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IIHES MOLDS THE HAS
Crossed in a Lave Afar : Ea Fluaew Into fcho
Juaclm of Afnca.
NOW OWNS A HUGE OSTRICH FARM
Prr PrlnizIi-N Little .
fl.ini'h of Tn
3iililrrr Mllii itnil a FliM'k n Ten
Tliiininnil tllnl.i. ( Mil anil Y
Vultu ; fit * tiuk ami Farm.
The most extensive ostrich fara In tha
-vjr ! < l IB ilt'.iated ntmr thi grsnt Inkea in
C"rnan East Africa anil ta tht dlrsct result
of a man's illuappolnnnsnt m hla love af
fair * .
The farm embnusea thousands of icrw of ;
land nt rh base of Mount Kilimo Ndjaro i
and beuidea innumerablu ostriches Han large !
quantities at all kinds at wild trame. in .
cluding elephants , leopards and hippopata-
: noI. There are thousands of native black.i i
In ill their pristine Ignorance , but only ana
white man , mil ho Is a member af ant ; of t
the moat prominent and influential families
In Capo Colony. But for hla unfortunate
experience -with Cupid , who decreed that
the woman loved by him should became the
wife of .mother , too man who has literally
burled himself tn tie wilderness of equa
torial Africa , -vould bo a member of thu
Parliament of Cape Colony , thu highest
elective office in the land.
.Vmon the thousands who went to thu
Kimberly diamond Helds Inhe 70s. when
thera was no monopoly of rhu ditfsinirs .is
thera la now , was Percy C. Prinijlc. thu son
of tha must prominent man in Somerset t
West. Like hundreds of other young Afri-
caadiTj. he left a luxurious home < a experi
ence the excitements of a rounh inininu
camp , but unllku many of them , nturnetl
from thu fluids with a fonunu of J.0.000.
madn In leas than three yearn. Flushed by
his quickiy-KoUea wealth. Prin le hastened
to propose marriage to a young woman who
had willingly received his attentions in their 1 '
school duys before he went to the diamond
nelds.
His appearance and personality had been
changed tn sui-h an extent by his rough Ufa
in thu mining camp that hu found but llttiu
favor in thu eyes of thu woman he loved.
Hoping that time might alter her views
and rausti her to reconsider her refusal to
become his wife , Fringiu bought .1 small '
ostrich farm in a remote part of the colony
good graces of the Macks , and he can com
mand them to do anything.
By carefully breeding and practically tam
ing the ostriches caught In the hunt Pringls
has a flock that aggrneates more than 10-
000 birds. It Is Impossible to count them , aa
they ara spread over a great area , the
original enclosure having been enlarged and
additions made to it. ao that It covers almost
ten square miles. Hundreds of blacks are
constantly employed in earing for thu birds
, and in plucking thu feathers , which is
I fraught with much danger.
I A. blow from an ostrich's foot will kill
| JL man instantly , and to prevent such hap-
1 penings the birds ara driven into small enclosures -
closures and their heads caveral wl'ii bags
'
while the operation of plucking is carried on.
A HERD OF OLD BREEDS.
As each bird Is plucked three times in two
years and yields $25 to JIO worth of feathers
at a plucking , whilu a pair of birds are
themselves valued at about { 250 , Pringle
himself does not know haw much wealthier
the young woman in Capa Colony caused ,
him to became. i
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I
Jt imilf
A Japanese young mau of education and
social standing , recently became a waiter
in a Sn Francisco club , in order to learn 1
English and make a living. When he asked '
tha steward for his wages the latter cursed j
him and struck him with a potato masher , |
whereupon ho wrotu thu following letter to
thu club officials :
"Through all this affair I waa never
offensive ; when I wont tin-re to demand '
the money to which I am entitled he unjustly - j
justly enjoined me to jet out , that is an j
unreasonable movement and cannot fail to i
hurt a man s fillings.
"What : Without being satisfied with that !
Insult rnudo my blood boll and veins burst
with successive onslaught af ignominious
swear. My returning was completely es-
cusable for to be indifferent to such an ig
noble treatment denotes that one is a
stranger to thu sense of honor ; and so he
ought to have relished it with abashed sub- !
mission. And' what again ! The ton'gue , thu
countenance was not capable enough to
wreak his savage fury and then resorted tn
thu nnal step of violence as though J - rasa
a mass of < all i-'allous * ) insunsiblo to 3ls-
irace and pum. " i
JVvrtnli Colour fur PurTii Flli'ii.
KANSAS CITT. Aug. 23. Burnett Prusan ,
a well known local commission merchant ,
is at the head of 4. movement to form a
Jewish colony In Porto Rico. "I already , ,
, have. " hu says , "the promise of nearly afty
i families to Jam me. These families can raise
i from 1500 to 3,000 each to put n the van- '
I ture , and if all agree we will form a com-
| munistlc colony. We hope to leara by Jan- j I >
j uary 1.
i
I Flour MIIlt r Talk of Cuiiaollilntlnir.
I NEW TORK. Aug. 03. The Journal today
says.1 proportion has been made for the
consolidation af tha Sour mills af Min
neapolis , fuluth and New York City into
one company , and. it has bren formally dis
cussed bv the local siulers. No agreemeit
haa yet bren madu In the matur , but > t ia
, under consideration. t
'ORGANIZATION OF THE ARM'
Tia TarioTU Separsnenta Gtrrorunff _ : e
on a Psacs rama.
VARIOUS GRADES AND OFFICIAL TI7L 5
IJntl1 * nnil PriTlliriif Dtflm-ri nml
,
PrtTiit-f MnrUrtl Iniprureuinnt In | j
the 3tutnn of th Lutt-r
In Recent Yeuri.
The outbreak of war with Spain , writes
Colonel Loomls L. Langdon , C. 3. A. , In '
tha Independent , found the number of en
listed men in our imall army limited by la-.v
to Jl.iMTO. With th -
j thvera 2.SU commis
sioned otScera on thu active list. The president -
ident himself is thu commmandur-in-ohlef
of this force. Under him 13 thu secretary
of war ; and to Administer thu affairs of the
army and supply its wanta there are. under
the secretary , various bureaus or depart
ments with chiefs at the war odea in Wash
ington City. These departments ar = known
as the adjutant general's department , the inspector -
' specter general's department , thu Judge ad
vocate general's department , thu quarter-
, master's department , the subntstenca de-
i i partmfnt. the medical and pay departments ,
i the Corps of Engineers. tht Ordnance de-
I par'inent and the Signal corps. All of these
departments ara under the immediate or
ders of thu secretary of war. Nearly iKH )
commissions ! officers ara on duty in these
several departments , and hold commissions
as belonging to what ts called thu general
staff of the army This does not include
the thirty post chaplains , stationed at posts
on the frontier outside of the radius of city
churches : nor does it include the line oiS-
csrs on temporary duty In thu pension office
and thu office af the rebellion records.
The officers of the general staff , exclusive
of the few on duty oa assistants at thu head-
i quarters of the army at Washington , are
assigned to duty with thu generals in com
mand of thu several military divisions , into
which , for military purposes , our vast ter
ritory is divided. Some of these general
staff officers are on duty at these division
headquarten , under the orders of the gen
erals commanding the divisions , while others
ara stationed at isolated posts , constructing
barracks , stables and storehouses , or em
ployed in business centers as purchasing
agents of quartermaster's , subsistence or
medical supplies.
Tin ? Flithtinir Force.
Next comes the active or nghting force.
This consisted , at the beginning of this year ,
of the fallowing , mentioned In thu order they
come in the army register- Ten regiments
of cavalry , two of which ore colored troops.
Each of these regiments has twelve com
panies or troops. There were then 2ve regi
ments of artillery , each containing twelve !
companies or batteries. Two of the batter.es.
;
making ten in all. were equipped as lighter
or fleld artillery. That Is to say. there are [ !
six guns , sir capstans ( ammunition wagons ) [
and a buttery wagon containing material for
repairs and shoeing horses , and medicines for
the animals ; and tn each of these iruns and
wagons there ara attached sis hones. Ee-
ildes these the officers and the nun-commls-
slaned officers , as chiefs of pieces and
caissons , etc. , ara also mounted.
.
Thu other batteries or companies of
artillery wars equipped as Infantry that late
to say. armed with muskets and drilled aa
Infantry but at the same time thoroughly
Instructed in the drill and duties of seacoast -
coast slega and aeld artillery. The course of
study far artillery soldiers included much
more than Is mentioned hern , but the limits
of this article preclude going into detail.
This force of flve regiments of artillery has
I bnen by recent legislation increased , after
.
many years a persistent and patient as well
as most patriotic and intelligent effort by
.
the War department , to seven regiments of
artillery. But. even as thus augmented , this
corps is ridculously smiUl in numbers , if it
is expected to take charge of and keep in
perfect working order , to say nothing of
serving , the Innumerable and immensely
valuable guns that are mounted in
our long line of sea-coast defenses ( ,
stretching from Eostport. Me. , down
.hu Atlantic coast , around Florida and j
Texas , and up the Pacific coast to the frozen
shares af Alaska.
Infantry Fnre < ,
Of the infantry force there won ? , at tha
opening of this year , t-wenty-flve regiments.
and in each regiment there were ten compa
nies. In order to have an effective righting
and spent three years In learning the habits
ot the bird.
< lnlttinir thtCountry. .
Few letters passed between the two and
when he returned to his former home it was
only to flnd that thu roung woman had been
married to another man. H sold his farm
and stock , and. despite thu fact that a
deputation of citizens of thu dlstnct asked
him to accent the nomination , which was
Identical with election , for member of
Parliament. Pringlu determined to leavu the
region which had for him nothing but sad
memories of his unsuccessful love affair.
Shortly after disposing of his property
Prinule st sail m one of thu steamers
plying up the east coast and carried with
him only letters of credit and a gun. Being
llku every one else m South Africa , a
sportsman , hu decided to plunge Into the
great same regions near the equator and
forget his grief by such a change of scene.
(
| , . When he reached thu port ot Tonga , which
r lies across thu channel from Zanzibar.
Pringtu was informed that ostriches were
to bu found in great numbers in the regions
several hundred miles inland an land owned
by a German flnn. Hu straightway formed
a partnership with thu owners af the land
far the cultivation of ostriches , and several
days after arriving in the town he had
nvcured an outat of supplies and enough
natives to transport it to the point where
thu headquarters ware to be established.
Tha jourauy was a long and tadlous one ,
being for the most part through territory
that hail not been traversed by whlta men
since Stanley and hta expedition wen *
searching far Livingstone twenty years be
fore. Pringle could speak all thu Arabian
dialects with thu nuency of a native , and
this won the friendship of tha chiefs along
tha Una of march , but wild animals har
assed him by day and night.
By giving them iarg quantities af beads ,
Pringlu Induced many negroes from tribes
In thu nbighburhood to assist in establishing
a nation or farm a short distance north of
anow-oovered Mount KlUmo Ndjoro. This
peak la almost four miles high and ita
aUles are so precipitous and 'he air aa cold
that no one has ever been aalu to reach
the summit. By thu natives it ts called
"The Mountain of Go l , " a name reverently
I * * ( ? * o It on account af thr f.ital r-smlts
which - hiold and snow Sav * upon those
I who go too far up the sides.
] Tl - Trap.
' After 3 v ral months' labar an tmrnensn '
, : snrral wa eonBtrnrted , inn large gateway
bflng t ft open for the entrance of thi > os-
trichM , which ware so numerous in tat ;
1 rcgitin that thousands af them could o *
en ta a day' ! louray. . Leading to either
s4 < li > af the gateway , high fencss a rnl !
long and w'de apart at the farthest ends |
wars built through the forest underbrush ,
so that thu whole structure waa a huse
trap , tram which ther was no escape for
any animals once in it.
By a liberal expenditure of beads , PP-
ga-.T3 and snuff Pringle secured the co
operation nf the chiefBi and : i huge hunt was
instituted. Thousands of negroes wera sent
i out into the forest to form a circle of ten
; miles diameter around thu ostriches and ;
| goon ; , and by gradually drawing together to
i drive thu animals toward the opening of the
j fences leading to the enclosura. Small ares
were starred -litfenmt places in the underbrush - .
brush , with the result that thu smoke from
these and the deafening noise made by the
! t natives threw terror into the animals that
, ware within the enclosure ot human beings.
AJ was expected , great numbers af the
i animals broke through the circle and in
j many instances killed the negroes who at-
I1 tempted to frighten them back , but when
the hunt was concluded and all the big
' animals killed almost 200 ostriches wera
safely entrapped In the enclosure.
The hundreds af buffaloes , giraffes ,
antelope , gazellu. water-buck and other
ammuls that were elfher shot by Pringle ,
who was staoned near ; he entrance of the
enclosure , or killed by the assegais and
irraws at the blacks , were dragged to the
native v.lluges. where tor days afterward
'her was feasting such as they had never
had. This hunt established Pnngle in the
force : on thu western frontiers , where Indian
hostilities might be expected to break out
any day. the companies of infantry serving
there wera kept In numbers above what they
wera entitled to as an average ; and to keep
within the law which limited the number ot )
enlisted men in the army , some af the com i-
panies of infantry serving In the Interior
wera "skeletonized , " that IB to say. they
existed only on paper , thu men being trans
ferred to other companies , and the officers
assigned to duties on detached service , such
aa recruiting for tha army , instruction at
the torpedo and other postgraduate schools ,
or to all vacancies caused by other company i-
pany officers being temporarily absent from
their proper companies.
Thu enlisted men of two of these regiments
of Infantry ara colored men. And right hers
should be paid a well-mented tribute to tha
colored soldiers of our army. The experi [
ment of employing colored men as soldiers
was entered upon with some misgiving by ,
officials af the federal government friendly [
to the colored race : but the conduct at
these mean , and the efficiency they have de
veloped as a desirable flaps of dghtlng men.
have fully Justifled the action of thu sovern-
ment tn availing Itself of their services. Thu
newspapers in rhe west , where these troops i
havu- been generally stationed , have often .
expresseed the opinion that there are no bet
ter behaved troops than the colored soldiers
of thu regular army.
Tha various grades of the individuals com
posing the regular army , provided for in
the "Table ot Pay. " ana mentioned tn the
order at their rank from the head at tha list
to the foot , are as fallows' Lieutenant general -
eral inane at present ) , major general , brig
adier general , colonel , lieutenant colonel ,
major , captain , regimental adjutant ( a first
lieutenant ) , regimental quartermaster 'a '
Unt lieutenant as a rale , this officer performs -
forms , lisa , the duties of assistant eammls-
sary of subsistence i , drst Ueutunant. * cund
lieutenant , uhanlam.
All holding positions aa a&ovn Indicated
are called "officers : ' * they bold aommiwiona.
Thu trm officer appliwi only to .Toramis-
sirned officers. Bv law - sulation and
custom of service , whenever word officer
is used , * means a omauBslaned officer.
The following named are warrant , or non-
commisslonp-l nr-r ifbo gn t ttonpral
;
sti-warl. oogpit.itirpfi. . inniin ' " wi'ont. .
"nrnmlMorv 3 rfnnt. pnat < i nr'rna ter
mrs'ant. if a r-im it wr-cant major , j
quartermaster wrmu. . mtldtir wr iMWi
( cavalry alone i. p run-ion I musician < und- | '
leaderof I "he .omnanr drst or arlir ! .
i rvin ; . JWHMnt , jorporal. APer thew
some two muilolans far ch sngineer .ir-
Hilary i and Infantry company. .1 trumpeter
for .t cavalry troop or company .vn on < * r
for a company of artllterr. aavalry and in-
fnntry | ; an artificer far a company of , r-
tiltery and infantry : a blacksmith and far
rier for a troop of fflivalry. and a laddler
for ach cavalry troop.
TinI'llrntc. .
And last of all eom a the private. In thu
artillery , cavalry and Infantry thers Is but
one class of privates. In the engineers and
ordnttoce , huwever. thu privates ara di
vided , according to their skill. iiwralnps
. mil length df service , into nrat and second
cla g.
Some citizens ara also regularly employed ,
as vpterinary surgeons , one for each -av.iiry
resimunt , from the First to thu Sixth reei-
ment inclusive , and two for oich ofh
Seventh. i Eighth. Ninth and Tenth r ? i-
ments. a honpltal matron for each hospital ,
who has chan ; of the hospital laundry.
The ' citizen clerks are divlded- into three
classes , thu mast of them , distributed amann
the various department offices at Washing
ton , while each military department or di
visional headquarters ia entitled to thu
scrr'ces of two or three clurk3 ot this de
scription.
This la a ? oed place to stata what w'll
be endorsed by every staff. oiScer n the
army namely , that there is in thu regular
army of the United States no aioro mtelll-
gsnt. Industrious , fouthful men than the
general service clerks. One af their du-
ues Is ta be thoroughly posted as to or
ders , laws , resulations. correspondence , cus
toms of servtcf. official records and laca-
rtoii of individuals and organizations. A
mistake Is not tolerated , either by oue'a
superiors or one's acmrades , and a reporter
or memorandum franished by one af these
clerks may be considered absolutely per
fect and accurate.
' Lastly comes the mesBen ers , a small
number of men , generally superannuated
aoldlura out of service , distributed amanjj
the dWarent headquarters to carry messages
for thu generals and his statl officers.
< r < miniiiml * r-tn-r. Ekitaf.
1 Thu president is thu highest commander
in thtf army. There have been no man-
than two or three instances in thu Ufa af
, this nation af the president's delegating
i { to another , and then only by authority ot
i a special act of can'r aa. "full power to
1 command all the Oi-mlfs In thu Held. " Such
an act was passed toward the close of thu
great rebellion , at President Lincoln's own
request , to jrire General Grant control of
all the armies hu had shown such ability
to command. Thia act of tai president ,
authorized by congress , was indorsed by
the whole country.
The presldi-nt has the right to select tram
the major generals the particular major
general he desires to command thu active
army in the aeld. The general officer who
happens to be at the head af thu list 'hat
ts to say , the commanding general cannot
claim as a right the command of the armiea
operating in thu theater of war. The pro
priety of this restriction , the power of se-
lection , the centering of authority in the
person of the executive- elected by the peo-
pie , will commend itself to the student of
history. Even the general reader of current ,
news must hava had occasion to observe
how. In other countries , where the military
has become too powerful a factor in shaping
public opinion , a chieftain not in harmony
with the civil head of government becomes
very troublesome. It is easier and causes
( less friction , to withhold a power than to
grant If and then bo obliged to withdraw it.
Besides having the selection of the 1m-
mediate commander In thi > neld , thu presi
dent gives direction for the issuing of the
most important orders , whether general or
personal. These , while beinir issued by thu
- secretary of war in most cases , state that
they are published by the author.ty of the
pn-sldent. Ee. too. Is the last appeal in im
portant matters , whether his action is prescribed -
scribed by law or not established by prec-
edont. His approval is necessary before
th sentence of a general court-martial , m-
voivtng imprisonment , dismissal , cashier'ng
i or death , can be carried out , and mitiga
tion of sentence or pardon for offenses in
such cases lies with him.
Everofficer's commission , from that ot
i general down to additional Jneond lieutenant.
Is signed by the president himself.
Di-jjiirtmi-nt WurU.
The routine work of the War department
ia carried on by the secretary of war and
his assistant secretary , aided by the adjutant -
, tant general's department , which is under
his orders. Thu secretary of war estab-
| lishts and modifies , from time to time , thu
regulations for thu governance of thu army
but even these must have the formal ap
proval of thu president. These regulations
prescribe methods of discipline , rules tor
making out requisitions tor supplies , rendi
tion of quarterly reports of property for
which officers are responsible ; they enumer-
j ate offense's and thu penalties attached to
them , and in effect give rules for military
| conduct In general.
The secretary of war also has control.
j through thu chief of engineers , of the Engi
neer .ii'partment. which IB charged with the
construction and improvement of the per
manent and other fortiilcations of our const
line.
line.The
The other commanders whose duties re
main to be described ara the major generals ,
brigadier generals , colonels and captains.
The .lutics pertaining to these several grades
ara almost identical In character , varying
mainly in the extent of thu command or
limit of Jurisdiction in cases involving mill-
itary law.
In time of peace thu ranking major sen-
eral commands the army through the divl-
jsion commanders. The other major sen
erals and the brigadier generals ara as-
signed to the command of the geographical
' divisions into which our country is divided ,
; i or other command of thu departments into
'
i , which the divisions are subdivided. The
, colonels command their regiments , unless
assigned to command a district , a subdtvl- i '
sion of a department. The Heutnant colo- ,
aels and majors have ao administrative reg- j ,
'
Imental command , but when not assisting |
the colonel in the instruction of the rpgi- i
munt are in command of posts garrisoned I
by detachments from their own or other ; .
regiments. j !
But whatever may be the extent ot the | I
authority of any one of these officers , it Is his j l
ltduty to see that the men under him are j i
properly fed , clothed , sheltered and tn- ;
structed. The preparation for all this be- j
gins with the captains of companies , who | i
make out timely requisition for supplies of t ! '
food and clothing. These ara consolidated I j I
by the colonels or the post commanders , and 1
their several estimates aru revised and con- |
solldated by thu division commanders , and
then thu anal and timely requisitions made
on thu supply department by thu command-
ing general.
It > ? t'iiril * anil H.-itimi * .
The adjutant general's department la the
Bureau of Orders and Records. Through j
this department pass all the orders isauwl by
tha War department or army headquarters ,
rHera the mu r rails are preserved , and 1
srecords of appointments , promotion ? , raslg-
nutons , deaths and burials. In short , ail
Information oneeraing the personnel and
th movement * and stations of the army !
Any one. .Imiring information relative to | '
isuch matters ran obtain : t by applying to j
tha ad'.utanr general. Caned States araiy.
war office Washington. D f
The quartermaster1 * Jepamnent provides
Ithe means ot 'ransportatan. : either by land
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Boots , Shoes , Rubbers ,
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or water , whether by contract or ia Itind.
It furnishes the animals and supplies them ;
with forage : supplies clothing and camp I
equipage ; builds and charters ships , boiits.
docks and wharves ; supplies stationery ,
illuminating oil ; builds barracks , storehouses -
houses and stables ; in short , attends to all L
matters connected with moving thu army , ,
and also supplying it when not supplied by
other departments.
The subsistence department supplies thu
faod for the army. This Includes mess sup
plies for sales to officers , thu building or
construction of bread ovons. and the supply '
of beef cattlu on the hoof where fresh beef |
cannot be obtained from contractors. I1 :
also supplies fresh or desiccated vetfcta- !
bles.
j
The Ordnance department furnishes guns , t j
muskets , arms of all kinds , field batteries. '
horse equipments and the ammunition
needed for the s rvtce. Officers of this department - I
partment are also constantly on duty , test
ing ordnance and the various explosives purchased - I
chased by thu government or orfared to it by ,
manufacturer.
j
In thu limits allowed a sketch like this t' '
Is Impossible even to enumerate thu duties
incident to thu various grades of the enlisted , j , '
sen in thu service : but we must say a few
words about the private soldier. It got-a
without saying that he is thoroughly dlsci-
alined , and also thoroughly instructed in
thu use. af his arms : but m addition to this
ho is wpll "set up. " The physical training
he receives is Invaluable. The first year af ,
'
his enlistment hu is obliged ta attunil school I , '
where he is instructed under the supervl- ,
iion of an officer. In the artillery branch "t' | '
the sen-tea he is taught thu us of instrtl- ,
ments for obtaining angles and distances. , ,
'
All jra mstructfd in signaling , and ar - ,
fully taught , at thu least , thu rudiments t' ,
I
a common jchool education , if found dun-
!
cient in this respect.
I
Of late years there has been a maricad .
improvement tn the status of thu private | i
soldier , duu ta a better class af men enlisting - '
ing : and today there are no better men !
found in any walk of Ufa whera men earn
their own living 'ban thu private soldier af , ; ,
thu United States army j '
I
VELI.OWyrO.'VE HILL'S UIC DUEL.
Cruwlt-il Into n Hole Wlitr < * : i Huml if'
Indian * Wax D ni * tn n Fliilnh.
Martin Frank Walker , better known as
Yellowstone Bill , an odd oharai-tar who llvwl
for i number af roars in a cavern in the
heart af th city af Minneapolis , arrived in
Denver a few lays ago on his way 'o _ : : -
ton. He baa built a home at L.tilutan . nd
interda p. .l a here jennaneniY ! - lIe r-
stonu Bill ia tail and broad .ihouMer * ! and
In ajpeoranra ' "sembics a typlcai westerner
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DRUGS.
ishanhon Drug Go ,
J'.iCXSOrt St.
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T. C. RICHAHSSON. Prrst.
C. 3 * . WSLLZIl , V. Prtat ,
, pa
faa ] Co.
Hum. siirdul " ( M-tiu/an ? -7 > iir
( Jn + i * 1ntt fnr t ittatuyii * ,
Lb ratarr , --'J Uo ini 3L ,
E. Bruce & Co.
Cram , Wlnm in
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Es ! 1rical i
_
IfcTic ' .T'-nj- ! . s and fu.ta U'ii
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ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES .
at ,
jofen T. Burke ,
CO.VTR.ICTOR FOR.
ELECTRIC LIGHT
and PO WER PLANTS
m South 15th St.
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
WEOLE2AI.3
Commission Merchants.
3. W Garner CtJt and Howartl Sla.
SZemberu af the Natcn.ii L * s ua of Caxntnt
ton itarciiaan at Uia Cnltnl Slate-
GROCERIES.
M cCord-Brady Go.
13th and Loavenworth St.
StapU and Fancy
it * ANB cofTU stusnas. CM.
M sysr & Haapke ,
V
TVHOLE3ALB
FINE GROCERIES
> Tea * . 3j > 'cc ' . Tobacca and Cls Ai
HARDWARE.
Pectsr & Wilhtiiay Co
Wholesale Hardware ,
O in alia.
I -Glark
u Han3wart Go
\ Wholesale Hardware.
aioyclaa mil Sportlnf Coeds. :
of the foorllght variety aays th Denver
N'ews. Ha bos a huga mustache , eight .nchea
from tip to tip , and a deep baritonu voice ,
While ho lived at Minneapolis , hu stopped In
the big cave for thu saka of notoriety Bill
is 3S years of ago. but loolu much younger. '
Ho has traveled all over 'hevorid ' .n com- \
i puny with his wife. In tan early days of
thu west hu served '
as scout in Reno's com
mand. One of thu stories hu tells is auffi- ,
cient to raise the hair upon the heads of the
timid. In the early tJO's he visited Tallow
stonu valley in company with Charlt-s Co- ,
villu of New York City and William * and '
Frank Bailey.
"I left thi < party one afternoon , " hu said , ,
"and got into a little canyon. You go
through a gap about three feet wide , closed
at the top , and you find yourself in a can- \
yon of about twenty acres , walled in by
high , solid , perpendicular rock , the only outlet -
let being the gap where I got in. I was
cruising around the place and the drat thinij
I see waa a bunch of about twenty Indiana
comn ia the gap. Thuy had me and had mis '
nght. Thu minutu they see mu they knew ,
IL There was only that way to get out and
they wnr twenty to one , the worst odds I
was ever up against. I see a holu in thu '
side of a rock , about three feet up. In I >
gots. The little cave ran sin feet In the
rock and then turned squaraly to tha left
for another sis feet anil there stopped. I j
was jtuck tight. The Indians bud rushed
up meanwhile and clew * ! the hole. They
had me duod to rights. I played a waiting
game and so did they. Th y built a rtru
in front of the hole so that the reduction i
shone in thu lltt ! cave. lighting it up , but' '
I .vaa protected in tliu second chamber. .
Finally I put my hat on thu end < it my
ruin and stuck it out JUJK far enough far i
them to sve it. j
"Every laat one of them Ursil at It , those '
that had guna and tboiMi that had arrows.
I drnppwl the gun anil the hat fall and
they upp s ti that I must be dtutd. Ev ry
last anu of them rushed pell moll Into thu
hole , nllad it full , climbing over each other !
'in a wild scrambln to be the nrst tn get m ;
ssalP- 1
"I lumped Into them with my hatchet , '
slashing right and l ft and laying out sev- |
sral of them. Thsy were too surpnsod at ,
' tha imliien attack to defend thumiMilv s. j
'
Thasn that could seramblmt out. I S' '
my gun and killed a coupU * of thwi ; . Thcr
, nvenwl up things a I1H1 . Then 'bey | |
< watted , t lay Mill for a long time and i '
i then took aft my ciaibac. v n my * _ lrt and |
uuM-cojtin * . and rluxaa up a 'lummy T aiuek i
.t nut and 'hey all plugged .t. T dropped
it imrtt and 'hun wallopped : t around ud
4hooK ir.d utivpfMl . ' . aait .et > ra.r \ \ 1 , . |
not tnakrf a aiovc but fh Ind.una waited
_ il 2 aU j' ' n before thuy madu anothar it-
HARNESS-SADDLEHY.
J H-Hansy Go.
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J"nWnrr Lrathrr , s'lN/J/it1/ ; r-li ir , ta
W < -illicit your onler-i. 1313 Hu--ird 5V
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WTluuEiALE
LIUORS.
ProBrtttors of A " 'IG.vn. .tND < 3Ctdl
ca
auuiii .n.i at.
Piley Brothers ,
Liquors and C : *
ilia J.-m
East India Bitter *
Go I am 3h
willow 3prvie . n r *
Harrnr atrtn.
John Bo khoff
. . . . . . . . . , . . .
WHOLESALS
Wints , Ltquars and
CJ-41S 3. 2t2i atraat.
OILS-PAINTS
.andarii . Oil Go.
Z. X Moffet. 1st V.cr Prss. i. J. Enlte. Gn Ma
_ OILS -
GacoUnc. TUrBennjip. Asie Gruinr. Etc.
Omaha Branch ami .V enclM. Jolm D. Ruth M r.
PAPERWOODENWARE. .
Paper Co
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
earner ! U > n4 Sowxjn itrtm ,
STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES.
rane-Ghurchil ! Co.
iai4.tOId Do U ! < u Street
Vanufacturen nd Jobbrn at Slemm. Cu
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
United Stalls
u Supply Go.
. . .
iroS-itio Harnev St.
Steam Pumps. Ensines and Boilers. Ptp b
Wiad Mills , Steam and Flumbln *
Material. Eiiltiru : . Eos * , stc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES
r r ai Wisfsrn
Type Foundry
Sncn-or Cbp r Miznl
t _ *
Hawant
Per an up-to-date
Westers Newspaper
ead T Omaiia Bee
tempt to come for thu scalp. I let them ;
? et m and then I went for them a aln. E
dldn t have any clothes on and I sjuess thuyi
thought I waa a ghost. Beteween my
hatchet and my rille I at all but threa od
them. Those thr a sneaked anil after us
while I sot out I waa afraid they werej
In ambush and It took mu thrcu hours tcj
set out of that canyon , crueplni ; from buHfc4
to bush. I told the boys and In the mam- (
mi ? w went to thu place , but thu Indlanif
had been thera before us and had taken thif.
bodies. N'othini ; remainud but blood. "
Yellowstone Bill tells of a duel bo halt
with a circus acrobat , in which ha and hifl
antagonist each used seven-Inch daggers.
" % Vd both were In the hospital for fseveral
' .vwks. " says Bill . "and one morning at :
o'clock I skipped. "
Cnnul En-ini ; r
WASHIMGTON. Auu. 23. The Navy .lo-
partment announces thu retirement ot Clvl
Engineer A. G. Monacal
, to date from S n- >
teniber 1. under fhH age provision of thu
law. Eusjineer Menocal has be n prom
inentlv identified with thi' duv lopment o
La-J Mrara ia canal project. At present h < f
la under suspension from luty as a reaul
of a ' ; aurr-mar ial investiifation of his con
necMouvtth the defective constmctloa 01
the Mew York dry dock. The retirement bei
carnu < peiativi > , it ia understood , wlthou ,
referencu to the suspension.
\ nrrt * * tM lit OniinttiY Cane.
SAX IHIANCISCO. Aug. K. So far n
arreita have been maile in the Dunnln ,
poisoning casa by ( Thief of Police Lees a
this city or by the shurilf of San Jouqui
county , in nbich county Mrs. Batkin , wb.
bos been aa prominently menucncd in th
*
anair rezidea. It is very evident , howavei
that thu pol.ce ara ready to act at a moment *
notice , ami as aonn aa word comes from th
Delaware authorities , suspected persons
bu taken into
.Sttrttiry iC Cubit CiinintinHlun.
WASHINGTON , YJK. 32. Lmutenoc
fnlonel anil Judtja AJ ocafe John W Clar
ban bwm designated aa secretary and rti
snrdar for rhu -
u-nminibsloti fur ihu sovarr
ment of Oaou. Th olur1er has b n
Porto Rlro witii the araiv uf invasion as
will reach this oountry in a 'lay ' or two.
SHAKE INTO YQUH SHOES
Allen's Foot-Eaitf. a powler for the fct
It uiir s painful , swoll-n , jmartinif. nervoi
f t ami ir.HLantly uikau thu ntin > f out
oorau and bunionn. It's tn rtnti it "nn
ft rt < iiiK-uv ry of the S" Ailon s F < JI >
Kaitu maUen ' : nt ir new dhood fJl Has
It in i rirtAja ur- for nwmin - , 'jiiloi
ana hi.r. . t-.rwl .11 nin - f ! Try it todii
oiit by .ill ilruKK.Hia and sbou dtareti. t ,
mul ( or .Sc .n stamps. Trial P-I. ka
iKE. Aaureaa A l n _ . olmsted. i _ Ku
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