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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.
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