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TIIE BOYS OF LOXDOX
LITTLE CHAPS WITH “POT il-TS"
AND OTHERS WITH NONE AT
_________ > .
[ The Nevada State prison ha* 119 in-
Lad* Who Never Have Any Beal C|lld-
patea.
hooil—The Jolly Youngster* oi <4rl*t
Arisona produced 16,000,000 pounds
Church*Bootblack* ta Vairoria«to>u-
of copper last year.
don Newsboys—Tele*ra|>li Messon^ra.
It is stated that there are 80,000
Next to the number of uniform ’ and
Brmans in California.
liveriee seen on the streets and iu the t/ways
Grasshopper* are working
of London life, nothing strikes an Anarican
ranches on the Malad, Idaho.
visitor more than the sight of tali si k hats,
“pot hats,” worn by the small London|chool-
A Mlmon weighing fifty pounds
boys. After a son of parents in eny espect-
caught in the Straits of Carquin
able grade of life ta old enough to sttjud any
Kittitas county, W. T., has o
good school he is made to dress in t» digni­
ized an Agricultural Fair Associa
fied a way as it he were a member cf parlia­
ment. Drees count* for so much io lngland.
The name of Palouse Junction
ft is the general and correct guide to one’s
T., ha* been changed and i* now
Station in life. The poor English Uiys who
nera.
gre condemned to wear pot hate fi*m early
Mr*. 8. N.'Page committed eu
Infancy of course can never havj any real
at San Bernardino, Cal., while te
1 childhood. Iisagiue a full blootfedboy start­
rarily inaane.
ing out for a good time wearing a stiffly
Harry Pierce had hi* leg cut off i ia starched shirt collar and a high silk hat
These pot hattatl boys early acqtfre a stiff
threahing machine at San Bernardi IO, dignity
of nsuiner which harmonize* with
Cal., and died.
their bate. They never relax except when
Horse thieves have been makijng they ore actually in the countiy. Thou the
trouble at Dayton, W. T,, and along poor lads ge wild and decline to wear any
bats at all. They are like lleir grown up
the Snake river.
The gold belt in Cceur d’Alene dis­ brothers. They pas* from oije extreme to
the other. The Englishman in town to a
trict, Idaho, i* said to cover an area of model of stiffness and anguhrity. In the
150 square miles.
,
country he is ready for any rough bout ot
Geerge Hill, a ten-year old boy liv­ rollicking that any one may propose.
I have seen these silk hatted boys every­
ing at Bellevue, was drowned in Wo6|d where
in London. A person familiar with
river while fishing.
(
5 the London schools can tell exactly where n
It cost <20,000 to repair the Mulltip boy belongs by his dress. In tbo preparing
tunnel, on the. Northern Pacific, after schools for the University small roundabout
jackets are worn until the boy* are promoted
the recent cave in.
to a certain class, and then they wear swal­
k.The sale of wood ha* caused the cir>' low tall coats until they graduate. Borne-
culation of about <50,000 in the town times a tall lanky boy, who 1* behind in hta
studies, will be seen wearing u roundabout in
of Caldwell, Idaho.
with a little bit of a fellow who
William Schmidt, a convict, at­ company
wears the sign of scholastic superiority in the
tempted to kill Warden John Mo- shape of a long tailed coat The other morn­
Comb, at Folsom, Cal.
ing I saw an elderly gentleman walking with
Manager Potter ha* decided to re­ a boy who was at least ■’! feet 10 inches in
move the Union Pacific Railroad shop« height This boy wa* evidently very much
behind I11 bis studies, because bo wus accom­
from Eagle Rock to Pocatello.
panied by two small fellows six or seven years
The Southern Pacific hhve twenty of age whose drees indicated that they were as
ship* laden with steel track rail on the tar along tn their studies as he.
THE CHK1BT CHURCH BOYS.
way to San Francisco from Eugland.
John Robinson’* circus waa wrecked The jolliwt looking boys seen about town
the picturesquely dressed student* known
at Virginia City, Nev. A number of are
as the Christ church boys, or a* blue coat
animal* were killed and other* escaped. scholars. Thia is a free London school, ee-
Oscar, seventeen-year-old son of G. tablished for the educaticu of orphans or the
E. Mills,of Sturgeon, Cal., wa* drowned children of parents whose Income doe* not ex­
while bathing in the San Joaquin near ceed three hundred pounds a year. They
wear long, blue gowns, caught at the waist
Hili’* ferry.
with a leather belt. At the neck is a small
William Rowe, a carpenter working stand up cqllar and an English clergyman’s
n the hotel Del Monte, at San Fran- white tie coming down hi a little square piece
isco, Cal., fell a distance of fifty feet in front. They wear knee Creeches under the
long, blue skirts, and dark yellow stockings
ind wa* killed.
low shoes with buckles 7 his school is
A gentleman living near town has a and
nearly three hundred years old. They are not
natural curiosity in the way of a cow permitted to ^gar any hats summer or whi­
that suckle* five calve*, *ay* a Walh* ter. They wiqfr exactly the same uniform
Walla exchange.
prescribed for tie students of this school when
An Indian named Benjamin, at it was first established. The beet scholars
silver badge* on their shoulders to indi­
Deep creek, fyokane county, W. T., wear their
rank. These boys are great favor­
committed suicide by shooting himself cate
ites with the London people. They are very
with a Winchester.
jolly, tough-looking youngsters, who ramble
Mr*. H. G. »ainard committed sui­ all over the town during their play hour*
cide at her hi’me in Pleasant valley, Thackeray and not a few other prominent
were Christ church boys.
Owyhee couniy,
coaniv, Idaho, by shooting Englishmen
It is not the schoolboys alone who wear a
herself in the Head.
he
uniform or particular dress to mark their
A competitive examination will take calllng. The bootblacks wear uniforms and
place in WallstWalla on September 1, are regularly licensed. The charge of the
1887, for apifrintment to the West street bootblacks, for shining your shoe* is
boy* wear red coats and a
one penny. T
Point Military Academy.
red cap with black band about it. They
and evidently have to pay
Wm. Miles, 1 Cornish miner and an are also num
number. The newsboys o
old employe of the Parrot mine at a license for
Butte, Montani, met hi* death by a London make p tho only class t>f street bo
engaged ia
of auy kind who do n<
ing rock inkhat mine.
nguishing dm* The now
wear some
• English iron manu- boys heiev -
the ragged street dress
bniJdJwrks.at New Y01V newsboy* I think they are m
vocijterous
and
noisy
perhape tkan even 1
ia*ed 640 acres
New Ybrkeonf rare* They stand about
Htor.
coal land on O
stations «14 at * few particular place*
A fourteen jear-ol ■on of A. D. the newspiper effices of publication and
i • load of po- “special,” without attempting to give
Brown waa thrown
the contents of the
His neck was thing
tatoee at Visalia, C
they have to 11 beyond holding in
death.
broken, causing i
, upon wMch are I
hands a huge
t A new governmfln building is to be letiued the pri
I items of the papers I
A
draft
for
erected in 8acra
have tor sale.
I
ived from the
'<30,000 ha* been i
TELEOUPH MESSENGERS.
the site.
government to pay
The telegrapt boys wear uniforms no'tn m-
Warren E. Fowler*' a brakeman, was like those wo|n by telegraph boy* it the
United State 1 Their cape are diff^nt
killed at Truckee, C4L It is thought Tlieirqap
resflnblee the fatigue cap r,/the
he wa* knocked off a car. The train United States regular army service rhey
ran o>er him, killing him instantly.
wear knee bieechos and carry, zltadsd to
A boat in which William Yockile their belts, hup leather pouches wit cl they
d hi* wife and child were crossing can lock. Th« insures the safety of ke de­
wbicl they carry back zidfrirth.
e Similikamean river, in British Col- spatches
Few of them ifre on duty after 10 o’cltk at
bia, was overturned and all three Light They ire solemn little machine and
ere drowned.
an as unlike American boys in «imitai
Alfred Linnter, a Russian, aged tions 0* can is imagined. I have had s
enty-flve years, was killed at Mcln- her of them time to me every night
I have found them a
camp at Naeel, Pacific spatebee and Indrrstand
the slightest
do not..................
“
A falling limb split hi* They
which is mail * to them outside of
open, and be died almost in- uess. The si «a that any one cou!4
T-
A large lot of Oregon sheep are now
ing in the Horse Heaven country,
. T., and 30000 are to be driven
ere later on. The settler* are talk-
g of organising to rid themselves of
nuisance.
The residence of R. H.McDonald,
btmed. Hi*
Finley, lo*t
id both she
seriously,
lire. McDonald wei» eerioubly,
apa fatally, burned.
Officer* are looking up acaee at Loe
that may prove very sensa-
fhe wife of a *an named
ckman gave birth to t baby that
ved to be half negro. Hackman
bed from the heuee.nndlt is claimed
child was killed by the nurse. She
itwaa accidentally drepped to the
which caused iu deMh.
In tearing down i a chimney attached
a house on the fi [iraof ’’ MkK«ll/.in
, C a I., • Itrong box
taining «8,000 in gold coin wflfl
w« an inberi-
The
lly’* mother, who
from Mrs.
her lifetime, to
reported, duri
t of money, but
• large
coin wa* found.
whose death li
My* that an
(Nev.)
ingw arrive! in
named
by a little boy
all th« way
lit-
Corinth, Mia*
Cal., there
'-*r. The
t IK for
MCMINNVILLE, OREGON, AUG UST 5. 1887.
VOL. II
ested in then ior would want toehowtshem
any klndneaita utterly beyond tteir
hension. Tlty are paid on an aterage
five shilling-ia week They are strong,
looking littif fellows and do ipt a
have any imre intellectuality than a
faithful boise dog.
Three boj*, wb*i they grew up, oe
porters or iteeaenprs. Tbeyare to be
around tin botek; strong, .sturdy I
graduate* <t someoutdoor occupation.
wear a livefy wi» as much pride
officer with us wfers hi* un rform. The li
to them ta t mart of a rtaeln life. Going
the Englisl bote« you meet with grave f
tionarira is liv , who a* as proud and
nifledasifthey
matic corjs.
the buttoni
gage, the diicf
gage and tH!
errands, there l4 but A* feeling-thal they
mpeuor positions and teat
all occupy v
wth pity the wild foreign-
they rather
tie distant shores of tbo
ere who tome
T. C Crawford in New York
United
World.
INVENTORY
CF
HIS
"HARNESS.'
Funny Story of a Husband and Wife—A
Man SUeneed.
There ta a very funny *tory told of a Newark
hus'und and wifa The husband thought­
lessly said something reflecting on the femi­
nine dress of the present day. “A woman is
all steel springs and wires and complicated
harness nowadways,” he said, tosstag a corset
from tho chair be wanted to sit down in and
flinging a wire bustle into tho correr. “Why
don’t you get a whole suit of steel armor and
be done with ltF
She said nothing—so the story rune—but
waited until be went to sleep, and then began
an inventory ol his “harness."
Leaving out hta eye glasses and chain, she
began at his neekwear. Here she found two
gold collar buttons to secure the collar, two
patent spring cutches to keep the necktie from
slipping over the head and another 1 o secure
the end of the start to tho shirt bosom. On the
sleeves of his thirt were two el etics with
spring clips at meh end, and his cuffs, besides
being held together with link bsttone, were
provided with nickel plated bddprs, with
which they weta secured to the sMrt sleeve*
Three spiral stids decorated the front of the
shirt and a ph was stuck in his scarf. She
made entries <f all these things aid then be­
gan on hta Nothing. Hta patent shoulder
brace, pulleygction, snap jointai suspenders
were noted, ipd her keen eyes observed that
one of tho si twnder buttous was of the kind
that ta attc mod with a safety pin and is
known as a hchelor’s button, file also found
in *his . pocket;
that be ha, ^«4.75
.
- . and she di-
vided it as f irly as possible, takng out pay
for her trou le in making the inventory.
Examinii: the vest, she found that it had
a metallic o inpensating back st ap composed
of four spir I springs and two buckle* In
one pocket ihe found a patent lead pencil
guard, in ■ other a combined button hook
glove buttfier and ring. Th< back of hta
vided with a Datent chain
coat was
hanger, hj stockings were equipped with
of
elastfe cord wit! metal snaps
support
were secured with buttons
and his
which we put on with patent metal fasten-
ings. Sb tudied his hat for seme time with-
out noti g that the brim was wired, but she
did not f to seo that his gl<vee were fas*
toned wi steel springs, and when she added
his wa chain and finger rinjs to the list of
hardwa* and harness she retired to sleep
liderable satisfaction.
with co*id
* M^M He read the
list iu Jia > morning in nilencs, and when he
came tome > to dinner in the evening he gave
ir of earrings which she had been
her a pair
teasinfhim for.—New York Graphic.
Roman Letters for Gtrmany.
ThiSociety for the Extendon of Roman
Scrip has recently addressee a petition to
the Impress Augusta, requesting her to us*
her kfluence in having the R-snan (or Latin)
employed in all public print* published
order In behalf of her household or in
rs relating to her majesty’s widespread
les, etc. The petitioner! urge that the
German generation are at present un­
burdened with the neceoity of perfect-
mselves both in writiig and reading
and German script; that prominent
ists, more especially Jacsb Grimm, have
ounoed the so-called Gold ^n script to be
aifunslglitly disfinreminc iff*'the pure and
tie forms of the Latis script, which may
b .considered the original and national Ger-
r*n script; that the soc.«ty has been formed
ft- the express purpose ol abolishing the two-
f|d system of charactd-s. and at present
Junta 5,000 members, wlose number ta con-
fently increasing; that the aim of the society
As the sanction of the official school boards
« well as tbo hearty approbation of a wide
Arcle of prominent scientist«; and finally that
the fact of her majesty having inscribed cer-
tain verses in Latin character* in th* album
“In Storm and Stress,” leads the society to
hope that her majesty will graciously incline
towards the promotion of the object in view.
—Berlin Tagblatt.
Horn Growing from • Human Head.
An interesting addition has just been made
to th» museum of the0 Hospital 8t Louis, in
Paris, in the shape of a strong and solid horn,
which has been surgically removed from the
head of a woman residing at Hyeres, in the
Riviera. This appendage grew from the
scalp, was twenty-on* centimeter* (eight
inches) long, and in appearance and con­
sistence resembles ths hern of a goat Thia
deformity is rare, but not *0 much so a* to
generally imagined. Cloquet, the eminent
anatomist, records a case, and Demarquay
has collected fifty-nine case* The late Sir
Erasmus Wilson Rives a very complete ac­
count of the deformity in the twenty-seventh
volume qf the “Transactions of the Royal
Medical and Chirurgical Society." Out of
ninety rases mertKilled therein, forty-four
were in femalos, thirty-nine in males and the
sex of seven is unrecorded. In The New
York Medical Repository of 1820 is described
the case of a man from whore forehead grew
a horn which liad (three branches, and wae
fourteen inches it* circumference. These
growths have their origin in a diseased seba­
ceous gland, and their treatment ta removal.
It is necessary toddstroy all remains of the
offending sebaceous gland, or recurrence may
happen.—Medical Journal.
Lingering Buperstltlcn*.
“I am not superstitions," said a prominent
St Paul gentlema'p the other day, “but I
always pick up a pin .when the point is to­
ward me. It to ah infallible sign of good
luck to me." It ta surprising how many little
superstitions of this kind are prevalent, and
how much intelligent people are influenced
by them. There 1« a lady living on St An­
thony hill who would rather mis* her
monthly allowanco of pin money than to *ee
the new moon over' her left shoulder. It
means four weeks of bad luck for her, and it
never fuil*
In some of the southern town* It ta a super­
stition that it means good luck to carry the
bone of a negro's big toe in the vest pocket
During the recent real estate boom la the
northern part of this state a young St Paul
real estate dealer rush» I around to the office
of another real estate dealer who had come
up from the sunny south. “Lend me your
nigger bone, quick,” be gasped, a* he entered
the office of hii southern friend. “What do
you mean!” was the startled response. "I
mean that I have just taken a fly on eon»
Ashland real estate, and I want to borrow
the bone of a nigger’s toe to brace me up,"—
St. Paul Globe.
A Rede Awakening.
They were on their way to the theatre, and
*e was tremulously happy. She felt that
the words she so longed to bear would be
^ken that night, and the idea made her
air met dizzy with delight
“Mr. Sampson," she said softly, “why do
y.xj wear that bit of string about your
flogta-r
“Ob," replied Mr. Sampson, taking Roff,
‘that wee to remind me of *oy eagagemiat
with you to-night’
as an ertili« sergeant at the bead of one of
1* wasn't much, but it wee enough to take
the platoons the Concord battery.—Chicago aw* the delightful dlreinem —New York
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issar!
(just graduated)—Thank*, ne;
■" ‘er* I am Bat you
IfyoawUll—Puck,
The Ctaptlve BallMa.
Thire to to be a captive balloon at the
Frenffi emtennial exhlH'Jc» of 188# which
will k*ve the enormoue capacity of 8,118,000
A PHYSICIAN’S FEES.
HOW A FRONTIER DOCTOR RAN
UP «11.000 IN TEN DAYS.
A Strange Contagion Out la Montana—A
Form of th* l’lagu* Thought to Have
Come from th* Celestial*—A Dis­
covery.
AN ENGLISH STAG HUNT.
A Correspondent’s Description of What
May Bo Considered a Tame Affair.
Now, for the information of such readers
as may not know what a stag hunt, as carried
on in England, is, let me endeavor to describe
ona I assume that everybody out of England
baa an idea what an actual stag hunt would
ba But unless they saw an English stag
bunt, or heard one described, it would be im-
poasible for the mind of man to conceive an
idea of what an English stag hunt was, for as
a “sport” an English stag hunt is sui generic
On the morning named for the hunt (gener­
ally two or three times a week) the members
assemble on horseback at the place named
tor the meet There is always a good as­
semblage of swells; for stag hunting is a
swell sport, as well as a national one, no leas
a person than the queen herself owning a pack
of stag hounds, consisting of forty couples, the
largest pack in England. The “master” of
this pack is the Earl of Coventry, who gets
fifteen hundred a year as well as the honor.
A covered cart drawn by a stout horse
comes into the field where the gentlemen and
women are assembled and draws up near the
“master,” the only man in “pink," the other
members wearing dark cloth coats. In this
cart is the “stag.” At the hour appointed for
the hunt to begin the master gives the order to
“uncart.” Thereupon the “whips” proceed to
open the doors at the back of the cart to 1st
out the deer. A novice generally expects to
see a fiery, untamed animal, with flashing eys
and snorting nostril, spring forth and dash
away at full speed. He is disappointed. The
“stag” is either an old hand, who knows from
experience how much better he is where bels,
or a shy and shrinking animal, naturally
averse to showing himself in the presence of
a concourse of inimical people and a pack of
dripping jowled doga In either case force
has to be used to eject him. He ta shouted at,
hustled, poked with sticks, dragged by the
feet, tail and horns and the walls of his se­
cure prison hammered on all side*
At last he is coaxed or dragged out He
looks about him knowingly and timidly and
tries to sneak back; but the door of the cert
ta quickly closed and he ta favored with a
fow more boots and shoves. He catches a
glimpse of the hounds and sees there is noth­
ing for him but to take to his heels He is
allowed ten minutes' “law," and then the
“hunt” start in pursuit As soon as ha is
found, overtaken and “run into" by the
bounds, the day’s “sport” is over. The hounds
are whipped and beaten off him, but not be­
fore be has had some rough usage in sundry
rents in his “velvet coat” and he ta then put
back in the cart and kept for another run.
Of course there are times when a stag runs
away in grand stylo and shows fight to the
hounds, but I will leave it to any one who
knows to say if the above ta not a fair pict­
ure of at least some of the stag bunts which
take place in England.—London Cor. Argo­
naut
“Ill the frontier town of Eagle, M. T.,
where I live,” remarked a traveler from the
west, “we have just bad a strange contagion.
Within a few days one-half of the population
found itself afflicted. The disease manifested
Itself bi the form of blue blotches on various
parts of the body, the hands, face and legs
being most marked. Borne said th* discolora­
tion could lie washed off, and others said it
couldn’t There wa* but one doctor in town,
and he soon had almost everybody in the
place under treatment You never in your
life saw a doctor prosjier as that man did.
He charged enormous fuse, which the people
were glad enough to pay, for they were all
very much frightened. The doctor pro­
nounced the outbreak blue mange, or a form
of the plague, and said that unless it were
skillfully bandied the most terrible result*
were sure to follow—blood poisoning, decom­
position, putrid sores and death. There wa*
no drug store in town, and be telegraphed to
Helena for a supply of the only medicine
which, he said, had been found efficacious in
such cases. Pending the arrival of this sup­
ply be applied some sort of oil to the blue
spot*, and cautioned the patients against the
use of water on the afflicted parts.
“Well, such excitement a* we had in oar
town for a few days you never saw. The
doctor was the one great man in the burg..
Everybody wanted him, and the richest se­
cured his service* at great cost. He waa up
right and day. When the medicine came he
said it was very expensive, and that he had
been able to secure but a limited quantity.
Consequently he doled it out as sparingly a* if
£ were gold, and charged at the rate of «10 a
bottle.
“Nobody, however, experienced any evil ef­
fects from the scourge. There was no pain,
no itching, no discomfort of any sort. The
doctor said that would all come quick enough
if the people neglected to apply the proper
treatment; that a peculiarity of the terrible
scourge was that in its first stages it was seem­
ingly harmless. Some did have a burning
sensation in the afflicted parts, but this did
not appear in any case until after they had
been to the doctor for treatment. And thus
tho days wore by, and it was only a question
of a week or so more when the doctor would
have had all the money in the town. He bad
been a poor devil without a patient, and liv­
ing from hand to mouth, but now he fairly
rolled in wealth.
“Finally one of our citizens became so
alarmed by the doctor’s description of the ter­
rible result* of the scourge that he posted off
A Presidential Jump.
to Heleua to seek further medical advice.
Capt. L. W. Dayton relates the following
During his absence tLe people rose in their in regard to a presidential jump:
might and drove all the Chinamen in town
“On the 18th day of April, 1861, the Fifth
over the range, threatening their live* if they Pennsylvania regiment arrived in Washing­
ever returned. This was done because the ton. On the day after the Fifth Massachu­
doctor had expressed an opinion that the setts arrived, and the two regiment* were im­
plague bad originally
from the celes­ mediately seut into camp near Four Mile Run,
tials, who must have brought it from Churn. three miles from Alexandria, Va.,one regi­
TOLD A STRANGE STORY.
ment on the north side of the run and the
“In two or three days the stage came in other oil the south side. On the 2lst I was
from Helena and aboard was our citizen who ordered to take part of the company of presi­
had gor-i to get medical advice. He imme­ dent’s mounted guards and escort Mr.Lincoln,
diately called a meeting of the leading citi­ Secretary of War Cameron and Salmon P.
zens and told them a strange story. He said Chase to the camp* of the two regiment*
the so called scourge was no scourge at all; The roads were very dry, and the distin­
that we had all been duped; that the discol­ guished party was covered with dust on our
oration which hod alarmed us bo greatly was arrival. The Fifth Pennsylvania wa* the
nothing but the stains of Prussian blue, and first regiment visited. After a stay of one
that the doctors at Helena had told him that hour or so we all started on foot to visit the
our doctor must have gone about town se­ Fifth Massachusetts, which was camped on
cretly dropping little bit* of the dye here and the other side of the run. Mr. Chose and Sec­
there—on the rail of the one billiard table in retary Cameron started down the run to find
the town, on chairs in the saloon, on the a narrow crossing. Mr. Lincoln made for the
counters and every place where people would run, and with a jump crossed it I undertook
be likely to get it upon their clothing or per­ to follow him, but, alas I I oould not leap far
son. More than this, stains of the blue had enough and landed in the mud. Mr. Lincoln
been found on his coat, and doubtless we was convulsed with laughter. I scrambled
could all find similar stains on close examina­ outra* soon as possible, being in the meantime
tion of our clothing. Prussian blue, the He­ greeted with a hearty gnd genial ’Ha, ha I’
lena doctors had said, wa* a diffusive sub­ from the president, who added, 'Captain, you
stance, and it would be an easy matter will have to learn to jump better than that if
for any one starting out systemat­ you want to jump in the president's step*’
ically to place bit* of it in such manner that Washingon Hatchet
every man in town would soon become
marked with it Again, the oil which our
Incident of the Orange Blot.
doctor has applied to the discolored parts was
Every window rained bricks. Through it
common castor oil, put on probably for the all the Seventh's men stood like rocks—blocks
purpose of fixing the color so it could not be of granite. The captains called out: “Now,
easily washed off, while the wonderful medi­ men, no firing without orders. Company--
cine which he had procured from Heleua at ready I” A lieutenant sprang to the front of
such great expense provod on analysis to be a B company and walked up and down before
mixture of kerosene oil, water and red pep­ those loaded and full cocked pieces, quietly
per.
saving, “Steady, boys,” and pressing down
“With a howl of rage the meeting broke with bis sword every piece which showed a
up and started, every man on the run and tendency to rise above the proper alignment
with his revolver drawn, for the office of the
Then came the first and only pistol shot
doctor. But he could not be found. During fired at this point It was followed almost
the previous night he bad jumped the town, immediately by the only shot fired by a
and by this time was probably many a mile Seventh man that day. Only one shot, but
on his way to the railway. A party of citi­ it was so deliberately put where it would do
zens mounted their horse* and started in pur­ the most good that it quieted the mob as
suit, but returned the next day without effectually as a volley would have dona The
catching sight of the fugitive, For ten days pistol bullet whistled by an officer’s ear.
that cute doctor, tired of trying to earn hi* Turning to the men behind him, he asked:
living by practicing medicine in so healthy •
“Did any one of you see who fired that!”
town a* Eagle, had bagged about «11,000
“Yes, I did, captain,” said ona “It was
profit on hi* investment of a dollar in Prus­ that fellow in the red shirt getting in the
sian blue. And he got away with every cent window there."
of it "-Chicago Herald.
“Sure of the man!"
“Yes, sir.”
Bernhardt as a Tigress.
"Then shoot him."
As every human being is believed to bear
The soldier obeyed orders. He took deliber­
some outward and characteristic resemblance ate aim and shot his man dead. Every one
to an animal, it did not astonish me the other near saw the shot Every one saw its effect
niglit to bear the clever analogy between It was an execution. There was no need of
Sarah Bernhardt end a royal tiger very sen­ any more shooting. The firing ceased in
sibly accounted for by a scientific man who front The fighting was over.—New York
has made the woman a profound study. He Commercial Advertiser.
says the tragedienne’s natural disposition is
indicated as clear as print by the curve of her
A finbjeet Fee Reflection.
bstek, the excessive hollow at the waist line
A rural gentleman who was recently smug­
and the narrowness of the supple hips. She gled for a few minute* into the Author’s club
carries herself with all the art of her stage wa* surprised to find a general absence of the
training, but no Bengal tigress ever stepped long hair, wild eye*, ancient linen and verdi­
with more sinuous grace than this phenome­ gris which have been handed down by tradi­
nal creature. Her temper and her passions are tion a* the belonging* of those who go down
as feline as though she traveled in u cage, and to deathless age* in book* He said: “Why
the peculiar sweep of the jaw where it joins you ecribblin’ fellers look* jess like brokers ’n
the ear and the shape of the mouth suggest gentlemen I” He was informal that an effete
to the close student of natural history an ar­ and iconoclastic civilization had long since
dent power that is more curious than plead­ relegated wild eye* to cranks, introduced soap
ing.
to ;x>et* and discovered that long hair wa*
These are only a few physical points or re­ not necessary to warm the few brain* which
semblance, but the brilliant Harsh's history the average magazine writer ta supposed to
furnishes many moral ones which are strik- prieerrr But the tight staggered him. He
iugly borne out at the yours go on. It mat­ said, “You can’t tell me. I’ve saw Dlckesa
ters little to art that she can never be judged ’n Thack’ry ’n Bullysr, *n they looked oo-
by any ordinary standard of conventionality. nat’ral ’n queer. Look at ther book*! Wbar’e
She is a woman, she is a mother, and yet one | yours! No, sir. Jeenyue ie keerlees. Jeenyu*
of these days who knows but our posterity : docent scratch hisseif oiler* for thought
will be frequenting a dime museum to catch ' Jeenyu* doesn't keer a ding fer collars
a glimpse of a new species of tigress, the star l *n blackin’. Jeenyue ta a burnin’, poor,
of the show! A lissome beast it is; slesk of | God foreoken’ mtaribblo, free luneber, but be
coat, with small, flat head, from which shine git* thar. Wharto yer book»!" There woe
two splendidly cruel and amorous eyes—and : Indeed a deep subject for reflection htra—
this will be! Barahl Returned to that I Hew York World.
native state from which she emerged or
evolved in the nineteenth century to become
a great actress and an embodied capric*—
Boston Herald.
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WITH CROOKED LEGS.
WHAT MAKES MEN BANDY LEGGED
AND KNOCK KNEED.
Not More Than One Man in Three Who
la Straight Limbed—What a Surgeon
Bays About Crooked Leg»—Correcting I
the Curratur«.
Comparatively few men have really straight
leg«. In a walk from Fourteenth street to
the Battery a reporter made a rough estimate
and found that not more than oue in three
of the men who passed him were straight
limbed. Most of them were bow or bandy
legged, some of them were knock kneed, and
in a few instance* both legs bent the same
way. It was noticed that as a rule the stout,
heavy men had parenthesis legs, while those
of sl.ghter build in many cases carried their
bodies on a figure resembling an X.
This rule, however, does not always hold.
Many men of no inconsiderable avoirdupois
strike their knees together when they walk.
It ta not uncommon to see a long, lanky man
whose legs are so bent that he is physically
Incapacitated from stopping the traditional
pig in an alley way. Frequently bowlegged-
ness is associated with strength. It ia usually
seen in short, sturdy men. Thoeo who are
knock kneed have no such recompense unless
the excuse for renewing trousers, which are
constantly being worn out at the knees by
chafing one against the other, bo considered
as such.
WHAT A SURGEON SATA
A well known surgeon who has had long
experience in a city hospital was asked to ex­
plain the prevalency of crooked legs. He
said: “It is a fact that very few persons have
straight legs. My attention ta often called to
Ik It is hard to say just why it is. Many
say that it is because children are made to
walk when they are too young. Mothers like
to have their little ones on their feet at as
early an age as possible, and so sometime*
force them to stand before their legs are able
to bear the weight of their bodies. Nurses,
too, when they take children out for an air­
ing, often make them walk without their
parents’ knowledge. Undoubtedly this ta
sometimes the cause of the deformity. Prob­
ably many a man owe* his curved legs to a
careless nurse, who got tired of carrying him
when be was a baby and put him down when
away from his mother. Others say, with
good reason also, that it is due to baby car­
riage* The child is wheeled about until it is
quite old. Its body ta thus developed while
It* legs are doing nothing, and when finally it
is made to use them, they being still soft, bend
under the weight of the body. I believe that
this treatment of children ta responsible for
more bowleggedness, or cnemoecoliosta, as
we call it, than anything else.
"Every one knows that the bone* of the
human body are made up of cartilaginous or
sinewy fiber and mineral matter, and that
when young the former predominate* The
bones at that stage have, therefore, little
rigidity, and ar* very easily bent Utifor
tunately they have little elasticity, either,
and readily take a set. The proportion of
cartilage and mineral matter varies in differ
eat children, so that it ta impossible to give
any fixed age at which they should be made
to walk. Many can walk well wheq 12
month* old, while others cannot do so until
they are 2 years old.
“In some children there ta an unusal pro
portion of sinew in the bone, and in these
cases the legs are almost certain to become
crooked. In these instances braces can be
used with advantage until the bones harden.
This simple remedy ta rarely used, however,
sometimes from the apathy of the parents,
but chiefly because the tendency ta not
noticed until it ta too lata The tags bend one
way or the other very gradually, and when
the curve is perciptible it is usually past the
cure of brace* This condition of th* bones
ta often due to insufficient food and general
neglect Unless the blood ta kept rich and
healthy the bone* are apt to be retarded in
development, and *o, remaining soft, ar*
readily twisted.
STRAIGHTENING LEG*.
“Sometimes bow legged children become
straight when they grow oldsr. My mother
told me that when I waa a child my legs
formed an almost perfect ellipse Now, I
venture to assert, they ar* straighter than
most men’* In my own experience I have
seen this occur, but it ta impossible to foretell
if the curve in a child’s legs will straighten
out in after years or not.”
“Is there any means of straightening legs
when once they are set crooked1” asked the re­
porter.
“Ye*, and by a very simple procesa The
curvature in bow legged person* ta usually
just below the knee. To remove it we take a
piece out of the outside of the bone—that is,
the convex side—and then break the bone on
th* other side. This enables us to make the
leg properly straight by using stiff splints,
and it isn’t long before the leg* are all right
again and as straight as can be desired. In
knock kneed persons the curvature ta abos*
the knee, and the same process can be tried.
It ta not so often done, however, a* few peo­
ple care to have the thigh bone broken merely
to increase their personal beauty.”
“Then you often cure bow legged men in
this way!"
“Oh, ye* Of course when the curve ta so
marked that it actually interferes with the
walking some such operation ta necessary,
but we frequently are called upon to do it
simply to improv* a man's appearance. Bine
time ago a young man wrote to mo from I be
west, begging me to suggest some mean* of
making bi* leg* straight. He could walk wail
enough, but be wasn't satisfied with hi* ap­
pearance. 1 told him wbat he would have tu
undergo, and although bo hesitated at fi -st,
he finally consented and went througl It
manfully. He ta very proud of hi* strai :ht
leg» now, although be never tell* bow be ,ot
hem. Braces can sometimes be used
traightan the legs of young boys, but w en
he bone has become really hardened t
are not of much use.”—New York Sun.
NEW STYLES IN "CANES.
Few Ae****erie* ef Drees That Change
Mor* Frequently—Carrying a Stlek.
“No change in cane*! Ah, that’s where
you are mistaken,” said Mr. Smith. “There
are few more accessories of drees that rhang*
more frequently than cane*, a* any young
man who keep* well up with th* fashion* can
tell you, for I'U wager be ha* stored in closet
•r hall a collection of some tea or fifteen
which are out of style. A man to be in
fashion changes his can* ea ha doe* th* style
of bi* spring coat or a lady doe* her bonnet.
“Just now large cones are the swell thing—
the larger the better. A policeman’s Club
would be the correct siee if it was lengthened
out, or a «tick of cordwood. Another singu­
lar fact ta, the smaller the man th* larger ta
the cane he came* Large crooked handle*
are also the style. They are of fancy silver
—that is, a deposit of silver ovep wood—of
buckhoru or ivory. Th* buckhorn ta an old
revival in can* handle*, and was very popu­
lar, combined with hickory, during Johnson's
administration.
“One style follows another. The rattan
we* popular thirty year* ago. Then there
was the ebony, or rosewood, with solid,
fan.-y, gold and silver handles or knob*
Hammered antique was immensely popular
last year and brought prices as high as «10
and «12. Old gentlemen stick to the solid
round knob. It ta easy to grasp and gives a
firm support Rattans I Oh, they went out
of use with the dude* Nobody carries a rat­
tan now. I doubt if ons could bs found in
the market, and as for carrying one, a man
would as soou carry a riding whip as one of
those supple, pliant stick* Tho frisky busi­
ness went out with the dud* Now it’s the
fashion to plant th* cane solidly down with
•very step.
“There ta fashion in carrying a cane also
There was a time when a gentleman carried
bi* cane directly in front of him, the bead of
it just under hi* chin. Th* lighter cone was
swung around to the discomfort of every one
on the street, but this wa* no mors than the
way some have of carrying it under tlie arm,
the end protruding a half yard to the immi­
nent danger of those lack of It. Others
again clasp the stick iu the middle, never let­
ting it touch the ground, but the can* now tai
style ta too heavy to cut pigeon wings with,
•nd those who carry it must walk with mare
dignity.”—Detroit Tribuna
The Good Old Nanina
Eugene Field has been examl nit
of nam** of young ladtae who to'- <-,^><1
the recent Easter festival in Boat ”
view to ascertain what sort ft > earth I
nature are in vogu* nowaday* in
land. An Interestbig instance,
tender Interest of westerners in ><,
the “old home,” ta it not! But ,r
of disappointment the weeterr
doomed to. “Among afty.fw
representatives of Msssarhnw
says, “we find but one Mary
Ruth, nor a Mercy, nor »
Faith. Of course we did
good old name* a* Pru-J
God-Be-Glorifled, but na
to find the reprseentatis
wearing the very same na;
the west and in the other c.
country. Boston appears
progressed nor to have abii
old time* What hen becoi
garete, the Nancy*, the Julia*,
the Elizabeths, the Janes, the .
Eleanors, tho Joans, tho Maili,
rest of those dear, noble creatures
way or other, are associated in <
with history or squash piesi"
Whatever ha* become of them Mr. Field
did not find them in this list, 'md instead of
them four Mauds, four Mali«!*, three Lilian*,
three Georgies (heaven save the mark!), three
Berthas, three Florences, two Daisies, two
Ella*, with Bailie and Kittle and Mamie and
a lot more in “ia” The Ruth* and Olive*
and Mercy* and Nancy* are not quite obso­
lete, however, in Boston, and it ta worth not­
ing that among the name* of th* very little
girl* a revival of the fashion for three dear
old name* ta evident—Boston Transcript
Profits of She Cattle Thieve*
The profits of the “rustlers," or cattle
thieves, ware something enormous, and they
always had a ready market for all they stole
Their plan was to close the frontier line into
old Mexico in parties of about twenty, and
round up and run off the cattle and horses of
the Mexican ranchers. The stock was driven
to Cloverdale, a beautiful valley lying at the
entrance of Guadeloupe canon, close to the
line, where the brands of the owners were re­
moved In the following' ingenious manner:
An ordinary horse blanket was dipped in
water, wrung out and placed over the brand
to be removed. A frying pan was then heated
in the camp fire, end when nearly red hot
was applied firmly against the wet blanket.
The steam thus generated scalded the hair
off, and when it grew out again a new brand
wot applied.—Cor. New York Star.
Why They Go East.
Omaha Man—Going to New York to bra,
eh! In buslnea* there I
Kanea* Man—No; I've retired from busi­
ness, and have bought • palace on Fifth
avenue, New York.
“Now, I’d iik* to know why • man who ha*
made a fortune in Kansas should bdjr a resi­
dence in New York, instead of settling down
in his own stater
“Well, you see, I had • choice between a
New York brown stone front and a Boom
City dugout, and I took the brown stone frost
because it wa* cheaper.”—Omaha World.
I
A Good Reason.
“Say, Torn, that fellow Stuppin seems
appreciate a story."
•ins to."
at all your jokes."
“Don’t you know why!”
“No."
"Why, I let him have «5 the other day.'
Arkansaw Traveler.
Wo Strength of Wifi.
De Baggs—Ko, so; Van Chump is dead, is
he!
I)o Knggs--Y<m knew him well!
"1 remember him as a man of good charac­
ter and a very strong will."
"Must lie some mistake about that. The
lawyers grt at bis will the other day and
broke it like a toothpick.’1—Philadelphia
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