtaing screVch of bullets coming straight down the road with us In the direct line of their course. At the Hist shot Van Pat ten and I stopped still, and a man walk ing along at a lltt!e distance behind us jumped to the road-side and went Hat to the ground In the illlrli. He wasn't hit, and didn't mean to be. The second buftet passed between Van Patten and me. the wind of It flapping the sheriff's hat-brim. The third well, I wasn't lucre any more, but was making three jumps to the second to get behind the corner of an adobe wall that fenced an orchard from the road. The sheriff stood Ills ground and laughed at me for running away; then went buck to the house for his revolver. When we got tip to the main street, we learned that the tiring had been done by a .Mexican taking shots at another Mexican in a quarrel over a girl. No one was hit, and so the matter pas.-fed. "The city's principal street was ablaze with the lights of saloons, all open lu front on this hot Sept em her night and crowded with customers. Miners, ranch-men. soldiers, lawyers, tourists, and Spanlsh-Americnns, rich and poor, passed In and out or lounged about the doorways. The sheriff, a candidate for re-election, talked with everybody in Hnglish or Spanish, as tile occasion demanded, and set up th drinks often for the crowd as we cruised from place to place. At about ten o'clock a messenger with a tele gram came hunting for him, and soon a new excitement spread through the towii, and men gathered In groups to listen to such details as had reached the city of nit attempt at train robbery that had occurred ou the Atchison road that night a few miles above Las Cruces. The roMiers had tried to ditch the southward-bound passenger train, but had succeeded only In stopping it, and after attacking the express-car, had been beaten off. A tulle from the place the same men. It was supposed, 1 ad help up n rich ranchman and robbed him of his money, pistol, and watch. Messages had at once been sent by the division superintendent of the road to the sheriffs of Dona Ana. Lincoln, Sierra, and Socorro Counties, notifying them of the occurrence. Two railroad detectives had arrived In Las Cruces on a special locomotive, and were In eon sultiillon with Van Patten by eleven o'clock that night. "Van Patten hunted up all of his dep uties that were lu town, and sent two with a posse up to the scene of the at tempted robbery to trail the bandits from that point. He also set liuinlrliw on foot as to whether certain untrust worthy characters living at Las Cruces were lu town at the time the train was stopped. Having done everything ap parently that could be done thnt night toward detecting and capturing the out laws, Vau Patten said to me: " 'Let's go up to J liana's and eat some enchiladas before we go home.' "We left the main street and Its revel ries and went up the hill to the east, among the tint-roofed adobe houses of the poorer Mexican residents of the town. As we passed these humble homes, through the doorways left open for coolness the forms of the Inmates asleep upon the tloor of the one room within could Indistinctly be seen. ,1u ann's was a sort of Mexican restaurant, and here, at midnight, we ordered the enchiladas, which were brought to us ou a platter by the dark-skinned come ly hostess. Kuchlladas are tortillas thin cakes of unleavened bread re sembling ait ordinary buckwheat cake in size and slinie on which Is spread a mixture of onions and red chill pep. Hers chopped tin together. With tle of beer to accompany them, I found the enchiladas not half hint t, ,mt i, we sat at the table a pretty Mexican girt in a wuite-musiiii gowu, aud bare bended, came In, whom the sheriff greeted an Josefa and Invited to glass of beer. They chatted tmretli.- In the Spanish tongue as we ate our rui-uiituiii, ami ne joked hei some person whom he called Shirtv Hill.' Our uienl tliilsliml hostess, said good-night to her aud Josefa, aud weut out Into the darkness. We did not go back the way we had come, but, taklug another route, passed There are two sides to tle kin ques tlou. after all; If it were not for kin some married women would atarve to death. LATE NEW INVENTIONS. rneumatic bicycle tires will last long er by using n newly designed brake which has two loosely pivoted clips shod with rubber or felt puds to press on the sides of the rim when the brake is applied Instead of on the tire. Hoots and shoes are prevented from squeaking by an air channel placed between two lilling pieces at the sides of the heel and extending forward 111 the sole of the shoe, the air chamber being lilted with a valve for Inllutlim. Letters cannot be fraudulently ab stracted from a new mail box which has n cylinder set in the letter slot and fastened with a ratchet so It will turn over to push the letter in, but cannot be turned backward to withdraw It. A simple device which will prevent many railroad accidents consists of a fusible knob attached to the ends of car axles, to droii down and complete nil electric circuit, thus giving an alarm to the engineer whenever a hot box occurs on a car. Screw propellers are to be used In stead of rudders for steii!n' .i li!p, .1 shaft being mounted lit either the bow or stern of me vessel at right angles with the keel and fitted with propeller wheels on each end, to be revolved and draw the boat around. To minimize the danger of fracture of lamp chimneys a new burner has a plate In which the chimney rests and Is clamped last with a screw, which is tightened when the lamp Is lighted, so that sudden changes of temperature will not break the chimney. Hedsteads for army and camping use are made wit!: four upright posts rest ing on the ground and supporting cross pieces, over which a canvas bottom Is drawn mid suspended by loops, the bed being braced by ropes fastened to spikes driven Into the ground. In n wlckless lamp just out a cup Hoats on the surface of an open oil chamber, with a burner tube In its cen ter, which extends down Into the oil and brings the lluid near enough to the top of the tube so it can be Ignited and feed Itself through the tube. A German has Invented an apparatus to "Increase the comfort" of persons In railway carriages anil on board shops, consisting of a buck rest supported by a strap, with loops for the arms and a net lor the head, the whole being sus pended from the ceiling by springs. In n recently patented cycle steering mechanism the ball-races in the head of the machine are slightly depressed lu the front and rear, so as to guide the wheel in a nearly straight line by al lowing the gear cones to sink Into the depressions when the wheel is straight Forgiving Small Injuries. How often are our feelings hurt by a sharp look, a sarcastic laugh or an 111 tempered remark. Our Ignorance in some common brunch may lie exposed to laughter, a thoughtless slip of the tongue. Jeered at, or a careless mistake be received with derisive laughter. What a feeling of anger surges through one! Months may pass, the amused sttectator wll hnve forgotten the Inci dent, but the scene is seared ou one's memory, perhaps never to be forgotten nor forgiven. These little slights are harder to for give than big Injuries, they rankle and sting, and seem to grow to huge propor tions. Being brooded over, they seem like the deepest Insults. How are we to treat these mocking foes? First think carefully on both sides. The scoffer probably at once forgot the Incident, is it worth while then to cher ish a dislike against an unconscious foe who can never make reparation? Might you not have laughed If the cases had been reversed? Console your self with the thought thitt If you have made one such blunder he has probably made ten. Everybody has. Next, make n resolution to forgive and forget the slight, and do you be more careful alxmt scotiilug at other people's mis takes. The greatest surgeon may not know who wrote Henry Esmond, nor the greatest artist the situation of Moscow, but are they not great all the same? The Meanest of Thieves. At the very lowest stratum of thieves In New York Is placed what is kuown as the roof lifter. Ho Is a cross production of burglar, sneak thief and footpad. Born of necessity and In crime, he finds his favorite Held on the roofs of perspiring tenements on suffo cating summer nights. Worse thuu the skulker after the bat tle, he slinks from one prostrate form to another, taking what he can find, keeplug what he can get. The ghoul robs the dead, who have no need of earthly possessions; the roof lifter robs the living, the poorest of the poor, forced front stifling tenements to the roof for a few ehort hours of sleep, that are necessary only that one may have strength for the battle of to-morrow. Newly Married. "You have said nothing about the dluner, though I cooked It myself and have given you your favorite dish." "I really was not aware of the fact my dear." ' The achool for convict women the superintendent of the State peniten tiary at Jollet, III., started some time ago Is meeting with complete success. ON A BLEAK SCOTCH MOUNTAIN. Ben Nevis Observatory, Britain's Hishent Meteorolonlcal Station. The observatory on Hen Nevis, Scot land, Is the highest meteorological sta tion in Itritain. and the scientific results obtained there are lit consequence of small importance. It is now thirteen years ago since tills observatory w a s "5 opened. The origi nal building con- hiSwfml nf line rniitii v ..... ... . , ,K lint additions were soon nu'.de. A tow ii bout eighty feet in height, which serves the double pur pose of carrying a set of anemometers and of providing a convenient exit when the winter snows have closed the ordinary doorway, was also erected. The observatory is substantially built, and is all of one story, except the tow er. The dry-stone walls vary in thick ness from four feet in the less exposed parts to ten feet at the base of the tow er; the windows are all double, and the roof Is covered with lead overlaid with snow-boa rdlng. Although the velocity of the gales on Hen Nevis frequently exceeds 111(1 miles an hour, no damage has been done to the building beyond the breaking of an occasional pane of glass. The day of twenty-four hours Is divided into watches eight hours long at night and four during the day. Thus there Is al ways at least one of the observers practically in the clouds, for most phe- -tj ' ' x' - '-' ' ' .V s. s ; - mmw HOLE IS SNOW 20 FUtCT VKF.P AT BEN NKVIS OnsKKVATOKV. noinena observed on Hen Nevis are of great Interest aud beamy. As the ob servers are practically In the clouds for most of the time, many opportunities are afforded for minutely examining the optical effects of mist or cloud on the rays of the sun or moon, when a thin, almost imperceptible, film of scud -cloud or mist covers ore formed. These coronae, as Is well known, con sist of colored rings arranged concen trically round the moon or Bttn. Each ring has all the usual spectroscopic or rainbow colors to more or less perfec tion arranged with the red belt outside. In winter when the situ is low even at noon the shadow of a person standing near the cliff that runs all along the northern side of the mountain is cast clear of the hill and shown lu the val ley below. Prior to the advance of winter, the observatory Is stocked with coals, tinned food, and sundries for nine months. The provisions are conveyed ou horseback by way of the bridle path. In winter the telegraph-wire Is the observers' sole means of communi cating with the lower world. Snow falls to the depth of fifteen feet and ter rific gales prevail. Animal life Is somewhat rare on the summit, but nn occasional fox or weasel may lie observed In the rocks. Snow bunting build their nests regular ly In the cliffs below the observatory, and In winter are quite tame. The ob servers have on more than one occa sion caught mice In the building, and their existence there has given rise to a good deal of controversy. About a year ago a live frog was taken to the ob servatory, where it has remained ever since, nud, although partaking of noth ng in the wny of food, It seems as lively as when It was taken up. UP-TO-DATE CAMPING. Every Improvement to Make Life in the Woods a Pleasure. Not so very long ago when people went camping It really meant they went "roughing it." The modern camp er has kept abreast of the times and has every Improvement to make life In the woods or by the river bank a pleas Occasion all t We SP0 A rnffininl v ancient system-a large unwieldy boat or wagon Inden wlthill thrtro.,Ie-t,NU,I?JS2r gage for u ', ,UIH. t-.niv.iH bein mn,,, : ?' lm-k t -st tirliieli. ... Wlt caimihi.' II,,., i . '"'Hull ... .. . : ,u . ".toris rroil J in.ni- JUKI pitching On,,'., "l't ' 1. night, 1,,, , ? ioo mud, labor. The ,,,";'" ' well reiiH.Ki.iit,,,! i.. ""a;- having alleriiooii tea nfw , '""""'"'I tents will, th,i awnings are pi,,,,,,, ,. ...I., nil P.u'.lc,a,,,wlll,r; tage of u large ten, for "aill occasional dinners ,llv b, " ' tents have board tl,K,rias, kept olT the uwiiinit. and Z s pitched for the mmm likely each family has lts j" dens, flags, lminnincw ., ' lamps and lanterns f.- tm.,,... f , J""UtT U'l Summer has seen ninny SUJ .... . .n n,.ui oi lovely lutes lyfe Chicago, and the cntnpers have themselves better, so tiiev ,.uJ. Vuu more iasluonalile vstors rilliem( ciunueii summer resorts, wliMnj,! y s" "'"' ciiougu to .Nature to ft; man or girl really tired of citfc crowds. AN ORIGINAL ABOUTIONIS U nine I ijlill. Rev. Dr. Richard S. Rust 1.01 iiuiins -unit Distinction, Rev. r. Richard S. Itust boy the "original abolitionists." F, his youth and he has now rM.i age he has been active for the or the colored people of the hri fore the civil war he workwl fori freedom. Since the war he has vJ to Increase their culture. All Ik long he has been connected iviil J cationitl institutions for tlieir esjj benefit. He has made for liinwt Imperishable record ns on agent of llintlou. and his name will net forgotten by the freedinen of tint ted States. Dr. Itust was bora bs Knghind, where revolt ncitlust da was indigenous, mid there J any doubt alxmt his willingness tn classed among the "black Ref cans," or the "greasy meclianla,' whatever else the advocates of greatest of national reforms wensJ contemptuously called. TerniM was never actually asaulted i preaching and lecturing for ema tlon, but over and over again h experiences violent enough lo im any but the most stout-hearted, dl forty years ago he became preslow the Kreedman's College at XenbOi mid wlille ImldlnL' this nnsltlonk much to tn with the Insertion ( clauses against slavery Into tie p eral Methodist discipline. Attn wnr rtr Rust wn the father of Muttirullut- nnllev nf attending Sft for freedinen all over the South, has resulted In about eighty u& tlons that serve as llgbthouss lilt ftber t by ijabor luriti REV. DR. RICHARD fcJJM knowledge to the whole colored 1.. i. i, ni iinfinddo"H land lecturing and preaching 1 "1 .... . Im nM to?! oeitair, anu now,- " i !i.. hi. fnten unue personal miroii v still strong. Dr. Bust resldej uu clnnati. , fmrriaaC noramcH - . tj. uii.. hot there wlU horseless carriage on the marte. i blnlng the lightness ano bicycle and costing not nor tnrlI. There are no lusumiounuib ties In the way. The thing U' at work upon it. When It eojM hinu win hnvB the choice oi i lag bis own passage in . . . j - a f them DR"" ea ior a.m. oou -- - like the former, dui tJj live in reacu tiro -"" . will develop an Indolent and m preference for the latter. i la certainty on uo ""''.. type and function, and Mr. i declaration that it wui t- - ,j Is the more significant fw 1 that he ought to know what w -l lug about. Fanner w""1 -.In to n "Is that young one s "l awake all night?" asked Mr. 1 Indignantly. .i "There la no rigm. i Dlaln." retorted his wife. J the habit from you." Rassla'a New -""TZJ Russia haa bough .... lovTiydfl "Viuuu - ...He. dreunui alway- go by contran, t 01 the .V bill (pie: kill cat di u 1R9. Ph lei h :