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VOL. IX.
FLORENCE, OREGON. FRIDAY, Aug 5, 1893.
GENERAL DIREOTORY
TRAVELERS* auiDE.
STATE OFFIOERS-
G A R D ESTER
S T A G E
Governor........................William P. Lord.
Secretary of S 'a te............. H. It. Kincaid.
Treasurer.......................... Philip Metchen
Supt. Public Instruction.. ..G. M. Irwin.
State Printer.........................W. H. Leede.
Attorney General........... C. M. Idleman.
( . . . ............R. S. Bean
Supreme Court ] ............... F. A. Moore
1
( ,...C . E. Wolverton
Judge Second District . J. W. Hamilton
Prosecuting Attorney .Geo. M. Brown
H. H. Barrett, Prop’r,
...W . T. Bailey
Commissioners
. H . D . Edwards
Clerk................................ ..........E . U . Lee
Sheriff............................. , W . W . Withers
Treasurer......................... .A. S. Patterson
Assessor........................... .. .D . P. Burton
School Superintendent. . . . W . M . M iller
Surveyor......................... . ..C . M . Collier
Coroner........................... .W . P. Cheshire
Justice of Peace............ ..C . H . Holden
Constable....................... ___E . A . Evans
CITY OFFIOERS.
.W . H. Weatherson
President.
O. W. Hurd
Wm. Kyle
L. Christensen
M. Morris
Board of Trustees
, .. John H . MdPris
......... J. A. Pond
, . .G . C. Cumpton
Recorder.
Treasurer
Marshal..
SECRET SOOIFT1ES.
| F. A A. M. Florence Lodge No. 107.
Regular communication on second
ind fourth Saturdays in each month.
O. W. H v b d , W. M.
L G. K notts , Secretary.
I A. JL
General Lyons Post, No. 58.
Is meets second and fourth Saturdays
i each month at 1:30 p. ni.
J. I. B u t t e u h k i . d , Commander.
J . L . F c b n is ii , Adjutant.
Arrives at Florence Tuesdays, Tliura*
days and Saturdays.
Connects with Steamer and Scottg-
burg Stage Line for Drain.
Also with
Stage Line for Coos Bay.
Charge
reasonable.
I. F. Heceta Lodge Nfclll, meets
•y Wednesday e v e n iM In Lodge
Florence, Oregon, toothers in
andiug invited to attend.
T uomas J. B o res , N . G.
C has . H . V asdeu b vbo , Sec.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
(UESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Florence,
Oregon. Sabbath service: Sabbatli-
liool, 10 o’clock a. m. Preaching 11
clock a. in. and 7 p. in. Sacrament of
ie Lord's supper on 1st Sabbath ot
inuary, April, July and October,
veryliody is welcome to all the services.
Mtor requests Christians to make
lemselves known.
_
I. G. K sotts , Pastor.
D IS T E P IS C O P A L C H U R C H
Preaching
at
Glenada
i two Sundays of each month
tcliool
every
Sunday at
Prayer meeting every Thurs-
ng at the church, hverybody
in v ite d .
O . 1? • I t o l ’ NPS,
invueo.
«
Pastor.
________
_______
attorneys
A. C. WOODCOCK,
-
MORRIS *** HOTEL,
A. R. BUTTOLPH,
Notary Public, Surveyor
O ra ro n .
notary public .
O B EG O X.
. ' m e s A t th e C o u rt House.
FLORENCE.
E. E. BENEDICT,
• -
OREGON
go YEAN«'
. E X P E R IE N C E
A T T O R N E Y - A T - U A W '
O regon.
PATENTS
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M l w a . M , eoBdect.d fo r M
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th e U g ly FI ah U
•
Standard
Dictionary
E. D.
FRANK B. WILSON.
........Attorney-at-I.aw —
:
THE GIANT CACTUS.
ON EUGENE AND
FLORENCE
3TACE ROUTE.
F lo r m n o m ,
35. O PO TTER.
:
High al>ove, *mong the bloaaoiaa gay.
The btMM are gathering aweet a today.
And Robin a laely ahake.d his head,
“ They’re welcome; I’ll wait for the cberrlae
red!”
—Agnen Lzr.vU Mitchill in St. Xichohw.
TH R O U G H TICKETS
THE THREE SISTERS.
T h . r A ll
» a n i » Mc¡.«ren> ’’ "¿¡'‘j"*
tl A lle n ti^ Mvtín to collection! aud P
bteluosa.
F lo m n c « .
ORTHERN
Pacific, Ry.
“ The bloaaonia are aweet, and the wind is alj,
He Uvea to scatter them h j and by I”
Head of Tide Hotel,
notaries .
O r in o t i.
E ü O E K t,
Florence anil fleail of Tide.
The L mmm hum budlly M they go.
Southern New Mexioo and Arixona
and southwestern Texas embrace a re­
gion totally unlike any other section of
the United States. This portion of our
country bears evidence of its Mexican
origin in its swarthy population and its
E. B a n g s ,___ Proprietor.
low b uilt “ adobe" bouses, w hile its
bleak mountains, hiding treasures of
Stage leaves Eugene Mondays,
precions metal, and its sandy deserta,
Wednesdays, and Fridays at C a.
among whose greasewood and mesquite
rushes live the poisonous tarantula, the
m., arriving at Florence the day
veuomons rattlesnake and the stinging
| following at 10 a. in.
S leeping C a rs scorpion, seem bnt part and parcel of our
Returning-stage leaves Flor­ E le g a n t
sister republic on the south.
Thnt which strikes the traveler most
ence on Mondays, Wednesdays
D in in g C ars
forcibly,however, in journeying through
and Fridays at 3 p. m., arriving
the sandy wastes is the wonderful lu x u ­
in Eugene the following day at T o u ris t
riance of the cactus fam ily, which ap­
S leeping C ars pears to grow everywhere, the low ly
G p. in.
cholla (choyyah), tho rotidliku ucalilla
8 T . RAUL
(o-kah-lee-yah) and that unsightly
M IN N E A P O L IS
giant, the great sahuarafsnh-wah rah).
Single fare - - - - |5.00
The drier the saud and the hotter the
DULUTH
Round trip - - - - 10.00
sun the better the cactus seems to flour­
FARGO
ish. Ou some mountain sides tho cbollas
G R A ND FORKS
TO
Tickets for sale at E. Bangs’s
grow so thick one oannot pass through
CRO OKSTON
them, so tierce are the sharp spines of
livery barn, Eugene, and at Hurd
tho cholla “ balls. ” Curved at their ends
W I N N IP E G
& Davenport’s office in Florence.
like fishhooks, these little spines pierce
H E L E N A «»U
leather and fasten upon the skin of the
foot, causing the most i^ense pain.
BUTTE
Rough and repulsive as these various
kinds of cactus are, however, yet a use
has beeu found for most of them. After
.........J. 0. FLINT, Proprietor........
TO
treating tho stems of some of the smaller
F lo r e n a e , O r e g o n .
C H IC A G O
varieties furniture is manufactortd
from them— chairs, tables aud other
W A S H IN G T O N
small articles The tall, graceful stems
OUR AIM—To furnish tho best P H I L A D E L P H I A
of the ocalillu are gathered and woven
into feuces, w hile the weird, uncouth
accommodations
at reasonable N E W Y O R K
sahuarn is put to a number of uses which
BO STO N A N D A L L
prices.
w ill require a more detailed description.
P O IN T S E A S T mid S O U T H
The sahuara, easily the king of the
For Information, time carda, maps and ticket, cactus fam ily, is peculiar to Arizona, its
fluted columns w ith its gaunt, upward
etc., call on or write
growing arms covering tho deserts in
W. W. NEELY, Prop’r.
R. M c M u r p h e y ,
some places like a voritublo forest. I t
General Agent, ltooras 2 and 4, Shelton Block, is often 20 feet in height, and its heart
Tables furnished with all the
EUGENE, OREGON.
is a watery pulp protected by long par­
allel strips of tough, fibrous wood, reach­
delicacies of the season. Wild
A. D. CHAR LTO N,
ing from base to top, the whole covered
Aasi«taut General Passenger Agent.
game, fish and fruit in season. Best
w ith a thick, green skin whioh success­
255 Morrison 8t. Cor. 8d.
F o r t l A X i d O r . fu lly turns the sun’s rays aud prevents
accomodations for the traveling
tho evaporation of the water w ithin.
Where the sahuara gets this water is a
public. Charges reasonable.
mystery, since it grows in the driest of
The Funk & W agnalls
places, where rains come, if they come at
all, at almost yearly intervals. This
water, however, is of no use to man, as
many a poor prospector has found to his
Of The
sorrow. I t is astringent aud bitter, serv­
T w en tv-th re e
ing only to increase thirst.
EN G LISH LANG UAGE
The Indians of the country— Apaches,
M ile s W e s t
Fimas, Papagoes, Maricopa«— use the
straight, flexible poles which form the
o f E u g en e. COMPLETE
skeleton of the sahnara in the construc­
SU C C IE N T
tion of their huts. Like the prickly
pear, the giaut eactus also bears a fru it
A U T H O R IT A T IV E which grows on the very tips of the par­
ent stalk aud its branches. This fru it
is nearly the size and shape of a hen’s
301,863 v m » b u ls ry T e r m
egg- When ripe, it is of a scarlet hue
■47 E ditara and Specialists
and splits opeu into four lobes, discloa-
iug a pulpy mass about the consistency
333 Readarater Quotati®««
of a fig aud filled w ith minute black
lens
M oney Saved
seeds. The Mexicans aud Indians are
10,000
Cast avsr t«<>o
passionately foud of this fru it— and so
Appendix
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47.4SS
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are the birds. The former, if so fortu­
P atro n izin g it.
nate as to get ahead of their feathered
rivals, take loug poles and knock the
The full number of word, and terms In , fru it from the top of the stalk. The In ­
Prop. different dictionaries for th . entire alphabet ts dian Bquaws dry it and prepare it into a
Geo. Hale
as follow,: 8-roitxoHTH, 50,000; W o B C H B S tB B | dish resembling fig paBte.
Rut there is a use to which the squaws
105,000: W ru rrn (international), 125,000; CZM-
tubt ,
( ,1 b volumes.
complete,) 225,000: put the fru it which is not so commend­
business cards
able. I t is pressed in wide, shallow
8TASDAR1), over »00,000;
baskets and tho juice collected in pot­
tery ollas (o-yabs), vessels of native
rll{ST NATIONAL RANK ............Sample Page« Free............ manufacture. The ollas aro then stored
in a small room where a fire is kept
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burning u ntil tho appearance of a w hite
OF E U G E N E ,
froth* on the surface of the liquid indi
cates tbut fermentation has commenced.
T o M„ omo « . e ...
• •
*•
’ AGENTS W A N TED .
I t is then a strong driuk called “ tiz-
_ -------
w in ,’ ’ for which the Indians show a de-
a an noo
PA(D ue OA8M o a p it a l . • • m o . ooo
plorablo fondness. In former years the
BRONSON & CO, government
SURPLUS AND PROFITS.
• •
OOO
always expected trouble
from its red proteges in “ tizw in tim e"
Pacific Coast Agents
and extraordinary precautions were tak­
A .O O O T X N T S S O Iu IO IT B J D
SA N FRANCISCO, C A L .
en to hold the savage« in check during
EUGENE.
•
*
•
0BECÛN
933 M arke t S t.
those particular periods.— Detroit Free
Press.
Attorney a t Law
gena,
D A IL Y T R IP S
— Between —
Wednes­
Elk Prairie Hotel.
I O. IT. W . Perpetua Lodge, No. 131,
l i meets every 1st and 3d Saturdays
ach month.
Members and visiting
rethren in good standing are oordially
uvited to attend. J. J. A kukbson , M . n .
V't. K y l e , Recorder.
ce.
“ We need not wait for tho fruit to grow,”
REGULAR
STAGE LINE.
. . .E . O. Potter.
Judge.................
W1
Jjv
High above la the cherry tree
The 1 mm *« are holding a Juttloe.
The time 1« May, and th«» tr*ws abloom,
▲ad the air la sweet with the rare perfuzna.
u . — W ill m ake -------- o
EUGENE-FLORENCE
COUNTY OFFICERS-
S T E A M ER " M IN K ,”
I j IN H I .
Leaves Florence Mondays,
days and Fridays.
BLOSSOM TIME,
--------------
TRAVELERS’ GUIDE
P atents
CoevinmrraAe.
IJ ,p « d awd W . e . W a r a ^
to Sap » W w n L
T h » A lligator*» IH aaar B o a r .
R at
There were threo sisu-rs who lisped
eery badlp, and their mother, who was
rolicitona «boat finding hnabands for
them, wss continually admonishing
them to to ld their tongue«. This is
d i f » i l t for a girl that ba« no imprdi-
m eW iB b v speech, but it is impossible
for Ob that stammers. One evening
the Ibsee lispors were invited to **e
qntlftng" st a neighbor * a
“ Now, mind, g irls,” said the snzions
mother, , ‘ aotno nice yonng men are go­
ing to be there, and yon roast not say a
word, or they w ill barn that yon lisp
and won’t care to make np to yon.”
They promised to be silent sad went
to the qnilting. When they reached the
bonne, they sat down and qnilted d ili-
grntly in silence, and nothing oonid in-
dooe them to take part in the conversa­
tion. A t tart the eldest wanted the scis­
sor« and triad to make signs to her nest
sister to pass them to her, bnt con Id not
attract her attention. Losing patience,
she stammered ont:
“ Thither, path me the tbithortb. ”
The other replied w ith indignation:
“ Didn’t ma thay that oo tbocldn’t
tbay anything?"
This was loo much for the yoniigeet,
and she eirlaiw ed in a self congmtn-
latory tone;
“ Bleth God, I a in ’t tbaid nothin I’ ’—
New York Times.
Miss Vera Gould of T h irty-nin th and
Baring streets lias a pet alligator which
was sent to her from Florida. Since the
arrival of the alligator, which i t about
18 inches long, Miss Gould mourns the
low of a pet kilteu, and thereby bangs a
tale. M r. Alligator usually receives the
best of attention and after a good square
meal is at peace w ith the world, dos­
ing in his tank n util mealtime comes
again. The tank is located in the din­
ing room, aud the other day bis midday
tueal was forgot ten— that is, forgotten
by everybody except the alligator. Ha
proved, however, that he was not en­
tirely dependent upon others when bis
fippetite was assailed.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon M iw
Gould iiPard a serie» of feline yells is­
suing from the kitchen, and ou appear­
ing on the scene she was perfectly hor­
rified at what met her gaze. There on
the floor was her pet alligator vainly
endeavoring to get tim head of a kitten
in bis mouth, w hile the mother uf the
victim was perched on the book of the
alligator, clawing and bitiug i t in a v i­
cious uiauner. After rescuing the k it­
ten and chasing the other pet into his
abode Miss Gould dismvered that she
was minus a kitten and concluded that
the hungry alligator had eaten it. I t
was afterward uecessary to keep the
mother cat in the cellar, as she attem pt­
ed several time» to wreak vengeance <m
thedeetroyer of her fam ily. — J
THEY WERE BAD MEN
FOOD FOR THE FIEND
I t la a notable and noteworthy fact
that many of the greatest moral and
NEW
VORK‘9 “ FIREPROOF”
SKY­
THE FORMER INHABITANTS OF ELLS political revolutions which tbe world
SCRAPERS
INVITE
A
HOLOCAUST.
has experienced have been preceded or
WORTH AND HAY3 CITY.
accompanied by prognostics of one kind
D aea W a l l SSart
or another.
B a c k l a tfca B is tle s T b « M T o w a s W e r e
Lord Baoou’a remarks npoa this sub­
W l p a O a t th a
N a t Ao U » l» t as T h e y A r e N e w — U » w ject are w orthy of reproduction and are
ffa o tlo a —T o « M n e h I r o a ,
H o » » e f th a C i t l l e u S a tti» « D o w a — W U 4 as follows:
O tra H e p o r t m e a t B a a a a r
“
The
shepherds
of
the
people
should
B tU B ad J l i e C u r r y .
New York’s boainees
understand tha prognostics of statu tem­
“ EUsworthl" shouted a brakeman on pests. Hollow blasts of wind, seeming­ gart of tbe city that includes the neweah
thn Union Paaffic railw ay, Kansas d iv i­ ly at a distance, often precede a storm." of modern fireproof buildings — is is
sion, as the train swept through a
Instances of prognostication of thia great danger of being wiped ont by firs.
prairie valley and slowed up at a sleepy, kind aro by no means unknown in his­ Capitalists who furnish the money th at
lottonwood shaded, prairie encircled tory.
pays for erecting these new buildings
Tbna Biabop W illiam s in the reign
western Kansas town. To the left conld
do not seem to realise thia fact, although
be seen a large and peculiar building, of Charles I clearly foresaw and pre­ i die veteran chief of tbe fire A p artm en t
dicted tbe ultim ate triumph of the Pur­
located ou the onlskirta ot the village.
reiterates thia statement about coon •
“ What is that building?" I asked of itan party in England, aud having tho
t
fear. Read w hat he says
courage
of
his
opinions
be
abandoned
the gray bearded man w^? had shar'd
the government party and sided there­
“ T h a t a big section of lower Mew
my seat for the last SO miles.
“ That Is the Grand Arm y grouuds after w ith the opposition. A t tbe time I York some day w ill he wiped ont hff
and b uildin g," he said. “ I t belongs to the biabop took thia decided step there Hie is probable i f existing ooadittone
tbo old soldiers, and they hold a reunion waa no outward sign whatever that cootinee, ” F ire C hief Bouner aaid Io a
such an event was imminent or even a t
there every summ er."
Press reporter.
“ They have picked on a very quiet a ll probable.
These conditions are the height o f tbe
Dugdale,
the
antiquary,
predicted
town iu which to rendezvous."
buildings, tbe m alarial need in their
and
anticipated
the
ruthless
destruc­
“ Yes, this is a quiet town now, but I
tion of ancient monuments iu the cathe­ non st ruction, the narrowness of the
can remember, 80 years ago, wheu Ells­
streets and the inadequacy of tbe water
worth was b ell’s h alf acre. Yes, worse dral churches which took place in 1641,
supply.
than that, for a ll the cussedness going and he made haste, therefore, to com­
I t is a favorite argument that i f w aist
on in this town in the sixties couldn't plete hia wanderings aud labors in tak­
came to worst, buildings ahead of a
ing
drafts
of
and
copying
ont
the
curi­
have been crowded ou to less than hell's
burning area oonid he blown op, as the
half section. Times waa mighty dull iu ous inscriptions upon these ancient
farm er turns a dead furrow to check the
Ellsworth them days wheu there wasn’t monuments, so, as he biinself says, “ to
prairie fire. Thia theory is not advanced
work for the coroner six days in thn preserve them fo r futaxu aud bettor
any more by intelligent men. says the
week, and he generally had to work tim ea “
chief.
overtime on Sundays. I t was the tough­
B r o w n ie s a n d t b a A U tenasaas C ta h ,
“ We can fight a fire 186 feet high, ur
est place ou the plains u ntil the ra il­
C alling upon Robert Browning at ten stories. Above that we are w ell
road moved on west, and the killers,
the Athenseuin club, then as now, says nigh helpless. They aay that the modem
tonghs, gamblers and their female com­
: Colonel Iliggeuson in Tbe Atlantia, ta ll fireproof building needs not aa mneh
panions followed on to Haya City, Then
the headquarters of intellectual pursuits protection us the ordinary low structure.
the carnival of crime and the contract
iu Londou and of which it naed ’ to be Bnt the fireproof building is yet to be
for fillin g the graveyard w :» transferred
aaid thut no man conld have any ques­ bnilL The communists couldn't destroy
to Haya. Bnt today both towns are as
tion to oak that he could not find some­ Paris in 1871 even by the use of barrels
qniet and orderly as a New England
body to answer, that very afternoon, be­ of petroleum. In American buildings
village. Pome of the bad men of those
tween 6 aud 6 o'clock at that club, it are all tbe necessities of a big, hot fire,
days settled here in Ellsworth perma­
seemed strange to ask a page to find M r. w ith o ut the aid of a drop of petroleum.
nently and became quiet citiaena— after
Browning for me, and it reminded me The large structures in foreign citiee
they became reeidenta o f the graveyard
of tbe time when the little daughter of are b u ilt fa r more solidly than oura.
on the h ill yonder.
a certain poetess qnietly asked at the Having fewer forest« and leas wood,
“ Apache B ill, scout and tough, took
dinner table, between two bites of an European builders get along w ith little
up a permanent reaidencq out yonder
apple, “ Mamma, did I ever see M r. inside trim of wood. Iron and steel in
because a bartender got the drop on him
Shakespeare?” Tho page spoke to a ra­ these days have taken tbe place in this
one night and added about two ounces
ther short and strongly b u ilt man who ooautry of masonry. Nothing w ith ­
to B ill’s weight in the shape 4f lead
sat in a window and who jumped np stands fire aa w ell aa a w ell constructed
placed where it would do the mostgeod.
aud grasped m y hand so oordially that brick w all. Iron columns are covered
Comstock Charley, a h alf breed Chey­
i t m ight have aflggested the remark of w ith four inchea of terra cotta or trick ,
enne scout, tough and general a ll round
bad man, also became a quiet citizen of Mine. Navarro (M ary Anderson) about which fire and water can tear off in a
him — made, however, at a later day— abort time. Then the stripped iron ie
the place where they planted 'em in
those days on account of a puncture put that he did not seem like a poet, bnt left to w arp and tw ist and tumble. I
rather “ lika one of onr agreeable south­ believe the covering should be eight
into him by Henry Whituey, sheriff.
inches.
“ B ill Hickok (W ild B ill) gained his ern gentlemen. “ Ho seemed a man of
“ W ith only one night watchman la a
fame at Haya City, west of here, as every day, or lik e the typical poet of bis
own “ How i t strikes a oontemporary. ” building, in danger, like a ll mortals, « f
also did Jim Curry, who later on shot
and killed Ben Porter, an actor, at M ar­ In a ll thia he was the very antipodes of sudden sickness or incapacity, and w ith
shall, Tex. I knew Jim Curry when be Tennyson. He had a largo head of G er­ no night elevator, a fire could get a
waa an engineer on this road. He be­ man shape, broadening behind, w ith good headway in the upper floors of a
came enamored of a woman, married lig h t and thick gray h air and whitish 80 or 80 story building. Bursting o at
her, and they settled down in Haya beard and bad bluo cyea aud tha moat of the windows and fanned by a atrcog
kin dly heart
wind, the llamea oonid easily leap the
City, keeping a little reatuorant there
narrow streets of lower New York and
There was a regiment o f negro soldiers
ShooAtrtaff StatUtloo.
a fire of enormous extent and damage
quartered at Fort Haya. The negroes
Tho Philadelphia Record*! caloolat- begin.
took offense a t Jim because he refused
“ I have alwaya opposed putting a big
to serve them w ith meals a t his house. ing barber says: " I aeo that your ahoe-
They came around to clean ont the striugs are tied iu bowknota. D id yon building in C ity H a ll pork, believing
place. Jim went to shooting, and when ever atop to th in k how much of the that the time m ight come when that
he qnit Uncle Ram’s army was deci­ string is required to make thoao nsaleaa area, needful as a base of operations,
loops? Probably three inches of earh end. would ba the salvation of the city. '*
mated to come extent
Most of tbe new skyscrapers have fire
“ W ild B ill waa a nervy man and did T ie the laces in ordinary knots, and yon
some k illin g in bis day, and he might oonid cut from tbe pair four pieoea, fighting appliances of their own of mean
have lived longer i f he had not grown each three inchea loug. There are or leas valuu. Tanka ou the roof and in
careless. Yon see. B ill, like ail men of 600,000 people in this city and the oellar are supplied and kept fu ll by
hla class, waa alwaya expecting trouble >0,000,000 in the United States who various ayatemA but these are aa much
and waa always on guard. B ill for y«art wear laced shoes. I f each of tbeao for the ordinary requirements of tenants
had never allowed himself to get into a bought three pair of lucee a year, that as for possible use in firs. Some of the
position where his keen eye and ready would mean 80,000,000 pair, from structures have standpipes inside or out­
revolver were not master of the situa­ which oonid be snipped 800,000,000 side the w alk Legally there la oo way
tion, but be did allow the drop to bo ends. These pieoea, placed end to ond, of compelling the builders of w het ie
got on him twice to my knowledge. The would make a coutiunona shoestring called a “ fireproof” building to put la
first timo I wna present, and the next 17,046 miles long— long enough to more than the moat ordinary fire appli­
time— w ell. B ill waa waa gone himself stretch two-thirds of the way around ances, even above the 186 foot line.
B uilding a 80 story atrnoture la much
when the second time came to a climax. the earth, bnppose that the shoestrings
“ I w ill te ll yon tho story of the time coat a t retail an average of 8 cents a like building a dw elling house in ooe
I was present Now, I never knew B ill pair, then the 00,000,000 pair useu un- respect— there's always deviations from
to pall hia gun to k ill nnless it waa in unally in the United btatea coat |8 ,- the plana and improvements upon them
self defense or there was no other way 700,000. Une-fifth of their length oonid F o r every alteration from the drawings
to secure the peace aud quiet B ill a l­ be dune away w ith by catting off tbe filed w ith the building department the
ways hankered for and would have— nseleas ends, and the value of these ends permission of tbe board of examinets
peaceably i f be could, forcibly i f be is therefore one-fifth ot their net coat must be had. I f tbe alterations are prop­
must. Jipi C arry was a coward, but be >640,000. Thia sain would buy upwar> er, consent is granted, but on condi­
was determined to acquire a repututiou of 10,000,000 pocket handkerchiefs for tion that approved fir« appliances be put
as a bad man, and, as B ill Hickok held the heathen of Africa. W itc h hazel or in the building, particularly in the up­
per stories. These include a stipulation
the championship ot the world at that buy nun?“
th at at least one elevat x shall be ready
timo as u killer, Corry thought ho
T h » C a r ll» » * e f N o b m i m ▼•>»•■.
to run at any tim e iu the night la or­
m ight safely run a bluff ou Wild B ill.
I should lika to know whether there der that the firemen oan get up and
“ 8o be sent B ill word he would k ill
is aoythiug earlier in thia way than the down quickly; tbe putting of boee aud
him on sight, not thut he bad anything
"H is to ry of Bixteeu W onderful Old fire buckets on each floor, and. usually,
against B ill, but Carry had gene into
Women, illnstratod by as Many Engrav­ a standpipe, w ith couplings for each
the killin g bnsineaa, aud he proposed to
ings, Exhibiting T heir Principal Eccen­ floor. When tbe builders consent to add
bold the center of the stage and show
tricities and Amusemeuts. Londou, these ( quipuienta and otlM'rs deemed
that be waa displaying energy and apt­
Printed For H arris de Son, Corner of n ece ssa r y, including a competent night
itude in bis business. B ill paid un a t­
8 t Paul's Churchyard, 1831,“ which watch service, permission 1» granted to
tention to C a rry ’s talk, not considering
, forms No. 16 of Harris' “ Cabinet of make the alterations Thia applies off
him in bis class.
Amusement aud Instruction, “ 36 in tha course, only to buildings nudes con­
"One day I met Curry on tbe street
set. Thia little book, published by Naw-
in Hays. We went iuto a saloon kept | berry’s suoorstors, is an exceedingly rare struction recently. O f thorn already up
there la small hope unless the under­
by a little, nervout, excitable German.
one, w ith colored illustratioua cf tbo w riters' offer of lower premiums appeal
W ild B ill's ta ll form and loug, black
j drollest. Perhaps specs may ba spared sufficiently to the pocketbook.
balr loomed up at u tabla in tbo bnak
for a verse, taking one lack to tba duys
T o the end that the fire resistance of
part o f tbe room. His back waa toward
when lotteries were not illeg al:
building materials shall ba known posi­
Curry and myself. Curry walked over
h r r » was an Did Wnmia o t Eallug
tively, fire testa have been made under
to tbe table, standing directly behind T Wbu
jum p’d till her head lu u v li'd t-u> eclliag,
tbe supervision of tbe superintendent a f
B lit Before any one suspected w hat bo
Wlmn 2 I C 4
buildings. Three such pubiia exhibition^
Wss » n n u u iw 'd a t her door
would do be bad bis gun against B ill's
already have been held, aud they w ilt
bead and said, ‘ Now, you long haired A a a prise to th* O ld W otlsd of baling.
be continued at intervals through the
— Notes and Queries.
--------, I ’ve got you, end you're going
w inter. When finished, Superintendent
to die. * B ill never batted an eya aor
or What B alg Waa CarlylaT
Cooatable w ill make a report to tbe
moved a muscle, bnt raid, ’ Y ob would
Y e t U is difficult to decide w hat Car­ board of examiners
not shoot a man down w ithoat givin
Tba cry for more water in toe lower
him • show to defend his life, would ly le has bequeathed to ns now that the
you?' ‘ Wouldn’t I? K h a t show did you echoes of his sonorous denunciations part of tbe city baa been Inal stent for
are at lost dying away. Standing be­ years. Many have been the plana far
aver give any one, yea — — — F
“ Tbe Dutchman wad dancing around tween the infinite and tbe individual, reservoirs at tbe Battery aud ea either
like mad, imploring Jim to pat np bis he recognizes uo gradations, no massing aide h alf a m ile or a m ile up stream.
gun and far bigg * d B ill to shake of the species; he compares the tw o ln- Every tim e an extra line of pipe has
hands. I f they wuwld, be would stand ' comparable objects of hia attention aud been laid w ith the object of furnishing
treat for tha house, which propoaitiou scolds the Anita for its lack of in fin i­ tbs needed surplus i t baa bean tapped
was finally accepted. W ild B ill and tude. us if for a preventable fault. U n­ np town. Tbe firo and building depart­
Jim C arry shook bauds, after which just to human effort, be barks at man­ ments bops that tbe two 48 inch mains
B ill M id: ‘Now, Jim , I got nothin kind like an i ll tempered dug, angry if being laid in F ifth avenue w ill he left
ag'in you, and I don't w ant to k ill you, i t is still, yet more angry if it moved for tbe relief of tbe section below Cbam-
but if you are bound to get a repotation A moat unhelpful physician, a prophet : hers street. Chief Banner says tbe Forty*
there’s a town fu ll of teoderfret here w ith uo gospel, br t vagno stir aud tur- asooud street reservoir should nothadto-
and lota of sassy nigger soldkrs Oo bnlance of contradiction, a voice aud turbed u ntil water is flowing undiverted
practice on them. You’ll have to git nothmg more, yet a t worst w hat a reao- through these mains to tbs locality that
more of 'em to give you a reputation, naut aud imperial clarion of a voice!— | needs i t most aud for wbieh I t ie to-
aud It w ill take ir.ore time to g it Ibar “ A bhort H elp to L ite ratu re ," by Ed­ tended.
T h a t New York w ill he breugbt fhse
than if yon held a discussion w ith me. mund Goase.
to face w ith grave peril from the
but I think you w ill live longer to en­
storied structures uulee
joy It and be happier than if yon kept
up projectin w ith me. Ho now le'a jea’
“ Arthur, 1 oannot stand this city air. plentiful and tt
drop this, or I may get the idea into my ■ 1 mnet have the foliage of the forest, I doubted ty i
head that you're in earnest, and that must have birds, 1 moad“ —
might ba bad for you. ’ “ — Indianapolis I “ But, my dear, yon have a ll th at ea
Journal.