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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1895)
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ClII' 1I'r.l" held Out It 1its I'hl" " 'I'laues fur , the lard-heated 'r rrur , One ot the fret things I did after arriving west , wtlle still a boy , says a writer In the Anaconda ( Mont. ) ' Standard , was to Join a band ot cowboys and aid In taking n herd of Minnesota cows to the Sioux , stationed at what was then I'orj Standing flock I joined the party for the sport that was In It and to write II aeries ot newspaper articles regarding . tng country alien new , but now thickly lettlell I went for the fun ef the thing , but vas not long In ascertaining that I was about to be the most IIIEnppolnted youth In seventeen counties , and now , liS I think of the trIp , about the only thIng I got out ot It was some useful experIence allli II start on the highway 10 good health But then this hi another story thai may he worth the telling . Ing at some future period On this memoraLle trill I was associated with a wild , har.lm.scarum young man named Jones , who , with the balance ot the party , took a perfect Ilelllhl In playing tricks upon the "tenllerfoot kid " who was mYbplr It was my constant desire ) to "Hen up" with Jones , allli finally the time came to do so , In the band of cattle was an especially valuuLle Jersey , being carefully watched that she might be presoontrd to the quartermaster , of whose good offices the contractor stood In need . In the wildest and most Inhospitable part of the country the Jersey was missed , and Jones waR directed to take the back trail and not return unless he brought the cow with him. lie supposed thaI he woulll overtake her In a day , but he was gone three lays , and he was the maddest man to be found In the whole of the Dakotas when he showed up al cnmp. It was my < duty alter each meal , 10 take a supply or pro visIons and place them In n conspIcuous place near the camp fire for the use of Jones , who was presumed to bl' close at hand. The opportunity for revenge was so strong thaI I could not evade II , and ns a result Jones had mighty slim eating for the next three days. lied I thought that he would have been gone so long I might not have carrle,1 the matter so far , but truth compels me testate state that Jones did nol eat during his absence enough : food 1 to serve ns a square meal. Eggs bring so cheap In Minnesota , a whole barrel of them was taken nlong Consequently - tequenlly wt' had eggs of ripe and / mature age In every conceivable style , until the very word was sufficient to gag one. Accordingly I left Jones a nice fried egg at every sta- tlon and candor and truth compel 1 me to say thaI In one or two Instances I carefully laid the egg upon /I / nice well dried buffalo I chip , lint for the interference of the men ' Jones would \ have committed murder as soon as he reached our camp and this story rev manned unwritten , and needless to add , a far as the story Is concerned , aklndneu to thousands of readers . It was long years after before I ntel Jones and then he wa In trouble , lIe asked my assistance and I cheerfully gave II , for I hall suffered pangs of regret every lime I thought of his long ride on an egg diet and the too severe punishment I had Infileted. The story he told me Is this : Soon after hI' last saw me he started for Montana and lu due LIme Joined a stampede to the BIg horn mountnlns. Here one any , he was confronted by n flatly of about thirty nh-n , al the head ) of whom w.is the notorious "TI'jClrl Jackson , " after whom the now celebrated bralell Jncksun's Hole \vils name . ) , and the nioer arrant freebooter ffhu scudded the plains ; ; Jackson and his party had with thelll a large baud of hprss , and , recognizing Jones ais one who snlter , theIr tastes slrongh' Im'lIcit html , ' to winter their rendezvous , wlllch JOlle ! speedily prepared to dc" . This highest mountalnq cf the : Heckles 5urrountl the basin which Jackson called home for elllht long Iliters. It was approached through a deep defile opening Into a sink or basin of some twenty square miles where grew the succulent bunch grass In rich pro fuslm ! WILlow and cottonwood afforded IIbllllll/1nl / shade : and shelter , while streams fed by rivulets and warm springs gently . meandered through the ullliulattnlt valley and . freely watered : the broad avid extensive meadow 11111I16. " hire It was that this lawless chief with his followers , often n\\mber.lng thirty as hardy and desperate ( characters as himself , brought their bands uf stolen hones anti kepI them to fatten daring the winter months Only two canons throuch the mountains alTllrdeil an opening In the Hole , and these were so narrow that tn wInter they were practically Impassable. Dy November they became 80 deeply filled with snow thaI II was foolhardy to attempt their passage. Even the expert suol\'shoer was effectually barred out , for ho dare not brave the clangers of shlftlnu : snow and the unseen holes eaten out by the warns springs , which hind lured the Intrepid intruder to their yawning depths ' and to sure death In times alone. : ; Such was Jnck on's Hole , where for eight winters Jacle. son himself held full sway , complete monarch ot allho . surveyed , II chieftain to he feared by hIs mon as well as the horse ralsera for miles and miles around Secure he was luring the long winter. No herders were needed to keep time stolen lock In hand and In the long log cabins that served their purpose well , the jolly crew held hIgh carnival. No one could possibly enter tine retreat from either sIde without thb knowledge of the band , so admirably mlrahh' was the habitation located and , In- deed , there was little danger of any one doing so < tn those lay when It would require a w larger ; pease , ' than any sheriff could muster and Involve danger from the elements whIch i few eared to face D Perfectly so.uro then , with their lII.gotten . steeds fast fattening on the rich grass , the men gave themselves up to the pleasures " cf the chase and feasted upon ( the fat flesh ot the game which was always In sight ot tile cabin's outlook When there was no need to hunt : , they ! ; ambled and drank whisky which Jackson amply Ilro\'lde Shooting matches , horse raC\J \ and Qther enJoYlllent served to r enliven the tedIum ! ot IIro at Jnckson's Hole , while the danger \ ! added a zest to edstcuce : : Thus the long winter was enjoyed In true frec.Joters' ! 51)10 In constant rareusal The , only work to do during ! the wInter was spe < l. ' lIy done , as soon as IIi21lblo after the arrival of the last band nt the ren < ll'z\'ous. It can. IIlstel III roullIl'ng up the hones and then ap ; , plying \ the ' red l bottom ot a frying pan to the brands l1oCrfSUY 10 obliterate . Son : after t"e animals treated In this manner were again caught up amt their wounds thoroughly ; sspt - \ rated with grease , thus causing the hair to grow In the sprhg ! tame ! and removing every trace of till ! brand When It was possible to i' do so , an expert : with limo branding Iron placed \ all\\tlona\ ! \ \ \ markings on the animal so tar as , L to masks It impossible for an owner to recognize - nzo ! hs : mar } { , ' . . In May ; the horses were rounded up , d ! . f vided Into Il11all bnlllls , sleek ant tat , ' and i t\lcr \ were taken slowlY In < l'rterent directions . . . to varIous points and disposed ot Allies the 0 ( tble\'es had In lIIany a small town , and It was comparatively easy to sell the animals I + This accomplished , the men met at II frontier town , dlvl\e : \ thc gains , purchased : wlnl'f's : supply ! ot provisions to bo dispatched to the " Hole , " by the men whose duty It was'to stand guard durIng the summer , and then began the summer'1 raId. The men who suc- ceede 1 In leallllg the most hOril'S hall ot $ course the most money and lhero was IUt- ficlent Incentive In the business to lead . some ot these men as far as northern Coloudo Time maJority , however , confined their preda . tory ra.ds : to Wyoming and Montana : , though they quHe ! often found it i1ccelsary to go close a to the Drltiah line If they arrived at the ti ' basil too early In the season , the herds were I pastured 0.11 vrloul secluded points a few . miles away , fo beat , the nut tall of snow ' : hastily drIven to the natural corral Here the e 'olSon of gay wauallng ! wu : renewed , stories of adventure In the lettlemetts : were rev . vlewgd , and In trip spring the horses wen I . again stealthily brought out and sold . t - But In the year JSSG this band at free . . bootee was suddenly deprived cf Its leader ' 1' and demoralized BI IL result Teton had pur- , sued a course that was bund to be cut short 'c. ' In duke line and fO It came : about that the ! 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A long and uninterrupted etr cr ot felony bad made him In < llscreet , and the "heavy. set. bow.legge , rell.headell man , " with a price upon his head , was tried and sent up for n term of fourteen ! years He served just one year , when , with the asslstano Ot some of his devoted tollowers on line outsIde , he made good Ills escape ' , n was In May , 188b , a year after , that I met Jones , who Is mentllnelearh' \ In this sO"lewhal long-drawn-out story The foregoing . going facts ho did nol relate to m.l on the spur ot the moment but afterward made a clean breast ! ot It all The tale ho had to tell me then was ! to the effect that hI was horse raising over In Wyoming , and that while with his partner , a Mr Johnson , he was about to ship the animals at Dllllngs for the east , hi" , partner was arrested on suspll1lon and was al that moment Incarcer- ated In the Bozeman county jail , awaIting the action ot Limo court on a habeas corpus rroceeding . It was a burning shame , said 1 Jones that an American citizen could not go about his business without being molested , by officers ot the stock auoclatlon. lie , and Johnson bad no money , but they had ! fifty head of as good hotses as ever lifted a I font Rlllt they proposed to use up the entire . herd In getting a speedy release , as both were due In the east on important business . Nine head of horseshad been. given to one lawyer . and Jones was really to give as many more If I could toil him the 'man ' who would secure Johnson' release. The generous disposal of hops flesh and the tact that there was nothing In sight against the so-calle Johnson , ' did gaIn his temporary release , riot , however , until he had most roundly berated his counsel , the late Mrlagll.lIls ; . ot Bllllng9 , for what he regarded as "CO rsb 'w'ork " I was taken Into the presence If the bor-tempered John- son , and ae soon as Jones bad informed him that I was one of those \ "newsplper tell ra , " Jib proceeded It ! once , with the choicest of Billingsgate he could < < : command , to tell me what . he thouaM ot my ktnd Jones gently . . . . remonstrated but this only let Johnson i going worse than ever , and It was easy to see thaI Johnson hall a held upon Jones thaI male the latter almost an abject .Iave We brought the Interview to a speedy close and on regaining limo fresh aIr I remark that Johnson had many ot the cl1aracterls. tics ot the noted "Teton Jackson. " Jones , with some show of fight t , replied thaI ho halt never heard ot "JacltOn , " and thaI Johnson was excited over the ' manner tn which ho had been treated and mad al the . whole world. . When the habeas corpus proceedings were disposed of and Johnson proceeded to walk' away , he was ordered to snip by Sheriff lIarrls ot Billings and Informed thaI he' was wanted on another charge. Harris , II seems , had a firm belief that Johnson was Jackson and though he had hitherto pro teased 10 sympathize with him , be had also procured several complaints In order to hold him until the Wyoming authorities arrlve They were non long In coming as there was a pretty prIce on Jackson , and he was spit , Itell away to serve out the old sentence and enough more to make him II prisoner for life Then It was that Jones , who was tried ' and acquitted , told mo ot his life and doings since the time I had left him at Port Stand lag nock In time year 1878. It he III alive , which Is doubtful , what a tale of adventure be could untold by this time ! . EIIQ'lbh IUIII Allierlcuu LocollloCh'e" . The bet speed mentioned In the English reports ot the recnt run ot 5O miles In 612 : ! minutes 32 : ! miles at 14 miles an hour , falls considerably short of the record made by the Camden and Atlantlo on April 21 last , from Camden to Atlantic City N , J. This Atlantic City run , says the Railway Gazette , was made by an engine wIth 78- Inch drIving wheels , If our AmerIcan edl- tore , who are Inclined to feel chagrIned at these new English records , wIsh to compare mere speed figures , they should emphulzs this performance The whole run of 58.3 miles was made In , 45 % mInutes , equal to 78.46 miles an hour : and a distance ot 49.8 miles was covered In 37 % minutes , or at the rate 01 79.1 miles an hour , . # - . - - 'rilE I'INK'II.n nOSE. Vlck's JIIoRzlol' ! An old log house In the pasture stands , Shattered forrokcn and brown , Its wIndows gone , its broken door And its doorstep tumbler ) down : But a spirit lingers near the spot With a sweet , ohl.tlme repose , For tn tangled masses rount ! about Blossoms the pink wild fose. I Father a bunch of the fragrant flowers , And n. picture seems , , to rise : I stand In the past a hundred years AIIII see 'neath the sunset ' skies The housewife stand by tier spinnIng wheel Telling at twlllghl's clove : An old brown Jar on the ) willdow sill Is tilled with the pink . Ylld' ' . fose. The husband sits on tho'dporatepthere : , With the children playing ncar = . . . AIIII then time marches syith . silent tread Till II passe year l Ij y year . And the old log housl1. dl' rte < l 19 , A prey to the rains and snows , While the only voice ot the days gone by Is the voice of the pink wild rose --t- OAltVI'U JlfH S1'LIIIN , - . . . . . - , Unusual Surgical , Operation Per- ' forllll' on miss \thll'h' . Unusual interest ts attached to the success I ot a surgical operation , extensively practiced by the ancient Romans , and performed at the Charity hospital , on Dlackwelrs hlall l , says the New + York Journal. It was the removal - moval ot the , spleen of William Mertons , an English amateur cross.country runner , who recently landed In this country lie came over here to challenge 'America'i non.profenlonal crolscountry talent , but about a week after his arrival was seized with the most exhausting pains In lila left sIde whenever be attempted to run any dls- talJce. The Englishman remembered reading In an old work on Homan outdoor sports thai It " was the custom of the Roman rUllnerl to have theIr spleens removed , and that the ancient anatomists and surgeons discredited the organ ! havIng any Important function In xvarsasa . . . connection with the operation of human mechanISm. , It seems to be a fact thaI the Romans be- lIeved the spleen to be the seal of the sud- den 'pains In the left side , now generally supposed . pOlled to b3 caused by general overl'xl'rtlon Old medical works searched at the different hospital libraries give evidence ot the practice tiel' In Home , and say thaI , so tar as Is known there were no III effects resulting from thb loss of the organ. j Modern anatomists differ ho\\ ever , They seem 10 have found the omce ot the ! spleen ( , although there Is a swede ! difference ot opinion , regarding the advisability ot ramovlng It win found In such diseased condition as \Ierton's ! \ was. Some surgeons refuse to perform the operation , while others still cling to the old lea l that the peculiar , spongy , oval.sluped organ's particular mission lu life Is btlll a mystery , and that therefore Its removal cannot . : not be harmful , In spite ot this reasoning ! limo operaton ! la very seldom performed now , as the records ot modern surgery relate few successful case , though the pallents have JIved for periods ranging from several weeks to six or e glt : months Dr Charles n. lIelth , who operated on Mertons , beleves ! the failures were the reo lull.ot general abdomInal exposure Intead ot the absence ot the organ The young English challenger hu , however , survived the ordeal of the knfe. ! lie has the advantage of having been otherwise In excellent - collent physical condition when laid upon the operating : table , The house surgeon reports rapid improvement \ In his health , and time operator Is sanguine ot the result , oven believing - lieving Mertons will be enabled to re'onter the field aga'n as the Romans did , Many : Itudellts and physicians attended the operation , and exhaustive arguments ! were heard for and against the pncllce. The via- , ttent was finally brought In on a stretcher , etbc.rzed ! and ready for the scalpel Merlons lay on his right aide , and , with time athlete' back toward him , the surgeon made sn incision . clslon just beneath the ribs , about three Inches In length , Carefully removing the memo - - branes ot the IIbdomlnal cavity ! , and separal'ng the spleen from them as he proce de < l. Soon the entire organ was exposed and It was found l to bo much darker than its normal tlnl. When exposed to the air several minutes . utes It began to give out a very unpleasant ollor. The operator , perceiving ths : , an. pounced his ! opInion regarding the provlcul open argument on the case , by claiming that had the diseased organ remlllllell much longer In the body , mortification would have set In and death been the result Upon examInation the men of scl\/IOO present agreed to this unanimously. . , ' It took but a few delicate / stroles at the scalpel to fever all the spleen's connections , and It was promptly Ithdrawn from the cavity The wound was then cleansed with an anllseplfc solution and sowed up at Its openIng sUI'face The last time spenlutomy ! was performed In this city It was attended with fatal results . . . U'I'II.IZIXU SUI.\1l 111\1' . Power lima- : lie Crenird Af'r11 the Coal lllues : Art'lIIahnusted " . We often heir II said that nearly all our I power comes ultimately from the sun , says , the Literary Ulgest , This Is true , but It Is a curious tact that up to this time we have been content to lake that power al second , third or fourth han , through limo agency of water that the sun' heat has railed or ot the wind that It. has set In motion , Some day , however , we may dlllCarll all these agencies and godirectiy Jo the great solar fountain head , , Tile matter III well stated In the Electrleut 1 "ge- , June 29 , as follows : "If the coal mines of the world l were ex. haullted II would be a relief to kno\\ that other great sources ot power are at our command : that flO dlbtr II'WO1111 \ cosmic with such rspllllty II to ; deprive Us o.f a mans ot warmth. In fact , our own mother coun- try , England , bas been contemplating the time when her fuel centers will 1 have become - come diminished anI ] the burrowed cata. . combs , reacbllll far out beneath the ocftrt'a , bed . wilt have beep emptle4' ' of theIr precious s a - - - < lepo lts. Then the miner will take his pick and shovel and 1II0unl upwards to the air and glistening sunlight. It will _ not he a useless errand to move toward the Bun's light ! : , because II Is here , It all other resources - sources fall . thaI we may look for greater ; ! power and wider poasibillties It Is nol the buried sunlight of the past ages that We . need look for any more , for that II forever gone The boat or the sun / , the living , rev vlvl , rays of our parent planet will yIeld Its energy for countless years to COllie to warm our holies and light our homt'ml ' i. , John 0 I Erlc8on Invented a machine with which he believed. we would be Independcat of this , coal supply and make direct usa of the heat rays or the sun It might have been called a sun steam engine-a team engIne healed by sunlight. The vast tracts of the Sahara or the desErts of Asia can supply heat that . would generate millions of horse power In grlc on's solar engines The torrent of Niagara Is nol comparable to the Incalcu table waste of power on the scorching sur- ' taco of these enOl'lIIOUS plains : The en- . glneerlng schemes of today will fade Into Inelgnltlcauco ' In comparlllon with those that the fierce cry of future necessity wilt force men to execute. It would he a curIous night to leo a fully equIpped power , station sluatell ( In the center of a dreamy waste , sending Its threall.llko Iltl's ! across Ibo desert to heat I : and light soma distant town , thus guiding the warm sunlight thaI It may glow 4.d , glitter III the mosques allli minarets ot the . far east. " . ' .J Raul ! I" , anal Ilea Flail . A fierce battle took place one night r. \ : \ cently In Florida : between a sitting hn and . r ' - ' a large chicken snake , A farmer hearth the racket , and upon Investigation found biddy , and the egg thief having It nip and tuck , In the moonlight. Old biddy seemed to been on time- aggressive , and Will giving the midnight . night marauder as good 11II he sent , As coon as the correspondent took In the IltuaUo ! he quickly dispatched hlw Inakeahlp and the brave old hen went back to the nest whIch she had 110 gallantly protected , . . a - I 'ftti '