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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1902)
ONGS THEY USED Tfc SING. kloilfr like the old ton pi. The tons I t know In llu- dear old country village. Of the dear old lung ago. I kin,i,.r like the music of "K'-n Bolt" and other tune They miiig among the cedar In the scented, amorous Junes, When the sunlight iof tbe season (jnorinc when- 'he grasses spread, y'liore the r..-.'s fell iu flusters. , Washing sweetly, deeply mi rth I 'ike tue old songs. i kin . Ihey used to sine U'hj'i lifj'..n'.'"' 'IKe a primrose Ju' "' i '"e spnug. kin h-' the old sougs llfiif i the "Id playground Ii William was King .lames' Son." Just swiiigiu' 'round and 'round; Jiitwiiii; I" the east suiiiftimes. Ami siinietimes to the west And I used to piek n sweetheart. The one I loved the hest. And while they just kept circling 'Itmind in pretty, childish bliss, i knelt beside the lassie there. And stole the first sweet kiss I'd like hi sing "King William" now. Just like I used to sing When life was like n primrose Just bursting iu tbe spring. Somehow 1 like the old songs YVs. "The Maple on the Hill." "Some Twenty Years Ago, Tom," And dear old "Whippoorwill;" Anil "Starry Night for Ramble," Aud "Coining Through the Rye," And other dear old melodies They sang to you and I Ah. yes, I like the old songs, The kind they used to sing When lire was like n primrose Just bursting in the spring. -New Orleans Tillies-Democrat foil, a detective?" The superintendent of a large department store scanned close ly the dainty little woman before him. "Do you doubt tbe chief's state ment?" she asked. "No, not that; but I was expecting a large, strong and serious woman." "I am neither weak nor frivolous," dime the answer, as the petite iigure straightened to Its fullest height, while lire Unshed from tbe largo brown eyes that a moment before hud smiled a friendly greeting. Mr. Hale laughed heartily, exclaim ing: "I see my error nud I beg your pardon. Let us get to work. You un derstand the matter, I presume o se ries of thefts in our cloak department; our own men being bullied, I privately asked Chief Morse to nld me. Iu what capacity do you come?" "As saleswoman. Is anyoue suspect ed?" "I am sorry to say yes," replied Mr. Hale, taking a letter from bis desk. "Some time ago I received this anony mous letter which tells mo the floor walker will bear watching. Mr. Bruce is a line fellow. lie came to us, a high school graduate, fourteen years ago. lis was ambitious, and soou Jumped over the counter, a floor walker, nud at times we have sent him abroad as buy r. Indeed, we were cousidering malt lag this position a permanent one when this trouble developed; but it is certain Mr. Bruce in action, looks and talk is of late a wonderfully changed man, we were compelled to prefer another." "1 see. I am ready uow to be enroll ed as an employe, but I waut this let ter. I shall return it. of course." Uer appearance us saleswoman iu Wis cloak department was a surprise, fur her personality astounded her asso ciates, as with even a first critical glance came nu impression of her ex quisite daintiness and true reliuenieiit. Uer 30 years were to her youth, so lightly they told on her. She was clad iu black, from which all Inferred the recent death of a relu tiou had forced her to become a bread wluuer. , Hut the sprightly little body did not long leave them to 'surmises, for be tween sales aud efforts to sell, she found many a chance for chats, till, as the day waned, many asserted that the new girl was a perfect little gossip; yet all agreed she was a present day young womau. brimful of a piquant aud allur ing union of wit and wisdom. The following day "Miss Wood" flit ted --'ong her companions as an auto- rn. iiend. Her book was thrust hef it. all, uud none there were that re "Is.fJ. J-'hi' floorwalker smiled saiy as he impu' penned uis name, "uniivies uor don Uiuee," and closing the album, id quietly: "Miss Wo id, may I in return ask of Jon a favor?" "'lertainly," she replied, pleasantly, He spoke in seeming desperation as lie said: "I have been watching you closely. You are not only an lutein Kent woman, but a keen aud observant one, I am sure; and for this reason 1 seek your aid. A systematic robbery has been going on In this department for some weeks one clonk at a time. I am helpless to discover the thief. Will you watch closely and help me if Possible?" "Certainly, I will, sir; but It seems strange. Who can It be?" "One of the score employed on this tloor," be answered, bitterly. "Why doesn't the Arm hire a detec tive?" she asked. " "We alwnys hnve three g-od men hont the store," he asserted ."and 1 know they have kept a close watch and, frankly, 1 know I am myself un dvr suspicion, and unless the matter Is solved soon 1 shall go mad." He quivered in the Intensity of his emotion, nud, full of sympathy, the 1'ttlo woman unobservedly extended a "ud as she said, stoutly: Vfr A1SER WIIJ1 JX King Edward J Sweden. Ig a I 11.11 ELM II.. like i ii ud tbe King of first-class yachts-- man nud bandies sheet and tiller with experience and smartness. When on board be likes to be at the helm, nor does he allow any one else to steer even the gig when be Is In It. The Emperor owns ninny pleasure boats. Besides his racing cutter Me teor and the Hoheuzollern he has n couple of first-rate steam yachts and Innumerable electric launches and row bouts. Tbe Meteor's racing record Is a long one. Under the title Thistle It competed for the America Cup in 1887; Iu 1S02 it won the County Down Cup. THE IMPERIAL YACHT Royal Ulster regatta; and in 1803 tbe Queen's Cup nt the Royal Yacht squad ron regatta at Cowcs, to mention only a few of its earliest performances. As a matter of fact tbe imperial yacht Hoheuzollern is really no yacht at all, but a cruiser, a good-sized man-of-war. It was built at the Vulcan works. Stettiu, aud is larger than even that gigantic Ironclad Koulg Wll helm, the pride of the fatherland's fleet. It carries eight quick-tiring Krupp guns. It Is a double-screw craft, with eight boilers, and Is faster than almost any other vessel In tbe Uermun navy. Though primarily in tended as n plensure boat. Its warlike attributes are due to tbe fact that the Reichstag, on being asked to pny for It tbe construction was to cost 4,500,- 000 marks, n pretty stiff iigure for a pleasure boat only agreed to the out- ll DINING SALOON ON BOARD THE UOHENZOLLERN. "I will use my eyes, believe me." Thank vou." he said, warmly, as with a grateful pressure of the hand be turned away. Aloue In her "den" that evening f.er- nice Wood, microscope in hnnd, bent over her album of autographs. It was her belief that every adult unnawru inn" was made up of the characteristics of the individual, and thnt In a test all depended on the presence or absence of these characteristics. Suddenly she uttered a shout of de light. The letter was beside the name. "Eugenia Zaffman." In tbe letter Miss Zaffman bad dis guised well the shape, slant and speed of her natural writing, but in shade, spacing, alignment and pen pressure she had retained her characteristics as shown in her autograph. "Now," said the Sherlock Holmes, "1 must cultivate Miss Eugenia." The next day Miss Zaffman became her special study. They lunched together merrily. Shortly after their return to duty, while displaying cloaks to a customer. Miss Zaffmnn carelessly tossed a valu able garment upon a side counter. Lat er while still trying to make a sale, she threw the garment from her agaiu, this time Into a remote corner, where unseasonable cloaks were piled. Ah Eugenie, a petite figure is hover In" near, and a pair of large brown eyes are riveted upon that garment. Often Eugenie's brother dropped In on his noon hour. He Is a large mnn a motorinan-nnd wears a great bear skin coat. lie comes to-day, aud the huge coat Is thrown open. EPLDOD lny on the understanding that It should be capnble in time of w-ar of flying the Imperial eagle In tbe line of bat tleships. Toe bulwarks of the nohenzollern are white Tbe Kaiser Is foud of white. At Queen Victoria's funeral be rode a mllkwhlte charger, and In tbe lui- perial stubles in Berlin all the horses reserved for his use are of this color. The crew of tbe vessel consists of 330 o Ulcers and men. and It Is one of tbe stateliest crafts afloat. Tbe imperial apartments are furnished with lavish magnlflcence. Tbe Emperor's rooms on the middle deck amidships are on the port side, the Empress' being to UOHENZOLLERN. starbonrd. The dining-room is lofty and spacious aud will seat eighty guests, although by a clever arrange ment of portieres it can be reduced iu size. The celling is in a charming scheme of pale fawn aud gold and the upholstery is gray and white. The main fittings and furniture or the yacht, including wainscoting, doors aud staircases, are of the finest bird's eye maple, so light as to be almost white. Tbe Ilobenzollern has three masts and two fuunels, and It possesses two wheels, one worked by steam, the other by hand, both of which have nicked spokes and are painted white aud gold. The gilded imperial crown on the prow nud tbe Ilobenzollern coat of arms in bi.tck and silver disposed within a laurel wreath, on the stern, are tin emblems of the yacht's ownership. He seeks the remote corner for tbe usual quiet chut with Eugenie. The large brown eyes see tbe long watched cloak deftly snatched from the table, and with a quick fold lug, thrust by Eugenie beneath the motor man's coat, which he at once buttons tightly about him. Mr. Bruce is at luncheon. Miss Benton, In charge, sees a figure in black dart along tbe aisle and dash down tbe stairway. She wonders at it, but wonders more on seeing Superintendent Hale and two of the detective "squad" appear. As Eugenie parts with her brother at the elevator In ringing tones Miss Ben ton hears: "Zaffman. the jig Is up. Open that coat!" Eugenie swooned away. It was night. Beneath the chandelier In her little parlor stands Charles Bruce clasping tbe hands Bern Ice Wood had extended in warm greeting. "Saved aud promoted!" he cried. Joy ously. "Oh, what a load has fallen from me! 1 feel like a new man. To you I owe It all. and so long as I live I shall love you. May I?" he pleaded. earnestly. "Is it love or gratitude?" she queried. "Love!" he cried passionately. "Ob. what a dreary afternoon it has been without you here. Even Miss Zall man's confession that my rival at the store is her lover, nud that to down me she aided her thievlug brother, fell upon heedless ears, for my thoughts were of 'you. It is love, dear Berulca. May I love you always?" Oh, blissful echo! "Alwayil" THIAlS OF JOCKEYS. UNDERGO HARDSHIPS IN ORDER TO WIN SUCCESS. Many lOnKllsb Kidera Nearly Ptarve Themselves Through Mont of the Year in Order to Keep Their W eight lown Their Remuneration. A recent article iu the Eugllsh "Il lustrated Magazine" gives a number of details concerning Jockey life that proves that no outsider can have any idea of the tortures which the heroes of tbe Epsom Derby and of the I'rluce of Wales' stake are obliged to luakt uPn themselves for tbe honor of tuelr profession. Some Put nve suits of clothing, and run a distance of four miles, after w hich they stimulate the perspiration Induced by their exercise by exposing themselves for several hours to tbe beut of an immense tire. Others prefer to abstain from food. John Aruull, au English Jockey, be- "S omiged to get rid or at any cost of uu excess of six pounds w hich would lmve debarred him from taking part in au important race, picked out eight I apples, uud for the eight days proeed- ing I be race lived upon absolutely not a thing (d.se. Thanks to this regimen, which was adhered to even to the exclusion of driuking pure water, be attaiued his object. Apart from the periods wheu exeep ; tlouul fasts aud various methods of ' artlticiul perspiration are necessary, ; the best means for a Jockey of long ' retaining his place on the turf Is to accustom himself from an early age to eut aud drink very sparingly. Prom the mouth of March until the end of ; the uutumu, Johu ('rockers, another well known Jockey, adopts a diet com posed of a small piece of bread and i butter and a cup of tea for breakfast, for dinner a very small piece of ttsh, and a small one of plum-pudding ta ; ken without other beverage than the inevitable cup of tea, which is des ' tincd to Bitnpllfy tbe work of dlges i tiou already only too simple it would seem to the laity. . As for supper, it is, durlug the rac : Ing season, eliminated from the life of "the taletit." Only durlug December, January, Pebrunry Is it that tbe mod ern Tantalus tnuy listen to the prompt ings of his stomach. At the very first . approach of spring the inexorable ty ranny of weighing resumes full sway all(1 1)erolc ,.pUa.(1i,.s are resorted to In 01,dor t0 lIK,lt the too HollJ Hlb1i nc. jrH,i ,i,irini' tbe winter A means of livelihood which con demns a man to starvation durlug the greater part of tbe year does not seem calculated to attract many followers; jet there Is no such crowded profes sion us that of jockey. Every year sees hundreds of English boys of about 12 soliciting any employment, however humble, uuder the celebrated train ers. : ' ' i To counterbalance tbe hardships of a jockey's life, his pay " Is' extremely remunerative. Indeed, scarcely any other road to fortune is so rapid. It is not unusual for a young man of 'M to earn from four to five thousand j dollars a year. Iu ordinary races, the '. winning jockey receives $'.23 and the ! others $15. The emoluments of a trial : race ure only tlfty francs, but all these small sums accumulate rapidly In the i course of a year. Even a third or fourth-rate mau is sure of ample i means of existence, and oue who has , made a name for himself, aud has the : luck to win three or four big races, makes about $15,000 a year, without ' counting the accessory gifts which al most every celebrated Jockey has show ered upon him. The well known Pred Archer, for instance, received in a sin gle week three diamond scarf pins. Daly, the Jockey of Hermit, who one year won the Epsom Derby, on that occasion received $20,000 worth or bonuses of various kinds, besides large quantity of Jewelry from various grateful women bettors. Nor Is the wealth accumulated by Jockeys nowa days anything but a fairly earned one. according to the optimistic belief of John Crockers. who furnished most of tlie Information for the Illustrated Magazine's article. "The days of cor- option hnve passed," he says, "aud the i urf Is to-day above reproach." He Mluiits that it was not always so, and that he has frequently known Jockeys io hold linck a horse, whilst seeming lo ply him with the whip; the strokes falling on tbe rider's own boots i rick which, he says. It is Impossible to discover even by the use of tbe best Held glasses. Nowadays, however, .so punctilious have Jockeys become that they even refuse to give "tips" to their best friends. CANNED HORSE. Caynaea Coating 93 Make Sixty Pounda of Meat for fcxport The horse-pickling works at Linnton will probubly resume operations by the middle of uext mouth. This statement. In face of the fact that Oregon cayuse ponies are meeting a better demand now than for muny years, seems odd but It Is true aud there is good reason for It. While 10,000 or more cow ponies have gone from the ranges of Eastern Ore gon this year to supply the needs of the liritish armies in South Africa, and thousands are yet to go. and the price paid has been very satisfactory to the producer, the fact remains that great numbers of scrub ponies are lett on the ranges ornery, unbroken, intractable, useless little brutes, consuming feed ",at ought to go to the fattening of ; meat cattle. The British army will take '' smaller animals than will find a ready ' market elsewhere, but they must be round mul well hrokeu to ritle. Thou sands of the en y list will not meet these specifications. Not only will they not bring $.i5 each from the- British, but they tire not wanted at any price by the British or anybody else. They are either not sound of wind aud limb, or are untamable, or both. They ate n drug on the market. They belong to anybody who cares to put a brand on them. They are wild horse, and no- body wants them: but each of these animals takes as much range as would be required for the sustenance of a steer that will dress 1.000 pounds. The value or the Jewelry owned by coni stockmcn want the range for their cat- paralivtdy a small uniuber of New tie. and the railroad companies are glad to assist In taking the useless cayuse ponies out of the country, so there w ill be more room for stock that will yield money to producers and carriers. Therefore the railroads nre willing to make a very low rnte for carrying the ay uses to the l.lunton abattoir, and the movement thither will soon be re sumed. The average cayuse pony taken to the I.lniiton abattoir yields only about sixty pounds of merchantable meat, tbe rest of the carcass going into fertilizer, glue. leather, etc. This meat is carefully pickled In tierces, and is shipped to market In Prance nud Holland, where the prejudice against horse meat Is not so strong as It Is In tills country. These horses bring from $2.75 to $3 each, de livered at the railroad. They are most ly ow ned by Indians, the animals own ed by white men seldom ldng so use less as to find their hest market for the shambles. Portland Oregonlan. THE PRYOR-POTTER INCIDENT. A Row In the House that Nearly Led to a Howie Knife Fight. One of the most famous fights in Con gress took place iu the House In IMiii and nearly led to n dud with bowle knives between Roger A. Pryor. of Vir ginia, and John p. Potter, of Wisconsin. Judge Pryor, since become celebrated as a leading lawyer In New York, dur ing the years shortly preceding the war, was a radical Slate's right partisan and bitter Iu his denunciation of the North. 'otter was a native of Maine, ami hud acquired prominence as a lawyer iu Wisconsin when be was sent to Cou- gress to represent the First District of Wisconsin. The altercation between him and Judge Pryor occurred after u siM-eeh in the House by Owen Lovejoy concerning tbe assassination of ills brother, Elijah P. Lovejoy, at Alton. 111., for denouncing slavery in bis newspaper. Lovejoy's speech was one of tlie strongest deliveries against slav ery ever heard In tlie House, and led to scene of excitement and tumult, iu which Potter became involved. He struck Representative Barksdale, of Mississippi, who wore a wig, something not sus)ected by any member of tbe House, und the hirsute adornment went flying In one direction w hile Its owner went In another. As a result of blows exchanged. Judge Pryor challenged Potter to a duel. Duels were more com- mou In those days than now, when an apHnl to tlie code duello is held In deri- Kion. Pryor was rated an expert pistol shot, which Potter learned, and when tbe seconds of the Virginian called upon tbe Representative from Wisconsin to ascertain what weapons he desired to choose, be promptly said bowle knives, Lauder, tlie husband or the ccchrntcil actress, Mrs. Lunder, was a strong sym- piithlzer with the cause which Potter represented. He was also au expert duelist, and cnlled upon Potter to give him some valuable hints on the use of tbe weapon he had selected for the pas- sage-u-arms. He told Potter to drop upon his right knee when be clowed ecase to grow old when they cease to with his opponent, und defend himself ,(.i,.Ve In old age. The body Is built with his left arm. then thrust his bowle tlp f beliefs, aud our convictions nro Into his opponent's bowels and kill him. stamped upon every fibre or our bo- "He may cripple you tor life," said ,l(rM. what we believe, what we think. Lander, "but you will kill hi in!" t ltt L we ure; so people who remain Potter was fully determined to act young in spirit never grow old. upon Lander's advice, but before the no1 0 0f a hundred students, of critical moment arrived, when tlie two whom the writer was one. under Oil men would race each other on the Held Ver Wendell Holmes at Harvard, ever or honor. Pryor's seconds threw up the n,,,,,, 0r li i tit as an old loan, al spoiige by declaring that they could not ,ioiigh be hud then passed his eight consent to let their principal tight with (.,, ,irtlilny. Ills spirit was so young, such a barbarous weapon. ,, ht, wlllt imoyunl. so fresh mid The only living survivor of tlie row fu of itti tlm, wu H Wns thought of In the House, who Is still a member or hlm ollt. of ourH,.ves. Ills vlvuclly Congress, Is Representative (Julusha A. ulll, jyoUsnoss were roiitiiglous. You tirow, or Pennsylvania, who the yeur ,.ollj llot ue tH presence five mln followlng was elected Speaker. Mr. , without reeling brighter and bet Potter was subsequently American con- u,r for t. Tll(, gonial doctor never sill general at Montreal, and died at his ruc, ),.,.,) medicine, yet he did more home, In Wisconsin, highly respected, , n.Heve human suffering thau many aged 80 years. It Is said he was a mau .........lelnu' idivsicluns. Ills presence absolutely without rear and would hnve gone upou the field without a tremor. ANTEDATED JENNER. First Vaccination Made ly a Hlm pie Kngllsh Farmer, Tbe first vacclnutlon. It seems, wus not made by Jenuer, but by a simple farmer, Benjamin Jesty, of Dorset- shire, Eug. In 1 774 be Inoculated his wife and two sous with virus taken from the teats of tbe cows. The chil - dren bad the dls- order In a favora - ble manner; Mrs. Jesty'a arm was badly Inflamed, but she finally re.ov- ered. In 1789 the uit. k. jknnek. tw0 gon8 were u. away for firewood, aud for twenty oculated for small-pox with others who years It has been only a memory. Kua had not bad tbe cow-pox. Tbe Jesiys : sus Journal. did not have the disease, but tbe un protected bad the typical Inoculated small pox. In 1805 Mr. Jesty went to Londou as the guest of the Jenneriau Society. Haitian Tobacco. Haiti, situated In nearly tlie same lat itude ns Cuba, will soou rival It In Its production of fine grades of tobacco. For some unaccountable reason the amateur vocalist never loses his voice. JEWELS OF AMERICAN WOMEN. Thirty-fonr Names Representing (irnt of $,.J-lMHIO Value. Mrs. John Jacob Astor. third. fr- quently w ore $750.HM worth of Jewels at an ordinary reception, and Mrs. W. K. Vamlerbilt fully $50,000 at a mer garden party, l'earl necklaces iiIoiih worth $70.inn.i to $Kunni nre not tin- common, one that cost $.".5i.OHO being occasionally seen, nml more than one woman has $!.immi.ih0 in gems from which to choose. Let me tabulate the York's society women: Mrs. William Attor Jl.Mfi.OOO Mrs. John Jacob Astor t.OOO.IKK) Mm. Cornelius Vanderhilt. Sr. I.IKHI.iHmI Mrs. Win. K. Vnnderbilt. Jr. . I.OOO.IHKI Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont I.inni.ihhi Mrs. John W. Mac kay I.ihni.oimI Mrs. Bradley-Martin N"MHK Mrs. Perry Belmont HUNH Mrs. Herman Oelricha Mhl.lHNI Mrs. Orme Wilson MMI.IKM) Mrs. tlgden tjoelet NHl.lUkl Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay.... 7."0.insi Mrs. Levi P. Morton 7.'o.(hh Mrs. Alfred ti. Vnnderbilt.... 7."0.0ih) Mrs. James A. Burden 7.'O.H'H Mrs. William Starr Miller.... 7ihi.ihh Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt. . . . tU"Sl.iMH Mrs. (Seorge Vanderbilt tim.OOt Mrs. W. Seward Wild r.'O.IHH Mrs. William 1). Sloane rr.(I.OOO Mrs. Elliott F. Shepawl r.iHl.lMM Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.. rnHl.000 Mrs. Cenrge Jay Cool, I riH.IMH Mrs. Charles M. (lelriehs .MHI.IWKI Mrs. Philip Rhinelniider 50'I.INhJ Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes MHMKHt Mrs. 11. McKay Twoqibley . . . MNI.IMHI Mrs. Stnyvesant Pish fuMl.iHHI Mrs. Ernesto Faldiri 3IHI.IHKI Mrs. David llennen Morris... :tlNI,KNI Mrs. Edwin Could itilil.tlisl Mrs. Oliver llarriman. Jr ;MiI.ihh) Mrs. Cornelias Vanderbilt. Jr. 300.000 Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. . 'JOII.IKN) Total $'J-2.'J.".0.00i Here nre the names of only thirty four women, chosen almost nt random, whose precious stones and Jewelry are valued at $22,250.1 k hi. It can easily b shown that the figures are not uureiiH oualde. The average annual Importa tion of precious stones Into the Pulled States has for a long time been about $15,MHMMH. Thus, during the past ,,, years we have received $150,000,000 In gems. Leopold Stern, tbe diamond importer, Informed me that of this amount one-half is held by dealers throughout tlie country, and that of the remainder fully two thirds have been sold to families and Individuals in New York. This means that in the past ten years New Yorkers have bought $50,0Hl,(H0 worth of precious stones, this sum not Including the cost of their setting, (ieorge P. Kliuz. lbs gem expert of the Tiffany Company, that In the entire country the ilia- men, ,iolu. ri. valued at $500,000,000, ,lml that of this amount $170,000,000 worth lire owned Iu New York.-Alns- lee's Maga.lue. , He Youthful in Hplrlt. People grow old by thinking them- selves old. When lliey reach the age of -10, 50 or 00 they imagine that thej look like others or the same age, and that they soon will be useless, unlit for work, and unable to perform l heir wonted duties. As surely as they think this, It will come true, for thought Is creative. How many of u can say, with Job, "The thing which 1 greatly feared Is come upon me." The time will come when children will not be ullowed to celebrate their birthday; when I hey will know that, ,v thinking themselves young. I hey -vv ill remain young, and that they will was a tonic; it was a perpetual delight lo be ueur hlm. Success. Lynchers' 1UM! Killed Hit) Trees. A writer for the Wellington Mall de scribes the lynching or three horse thieves In the eurly days or Sumner County, and declares that the tree on which they were hung Immediately withered and died. Traditions of this sort were familiar Iu a number of Western Kansas communities. Near Hays City, on the bank of what was known as "Dead Mail's (Julch." was u, ! flue cottonwood. To this tree a coupla of men were bung one night, and with : ihe coining of another spring the tree stood stark and dead. Superstitious people used to point it out to strangers, ! and for a long time It was one of the town's proudest points of interest. But little by little poor people carried It Wireless Telegraphy iu Desert. France contemplates establishing wireless telegraphy between Algiers and Timbuctoo across the Sahara Des ert. "Well." said a mau who was going around town to-day, "I've been sick, aud I'd like to have you Inquire how am." How a girl loves to confess to her lover that she has sewed on Survduvl