[ (Seymour, Texae, IMinr.) 7t Im agreed that the cowboy Is pa**' Iny. He Is succumbing to barbed wlr< fence* and railroads, Hut of tills tlief* wa* no sign at the reunion of Texai vow boy* a few days ago. . * wa* a. picnic on a large scale r picturesque, fantastic spectacle, Then was a wild, barbaric dash about It, > vividness and enthusiasm such a* thh country never saw before. There wai nothing ever like It except Ihe first re union last year, and that wa* only bul an big a* the present one. More than 15,000 visitor* came to tb< little prairie town where the Wlchlli Valley railroad ends. It I* the nearos railroad town to the heart of the cat tie country. Of course there wn* not room *■< home mo muny, hut this made not thi slight'*t trouble, The visitors dido expect to live In hotel*, They cumpet along Seymour creek and the Hruzo; river for four miles. Many came on the railroad, more ot horseback, a few hundred In wagon* aod some on foot, And It was wort) every sacrlhce that was made, Texas has hud u prosperous year The rains eamc at the right time. Th cattle are fat utid bringing u good price There has been plenty of work for lit1 cowboys. Men who have lived all their live In cities or on smull and peacefit farm* can have no Idea of what, thl cowboy gathering was like. To begli win nicy may iiiiuk mai < rn) of trouble. During the three day* celebration there were only two ease of disorder. One mail was arrested fo rutting a rope to keep the crowd bai l* hoi 1 another for carelessly breaking th wheel of a wagon. '! Jo cowboys (tame in all the glory o the,i adornment. They arrayed them selves In new sheepskin legglns or tor dun;, trousers, which are matters o no particular moment. They had thel brightest kerchiefs knotted aroum th< necks, and these are Important Tiny wore the finest of sombrero* In n with gold and silver trimming* Tin ; saddles were truly magnificent and more than one wore silver spurs. And never, perhaps, was so man; gorgeous revolvers to be seen In on pb..,, A cowboy never calls the weap on : revolver. It Is a pistol, a gun, o it p. p, The Initial cost of the revol very and they are tin* finest tha money can buy -doesn’t compare wl'.l the ..mount spent on their adornment Th< are Inlaid with gold, and man art studded with diamonds. Th cowboy’s pride In Ills pistol exceed that In anything else that he posseaset There were little cowboys and hi cow.oys; men with soft, apologetl voh. • and terrible records and other with swaggering gait and brawlln voh e that are aa dangerous as don key The features of the reunion were tb cow hoy games and the ’’broncho bunt In’ '* and steer roping contests. Th abb t cowboys on the panhandle too part in these, and It was an exhibltlo tha: wa* worth going hundreds c mile* to sec. There was u grand stan ere ted that seated 2.800 people, an It was crowded. Seymour Is proti of >'■ cnternrlse in building that stain 'I he meanest, strongest, most evil Inspired horses that live were select? for the rontesls. Those who knot something of this dangerous and *xdi Ing sport from the Wild West shot ran have only an approximate Idea < what this contest was like. It too pis , ,m the prairie and the foremen nun among the most wonderful burst men of the world had a part In It. The were not giving an exhibition for th benefit of a lot of people who kne noth lug about It. They had to pleas iht most captious of erltka who kne' , v, > point of the game. \nd the cow ho> > are not afraid to criticise. I! incline llardenhlne. lust year1 chsmplon a slender, active man. flr> ,.tt e forth, swinging hla lailul as small I > waves a ttag h’rom the pc lin d u >*a> horse w lib white spins o p side a powerful and wonderful! s« *i uuliu.il. II? went by at t" #1 |M #• hi. '1 a, lariat curled gratefully ibroug thi .%!r and aelllad over the wild horsi ti . it nti'n* ' mount sltelcbed out hi f , • and walled fat 'he »hm k It cam soli su> h force that th* horse ws jet red from under it* rider tiaideahlge led the fractious t.mu h la ! out o( th« gland stand He walk* •long peaielulty and meekly 1 •eem*d that any ordinary rider com! mat age him Hut wkea a saddle was throng ov< klm tkeia was trwuhta. aad as* end > It It seemed Ikat Ike brim, ku ka •t east t**ai< ifcree feat and that Ihe •h.d . o| f raards i«ritw«* U ban he waan't hbhin* k was dan Ing Nrtih that horse t«*W hat mad* • sttihkbg • »•» ta a halt# At:* a *km - a o tgl uI w*ku grasped the horse hy the ears and Em (•line tried to get, the saddle In posltior They mode two acres of ground look like a plowed t.:H before they suc ceeded. Oardenhlne climbed Into the saddle. For fifty yards the broncho bucked, while Etnellnn sent his spurs home. , j Then the horse had enough. It was , perfectly willing to behave. When Harper Young roped his bron cho the animal looked at him reproach fully, The horse simply arched his | hack when the girth* were being drawn tight. The cowboy* take no chances | with their girths, Just as Young put j Ills foot In the stirrup the horse hotted. He Indulged In ground and lofty fum bling. He sprang up In the air and twisted his body about In the most cx i iraordlnary fashion. He executed a j back-bucking step that was distinctly novel and which made the cowboys roll on the ground with laughter. It took Hob Wilson half an hour to , saddle a vicious looking hay. But , when Hob was In the saddle the animal behaved In the tamest possible manner [ "»d Boh was filled with ditgiwt. ! "I want a u til *bronk,' " aid Boh; "this thing’s nothin’ but tt hobby-horse. , He's as coy to ilie a ; a tallroad train, ’ Blit It had !>*■< a agreed that ■ ;ndi , man Wits to have hut otto horse, so Boh went olT grumbling over his hard luck. A trim and timid brown broncho, j with a light, delicate step, was led forth for MarJon McOInty, of the tt-Pork . ranch. Hhe looked us If a child could rli'e her. Hhe made not the slightest. , protest when the saddle was placed ttp I on her and the (lank girth was cinched. ( Metilnty hud looked the marc over t closely and he hud made up his mind . she was not what kIic seemed. • She wasn't. Hiding that horse was a ( good deal like riding a cyclone you . can not tell exactly what happens, hut you know that much Is going on, . That gentle looking animal shot her self into the air. Hhe came down on r four feet and two feet and one foot. . Hhe made the most awful plunges. Her . back curved until she was turned Into f a hoop. t Then was the crowd aroused to mad I enthusiasm, The cowboys shrieked and the Indians there were 500 Co manche* there whooped with all their might, McOInty was not like his namesake In the song. He stayed right on the , broncho, and old cowboys said they , had never seen such gorgeous bucking. The animal made mail rushes forward, r and stopped short with a stiff-legged . shock. She fell over backwards and t she sidestepped like a shifty prize , fighter. McOInty sat on her hack as If It was , no trouble ut all, and the plaudits rang . about him. When the mare wuh doing * her best, or rafter her worst. McOInty shook one foot loose of the stirrup and , sal sideways with one leg over the horn . of the saddle. ^ Then the broncho started to run. Hhe , shot away like the wind until her foro . foot Hank Into a prairie dog hole. Then. and then only, did McOInty go down. » Horse and rider disappeared In u cloud . of dust. j. It was taken for granted that Mc { Glnty had been practically killed. But , lie wasn't even hurt. There was never ( a finer exhibition of riding. I | (lave aiuunewa, or ruo a ranen, in j Shackelford county, drew Old Gray. I A horse with convictions In Old Gray, and he Uvea to them. He Is willing to . work. When he la being driven he I la aa gentle aa A killed. When an ut „ tempt la made to ride Old Gray It la . very like trying to go through a threah v tug machine. f Several hundred ambitious men had 4 tried to ride Old Gray and not one had ( succeeded. When the Huddle waa . placed ou liia hack he behaved heautl ,. fully. He had the air of a wiae horse „ , and a couqueror. He waa certain that 4 he would throw his rider and there i waan't any uae In wasting strength. r . If you have ever seen thoae firework* . things called "nigger chasers" you can have aiiuie Idea of the way Old Uray a acted on the ground. Hut nothing tha’ t move* cun give any Idea of Old Gray'* a aerial evolution*. They are |ie. ullar , to himself. He gather* himself In a lt halt, shoots upward and then appear* t. l to eypItHle Aa a rule lie land* oil hi* ., head, Imi he I* ii.it particular about thta. i, After Ida Aral effort* old Gray , I stopped lit sheer sill prise to lilltl Hie 4 man still ou Ins but k lie turned hi* ,, head to look, An Inch of steel tear lug * up tils nils* made the brom ho Jump He plated ills head Iwltsst Ms leg* ,i art bed hi* Ua k until ll was like that d of a in11,Hi, and it*tan bucking un I til |l teemed that he most tsar htmeeit i| and Alwlthsw* to piste* llui the man *l» not 4lwl«*dg»d r When Old Ora* in led •**) he ( huhg hi* head In »bam* It wg* hi# 4 Ural dslenl In a long and touy Ilf* lie l had kroksu mans haw* and the pride of hundred* only to nisei hi* solo * al )•*• In all tests* won took pan in the ’* ; tiioieei and hoi: one ww* thrown, Jim * Haul* had the narrows*! *w»wpe He i i www wthutwd a ktg uiw* h *-* wrtoww tkn W th* pun*. t auo'd the ktood 1 to nur.h from Harris' nose and eurs. Once the man lost his stir rup. Hut he eonquered the broncho. McOlnty was awarded the first prize, $40, while Dave Matthews received the second prize for conquering Old Oray. The third wan given to llarpry Young. The verdict of the judges was ap plauded. McOlnty waa placed first be cause "he cut up antlcdotcs when his horse was npitc'aln,’ "as a cowboy care fully explained. The first of the seventeen competi tors won the first prize and established a new record. He was Berry I’ersley, of I he Pitchfork ranch. The steer crossed the line on the run. Parsley's lariat settled over his horns. The steer turned a complete somer sault. The horse braced himself white Peraley ran up to the prostrate and stunned animal. The man threw up Ills lint to show that the steer was tied In Im, 1 Vis. fCraellno Ourdcnhlne caught the steer around the head and horn and the big anlinu! came down with a crash. The pony drugged the steer while ISmellnc was dismounting. The animal was tied In im. 14s. When Billy Parks, the "Pitchfork Kid," came forth, he waa acclaimed ,tx become* a champion. Parka won flrat prize last year In Im. 28a. But fortune was not with him this year. First his prey put his hind foot through the loop and then he missed hla first throw. Still he tied the steer In lm, 55s. It sounds very (.nine on paper, but It was a hair raising spectacle for a ten derfoot, The cowboys seemed to take the most desperate chances, yet they escaped so easily, and were so quick and skilful that the danger appeared to bo eliminated. To Scare Her Mot Iter. Clara Moran, the lC-ycar-old daugh ter of John Moran, of New Haven, Conn,, who was believed to have com mitted suicide from the fact that she hat] been missing for two days, ami left a letter for her mother and sisters. In which site said she would drown herself, has been found. The girl says site has not been out of the house since her disappearance, but has been hid ing In the cellar to create a scare in the favilly, Just to see bow badly her moth er and sisters would take on if she bad really killed herself. Hare Felicity. She Such lovely bargains as there are at that new place. He Ah! She Ves, silks at IS cents, mid in a store mo small that 100 persons crowd it to suffocation!" Detroit Journal. IDEAS IN FASHIONS. A lady of title recently appeared at a London race in a silver gray alpaca, with wide velvet revera framing a tucked vest of white chiffon; the fold ed belt of black satin ribbon came from under the arms. The bonnet worn with this costume was of Itlack fancy straw and lovely shaded crimson roses. A beautiful French product was a tun-ray skirt of gray canvas, over a oiin iuiiiiuuik'ii, >wi mini i/uuii U had a circular basque, with a V-shaped opening In th>i back, aud double crossed draperies In the front, caught on the shoulders with bright buckles. The epaulets were petal like In form, and. like the crossed hands oil the bo dice, were edged with narrow lice nif ties. The high rolled collar was en circled with a twist of primrose vel vet. corresponding with the folded belt. Harden party dresses now lining worn at the various functions going on ull over the country are worth uotlug liray, trimmed with yellow, softened with guipure, seems to lie a favorite mixture. A gray kllt-plalted voile hud a bolero of this kind fastened on to the Isidlt-e III such a fashion that It formed the entire trimming Many people go ing backward and forward lo the sev eral entertainments waether It bs garden parlies or dailies are wearing kllt -plalted rrepon cloaks" to match their dresses, profusely trimmed wish lace. A I' cm b d< 0410-1 m-iidii oil tbi lo lowlna go* n The material l« led i Uet keil i sin s> over silk, there Is • piss* run In trogl and back of accor dion platted red silk muslin adorned with a banner Ilk* Mb which Is fas tened down the skies with Itllttl sat in loops over enameled Miltons Tbs folded silk belt Is I led In lbs ba h In • too i loop, and long end- w hb b aiw embroidered with |si Toil ruf Use of s-. vrdton plaited • b>d<-n Mnish ; the n*ck t red slise Ml. adorned With a Mpt k meson feather led ruaes and a wrsaih wf loop* of red amattn. ftn,she.v ibis striking •ostMUB# wbk-k must not b* s>- - led » k- ept bt a Wom an who ts ronktsni ihs b-r is gieat »n to ♦ • I •t*»«s tn-psn t Urn DID WORK OF A HOUSE GROUND BARK FOR ONE LONG WINTER. I'onfrilenile Osnfral Mhrtl.y < omintitrd lit* Itntli ttrntnr* to Hard Labor In the Tanyurd Had Kitwrlrnn of llenjaiiilii AIWup. IN a Utile volume published by Mr. Patterson of Jeffer son City, Mo.. In 1874. (be biogra phies of tho mem bers who composed the General Assem bly that year are given. Among oth ers, this paragruph will be found: Henjamln Allsup—Born In Tennessee and removed to Douglass county, Mis souri; was captured by Generul Shelby; trlod as a spy and condemned to be shot; worked In the brick mill of the rebel tannery at l.lttle Rock all winter as a horse and wus released In the spring.” To a group of friends Col. Henry A. Newman of Randolph county, Missouri, the other day related a truly Interesting story about Mr. Allsup, with whom he served In the lower house of the Mis souri legislature in 1874. Mr. Allsup Is now dead, but a host of relatives In Southern Missouri and Northern Ar kansas survive him. Colonel Newman said that lie was first attracted to Mr. Allsup by reading Hie brief blograph referred to. "This remarkable statement attract* | ed my attention," said Colonel New- I man, “and 1 hunted the old fellow up, j and asked him what it all meant. I had rendered him a little favor onee, and being a Tennesseean myself (you know Tennesseeans are elunulsh).! sue eeeded In obtaining further particulars from him. Here Is about the way lie told the story to me, as I now recall It: “‘It Is true that 1 was captured by General Shelby's men as a Federal spy. I tried to conceal my Identity under the guise of an Ignorant old farmer, but It didn't work. Compromising papers were found In my possession, which proved lhat I was a spy beyond ques tion. This happened In the vicinity of Little Hock. I well knew the penalty. A drum-head court martial followed and 1 was sentenced to he shot Just out side the camp at Little Rock. " ‘As a guard was taking me away from General Shelby's tent, Capt. I)lek Collins, Shelby’s gallant chief of artil lery, came In and said to the gejernl that he had found a splendid horse for his battery In the government lanyard, working in the hark mill. He sold It was very light work and a broken-down mule could pull the beam. ” ‘General Shelby at once called the guard back and Instructed the soldiers to take me down to the lanyard, rig up a set of harness of some kind and put me to work and turn the horse over to Cap. Collins. The order was strictly " 'I do not know just why the guard changed my name to Belshazzar. It was his duty to put on my harness, which consisted of a belt around my waist and two straps over my should ers, and then I was hitched to the sin gle-tree; the guard would "click” to me, as If I were In reality n horse, and tell me he would give me a good feed at night, and also a good currying down In the morning If 1 worked well, " 'All this was fun enough for the rebels and I had no particular reason to complain, as It was preferable to being led out and shot as a spy. In this way I ground tanhurk all winter, and In the spring (Jen. Shelby exchanged me.* " NO EFFECTUAL METHOD. He Was Not a l.oril Futint leroy by Any Mr* »t«. The little hoy whoso parents had re cently moved Into the neighborhood was a human document; over his en tire costume wus written the fact that good clothes do not bring happiness, says the Detroit Free Press. Ills sailor hat, his I in maculate little trousera of duck and his ncally polished shoes were so obviously (instilled to the aver age juvenile temperament that two urchins paused to extend their sym pathy. “HI, there Johnny," said one of them; "tell yor mother we’re goln’ flsh ln’ an' ask her will she lend you to us to lean over the boat an' charm the tlsh." The hoy with the sailor hat made no reply. "Aw, let him alone, "put In the other urchin, "Don't you see what's happened to him? Ills parents are tired of hlrn an' have dressed him up Dlirtv mi' <4fnrifI him mil nn tlm nnvn rnent so's he’ll get kidnaped," The subject of their remarks hung his sailor but on the fence, took off Ills collar and necktie, and, turning to the boys who bad been gleefully admonish ing him not to spoil fils beauty, offered the simple Inquiry: "Want to fight?” The challenge was promptly accept ed, with the stipulation that each of the old residents was to refrain from tak ing u hand while the other was en gaged with the stranger. In a short time both the local boys had announced that they had "had enough," "Hay, you feller,” said one of them, as he wliied the dust off his sleeve, "you're u scrapper all right, lint what makes you wear that kind of clothes?" “It saves time,” was the answer. "Mother and father are movers. They’re never contented to stay In one part of town. They rent u different house every three or four months. It used to take two or three weeks of glvln' an' takln' buck talk to get ac quainted with the boys, so I got mother to buy me these clothes. She doesn't know yet what I wanted ’em for; she thinks I'm gettln’ upat. All I have to do now when wc move Into a new neighborhood Is to put 'em on. They make me look so easy that It only takes a day or two to get ull my fight In' tended to an’ get acquainted with the fellers an' have a good time." vn AlXfll’P HARD AT WORK. obeyed. The aoldler* tied the backhand of the harnean to me. und 1 worked nil vv inter grinding Uuhurk. The work true eu»> . hut very monotonou*. Hound after round l went nil day, A aoldler waa on guard with a rule In hta hand* to aee that I didn't alrlke for higher wageu or a nek u ihauge of elluiate for my health, hut all lhinge runaltlered, I waa treated fairly well *' ‘The rebel* would come around and poke their fun at me aotuetlmea One aald he believed Mint 'Old lloaa", na I waa called had the Italia; another one ubaerved that 'Old lloaa’ waa about to lose hla oft ahue, and then I waa givrn a new pair tine old fellow aald he be ttev ed I had a aure net k and attainted that a leather collar In place of the •hut k one | wore would prove t ewed j rial He ata ike knetpg cm* barefooted partUt* among iM dot*. h#t **»•'' people >*<4 M tla# «k* pit.* of tk* p * * adraa al In umot. tt auk ikat of aiket p.. ***■ «Ma tommodilK i* ——■■—» WAS NEVER SO DRY. A CHEAT SCARCITY OF WATER IN THE WEST. An I'nprereilenteil Urmifltl that Fill-nils All Out the Country llltutnrl mill Illinois the tlrentest MilTerera — The !tl l..|..||i|il ituil Missouri llivi-rs tn< asuitlly l.mv. tv hie Eiienileil llruujht. Rt. Louis, Mil., Oct. 7.- United States Observer I1'Yankendeld snld to day that the present unprecedented drought extends nil over the country. He added: "Speaking from this sta | tlon, the states of Hlinoli, Missouri, ' Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska and Ar I kanss urn all in the need of wet | weather. Iowa lias had more rain 1 than some of the surrounding states, but is now In almost as bad a condi tion ns the rest. "Missouri and Illinois are suffering the most, particularly the southern portion of Illinois und Central Min ■ouri. Thera Is yet no Indication of rain." Kcporta from these states say the ground Is too dry for fall plowing and all the country roads are from four to six inches deep In dust A white film covers ell the laud. The ripening corn hangs dull and apparently life less in the heat of it summer sun, and everything la parched. In many sec tions of Missouri cisterns huva gone dry and the danger of fire In the small cities and towns la imminent. The Mlsslasippl and Mlsaourl rivers have uot been so low In ten years. LIKE MR. POTTER OF TEXAS Man From Missouri (males • Mean* la a (,'tilcNgu llolel Chicago, Oct. 7. V, It. (lead, u stockman from < ufbertson, Mo.,awoke from n troubled dream till* morning nt the lliwi hotel, Knot ami llalstcud sir.-el*, possessed with the bleu that someone hud entered hi* room and taken from under Ilia pillow £300 which hn hud received from u aalu of stock the day before. Without looking to ano If hi* fear* were correct. Heed hounded from hi* lied, dashed out of the door anti down tho hullway with a revolver In hi* hand, yelling nt the top of Ida voice. When he reached the elevator shaft tint car was at the top lloor and Iteed, thinking lie law at the bottom of the abaft the man who had stolen Id* money, fired three shot* Into the base ment No one wa* on tha lloor nt the time except the porter and clerk, and they hurried above and overpowered the Imaginative cattleman liefore he tried to shoot again, lie wa* held until po licemen from the stock yard* station arrived, and Ids revolver wa* taken from him and lie wu* sent to the etu tion Hi* pocket book, containing t'HIO, was found under Id* pillow, lie wa* nnt locked up, but war warned by the offi cer* ut the station to go home at once. HE HAD ELEVEN WIVES. Ur. William SI* Nontonreil to th* llllnol* I'enlleullary for lilgamr. Bl'HlxoriK.t.l., ill, Oct 7.—Dr. Will iam Mix pleaded guilty In the Sanga mon circuit court to the charge of lilgnmy. and was given an indefinite sentence, under thn new law, to Chea ter penitentiary. The complaint wa» made by James llornung, brother of Ml** Katie llornung of Iterry, III., Id* lutest victim, whom lie married last spring, when ha hud ton other undi vorcod wives living in various cities in Indiunu, Missouri, ‘Kuiikus, Oklahoma and Texan MU* llornung, with an unuccouiituhle infatuation, stuck to Mix to the lust Hu is a veterinary surgeon, about -10 yeurs old, anil fairly good-looking. Chicago to ll»a a Beer War. Chicago. Oct. 7. - Chicago Ik dos* tiucd to have cheap beer tor a time, and a beer light thrown Into the bar gain. A war of extermination waa threatened by the beer trust to-day on tho rebellions brewers who remain outside the breastwork*. It is re ported unoflteially that an immediate cut in the price from 84. .10 to 84 will be made, aud that the prices wilt bo scaled down to 8i‘ even, if need lie, be fore the light it ttnlshcd. lllf; C’o|i|»«*r Mining !>•*! Hoiohto.v, Mich., Oot 7.—Captain \V. A. I>unn lias sold hi* Six Mile Hill properly to t'amerou, ' urrie i la, of Itetroit, broker* for New York cap italists. for 8VJU.OOO The property has the richest showing of copper of any mine ■•peneo since the discovery of the Oaluatel mill the llecln, aud mining men are unauimous in predict ing a prosperous future. Ilaery lleiueem far Injuries. I.rst asaoitin. Kan., th-t. 7.—-A Jury ia .lodge Mr ere’ eourt yesterday awarded a verdict for 8i,*tU to Mr* ttridgut A 1 usiek against the Kleetrie Street railt ay for injuries alleged to hare kr'i rvivivvil iu ItHI while alighting olT a ear tirgluls Hseahlltaas Muntlaala l.i *• uai an Va , 1st 7. The slat# liepnhllceu tsiurenliou met ia tha opera house here at moom yesterday 1 a plain C II Met all of t utpepper m as gautoueted lor governor t sitsilaa tkrirkar* 1 aavvma T.nroai*. Kan . t let a I he an anal rouiratloa uf the tKrtstian churches ol the state ol Kease* eaireal bar* to day and will h«dd sesame* natil Pt dev esea.ug aest I he atteudaava t* verj large every section uf Usg etet* being iep«eeeated trass Setter thergeU t*u* KtSSm* Ksrssee, i*at *hl t W II Core ter teller of the Ihraadtiua tssk bean- h hera, which »as rtthhed of Out' at> a ha weeks ego. was arrestsI ta day a eha-ge uf e'*n.« ttsag tha safe ha*|k