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I'LATTSMOUTII WEEKLY 1IKIIALI), Til (IKSI)AY, JUNE .'10, 1KS7
gilt jQhUsnwnth JVr enihl
KNOTTS BROS,,
Publishers & Proprietors.
A ROUND UP
As Soon By A Nebraska Lady.
Tabor, Cheyenne Co. Neb., Juno 13th
18M7. Editor ITic iiai.i: Last month the
cow-boyH, with their ponies and rattle,
reached Tabor on their way up to the
head of Winter's canon, about eight
mile west of Tabor; going there for a
"round up." The following morning a
party of ladies and gentlemen in busies,
fatarted after them, to witness, most of us,
something new "a round up."
The cow-boys having been engaged for
several weeks riding through hills, val
leys and canon in search of stock, tak
ing off all they find. They exercise a
great deal of care in regard to taking off
settlers stock, but if by chance there are
any gets into the herd, they can get them
by gwing to the round up; there were
several there that day who recovered
their stock. If a Ret tier has any stock
stray off, if ho has it marked or branded,
they are easy about the matter, knowing
where (if it is alive) itcan be found; as the
cow-boys advertise in our several papers
what days they will be at different points
"with the round up.
As we drove on over one of the finest
valleys in Nebraska, ever and anon, wc
encountered the sod house surrounded
with breaking, and the pioneer therewith
n willing heart and u strong ami to make
for himself and family a home of their
own, and to help redeem this great Amer
ican desert. As we rode on I could not
refrain from thinking what a great mis
take the geographian of our school days
made, when they taught us to repeat, in
in our recitations in the school-room, the
boundaries of the Great American Desert.
Could they but today pass over this love
ly valley with its carpet of green, dotted
over with its beautiful flowers of every
line, it looks like one vast flower garden,
they too would exclaim "Oh! what a
blunder we have made." In the midst
of all this beutiful scenery, we have final
ly reached the goal at about D:P0. Wc
found the work already begun. There
were about two hundred cow-boys all
mounted on their ponies, (and a large
herd of ponies on the ground as they each
one own their own ponies, from three to
right a piece) and about 0,000 head
of cattle in the herd. It was a living,
moving, mass; it represented a fraction
of the Wyoming, Montana, Dakota, Col
orado and Nebraska cattle companies
with perhaps other territories. They
divided the cattle into ten bunches, each
company has a foreman with his assist
ants on the cround. The foreman rides
up to a bunch and identifies his brand,
cuts the animal out ot tho herd, one or
more of his assistants starts it off to their
own bunch, stationed a short distance off
and held there by their own men. Each
foreman looks after their own interests
and it surprises the uninitiated how
readily and with what dispatch they ac
complish this part of their work, some
times, indeed most of the time, when the
animal is cut out, they don't want to go,
especially if her calf is left behind, but
it has to go, and it goes, and it stays
where they put it; when it refuses to go
then the riding begins, the animal shirts
off like a deer, making a circle at time
of a mile, hotly pursued ly one or more
cow-bovs on their nonies. thev find there
no leveled sawdust track to show their
training, but a vast expanse ot prairie
with rises and falls, very often a hole
under their feet, which instinct teaches
them to leap; no matter how hot the pur
suit they are true to the instinct "Self
reservation is the first law of human
nature," they pass over it without
breath's hesitation, even as you stand and
gaze upon them they are over it and gone
and you don't realize there was an obsta
cle in the way.
When old sol rolled up midway
in the heavens, wt were reminded there
iv:? a dinner waitincr to he served, we
had quite soon in the day accepted an in
-imitation to dine, part of our crowd with
the P. F. Co. Mr. Connelly as foreman
the rest with the Ogalalla Co. Mr. Hall
foreman. Wc had a solendid dinner on
the regular frontier style tin cups and
plates; everything was scrupuously clean
and neat, we all had excellent appetites
to add to the seasoning of our repast.
"We went each one to the cook, with our
plate and cup, he filled our plates with
"trrnli." our cuds with irood coffee and
o w
wc sat on the grass snd ate our dinner
the leef thev had was nice, tender and
juicy; when they go into camp they butch
it n beef as often as they need it right
out of the herd.
After dinner they invited us to occupy
a large tent which we found very com
fortable. As the cow-boys rode into
fnmn thev dismounted, removed the
trappings from their ponies and turned
them loose to "grub it" from the repast
nature had so bountifully spread out be
foro them. Slacking their thirst lrom
pretty little stream, Winter's Cree
(named for a woman, Rebecca Winters
Mormon lady that died in 1851, while en
route to Ufah; a wagon tire marks her
resting place) mcaudering its way across
the valley. As to grain, it is' a question
if they know what it is, or would know
wLut to Jo with it if it were offered
tbfeiu. As to brush or curry-comb, woe
to iltu ftroom that would dare to intro
diaee ihtu to the cow-boys ponies, but
they ure sleek sad Int. With dinner over
thj Lurit a fresh pony, place their trap
pings u tkeir bucks, thseo consist of a
bridltt, saddle, quirt, slicker, and a huge
lariat on the pommel of the saddle, lie is
then ready lor business. The ponies are
as u general thing small, weighing from
700 to 300 pounds, but if you imagine
Ilia cow-boy to be a small, delicate piece
of humanity, you ure much mistaken,
whilw there ure some small men among
them, they are as a general rule, large
inu looking fellows. There was one
horso that I cannot refrain from mention
ing. It was a Clay-Dunk, rode by its
owner, air. nyder tlie lorcman oi the
'A. company, of Wyoming. The bct
ider and the finest (ruined horse that
sport in the sawdust ring, never in his
lalmiest d;tys performed a finer specimen
of CMacstriauism than that rider and
horati did there that day. Wheu the ani
mal they were in pursuit of made a sud-
leu turn the horse would turn without
lifting his hind feet from the ground, it
seemed as if they twined in a socket; yet
with so much splendid riding as we wit
nessed, it is hardly fair to make especial
meiitioa of any particular ones.
One of the most ainitaing little episodes
of th day secured just alter dinner, as
we ww're standing in front of our tent
watching the men mount their ponies,
there rode up some twenty of them
forruod a semi-circle in front of us saluted
us,
and enquired if Dr. Arbuckle was in
our party, she responded by a bow, they
responded "we came to pay our respects
to a lady physician, tipping their hats
they rode off to their work, leaving our
frieuJ tho Doctress far more embarassed
than she was the following day when
ailed upon by one of their number to
et a fracture.
At about 5 p. m. we wended our way
lonieward all feeling that we had spent
a very pleasant day, and were more than
imply repaid for our time. We were in
the immediate vicinity all the day of
about 200 cow-boys, and during the
whole time I never heard an oath utter
ed, nor saw or heard a disreputable word
or urct, not a carse, harsh, ungentlenian
y at, not tho slightest deviation from
the demarcation of the perfect gentleman.
Could wo spend the day, nay even an
lour ou the pavement of our best regu
lated cities (thronged with policemen)
and be able to truthfully chronicle such
a fakfc? espeeiall in such a throng and
excitouieut. Many of them had spent
most of ttiir lives as cow-boys, this and
no'&i& mure.
TJiW w one little babe in our party;
at umon th word was passed around,
"thera's a baby in the camp, boys."
"Where, Oli! where?" I never witnessed
so much fHid over a baby. One of them
roRiarkod. "that is the first time for over
ten. years, that I'ye had a baby in my
fist." No need to hunt an attendant, to
care for the "little maverick' while its
mother cat her diuuer. They were anx
ious te hold it "just oue minute."
I will close by saying to our eastern
friouds, discard from your mind the idea
that the cow-boy i a distinct specimen
of creation, a terror to the civilized
world. While you Will doubtless find a
rough, hard case among them, it is the
exception, not the general rule.
Homesteader.
Modest Dressing.
Julia Ward Howe concludes "Some
thought on modest dress for women," in
the current Forum by the following beau
tiful reminiscence: I remember an af
ternoon on which a club of women were
assembled in crowded parlors to hear the
sweet voice of a puritan maiden whose
first public message set "the gates ajar
before us. . Clad in a rich gown of black
silk, of very simple fashion, with the
Miiirst white relief about the throat
and wrists, ie was herself anexemplica
tion of her subject: "What to wear.'
I an smre that the vision of that sweet,
sevre saiut became a glorified rememb
rance in te minds of those who saw and
heard, her, as I did. She was not the less
a wfHUan. She did not the less share the
wish natural to her sex, to represent beau
ty ami grace in her appearance and de
meaaor. But in her pure and devout
heart she held modesty to be inseparable
from these. In the sea of forms and
faces which society often reveals, I recall
her fair brow, sweet, earnest eyes and
slender enfolded figure, with a pleasure
akiu t that which I remembered the
draped "Fudicitia" of the Vatican, which,
standing fchyly among goddesses devoid
of drapery, seem in every fold of her
garments to reveal a beauty which they
cannot show, the beauty of the ideal
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RAttE SP02T.
Hunting tho Kangaroo, Vicious
Wild Dogs and Snakos.
"Hunting kangaroos and wild dogs in
Queensland is great sport," na'id Arthur
E. lloguo, a wealthy owner of gold
mines at Charter's Towers, Queensland,
to a reporter of the San Francisco Exam
iner yesterday at the Kuss. Mr. Hogue
had arrived on the steamer Alameda for
the purpose of spending two months in
tho United States to look up the treat
ment of pyrites ores.
"We have a great many of both," re
sumed he, "but the kangaroos are get t i ng
1 little thinned off of bite. They are
hunted for their skins, which are worth
if.oO apiece in the London market. It
is rare sport hunting them.
"A number of men on horseback,
sometimes forty or fifty, with a hand of
natives and a lot of kangaroo dogs, form
a great, semicircle for miles across, or such
a matter. After moving across the coun
try for quite a distance they gradually
work the kangaroos'in the 'drives' pre
pared beforehand.
"The drive is a gr-at A -shaped fence.
that narrows up as the hunters advance,
and ends in a great corral, in which the
kangaroos are finally cooped. Then you
close your gate; ami have your kangaroos
all in as snug as can be.
"The biggest drive I ever knew of in
Queensland consisted of ('.00 kangaroos,
but they had one in New South Wales
once when 10.000 were driven in at oik:
time.
"Imagine what a tremendous lot of
wild animals you would haveall grouped
thus together, and varying in size from
six inches to six feet in height.
"The hounds used on the kangaroo
drives are long-legged, little fellows,
something like your greyhounds, and
they are great stayers in the chase. They
arc called kangaroo dogs, because they
arc so effective in rounding them in. They
are of a light dun color, and for a long
race are regular clippers.
"The kangaroos spring with tremend
ous force at first, and for the first mile or
so distance the hounds like the wind, but
they gradually weaken as the time goes
on, and have to give in to the hounds.
"I is rare and interesting sport hunt
ing these kangaroos.
"But we have another kind of sport
there that is fully equal to it hunting
the native wild dogs. Wc have these in
lieu of the wolves, and they are a bad
lot. They are about the size of the do
mestic dog, are of a light brown color
aud very ferocious.
"A peculiarity about them is that they
have no bark. They only howl. They
will lly through a band of sheep biting
right and left, and kill thousands in an
exceedingly short time. I have known a
couple of dogs to go through a band
this way, when there were notwithstand
ing many watchers on the outskirts, and
kill 500 or GOO in a single night. They
just kill them thus from pure cusscdness,
not because they want them to eat. The
wild dogs, however, vicious as they are,
do not often attack men, but they have
been known to do it in winter down in
Victoria, when food was scarce. In many
instances there they made men climb
trees to get out of their reach.
"I have been out on the great plains of
Queensland and have seen kangaroos ap
proaching panting and frothing at the
mouth. I always knew then that wild
dogs were on their trail. It would only
be a few minutes till they would come
up. These wild dogs have a fashion of
speeding each other. First the dog will
run as far as he can after a kangaroo, and
then another will drop in and continue
the pursuing while the first rests, and so
on until ten or a dozen wild dogs have
been on the trail. The last will bring
him to bay or kill him, while the others
leisurely come up aud then they all join
in and finish him.
"In Queensland we also have a great
many poisonous snakes, at least in certain
districts. The worst is called the whip
snake, but the tiger and black snakes arc
very bad, too. In some places they lit
erally swarm.
"The scrub turkey of Queensland is a
good deal like the sage-hen of your fron
tier. But the wild pigeons are real cur
iosities. There are several different var
ieties, but there is one quite noted, called
the flock pigeon, that move in flocks of
tens and hundreds of thousands, so that
they darken the very air. Nine months
ago I was out on the downs in the inter
ior, and a flock went by that lasted for
at least an hour and a half. The flock
was not less than three miles long and a
quarter of a mile wide. This llock, like
all of the wild pigeons, never stopped.
Even when flying to the waterholcs for
water, they scooped up the water as they
went. They are not a pest, are good to
eat, and are about the size of the com
mon house pigeon,"
Faults of digestion cause disorders
of the liver, and the whole system be
comes deranged. Dr. J. II. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and Blood rurifier
perfects the process of digestion and as-
siniulation, and thus makes pure Mood.
8-ni3
The great want of the age is a night-
key with an electric light on the end of it.
In a Blanket Fish's Grip.
From t lie Carson (Nev.) Appeal.
A few evenings since Mr, Jellerson,
who keeps the saloon at (Jh nbrook, was
out bathing in the lake, when something
suddenly wrapped about him like a wet
blanket. I le was close to shore, and got
there pretty lively. When he climbed
up the wharf, the blanket, as it appeared
to be, was all wrapped nhoiit him in a
queer shape. lie rushed into the Mar of
the saloon, where there was a light, and
was horrified to discover that the thing
which was wrapped around him was
alive. It held on with a terrible suction,
and required several men to get it oil.
A scientist who was stopping at the
hotel pronounced it an tcti.scu in!n'ns,
or what, is vulgarly known as the blanket
fish. It frequents the waif it. of the Polar
Sea, and is only occasionally found in
fresh water, except deep, cold lakes, and
generally stas'iicar the bottom. It is
sometimes found in the Pacific Ocean as
low as the thirty-fifth parallel. It wraps
around its victim, and by impeding the
motions of its limbs causes it to drown.
It is dark brown in color, with black
specks, and weighs about twenty-five
pounds. When stretched out on the wharf
it was about six feet long by five broad,
ami not over an inch thick. It was an
object of curiosity all day, and is now on
exhibition in the saloon.
Mr. Finery, the stage-driver, says he
saw Jell ersi 111 when he came out fit" the
water, and thought, he was wrappcl up
in a blanket. This is the first ever caught
in this section of the world.
CARVER, THE CHAMPION SHOT
Ho Is Blinded by the Discharge of a
Cartridge,
Dr. Carver, the famous crack shot, met
with a serious ami painful accident to
his eyes last night, says the Philedelphia
I'ress, by a bursting cartridge while giv
ing tin exhibition of his fancy shooting
at Ihdgway Park. The exact outcome
of the injury cannot now be determined,
but it is feared that the marksman will
lose the sight of one, if not both of his
optics. The injury was the result of an
accident for which no one can be directly
blamed. The injured man was immedi
ately taken to the Wills Eye hospital, on
Face above Eighteenth, where he receiv
ed treatment from Dr. Conrad Barens of
l(Jo Vine-st., Aho has temporarily taken
the place of the regular physician.
The accident occurred about D:;0
o'clock ami was witnessed by a large
crowd. Dr. Carver himself had over
loaded a cartridge. He prepares all his
own ammunition. During the afternoon
he was engaged in loading the cartridges
which was known as "Xo. 12." To shoot
under the electric light is very difficult
mil requires particular calculations as to
the amount of powder used. Dr. Carver
himself prepared the cartridges, and says
that the one which exploded must have
been overcharged.
CiyeThem A Chance!
That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very wond
erful machinery it is. Not only the lar
ger air-passages, but the thousands of
little tubes and cavities leadidg from
them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be there
your lungs cannot do half their work.
And what they do they cannot do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption or any of the fam
ily of throat and i;oso and head and lung
obstructions, all are bad. Aud all ought
to be got rid of. There is just one sure
way to get rid of them. That is to take
Boschecj? (Jerman Syrup, 'which any
druggist will sell you at To cents a bo)-
tle. Fven if everything else has failed
you, you ma j' depend upon this for cer
tain. d)
Mr. Cleveland's Choice.
The more President Cleveland explains
the more he!has need to. Haying explained
that he had not thoroughly investigated
the law when he gave the order for the
return of the rebel fiags, the question now
asked him is, Did you not have at the
time a written opinion by Attorney Gen
eral Garland that no relics of the war
could be returned without the authority
of Congress? Such appears to be the fact,
the opinion in question having been based
upon an application for the return to the
heirs of Kobert E. Lee of certain person
al property captured at Appomattox.
Mr. Cleveland must cither plead a very
defective memory, admit that he did
know he had not authority to return the
flags, or refuse to say anything mors on
the subject. He will probably accept the
latter horn of the dileinma. Omaha
Rejrablica n.
If you suffer pricking pains on mov
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and find your sight weak and failing,
you should promptly use Dr. J. II. Mc
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A Parisian rccntly sent a bath tub to a
gentleman in Naples as a present and
received a note a day or two after asking
when the oars were coming.
Atlantic Yatch Club members believe
that either the Shamrock or Atlantic can
beat the Thistle, and declare themselves
ready to back up their opinion with cash.
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Ladies' A Calf Shoes, formerly $2.L'5, now $-J.(o.
Ladies' Kid Opera SIippe.iv, formerly $l.CJ(i, now 7oe.
Men's "Working Shoes, iormerly $1.75, now Si. 10.
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