K Tin SlAIL
il OUR VETERANS OF THE RAIL
m\ \ _ _ _ _ _
mwifP They Indulge tn Lively nominls-
? concoa of Former Days
> t RIDING ON AN IRON STRAP ,
\ "
x Jlotr Mr Callaway niul Mr Smith
1 Jjcft the Union I'nMllr , and tlio
lMscusilon Wlilcli licit
Up to It
On tlir Hail
. Vt k old-time rnilroid
% a pg | mnn Is Cuptaln W. I1
• rTpriWS * Tlbblls Ho is the
t llMlrl BrJ- traveling pisscngor
f JjaPlEflF | nRontof Uio Don or
r f i ' iv-ra * " * * ' ° Brando rtni1
4 * " f 'I'l ' ' ? Hosiiialio IflBolnp to
t&Y/iFvfl ( live n hundred jours
/ TOuffl Hclmgiilrciuh turned
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tl(3 , ( nllol'lc(1 ( tHrco
-K r W
mifetyMiJ score nnd ton without
KJJ.75 atipirontH losing nny
uta -iw.-- otllfoanctlvitv His
nlillltv to uoi mound and do busti
i nos3 causes mnnj tnui h jouiiRor
_ wui to itl tLuIcLf.1 tholi weaki
1 nos3 na well ni itisifjnifit'iiico
§ Captain Tlbblts commented rxihoudltip
1 lonir before anof the o now associated
f with lilm were born , vet his progicss
upward litis not been cither ripld or
brilliant AN In 11 last in Omaba ho 10-
luted Homo of tbo oxeiting events c\- I
Bn pcileneedb\ foi tcuia ago whllo
ailing as western agent tit Chicago for
the Michigan Central
V " 1 enn remember iho tlnio , " said hem
m when we rtn pnsseniror curi constructed
lilto Cbneordf oaehc8 capiblo of cau > -
& 111B nbout eicrht pas < .uigurs itisltlu and
f six on top lliiu was ivhun the road
r m from Bub ilo to Detroit Chicago
* 2 vvns thou a ucsternvill igc lho maii-
( \ ngoinant sent mo out thoio to rcpicsont
their intuicst , . and mtorritorj in
cluded Wisconsin Mun\ trni have 1
initio bstag6 to Milvvnukoo
md MndUon Sueh a reid
as oui was In those duvs would not be
• onsidored vctj niUcliJioiv a dajs How
ever , it win in iioivci tnon eon though
the ttaek rails woio of wood scan til up
1 with strap iron 11 illcd on top of thoin
\ Out genor il m inaLei , nnd his eloiks
had to bo at their desks evorj niornniB
In addition to this bit of wooden rillroad
tbo coinpanv controlled 11 flno line of
lal < j Btiainors which virtually gave
thorn 11 monopoly of the noithwest
Unfile nnd wo did an immense business
' 'lho incident most indollibH im
pressed upon mv.momoii wis a law suit
against the company for $10 000 It was
brought bj one of 111 \ customers and
frightened 1110 so badly that 1 iioithcr
nto noi slept foi two whole
! v celts What to do was the
question So much monoj wis simplj
enormous and I thought it would biiuk-
rupt tbecoinpin } 1 innlh after sov
y. oial dujH Of wet ri I boirdod a boat and
r-5'Tf started to hoadnuortcrs ArrivltiB
j/'jL/ * thoio I laid the mattei boforn our gen
4b4jy oial miinn „ 'oi it its most serious aspect
Br Ho fuleklj | dlbcci nod mv , condition and
Pl _ _ _ _ _ _ ijriixecedod to hnv o'somo fun with mo
V Otnoi ollkiais worocallod In , and foi
I tin 00 dins thoj 1 opt mo in such sus-
poiibothatl almost wont 01117 $ But
' pitionca ecusod to bo ulrtuc I got
mud mid tin ow up mj job When thoj
dincovoied that I was in oarnist the gen
1 cnl inanagor told mo to go back and
fight the suit rogirdloss of costs Amore
moro burpriscd man \ou no\or siw
tliun 1 was lho idc 1 of
spending monov tn contest 1
$30,000 claim had never entered ro\
head and wlicu assured that the road
would not stop oven though wo lost , I
wnsBiclltlv relieved of mv anxiotv
You can lest assured , how over , that no
didn't 10f.o 1 hat follow not onlj failed
, to get n judgmontbut had to pav all the 1
costs Since tlion have been a flghtoi " '
Did I ovoi tell jou how Sill T
Smith retired from the Union Paciltci1 1
Noi Well its qulto an interesting stori
* _ and lina novcr been in print Give it
2 up did vousaj ? All riBht I will and [
R hero goes Ono duj in December ,
" thrco veins ago , Mr Smith was fooling I
• verj blue As the enl > source of rellof
r ho wioto his lcsignat'on , called abe 1
bo > und sent it upstairs to Gonoinl 1
Wanagoi Callawaj When that gentle
mnn opened and lead the mes ago , a
look of surpiiso liugoicd for an instant ,
on his face , but nut the least explosion ,
1 escaped fiom him indicative of whaihls
feelings were Ho settled back com
foitiblo in his e isy chaii and thought t
for half an hour
' Ciillawav and Smith were waim l
friends 0 hoi worked lo othoi in per
fect hninionv , but tholi methods some
times displeased President Adams , and 1
the latter had frequently countermanded -
mandod orders Issued bj them It wns
this iutotforonco that finally caused
Smith to tobel , but Calluwaj was not t
disposed to lot him out and determined 1
that hu would prevent IiIb resignation 1
fiom going to Boston
"Iiomembet the duj distinctly It I
Ba was rainy and uwfullj diCHiv The general -
oral manager wont down to Mr Smiths
, _ _ k ofllco and they were olosotud together
two or three hours All that passed I
between them will piobably never bo !
Known , bit ) the latter Insisted Dint
UVdnms should bo notlllod nt ouco of his
• Jish to bo lollovocl , but Callawav pie
iestod and bogged Smith to stand bj .
him until ho could got matters settled
' * and all dllllcultiosadjubtid Anyway ,
the rosigiiution was not sout Callaway
kept it in his deal ; with an undorbtanif-
ing that , if at the end of a month 1
Smith was not satisfied , ho would for
vviud it
"Mattels failed to imiuovo They
grow worse lho month passed nnd I
Smith again olloied his teslgnatiou
' 1 hut time it was wired to Adams and n
lulusnl to aceopt it was the iinsuoi that
eamo back Thou followed Callnwai's
and Smiths visit to Boston and
their ctlobiatod storm } interview
with Adiims Still , the lattoi lofusod to
lot Smith go The next day after his
return homo , ho wliod a tolcgruui saj-
Jf , lug
' U "MJ ulnco is vacant , niul I have gene
* * to aceopt 11 position with the Denver & .
Klo Grande "
' This led Cnl lawn j to quit the Union
Pacific also , aud I am satisllod that no
force of omulOios over lo 'iottod to see
oltlclals leave moro than those of this
load did them "
1 If auj otiu is so vorannt as to linnglno
that the interstate laihoad law put an .
end to ptoses , ho should retire and soatc
his head in some stimulating brain pro
ducing preparation Doubtless , a vary
lurgo uoitioii of the free list was cut olt
uy.-ovun American ioadbutun enor
mous uinount of hiBlilj-docorntod ar-
tistlc-allj-piluted pastoboird souvotilru
are still issued aniiunllj . 6omi aunuallj
monthlj , wooklj and dallj Take the
Union Paciflo asan OMimplo Under
the now organization nn order Issued by
President Adams clothed Vico-Preof-
j • dent Iloledmb with authority to glvo
/ out all lutssos except what are known ns
Bjf' trip pusses , wliloh mui bo issued by the
P-w general pissongor agent , general managers -
agors and division Buporiutondonts 'lo
supplv the demand uiado uix > n him lor
aunualbthls jear ho hud 1 ,000 printed
Thei are divided Into two classes The
first entitles n holder to passigo * S
lho cntlro Union Pacific svstom , nnd is
marked nil divisions , " vvhilo the second
end limits its owner in histrnvcls to the
tcrrltorv covered by the particular dl-
sion named , as the Missouri river divi-
siou , the Mountain division ot Pacific
coast division Whether ho cxi ect8
to use 11,000 or not is another
matter The o passes tire nearly all
made out as exchanges to olllclals of
other roads , not ono in llft > of whom
ever have occasion to present thorn
"Do\ou oxchnngo with over } road tn
the ' countrjV ' was nskod of an official
J who happened to bo discussing this par1
tlcular foaturoof the buslnosd
Well , hnullv If wo did IT 000
would hnrdlj go nround It is not because -
cause they are backward in malting ro-
qucits , however that our list excludes
n slnglo line To show jou that there
are nervv rillroad men ub weAl as anv
\ other kind an instance occurred to mo
thnt 1 I dent mind relating Ihoro is n
svstein i ot reid in Now " \oilc ono
milo j long having thrco ofllcinls
in Its munngctinl stnlT 'lho other daj
wo icceiveu a very impressive letter
fiom 1 the general mtinngor' dcmnndliiB
nn { annual for each of these olllclals
Did : ho got thorn Well , not this joir
ho mnv s muthci joar "
It was Charles lohn on , a mnn who
has boon connected with the Illinois
Centinl ; toad for thlitj j ears , who spun
an i IntcrostiiiB stori the other da > about
his ; experience as ngent nt Cairo when
so i manv of Uncle Sam sboys were goiiiB
tothownr "llioso were teitninlv the
grontcst j j cars of my lifo , " said Mr
iohnson cnrly all the sol
diers 1 fiom Illinois , Wisconsin , Mtn-
, Iowa , Nebraska und Mi0 , > ouri ,
vvlio woio sent south passed throuBh mv
hands at the Mississippi and Ohio rivoi
junction \ou can bet they were a
livelj ciowd , and wo used to witness
botno very b"\ scents During CI and
0T nourlv ever } train that enmo in
landed ono 01 two legimonts bound fnr
the Hold of battle and Cairo wits the
laststitiou bofoio the } ciosscd ovoi
into Dixie 'Ihoio is w here thoj took
tholi laEt faiowell of friends and cn-
toted upon tlio ical liardshlps of war
Soniollines the partings wcio cxtiomoli
affecting , thouBh I became u od to that
sort of thing and it didn t bother mo
voi } much "
Mi Iohnson is now stationed at St
Louis ns tiaveling agent of the road
and visits Omaha ficqoutlj
hi\GUiiVurru s
A two 'eccccl harso Is on exhibition in a
New York tnustiem "
A ) uro vvuita Lnglisli sparrow dwells with
n colon \ ot browns tn llnrtford Conn
At I'ensacoln Pla a mustang that was
abused bj Ub drlvor ruslicO Into ttio water
and held Its head bonoutU the surface until il
drowned
lho grave ot a wijmun burled In Cobocs
f , Y oiKhteon vears aio , w us opened ro
cciitb | atid tlio bed found petillled lho
fcatiucs looked as natural as ir the woniun
hilusldled ]
A ilcturo painted over a thousand joars
ere ( A D 8 > Jby ) ICunnokn the father of
Ta | ancso | ictorial art , is reported to have
been discovered In 11 j iiwnshop in lokio It
is said to bo u masterpiece and in 11 w oodcr
ful state of preservation It isn figure about
two feet bitli representing a priest
An Ctfshu'cU like a hoi 11 is a curiosity
now aUnctiHL , nttontloa at Cartcrvillo , Gu
I'ornons living near the sulphur springs of
Uwcliland l'1. bavo lost tlio sense of smell
A favorite eat in \ounpstown Pa , store
was louud alive after beiuK imprisoned six
weolts uitnout teed or water
An infant child of Abraiu Loicnaof Tomb
stone A 1 picked up a live scoipion last
h nda } and put , it in his mouth lbo rcptilo
stuuj , the child s tongue and ho was a
con so Jn less than au hour
M nnoivs two mchos lone , aio said to hav ' o ,
brca taken from a soventv four-foot well at
Iberia , La
A chicken only a few dajs old swam
across tbo Green nvor at North Adam *
Mass and wn9 plckou up by Samuel Dav is
and tukon into tno house \ \ here it came
• from and what caused it to swim the river
I Mr Davis did not know It was thoroufciily
chilled w hen it came out of lho w iter though
it sccmod to swim almost as easily ns a duck
bov 01 nl stones forming ono ball like mass
twelve incl cs in circumference were found
in the stomach of a Hallo 1 town Lorso which
dropped dead
An Aura Me man oarlj the otl or morn
inp found a ilno four j car old buck ro lining
his void Ho shot , the intruder and found it
weighed -01 pounds
llraidcntovvn I la , has u tenuino curiosity
in the shape of a three legged | lg The little 1
think is perfect in every respect being the ,
finest of a litter of six except that his loft
foreleg is absent , the plaoo vvhero it should
have boon being marked oy a bonolcss pro
lection about nn inch in length Ilo seems
tn gel nround vv ith perfect oasc , an 1 is al-
wajsreadj for 11 frolic with his httlo brothers -
ors and sisters when they coino aiound
ldwirlLord a coloicd accidentally
shot himself lhroUh the heart at Upper
Marlboio , Md whllo out liunting , and his
com | anion hnatoned back to town to obtuin 1
help lho coroner , atcompaniod by a ] uri , 1
hastened to where tlio oodj lay , but when 1
ono of lho p irtv proecode I to examine the '
wound ho was warned oft bj the dead boa '
doe who ciouchcd on his u aster s body and 1
would not pot mitaiij 0110 to como ncui It
was not until a member of the boys fairili .
came m on the scene that the faithful animal
eon entod to leave Ins post ,
uorro inn ii/vmus /
A crj few buttons nro seen upon dresses or
aiantlos
Why dear ! " asked the 1 idy who was cal
ling on her ,
Liffol tud grayiBh blue and dahlia are all
current shades
Brocaded camel s hair is 0110 of the stylish
materials just out
Green and mahogany combine la some of
the newest costumes
Most wool dresses have mutton leg sleeves
and high standing collar
l'luiu bodices princcsso dresses and polo
naises are all In high favor
When two fashionable women meet thov
are pretty sura to bo elotlios obseivers
' Bccauao I cant help loving him and 1 1
want so much to got divorced and go on the I
stage '
I Ino India oishmoros combined with vol-
votorsllk make viry pielty costumes for
thostioet
Chiuehllla of flnoqualltv and silky Chinese
sheep fur will bo largely used /or trimming
purposes *
White bucksum Is the most satisfactory
muterlalyot discovered foi the wuisteoat of
u cloth gown
Woinen liavo been admitted to the bar In :
nil tlio Isow 1 nglnnd btatos except Jsovv
Hniiipshiro and Vermont ,
Hound waists ha\o but few seams , may
bo citnor lull or plain on the shoulders , and
have no darts , but are delicately pointed 1
front und back
Tlio Grand Duchess Maria Puulowna of
Uusala , who is notvsurluusly 111 in St Petcrs-
burg , is the clereust and most beautiful of
all the Imperial family
' I think Its real moan of Jack to be so
good to mo " said a good looking young mar
ried woman who was a promlncut tlguro in
amateur theatrical circles
The motorials of dancing gownsymust bo
csscnlially ot light and dollcato texture , and
nro fconernllyery eimplo in construction ,
with do subttoties beyond draping and trim
miug
BOuo of the three American sculptors who 1
rccolvod honorable mention at tbo Paris ex-
hibltloa this j ear was Miss 1'hoo Alice Hug
I'les of Brookline , Mass , a girl of oixbtoou
} ears
Among odd and prattv Gorman favors
are perfume bottles made to simulate Lng-
llsh walnuts Ulbbona or cords and tassels
attach them to a button or to the wrist of
the dancers
Miss Passce ( ageil i0l wish to see a
bonnet , Milliner Porjourself Mlssl Miss
Passoo Yes Milllnor Marie , run down
stairs and get mo zo hats for zo ladles bo 1
twoon eighteen and twouty-Uve years
Nothing moro graceful nnd attract ho in
dross trimmings has boon offered for many
seasons than , the slender Vandyke and
Gothic points which nrc the distinguishing
rent ' lire * of tbo present season s garnitures
Toother trimmings of really good quality
are wonderfully cheap Just now , when the
furs J nro shown in uch great variety as to
tempt buy crs nwnv from thoin Later , w hen
thov ] are wanted for ihognmlturo of evening
wraps they will bo cither senrco or dear , and
very likely both
An Ohio Udy is the mother of n largo fam
lly of children and tbcj nro nil rather dinun
utivo A fewdnvs niter the birth of the
youugest alittlontcca ot the lndv cnlloa to
seotbobabv After looking at the tiny s | > ec
Imcn ! n few minutes the child romarkel
Aunt don It bo
Mary , t you think would
better to have loss of 'cm and have'cm
bigger ! '
Mr tNatts 'I was reading Just now
about the richest woman ia tlio world
Mrs Wnlts ' I know the richest womnn In
lho world without having to read Mr
Wntts • Who Is HI" Mrs Watts "I am
Per I'vo got you , darling , nnd that makes
mo the richest woman 111 the world , ovou If I
haven't got a bonnet lit to bo seen on the
street " She will vvoar a now bonnet to
church next Sundny
lho Orientoxp-css train , running between
Paris 1 nnd \ icnnn , seldom Ims an nppltcant
Pridays 1 for the thirteenth com ; artmiot of
the ' Indies Pullman sleeping car Tim cars
nro nlwavs reserved boforohonl I and the
numbered j tickets nro onlv distributed at the
last moment In spite of this precaution
bowevor 1 No 11 of the ladies tickets that
day of the week is nlmost invariably ret 11 r
ncd and tbo train nlthough otborwlso
crowded , has to travel with ono berth
omptj Ludlos hnv o got so far that they will
dare .No 1) ) nlouo or I rlday alone but the
two 1 together they c innot swallow
nuMLriLs *
Dent prowl at this world until you nro
sure , of a bettor one
Church lottciics niav bo wrong , but the
chorister , jets his money by chants .
Is the woman who ( , oes to church to ex
} hlblt her sealskin sac mo religious )
If it Is divine to forMVO then divine *
should . forgive each other their theological
differences 1
Husband ( during a quarrel ) Wo shall
never ineot in leaven Wife O , yes wo
may There is plenty of tlmp for y ou to ro
form vet
To ichcr Do v ou dorlv o much benefit from
the bl ( , Bible I gnvo vou lost buntliv ?
Tommy No but sister docs , she has fcot It
Jam full of autumn loaves
Good Man ( with tracts ) Do you over
realise young woman thul jou hnvo a
soul ! Tov-btoro fcalcslrl ( ( hurrying on )
Not this week , Blr Not till alter the holi
days
lho effulgent glorv of the honeymoon
begins to wauo when the young husband and
thoyoungwifospend their Hist forenoon to
Ccther hunting pictures in the parlor of the
little cottnqo wtioro love dwells
Sunday School Teirher ' vVho was It that
went down to Tericho nnd fell among
thiovesl ' burnt ! Pupil ' \ou cau't play it
teacher \ou want me to say I don'tknow
nnd then ask vou nnd then you're going lo
spring McGinty onto mo "
Harpers 13aaar " 11 in't roadilv tin ler-
stand lnndam ' said the tramp ns ho took
the spotted torn moth eaten trousirs the
kind woman had gl.cn him , how lUnppons
that it is more blessed to giv 0 than to n -
ecivc Iheso trousers explain ull "
St Peter Well sir what have you to say
for voursolfl Applicant ( desDondontly )
Well sir to be candid with you I'm ifraid
I vo no ch inco 1 cro I was snake editor of
the Now \ork Moon St Peter Never
mind that , walk in , 1 was a fisherman oneo
myself
Children " said the visitor at the Sunday
school I have tallied about long enough
but before 1 will take mv sent I will nsk this
bright-face i little boy I see In front of me to
toll mo if ho can , w ho foundoJ the ( Jo-nous
institution of tno Sunduy sell ' Mc >
Glnty' yelled the urcjin lho woodman
selected the wrong bov
A little girl in Plainiield , N J , whoso parents
onts attend the Cioscent Avenue Prcsby to
ri in church was very thoughtful on the
way homo from morning serv leo on a recent
Sundiv lho lust hymn hud been Lvcn
Mo Lvcn Mo" 1 Inallv she asked her
mother who was hold in j ; her hand Mamma
did Adam write that hymn ? ' Why no
my child " Slid her mamma , 'whvdovou
ask that ' Because it si ; s Eve nnd Mo "
MUSICVti AM ) DUAMATIC
Pauline Markham is coming to the front
as a clev er emotional actress
1 Shonnndoah ' is ono of the greatest finau
cml successes of recent y oars
Ihtttio Irving announces that she will
blossom out as a star next season
Charles Drew formerly nn operatic ban
tone is now a llniAo Darzlo > comodmu m
A Brass Monkey "
Prcdcnck \ \ ardo premises to surprise tno
public next season with a mntnillccnt
bhakesoearenn revival
It took 5 000 cuts TOO Btands of bills and
20 000 lithographs to advert'so the opening
of ' Knjanka ' at Mblo s
Aiiss Tonny Davenport is preparing for au
unusually cluborato spectacular production
of Theodora next season
Miss Adolaldo Moorowill make a bnaf
staring tour next spring , appearing in a rep
ertory of legitlmato plav s
• Mr Barnes of Now 'iork" A. C Gunter
tor s 1 icturesquo play , won golden opinions
from the critics of the Pacific coast
Ilobert Mantcll presonU a decidedly pic
turcsquo and fetching up | > oarance us Louis
and 1 ubuin del Pranchi in ' lho Corsicau
Brothers
lho business of Byrne s ' Pearl of P kin
continues to bo phouomen il In the west Ha
receipts in Denver were about $3 000 Cho
opera now gees to Suit Lake and then to
ban 1 raneisco
Llttlo Olive Berkeley ono of the cleverest
child uctrcsscs ever born in America , scored
n triumph as Little Lord Pauutleroy in
Australia , lho critics of the antipodes ro
gurd her ns a woudor
Mr W IL Crane will present his now
comedy The Senator , " written for him by
David D Llovd and Sydney Kosenfold ror
the first time in Now York at tbo btar thou
tci , Monday evening , Jauuary Id
J.au'n Burt Is ongaod ( for one of the lead
ing parts in Sidloy Browns now comedy
drama * Pine Mondows , " which Joseph Ar
tbur and Prank W Bangor are to produce in
New N. ork at tbo Pourtoeath Street theater
March Jl
At TJIblo's n week from tomorrow night ,
an cntortainicent with a distinct flavor of
novelty will bo presented to Now York the
ntcr fecors In the shape of • Bluobcard Jr "
an extravaganza founded upon ono of the 1
best-known nnd by children best loved of
pursery legends
' A Tin Soldier , " another of Charles II
Hoyt s pieces , bogau a run of a week at the 1
Bijou theater , Now York Monday night
It will bo followed next week by u rev Ival of
Mr Boyt's A Mldnleht Bell with Goorio
Richards Luono ( Canflcll Maude Adams
and Little Dot Clarendon in the east
The scenery of Daniel Prohman's produc
tion of "Iho Prlnco and Pauper at the
Broadway theater on January 20 is being
prepared by Mntt MorganHomer , P bmens ,
Gaspard Maodor , 1 rank King end John
btiaoIYer Lisle Losllo will appear in
this picco as both the Prince and the I
Pauper
Miss Marie Walnwright , whose manager ,
Gustavus Mortimer , died recently , will bo ;
managed next season and for tbo romulndor
of this by Julian Macnus Mr Magnus is a
well known Journalist of this city and has 1
been acting as advance agent of MissWulu-
vvrlght'a tour with Twelfth Nieht" Dels 1
a hard worker , energotio and enterprising ,
with many warm friends who will vvish him
every success in his now and enlarged field l
ot operations
Marry , Mary , if you will ,
But keep your old uamo on the bill
A husband may got y ou
But wo 11 never lot you
Be ether than ' Our Mary ' still
Tha p-incipala for the now Do Wolf Bop
per Opera Hou/To / company have been pretty
near selected They comprise Marlon Man
ola , LlUlo Grubb Herbert Stanley , 'lhomas
Q beabrooko , Josephine Ifnupp Herbert :
Crlppes Alfred Cllne , bcsl lei , of course , Do 1
Wolf Hoiper himself Ihls important or-
gamzatioa will appear in In Byrne and ICor
tiers now opera , entitled * Castles In tnn
Air , " nt the Broadway theater on May 5
Mr Boa Stevens , so long known as the man
agor of Mr McCaull 8 o | era company , has ,
arrived In town and will now take immediate i
charge of the details of preparation
Senator McMillan of Mlchignn has glyon t
the Presbyterians $15,000 to build u church l
hall at the statu uulvcraity at Ann Arbor
WHERE \ THEY RAISE BAD MEN
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Imuimi V ibl ; " 9 thc colcl
fmfL II Wi north wind whislc-
> \w Pv { $ W ed uiound thocor
nor of tlio hotel and gave a whistling
ehiloK
The remark was m ido with 11 rising
inflection i , but indicitcd moro a 10ml-
.1 nlscont mood thnn an inquiry lho
little knot of peoulo who had been list
cuing to the story or a tnncllng > nut
about the bad * mon ' of the Big lloin
basin \ in Wyoming , gnthciod a little
closoi to the circular steam pipes nnd
awaited dovqlopmonts
"I moan ' continued the loxns gen
tleman \ , ' that Tishwawa business It
wis 111 the pipers just the other da\
how 1 Ohoetnw Pete md Hocklcfcs Red
tried I to tun the town The account
wound up with the statement th it the
two I men with the bid names tad led 1
quiet , sti uigorand were both shot dead
Well , thuts getting to bo the style in
the Nation and in Te\is too In filet
it'snlwavsbecn thostvlo but the people
are finding It out now 111010 than ovei
lho u id mfn'aio tlio quiet fellow ind
thednvs , of the 'desperulocs'who fight
with thou mouths uio over I'vo lived
on ' the fiontioi all my life and know
what I'm tall ins about
Down 111 the nmthonsteru part of
Texas where I eomo from is a btilp of
county ! which litis raised moro bid
mon'than all the 1 est of the United
btatos Of course vou vo ho id of 1 , rood
manv of thorn lien Thompson , King
rishor and lnu Cpurtwnght all quiet
men'who have pissed over the lange
in a vor\ sudden manner lhon theio s
Lul 0 bhoi t , Charlie Dt aeon nnd a good
many ethers who aio still on o nth md
cany anational loputition as killois
Butvou'vo novoi hcHidof half the fun
that's boon had in a little circle of
counties in that 66Ction , just a tier below
low the ludian lqrrlloiy
' How so many tough people c imo together
gethor there seemed sAiango to uomo
peonlo but it happened in this wav ,
rust tiltoi the wit the men who fought
in Qiuniioll's bntfd went to levas and
settled in WisofXoung Pail ci and
Tackcountic ! ) 1ci 1 > 0110 of thorn had
alrcady0killed hi m in and it vv is haid
vvoik not to shoot on the slichtest
provoc ilioui Murdci didn I me m much
to these follows when in\thing wns to
bo accomplished bj it Belle bt irr , the
noted female bandit , who was killed a
vear ago got hoi tr lining right 111 that
conntt \ , and a gicat ti lining it wis
A poison had to boublo to pull quick if
ho wanted to live thereabouts
' And so it came about that the 'ns
ing generation was given an cducition
with lovolvors nnd • • lllos mstoad of 111
the school house But as the people
came 111 fiom the noith thugs begun
to quiet down considoiablj although
it was a good deal livshor than no
thing I had over seen when I wont into
the cattle business fifteen venrs ngo
All the old lcsidonlcis told mo how
quiet it was and that I needn't ' carry a
gun Of courbo I believed thorn but I
always took a shootot along with me
hidden in my hip pocket
"I had a ranch in Jack county , and
mnda mj hcadqu liters at Jacksboio ,
the county beat M\ first oxpoiionco
with the quiet tunes : that pie
vailed thoio was on my second visit
to town Court was in scbsion and thoi o
was n good deal ofllfe , all the saloons
aiound the bquaio being comfortably
llllod I diopped into Cole Pairott's '
place to t iko a biacoi and found the
bar lined with mon
" Como up and drink with es , ' called
out the inati at the end of the but My
nnmo sGreon and my novvy hoio is col-
obiuting his twontj-ono ycai old '
"Lverybodv diank , nnd the circus
continued lho nov vv'was a voiv quiet
man , whllo his Undo Green was a blow
hnrd 1 inally the hey bought a quart
of whisky and told the old man thoy'd
jbettoi i go homo and finish up the cole
brntion there Both mounted their
ponies nnd stalled , but just as they
leached the edge of the squaio old
Grenn called foi the bottle lho boy
refused to ana it up and the old man
announced that there would bo u light
And thoio was a light It only lasted
about ton seconds , but when it was ever
old Grcou was pel lorn ted with hall 11
do/on bullnts and the boy was galloping
slowly ovoi the prnlrio The boys
picked the old man up nnd gave him a
decent burial , but they novoi looked up
the 'novvy '
"Of course that ended the fun that
day and ovorythjug was quiet for a
time but it wasn't ' long until I had a
clicnio to soo.anothor oxamnlo of the
peaceful chaiactoi of the people Thoio
had boon a good deal of who cutting
and sonio of tbo Jbpys who in ido their
headquarters at ( .Purrott's baleen had
beunnrtestod by Deputy bhaiilT Rich
ardson , quo of the quia test tnon you
ovorstiw As a coiisequouco there was
a little feeling between Richaidson and
Cole Panott which resulted in their
mooting ono buiidltV morning at old
Ioit Richardson J11'was coming into
town at the tiinCtiltd saw the ulndiip
When the two iron nlghtod ooch ether
they both nulled their Buns and coin
moncod shooting , all the time walking
closer and closer "togothoi Pinally
Richardson whigeJFPnrrott und the Int-
tor's Bun diopped ffbm IiIb hand Rioh-
aidson thou rushed in and put two bul-
lote thiough Purrott's heud , killing him
Instantly It was cold-bloodod murder ,
and tno muidoror concluded to skip
Ho disappeared for a whllo but >
finally returned and gave liim-
self up to bhorilT King , Ho ,
was at once released on ball and loft
the county , ns t ole Pairott's brotboi
Plojd and his friends had given it out
that they would Kill him on sight
When the case tame up for trial
Richurdson returned und entered a plea
of not guilty During the progress of
tbo ease ho and riovd Panott boarded
neni onoh othur and were obliged to
pass at meal time Many n time I saw
thom-pass ono unolher , each holding u
Winchester in his hand in suoh a posl-
tion as tovoiy loadlly swinff it into 1
position for deadly work The people >
always gave them ono sldo of the stroat
jj thomsolvcs , but there was no shoot
ing Richardson was acquitted , pr-rllv
through the Influence of bhcrifl King * .
and loft the countrv , Inter being killed
in ' a IlBlit in the Nation
Although oiorjbodv was sorry the
two men didn't kill each ether una hnvo
itovir with , thev Know there would bo
a fracas for the sheri Its friondllntss to
Itlchnrdson had uiuscd haul feelings -
ings in llojil Pnuott's breast It
wn t von long until the sonI
oral expectation wns realised Ono day
King and Pnrrott mot on the public
sqtiai 0 just as the sheriff was starting
for homo to attend a dim 10 in honor of
his 1 , daughter King was on horseback
and liinilq sonio Insulting remark , nt the
same time reaching for his pistol , when
Parrott pulled nnd jiopped , the shorltt
dropping to the giound dead Parrott
was ] in rested , acquitted aud mnde dop-
utj hoilff of Tack count } , which posi-
flon f ho is still holding Ho is a very
mho mnn nnd quiet
' I wont toll vou nbout sonio other
scinpesof the 11110 sort which hap
liencd j in the sanio town for thoj ro too
common But there wns a little enso a
\unr n o lusl suminoi which was uniqito
iultswti } Co'onol R lines wns shorill
nnd his on , Pros , Raines , und his
biothci-in-law j , Billleriell woiodopu-
tics t A little blood was stirred up
nbout Ten ell s pav , which llnnlly ro o
tofevorheit Ono dnj the colonel met
lorrell aud a nuatiol ousucd
Aftei \ a little loud talu Raines
asked his brotnoi-in-law if ho
was in men 1 ei roll > . ild ho wasn't nnd
the ' colonel told him to hurrv homo and
\ cot his gun and ho would w lie for hi 111
Ton oil bin ilea and enmo buck to the
squaio j loaded As ho approached tlio
colonel voting Press Rnins opened Uro
on him fiom behind mid the old man
began ' popping in ft out But lotrell
moved j equal to lho oicasion , for when
ho withdiew from the hold the colonel
and Pi ess woio vv altering in thoii blood
md ho wasoul } slightly wuundod
' There was auothei little case in
Tncksboio norhaps woith tclllns , al
though < it didn t time uitto much ns the
! folio \ who wns killed was a tcndcifdot
Ills nnmo was Lester and ho came from
haw Lngland Ho wont into n quiet llt
tlo 1 pokoi smiio lMth lack Wollfuith
aud got mad when luck called him a
sucl ci ' Hohidmoio sand though ,
than 1 lael gave nun credit for Ho
J pulled his gun md shot Wollfurth in
the 11111 , knocking him undoi the table ,
but ] befoio ho tould shoot a second time
UuU laid laid him out coldci than a
wedge ' with a bullet thiough the heait
' llic last e\eitomoiit wo hid down
oui \ waj waspictty ne ir a vein ago in
voting county , adjoin lug Jack on the
west The Mai low boys hnd born 111
tested , ba United States Mnishal aud
weio being taken toGinham , the county
sent , shael led together with a number
of \ othei pi ioouots While L.oing across
the , pi kino sorao of the bovs' fuends
nttempted ( to ic-ctio thoin and a fight
took pi ice In tin melee which foi
lowed ] the Mirlowsgot hold of a gun
nnd \ , knife and killed the maishal and
-oiiio of the ,411m ds In the fusilado two
piisonorsshacklod to the Mallows weio
killed nnd in 01 dei to got lid of then
bodies the bovs cut off the feet with 11
kinfo md so made then escape Thov
are still tit hboitv , md ovoiybod\
tin county aio ifruid something nioio
will happen It wns enl a month 01 beige
igo that a petition was sent to Wash
ington asking that bomething bo done
to preserve older ns tile local ollicials
woio so scued they did not dare mnko
in uu est
I niirfht tell a few mete stories vet
about my eountiy , md 111 give jou
sonio moro if some of vou fellows think
you know of a tougher tcnitoij "
<
1 nutniiovAii
The Northwestern tmivnrsitv 1 vanston
111 Joseph Lumuiines D D LL D prcsi
dent , bus a total registration of 1 to stu
dents nn advance of 1j0 ever last viur
A petition is being widely signea at Ox
ford addressed to the delegates of the com
mon university fund urging the est iblish
ment of u readership in SI ivonie language
and literature
\ \ abash college Crawfordsvillo Ind has
Just received from Mr bimonVandcs of In
dianapohs flu 000 for the endowment or the
professorship of Lntlish lungunfo and Eng
lish literature
Bryn Miwr college has begun its fifth
year with 117 Btudents enrolled upon its
citaloguo Of these students 12 were cn-
terod in ISSo , 11 in 188a , 10 in 1887 , 27 , m
18S3 and CI In 18S9
Mrs Millleont Garrett Pawcott , widow of
the late postmaster general of Lngland ,
whoso bllninessshe helped so much toranko
light Is delivering a course of lectures on
clomcntniy political economy at Queens
college London
Alcorn college Itoduoy , Miss , is supported
by the st ito for the higlur education of her
colored vouths lho entire faculty is coin
posed of coloied'nstruetors ' lho college
has Improved rapidly under th6 inannLomout
of Prof r H Burns
Michigan unlvorslu does not seem to bavo
its popularity in tbo least Impaired bocuuso
co udiication is the rule there It has ever
„ ,100 students this yeai Of these 1 000 aio
in the litornry department 1ho froshinon
class numbers ever 400
bwimmlng baths are becoming a popular
addition to 1 n lish schools fho school
bo ird contends that It is quito as nnpoitant
for a boy to ( earn how to swim as for a girl
to learn the art of cookery und claim that
the swimming bath adds to the comfort of
the scholars ana assists In the work of cdu
cation
1 rank I In college , Now Athens , O , now
has the largest attondauco in its sixty four
yours'history Two years a o tbo attendance
anco wns the smnllost for twenty voars
Such growth Is phenomenal But ono college
logo in Ohio ( Delaware ) has sent out moro
ministers and but four mora classical graduates
uates'
lho German authorities nro making a sys
tematic effort to reduce the number of stu
dents in the universities In Is is done be
cnuso the professions .uro moro than over
crowded and the incrcuso in the attendance
at the universities is proportionately fully
live times greater than the increase ot pnjm
lution iho method adopted Is to inaKo ud
mission to the universities moro dlfllcult than
boforc ,
Mis Man H Bunt , the temperance advo
cate , Is convlucod that rccont unsuccessful
prohibitory campaigns were nttomuts to
focallro into law against alcohol a
) K > pulur sontlmont that does not exist , She
says ' It wo will seek first tbo tempi r-
nnce education of the people , all other torn
pernnce blosslns ( will in duo time bo added
unto us"
Mrs Carollno Donovan of Baltimore
vldow of a Now York merchant , has pro
seated to Johns Hopkins university a chock
for tlCOOOO Mrs Donovan expresses a
profcroneo that it bo used to found a chair
of Lngllsh llteraturo though If the trustees
see fit to muko othci use of the money , tboy
may act according to their best judgment
lho board of trustees have accepted the
money as a sacred trust to fouud a chair of
English llteraturo Mrs Donovan is eighty
six years of age and made this money her
self by tortunato investments
In the last three years no loss than ten
now establishments for the beuellt or tbo
blind have been founded in thoczar'seuipiro
bomo of these were established by tbo state ,
others by private enterprise Of those four
are educational institutions four are usy
luin aim two are work schools Ia Kussiu
there aio now twenty two such institutions
in all with 823 inmates Of the moro thua
one hundred million inhabitants of Uussla
about two hundred thousand are blind lo
provide for these is a favorite work of Bus
sian charity Several years ago the Lmperor
Alexander donated 1,000,000 rubles fortius
purpose
1 he British and I oreign Bible society has
during thoolfchtj ono years of its oxittonco
issued from its London bouse alone SU 000 000
complete bibles nearly 83 000 000 now testa
meats aud 11,815 000 portions of the bibla
' 1 his makes a total of 73,000 003 books issued
from the London headquarters
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