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i The Oregon Scout Jones & Chanoey... Publishers. UNION, OREGON. GUY CARLETON ON GAME. tome Suggestion for the Itoil nml Gun Club's Furthcoming Work. The two lnijrest varieties of game to bo laund In North America nro table fctnkcs and U10 prizzly bear. Uotu nro easily obtained, but I would advise inexpcrienci.'U jxirsons to begin carefully on the bear, and gradually Work up to tlio tablo stakes. The grizzly bear does not rise readily to the ly. llo is sometime taken with livo bait in the early spring, but is in inferior condition. In December bo retires to the depths of 11 eave, wherein he Fpends tho winter, and, although tho game law is Mleut on this point, It is considered by true sportsmen cruel to follow tho grizzly boar into a cavo. It is great njiort to pursue u largo bear with lerco energy, occasionally stopping to rest when tho truil gets too fresh. I oueu followed a bear four miles. I then sat down to lunch eon, full of a fcportsman'H grim joy, for I thought tho bear was not more or Jess than tlx miles ahead. Suddenly I heard a snort ef surprise, and, turning, I Raw tho bcur and nortcd. I cannot express tho gladness t felt. It was u beautiful bcciic. The broad sun laughed from tho iuflnito blue; the birds tang, and all nature, including the bear, woro ft tranquil smile. 1 climbed a tree hard by to enjoy tho view, and tho bear camo for ward in u light hearted way, and my spirits roso as ho Bat down with the uir of one who ftxpectcd to camp out for a week. In climbing the treo in my enthusiasm ovor tho scenery I had forgotten my gun anil lllto viso n small II ask of liniment, ubuful in treat ing tho bito of largo und deadly serpents which infest that region. Tho beur found this liniment, and when 1 saw him loan back with dreamy oyes, emptying that Husk into his countenance, I ltnpw troublo was bruin. Nothing Is more painful to a truo sportsman than to hit for lonely hours on an uncushloiied knot in the fork of a desolate tree, watching tho gradual progress of a drunken bear toward feelings inclining him to homicide. When tho flask was empty and tho bear was full, I noticed he plainly saw two sportsmon In tlio tioo overhead and was trying to make up his mind which would bo better to savo for breakfast. A dozen yards away was a wild bees' uost, and in fetching the gravel a wlpo to sharpen up his claws a bit he at tracted the attention of the colony, and they Attracted his attention half a minute later. They likewise attracted mine, and between me, the bear and the bees, things began to freshen up. I novur have mmhi a bear take to deep an interest in a subject 011 tJiort notice. Ho clawed tho air and floated lightly about la the wind, threw back somersaults and waltzed with great rapidity, and in lass than m inliuito, whon I slid down the tieo and took beo line for camp, the bcur took an ursalluu for tlio woods and I saw I1I111 no more. As it happened, I lost that liear and throw way a great opportunity, but if it had not been for thoxo bees 1 think I may safely mid without bru'gging wiy that there would havo Ixteu plenty of meat under that treo in a fow minute. UuITulo nro a fine, largo game, and their robes are highly prized In places whero tho cliumto is unfavorable to fleas. A lurgo buf falo robo should bo in every hportsuian's room, but it is somewhut easier to get when tho bulTalo does not linpieu to be inside of it. Elk are to be found In North America, but they will 1x3 twico us plentiful in tho full of the year when tho "Wild. West" show comes back with the other two. Tho guinn lMnn of North America nro tho brook trout, tho black bass and thu canned aalmou. There is also tho sucker, Tho trout nd tlio buss are gamier when In thu wntor, but tho sucker Is tho gamest llsh In the world no hour ufUir you take him out of tho water, and ho gots gamier and gamier ovcry minute. Ho is a line, strong tbh, and ho gains strength 11 day. There is good and economical fishing in tlio Xlestigoucho river, Now Brunswick. Tho portsmau can purchaso a membership in tho ltostigouclie club for f 1,000, and his excuses whilo there do not exceed f 200 a week, lie may return after a fortnight and ship tlnu largo salmon to his friends from tho Fulton market at 40 cents a pound. The greatest dllllculty encountered by the ftngler is in obtaining tho projter expression to bo worn whilo coming homo. Tho inun who has taken 11 tbh of tho size known as a "corker," conies homo with uu open couuto muico indicative of great joy, and thouuh tho un and tho bluck Uies have given his com plexion tho general characteristics of an over 4ono wallle, ho Is proud mid content. Tho saddest sight I know is that of tho man Is Ids prime, who left homo by tho early train, full of hope and applejack, for a quiet Sabbath, returning in tho purplo twilight with 1270 worth of tackle and 0110 four-Inch tbh. llo dure not look his fellow man in tho ye, and ho is thoughtful and introspective, (oos across lots and concocts an ingenious uocdoto about losing a tUh which would 'weigh seven pounds. New York World. Ho Mixed tlio Children Op. 'Do you want to laugh! Well, listen. 1 tutva just returned from a visit to Loiilsvlllo; friend with mu; stopplngnt a mutual friend's. He is tlio father of eleven children, all girls, Ono evening wo were all seated in the recep tion room, when I turned to htm and said: ' 'Captain, how many children havo your He looked a little puzzled at first and then answered, 'Dick, I don't know. Out on my farm thero is a board on which a notch is cut vary tiuio a colt is born. I used to cut a Botch in that samo board whenever a new ftaeuibcr of tlio family was introduced to us, ttt of lato years tho notches havo got so bad ly mixed that I can't tell which ore colts and which ore girls.1 "Uluclmuitl Telegram. aettlue Evan. 'My neighbor has thrown her dead cat over la my yard I" announced 0 female caller at olios headquarters the other day, Yes'm." "Cau yon do anything I" "No, ma'am, I'm afraid not" "Well, 1 cun I I've got a dog four times big as her cat, und I'll poison him and , throw tho body into her yard this very night 0 Uiroi"-l)etrolt Fn I'l INVENTOR OF THE COWCATCHER. A Farmer and nil Plow SugEMU the Loco motive's Valuable Adjunct. If you should over go to Columbus. O., said a railroad man, and should happen to drop into tho model littered little oflko of tho Novelty Iron works there, you will sco n sharp eyed old gentleman, who will moro than likely bo poring over somo works on me chanics, or sketching tho design for a pattern for somo piece of ornamental iron work. Tho old gentleman is L. 13. Davies, a native of Kennebec county. Me., who was tho first loco motive engineer in actual servico on the first railway built in Ohio, and tho inventor of the attachment to tho lo- comotivo familiarly known as tho cow catcher, which is in use on every pas senger and freight engine in the world today, but for which, invulunblo as it is to railroad companies, ho never re ceived one penny. When Davies was 19 years old ho was tho engineer on Commodore Van dcrbilt's famous old steamboat tho Cleopatra. llo ran there ono season and then drifted out west. The little Minrnt mllrnnll wna film, liniblttirr bn. tween Xcnia and Springfield, in 6hio. Ho went to work on tho road as engi neer of a construction train, and when tho road was completed, threo years afterward, ho ran tho first passenger train. Somo years later ho entered the service of tho Columbus and Xcnia railroad. It was while ho was run ning u locomolivo on that road that ho conceived tho idea of tho cow catcher. The locomotives of that day had no cabs, and a rowof iron spikes, four feet long and driven into tho bumper of tho engino a foot nnart and n foot abovo tho track, was tlio loco motivo builder's idea of tho proper thing for a pilot or cowcatcher. And it was a cowcatcher, and no mistake. Thero was no headlights on tho loco motives in those days, and as tho rail roads wcro not fenced in, and as cattlo and livo stock had freo run of tho country, scarcely a night passed but somo cow or horse or nog was impal ed on these spikes, much to tho peril of tho train and its passengers. Tho dangerous character of this rudo and cruel pilot was n sourco of constant thought to Davies, and 1 10 studied daily how ho might improve that attachment, and not only removo it as a menace to lifo and property, but make it n safety fealuro of tlio lo comolivo. Ono day, whilo ho was run ning his engine, and thinking on tho subject of improving tho pilot, ho no ticed a farmer plowing in a field near tho railroad, and the manner in which tho mold board of tho plow throw tho earth to a furrow on one sido at once gave him tho idea that developed tho plan ol tlio modern locomotive cow catcher. Tho action of the mold board on tho soil was just tho action that was necessary lo make a pilot a useful attachment in stead of n dangerous one, but it was ono sided, it did not take Davies long, however, to seo that by putting to gether a dovico that was virtually a plow with two mold boards ho would accomplish tho desired result. He con structed such a dovico and attached it to tho locomolivo "Patorson." of tho Columbus and Xcnia railroad, and on tho very first trip ho made with it its success was manifested. On tho trip ho ran into n drovo of cattlo that were crossing tho track. The new pilot cut its way through them as if it wcro a plow turning tlio soil, and throw them right and left, clearing tho track with out any norceptiblo efiect on tho en gino. All tho locomotives on the road woro at onco fitted with tho cowcatch cr, and it was not long before tho idea spread to other roads, and from that timo no locomotive has over been built for passenger or freight service without Davies' cowcatcher. Davies did not patent hisdevice, and although it has saved tho railroads of this and other countries millions of dollars and hundreds of lives, ho never received a penny's benefit from it. Now York Mail and Express. Indian Who Were CiinnlbuW. During tho siego of Detroit sovoral murders and massacres wcro porpo tinted, and ono English woman, who lived with her two sous on the com nions, was massacred and eaton niado into a soup. Shells were tired at tlio Indians from tho fort, but the cunning savages soon learned to run toward them when they were coming and blow out the fuse, and bo prevent their exploding. But few of us nowadays would suppose that tho Indians ever had been cannibals, but wo are posi tively informed 111 letters written from tho Detroit post that in several in stances Pontiac's braves uto their pris- I oners, dished up in various forms. In , a lottor dated July 0, 1703, tho writer says: "Was it not very ugreeablo to hear ovory day of their cutting, carving, boiling ami eating our companions! Thoy boiled and alo Sir Robert Dovcrs, and an Indian had tho skin of Cant, Robertson's arm for a tobacco pouch." Su Louis Magazine. Orutiuo Wine. Thoro is a man in Southern Florida who makes u delicalo wiuo out of oranges, ills process is n secret wlitcli ho guards jealously. In llavor luesu wines, for thero are two or three va tieties, nro like a lino sautcrna, und ono has U10 suggestion of tho whilo Rhino wino llavor in it. Ho has had tiuulo for tho Paris exposition, lo which ho sends some of his manufactures, bot tles shaped like oranges, with tho leaves covoriwr part of tho fruit, tho cork being uiuuo to imitate tho stem. Chicago Timoa. Swallows a Live FWU. Mr. B. Q Mitchell says that whilo ho was u bov ho had u friand named Bill Chandler that ono day several boys woro in a crown, ana 111 going by a branch thoy nil stopped aim uruiiu from iU Bill Chandlor sucked a Hsu in his mouth nnd swallowed it beforo ho could spit it out Ho says that tho boy could feel it flop around in hi stomach sovoral minutes after it wont down, and tho way it kicked and squirmed made Billy feel skittish und look squeaiiKJih. Americus (Go.) II-publican. The Greek Actor. It was customary to increase tho statu re of tho actors by tho uso of tho cothurnus or buskin a kind of high boot, ornamented in front, and hav ing a laver of soles some threo inches thick. The cothurnus was painted in tho same color as tho robo worn. In addition to this, masks covering tho whole head and face were used. On tho lop, over tho forehead, was a lofty frontlet of conical form, which must have added considerably to tho stature and dignity of tho actor; insido tho mask there seems lo have been somo contrivance for strengthening tho power of tho voice to enable it to fill tho immense space of the auditorium. Bell shaped vessels of bronze aro said to have been placed in various parts of the theatre to reflect the sound, and tho actors were subjected to a severo courso of training both as to power and modulation of voice. Many.of tho uctors were men of po sition und inlluenco in Attic society, and moro than one had been intrusted with diplomatic and other missions. Sometimes the poet himself played in his own compositions, as .Eschylus is said to have done. It may interest somo of the craft of the present day to learn that as much as a talent (nearly 2C0) has been paid to an actor of note for two performances. Thero wcro only three performers in speaking parts, tho others were silent; indeed, they could not havo spoken had they tried, for their masks had tho orifice of tho mouth closed, while thoso worn by the principal uctor and his two subor dinates were constructed with the mouth open in the shape of an 0. No women were allowed to act, tho female parts being taken, as in Shake spearean times with us, by boys or young men, not only on tho stage it self, but in tho chorus. Sophocles, when a youth, was selected for his graco and beauty to lead tho choral dauco at the festival given in honorof the victors at Salaniis. Tho dresses worn on the stage bore no resemblance to tho ordinary Anlheiiian costume, but were probably a modification of tho festal robes worn in the old Dionysiac procession, and consisted of flowing robes of purplo and yellow and other brilliant hues, crowns or ehaplcts, and broad, embroidered girdles. These robes were so lengthy as to cover tho feet, nnd were common to all charac ters, male as well as female. Cham bers' Journal. Honey und tlio Hut. An amusing anccdoto is related of Gcorgo Honey, who, some years ago, whilo on a tour in the provinces, had taken lodgings in a houso on the out skirts of a town. Soon after retiring, ho was awakened by a Iluttering noise, us of a bird, around the curtain of his bed. no sprang up, struck a light, and saw a small, dark creature, with wings, blundering about tho room. Not wring well versed in natural his tory, ho did not recognize it as a bat; but thinking it a queer sort of a bird, he resolved to catch it, if possi ble, and examine it by daylight. So ho took his felt hat and attempted, for a long timo in vain, to capture the in truder; but at length ho pounced upon it, carefully removed it from his hat with his hand, shut it up in a drawer, listened whilo it struggled for a few moments to escape, and then went to bed and was soon asleop. But he was not destined to sleep long. Hardly had ho dozed oil' when a further Ilut tering awakened him, and lighting another match, ho found a second bat. Ho had an exciting scramble before ho caught this one, but finally he suc ceeded and put it in the drawer with its companion, and again retired. Again, however, ho was awakened in a similar manner; bats came not in singlo spies, but if tho expression bo allowed in "battalions." Each speci men was carefully deposited in tho drawer. At last, after an unusally long chase, ho was so heated that ho opened tho window, and having re tired exhausted enjoyed a fow hours sleep. When ho awoko ho jumped out of bed and opened tho drawer very cautiously, to iook lor tlio prizes of tho night; but lol thero wcro no bats there 1 llo opened tho drawer j wide, and then discovered that it had ' no back to it. Ho had, in fact, spent his night in catching tho samo bat, ; which hud Mown out at tho back of tho drawer as soon as ho had put it in 1 at tho front, and when tho window was opened had finally escaped. San Francisco Argonaut. Tlio Irish Siiltmi of .Morocco. It is not goncir.lly known that be sides being the lineal descendant of tho prophet's daughter, Futiina, by hor marriage with Mohammed's fa mous general Bu Bekr, tho present sultan litis some Irish blood in his veins. In tho early part of tho pres ent contury an Irish borgeant of sap pers, who had been detached from tho British garrison at Gibraltar at tho re quest of Sultan Sidi Mohammed, died in tho lattor's sorvico. His widow, a pretty Galway girl, wishing to bo sent homo, sought an audieuco of his ma jesty. It was grunted, with U10 result that Sidi Mohammed, struck by her beauty, mado her an oti'er of mar riage, which she accepted. Shu be came thu sultan's favorito wife, and on his death her sou, Muloy ezid, nicknamed "tho Red Beard," assumed thopowor, and figures in history as tho most sanguinary monarch known in tlio annals of Morocco. His favorite pastimo was to roust Jews nlivo 111 tho body of a bull or to play bowls with tho heads of his attendants, freshly decapitated for tho purpose. With strange inconsistency ho would at other times perform acts of tho most astounding generosity and kind ness, thus causing his namo to lo cursed and blessed in turns. Tangier Letter. Deaths at the KJflet Toner, In talking with tho workmen at tho EifFcl tower I was surprised to hear of a number of fatal accidents which havo never been made public, I was euro that these amounted to nearly a hundred; hut tho census would not bo taken until nil was over. As tlio French say, omelets cannot bo mado without tho breaking of eggs. Leeds Mercury. HARPOONING GRIZZLIES. Daniel Scxton'a Remarkable Dear Storle, Sworn to In Court. Tlio titlo of boss bear killer of North America never has been definitely and finally conferred. Grizzly Adams achioved wider notoriety than any other man in his line, but that was be causo ho caught tho bears alive and mado a show of them. Sylvester Scott of Sonoma county, with his rec ord of 400 bears, seemed to bo entitled to tho appellation, and even Morgan Clarko did not dispute tho claim, al though ho has been a mighty destroy er of bears. But Daniel Sexton of San Bernar dino, whoso modesty has kept him in tho background for many years, now comes to tho front with somo of tho most remarkablo bear stories over heard. Mr. Sexton's claim to recog nition is not based upon niero camp flro yarns or country grocery experi ences. All that he says is sworn to on tho witness stand in tho United States district court Mr. Sexton was a witness in tho suit of John Morongo and others against Messrs. North and Gird, a case involv ing tho titlo to thoPotrero village and lands in San Bernardino occupied for thirty years by tho Indians, who havo failed, "through ignorance, to conform to tho laud laws. Mr. Sexton was cross-examined about tho condition of things on tho disputed land thirty years ago, and developed cither a te nacious memory or a fertilo imagina tion. Counsel, to test his accuracy, put tho simple question: "Were thero a great many bears in thoso years?" and started Mr. Sexton on a series of reminiscences that were highly interesting. Tho following re port is from tho court stenographer's notes: Mr. Sexton Oh, yes. I went out 0110 evening from my camp and I coun ted fifty bears within gunshot of me, eating cherries. Q.-Wild? A. Tho bears? No, they wcro not wild; they didn't scare at anything. Oh, you means the cherries. Yes, they wcro wild cherries. But tho bears did n't know anything about being hurt and wero not wild. They weren't scared of tho Indians, because tho In dians never killed bears. Q. What variety of bears wcro they? A. Grizzlies. Q. Did you seo that sight moro than once? A. Lots of times. Why, B. D. Wil son went up tho mountain hero to Bear lake, and ho had twenty-two men with him Californians. They counted 100 bears at 0110 time. Tho mountain was what you might call just lousy witli bears. Tho men divided into pairs and went for tho grizzlies with their lassoes, two men to a bear. They lassoed eleven bearsand brought them into camp just naturally led 'em right in. Q. Did you kill any bears? A. Well, I think 1 did. When Mr. Templo camo out from Los Ange les to get somo lumber, I had a pilo of bears, and I showed them to him and asked him how much bear meat ho thought thero was in that pilo. Ho said ho thought thero was' about ten tons. I think there was moro than that, because thero was moro than fifty bears in tho pilo, und I think they weighed moro than 500 pounds apiece. Q. Who killed all thoso bears? A. 1 killed them. 1 harpooned them. When I went to tho raneherie, they didn't know how to seta harpoon. I mado some harpoons and set them, and 1 would havo threo or four bears harpooned every morning threo or four old grizzlies. If you had been thero liko 1 was, and seen threo or four old grizzlies with harpoons in them, dragging logs and chains after them, ypu would never forget it. Q. Wero thero any California lions about thero that wero dangerous to stock? A. I never saw but ono California lion in this wholo country, and 1 killed him with an ax. May'bo you think that isn't so, but tho way 1 killed him was this: 1 didn't have a cun with me. and 1 went out with an Indian to cut 1 some timber. 1 had tho ax and noth ing else, and tho Indian's dogs ran a lion up u treo. Tlio Indian told mo to go back and get my gun, but 1 told him, "If I go you will let him get away." Tho lion was on a small limb, and 1 throw a stone at him and hit him between the eves, and that stun ned him. Iloturneu Uuland was going to jump, but 1 happened lo hit him just right and dazed him. Then 1 mado the Indian fetch stones, and I pegged stones at tho lion for about an liour and a half, 1 should think. When ho turned tail I stoned him on tho end of thu spine. 1 stoned him until ho couldn't uso his hind lees, and then 1 cut tho treo down and killed him with 1 tho ax. Banning (Cal.) Letter. How Women ItciU IIow difl'erently men and women indulge themselves in what is called a resting spell. "1 guess I'll sit down and mend theso stockings and rest uwhilo," says tho wife; but her hus band throws himself upon tho easy loungo, or sits back in his armchair, with hands at rest and feet placed hor izontally upon another chair. Tho re sult is that his wholo body iruins full benefit of tho half hour ho allows him self from work, and tho wifo only re ceives that indirect help which comes from change of occupation. A phy sician would tell her that oven ten minutes rest in a horizontal position, as u chango from standing or sitting nff irtLr ii'rtitlil i , pAi'n ,nrMi imt,nll,itt l to her than any of her makeshifts at 1 tion" wcro mado to steal money rom resting. Busy women havo a habit of their parents and bring it to tho ar kecpingon their feetjustoslongas they i dent scientist in question. PaM Mull can, in spito of backaches and wuru Gazette. ing pains. As they grow older they sco tho folly of permitting such drafts i A "r s Cat. upon their strength, und learn lo tako Norwich has many odd things, but things easier, let whut will happen. tho oddest ono, jierhaps. is a houso Tliey say. "1 used to think I must do ' hold cat that visita tho barn twico a tli us and so. but I've crown wiser and learned to slight things." Tho first ! rears of housekeeping aro truly tho lardeat, for untried and unfamiliar cares aro almost daily thrust uon the mother and homo maker. Now York Graphic The City of Berlin. Frederick tho Great worked hard to beautify this town of his choice, but it cannot bo said that with all his ef forts and all tho energy of recent years, it is n town which strikes a stran ger familiar with London or Paris as ono of grandeur or oven of dignity. To begin with, there only exists ono church of architectural interest in terest, becauso tho beauty of tho Klos terkircho has been destroyed by ad ditions mado about tho middlo of tho present century. As for tho cathedral, that is a late, domed edifice, no larger than n decent parish church in this country. This poverty is unique. Look where you will over Europe, and you will not find a singlo town of capital importanco so void of that crowning ornament to a city, a fine ecclesiastical building. The defect can not bo exaggerated. Such buildings aro the durable record of a city's life; each weather beaten stono has an in terest no less human than scientific, no less romantic than artistic. Wo havo our St Paul's and Westminster Abbey, the Parisians their Notro Dame, Vienna its St Stephen's, Romo its St Peter's: but thero no such ser mons in stone to be read in Berlin, no building to bo admired for its beauty or revered for its age. Conceive Paris without Notre Dame. Tho effect is nothing short of robbing French liter aturo of Victor Hugo I Nor is Berlin much better oil' for secular buildinp. None of them save an inconsiderable fragment of tho old Schloss dato ear lier than the Seventeenth century, und tho bulk of the old Schloss is a decay ing plaster faced pile of that unfortu nate period. The palaces of tho lato Emperor William and of tho Emperor Frederick as crown prince wero built tho former some fifty years ago, tho latter thirty, and, though both insig nificant in sizo as compared with tho Buckingham palace, may bo admitted lo compete with it in point of style. Macmillan's Magazine. An Eternal Itellc. Asoka. believed to bo tho grandson of tho Indian sovereign whoso realms wero invaded by Alexander tho Great, becamo a convert to Buddhism, and in extending that form of religion en acted a part analogous to that of Con stantino in establishing Christianity. About fifteen hundred years ago ho distributed morsels of tho bones of tho saints to all kings with whom ho was in alliance, and a princo in Guzcrat resolved that his relic should last whilo timo endured, no inclosed it in a bottle of gold, hnd that in a cas ket of silver, and that in a vessel of copper, and that in a bowl of baked clay a substanco as durablo as tho earth of tho world and that in a coffer of claystone, and that in n hol low squaro of sandstone, and that again, in a pyramid of brick moro than eighty feet high, and at tho base tho samo thickness; and finally, as wo understand, a description only on this point obscure, faced tho entiro structure "with stono blocks. Tho princo did not spend all that thought and labor and treasure only to honor his relic; ho meant to preserve it as long as India or Timo itself should last, and so well did ho plan that ho succeeded in preserving it for fifteen hundred years. His dynasty ceased and was even forgotten, his peoplo changed their creed and ceased to worship Buddha, his clearances wero abandoned by hu man beings and tho junglo spread its obliterating mantle over roads and plain and pyramid, and still tho relic remained as safe in its golden bottloas it was when the prince placed it there. And thero tho British archaeologist, Mr. Campbell, found it, tho mor sel of bono uncalciued, tho gold of the bottlo as bright as ever, tho silver cas ket only tarnished, tho copper cover ing only rusted, tho bowl of baked clay unchanged, as it would bo if left thero till tho world cooled, tlio clay stono coffer unbroken, tho sandstone cavity unviolated, tho pyramid still resisting climato and timo und men who had in somo past ago sought treasure in its interior. London Tele graph. rilling a Long Felt Wunt. Somo day or other every reporter will carry around a phonograph and when ho interviews a man tho latter's words will bo taken down with an ac curacy admitting of no dispute. Then when tho interviewed gentleman comes around in tho morning liko u volcanic eruption to explain that his language was distorted and all thai sort of thing tho reporter can quietly pull tho phonograph with ono hand und a gun with tlio other and ask him what ho is going to doabout it. When this scheme can bo successfully oper ated a long felt watit will bo filled. tVs it is at present when a man gets into twitthln luirmiicn nf Ins t-nninft-B hnin faithfully printed, ho at onco swears that tho reporter mixed his words with an egg beater and then run them in. In such a manner tho guileless newspaper worker frequently gains a reputation for lying which ho does not deserve. Lincoln Journal. An Extraordinary Story. Tlio polico of Budu-Pesth nro inves tigating a truly nmrvolous caso. A boy at tho public grammar school has confessed to his father that ho has, j Tor somo timo past taken money from tho till in his shop, being ordered to do so by a man who hud made him the subject of experiments in hypnotism. Tho father went to tho schqol authori tics, and it was discovered that a wholo class of boys wcro in a simi lar plight They acted as "mediums," nnn riv n nnvitc, L-nrun no 1 -ci i mrt. and by a process Known day aiid gels two meals from a cow ! which "leaks hor milk." '1 ho cat steps under tho cow, holds her mouth open i for a period and tho deed is done. Thero aro u number of peoplo in town who would like to get a living oj easily. Now Haven Union. JUSTICE WITHOUT LAW. A JudeB Tucson Who Sent All Offend er to the Uok I'll L. Capt Bourke. of the army, is an in teresting story teller, and possesses a rich fund of reminiscence and anec dote. "Twenty years ago," said tho cap tain, "I was In Tucson. No place wis over worse governed. Outlaws abound ed and they did nbout as they pleased. Finally tho good citizens of the pluco merchants and men of property determined to bring about a reform, and t.ie way they decided to do it was to elect a judge who would deal hon estly with the scalawags who wero running tho town and corrupting tho courts. So they chose a man named 'Charlie' Meyers to be judge. 'Chur lio' was a druggist, who knew noth ing about law, but he was perfectly honest, and that was tho only qualifi cation tho citizens desired. Accord ingly, 'Charlie' set up a law dispensary in tho same building with his drug shop, and dealt out justice and patent medicines with equal grace. In his court lie established a library of calf bound books, consisting chiellv of the Mate ria Medicaand Somebody on Fractured Bones, llo engaged as an officer of tho court a man who was afraid of nothing or nobody old 'Jimmy' Douglas, who carried in his leg a bul let that no had picked up at Gettys burg, and who walked with some dif ficulty and with a peculiar though not graceful limp. Tho first thing that 'Charlie' did was to establish a chain gang and sentence to various terms in its service every oH'ender that was brought beforo him. Tlio shyster law yers who had 'run' the town be foro 'Charlie's' incumbency protested against Litis as a violation of tlio con stitution of the United States, but they protested m silence. In fact, tlio pro test was useless. The process of tho judge was rather summary, but tho result was very gratifying to tho good citizens of Tucson. Tho wild, rough character who had ruled the town wero now engaged in cleaning tho streets, and Tucson was seeing an era of prosperity that it had not known since its foundation. But if tho busi ness men wero pleased, tho lawyers wero proportionately disgusted. Tlio court refused to recognize them and their business was gone. Ono day, however, one of them plucked up spirit enough to go beforo tlio court in behalf of his client and demanded a trial by jury. Tho court was about to sentenco tho prisoner to a term in tho chain gang, when tho lawyer in terposed a demurrer. 'My client,' ho said, 'objects to being tried by this court, on tho ground of prejudice, and demands to bo tried by jury.' " 'By shury, said Charlie. 'What is dot shury? " 'Ho demands,' said tho lawyer, to bo tried by his peers.' " 'Oh, no does, docs he?' said Chrr lic. 'Veil I sendenco him to two vceks in the shain gang and 1 sen denco you to ono veek. Now how you liko dot trial by shury?' and into tho chain gang tho lawyer went and thero ho stayed until his term was up. "Ono day a man named Wolf was brought beforo tho court for cheating somo Indians out of $3. Ho was an unscrupulous man but a shrewd ono and ho know all tho tricks of tho law. 'Charlie' felt that in his caso tho Materia Mcdica was not sullicient au thority and so ho adjourned tho court lo get an opportunity to consult somo books on tho law or to obtain advico from somebody with a knowledge of it. As ho declared tlio case postponed and tho court adjourned, however, ho turned to the prisouerand said: 'Volf, it is do unanimous opinion of dis com munity dotyouaroa tief and this court coincides fully in dot opinion.' "Wolf lost color and raising his fist ho said: 'Judge, I don't let any ono speak to mo in that way.' " 'Dis court fines you $10 for rais ing your fist against it,' said Charlie, ' 'and you stands committed to do shain gang until it is paid.' "Wolf know that thero was no re course and ho reluctantly paid tho $10. Tho judge gravely took it and after dividing $5 between himself and 'Jimmy' Douglas, ho gavo $5 to tho Indians. And to this day, in tho an nals of that Indian tribe, 'Charlio' Meyers is tho most righteous judgo that over held court, for did they not suo for $3 beforo him and recover $5?' Washington Telegram. Planting tlio I'ln on Mount. St. Elian. Tho groups of snow clad peaks vis ible to tho naked oyo wero countless, and to tho northward, in which di rection tho view was barred, their number is doubtless quito as great; only a fow of them, however, im pressed us as being very high or very striking in shape. Somo of them roso out of tho snow in such a manner as. to lead ono to bolievo that they had been recently buried and wero wait ing to bo dug out When I say that but fow appeared very high or strik ing. I should except Fairweathcf and' Crillou, which wero plainly visiblo abovo tho clouds, though 140 miles, distant Tho ocean was covered with. a fog; it frequently is in theso lati tudes; in fact, it would often bo rain ing for a wholo day at tho beach,, whilo about St Elias tho sky would bo cloudless. At 3 o'clock wo thought it oesi 10 oegin our downward jour ney, as wo did not caro to bo caught out over night A small American flag presented to tho expedition by a lady of Sitka was placed in a tin can and left at Flag Rock, a point about 10,000 feet high.-Scribner's. The Cary SliteiV Sycamore Tree. By tho Hamilton tumpiko, in HaniM "ton county, O., and on tho way froirf Collego hill, stands a largo sycamoro treo that was planted thero in 1832 by Alico and Plioebo Cary. Thoy wero then C uud 12 years old, and coming homo from school ono day thoy saw u small treo a farmer had grubbed and thrown nway in tho road. This they planted and cared for as children will, and nOW tho treo flnilrishpo nnd iwniv ono who passes by stops under it for u moment's shade, ana wheuever thu Cory sisters went to that part of the country they pid a visit to their tree. Pittiihurur Disna&sh. 1 I