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VOLUME XXVIIL NUMBER 32.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1897.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,436.
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By ilaj.
Alfred It. Calhoun.
HE plagues of the
mining camps in
xhe far "west were
the bullies and des
peradoes who, ig
noring honest in
dustry, lived by
gambling, or even
worse.
These fellows al
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their coat tails on the ground at all J could not have caused greater cen
times in the hope that some one will i sternation than did this unwarranted
Cive them an excuse to shoot. ! act. Men leaped from the tables and
Fairplay is a very good name for a sought places of safety, for such an in
town or camp, and Fairplay, Colorado, j suit they felt must be folllowcd by im
Is today a thriving, law-abiding place, mediate shooting.
hut, like all western towns, it had to Red Snively expected to use his pis
pass through all the stages of social lol, for he drew it, but before he
evolution from the absolute barbarity could fire, Arthur Lyons seized the
of its beginning to the high civilizn- arm that held the pistol with his left
Ucn of the present. , hand, and with his right he planted a
There are many men not yet beyond ' blow between the ruSan's red eyes
mlddie life who distinctly remember ' that caused him to fall as if a bullet
the first hut erected in Fairplay. and ' had been sent through his brain,
wno retain a vivid recollection of the J "No mere fighting here," shouted a
5rst betel, the Great V.'estern, which ;
was composed of three rooms, one
canvas, one log and the other un
planed boards. Though this establish
ment claimed to furnish "accommoda
tions for man and beast," It had no
stable for horses, and all its lodgers
had to sleep in bunks in one room,
tvbiJe bread and bacon constituted the
bill of fare, with now and then sugar
less ceffee. The "extras" were com
posed wholly of bad cigars, strong
chewing tobacco and whisky of a kind
fo mucn vuer tnan tne ordinary fluid
that one drink of it has been known to
produce all the effects of delirium
tremens on a man accustomed to it.
and it always rroduced a homicidal
mania In these who Indulged in it as
of:n as once a week.
The bar of the Great Western was
the rendevous. the headquarters, for
all the miners and teamsters in the
" vicinity, and you may be sure that it
was a constant resort for the gamblers
and desperadoes who always swarm
about a new mining town like flies
about a sugar hogshead in July.
For the accommodation of the latter
class, with whom he was in full sym
pathy, and with an eye to his own
gain he had only one eye the land
lord of the Great Western had fitted
up a place for playing faro, and a num
ber of pino tables on which those so
Inclined and It was Furprising how
many were so inclined could play
that alluring but most uncertain game
caJied roker.
At this time there were only two
'women in Fairplay. viz.: Mrs. Cham
berlain, the wife cf the principal mine
superintendent, and Lizzy Chamber
lain, her daughter.
Ladies were certainly at a premium,
end Lizzie was very popular and a
standing toast with the hundreds of
men working in or near the camp.
But as she was a very charming, mod
est girl she would have been popular
had the sexes been mere evenly bal
anced. Some men. with wives and daugh
ters at heme in the states, rather
Warned Mr. Chamberlain for subject
ing his family to the hardship insep
arable from such a life, but had they
known that the devoted wife and
daughter insisted on accompanying
nim and sharing his trials, they would
not have been so hard in their Judg
ment. Arthur Lyons, a fine fellow of four
and twenty, was Mr. Chamberlain's as
sistant, and as he boarded with his me
ployer. it was pretty generally con
ceded that he had "the inside track"
so far as Lizzy was concerned, and
that their marriage was only a ques
tion of time.
There was, however. In Fairplay.
one man wbo emphatically refused to
believe tb.it Lizzy Chamberlain looked
kindly on Arthur Lyons, and this man
was known as "Red" Snively. the first
name beins given to designate his com
plexion and the sanguine color of his
bushy hair.
Red Snively wished to be known as
The Mountain Terror," and he tried
hard to have the name attached to
himself, but as the majority of the
miners looked upon him as a nuisance
rather than a terror, the name did not
stick to any great extent.
Red Snively was a, swaggering, ever
armed braggart. He was supposed to
be a silent partner in the Great West
ern hotel, and it was a matter of
notoriety that all the gambling fea
tures of the establishment were under
his immediate charge.
He always had mon?y; he always ;
drank, yet he was the one man who
did not appear to be affected by the
Tile whisky indeed. It would be nearly
Impossible for any liquor to make him
more nrutai and oioodthirsty than he
was when in his natural condition.
He claimed Missouri as his home,
and when he became confidential
which was always the case when the
game was going against him he
would hint that he was forced to come
west "owin to a little cattia' scrape"
he had over a game of cards.
With the brazen effrontery of his
Class. Red Snively made himself very
objectionable to Lizzy Chamberlain by
his disgusting attentions, so much so,
indeed, that she dreaded to venture out
unless accompanied by her father or
Arthur Lyons.
On one occasion the latter told Red
Snively very emphatically that his
conduct was disagreeable to Miss
Chamberlain, and that it must be
stopped, and this was said with such
calm emphasis that the bully was net
left in any doubt as to the young
man's meaning, nor of his determina
tion to enforce his request.
In addition to its many other uses
the Great Western was the postofSce
at which the weekly more often the
monthly mail was delivered.
One rainy afternoon after the mail
had come in. Arthur Lyons went up to
get the ever-welcome letters and pa
pers from the east.
While he was leaning against the
damp bar waiting for the man behind
It to look over the addresses of the
parcels that had come by post, he felt
a heavy hand on his shoulder, and at
the same time he -neard Red Snively
aying, in a mocking, cantering tone
that meant mischief:
"Cease. Lyons, join me and we'll
fciak to th health of the beauty of
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As Arthur Ehook the fellow'f inge
hand from his shoulder, he said, very
quietly:
"I do not drink-'l
"You don't, eh?" entered Red Snive
ly. "I do not."
"Then I'll drink for two."
The barkeeper handed Red Snively
a bottle and a glass. Half filling the
latter, he raised it toward bis lips, but.
stopping as if he had suddenly changed
his mind, he shouted, with an oath:
"Xo gentleman ever drinks alone!"
and with this he threw the contents of
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number of men, rushing in between
Arthur and the man whom the land
lord of the Great Western was helping
from the floor. "If there's to be
shootin' let it be done fair and square
outside under the rules of the code, and
not in a crowded bar whar innocent
men may get popped over."
"I agree to that!" roared Red Snive
ly, who had now recovered himself
"Landlord, you'll act as my second."
"I'll do that and take your place if
j ycu go down," replied the lanlord. who
j was only little less of a brute than the
. man he was championing,
I "And I'll act for this gentleman."
' said a tall man who had been sittinn
unnoticed since he reached the place,
1 a few hours before, with the mail-car-j
rler. He had a long, black beard, his
J hat was slouched, and his coat collar
! turned up so that but little of his fsc?
: could be seen, but there was that In
( his voice and bearing that convinced
the lookers-on that he was no ordinary
person.
As the stranger took his place be
s?de Arthur, who acknowledged the
offer by a courteous bow, he drew from
under his coat two revolvers and he
held them with the peculiar grip of a
man who knew how to use them.
Arthur Lyons, like all civilized men
cf sense, was opposed to duelling, but
he knew That if he did not fight this
fellow under the rules of the so-called
"code" the chances were he would be
shot down like a dog. and he well
j knew that in such an event there was
no law to pun:sn ins muruerer. lie
knew that he was not a good shot with
a pistol or any other weapon, for his
life had been spent at college or at
hard work where he had neither need
for nor opportunity to acquire the
doubtful accomplishment.
Red Snively was notoriously the best
pistol shot in the mountains. He had
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been known to send the bottom of a
tin box skimming into the air and then
to draw his pistol from his belt and fire
two bullets through the center of the
bit of circular tin before it reached the
ground.
"Have you a good pistol?" asked the
stranger, as he took Arthur's arm and
f led him out of the hotel in the direc
tion Red Snively had taken.
"I have not." replied Arthur.
"Then take this. It is loaded, and
has a fine hair trigger. Are you a
good shot?"
Arthur took the pistol the stranger
i handed to him. and replied:
I am not, and so you must place
this man so close to me that his su
perior skill will not result to my dis
advantage." "Leave the whole thing to me, and
do not interfere, no matter what I pro
pose," said the stranger, pressing the
young man's arm.
"You appear to be a gentleman, and
I will do as you say," replied Arthur.
The crowd in the bar came out, in
the rain to see the duel, all taking care
to be out of range.
"I propose," said the landlord, "that
we place our men at ten paces with re
volvers, we scconds'll toss up for the
wcrd, and then they're to fire and keep
firing till one or the other goes down."
Til do nothing of the kind," replied
the stranger, in tones that evinced
ccoiness and determination; "this
bully," pointing to Snively with his re
volver, "is a good shot; my man is not.
I propose they shall shoot across a
pocket handkerchief, or let only one
pistol be used: we'll draw lots to see
which man shall take it. Are ycu
agreed?" he asked, turning to Arthur.
"I agree to whatever you say "
"But I don't!" shouted Red Snively.
"This ain't to be a murder, hut a
dneL"
"A murder!" cried the stranger,
striding toward the bully. "Do you
dare to speak of murder?"
"I want a fair fight." replSed Snively.
"A fair fight is impossible without
an equality of skill and force. Yen
would not fight, you cur. if you did not
feel that you had all the advantage on"
your side." said the stranger, with
stinging contempt
"Mebbe you'd like to change places
with your man." said the landlord of
the Great Western.
"That is exactly what I proposed to
do from the first," said the stranger.
"This is my fight," he added, turning
to Arthur Lyons. "Hear me oat I
have been searching for this murderer
for a. year, and now, after a hunt of
1 tea thousand miles, 1 have him under
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my pistcL and no man can fire at him
tin I have iQuared my account."
"Who are you?" demanded Snirsly,
his countenance purple and his thick
lips trembling with excitement.
"I am George Piercs, the twin
j brother of Henry Pierce whoa yor
murdered In St. Louis one year ago."
' The Etrang:r threw off his cloak and
false beard, and stood before tie cowed
desperado Hyperion facing a Satyr.
"Stand back, men, and let us have
it out. Cowtjd and murderer though
this Snively is, I will give him a chance
for his vile life"
The men dropped back and SnlTely
suddenly raised his pistol and fired.
He was in the act of cocking hit pis
tol again, when the young stranger
raised his arm.
A crack, a puff of silvery smoke end
a crimson spot in the center of the
man's forehead, who lay dead before
the barroom dcor.
One hour after this George Pierce
shook hands with Arthur Lyons and
rode away from the mountain camp,
the preserver of one man's life and the
avenger of another's.
Soon after this the landlord cf the
Great Western had to fly the camp,
and was subsequently lynched in Ne
vada. Arthur Lyons Is today one of Colo
rado's most prominent citizens, and he
often tells his children of the early
days of Fairplay and cf the duel he
came near fighting on account of their
mother.
The Rabbit Problem SolTed.
The vexed question of the extermi
nation of the Australian rabbit, which
has hitherto constituted the chief
problem that has confronted every an
tipodean administration, has at length
received a satisfactory solution. There
is no longer any necessity for Invoking
the services of great scientists such
as the late Dr. Pasteur and Professor
Koch to devise means for their exter
mination, for the invention of the cold
storage rooms on board ship has led to
the bunnies being exported in a re
frigerated condition to the omnivor
ous market of the mother country.
Rabbit pie is a favorite dish in the
United Kingdom, and the rabbit which
could not be successfully canned for
transport and preservation Is now leav
ing Australia for England at such a
rate that soon there will not be a single
one of them left in the antipodes.
Glad of It.
Up at Stromsburg a farmer sold his
wheat, paid his mortgage and floating
indohtpdnp??!. boitcht hi"? w5f o neir
range and sewing machine, took $100
to go to Buffalo and poor wife an out-
ing, and had $300 left. When he had
finished all the business he wiped his
brow with hi3 shirt sleeves and re
marked: "I voted for Bryan last fall,
but I'm glad he wasn't elected."
York (Pa.) Times.
Manna.
In Australia, tropical Asia and Af
rica true manna is found on a kind of
blue grass. It appears in masses as
large as a marble on the lodes of the
stems. Nearly three parts consist of
mannlte, which, though sweet, is not
sugar. The manna also contains a
ferment which has power to decom
pose cane eugar without evolving car
bonic acid or any kind of gas.
PERSONALITIES,
Sir William Harcourt is chopping
down trees on his estate for exercise.
Miss Alma Tadema has written a
volume of poems which will shortly b
published.
Gen. Lew Wallace has writt(;n a new
book, consisting of two poems, dealing
with Oriental life.
Rev. Mr. Saunders, a member of the
East Ohio United Brethren conference,
recently resigned because the confer
ence decided that its members should
not use tobacco.
An ant which Sir John Lubbock, the
English naturalist, has kept lor obser
vation many years, died recently,
whereupon the Indian Mirror publish
ed an obituary notice of his aunL
An obelisk adorned witir a medallion
of Chopin has been erected at Reinorz,
in Prussian Silesia, where in 1S26, at
the age of 17, he gave his first public
concert. He organized it for the benefit
of two orphans.
Mrs. Richmond Ritchie, the only sur
viving daughter of William Makepeace
Thackeray, intends to write biograph
ical and anecdotic notes for each vol
ume of a new edition of her father's
works, which is soon to appear.
Jean de Reszke and W. K. Vander
bilt were among the purchasers at the
sale of yearlings from the Joyenval
stud. The tenor boughl the colt Orme
son for $4,000, while Ontario for $3,200
and Oasis for 54.000 went to Mr. Van
derbilt. The shah of Persia, who owns eo
many valuable articles of Jewelry and
fancy goeds, is the possessor of what
i is doubtless the most expensive pipa
, in the world, it being worth some $400,
' 000. The whole of the long stem and
' bowl is simply incrusted with jewels.
Mdlle. Lucie Faure, who, by the way,
seems in no haste to link her fate with
t that of another, has lately launched out
as a writer or no small merit. The
president's daughter has, in fact, at
tracted considerable attentf on with he?
notes on Algeria that were recently
published in a French magazine.
Tamagno, the tenor, has lost 1,700,000
francs In a real estate speculation at
Rome. He bought a building and the
adjoining land at a high price on a tip
from an Italian deputy that the gov
ernment wanted the property for a new
ministry of commerce building, and
found that the deputy had unloaded his
own comparatively valuless land on
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and
a party of friends, including the .Rev.
John Watson. "Ian Maclaren." have
been cruising during the past month
among the Hebrides, and Mr. Caraegie
has been indulging, in his favorite
amusement of making valuable pre
sentations to free libraries. On this
occasion Stornoway library is the for
tunate recipient, benefiting to the ex
tent of f 5.000. Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie
find life in Scotland is so much to their
taste that they have finally decided to
have a permanent residence there.
It is said that there are this year
SO.OCO pilgrims at Lenrdes, so far thi
"rtccrd" figure. - " U.
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
Some OJd Slcna Found la Yarloai
Places A Chicken With Four Leg
Health Meter for Bicycles Straus
Place (or Fish.
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the Idle
fancy
Of a mocking nec
romancy. That together, leaf
and blossom, by
the Indus once
Re grew.
And that Haflx
came, or Orznar.
To imprison the
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In some half re
membered meas
ure wMca has
rhymed me. to you?
Is It false or Is It real
That In ages more Ideal
I was song- and you were Sappho, you
were a sunbeam. I the dew?
For I ions have felt the burgeon
Of a passion vague and virgin
Which you quicken to remembrance of a
former life we knew.
"VTos I stream when you were willow?
Was I shell when you were billow?
For your voice has ever echoed through
the hushes of my heart:
And it seems, as I behold ycu.
That the very air foretold you
Ey the fragrance which, in welcome, all
the budding boughs impart.
Cut at last I stand beside you.
And the fate which long denied you
Yields, In recompense, a dearer incarna
tion than my dream.
What I sought to what you are. love.
Was as twilight to the star, love.
As the languor is to summer, as the mur
mur to the stream.
And since age on age has perished
But to bring the soul I cherished.
j Wherein thought and feeling, blended,
are as petal and perfume;
I Let us linger here fort-ver:
Where the pride of all endeavor
. Is a fervor which to passion is as glamor
unto glotm.
Tet, if fate reserves its malice
But to break the lifted ;halice.
Let me mingle with the elements where
once I was a part:
Then, on some supernal mornlrg
Which your beauty is ? doming.
As a dewdrop in a lily, I may nestle in
your heart.
Charles J. Bayne. In Cosmopolitan.
Some Odd Signs.
A tinsmith near Exeter, England, has
a sign which rears, "Quart measures
of all shapes and sizes sold here." At
a market town in Rutlandshire, the
following placard was affixed to the
' shutters of a watchmaker who had de-
camped, leaving his creditors mourn
ing: "Wound up, and the mainspring
broke." Equally apposite was one in
Thomaston, Ga. On one of the princi
pal streets the same room was oc
cupied by a physician and a shoemaker,
thp disciple of Galen in front, while
he of St. Crispin's trade worked in the
rear. Over the door hung the sign,
"We repair both sole and body." on
the windows of a London coffees-room
i there appeared the notice: "This cof
1 fee-room removed upstairs till repair
ed." The proprietor of the place was
not an Irishman, though the framer
oi ine notice over tne entrance to a
French burying ground, "Only the
dead who live in this parish are buried
here," must have bsen. One may see
in the windows of a confectioner in
Fourth avenue. New York, "Pies Open
All Night." A Bowery placard reads.
"Home-Made Dining Rooms, Family
Oysters;" while a Y.est Broadway res
taurateur sells "Home made Pies.
Pastry and Oysters," and still another
caterer, on East Broadway, retails
"Fresh Salt Oysters and Larger Beer."
"Boots Polish Inside." is a frequent
sign in New York, and on Atlantic ave
nue, Brooklyn, there Is a "Stationary
Library;" the latter is really a circu
lating library, and the word 'Station
ary" adorns one window and "Library"
the other. Philadelphia has a sign
reading "Ho Made Pies!" and a bar
ber shop in the same city bears this
inscription on its window, "G. Wash
ton Smith, tonsorial abattoir." Demo
rest's Monthly.
Health Sleter for BlrjclUta,
An Ingenious Frenchman has Invent
ed a health meter that is attracting
considerable attention from leading
scientific and medical men abroad. 1
There are several variations of the
machine, one form being much like a
bracelet which is fastened to the wrist.
There are two thin strips of metal sur
rounding the wrist. Between them is
the mechanism, which is affected by
ehanges in the patient's health, and
thus records them on a tiny roll of
paper, which is taken out and inspect
ed by the physician at his leisure.
Dr. Odiardy, cf Paris, who has given
more attention to the meter than any
other person except the inventor, is
using the machine to determine the
effect of riding a bicycle. He first
uses the meter to learn the exact state
of the patient's health, then instructs
the patient to take violent exercise by
riding a wheel or a stationary exerciser
in the form of a bicycle. When the
rider is exhausted the meter is again
adjusted and its condition noted. Dr.
Odiardy says that he thus obtains an
Lnsight into the condition of the pa
tient that he could get in no other way.
Heard Music Far Away.
During the continuance of Dam
rosch's concerts at Willow Grove park
during the summer season, which
closed two weeks ago, a considerable
number of people listened to the music
regularly every afternoon and evening
without being obliged to go out to the
park at all. This was accomplished
by the means of the private telephone
system operated by the Union Traction
company, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord, which spreads all over the city.
Electricians fitted up receivers in the
band shell, connected by a special wire
with the telephone exchange at Ninth
and Dauphin streets. Then this wire
was connected with other wires cen
tering on the switchboard and the
music distributed as freely as possible.
All the important officials of the com
pany have private telephones in their
residences, so the concerts were en
joyed by the members of their famil
ies whenever they desired. In addi
tion the operators at the electrical bu
reau, by connections with the traction
telephone exchange, could listen to the
music and give it to any of the city
hall officials, and in the same manner
the girl operators at the Bell Tele-
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pkone exchange caught occasional
strains of the mustc between "hello
eds" during the slack hours of the
erening. All told, perhaps 200 people
U one time could listen over the 'phone
t5 the concerts being delivered by the
orchestra at Willow Grove, twelve or
fifteen miles away.
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3From the Chicago Record: People In
the little mountain town of Sharps
hnrg, ICy., have a peculiar diversion
known as "egg throwing." The heaviest
battles occur on Saturday night. Jim
Strong is the captain of one egg-throw-iag
band, and Bill Eversole is the cap
tain of the other. They have about
twenty men each. Each man has to
Provide himself with a dozen eggs, and.
of course. It is to his interest to buy
them where he can get them the cheap
fist. As no individual expects to be
struck by his own ezgs, he does not re
quire the dealer to "candle" them. In
this way the dealers in country produce
&re are able to -realize at least cost
price on their sickest eggs.
Last Saturday night's battle was a
glorious one. The moon was shining,
and the boys lined up for the fray
about S o'clock. Every member of the
two companies was present. The cap
tains did not throw, simply directing
the movements of their men. Each had
his full quota of eggs when the battle
began. The first volley was thrown by
Strong's men. and six men on the
Eversole side were struck. Then the
Eversoles began to throw eggs, and at
their first volley seven Strong men were
marked, and one esg carried away the
cap of Captain Strong. Then the
throwing became indiscriminate, and
no attempt at volley work was made.
The sport did not cease until the en
tire 4S0 eggs were thrown. Nearly ev
ery man had been plastered, and the
captains were regular omelets from
head to foot. It was decided that
Strong's men won the fight. The Ever
sole company did the proper thing, and
several bottles of a colorless liquid
known as "moonshine" were passed.
The most casual observer passing along
the street next morning could have told
there had been an egg battle, for the
houses, sidewalks, fences and curb
stones were plastered with eggs and
shells.
A Prohibited Ingredient.
Salicylic acid, as is well known, U
a powerful antiseptic. In hinders fer
mentation. It arrests the conversion
of starch into grape sugar by disease
and pancreatic extracts. Its action be
ing directly opposed to the process of
digestion, is a reason why its use is
being so general condemned. la
France. Spain. Italy, Austria and thf
South American states having pure food
laws, its sale has been forbidden. Iti
use in food is prohibited in Pennsyl
vania, by decision of Mr. Wells, the
dairy and food commissioner. A large
number of the preservatives on sale
claimed to be harmless, contain sali
cylic acid as the chief ingredient. If
pure fruits and vegetables are steriliz
ed by heat and canned properly, the
careful housekeeper need not use anj
of these compounds.
I.ar I.rg to Cue CZiZzUea.
They have many curious things ovc
in India and occasionally some of them
find their way to this country. The
latest to reach Philadelphia is now in
the possession of Prof. Babu H. Sukhi
whose birthplace was Agra, in India,
but who for several years has claimed
Philadelphia as his home. It is a
chicken. Seen from in front it looks
like a plain, ordinary pullet cf the
Plymouth Rock variety. But it isn't
ordinary by any means. As in the case
of other members of the poultry fam
Jy, the chicken stands on two legs.
That is, when it wants to. When it
takes a notion to stand on four, how
ever, it can do so, for it has them.
Growing from the top of each of its
normal legs is another leg, not so
large, quite, but just as perfect. Wher
the chicken stands erect the extra lees
nroieei at richt nnsrlp tn tho nthor J
legs to the first joint. From tha'
point they hang downward, terminat
ing in a pair of perfectly formed feet
The possession of four feet is not the
only unusual feature in which Prof
Sukhi's curiosity rejoices. It also ha
two well-developed tails.
How Did rih Get There.
A party of PhilaJelphians recently
returned from an excursion through
Wyoming are still talking of a steam
boat ride they enjoyed on Yellowstone
Jake, which is one mile and a ha'
higher above the sea level than is this
city. The lake is of clear cold water
and well stocked with fish, though 7.74C
feet above the Atlantic ocean.
The tiny steamer Zlllah makes daily
runs of 33 miles up and down the lake
3tcrmsthat rage with great fury are
frequently encountered, but the gor
geous sunsets on clear days are greatly
admired. Big game is plentiful in that
region, and bears and antelopes can
frequently be seen from the deck of
the steamer. Philadelphia Record.
Lon? Time Away from Fie.
A Boston citizen who had been in
Europe all summer and had not seen a
single piece of pie went into the most
famous pie-joint in Boston the day
after his return. For his luncheon
he took a cup of coffee, a piece of ap
ple pie, a piece of custard pie. a piece
of lemon pie and a piece of blueberry
pie. He didn't take any of the grape
pie because It was out.
The official reports show that the
highest temperature ever recorded in
California was 130 degrees, this being
af Mammoth Tank, in the desert xc
gion of San Diego county. Close to it
was 128 degrees at Indio, la the same
county. -
PAINTER GILBERT.
STORY OF A CELEERATED
ARTIST'S CAREER,
Brief Biographical Sketch of the
Famoat London Itlatrator Who Re
cently Passed Away lie Lea
Book Pictare Mitr.
a
IR JOHN GIL
bert. R. A., presi
dent of the Royal
Society of Painters'
in Water Colors,
died in London the
ether day at the
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age cf SO years.
Gilbert's first pic
ture was exhibited
in 1S36. It was a
water color draw
ing, and Its subject was "The Arrest
of Lord Hastings by the Protector,
Richard -Duke of Gloucester." Jn the
same year he exhibited an oil painting
In the Royal Academy and In 1S39 he
exhibited at the British Institution.
From that time forward his pictures
were seen constantly in the last named
gallery and occasionally at the acad
emy. Most of his paintings have been
historical, and many of them were sug
gested by the classics in English and
continental humor. His brush was
busy up to 1S90, in which year he
painted "Onward."
He was better known to the English-
speaking public as an illustrator of
books and periodicals than as a paint
er. Among his most important illus-
SIR JOHN GILBERT, R. A.
trations are those of an edition of
Shakespeare, upon which he spent sev
eral years. In 1S71 he was elected
president of the Royal Society of Paint
ers in Water Colors, in whose galleries
he has been a constant exhibitor. He
was knighted more than twenty-five
years ago. In 1S7C he was elected a
Royal Academician and was also made
a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
Sir John for many years refused to
sell any of his paintings, with a view to
one day presenting them to the nation.
In 1S92 he divided the collection among
the art galleries of London, Manches
ter, Birmingham and Liverpool. At
that time he was presented with the
freedom of the City of London, an hon
or that was never before and has nev
er since been given to any artist.
CRAVES OF GREAT HORSES.
The recent death of the young stal
lion Domino, and the mark of respect
shown him by his owners, the Messrs.
Keen, in putting an appropriate slab
over his grave, recalls the fact that but
few of the great horses which have
died in this country have any tablet
to show where their bones lie buried.
One of the first horses to have this
mark of respect shown him was Lex
ington. This fine horse died in his stable
near the house occupied by his groom,
Henry Overton, and at his request Lex
ington was buried not far away. Mr.
A. J. Alexander, Lexington's owner,
had an appropriate marble shaft plac
ed at the head of the grave, on which
is recorded brief mention of the horse's
victories.
"Uncle Frank" Harper, who was a
neighbor of Mr. Alexander, followed
the example set by the Scotchman and
when his incomparable turf perform
ers and stallions. Ten Brceck and
Longfellow, died, he gave them decent
burial on his prettyvNantura farm, near
Midway, and over the grave of each
he has erected suitable monuments.
These enduring stdnes tell the observer
Mti
lm
Uj&cri. .n,rK
IN HONOR OF TEN BROECK AND
LONGFELLOW.
the breeding and the performances of
the horses which lie beneath them.
Machine for Seallnc Knrelopa.
The treasury department is giving a
trial to a new machine for sealing en
velopes. The treasurer's office to-day
had 27,000 interest checks to send out,
and it was in the sealing of the en
velopes for these that the machine wac
given a trial. If the machine proves
a success it may be put Into regular
use throughout the department. The
machine is not complicated'. It works
something like a printing press. The
envelopes are fed into rollers, one of
which is moistened from a small trough
of water through which it revolves.
A. small folder then closes the envel
ope, which then passes through two
other rollers and is pressed, falling into
a receptacle. The machine is run by a
small dynamo, or by a pedal, like a
sewing-machine. It Is claimed that
the machine will seal 250 envelopes a
minute when the operator becomes ex
pert, Washington Correspondence
Philadelphia Ledger.
Conduct Is three-fourths of life.
Matthew Arnold.
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QUEER SURGERY.
Biff Aats Are Xade to Take the riace
of Needle and Thread.
Science has made vast strides during
the last half of the century, and in no
branch of knowledge Is this progress
more marked, than in that of surgery.
Many an operatioi is now performed
with facility and safety that was not
dreamed of fifty yeara ago, and many
an operation that we cow consider
trivial and beneath the remark es
then considered as next to impossible.
The introduction of anaesthetics and
the researches of Lord Lister in anti
septic nursery account largely for this
state of things. Indeed, before the in
troduction of antiseptic methods in the
operating theatre as many lives were
lost from those bugbears of all sur
geons, pyemia and septicemia, as re
sulted from the operations themselves.
The method, therefore, of securing a
wound which is still prevalent among
the Brazilian Indians may be looked
upon as at least strictly antiseptic
The materials required for performing
the operation arc found handy almost
anywhere in a Brazilian forest. These
are a species of a very large ant, which
has mandibles, that can bite through
almost any substance. The moth is
furnished with transversely movable
jaws and does not possess a sting. A
bite from one of these ants is perfectly
harmless, and is followed by no swell
ing or other evil results. The lower lip
of the ant, instead of being a simple
cover to the mouth is developed into a
strange jointed orsan. which can be
shot out much farther than the upper
lip or, when at rest, can be folded flat
over the face and cat. be rapidly pro
truded or withdrawn. It Is furnished
at Its extremity with a pair of forceps,
and is able to grasp objects with the
strength and firmness of a small pair of
pincers. Nothing, unless cased in met
al, can resist those jaws. What the
Brazilian Indian dees when he Tor one
of his patients receives a gash i3 this:
He catches some of these ants. and.
holding them to the wound, which he
has previously closed together, lets
them bite. They fix their mandibles
on each side of the wound, and then he
pinches off the rest of the body, leav
ing the mandibles and jaws to close
up the wound. A row of these ants'
heads keeps a wound together quite as
effectively as the needle and thread of
a surgeon, but the pain given to the
victim of this rude style cf surgery
must be considerable. Rude as this
method may seem, however, it has its
advantages in being strictly antiseptic
and causing no evil effects. The jaws
of the ant are extracted with a pair of
forceps after the wound has satisfac
torily healed. New York Herald.
ELOQUENCE OF A GIRL.
The latest child phenomenon comes
from Jersey City and she is drawing
crowds of enthusiastic people to hear
her in Pittsburg this week. Her name
islsabella Harvey Hcrton and she is
a littie colored girl just 13 years old.
Her vocation is that of an evangelist
and her preaching Is said to be forci-
ISABELLA H. HORTON.
ble, logical and convincing. The John
Wesley Methodist chapel ia where she
holds her Pittsburg services and though
the church accommodates over 1,500
people its congregations this week have
filled halls, stairways and vestibules
and overflowed into the street. Isa
bella Harvey Horton is fatherless and
poor and she is trying to cam money
enough to educate herself. It has
ben proposed that Wesley chapel fur
nish a scholarship for the talented lit
tle girl and to this end over $100 has
already been raised.
IIeroIm of the Police.
The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt writes
an article on "The Roll of Honor of the
New York Police" for the October Cen
tury. Mr. Roosevelt says: "I doubt if
the average citizen, especially the av
erage stay-at-home citizen, realizes
how often the man of the night-stick
is called upon to display qualities
which in a soldier would be called
heroic. His feats in saving life or In
arresting dangerous criminals, alone at
night, attract no special attention when
mentioned In the newspapers, but they
often imply just as much courage as
those of the man who captures an ene
my's flag in battle, or plants his own
flag on a hostile parapet. The men of
the New York police force represent all
the different creeds and different race
origins that go to the makeup of our
stock; but they all become good Ameri
cans who pay no heed to differences of
creed and race, for otherwise they
would be useless. The police occupy
positions of great importance. They
not merely preserve order, the first es
sential of both liberty and civilization,
but to a large portion of cur population
they stand as the embodiment as well
as the representative of the law of the
land. To the average dwel'er in a tenement-house
district, especially If born
abroad, the policeman is in his own
person all that there is of government;
he is judge, executive, and legislature,
constitution and town meeting. His
power and influence are great. For any
vice or shortcoming he should be stern
ly punished, but for gallantry and good
conduct he should receive prompt and
generous recognition."
The X'ianoforte.
In a Covent Garden playbill of 1767
it is announced that a lady will sing a
song from "Judith," accompanied by
Dibdin "on a new Instrument called a
pianoforte."
Japan, which forty years ago had no
other than coasting vessels, none of
them steamers, now has severa! steam
ship companies, the largest of. yrhlrh
owsb sixty-three vessels.
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