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Mule Girl on the Wall. New the ilaj HkIiI is. done, ami the em tains are 'dniu ii. Aih! tin katliNstnir all altuif mi tin lawn, .And my Hull one eric.-, a-. .-Ik- itimcMit mv (all. Om'i I play with the little black tfrl on the Tho she's dollies tliat cry ami a that can (Mirk. A Manx oil ami a fully etiiH-d Noah's ark. What delighted her uioM. ever Mure she could enevl, litis Imvii what .-he calls the hltu-k Kirl on the wall. 1V bedtime, ami Bessie, our one little laiuti. Coe Mealing. ". mamma. Tin lonelv, I xin! I've ito hrothcr-; nor -l-tei-. I've no onr at all lint that dear little thirling lilaek girl on the wall : M don't se ''V daytime - 0. where does she lint at luili.ht she follows me now to anil fro - Wherever 1 turn, ami If 1 net a fall. Why. then, .low u Koe? the little black cirl on the wall! "Mimunu. what does she eat. she drink. And w hut dtK she do all think: ami. 0. what does lay loiifr. do you Now ! little like me and net minuteshe's tail. Itnt I never ean catch that blaek cirl on the wall!" So our jHt prattles, on. when .-he's In for a , nice With lnr shadow, elni-e (. isn't life Just such a ! And sIm il.'iiiii'S like mad duw u the hat!! tin- lighted ! As she hunts for the little black cirl on the Willi. - Ito-tou ( lobe. ;i'ciii;i:i). "I am irni awav to-morrow. Miss i CMin-ione." j Uoderiek Sweetwilliam tittered the words in the rieli. opulent. ( )ve;o has voice which titled his throat so well, j Yet. withal, there is a faint tremor in that voiee - a tremor ueh as quivers ujHn the air for several minutes after ' the dintier-ironiT in a iVtirlh-rate hotel ha- reeeixed the final stroke. Uoderiek i had praeiieed that iremor many days lor thi oeea-ion. and had irot it down i to a tint, delieale point. "(ioiuir away, so soon?" siirhed rather than spoke (Jladiola Cliujrstone. Then for a lonir time neither spoke and :t ever. thinir else was ak-o -till, alienee feigned. The deseeiidittr sun of a late Auiru-t day shot withering irlance- through the tiver-hajtjrtiijr hranehe- to where the two sat deeply iiiMiier-ed in sueh tlMMiirht as thev h:tpucd to have handy. From afar. lnie on a hreee M jreatle that ('ladiola"- siirh would have Ueen a hurrieaue in empari-oii, eame the fen id exclamation of some hotte-t.eallou painted farmer add re ed t the tiiirh hor-e w hieh -how eil a di-po-Uion to lair. A small, thin-voieed mo-.juiio u'iti-ed its lliirht on irauy win-- from the neihlmriuir wamp aud alighted on t-he end of ("!:idiolas Ile. whence the in-ccl ro-eairaiii with a tiny shriek of lieudi-h jm asil ninthly dn:ed a territie ri-rht-haiided Idow aimed 1 (Jladiola. whieh now -pent it- sett niton the no-e and circumambient uir I at alnMit eptal parts. "les. I ean stav no longer: I must r turn to in v duties in tin t in. I ro ; 'awav to-morrow." reiterated Uoderiek after many minutes. loth were i)laiiiir a waiting iranie. Froni miieh jieru-al of the ephemeral i literature of the pre-ent time eaeli had ' learned thai when a vouuu man states f to a otiiiLr W itmau in w ho-e i-iniiii.itiv i he has sin-lit a larev oortion of his nm. I tiler vacation, that he is jroiiijr awav i . . - i . ; apim. ;unl Hoe- it with the tremulo fctop pulled out to its full extent, the yomiir woman may lie prepared to hear of -onieihiii": to her advantage if the yoiinir man i- eligible. ('ladiola wa- waiting for UiHleriek to ,a somelhinir additional. Uoderiek was waiting to he encotiraircd to r on. Couldn't ou stay two or three days loajrer?" a-ked ('ladiola al length. At the .-aaie time .-he -irhed so violently that Uoderiek in oUiutarily pulled his hat down more linuk as la1 would h:iedae had a bree.e sudden ly sprmiir up. ."Would on he plea-eil to have me?" "To have you? Why, Mr. Sweet-1 william. I 1 "To have me stay. I nieaa?" "What did you think I thought -ou meant ?" "Nothiair." "What you suy- often means nothing. Mr. Sweet w illiam." remarked (iladiola, who was ipiite an expert at repartee. "You flatter ii. e. Mi ("ling-lone; hut few of u- hav e the ability to con-ver-e freely altoul nothing. But sup-l-e I should say something that did mean something: .-tippu.-e I should ask you to be "Ther! comes papa. Mr. Sweet william: ask him. Uoderiek." exclaimed (ilndioht. who. iu addition to her many other :ceoiupli-hmeuts, had acquired the art ) mind-reading and could tell beforehand what Uudetiek wanted to :isk. "With your permission. I desire to make you my father-in-law." calmly announced Uoderiek when (iladiola's father, the owner of va-t estates and oceans of watered -lock, approached. "Ha, ha." laughed Mr. Clingstone without changii'g the position of even a single faeial mir-cle. "And what an; your pro-peels in life young man?'' "Pro-pects? I dally no longer with pro-poets. I live on the proceeds of the past. My unci: was worth a million when he died. I am his sole heir. See?" "l'rc.-ui..ptuous youth! Begone from my sight! How dare you a-k me for the hand of my daughter? You! the representative of plutocracy. My daughter shall wed a poor and" worthy young man unencumbered with wealth and pos-es-ed of nothing but his pros pects. Begone! I -ay." Thus having--pokt-n. Mr. Clingstone turned and went away. t "How long has your unfortunate fai.ih" been aUiteteil with pare-i-?" a.-ked Uotler'ic, V.'.v. V .. 1 failed to be gottu. when ( 'lingstone pore lire'i i-hed from v iew. "It isn't that," murmured Cladiola. rapt! wishes to be considered ee centric. "He will that he is fleeced: but it strikes me overdoing it."' responded Boderic.V -Bul H-len: I have a plan." For half an hour thereafter Uoderiek poured words into (Iladiola's left ear. Wlieii he had concluded ("ladiola said: "Since we shall be :ls one it .shall he ft mere form, and papa canuot kick." fi'ladiola ltad one fault. In moments, of deep emotion she sometimes became addieted to the use of slaujr. "You here apiin? I told you yester day to liejrone." angrily 'exelaiined Uufus t'linef-tone when Uoderiek Sweet william eame into his presence again at U:.'?0 a. m. the following day. "I was gone hut I returned,'' renlied Uoderiek respectful ly. "Well w hat do you want?'1 "Your daughters hand. See. here is a paper coueing to our daughter all my property. 1 am now poor; 1 have nothing hut my prospects. Truly, 1 am worthy to he our son-in-law.'' "You hae done this? The papers are all drawn up?" "Drawn up and signed. Here thev are. 1 am not worth a penny now." "So I mm'." replied Mr. (''ling-tone, after a hasty perusal of the papers. "Well, ouug man." he continued, iu a sorrow fui tone. "I deeply regret to he compelled to inform oii that since yesterday I have changed my opinion regarding the choice of a htf-band for m daughter. I think after all that it would he better for her to marry a rich man." "I hen we can de-troy these Mr. Clingstone, and I -hall be even iu the new view you take papers, eligible, of the matter. "I .-(tii afraid Amt." replied the old man who was pfite -hrewd. inu.-iugh. These paper- areall formalh prepared and it wo dd be wrong to de-troy them. He-ide-. 1 think that a man who will sign a large fortune away so readilv ought not to be iutru-ied with it again. A (?ladioia - guardian I shall take good care of the proper! otl ha e convex cd to her uuiil -he marri--. 1 .-hall take good care thai Her hu-haud is a man with a better bu-iue head on his shoulders than you wiil ever have, (iood day. Mr. Sweetwilliam: if ever you get hold of any more money hang on to it. my boy." Uoderiek'.- face had assumed the cx-pre-sion of one w ho ha iug placed all his money on the favorite sees a dark horse come in as winner. "Surely . you are je-ting.'' he stam mered: "you joke with me.'' "I never je-t. and I joke w ith no one." sternly replied the shrewd old financier. "iy t m way, in onier Hint you may have soniethiny that will keep you from want until you get a fresh .-tart. 1 shall allow you an annuity of ;(HI until you can get alon:r without it. Now go away , please, and don't detain me any longer. My time i- valuable.'' Speeehle.-s with conflicting emotions. Uoderiek picked up hi- hat and stole away. Al the door lit; met (Jladiola. He started to tell her of her father's do ings. "Don't trouble yourself," said she. interrupting him. "I was in an ad joiug room and heard it all. Dear papa is eccentric: it's ju-t like him to do thi-." "Miss ("Hag-tone (Jladiola - it can not be that you approve of his action? You will U- true to me will you not? I have revealed to you the depth of my .illectiou: ! haveiutru-ted my all to you: surely you will not de-ert iiie." "I could not think of marry'ing you without dear papa.- consent: that would be nudiitiful. you know," replied (ladiola eoldlv. ls this your linal decision?' Certainly.' Then li-ten to mo. Mi.-s Clinirstono.' .ill Uoderiek ill stern. mc:i-iircd :ie- ' ''ut. ft the saijn time drawing hiiu- .1.- . -elf proudly erect until he seemed tube I at ica-t nine ieet nigh, "ion ami your i precious father think you have the bulge on me; but you are in grevioii ! error. I am not nearly -o. great a fool j a.- I may si-em to be o the ca-ual obi-en or. Tho-e paper- which vnur laiuer in inumpii uoiu- are written in patent evanescent ink. Long before you can get po i ion of my property the writing will have faded: the paper will be blank. You will perceive. .Miss ("Hug-lone, that he that indulges in the final hilarity derives the greater enjoy ment therefrom.' "I was but je-ting. Uoderiek: it was all a joke." murmured ('ladiola liber ally lubricating her words with .-oft soap. "I shall leave you and your father to enjoy your little je-t. ami I hope you will be able to laugh heartily over it,' replied Uoderiek. a- lie bowed him.-ell out and walked away to the railway -tation. whi-tling merrily. "( dadiola. my pet. we have been euchred." griinly remarked Uufus ling-tone o hi.- daughter a moment later, after the iwo had compare! notes. "Who would have thought that a man could be so deceitful," remarked tin.' maiden with a sigh. -Arthur Lucas in the EjufU. Rem. s Three Times a Day. Whenever I tackle a plat' of pork and beans." said the advance agent to an Oil City HUzzon! man. as he leaned back in hi- chair, ero ed his legs, and surveyed the -.-tack of whites' placed before him with a critical air. "my al Ieg d mind and memory revert to a season I put iu wilh a load show, other-wi-e a circii-. I raveling wagon. One Saturday 1 dropped into a little town called Saccarappa. iu the statu of Maine. There was but one hotel in the place, and not .having the entree to the society columns, as it were, I placed myself beneath its roof. When .-upper lime arrived I was seated iu the dining-room ere yet the coatle-s landlord had cea-ed to agitale the bell that call ed tin victims to feed. The persecuted heire-s that piloted the provender asked me if I would have tea. I re il ized the hepele ness of 111 v case ami said I would. She retired, reappeared, and placed before me a dish of hot beans, a plate of bread and butter, aud a cup of tea. "One Sunday morning I broke my fast with a boiled potato, a cup of something, ami some cold beans. The mid-day meal was an improvement and consisted of a piece of corned beef, boiled potatoes, and baked beans. For .siippor we had tea and cold beans, and for bre?.J fast Monday morning dallied with a cfdJ of something and a dish of hot beans. Whim I b-ft, I expressed my regret toTne still coat less hind loan! that I had not been able to enjoy the beans for w hich the hou.-e was noted. If I live to he a thousand Real's old I'll never forget the xprcs.-on Via his face as he started back and nidA What! v' didn't get no beans? WU, (by gosFi, I'll see about thuLm 1 TALMACE INJTHH WEST. OorKooiiH Khctiirlf D.-crtlilui; the Itcuu tU'Hol'tlic Velltiir-tiine - A i'iirnaj;t; of Color. In a recent sermon mi: Jvn" rrcat preacher devoted a good his sermon to an enthu-ia-tie tion of "the Yosemite and the stone park, whose wonders scribed as follows: part of de-erip-Yl low he de- "That valley of the Yosemite is eight miles long and a half mile wide and three Ihoti-and feet deep. It seems as if it had been the meaning of Om nipotence to crowd intoas small a place as possible some of the mo-t stupendous scenery of the world. (Some of the dill's vou do not stop to measure hv feet, for they are literally a mile high. If .Jehovah has a throne on earth the.-e are its white pillars. "No pau-e for the eye. no stopping place for the mind. M'oiiiitnhis 'hurled on mountains. Mountains in the wake of mountains. Mountains tlanked by mountains. Mountains split. Mountains ground. Mountains fallen. Mountains triumphant. As though Mont Blanc aud the Adirondack- and Mount Wash ington u-ei-;. here uttering themselves iu one magnilicent chorus of rock and precipice and waterfall. "Yonder is Yosemite falls, dropping i.f.'"4 feet, sixteen times greater de-j seei" than that of Niagara. These. waU s dash to death on the rocks, so' that the white spirit of the slain waters ascending iu a robe of mist seeks the heaven. Yonder is Nevada falls, plunging 700 feet, the water in arrows, the water iu rockets, the water in pearls, the water in amethy sts, the water iu diamonds. That ea.-eade tlinirs down the rocks enough jcv.els to array all the earth iu beauty, and rushes on until it drops into a hell of water-, the smoke of their torment ascending forevet and ever. "But the most wonderful part of this American continent is the 1 ellowslone 1 park. After all poetry has ex- j hatisted itself and all the Morans and' Bierstadts and the other enchanting1 artists have completed their canvas, t there will be other revelations to make! and other stories of its beauty and' wrath, splendor and agony, to be re-; cited. Yellowstone park is a geologist's paradise. j "In some portions of it there seems, to be the anarchy of the elements, i Kire and water, and the vapor born oil that marriage, terrilic. (iey.-er cones! or hills of crystal that have been ovei o.OOO vears growing. Iu places t In earth throbbing, sobbing, groaning, j were wuh II doise. As he ate his stcw r. with aqueous paroMsin. cd prunes at the house or in evening at- (iiiakiu the expiration f everv sixtv-live minutes one ot I lie gev-ers tos-mg it? boiling water !." feet iu the air am then descending into swinging rain bows. Cavern.- of pictured walls large enough for the sepuichcr of the human race. Format ion.- of .-tone in the shape and color of ealla lily, cd' heliotrope, of n-e. of eow-lip. of .-uullower, and of gladiola. Sulphur and arsenic and oxide of iron, with their delicate pencils turning the hills into a Luxem burg or a vactican picture gallery. I he so called I haiiatop.-i.- geyser, ex-, (pli-ilo as the Bryant poem it vv.-sl named after, and the.-o called Kvange- line gey.-er. lovely as the Longfellow! heroine it commemorates. The so called pulpit terrace, from its white i c. ovation, preaching mightier sermons of (itnl than human lip- ever uttered, The so called Bel he.-da gey .-or, by the warmth of which invalid-have already been cured. Ihe an--el of health eon. tinuallv stirring tin watei Kn raging crater-, with heal at ."00 degrees, oulv a little below the surface. "In some places waters as innocent and smiling a- a child making a lir.-t attempt to walk from it- mothers lap. and not far oil a.-foaming, and frenzied and ungovernable a- a maniac iu murderous struggle with his keepers. "But after you have wandered alon the gov -erile eiieha nt meiit for dav - and begin to feel that then can be nothing more of interest 10 see, you suddenly come upon the peroration of al! tnaje-ty and grandeur, the ("rand Canon. 3t i.- here that it .-coins to me and I speak with reverence - Jehovah seems lo have siirpa ed himself. It seems, a great gulch let down into the eternities. "Here, hung up and let down am spread abroad, are all I he colors of laud and sea and -ky. rphol-lcring of the Lord Almighty. Be-t work of the Architect of Worlds. Sculpturing by the Infinite. Ma-onry by an omnipo tent trowel. Yellow! You never saw yellow unle-s you saw it there. Ued! l ou nev er .-aw red unless you saw itjV there, violet! i ou never -aw vmlel unless vim s:tu it llnre TrimimliM nt ' i iianners oi color, in a cathedral 01 ba-alt, suuri-0 and sun-et married by the selling of rainbow ring. "(lothie arches, Corinthian capitals, and Egyptian basilicas built lie fore human architecture was born, llugi fortilicatiou of granite con-lructed be lore war lorgcu us nrsi cannon, uin raltars and Sebaslopols that never can le taken. Alhambras where kings ot strength and utieons of beauty reiguei long before the lirst earthly crown was uupearieii. l liroues on which no one but tin King of Heaven and Karth evet sat. Font of waters at whieh the lesser hills are baptized, while the giant dill's stand round as sponsors. "Hanging over one of the clilTs I looked olf until I could not get my breath, then retreating to a less ex- iiiseii place I looked down again. Jovvu there is a pillar of rock that in certain conditions of the attno-pherc looks like a piller of blood. Yoiidet are lifiy feet of emerald ou a base of oOU feet of opal. Wall of chalk resting on pedestals of beryl. Turrets of light tumbling on lloors of darkness. The brown brightening iiuo golden. Snow of crystal melting into lire of carbuncle. Fhiynitig red cooling into russet. Co'.il blue warming into salTron. Dull gray kindling into sidferino. Morning twi light Hushing midnight shado.vs. Auroras crouching among rocks. "Sec all this carnage of color up and down the elill's; it must, have been the battlcliehl of the war of elements. Hero are all the colors of the wall of heaven, neither the sapphire nor the chrysolite nor the topaz, nor the jacinth, nor the. amethyst, nor the jasper, nor the twelve gates of twelve pearls wauling." An Ohio boy of M pttrpo-ely cut his foot lo avoid being sent to school. I KILL NYK IX 1WIMS. HE HAS A LITTLE ARQ'JVlzNT WITH A FRENCH POLICEMAN. A Modern V.m-mIuii of an Ancient r. v Airitlr Too Smart, for a (nitplng Call Driver. leive just relumed from a jovftll ram ble tlinniL'li I'crc la (' oiise, the lariresl and most lluiri-lii tiir cemetery of Paris. () I Ii c r hurvini; p rounds have stall ed up, and for a tiine.perha) s. threat ened to coual iVre la Chaise, hut have been compelled to take a hick srat, aa one might say. Pete hi Chaise U ou one side of a pretty hill and was once. of course, away out iu the country; hut , now business houses and ti allie sm roinnl ' it. It was named for the .Jesuit eonfes sor of Louis XI V. The ground was laid i out as a cemetery iu 1801. P..ris has ; twenlv-one other hurying-groiinds be- ! sides IVre la Cnaise, but as I say. this one gels tin; cream ot the trade. The graves are aiostlv surioiinded hv stone decoration iu the form of sitcoph agi or Gothic stalagmites. Sometimes the grave is coveted by a staple flat stone, and the older ones ate not always iu good condition. I fell into an old grave, hut it was no! deep, and so I got out almost at once. Funerals are con ducted by a company who will burvvou plainly for .$.'!.?.) or in sty!e for 7.114 frtacs. You have to tip the otliciatiug clergyman besides, however. Of course you would not think of visiting tuis place without shedding two or three tears over the grave of Abelard and lleloise. There the soft hearled pilgrim got s to gnaw tin: iron fence and think sadly of this unhappy pair. Abelard taught school and boarded with the par ents of lleloise. it would sceui. and while Hitting home .sorghum in Ins colTt-e the first day he went there he caught the eve of lleloise and loved her, oh. so inaillv! Still he concealed his love for a time, but while he toiled at school trying to find out how much of a hall of yarn would belong to A provided A. B and C each paid out on it different fractions to a common denominator, his thoughts tended the revival her iin ige was in his heart, her name was ringing in hi- ears. She also entertained similar feelings to wards him. While she peeied the pimtnt terre or skane the milk, something seemed to be whispering in her ear the name of A briar I. This continued until ou e day as they were leaning over her slate cor recting her spelling-lesson, her bright and Huffy hair tickled the ear of the young tutor, and he felt so shocked that he looked around to see if lightning had struck the house. Again he looked at thespclling. It was no go. He had for Vtii'n how to spell for once. With a glad cry he spiang to his feet and threw the slate about four rods as the crow llies. Then he took ihe chin of Heloi-e iu one hand and putting the other back ! f her head, so that he would not break her neck, he turned the fair young face 1 "l so tliat he could scan it without ' straining Ids eves too much, and planted 11 h'lge Auieiie K ves kiss on her luoiilh vviiu -lien sincerity and earne.-i uess tnai the clock stopped and covered its lace with its hands. After this her spelling got worse. He punished her by keeping her after school and making her write iho.-o mis speiled wor Is on the blackboard. The parents of lleloise saw how it was going. Thev went to Ihe school hoard about it. lie bought her a big red apple and she knit ted him a iimlller. which they ncd to wrap around their heads jointly, us thev went to revival or telurtied a!ler they had aided in the great work. To cut a longstoiy short. ihy had a stormy lime of il wilh ihe oid people. And though thev at last wen. married, the were har-a-.-ed by relatives and Un-illy eruellv sepal aled. The par -ills gol the laugh IN A Sl'NKKN OKA VR. in Abelard and he died in II II. The tomb is faindi ir and you recog nize it among the 'iO.llOO graves of IVre a Chaise, because everybody has seen it least the picture of Ihe (Jolhic canopy mil sarcophagtie with recumbent statues the shrine of disappointed love. I had the pleasure of being arrested in French the other evening and so got in "o the papers. Lest a garbled account of the matter should reach home and alarm my legion of friends in America I will give a brief account of il myself. It was ou Ihe Mtli of .Inly and of course a great nation d holiday. Paris whs tilled with life. Paris was tilled with excite ment. Paris was fail of serging human ity. I was theie. hul did not seem to attract any attention at fust. Finally I went past the door of an Knglish grog simp, and us u-al several tables stood outside tliti door. One had a glass of wine on it. I heard the glass fa'l long after I had pass-d ihe place. When I reached the Hotel Custiliognc a waiter followed me in and recpicsled me to pay for the glass. I said "Seur.-elv." The grog proprietor then came and demand ed pay for the glass and contents. I re plied with perfect polish and wonderful naivete thai I would ucc him doing tiuio over yonder before I would do m It 3-72SBU V .mi rignt, we win ave a poncemnn, then." he .straightway to me did make reply. I did not think he would do it. hut he did. Then he told the policeman his story, and the o Ulcer told me I would have to accompany tmn to the Commis suire. I said I had agreed to go some where else that evening. He did not understand me. Just us we were starting for the station-house (he proprietor of the C.isliiingnc and the young Count de Passauo, both of whom I had met only a moment before, interfered; told the ollicer he was harking up the wronij tree, I think, though it was all in French, so I am not sure of the exact words. At last he finally hitched up his linen trous ers, touched his cap ami hacked away. De Passano is u young Italian here go- COUNI.KKH UY IIIK I'oI.K KM.VV. ing to s( hool. and having also yet n good time already. He was verv polite and wai.led lo pay for the glass himself, but I would uol pennit it. bee mse il was wrong for anybody tit go about paying for the general breakage of crockerv and glassware iu a large place. You cannot keep it up. I was qu te ill a I ease for a little while. I will adini;. for it is so rarely that 1 am arrested nowadays that I haidly know what to say. B-sides, vou cannot atguc with a Fiench police man in Ivigiish and make that favorable ini- re-sioii you would like. While wi ping I his utv laiin Iress hns hopped iu wiin mv linen and the bill. There is soiuel long wrong about it. I -cut six siiiri- and on lliebill 1 aineh irg ed wilh six cheat se-.. A mm can't he too c refill heie m ilus lown. You never know w h ii a Iva-itagc wdl be taken of vou by radc-tu-oplc and everybody else. A man who in ike- men'- -huts iu Piris call- huii-elt a eheiui-ier. or something IlKe lli.il: pi--iii.y II S ehenii-eiter. bill it is iu odd lisle, it se.-ui- l me. Win don't he call hi- csi .ibii-i. in -nt i siiirtory V Thai is i-laoi and u little .-e ga-ii withoiii I'e'iig i fins! ve. ;. AV hi Sex Yuri. World. An Old Buffalo Hunt. The Hon. C. ,L dimes, tin: veteran biill'alo hunter of America, i- the uvn- t lemau who originated the idea of rais ing the buffalo for domestic purposes In an interview he gave the follow ing "ntero-ting -ton regarding lii. early day.- a- a hunter and hi- pet hol- oy o dome-tieatiag this now almost extinct race of bovine-: "I began hunting the butfalo in 1871 at ."iO cents apiece. All 1 did was to shoot them down fo. a company, which would take the hide- "n to Hayes City ami Fori Wallace ami -ell them. They would split the hide down the belly, culling the leg- a little distance down. Then i hey cut the neck ami .-lipped it back a little. Taking a loop iu a rope they would hitch one team of horses to the hide and one to the horns and whip the hide olT in less time than it take- to tell it. "I have often killed from forty lo sixty biill'alo right in their tracks! I ligured out a plan of my own to corral them on the prairie, f made an etlort to get in front of the herd when they were traveling, so that they would come within twenty yards of me iu pa ing hv. I then shot the leader through the head and dropped her iu her tracks. The leader was general ly a cow. The old bulls were lazv and usually lagged behind. The herd would fall back in the direction from which they came about one KM) yards, stoppingo mni around and look for danger. In a few minutes out! of the cows led out to go around on one side or the other, ami then I could drop her. a- l tint the lirst. I hey would again fall back a short distance and huddle together clo-ely. "Alter a short pause another cow might undertake to go around on the other side and invariably met the same fate a.-the other two. The herd after this wa.- sure to form iu a very close group upon the ground w here they hajtod alter the lir-t shot. Biill'alo re tiace their -tops ouiy a short distance. "Now .they had trouble ou three sides aii. I on the other their backtrack. I wa.-flee lo shoot down as many as I wanted, provided I did not shoot too rapidly and alarm them. Whenever one aitempieii to lean away i mane .-tin to kill it. and this taught the oth ers that it w:ls sure death to the lead ers. "To be sure, it was cruel, but I could hear the crack of guns on every hand and I thought 1 would have my share. "I began to realize that these animal- would soon become extinct and I turned my attention to saving the rem nant. I began to save the young to alone for my slaughter. In l.S.S-1 1 be gan to gather up calves. It was very dillicult to raise them. At first I lost ill per cent, but after a little exper ience I could save DO per cent. I stocked my farm near ('ardeii City with young ones as rapidly as I could gather them. At the close of iy.Sl I had raised only four, the next-year seven, and the next year thirty-two, ami so ou until I had a herd of nearly one hundred." Han FrannUcu L'x uitttiur. When -Joint Orr -o! home in Camden ! from a trip i Wilmington. IM.. his T,',s" c ,lM'n "' icin.-mh.rred thm he had for-olt,,,, U,e l,v. n., ouiul some OII FriI . , L 1 hiladelphia polieo. J Do "We. Know More than the AnoIentH I think we had better give up sneer- , ing about the simplicity of the ages , that feared witchcraft and " shuddered or were glad at omens and were guid ed by superstition. They had their ex cuse iu the mysteries of "nature and all her works. They wen; ignorant of j Jaws and forces and methods of tins I creator. We who know so much, who recognize the practical in everything, who have driven from the language the word supernatural, still are uihy ' T.r t. i . i-. . o J ox a.s mueu aosuniity as our forefath ers. We have no excuse. We are taken in by the patent medicine man, who in the past hail not so many curious and inexplicable diseases to eater for, but who made his way just as eUeetually with other kinds of pills, lotions, and herb decoctions, destined to cure human nature's ideas of dis eases as tin; patent medicine mau of to-day. We have the faith cure. In the days of old the faith cure was not any more generally believed in. Aro we ever any thing but children, scared by phantasies, frighted by imagina tion? Js it within the bounds of possi bility that a storyteller may arise and scare us with the stories of witches and goblins so badly that we would fear to go a block on a dark night. There are some things that progress, science, knowledge will never drive ouUof us, and from the days of Adam and Eve down to this present nineteenth cen tury man has had a fear of death am! he has pursued desperate means to pro long his lift;, even when it has lost its usefulness and become a burden to everybody else. -Sui Francisco Chron icle. Murders in London. Out of twenty-eight ttinf-f!.t.. com ouly mitted in Loudon last year in six instances were the brought to justice. perpetrators. Letters fn the United Kingdom. Fifteen hundred and lifty-eMit mil lion letters, or forty-one per head of population, were delivered iu the United Kingdom during the rear vehiel. .i...i ' - .i oi last .vtarcli. Besides that mere were .S(M).()00.(mm) postal-cards. newspapers, ami parcels. The tele-raida service showed a delicitof "l'40 fMio 11. H. ROSA, DEALER IN lough and Planed Lumber. Bandon, Oregon. Cedar Flooring, Ceiling and Bustle Manufactured to order. 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