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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1903)
TOPICS Off THE TIMES. A CHOICE BELECTION OF INTER. E8TINQ ITEM3. Comminli and Criticisms rtased Upon ill Happenings of the Day UUtorl cat and News Note. Apparently It Ik tho open season In Macedonia for nlmoit everything. It sometimes happens that the worn nil who In disappointed In love Isn't disappointed In mnrrlngo. tt In nmiouncetl that Alnskn's great nerd la wagon roads. Wo thought ell tnata was lln principal lack. It li quite probnble that n speedily forthcoming theatrical venture will bo "The Van Wormer Brother. Thus wo poo that If nn editor says something tercro about yon In his pa tier, and you kill hltn. It l n case of self-defense. David M. Parry will go right abend solving the labor problem unless ho can be diverted to tho Mary and Ann controversy. Another "expert" has discovered tho secret of determining sex at will, and Nature will laugh him to scorn as she ha all his predecessor. An easy conscience Is one which per mlts you to vlolato tho law with im pimlty so long as the responsible ofll data raise no objections. Tho Sultan of Turkey has levied a heavy war tax. Thought tho old bird hadn't even n pluckable pin feather; but Abdul kuows how to use tweeters. Even though the government sci entists prove that people eat too much, It will be a difficult task to effect a reformation unless hard times return. Oh. horrors! Wo spend more on chewing gum than on missions! Ah, but by keeping some Jaws busy, other wise than In talk, wo do the best kind of mission work. Capital punishment might restrain crime if all murderers were put to death, but no such execution of the law Is to bo expected while human nature Is what Is la now. An Investigator with a microscope md a large stock of patience has found out that there are 200 kinds of mos quitoes. Some men are never happy except when they are digging up trou ble for other people. As safe blowers have learned to use electricity to promote their ends, the nimble pickpocket may acquire the art of the X-ray operator to locate the de sired purse. In the progress of science the wicked are not without their share. The Shah of rersla still has some very old-fashioned notions. For one tiling, he Insists on doing his own offi cial poisoning when he wishes to put any of his loving subjects out of the way. Some crowned heads are so russy over these things. Ono hundred and fourteen miles an hour was the speed attained by an experimental train on a new military railway In Germany, and it Is hoped to run a train at the rate of two hun dred miles In the same time. As pre paredness for war means avoidance of It nowadays, this Indicates the Ger man disposition to hasten toward peace at a pretty rapid pace. The agreement between Great Bri tain and France for a treaty of ar bitration of commercial and political differences Is the most Important vic tory for the arbitral principle since the establishment of the tribunal of The Hague. Particularly Is this agree- ment noteworthy because effected be tween traditional enemies" who for centuries have been at war. Americans have occasion to regret one excellent feature In British ad ministration. Under the system long In use by that government diplomacy Is a profession. Men start at tue bot tom as attaches or consuls and go up by promotion or merit to the highest place, which Is ambassador. This no cures in the service officers who are acquainted with many countries, who speak many languages and have the skill In diplomacy acquired by experi ence. 3t. It Is far different from our catch-as-catch-cau system, which of fers no "career cither in consular or diplomatic service. The reluctance with which some per sons took up the duties of life when the holiday season ended has reminded a correspondent that at the beginning of September the men of the Scotch shipyards sometimes resort to tho iportlug method of a "toss-up" wheth er they shall return to work or not A brick Is thrown into the air. If it stays up the men go back to the yard. If tho',brlek comes down the holiday Is extended. To tired persons who. be lieve in "luck" and govern their lives accordingly, this experiment can al ways be depended upon to yield satis factory results. The frequency with which dangerous cranks, seek to gain access to the presi dent should put an end for all time to tlios senseless public receptions at which-'tho president Is expected to stand up and let hundreds of people file In and shake bis band. This ilc generate survival of the royal levee has lougjieeu an outrageous uulsance. It has liccn used as an advertising card for Washington excursion business and partiesof tourists bavo been tnkcn to the receptions by a guide and put lu line to shako hands with tho president. Our president Is not a king or a show piece of any kind, but a republican magistrate, with important public busi ness to attend to, and nobody ought to lioo access to him for the grati fication of Idle curiosity. v- Fevmtrado movements of recent years!f?vo been more notable than tho Increased demand of our zouo for tho productions of tho tropics. From tho Xmfha States Is now bringing in fourflnies as many pounds of coffee, siikm r.ndrlccns It did In 1ST0, twice as much ten. flvo times ns much India rubber, and twenty-six limes as much silk. Improvements In transportation have enabled this remarkable develop ment to lake place. Hotter steamship ! facilities, perfected cold storage "1' pllances and tho canning Industry have brought within reasonable price many fruits which were formerly too expensive for general use. Uvcn ban I anas, which aro easily transported, sold for eight cents each In country stores In 1870. A Harvard professor relates that when lie was a student In college he used to welcome an lu vltatlon to dine with a certain family beenuso they served bananas. Many other tropical products now abundant ly used were the luxuries of a genera tion ago. Their lowering cost on one side and the Increased means of the American public on tho other have re sulted lu an extraordinary lucrease In their use. Sugar and other articles. which only a few years ago were cm ployed sparingly In many frugal house holds, have become so cheap that there Is now little restraint on their use. Similarly, there has been a great In crease lu the use of wheat and kero sene oil by tho people of the tropics. Wry fittingly have the British made lmtnnle.il gardens a chief object of Intercut In many of their tropical cities, like Singapore, or like Kandy In Cey lon. The familiar household names of their luxuriant trees and shrubs re mind the visitor of the new depend ence of the modern world upon the pe culiar growths of the perpetual sum mer. In New York a woman with three children walked the streets searching ror a uome. iuey tounu louging in n basement, and were told to "move on" by the landlord. Her character was all right. She had references. The children were the ordinary kind of boys and girls healthy and noisy. She had money. She couldn t pay for a palace, but she was ready to settle In advance for a modest apartment. mo cnuuren were uoi wameu. -incy ... . . . ,.. , . . , M nuisances. That Is why the landlords said, "Move on." It Is why they say "move on" In other elites. It isn't right If our boasted civilization has reached a point where a place called home has children blacklisted. It Isn't home at alL If a boycott on the little folks Is to be a part of life In a flat, .1. fi., t. ....... 1.1 . luvu (lata aic 1 j uu wvaua a mt-oa- no Thi. n irorl.l nt vn have got to put up with some things that ,1,1 nnl IIL-O .l Omlit.l accept the noise nmde by the neigh- bors' children gracefully, and thank n,wi thnt thov Mn i.u..h -.n.i ..., and romp and be happy. The man or woman who Is grouchy because of coll- dren Isn't right There must be some- thing wrong Inside. The life that doesn't Include Joy In the reflected hap piness of boys and girls Is a narrow life. Don't bfame the landlords too much. They didn't bar children be cause they are naturally hard-hearted. Grumpy men nnd fretful women com plained that other people's babies were nuisance. The gruff old bachelor refused to find any music In the merry laugh of a child, and few women found dogs better company than chil dren. It is business to supply a de mand, "and so the landlords of count less flat buildings rubbed their hands and said to mothers and fathers of fine families: "Very sorry, but we can t rent to you because of your broods. Once upon a time France discouraged children. It was the great est mistake ever made by a nation. France has not recovered from the error to this day. Perhaps she never will. Isn't there' danger for America In flat regulations that provide that "no children need, apply." Tragedy In Punctuation. ff$ he was after, Longed for fashion's swim, But she said, with laughter, She cared 0 for him. 1 be proponailed. Caused no exultation, Then became dumfouuded At her ! 'Twos like heaping : Fire burning hot. For he'd staked his' soul on Marriage with a . Soon he made a for Nearest exit gate, Found he had no cash for Dinner that he 8. Quickly she relented, Wrote that she'd be his, Told him she repented In ( ) Now they're living double, Happy, strong and well; It seems the cause of trouble Was a deadly -Philadelphia Telegraph. Beds and Bedsteads. Bedstead originally meant "the bed' nlace." The truckle-bed was the first advance on tho bench, and then the tester suspended from the roof. Then came In the Arabian bed a name, per-, haps, derived from the Crusades. The ' four-poster came from Austria in the fifteenth century. Tho late Queen Vic- torla always carried her bedstead about with her, and bo did U10 nobles In the Middle Ages. The coverlid, or counterpoint, whence comes counter, pane, was often splendidly embroider- ed. Yet the beds at this time were often only sacks of straw. Feather beds came from France In the four-1 tceutb century but straw was In gen- eral use long after. Blankets of wool were not Introduced by Blanket of Bristol, who made them, for tbo word In the tense of a coarse woollen fabric exUted before. The Latest Anarchist Bcarc (Sketched on the Foot-ball Ground.) -rick-Mc-Up. 1. Science as as" . vention An Ingenious chemist ha made tho claim that the average human being Is worth nlwut $18,300 from tho chem ical standpoint. Ills calculations are based on the fact that tho human body contains three ounds and thir teen ounces of calcium; nnd calcium, Just now. Is worth $300 an ounce. The last discovered nnd most distant of great ptanets, Ncptuno, extended the solar system more than one thou sand million miles. Prof. George Forbes Is seeking nn even more dis tant planet, so confidently that he has actually named It Victoria, nnd ho ex pects that It will lo found nbout UV 000.000,000 miles from the sun. Cotton growing has lately attracted much Interest lu Paraguay, and many Inquiries have boon addressed to our Consul at Asuncion nlwut American cotton gins, presses, tires, baling, and so forth. The native cotton of Para guay grows on tall bushes, approach ing the slxc of small trees, and Is con sequently dltllcult to pick. These bushes produce during from seven to ten years. The question of planting American cotton In Paraguay Is under discussion. A new Illuminating material has been discovered by Herman lllau. the llavnrlnu chemist It Is made from oil gas. By a process of rectification the methauo nn I hydrogen contained m (t nro g01,nrttted from the gas, and, i,.. n llrc9sure of 40 atmospheres, arc rc,iUOiHl to tho liquid form, lu steel irr Tim now ennmnund can be , ti. iaeo of petroleum, alco- ll0 nml acctyiene. and It Is said to v a llcht of a beautiful color, pref- ... fo mt of electric light 1 ,, m..1rmilnt i,na erected a now lighthouse on Helgoland, lu . ,, ,, ,,, f-,,m I ttUlVU U IVIU1U 11. 1 1 irvv. - . . ' the Fresnel lenses and prisms of oth- ' er modem lighthouses to the old rorm 'of parabolic reflector with n power- ful Illumination In the focus. The II I lumlnntor is nn nrc-llght, with a cur I rent of 31 amperes, and an estimated candle power of 30.000.000. The re 1 volvlng reflectors are parabolic glass mirrors, silvered on the back, and no I ... , ... . i . , 1 Protection against the weather Is pro- I vIdod LtUe "sU . XUUrsiOll. Ul Cornell university, cans aucnuou 10 a u, ' vnrlety of nickel-steel alloys recently Invented In France, which he thinks ma" uaTe moro Importance for the worId tuan ,ue form of. nlckc'-tcc IUIU uas us ,ac moucrn tlcally non-dilatable that Is, their di mensions do not alter with ordinary change's of temperature. Thus a pen dulum of constnnt length can be made, and already the new material Is em ployed In making clocks and watches to run true In both- winter and sum mer. For measuring Instruments of precision, like those employed In geo detic surveys, these alloys are partic ularly suited. The Inventor, Monsieur Gulllaume, Is also experimenting with nickel-steel as a substitute for the car bon filament of the ordinary Incandes cent lamp. SHE KNEW JOSH ALL RIGHT. This Witness Not at All RelncUnt to Bpeak Unt. "Now, madam," said the counsel for the defendant to a little, wiry, black eyed fidgety woman, who had been summoned in a case, "you will please give your'evldence lu as few words as possible. You know tho defendant?". "Know who?" "The defendant Mr. Joshua Bagg?" "Josh Bagg? I do know him, and I knowed his father before blm, and I don't know nothln' to the credit of either of 'em, and I don't think" ' We don't want to know what you think, madam. Please say 'yes' or 'no to my questions." What questions?" Do you knew Mr. Joshua Bagg?" Don't I know blm, though. You ask Josh Bagg if be knows me. Ask him If he knows anything about try ing to cheat a poor widow like me out of $25, Ask" "Madam, I" "Ask blm whose orchard he robbed last and why he did It In the night? Ask bis wife, Betsy Bagg, If she knows anything about sllppln' Into a neighbor's field and mllklu' three cows on the sly. Ask " Look here, madam Ask Josh Bagg about that uncle of his that died In prison. Ask him about lettln' bis pore old mother die In the workhouse. Ask Betsy Bagg about putting a big brick Into a lot of butter he sold last spring " "Madam, I tell you" "See If Josh Bagg knows anything about feeding ten head of cattle on all the salt they could cat, and tnen let- tlug tbem swill down all the water they could hold, Just 'fore he drlv them into town and sold 'em. See what he's got to say to that!" "That has nothing to do with the case. I want you to" "Then there was old Azrael liagg, own uncle to Josh, got kicked out of his native town, and Betsy Bagg's own brother got ketcned lu a neighbor's henhouse at midnight Ask Josh" "Madam, what do you know about tnls case "I don't know a llvlu' thing 'about it, but I'm sure josh Hagg is guilty, whatever it Is. The fact Is, I've owed them Baggses a grudge for the last fifteen years, and I got myself culled up on purpose to get oven with 'em, and I feel I've done It." London Tit- Bits. FOUND IN ACURIO SHOP. Btranue Becovsrr of a Family Belle After Vlftj-tlrea Years. , Truth is stranger than fiction, to ro- vert to the time-hgnored and worn I ., 1 l AnAH nn 1nAMnn ........ . It the experience of a Chicago woman In New Orleans recently does so to a satisfying extent Like many who . fwma rinwn frnm Mlt unit WA.t alia ' ' " " " ', ' , " . first wanted to see French market and then she made a happy, fanatical tour I of the cu'rlo and second-hand shops ' and pawn shops for souvenirs, says , tlm New Orleans Times-Democrat. She thought she wanted pearls nnd corals and Jeweled daggers ami ono afternoon about 11 week ago, with these luring her along the quaint, sun ny length of tho "quarter," she enter ed n sunn dingy, dusty nnd of de lightful promise. In tho process of "nosing" nbout with n veiled eyo for "finds" she came upon a broken plate filled with old-fashioned seals and be gan half Idly picking them over. Pres ently she chanced upon ono for n fob peculiarly odd, a beauty of antiquity, with Us heavy carved gold ring. "I'll let you have that very cheap," the man said. "It's n locket as well an' has a piece of hair Inside. It's funny sort of hair, gold and brown, an' nl ways seems to mo like It's alive. 1 ( can t sell It and that hair lu It. Most people don't want to keep hair and won't take It out because It's bad luck. Tho ring has some letters cut on It. you see, 11. W. V." "It. W. W.." exclaimed tho lady, "my brother's Initials; how strange!" "Well you nro the first lHrson I've ever been able to find that had 'em In any part of tho family. Nobody wonts to buy It. I'll let you get a bargain on It. I'd have melted the rlug for gold long ago, but I never could git up the courage to take out that there hair. Somehow It wouldn't let me." The woman opened the locket and there was tho little shining curl seem Ing still to vibrate with a beautiful fresh life that must have crumbled to dust many years since. "Well, I'll come In before I go nnd see," she said, and went on her senreh j for pearls. Hut the thing haunted her and finnlly Impelled her, bo she says, to write to her brother describing It. "It you wnnt tho thing I'll bring tt to you," she wrote. Ho sent her nn Im mediate reply. "Get tho rlug at all costs. Mother says it Is father's and the hair that of his mother. It was given to htm with her blessing when he wns a boy and he had treasured It dearly." Fifty-three years ago the father had come south to Mobllo and the seal fob with Its locket had been stolen by a superstitious black, who, discov ering the hair, was afraid of tho Ill luck and n possible hoodoo nnd left It In a bundle on the doorstep of that same old curto shop. So flfty-threo years afterward tho granddaughter found by accident the precious llttlo relic, preserved for her until now by the Intunglhlo protection of the glinting curl of hair. LEAVING THE HOME. Desolation That KcIkhs After the Chil dren Hare Qone Out Into Life. Oneo wo heard a man who wns well advanced In life, the father of a large family of children, descant, with moistened eyes and quivering Hps, up on the loneliness which broods over a homo when the children huve all gone out from It. We couldn't under stand what this perturbed father meant We reckou this Is one of those heart truths one of those verities of life which can not be fully Imagined nor adequately described, but to lv realized must be personally experi enced. We have lately lifted the veil and taken a peep. Just a peep Into this sombre realm of experience, and u faint Idea begins to dawn dimly upon us as to what that father meant. To feel the thrill of parentage, to listen to tho sweetest mimic that ever charm ed human curs the cooing and the prattle of Innocent childhood to share In the later glory of the romp, to wutch with Increasing hope and pride the budding and blohsomlng of these flowers of the family, to have the tendrils of the heart entwined nud in tertwined about these objects and nf fectlon like Ivy, creeping Into every crevice of a wall, and then be com pelled to turn from the contemplation of these pretty pictures to that luithet Ic creation, "Breaking Home Ties,' which hangs on the walls of so ninny memories, to have these Idols of the home go out, ono by one. until every "Light In the window" Is gone, and the halls of the old homo arc deserted. and tho music of many voices Is hush ed and the fireside Is nn longer glad dened by the dear, familiar faces, and tho homo coming gets no more the coveted greeting, and the places at the table are vacant, and the cradlo and the high chair and the school books and tho souvenirs are nil put away. and father and mother read lu nch others eyes the mutual story, and two full hearts find themselves In empty rooms, at a time when the frail lurque, tossing upon a restless sea, most needs strong oarsmen, and dim eyes most need the supplement of clearer vision and the tottering limbs moHt neeil sup port ah, this Is part, Just n sinnl! part of what the old man meant! Marlon (Kan.) Itecord. Identified. There Is a time in a small boy's life when his unlrerso holds one glodlous central star around which paler stars tamely revolve. It Is of that time that a New York Tribune writer tells. One of the financial magnates of the country Is so Immersed In business that he cannot make the rounds of his show-places with any regularity. One day, however, he had an hour of Idle ness, and strolled through the great stables of one of his country estates. In a corner ho came upon n little boy the head coachman's son at play with a fox terrier. They admired the terrier for a while together, and then the financier said, casually! "Do you know who I nnl?" "Yes, sir," said tho child,' "of course I do." "Well, who am I?" "Why, you're the man that rides In my father's carriages." Prepared for Conduit Pleasure. "You know I promised to buy you n wheel If you brought a good report from school, and hero you havo ono worso than last month. What were you doing'" "Learning to rldo a wheel." File gendo Blaetter. We have decided that when women wnt tnnattn ilia ntlltf llllfn.f IIHAli M h tu g tlln I10tm , - . . .? . stop their hair from coming out When w have troubles wo find that one of the greatest of them 1 the "helpful talk" given us. - - i - - : - : - - : - :"i"t"H"i - i"H""i" - f TRAINS THAT CARRY ARMED GUARDS FOR PROTECTION In the Imilnn Territory Orcnt Precautious Arc Tnkcn n n Necessary Step to Poll Robbers Who Lie In Wnlt (ur the Treasure Trnlus. M - - M - - M - Armed guards stilt travel on tho trains that run through tho Indian Territory, tho paradise of train rub ber. If you take the "IJnty Flyer" from St. I.ouls to Dallas, Texas, you'll soo n rouplu of dark-skinned guards climb aboard nt Vlulta at about 11 o'clock In the evening, and see them Jump utility out nt Deiilsou, Texas, nt 7 In the morning. They'll be coddling their short, neat rllles familiarly as they go across to sleep at tho hotel. Tho sternly development of tho West, Its capable Judiciary anil netlve con stabulary, tho multiplying network of telegraph Hues, Its consistent advance toward economic and civic Importance nil these things have combined to throw train robbing as n business Into tho far Umbo of neglect and disap proval. Special conditions nro neces sary to the prooecutlnu of the trndo. And special conditions exist still In only one part of this country, tho In dian Territory. There, where iKilltlcat and social chaos reigns. Winchester armed guards still climb Into the ex press cars 011 tho Missouri, Kansas nud Texas itnllmad when n night train readies the limits of Its territory; and there the sudden squealing of tho brake shoes In the gloom of 11 creek woods or on the staring loneliness of the prairie still warns the experienced traveler to lie c!oo In his birth, his purse convenient to hand lu case the Impatient gentlemen of the road should, falling sufficient reward from the express inr. decide to rob the pas sengers. Out of tlmt country still come occasional dispatches to the eastern newsmpers that wake the memories of the old, familiar golden ago of outlawry. Whtre CrlmlnnU Thrlre, Of one kind and another, the Indian territory has, perhaps, harbored more criminals than any other small section of the I'nlted States. Grunted origin ally to the kole use and occupation of the Indians, with the gimniulee of the general government to keep out nil In trading white men, the country onrly became n rendezvous for those who knew nnd obeyed no law. Horse thieves, whisky peddlers, bigamists murderers, om-time road agents these, and the class of pure adventur ers, asking leave neither of the United Males nor the Indians, followed close on the heels of the builders of the first railroad through the new country The neighboring h'tutes were glad to be lid of a disturbing class, and left them to work out their snluvntlon lu the new surroundings ns plctmcd them best, only keeping a watchful eye upon 1 no uoruer against any utteiupted re turn. In various ways those transplanted criminals worked out their fate. Not a few married Indian wives nnd set tied down to n quiet, easy cltl.enshlp In the tribe. Don't press for the man's history nnd you may leave an ex-con vlct's house with the belief that he is one of the finest fellows you ever met. Some of the right-minded enrolled themselves In the police force, becom ing zealous nnd capable officers. fairly numerous class maintained an Illegal traffic In whisky with tho In dians, boot-leggers, saddle-pocket men, and the more daring, who, In the dead of night, hauled It In by the barrel. Fow, Indeed, dared to continue homo nnd cuttle stealing, for the simple reason that this was tho easiest thing in tue worm to uo, and, consequently, tho most summarily nnd rigorously punished. Thus local crimes, exclud ing the frequent private brawls, were of roro occurrence. But the Idea enme to a member of the notorious "Young er gang" that the Indian territory of- rcrcu a mucu snrcr hciu of operation than Missouri or Minnesota, where tho Stato authorities were anxious to ro triovo the reputation of their common wealths. With two or thrco compan ions ho went down to tho Indian ter ritory, gathered n few moro followers, nnd almost before they had covered their heads with shanties, held up a train on tho Missouri, Kuusus & Texas near Muscogee. Iteport said that the haul was a rich one, Tho matter hud been accomplished with a great flour ish. The "stylo" of tho robbers was much discussed and admired, Tho railroad detectives were discouraged, tho outlaws aided In their flights und warned of pursuit. After a time a woman Joined the band wife of one and under the name of Bcllo Star, spread hor fa mo fur beyond the Indian borders, Hho wns assuredly young, and she rode ns wildly ns tho men, but, beyond this, re port said that she was a crack shot with (lie rlile and pistol, that she rode n-straiiuie," mat stio actually took part In the hold-ups, and thnt was, lu truth, a "Queen of tho bandits." Sombrero-topped, booted, nnd spurred llko tho men, erect In carriage, supple, graceful, beautiful the picture of Hello Stur graced tho pages of the II lustrated papers. And It were after nil, better to think of her so than au a broken, consumptive woman dying 111 n clingy juii, wnero sue was scut with her mnto whon a determined lit III) posso of United States deputies swooped down on the gang unan - i - i": - - i -!-h.n-"-i-iM"---'1 - l - l - r VV'VVWWVWvVV nounced and carted them nwny tq Fort Smith. )!! of the Dalian Clung The later Dnltun gang, four broth rrs and ns many moro bravo and Intel tlgeiit associates, came nearer to re producing the real flavor of romance than any who had preceded them In the business of pilfering etprrss cars. Tlie Daltons came Into the territory trained to the trade, thrco of them having worked with Ilia famous Kvnns, Honing, and Honing trio In Southern California. The spectacular ending of the Krnus-Soiilag partner ship, after an all-day duel between n houseful of deputies and two of the outlaws behind a stack of stable re fuse, sent tho Daltons packing from California to the Indian territory. Here they lived quietly fur a time, winning friends all over the country, working ns cowboys nud winning reputations as hall-fellows, good rltlu shots, and stanch friends. One or two hold-ups, cleverely mnnaged, carried through without n hitch, set people to wonder ing who the robbers were. Still the Daltons held their Jobs nud were not stikpected. Hut ttie hold-up of a train on the Missouri. Kansas .1 lexns, near Adair, on which half n doicn armed guards were posted, and from which an unusually large haul was made. served to rouse the officers to nn ex trunrdlnnry activity. Itnhbers who could sweep the length of 11 train with n lire that kept even a Winchester armed guard Inside, who could tin couple the express car from the pa senger clinches, run nwny into the woods with It, crack It ileii. tnke II back to the train, nnd send tho whole on to tho next station without ex ton Ing themselves to a single shot cer tainly these were of nn extraordinary cleverness. Finally tho officers picked the Daltons ns the criminals, but the community was Incredulous, knowing mid curing little fur the brothers' for mer reputation. So completely had these genial fellows won the confidence of the ranchmen and cowboys that the officers for a long lime dared not try to arrest them. A sense of security emboldened them; they mussed nn at tempt on the Arkansas Valley road, Hob was wounded, and the community hud Indisputable evidence of their guilt Hut still public opinion shielded them the rnllinnd could, In the opln Ion of the countryside, easily afford their losses, nud the boys bad made themselves popular and pleasant. One day three of tho Daltons, nccom pnnlcd by three others, rodo leisurely up to I'ofTeyvllie, Kan., four miles over Iho border of the Indian country. hitched their horses, and walked over to rob the bank. Au obstinate, faithful cashier delayed them unduly, tho town woke out of a lethargy, nnd when the boys made n rush for their horses. shotguns, rltles and pistols popped nt them from nil sides. These were an noying but not fatal until a calm sleepy-eyed livery stable helper climb ed Into a barn loft with 11 Winchester, stretched himself comfortably on his stomnch, anil begun to pick off the Imiidlts ns they mounted nml started to rldo nwny. Two of tho brothers were killed by tho livery stuhlu mull, the other was wounded nnd captured, and but n single member of Hint baud readied the territory to tell young Hill Dalton of tho fate of his brothers, Tills young lirotliers, Just past 'JO, resented bitterly the summary taking off of his relatives. He talked freely Willi tlio sympathizing cowlsiys of re venge. He came and went free of 1110. testation, nud nt last ho drew together u little baud of his own. Ho was a bravo boy and shrewd, but ho spent most of his energy running nwny from tho officers nftcr he had liullscretly murderrd au inoffensive citizen. It wns all very well to rob a rich railway corporation, snld tho Indian territory people 111 ineir view It wns mere re taliationbut when a ranchman was not safe from the whim of a fool, hot headed boy It was quite tlmo lo stop nun. J 1 1 1 1 Dalton led his pursuers n long chase, hut was finally wounded, captured, nnd thrown into prison to die. Bob Itogcrs, nn Insignificant-look Ing, slight-limbed llttlo cow-puncher, who had known tho Daltons, Induced two of his companions to help run off two carloads of cattle from tho Indian country to Kansas In the night, The cattle were sold. the. hi.vr. .i,i,,0,i them to Kansas City, where the terrl- lorr ranchmen's snnller .niv ii.nm n,i tho tlioft was soon charged to Hogers. That mado him an outlaw, and with his companions he tried train robbing. uno success ana ono rnllure within a year made hltn talked about consider ably, but ho was never regarded as a clover leader. When tho United States deputies were ready, after tho rail- rnfid'a nfret-eif rAwnnla lm,1 ,..,. ..i..t ... 1 n rcspcctablo figure, they woro led by Heck Bruncr, who wn a blacksmith bv trndo. to unlrAr' r.,i-... .r'" In the middle of the night a frcezl winter wind i.nwiin,, n.,t.it .1.... ... .. .. uvj iUlll upon mo gang asleep in n cabin, killed two, and captured tho other three. ivia. - -, 1 1 1 . ... I itiu iun ciwucuou 01 luo itoffora iranir (, v.i i. ,1 1 . ... " train robbing fell Into disfavor for a number nfyeniH, mid tlio nillroml com panies Hied of paying guiii'ds to ridx In their express cats, lint n holdup down at Iho edge of Texas, another wild chnso with a pimse, later foraya of lllllo parties, and occasional single- handed attacks, warned tun express agents to renew their vigilance, AIDES TO APPETITE. Cold Air BllmtiUlas Desire for fond nud Helps lllitrsllnii, Tho German Inventors of a portablo gymnasium advertise their nppnialus ns a "substitute for drugs and spices," wnrrniitcil to effect mechanical pro motion of nppetllv. That claim Is founded on tho expe rience of nil but tho most far-go no dyspeptics; still, In n list of digestive stimulants refrigeration must lie ad milled to outrank even netlve exercise. . Tho cupnilly for assimilating largo quantities of food nt short nolleo In-ei-eases with distance from Iho equic tor. Jack Frost Is the palron saint of gluttons, and tho gnslioiiouilc ex ploits or 11 puny Uplnnder would innate tho tall Texnns who havo earned their right to roast beef by a fifty-mile gallop. About two years ago Dr. It. ('. Muil rice, of Toulon, France, published nil account of his expel liuents with arti ficially cooled air, "Inhaled n n Ionic. with Invariable succ for tbo relief of nslhiun and similar respiratory diffi culties, but with n still more remark able effect upon the function of tho di gestive organs." After breathing the Intensely cold air currents of nn "evaporator (In an Ice factory) for half mi hour, a pug dug manifested a ravenous appetite. Of three dispepllcs who were cured In a week, the third could not altogether overcome his dread of cold drafts, nud entered the refrigeration vault with Ids fnce partly mullled, but wns bene fited to tho extent of enjoying a good night's lest and being nblv to digest sundry viands without Iho aid of chem ical stimulants. In a climate Ilka that of Calcutta no gymnnstlcs could be rellrd upon to lessen tho risk of a surfeit. The un lives stick to their I.euteii fair th year round, and foreigners navo 10 adopt similar habits or leave thw city to brace up their system In the high land sanitarium of Darjeellug. Uxerclse nlone would not suvo them, but there Is no doubt thnt frost nlonn sustain the digestive vigor of the sluggish (Ireenlaiiders, who pass six mouths of the year In dugouts. After the end of OcIoIht they often sulk lu their ileus for weeks together, drows ing away their days like hibernating bears, but awake In the eleventh hour with appetites sufficient to gobble tlio ration of twelve Mexican cowboys. Tho time will ctuiin when our houses' will be artificially cooled lu mldsiim Hivr as effectuntly as wjt now heat them lu winter, nud III thnt millennium of thermal comfort spices will become almost siiHrfiuous. Ketchups will bo superseded by mid waves. Instead of opening a mustard bottle, l.'plcnrus will open a patent refrigerator nnl turn on tint requisite amount of di gestlre tonics. What to Hnt. TALE OF A HAUNTED HOUSE. Illooil-Slslncd Phantom Been ly I'bi timrapher In Ouernsejr( Kimlaml, A remarkable ghost seusntlou la dlaturblng the serenity of HI. Peter Port, Guernsey, where a local photo grapher has Just vacated his residence on the ground that he and members of his family havo been terrified by supernatural visitations. The photographer states Hint when Inking his meals lie hns seen arms reaching uver his head nnd endeavor- lug to take awuy hi food. The pic tures on Hie wall have moved In weird fashion, nnd there were sound of rattling chains and ringing belli. One evinlng, acocrdlug to a writer lu the luidon Kxprt-ss, the tciinut s daughter taw au apparition clad In white coming down the stairs. It pos sessed only 0110 hand, the lingers of which vtrre twice the ordinary length und streaming with blood. This siMttrnl vUlliiut, seen on an other occasion by the daughter, Indi cated that her mother's brooch, which wns missing, would be found In tho range In 11 certain room. Here It wnf dlscuvi red. This so lire id on the girl's mind Hint she had to tnke to her tcd, and finally the Vtelrd mnulftsitatloiis be came so frequent tbut the photographer decided to leave the house. Crowds gathered nightly around tho (dace and (he nuthorltlin deputed Her. eral constables lo watch the house. When one of these entered tho prem ises a mat fiew In his face. Another officer, while sitting In one of tho rooms, felt his chair being lifted lu midair. Ho lied In terror. After this n number of prominent residents endenvored In solve the my stery. They chalked tho stairs, locked a chocolate box In one of the cupboards' nnd left the premises apparently se cure. When they returned shortly after- ward (hero wcro footprints 011 tho chalked staircase, nnd tho chocolato, box was 011 the middle of a table, with a feather balanced on the ton of It. Yet the cupboard In which the box was Placed was still locked. Greatest or Linguists. Cardinal Gtilseppl Mczzufuutl, who died In 18-1(1, surpassed all other men lu linguistic ability. All tho tongues of Ilnbel were gathered together In' Ills tongue, hut without confusion. Ho ""ouo fluently no. fowcr than 158 differ- p,lt '"'WW" wroto In moro than . Lord Byron, who knew 111 111 well, l'""C(1 ,1,m " "WI,I1'"K polyglot, n mom ",rr "'"gunges aim u iiriareus or, I)nrt" of l,c,'c''" Mexxofniitl was not In tho strict sense n critical or scion tlflc scholar or even otherwise a man 1 .. ,,. -(,, ,. r .. of great Intellectual power. Sentient. Patience Did you .-ay your broth- fr'" I1"0"10""0 uiinmiiaBcoWe nl ,.n ,, , Patrice Why, yes; this nflernooi) hvl!c" .bai. w.'.'? out " s1l'I,c! "v'co in front or millinery stores nnu thnna In trnl..,t .l,.n,,0 V'nu. L" .. H " " ,, 1 -i..... 1 1... . KWU BUN IIIUHVIII u Km iiusifnuu - but ho is worthy of u better f.l