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QUEER WESTEE.V DUELS.
Ouriosltles of the Oodo of Honor
on the Mexican Frontier.
Hard Fights for Life with the Lasio Soma
of Farmer Pe.i.'s Kotarluus Achicr.
snflOts Encounters tm the Corn
stock Underground Fights.
The rirtta duel is not now thing on
the Mexican frontier. Indeed, there in
hardly a big cattle rango anywhere that
has not its stories oi hard fights with
the lasso. Such duels are bound to be
fierce. But so skillful and quick do
these rope-throwers become that such a
duel not unfrequently lasts for hours.
Probably the best-retnemberod fight
ot this sort, says the Sau Francisco Ex
aminer, was that between a Texan
known as Kid LonR and a little Mexican
who waBonly spoken of as "Oabilau"
hawk on the great Lievre range. They
circled around each other, dodging the
rapid throws from ten in the morning
until after sunset. When the horses
had almost given out the Texan threw
at his adversary, who threw back so
that his noose passed right over
the othor man's lasso and hand and
saught him fair around the neck and
under the armpit. In almost no time
Kid was out of his saddle and being
dragged over the ground at a rate that
knocked the life out of him before he
bad gone a hundred yards.
The West, during its wild and woolly
lays, and the Moxioan frontier have
had many remarkable duels. That be
tween "Farmer" Peel and a soldier
near one of tho forts in Utah is among
the classics of the field of honor or
what has answered for that in the cow
towns and mining camp. The weapons
were rifles, revolvers and bowie-knives.
The principals wore placed on opposite
sides of a hillock, around which ran a
road, and started to meet. The curve
of the hill provented their seeing one
another untij. they .were within a hun
dred yards. As soon as they saw one
another they both firod. Though part
of the rim of Peel'ij't'rt was cut off and
the uoidier's sluevuwa3 pierced, neither
was hurt Then thtfy pulled their pistols
and advanced, firing. Iioth dropped
badly wounded when less than twenty
yards separated them. Thoy lay there
squirming and shooting until both hud
emptied their weapons. Poel was des
perately hurt, and his advorsary had
one ball through the stomach and
several others distributed all over his
anatomy. When they could shoot no
more they lay for a short time swear
ing. Then Peel, who was so badly hurt
that he could not advance oven on his
hands and knoes, began to wriggle
toward tho fallen soldier. Ho pulied
himself along with his olbows, and with
his one uninjurod hand finished the sol
dier with his bowie-knife.
Farmer Peel already had the biggest
private graveyard of any man in the
vicinity. This encounter spread his
fame all over the coast, and when ho
went over to Nevada ho received every
where the homage of lesser knights.
They have lots of deadly encounters
ap there on tho Comstock. There was
one a number of years ago fought over
half a mile underground. According to
tbe evidence given at tho inquest by the
survivor, tho two miners wore working
alone in a drift. They wero rivals for
the affections of a woman, and in a quar
rel one mado a drive at the other with
his candlestick. A miner's candlestick
consists of a metal socket attached to a
sharp steel spike, so that it can be
stuck in the face of the drift anywhere.
The second miner defended himself
with his candlestick, and there, thou
sands of feet under the ground, they
wrestled and stabbed until one's life
was gone. As they did not come up
when thoy should have gono off shift
others went down in search of them.
They found one dead and the othor un
conscious through loss of blood. The
jury, of course, had to take the sur
vivor's story of the affair, and he was ac
quitted. A little blind canyon in tho Siorra
Madre used to furnish the ApaehcSAvkh
the means of formally settling their dis
putes. This gulch is fairly alive witn
rattlesnakes. When two bucks had a
quarrel that thoy did not wish to settle
off hand they repaired to this gully, and
while the remainder of the tribe stood
around and watched from the hills on
either side, the combatants went to
gether to where the serpents wore thick
est. Thore, stark naked and weapon
less, they would wrestle. This would
wake up every rattler in the glen. The
aim of each was to force tho other on to
the angry snakes. It was not unusual for
both to be bitten while they struggled
and rolled among the rocks. Eauh was
bound to remain and wrestle as lung as
his adversary had life or strength enough
to struggle with him.
A most remarkable duel was fought at
LasCarnitas, N. M., many years ago. An
undersized stranger came to tho town
and picked a quarrel with "Handsome
Harry," a gambler renowned as a dead
shot. They got out into the road and
both fell mortally wounded. It was dis
covered that the stranger was a woman,
and though she never spoke after she
fell, the story became known that she
was a sister of a girl whom "Handsome
Harry" bad wronged years before.
O. A. R NOTIOK,
We take this opportunity of informing
onr nbaeribers that the new commis
sioner of pension bus been appointed
He is an old soldier, and we believe
rowaer
lint soldiers imd tht-ir beirg will r
vive justice at his bauds. We do n.
uticipate that there will he any radio
hanges in the administration of pensi
fl'iiirs under tbe new regime.
We would advise, however, that V. h
soldiers, sailors and their heirs, tak
-trps to make application at ouoe,
'hey have not already done so, in ord
'o secure tbe benefit of tbe early filn
I their claims iu case there should b
ny future pension legislation. Sin
eeislation is seldom retroactive. Thei"
nre it is of treat imporlhiioe that m
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he earliest pnsxihle date.
If the U. 8' soldiers, sailorx, or the
widows, obildreu or parents desire i
formation in regard to pension matter
hey should write to the Press Clain
Vtupany, at Washington, 1). C, m
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WORK IN A SWEAT SHOP.
Bow It Is Conducted In Chicago Th.
Miserable Wages Paid.
The Chicago sweat shop is a place
where, separate from the tailoring o
clothing warehouse, a "sweater" (mid
dleman) assembles journeymen tailors
and needlewomen, to work under his
supervision. Ho takes a cheap room
outside the dear and crowded business
center, and within the neighborhood
where the work people live. This is
rent saved to tho employer and time and
travel to the employed. The men can
and do work more hours than was pos
sible under the centralized system, and
their wives and children can help, es
pecially when, as isoften done, the gar
ments are taken home to "finish." (Even
the very young can pull out the basting
threads.) This "finishing" is what re
mains undone after the machine has
done its work, and consists of ''felling"
the waist and leg-end of trousers (paid
at 1H cents a pair), and, in short, all
tho "felling" necessary oTrfiri.ry gar
ment of any kind. For this service, at
the prices paid, they cannot, "according
to benbner, earn more than 25 cents to
40 cents a day, and the work is largely
done by Italian, Polish and Bohemian
women and girls.
The entire number of persons em
ployed in these vocations may be stated
at 5,000 men (of whom 800 are Jews),
and from 20,000 to 23,000 women and
children. The wages are reckoned by
"piecework," and (outside the "finish
ing") run about as follows: Girls, hand
sewers, earn nothing for the first month,
then as unskilled workers they get $1
to $1.50 a week, ft! a week, and as
skilled workers, ft! a week. The first
named class constitute 60 per cent, of
all, the second 30 per cent, and the lost
20 per cent. In the general work men
are only employed to do buttonholing
and pressing, aud their earnings are
as follows: "Pressors," IS to 12 a week;
"underpresscrs," $1 to V. Cloak oper
ators earn 18 to 12 a week. Four-fifths
of the sewing machines are furnished
by the "sweaters" (middlemen); also
needles, thread and wax.
AN ODD CREATURE.
The Laughing Jarkass and Its Peculiar
Song.
The great oddity at the Gulden Gate
park, San Francisco, is the laughing
jackass, which has an irjiartment all to
hihisclf. Ho doesn't look a bit like a
humorist, but he looks so homely and
cocks his head iu such a strangely
solemn way that everybody laughs at
seeing him. Some of the park em
ployes caught a slim little snake two
feet long one afternoon and it was
thrown alive into the laughing jackass'
big cage. The bird pounced on the
snake with a thrill of joy in his heart,
and, grabbing it behind the head, he
quickly thrashed the life out of It
against the sides of the cage.
Then he started in at the snake's
head and swallowed it all. After giv
ing a few extra swallows of satisfaction
he expressed his thanks with a hoarse,
loud "Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!" that
was about as musical as hiH physiog
nomy is beautiful. Superintendent Mc-1
Larcn was visibly touched by the lone-'
ly bird's gratitude for an act of kind
ness. Next to snakes the laughing jack
ass likes lizards. As the park funds hard
ly warrant getting him a daily supply
of delicious reptiles he usually has to
put up with chunks of fresh meat and
occasional worms.
In Australia, where laughing jack
asses generally do as they pleas;, they
make constant war on snakes. The
bird will pounce down on one like a
bawk, grab it back of the head and
quickly rise to a considerable height,
when he will let the snake drop to the
ground. The snake will be stunned by
the fall and will no sooner strike the
ground than the laughing jackass ih
thrashing it about preparatory to a
speedy meal. The bird is thero often
called the "squatter's clock," because
at six o'clock every evening they every
where set up a concert of "Ha! hal hal"
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Valuable Archaeological Dtaoovery
in Arizona.'
The Curious Contrnts of an Ancient Tomb
Which Was Discovered by Work
men la Excavating for a
Large liuilding.
While removing the earth for the
foundation of a new hotel to be erectei"
at Crittenden, Ariz., the diggers discov
ered what seems to be the tomb of a
king, though of what people it would
doubtless puzzle un antiquarian to say.
The workmen had penetrated at some
eight feet below the surface of the
ground what they took to be stdne of a
soft, friable nature, 'out which was evi
dently masonry of very superior work
manship when they reached the tomb
itself. This was composed 1 of large
square blocks of stone, which was iden
tified as red or rose granite, and ce
mented toget'.ier with such skill as to
at first cause the whole, measuring
twelve by fifteen feet, to appear us a
solid mass. The opening of this, while
very difficult, as the use of powder was
prohibited by the archteologists placed
in charge of the exhumation by the au
thorities, was accomplished by night,
when the interest and curiosity of the
party was so great that the work was
continued by lamplight till dawn.
The tomb when opened, says the Phil
adelphia Times, r.-ns found to contain
a gigantic image, of a man lying at full
length and made of clay mixed with a
sort of preparation which gives it a
bright blue color and a slight elasticity,
the whole appearing-to have been sub
jected to great heat The image repre
sents the nuked figure, except for a very
tight girdle about the waist, a pair of
close-fitting sandals and a crown on the
head shaped very much like a-bishop's
miter, but topped with the head of a
hawi; or eagle. The features are rough-"
ly molded, are of nn imperiou. cast, and
of a man in middle age, with a promi
nent nose und a very wi,:e mouth, but
with cheekbones so low its to preclude
all idea that the original could have
been an Indian. The hands, which are
as small as a woman's, and bear on the
backs the head of the bird, as on the
crown, are Crossed on tho breast and
hold an image about three inches long,
of a squatting figure, probably that of a
god. Tho feet are also crossed, the
right presenting th peculiarity of pos
sessing a sixth toe, which the sandal U
cut to bring into prominence, as if the
owner had prided himself on it. The
hair of the image is dressed in thick
curls on both sii lea of the head, reach
ing to the shoulders, and brought down
to the brows over tho forehead.
Careful examination of this clay fig
ure revmlwj t'.uit it wirv uwrBly the
elaborate colli n of tin- real body and
could be opened from the back. This
was done with all possible care so as
not to disturb the remains within, but a
few hondfuls of dust, dark brown and
almost impalpable powder, is all that
was left of the body. The crown, how-1
ever, together with the girdle, tho im
age of the god, und a luff;, battle-axe
with a blade of sharp glass or obsidian,
and a handful of petrified wood were
found in the eollin.
The crown is of thick rml gold, carved
with minute but well executed draw-i
nigs, reproiientiiiT butt I,? wnes, tri
umphal marches, and iiluoi' pictures the
meaning of which is Monicwhiit misty,
but iu all the principal iitnu'o is that of
a man with six toes on his right foot.
The workmanship uf the whole crown
is very line, and the bird's head on the
top is a masterpiece worthy of Cellini.
It holds in its inuutit a magnificent
Chalchuites, or green diamond, valued
by the Aztecs, which shows some at
tempts at lapidiftuntion.
The girdle found ii. mmposod of plates
of gold arranged lilf K"iilcs and very
thin, st) as to give with cviv movement
of the wearer's body. I m e;:eh of these
plates, which is in shape a half I'llipsc,
isengraved u figure or hieroglyphics. con
veying, however, no hint of their mean
ing in their form. The image of what
is, presumably, a god is made, of clay
combined with the preparation spoken
of before, and also burnt till thorough
ly hardened. It represents a male be
ing seated upon d pedestal in a squat
ting posture, its eyes squinting, and
grinning in hideous mirth, while both
hands are placed over the curs, as if to
shut out sound.
A peculiar thing about this image is
that its hair is represented as hanging
down its bock in one long plait like a
Chinaman's. The figure is hollow, but
contained only half u dozen simtll black
pebbles, highly polished, and a some
what larger stone of u dull gray hue.
The coffin and these relies me now on
exhibition, and art; to be donated to the
State Museum of History und Arclunol
ogy at Tucson. No clue of any value
as to what race the remains are to be
ascribed can bo found, but it is proba
ble that it was one antedating the Azt
lan and even the mound-builders, and
superior to both in knowledge of ma
sonry, sculpture anil the working of
oetal.
THE K-TEKV PKUMiOfiCK.
We are in receipt of the May nnmb
of our state school paper. It emeedi
any of tbe former numb -rs in valin
Tbe paper this month contains iiiant
new and valuable festurei. Tbe illus
trated series on tbe schools of tbe stati
The only Pure Crtm of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard,
is introduced by a paper on tbe Friends
Polytechnic Institute at Salem, Oregon.
These paperi cannot fail to be of great
value both to the sohools and to tbe
public.
There are also several fine articles'
by our best writers and the departments,
"Current EvenlB,""Saturday Thoughts,"
"Eduoational Newa" The Oracle
Answers, Correspondents," etc., eaoh
contain much valuable reading for
teachers or parents. The magazine
baa abom 60 pages of matter, well
printed and arranged. We pronounce
the Western Pedagogne the beet eduoa
tional monthly on tbe onset.
Everyone of onr readers should have
the paper if they are at all interested
in edueation. No teaoher school direc
tor or student can gel along well with
out it. We will receive subscriptions
at this office. Pnoe only SI. 00 a year.
When desired we will send tbe Western
Pedagogue aud Qazette one year to one
address for 83.00. Call and examine
nample copies. Teachers, directors and
parents, now is tbe time to subscribe, tf
, OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Loudon paper tolls of a dog whl on,
having run away from its new master.
traveled fifty miles over an unknovn
country to its old home, arrived there
the day after starting.
An officer who bought for a trifle an
old desk in Montreal was led by marks
on the oover to make an investigation,
that proved the article one of such
historic interest that the English gov
ernmont has given him one thousand
dollars for it
A big poplar tree was felled at
DtloakInd., recently, and as it struck
the ground a large limb broke off, in the
heart of which was found the antlers ot
a doer, a cow's horn and a numbor ot
curious sholls. The mystery is how
they got there.
A prominent ranchero of the Upper
Platto valloy, Wy. 'P., lately issued an
odd ohallongo to tho betting fraternity
of the universe. Hn will wagor his
place and stock against $10,000 that in
any atated bunting www within three
years he will, unaided, kill fifty grizzly
bears in tho Elk Mountain and Medioine
Bow ranges.
A family in Henry County, Qa., con
sists of three mothers, throe sons, two
grandmothers, , three grandsons, one
great-grandmother, one daughter-in-law,
one husband, one grand-daughter-in-law,
two brothers, one daughter,
two great-grandsons, one wife, two
widows, one grandmother-ln-law, and
thore are only six in the family. :
i A Murfreesboro (Tonn. ) woman went
Into the post-ofloe and demanded a
letter. When told that there was nono
no said she know thore was, and made
the clerk look four or Ave times. When
he became finally convinced she left
the office in a great rage, saying that
he was going to make that old colored
fortune-teller refund the money she had
paid her.
Parisians have lately been enter
tained by a remarkable artist who dis
plays wonderful skill in hor peculiar
form of painting. With plates of va
rious colored sand before her, she takes
the sand in her right hand and causes
it to fall in beautiful designs upon a
table. A bunch of grapes is pictured
with violet sand, a loaf with green
and, the stalks with brown sand, and
relief and shadows by other sands; when
the work is brushed away a bouquet of
roses and othor objects are represented
with the samo doxtorlty und delicacy.
The most polite nation in diplomat
ic intercourse Is Belgium. Whon the
Belgian authorities addressed a lotter
to this Government asking if the United
Statesstlll olaimod as citizens all chil
dren of alien parents born here, tho com
munication closed with: "I should be
grateful if your Excellency would have
the great kindness to furnish me with
this document and give mo tho infor
mation desired. Thanking your Excel
lency in advance, 1 embrace," etc
Wishing to know what wore tho regula
tions of the United States la regard to
peddling, tho Helglan Minister con
cluded with: "I have the honor to have
recourse to your Excellency's good of
fices, begging you to bo pioasod to ac
quaint me with the laws and regula
tions which are in force in the United
States regarding peddling. 1 aval' my
self," etc.
A New Trick.
Pick-pockets are now trying a new
dodge in Puris; it takes two or three to
"work" it. Une jostles against the in
tended victim and contrives to drop a
lighted cigar in his overcoat pocket. A
few minutes later a couple of strangers
hurry up to him, exclaiming: "Mon
sieur, your overcoat is on lire;" und,
with the utmost politeness they
squeeze and compress the burning
cloth, profiting, it is needless to say, by
the opportunity to relieve the pocket
of whatever of value it may contain.
. Th. World's Metropolis.
tho London of to-day, with its mill
Ions of Inhabitants, includes more
Scotchmen than there aro In Edinburgh,
more Irish than thoro are Dublin, more
Jews than there are in Palestine, and
more Americans than there aro in Kala
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