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COAST MAIL. .- m H VOL. VI. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1884. NO. ii. West and I IMnlor lien. C. Truman In the CftllforntA .Spirit of tho 'timet, J Tlioro still roiiiulns a dueling ouv (out ninoiig n olnnn of Americans known ns tlio cowboys of tlio west, wlilch notluiiK litit llio ovunvliolmliiK ii)roituli of olvlllrntloii anil power of oniplru oiin ofluutiiitlly olilltornto, Tlio cowboy In OAtonsibly nn owner or liurtlur of stock upon tiiipuroiiiisuil or unpiud-forrnnucriof nutritious gritsies niUiio western pnrt of tlio United Btutcs; but, In reality, bo In n stcnlor of lioroi's nml cnttlo, n tftizislor of nihil tarntcd spirits, nml n shooter of men ; ntulit nitty boHiihl of linn, witli por foot triillifuliicM, tliutliofuiirs neither Clod, iiuui, or devil, llo roams over ii vnnl urea of npnrncly Bottled or tin Bottled country lying between tbo UlUlt nud 17th piirnlleU of lutlttido nml between meridians of longitude i?2 nud 23. Ho in most numerously nml luwlcssly found, liowover, in tbo lorrltorleni'l Moiitnim, Arizona nml New iMoxieo; nltbougli ho is by no humus ho source In tbo stntos of Tuxiih, KnnoiiH nud Colorndo tbnt be it-nrvor seen, lloisim Apollo lie vhlero in pliystonl itbiipo nud bounty ; lio ilrtwcs in true frontier stylo in n blttn flnnuel shirt and ilmnlng rod necktie, dnrk punt stuck into high lagged kip boottt nud sombrero. Ho cnrrii-H n wicked knifo in n hoot-leg, nml one or morn revolvers nt hii waist, llin nnns nud nmmtimtlon nro ulwins kept lu perfect order, nnd hu is tbo moit nccomplislipd shot in the world. lie In n inulclilcxs rider, nud mny often bo seen by the trnvelor through Arlzouii nud New Mexico tearing through the elinpnrrnl like lightning along fdilo of n railwuy train, whooping liko n Coninnohe, nnd Bonding liorinlcs bullets through the headlight of the locomotive lie Is at once genorotiA, reckless, lawless, illmiljmteil, denpernte nud dnugrrous, nnd (lushes furiously through tbo bell 1 1 pon enrth of bis own creating like n ilotiirrwiiio devil to his grnvo. , His "code" is to ''alit'iKjt i)u redlheeltd ami nrtrr Ut tin tnrnty yd Ihc drop on There aro dirtoroul grade nud sum pica of tho goiius cowboy: there is the "Howler of tho Prairies," the 'Terror from tho Upper Trail," nnd tho "lllizznrtl of tlio otitic.' Their maimers and customs', however, are about the saute, except that many of thorn bnvo hnd superior advantages of education nud homo iullucuccs, while others were rocked lu the cra dle of infamy nt the start. Few of them livo to be .'10 years of age, and It.)' out of every 100 who nro Kent to their last account fill dishonored graves tbiougb tbo medium of n deadly mUsllo or tlio foi bidding nooo of the bnugmau. The writer Iws seen tbo redoubtable "Hilly tho KldM (who .whuii only 10, Inul killed Mils eleventh man), and )ins heaid him tell the story of bis murderous exploits witli marvelous nonchalance. He has witnessed "Curly Dill" shoot oil' tbo winkers of a man without harming the sight, nud pick oil' th'j Moppcra from liquor decanters at 20 paces without fracturing tlipir necks, lie lias heard this renowned devil boast of his own private cemetery, which, ho bit Id, lacked only ono of a score of graves; and bns then oh-sorc-d him draw bis six-shooter quiet ly nnd tike ofl'a button from n com panion'rtcoat. llothot these desperate fellows have been laid away in un known sarcophagi, liko hundreds of others of the samo kind, and tho graveyards tboy created keep until unity lllllug up. I hnrgo munbera of those cowboy nt'cot death by fighting duels, without tho nld of seconds or other assistants; nnd either ono or both of the combat unts nro killed on tbo spot. Thoro Is this spark of honor exhibited, general ly: an nrtnod nun will not shoot down nn unarmed ono; 'but will, In case of n quarrel with nn unarmed person, direct him to go nud get n weapon nnd return. Upon tho reap pearance of tbo ulittllongotl party, tlio Hpoctutois nlTord them ample room, nud the shooting is commoncod with out further words nud kopt up until nt lenst ono of tho combatants is kill ed or mortally wounded. One of tho most despcrnto duels over engaged in by nnyof tbesofol lows was that fought by n Mexican cowboy named Jcbiib Garcia and n young riulndelpliinn named Qua Davis at a camp on tho Kivor Pooos (NiiwTMoxiao), Atiguit 7, 1883, nnd which bus boon described by a corres pondent of tbo New York Bun, ns follows: 'Una Davis of Philadelphia enmo hero sovornl moutliB ngo, and was on ngod as a cattlo herder by John Hliuvo, a wealthy stock owner, Davis soon showed himself to bo a useful man, and gained tho cstoom of his Tho Cowboys of tho Their Code employer anil thoonvy of tlio othor herders. In less tlinu thrco mouths ho hnd resisted so many temptations to quarrel with his associates that ho was nicknamed 'Tho Northern Cow nnl.' Olio morning, about three weeks ngo, wlillo Davis wns on duty looking after his cnttlo, Jesus (Jarcin, a Mexican, (minted film, as usual, with 'Good morning, Northern Cow aril.' Human enduranco bus lis limit, and Davis thought ho had been in sulted long enough. Tho Mexican was at first surprised nt tbo stand tnk on by tbo Philadelphia!), but word brought on word, until each deter mined that the othor must dlo. Tho quarrel soon brought all tho neigh boring cowboys to the spot. Tho tnodo of combat wns speedily ar ranged. A chain .'10 inches long was securely locked around their necks. A Mexican daggor (a two-edged knife six inches long) was given to each of the duelists. Tho obliging cowboys then lowered tho men into a dog can yon, a doseent of 75 feet. There they were to remain until ono killed the other. A key to the lock was given to each, and no ono was nllowed to intorforo further. Tho rest of the cowboys then went to work, ns if nothing unusual had occurred. For some days nothing wns known as to tho result of the encounter. Yester day, liowover, Davis, weak and ema ciated, returned to camp, dragging after him the lifeless body of Jesus Unrein. Tlio story Dnvls tells is as follows: 'Tbo fight begun as soon ns we reached tlio bottom of tho can yon. Heiug locked together, ouch was always within reach of the other's knife. After such deliberation as the few moments during our descent per milted, I decided that unless the first blow wns fatal, the chauces were de cidedly in favor of the party assailed 1 accordingly allowed tio Mexican to strike tho llrst blow. Ho plunged his knife into my side. As soon ns I found his arm thus stretched or ward, I out the muscles of his right arm near tho shoulder. Immediately his kuifo droppid. While he wax stooping to pick up hia knife, I sent my blailo Into his body from the back. Uofqre 1 could strike again he had picked up his knife nud cut the cords of my arms, so as- to render them both useless. Here wo both stood font few (" '.i.!, when I dleovcri'd thai his heau had been reached. His body soon fell in tho death slrugglol to tho ground. The chain was so short that ho brought me down wild him. -In a fow minutes he was dead. I was so weak from loss of blood that I lay down by his side. Wo lay there for 5 days and nights until hunger drovo mo to muke a Inst effort. 1 climbed tho steep incline of tho walls of tho canyon nud reached the camp, carrying Oaroia on my buck.' " Why Prairies are Treeless. Il'opuhr Science Monthly.) Thomas Median behoves that wo have nearly renched the solution of tho eau-o of tbo nbsonco of treci from the prntnes. It Is not climatic, for timber bolts tlourish in all tho pralrio regions. It is not in conditions of soil, for tbo pranio soil Is tho most favorable lo tho gorminntion of soeds, of trees ns well as other plants, and Artificial plantations nro remarkably successful wherever thoy aro mado. The real cause is probably to be found in the annual fires which hnvo swept over tho prairies from time im memorial, killing tho young trees be foro they can grow largo enough to resist tho heat. Tho seeds of the an nual plants of the pialrie vegetation, maturing ovory year, aro shed nnd find protection beforo tho Ores como; tho young trees, on tho other hand, bear no seed hud can lonvo no re source for n succession nftor they nro burned. This theory is Mipported by tho fact that an abundant growth of trcoHjms set in wherover the fires Imvo been stopped. The fires woro inadn by the aborigines for centuries boforo tho white men came, possibly for tho express purpose, Median sug gests, of preventing tlio growth of trees and picserviug tlio huil'itlo pas tures. Tho question remains how tlio prairies llrst came to be naked. They probably formed tho bottoms of tho lakes nud marshos that win o left after tho retreat of tho glaoieis, mid con tinued wet nftor tha Idghlauds woro covered with ticoa. Man followed tho glactors so closely that ho anticipated tho troos on these spots, and having learned already in southern latitudes tliu value of burning began them bo foro the trocs gained a foothold. 'llin lower house of congress hat passed n bill Introduced by George nutlioritlng the secretary of the treasury to pay Mr Louisa Doddvaoo, damages for Modoc Indian depredations. These damages consisted of tho murder of her husband, William Poddy, nnd two tons, Nuvtmhrr ay, 1873, by Captain Jaok and lilt band, who were aroused by the expedition under Canby to dis lodge them from the lava beds, 'the Poddy family lived near lost river, Oregon, and lost not only their lives but nil of their property dur ing the Modoe war, Pottiblj Annual Yield of a Forest, Tlio brtslslfn which nil sound forest management depends, says Col. O F. Pearson, Is .tho revenue which any forest enn bo mado to pay that Is lo Bay, the incomo which It will produce lu proportion to tho volume of tbo standing troi, or, in other words, Its capitalized value. To this end n for est should be considered ns no much capital, represented by so many fcot of wood, while tho amount of wood produced each year by its growth rep resents tho interest thereon, nnd, in fact, is tho revenue of the forest. It is evident that it is possiblo to cut and removo ovory yenr a quantity ol timber equal to this annual increase of wood without diminishing tho vol ume of thu standard crop. The pos sible annual yield of a forest mny bo estimated on the basis of a calcula tion that n tree 10 feet in girth, which makes a ring of wood of only one eighth of un inch in thickness, adds to Its bulk ut the rate of rather more than ono cubic foot of timberunnually for every 10 feet of tho length of its stem j or, in other words, such n tree, if its stem bu U0 feet in bight, will in .'10 years have increased in bulk by at least 100 feet of solid timber. At tho same time, during these (50 years, tho young trees which nro fpringiiig up will hmo become perfectly hardy nud capable of supporting the whole force of tho summer heat ami winter frast. The Boy fn Politics. (lotion Pent "My denr little man," said a promi nent politician as ho came upon n boy playing iu Ihc center of Chestnut street the other day "my dour littlo man, what are you doing?" "Makin' a p'litical rally," the youth replied. Tho politician went his way, but chanced lo bo returning by the same route an hour later, ho found tho lad sitting on the edge of tho sidewalk contemplating his work. "Is it dono, littlo ninn?" "IJei yer sweet life it's dono." "What is this, nnd this, nud this?" 'Thai's tho- house, nn' them's tho sent, an' them's the people." ' "Well, wherc's the spenkor?" "Didn't hnvo dirt enough to make ono," wns tlio-significant reply. YlovTHtDldlir Wall Street New. "During the crnie for Union Pacific tloek," Mill an old broker, "1 furnished thares to 13 different clergymen In New England, all of vshom told their gosernment liondt or took their saving out of ihc bankt to liny tlth." "And how did they nuke out?" "Twelve of them lost three-fourthi of their InscMmcnt." "And what about the thlrternthr "Oh, it was through him tint I told to the other twelve, nnd he made about $5000. The Ways of Iowa Girls. ISIoux Valley NewtO When n Marcus girl wnntt her fellow to go home the takct down her Uick hci hair, I-e Mart glrlt take off their thoet. Sanborn girtt say: "It's time for my dearest Chnrlet to u clajp hit circling ormt and hte nt'y to hi pa tenul domicil." Corrcctionvlllc glrlt are more practical and lett demonstrative; they limply ay, "Sonny, time's up: p,v" Same Old Evil. V"aslilnton Republican. Till j ill lien memorable congress. During the present week one senator whistled aloud wtille the semtc was In tcs&ion, and the next day another fell out of hit chair. Jutt such Incidents as these occurred during the d)s of DunM Webster and Penton, nnd jet there nro people who lament tho departed glory of the senate. A bogm t$ gold piece, tald to have leen for some time passing cuirent on this coast outside of lianki, hu recently appeared in Chicago and other western cities, to tho surprise of (lie gov ernment detectives. 'I hit coin, it It tald, is manipulated by the "heathen Chinee," and to skillfully It the work done that it requires an ex- ert to detect itt spurious character. They put the rain on n small lathe, and with a hard in strument, like n graver's tool, they hollow the middle as deftly at it ft possible to do. They fill the cavity with a mixture of platinum and laid, rem ill the coin, gild Its edge, nnd the work It done, Tho coin Is equal in weight to tho genuine, nnd by tome deft process tho original ring is preserved. They take from n $5 piece of gold to thrr value of $150, from n $10 piece, $3 50, nnd from n pa piece ntiout $7 50. Their work it almost perfect, but they are closely watched, and their natural timidity keeps tho 1, limits, nt KtiHltta11 .mull lnrlp.1 At I -os Angeles, Cal., on the morning of the 351I1 ujt, the body of J. II Cordnr, a plasterer who went there from Denver six months ngo, was found hanging from n scaffolding in the rear of a new building on Spring street. It was a plain case of suicide, ns tm had taken the picciuitlon to pin a P,'cc of brown paper to the lapel of hit co.il, giving hit nddrcss, and all ar rnngementt he had made Indicated n strong de termination to kill himself, llo leaves a Mlfe and child In Denver. Among the wit nesses nt the Inquest wns a )oung Italian named Antonio Unmasco, ntxmt 88 years of nge, who discovered Cordier at the body was hanging to the scaffolding. Ho will n sufferer from heart disease, and the shock of finding the suicide so affected him that three hours after finding Cordier' t body Uoin.isca fell down dead. Hoiilasco was An entire ttmngcr In tho place. Apiarists have suffered to much by the late floods in southern California that there It no prospect of cheap honey from llut source this jcar. , A CRUEL FATHER'S DEED. He Keeps His Daughter Imprisoned for Twenty Years. I.A 8AI.LB (III.), I'elmnry . Alwut to miles north of Ihlslty, close by the Mrndota road, stands the old Keck homestead. In this house wat en uted one of the most unnatural crimes ever brought to light that In relation lo the almost life-long tuffcringt of oor Mnfgle Keck, who not confined nt n prisoner In her father' house for so yenrt. The denouement occurred four year ngo, at the death of her father, nt which time the affair wa discovered. Maggie Keck wata beautiful young girl of 16 when her tyrannical father locked her up In her room one night nnd kept her there from day to day, to subject her girlish will to hit brutal com mands, He refused to untwnd his harsh edicts, and ere long the mind of the poor girl began to toller on Itt throne, nnd gradually ration forsook her and nt the end of a yenr she was a maniac, quiet, passive and helpless. In this condition the was permitted to remain for so long years, thut up in a garret. A hole was cut In the door, through which wa passed in tjie food given her. The room in which the wat imprisoned wat des titute of chairs, table, bed or even straw to lie upon. She was entirely nude, and during the long nlghtt of winter and lengthy dayt of sum mer the poor creature wa treated more Inhu manly than would be a itog. When rescued four year ago Miss Reck looked more like a wild beast than a woman. From crawling on her hands and knees around the room her body had become deformed and the presented a frightful apearance. She vva locked up for to great a length of time that the memory of her faded from the recollections of her playm.Uct and friends, and after awhile all inquiries nt to her mournful fate ceased and the wa completely buried at though the grave had engulfed her. It wat not known what had be come of her tlnce her liberation four years ago. To-day the wat discovered nsn woman of 40, living with relatives at Mendola, III. Her reason Is slowly Improving and it it thought that the will be fully restored to health. THE SEA SERPENT. His First Appearance This Season Off Staten Island. New York, March 1 The Star sayt: It wat reported at bttlen Island yeslerday that Constable Klliert L. I'oillon bad been attacked by a sea serpent John Fisher, an oyster plant er, corroborates the story. I lis ton and Usher were standing on the beach of Lower bay on Thursday afternoon when they saw what they took to be .1 Urge log floating with the tide from Quarantine island. Fisher took a boat and slatted to see what the thing was. Poillon and the boy noticed Fisher hastily pulling back and using quick strokes. When he reached the shore Fisher asked the other two to accompany him and look nt the object, which lie said was a monster fin-back tliark. The sun had gone down ami it wat growing dark when the three men overtook the creature. It wat moving at a good pace through the water. The parties shipped their oars In a, noisy manner and were frightened to sre the object of their pursuit rise from the water. It had a long black and thick neck, and a head ns large at a powder keg. Ilefore the fishermen had a chance to look nt the dimensions of itt body the monster raised one of its claws, about 10 feet long, and grasping an oar, pticcd it in its massive jaws and crunched It to pieces. The frightened fishermeu fulled as fast at they knew how, and, when they reached the shore, did not stop running until they reached Uttingville. Tisher and I'oillon when chided by the neighbors with inventing the above stor). went beforo a local justice of the peace and made an affidavit to the fact substantially as statrd above. They think the serpent was 35 feet long. Poultry. fj. II. rishell in the Commercial Gaxette. G. J. s-avs: "I nm curious to know if Hindi's hens Iwivc kept up a supply of eggs during the past month, or only upon the milder days. Also, does lie use any artificial heat in his hen-house?" Myhcnsnevrr ceased laying since they com menced in the fall. Cold weather makes no difference. I use no artificial heat, except that which the tun generates through the gUss win dows. 1 will repent some of my former advice, and tell how 1 persuade my hens to lay In winter nt well at some others do in early spring. I set my heat the last of February or first of March; feed my young chickens often, and all they will cut up clean; give clean water to drink-, with n few drops of "DousUss' Mixture" in the water, and provide them a Urge range for exercise, keeping their roosting placet clear of filth nnd Vermin; nnd when fall comes, I give them a warm place to toot In, and a shed to run under, and a house to sun and dust themselves in. I feed my laying hens food of various kinds al wo) warm feed nevercoId.no matter what It It, and mpply them with warm water, and road dust to wallow In, with gravel and shell, and now I never fall In getting all the eggs I can reasona bly expect from each hen. I nlwas scatter raid dust on nnd under the roosting poles never wood ashes, as that will ruin the valuable quali ties of the manure. The following is the description of my hen house; I have n yard sa feet square, poled In on the touth tide of hen-house. My hen-houe it 11 by 16 feet, running east nnd west; two win dow sashes 10 by iS Inches, 6 lights on the south side, a shingle roof, vvealhcr-lxMnled and bat tened on the outside. Might 9 feet ut front and 6 feet back, with a partition running through lengthwise, making a space 7 by 16 feet for stay ing in during cold weather, where their water anil dusting box are. The other, 4 by 16, is the place for nests and gathering the eggs. The roostlng-place, at the west end, is 8 feet square, the same hlght ns the house, nnd lined through out svllh tarred felt, with a door and window for light nnd air, and an entrance to the roosts a truall hole enl through the partition to the hen house, with a sliding door. The roosts are two feet high, all on the same level. The roosting poles are two inches square, with the cornert rounded, I aim to keep 30 fowlt in each house or ard. 1 have referred to a preparation called "Doug- Us' Mixture." This preparation takes itt name from a celebrated Kngllsli fancier, who invented It, and it It often referred to In writing about poultry diet. For the benefit of those who do not know what it is, I here give the directions for making it: Put sulphate of iron (common cop peras), eight ounces, and sulphuric acid, one lulf fluid ounce, Into n Urge bottle or jug, then add one gallon of cater. Ax toon at the Iron It dissolved, the medicine it ready to use. In hot weather, or when the flock ft small, lets may be prepared at once, but the above proportions should be observed. This preparation it simple, and Is one of the best tonic for poultry known, given In small quantities in their water or feed. It ft an alterative, and possesses, besides, anti septic properties, which make it a remedy at well at tonic. It It a preparation which any person may make for himself. Copprrat may be found In any country ttore, nnd sulphuric add at any drug ttore. The mixture is simple; the only precaution Is to keep the sulphuric acid from touching the tkln when handling it, or it will burn worse than fire. Branded With Red-Hot Iron. St. Ixiuis, Mo., Feb. 7, 1884. The details of barbarous and cruel practices Indulged In by miners near the town of Kirkville, In Adair county, have just reached the city. In the local ity mentioned there are some coal mines, but owing to the out-of-the-way situation regular miners rarely go there In search of employment, hence the men who work the mines are called "greenhorns." A few weeks ngo the operator of the minet employed tome experienced coal dfggert, among them a man named Chancy. These men toon discovered that their associates were "greenlcs," and resolved lo have some fun willi them. Chancy accordingly announced that he was the grand center of the grand lodge of miner and had come to organize them. The "greenhorns" were alt eager to become member. and the next night wav appointed as the time for the organization. All the miners were present, and the grand center informed them that only one candidate wou'd be initiated that evening. The candidate selected was then blindfolded and led Into the shanty by two men. lie was required to take an oath not to make known by word or sign anything he might tee or hear while the work was l-ing performed, under the penalty of death. He then received the tigns, grips and pastn ords. The candidate was next Informed tliat in order to complete the initiation he must be branded with the grand seal. The man was then made to partially undress, when he wa branded on the back will, an iron form of the figure 8, made red hot by a stove In the shanty, thut making a mark which he will carry to hit grave He was then told to put on his clothes and leave, not, however, without being reminded of his oath The performance was repeated every night for a week, each time one of the ignorant men being made a victim in the heartless manner described. 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