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d V AN OU TiU AMONG COWUOYS (From the Knn?ns Farmer.) The other tiny 1 rtent up Into my 700. acre pasture to see my herd of Short horns and to look after the fences a little. After looking over my calves of 189S crop, concluded thnt they were as good as the 1S07 crop, for which I secured, In spot cash, $40 per head at weaning time, which "you know Is a little Interesting." Thinking the boys all over Kansas wouUV like to know what we arc doing down here "on the Medicine river," 1 took a few notes of this trip for our old friend, the Kansas Farmer. Nature was so kind as to make the western part of our county (Darber) so rough and hilly that a man nearly tips over horseback riding on these hills, that are too rough to be cultivated, and I am glad of It, for nature's crop of bunch and buffalo grass Is the best crop that over was raised. My trip was to Deer Head, twenty five miles west of Medicine Lodge, then to Sun City, on the Medicine rtver. My first stop was with Peter Hovers, on Cedar creek. He will pull a fellow off his horse with a warm handshake and take him Into a nice white house, shel tered among the hills, with fields of waving cane nnd Kafilr corn. The hills are covered with a mat of buffalo grass. One sees two hundred head of Herefords and Short-horns, fat as eels, and some bulls, which the owner pointed out with pride, that he got.of Cross at his sale, and they are smash ing fine fellows. Next I went to the headquarters of our cattle Industry, Deer Head. I could not stop and see all the boys, or I Bhould not reach home In a month, but I stopped with Mr. Gentry, who has a heart as big as a church bell kicking under his vest. On the morning after my arrival he ran in from a little pas ture his saddle horses, fat, sure-footed fellows, and a call brought six hounds, two trailers and four runners. Soon We had our saddles Uglily girthed and were oft for a whole day's ride In his forty-mile pasture. We had gotten nice ly started, when the trailing hounds came out of some timber, baying, run ning like the wind, on a trail. Mr. Ed itor, If you want to feel your hair rise Up and your horse bound oft after those hounds, Just as I did go nnd see Mr. Gentry. After a mile's run on the trail, up Jumped Mr. Jackrabbit, and then see those grayhounds of his, that never fall to take in the game rabbit, coyote, deer or anything. The thing you will be doing Is to sock the spurs into that horse's sides, trying to keep up with the "band," who are baying at every Jump. You will forget all about publishing a paper, and every thing else, until you see the hounds close up on their game, and then the dodging and the final struggle for life.' Then, on we went. I saw 100 big red three-year-old steers, got ifrom bulls I sold him. Those 100 head are worth $.',000 today, quick. Then on among hills, where GOO cows and pretty calves were lying; then steers of all ages hundreds of them; then a coyote race; then a stop at a cool spring nnd a rest; then on to another, and It was noon when we reached the south side of hie pasture, and at 4 o'clock we were back at his house. The next morning I went with Mr. Screnton Into his 7.500-acro pasture, where we found his thousand steers at home. Then we went on north, Into Dole's and Shaw's miles and miles of pasture, full of fat cattle grazing on the hills, drinking out of cool springs and creeks. We passed through the 3,000-acre pasture of Riley Lake, that is filled with big four-and-flve-year-old western steers, wild as deer. Here we 'are at the foothills of the Medicine, Where our sheriff, Tonk Mills, Is lo cated. His pretty Herefords covered his pastures on the first bottoms of the Medicine river. Next is George Hendricks, who is building a big, fine house on the banks of Bear creek. He is never in his element unless he owns a thousand head and trades, next day, for 600 more, and then, next day, he he Is sure to sell the thousand head to some fellow; for George is a straight, good cattleman and a splendid fellow. "On to Sun City," way up on a high divide, where some of our old-time cowboys are sleeping. As I rode my pony around those graves, that were made years and years ago, I saw the lit tle fences that had protected those graves scattered down the hill, "by the wind and the rain." I was there once before, years ago, and such scenery! Oh, it Is beautiful! And I thought I Just pulled my horse off down the hill, and I thought, when the final round-up come we will all meet again! Soon I was on Turkey creek, at Uncle Dan Pierce's, as every one calls him, who welcomes one and Insists that he stay a month with him. He raises lots of currants and grapes. He will take you down In that cool cellar, all shut up. You will come out and he will set you down to a table loaded with all kinds of fruit, and everything. He did me. One Just gets fat there, he has such a good time. Uncle Dan has a 12,000-acre pusture full of cattle, and the best draft horses In the country. Then I went on down the Medicine river to Mr. Heargls', who has a pas ture six miles long and four miles wide full of she cattle. I was at his house nil night and had a nice time. Next I went on to Mr. W. C. Miller's, who Is located on the Medicine river, one mile north of Lake City, In a lovely big white house. We had a half day's hard riding through his big pastures four miles of pasture and fields and looking over his 400 Herefords and 300 Short-horns, the fattest cattle I saw on my trip. He has the all-round best ranch in this country, or any other, for he never has to feed a thing till Jan uaryfrom the 1st to the 15th and there Is timber In all his feed lots, nnd water, too, He has one feed lot' of 330 ncres, with grass as high an' the fence, all In timber. There he keeps his late calves and cows, and they lie down In that big grass, while he lies In a fenthcr-bed, happy, and he dont enre whether the wind or snow blows or It Is still. He told me he could sleep In the daytime this hot weather, for his calves grow Just as fast, as it is all Kafilr corn and "raising cane" with him. He Is all right, Just as hundreds of our cattle boys nre here In the "short grass" country, in Barber coun ty. My article is too long now, for you enn't follow me home, for I stopped at many ranches that were so Interesting. Come nnd see us, Mr. Editor. Go In any direction and It Is Just the same. ELI C. BENEDICT. Medicine Lodge, Kan. How to Keep "Water Cool. The man who expects to refrigerate the world with liquid air has taken ad vantage of a fact which the civilized world forgets, or does not know, name ly, the fact that evaporation is refrig eration. Huge populations of the earth have lived on Instinctive knowledge of that plain scientific truth for ages. The North American Indian, the East In dian, and all aborigines of countries that are at times excessively hot, hnow how to chill water without recourse to Ice, and the same process that does that filters It without a filter. When the water that all who lack the advantages of progress In sanitation drink comes often In the hottest weather from ponds and streams that lie in the sun all day, It Is, If not ab solutely hot, at least tepid. It Is also apt to be unclean. Your aborigine or camper out, If he chances to be among primitive settlements fills a Jar with the dirty, warm stuff. Around and over the Jar he wraps a blanket, and then he sets the blanketed Jar In the sun, having first soaked the blanket. Tho water may evaporate so fast as to ne cessitate wetting the blanket twice or more; but In time the Impurities have settled at the bottom of the Jar and the water Is as cold as Ice. Railway travelers In hot countries hang porous Jugs, with wet cloths around them, out of the windows of the trains In the sun, on the same prin ciple. As the natives of most of the tropical countries eat little or no meat there Is not the same difficulty In keep ing supplies that we carnivorous eat ers experience. But when they do have more than they can eat at the moment they partly cook the "Test. The fa vorite way is to Jerk or sun-cure it, by thoroughly drying. But most native populations are so poor they could not buy a supply of anything, and as they could not keep It if they did, they are to be envied for their humble con dition. One would suppose that the absence of means of refrigeration would teach cleanliness In such communities. When surplus meats decay It would seem a natural Instinct to remove such In stantly; but with indifference to perfect cooling of beverages and food comes Insensltlveness to smmells and all that causes smells. Besides this, native and by "natives" one mean, of course, aborigines In a natmal state really like stalencss and a condition of things known as "high" or "gamey." Not in game, for they never touch It, but In butter and other ai tides of food which to a European palate should be otherwise. In India "ghee" Is a favorite delicacy. Now, ghee Is a sloppy butter made from buffalo's milk, and is invari ably rancid. All the little native cakes are fried In this rank concoction; and Judging from the odors that float In an oriental atmosphere, nearly everything else Is permeated with It. But If Euro peans do not like this, why do they go where "ghee" Is? If the richer class In an unlced com munity decides to entertain Its alien friends with champagne, that article Is drank lukewarm. This may bring out the fruity flavor, but It Is a nasty drink. One well remembers an after noon call on a Chinaman at Singapore an Influential gentleman whose wife showed great store of Jewels, drawer after drawer of them and the refec tion on that occasion consisted of luke warm champagne, In tea cups, tea at the same degree of Insipidity, and very soiled sweet meats, which looked parch ed us well as dirty. To us It Is a deprivation amounting to distress to go without Ice for one meal's length. A house left twenty-four hours In nn Iceless condition would almost dis integrate, for here there are no porous Jars, and worse than that, everyone Is ignorant of the first processes of re frigeration without Ice. It would be worth while to learn a few expedients for emergencies. One of these Is to keep clean, coarse blankets, for they will not only make a small stock of Ice last twice the time, but are useful In chilling water, and also In preserv ing stores of all kinds. In a large po rous jar wrapped with wet blankets a degree of coldness Is attained that la equal to an Ice chest for koeplng milk and other perishables. So It Is neces sary also to have a Jar. Chicago Times-Herald. Straw hnts which have lost their pristine freshness may be easily re stored to favor at home without the necessity of a trip to the bleacher. Dis solve 5 cents worth of oxalic acll in a pint of cold water. Lay the hat upon a Hat surface and sciub briskly with an old tooth or nail brush. Rinse well with cold water to remove every bit of the acid, which otherwise would eat the straw, and lay It out In the bright sun light to dry, taking care to keep it In a flat position. OLD TltVDITIONS IN HAWAII Upside the riches of soil and seen ery with which Hawaii abounds, there nre other stores of wealth which arc also no less Interesting. Tho former have received much attention since tho net of congress added tho distant isl ands to our domain, tho latter has re ceived none. We refer to the wealth of tradition In which Hawaii abounds. The name of these trndltlons Is legion. Every nntlve of Hawnlt has a store which he dispenses with a lavish hand, lie clings to them with a fondness that Is strange to the foreigner, though they no longer hove nn Important effect on hla rules of conduct. Told with the zest of a native, they are enchanting, nnd even when recited by one who does not thrill with the same enthusiasm, they are most interesting. Among the many traditions nnd myths ono of the mest romantic Is known ns the "Helen of Hawaii." The famous story of Homer Is no more en tertaining than that of the beautiful Hlnn. Long before the white people were known In Hawaii, If we nre to be lieve tho tradition, there lived a migh ty chief at Haupu, Molokal, who had built himself a great fort or castle. He Was a native or "original Inhabitant," nnd hated tho Polynesians, who were pouring Into the lower Islands and over running them. From all accounts this chief, whose name was Kaupeepee, was a bucca neer, who plundeed other chiefs and Islands Indiscriminately. There lived at Hlla a chief named Hakalaulloo, who had a wife nnmed HIna, said to bo the most beautiful woman in the world. Hakalaulloo was an enemy of Kau peepee, and when the latter had heard of the charms of Kakalaulloo's lovely wife, he determined to abduct her nnd carry her to his stronghold. First ho set out to Hllo in disguise to Bee with his own eyes if she was as fair as rep resented, and was smitten at the sight of her. With some of his most skillful sailors and buccaneers he watched his oppor tunity. After nightfall, while the moon was shining, HIna, with her woman Servants, repaired to the beach to bathe. A signal was given, and a long, light canoe, heavily manned, dashed through the Burf among the bathers. The women, with shrieks, ran off to ward the shore. Suddenly a mnn leaped into the water and seized the fair HIna. There was a brief struggle, a stifled screnm, a sharp word of command and a moment later Kaupeepee was again in the canoe, with the nude and frantic HIna In his arms. His skilled sailors sent their boats flying through the waters, nnd in due time his stronghold was reached. There the pirate set about winning the affec tions of his captive, and though she had left a husband and two sons a( Hllo, ho seems to have succeeded. HI na's husband applied to his mother-in-law, a sorceress, to know what to do, but, as usual, the mother-in-law was perverse and refused to give him any further satisfaction than that his wife was living. For fifteen long years Ha kalaulloo, the bereaved husband, sought his wife among the Islands, but In vain. He began to despair, and finally ceased to search farther. Meanwhile, Hlna's two sons, Kana and Nlhou, had reached tho stage ot manhood, nnd determined to take up the search where their father had left off. It took two years for them to lo cate their captive mother; but at last they learned that she was Imprisoned In the great castle of Molokal, and with a large army attacked the abduc tor's stronghold. They were repulsed at first, but renewed the attack, and Kaupeepee and his followers were slain and HIna restored to her family. While there was great Joy to her In 'he em brace of her sons, It is said she wept over the death of Kaupeepee, who, In his love, had made light her long im prisonment. Another interesting tradition Is now known among Hawaiian legends as "The Royal Hunchback." Traditionary history represents nnclent Hawaii as like ancient England, periodically over run"by barbarians. The original inhab itants of Hawaii were subjugated by the conquerors of the south. Cedrlc and Saxon never hated the Norman conquerors more than Kamalole was said to hate King Kanlpahu and his Invaders. A chief of the invaders, named Waluku won the love of Ka malole's sister and secretly married her. Kamalole found his sister loin In the grass house of her husband and stabbed her. The enraged husband chased him to the presence of the king, where they finally engaged in a duel, and the husband of Tola was slain by her brother, who also attempted the life of the king, and, falling in this, es caped and made his way to his district In Kau. Iola recovered and gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Makea. Ka malole roused his warriors in Kau and attacked and overthrew tho king's forces. The king concealed his two sons, Tola and her daughter in a se cluded valley and went to live In Molo kal. He lived as a common peasant and his tall form became bent with care and hard labor, until he grew to be a hunchback. Eighteen years pass ed. His sons became men, and Iola's daughter a beautiful maiden. Kala pana, one of his sons, married Make. Kamalole, proving to be a tyrant, an gers the priests and common people. The high priest sought Kanlpahu on Molokal, and tried to Induce him to come back to Hawaii and rouse the people against the usurper. But the kir.b- answered that he was old, hard toll had deformed him until he was a hunchback. He Bald he had two sons, And told the nrlests where thev could be found, and sent word to Kalapana that he would surrender his power to him. Kalapana received tho intelli gence with Joy, nnd at once began to rally the discontented Hawallans. In two or three engagements he defeated tho usurper and drove him Into Konn, where tho principal battle was fought. While the battle was raging furiously thero BUdcdnly appeared nn old white hnlred warrior who, notwithstanding his stooped shoulders, was invincible. Just as Kamalole was raising his spenr to strike down Kalapana tho old grny halrcd stranger stabbed him, and he fell. The battle wns soon ended, and when Kalapana nsked for tho usurper, tho old whlte-holred warrior pointing to him, answered: "Here he is." Then Mnkca came to seek her hus band, and finding Kamalole dying gavo gave hltn some water out of a cala bash. As the dying man drunk he looked nt her and said; "Iola!" "No. Not Iola, your sister, but Ma kea, her daughter." With n look of Inexpressible hnto on his features tho usurper died. Kala pana became king nnd his father, the royal hunchback, went back to Molo kal, whero he lived and died In seclu sion. About the year A. D. 1170, according to Hawaiian tradition, Hau was king of eastern Maul. He was a sort of rob ber baron, vhose conduct wns censur ed by the high priest, Lauhoomoe. Tho high priest, who was a good man, could, not brook the outlaw's depredations on other Islands nnd kingdoms. Lauhoo moe had two sons, Kaakakai and Kaa nahua, of whom the first was tho Iiub band of Oulolu, a beautiful young wo mnn. He was to be a high priest on his father's death. Luuana, the priest of the king's household, was a schem ing villain, and hnd his eye on the ofllco of the high priest, and laid many plans to dispose of Luahoomoe and his two sons. At last the king of Hnna, as Hnu was called, determined to kill the high priest. Luahoomoe learhtg of his design sent his sons to live In tho wild se cluded regions of Hnleakala, while tho wife of Kaakakai lived in another se cluded mountain. The high priest was killed by the king, and while Luuana, the newly chosen high priest, was tak ing the body to the hclau for sacrifice at the gate of tho outer enclosure tho tall wooden cross Indicative of tho sanc tity of the place, fell to tho ground. On reaching the inner court the earth be gan to quake, groa'ns issued from tho carved Images of the gods and the altar sank Into the earth, leaving a great yawnlg cavity from which issued ilro and smoke. The attendants and now-ly-mado high priest dropped tho body and fled. From that time a drought seized the whole land. The skies were cloudless, the springs and rivers were dried up, the people in Hana perished, and Hua, the king, left tho country. Wherever he went drought followed htm. He wont to Hawaii and In Kahala died of thirst and his bones were left to dry In the sun, and the saying, "Rattling of the bones of Hua in the sun," has come down to the present as significant of( one who defied the gods and persecuted the priesthood. The drought extended over the entire, group, even to Ewa In Aahu. A cele-' bratcd prleat or prophet In Ewa named Naulua-a-Malhea climbed the Walanao mountains to look for a cloud. He saw none save a mere speck over Halca kalalnmoul and knew that the sons of the slain high priest were there. They alone could bring rain, and he sailed In his canoe to find them. Oluelu, the wife of the high priest's san, Kaawawal, had been most mirac ulously preserved In her heme far up the valley. The spirit of the murdered high priest had appeared to her in the night and told her that a secret cavern contained an abundance of good water. Kaakakai and Kaanahua were found and Induced to offer sacrlfleo to the gods. They did so and the clouds gathered and the rain fell, the grass grew once more, and the land was filllea with plenty. There are many other famous legends and traditions in Hawaiian folk lore, among which are the "Peasant Prince" and "The Lover of the Goddess," but to give them all would require a volume of good size. These given are sufficient to allow the reader to form some Idea of the traditional history of Hawaii. President McKlnley was recently the victim of a "Joke" which may terminate disastrously for the wag. It is said that, he Is a real estate dealer of Wash ington, but the municipal authorities who are making an Investigation refuse to divulge his name. One thing Is cer tain, his first name is William. Last Saturday a health office Inspector served a written notice upon him to abate a nuisance. The business man was, tired of receiving such notices. The next day an official-looking envelope was received In the White house mall. It was addressad "William McKlnley, president, tenant of the White house, Washington, D. C" Inclosed 'was an oftlclai circular with the inscription of the Washington health department. It was properly signed by the health officer and dl rected the president to abate a certain nuisance. The original name bore evi dence of having been altered, however, to make It read "William McKlnley." Secretary Porter Inclosed the envelope and circular in a White house envelope and sent it to the health officer. That officer's attention was called to the com. munlcatlon, and an investigation Is now in progress to show to the president that the municipal government was not responsible for sending the notice to the White house. j Columbus discovered America but - Z 9 I have discovered BATTLE AX I J X There is a satisfied glad I fve got It expression qn Z Z the faces of all who discover the rich quality- of X X PLUG W It is an admirable chew fit for an Admiral. 2 fa no other way can you get as large a piece of as good J tobacco for JO cents. J Remember the name f - when you buy again, t wwwwwww wwwW wWwW WwwW WWW PAINT -WALLS CEILINGS, MURALO WATER COLOR PAINTS FOR DECORATING WALLS faint dealer and do jour own urann ana Moomu & aara adld or lint wtr. ,Aiu,ZAkJ!E!F3?$L,!& w a W9vw mvw w auavn y w ft HU M THE MURALO CO.. NEW BRIGHTON. 8. I.. NEW YORK. Decline of tho Duster. A traveler by rail cannot fall to no tice the decline ot the duster. Anfl one does not need to he, as the man said, a centenarian to observe this. In fact, only thirty or forty years ago dusterB wore commonly worn by railroad trav elers. They were coexistent with tho enrpet sack and the alligator-mouthed allse, both now more completely passed away than the duster Itself, and al most as completely gone as the hair covered trunk. The duster In Its arlglnal form was built of brown linen, which, when starched, stood boldly out like a gar ment of thin and flexible, but not too flexible, sheet metal. It was worn, of course, to protect the wearer and his garments from the dust. When the linen duster flourished locomotives burned wood, tracks were sand'-bal-lasted and rails were light, cars were not vestlbuled or provided with dust screens for the windows, and the time required to cover a given distance was far greater than now. A duster was far more needed then than now, and it was likely to be a part of the equipment of the casual as well as ot the regu lar traveler. Indeed, it may be said that the casual traveler would scarcely have thought that he had made a trip by rail unless he had provided himself with that Indispensable part ot every traveler's equipment Prim and stiff and sheet-Irony in ef fect as tho freshly Ironed linen duster was when first put on, It presented a very different apeparance wjien It had been worn for a time. At first, sat down In on a day such as was then simply called sticky or muggy, but which In these fashionable modern days is called humid, the duster seemed, later, despite the weather, to be froze in. And these creases, in apeparance like accordion plaits struck by lightning, shortened the garment somewhat They took It up, and made It bigger around and more bunchy. The next effect came with continued wear, when the starch was all gone out of It, and the duster became Btrlngy, And if before it had seemed to shorten up and grow stout it now seems to become lean and attenuated; to take Into itsolt many little rolling longitud inal wrinkles; to sort of shrink In on Itself sidewlse. and to draw over length Two little tots were watching the clouds near the horizon one evening when one exclaimed: "Oh, see the sheet lightning!" Shortly after there was a smaller flash from the same cloud, and the other cried out; "Oh. and there is some pillow-case lightning." Ammonia Davie nudged Edith and pointed to a bottle on the shelf. "Don't smell of that," he whispered earnestly. "It looks like water, but it's the kind of stuff horneats or loadtd with." 'judg-a. ALLS AND CEILIHQS ttSJ MURALO Lf.P.fa9ff?!k W xoar MV WBf V4 WWMftlULIltf Ifc Hi wise; and by this time It had probably come to hang unevenly, so that the front corners had a dip and were lower thnn tho back of tho coat. In Its first estate the linen duster, one that had nn effect of preclscness, but In Its last was very far from that. In fact, It Is doubtful If a person of even tho most Imaginative temperament could conjure up anything more negligee in its general effect than a Btrlngy llnca duster. Tho Crndlo of Cyclones. Imagine yourself In a trim ocean Bteamer, gently throbbing along over a summer sea of indigo blue, ruflled hera and there by little blue wavelets. You are screened by taut-spread awnings from a tropical sun In a clear sky, and cooled by a constant breeze, which blows so gently thnt you feel as If it might continue unchanged forever, To ward the south a long stretch of hori zon Is hidden by a big Island, rising la tropically green, verdure-covered ter races to pllcd-up, hazy mountain peaks. More fascinating than the Island ltselt are the clouds piled above It, masses upon masses of them, rolling and tum bling and contending among them selves. Great, dazzling white piles awell higher and higher above tho peaks, growing first iridescent with beautiful opal tints, then an ominous copper color, and llnally seeming to burst asunder and send up whlta streams far Into the blue of heaven, like volcanic vapor. Along the moun tain sides white fleeces drift like wlspa of wool blown against a wayside hedg while through tho valleys dark gray streamers trail like damp and newly combed hair. Night comes on, and lurid lightning rushes through these clouds, throwing tho moon-lit sea Into pale significance,, while from many other places on the horizon arise fitful fires and flashes out of smaller mounds of clouds hanging over other unseen Islands, These light nings all seem voiceless, and still your ship speeds on through stormless wa ters. , The big Island Is Cuba, and not far away are the Bahamas. You are In what might be called the cradle of cy clones. Here nature Is calling Into ex istence those dreadful storms which rush away northward over sea and land upon their ruthless and terrible courss of destruction. Little Barbara, on seeing a dish of. lemon Jelly placed on the table, ex claimed: "Oh, mamma, see how ner vous that Jelly Is!" Nebraska Reform Press Business Ass'n OMAHA. NO, 38. ' MMH I1mM"I . 9 LUHlS WHEHi 111 FISF IDS. Seat Cough fijrup. TuteaOooO. Dm in iimo. nolo py aragguu.