Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 30, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 April 1888 — Page 7

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sure they would pay the MatkMMtl debt, with somethlni Wit owr to put Is Um trtMlk. Well, koM ws took lor or California winter was tut od-fumkmed, rambling bouse that bad been " brought

Around the Horn In m pieoes, wi full of hiding-place. 1 All around Um fronts and skies were wide verandas, shuled by greet acacia

and evergreen tm.; then the original houee and various additions, wings and Le up own step, or down two, or attached by long, Marrow halls, full of dim uUlues, thai a lively faaoy oould lastly turn 1m to Um shadow of a man. A stray Week cat, which wo persua

sion in the WHT of stick and Stones

deed walla, poking into broken hoses, Sod OpenUtg lUVwlbied trunks, MM til Wit reaebod the but room, a little bedroom, with a shelving rod!, at tb sad of wliirii was a low ioor, leading btt

a smnfl closet, half-filled with a box of worm-eaten books. "Thus eudeth Um fare," said Kthel, Ui rowing wW the littl door, aud There As wesl Low-browed, villainous, a shock of coarse black Iwir bristling on hi html.

a ueree UlMi'K eye glaring out oi nts Imad, h bunch of fob keys lit oh hand aad m pistol In the other. Kthel entirely forgot about "striking out from the shoulder. As for m, the okr ftll from my limp hihI trembling hsud, sMd I sit

of sll the nbsurd thlngi thut a wemiut

oouUi iuduos to retire, fumktbod miuty Would sny on suck an oecusiou I saM,

At NUH TMgtoirimc tints ffiw, i A.4 ftMMljr. Mhe s hrW unl UroMCta tiM ImM-sIm nr tt U to. At HMt ttSM. Hi wsttfMMt Umk MM lMM qiMiMti y rr Mt, jtaow Xkmt sil .

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We tk tM ftW wh Hrtf lad ImMmw r ffow Wbf rfMlllUMM MIHIMMt iMW, At kUHMttiMM. jHlsHw' IWSMIJ W mfii, wHh tar In JmhmI, gtnt tit to Um ftiit IwhI, AtMUMtttaM. A'. 0. TlmH-ItmrM.

CAUGHT AT LAST. Hy Swob for Man ad How Wh Rowardod,

It

. Miirhtlv id turn, aud ottusod more

UtoriHtgh nigiitiy eesrub. My utfthl sWpt oi Ut imuim Boor with us, but the other sorrants, who, After Ute fMhion of the ountry, were boUt woouHtyed Chinese, roomed in small detached houee mL the eud of a mrge, neglected garden, besutiful with feathery kietist-trees. fan Mtlms. great rosebushes, one or two orange-tree, and beds of brilliant Unworn, which grew with the wiid luxuriance of a semitropical climate. The garden was full of fragrant clixrnu ami full of liitl lug-places. I never dared even look in it nfter dark.

In the evenings it was now April

thel nnd I usually sat on Ute upper veranda, and there spent the hours, drinking in the soft, delicious air. and feasting our eves, if it was moonlight, on the lovely landscai, the valley olad in the tender green of early spring. The rounded, waiving outline of the Coast Range was lighted up off in the western foot hills by tW twinkling lights of a great tnrretod, pinnacled structure that looked like some beautiful castle, transported from a foreign land, but was, alas! only an asylum for the insane. One night, about ten o'clook, when flu earlr bumiii had already Kone to

I am an old lady no matter bow W-hiit not infirm; and I am also M-fashioned enough to prefer the old manners to the new. 1 never lean iraiiist the bask of my chair, nor ap-

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fear at tne weaaiaev mut " .'" t H soft Uarkness oovereu vaipr, and no erne, except my maid, over j R1d hni we weHt reluotantly to iees my crl-iaters. I was "brought om. roowg prepare for the Hight's up" not to Uke my ease in public reit. it was so pleasant that it gave a Hut my granddaughter Ethel is very Ut WlWti,g time to nmvl diffrrent "She says: "Oh. let's be ftp.

arWf. gmnamal snenas jfiven j hMl j)tt t on my soft flsnnel

dressinic-saek, and uitmnned my hair

it is my own liair, too ready for KJlen, my maid, to brush it out, when Ethel, wiUi a light rap, opened the door, and stood there for a moment, framed in the dark wood-work, with a dusky hall for a background, looking "pretty as a ptuture." JSho had put on a long white cashmere wrapHir, lot down her bright auburn hair, whieh fell in cm ling masses to her waist, and llated around

her head like aa aureola- A wax taper, hold high up In the air, threw a 1.4 ht Hrht on the Woomiur face, the

ftitiMV nose, a litUe turned up, and the rosy" mouth; the graceful folds of the eashmere ooaoaaled the faot that she has "no figure to speak of." and altogether she looked so cunning that my heart warmed toward her, trying as are some of her ways. "Coin', grandma,11 said she, gaily. "We haven't looked for the man-in-

t lie-moon' yet."

up "-actually givea up wearing cor-

4 'They're not hygienic grandma." Hygienic" to a woman of my age, who never had a headaehel

"What kind of a figure do you expect to hareP" 1 asked, severely. "Grandma," she answered, shaking

ber pretty bead it is pretty "my waist nteentres jwt three inches less than 0 Venu da Medici's." "Then all I can say is, that Miss de Xenid wooU have lwen considered a rmj 'Itmp? ' young woman in my V'Iaatwerod. , lisel 1. tug Wed. Times are sadly changed. Thm modern young; girl laugh at ber grandmother, ami does nr other eurious thingn. She loams curious things at school, too. One ihy be rushed home from school, her curb all flying in the breeae. "Grandma," she cried, "I've learned something wonderful to-day!" If you

sbwU cut your brachial artery" 'Met 1 don't intend to cut my brachial artory at my time of life," said I, with some dignity. " Betif you thonM, grandma, I could Hoj tfce flow of blood instantly, and Mm your life. See bore!" and before Iiutw what Um child was doing, she bad my Arm all tied up in a knotted handkerchief, with a broom -stick, twisted through one end so tight that 1 thought she would amputate it on the pot, JluU hi a very strange sort of Knowledge to give a young girl. It don't seem ladylike.

Then, too, she has such perfect selfreliance! Why, my granddaughter, Ethel Starr Raymond, eiu down sometimes and looks into my eyes with such s level gaae, and talks to me with attch entire reliance on Um accuracy of her own views, that I might be the schoolgirl ami she Um obi lady, for all the deference she pays to my views. Moreover, something that happened recently gives the child a great advantage over me; and as sure as I say: "Kthel, do be a little more femininel" she has a roguish gleam in her brown eyes, ami is sure to say: " But, grandma, if I must be so soft and feminine, what will you do k? the 'man-in-the-moon' comes down again?" 1 suppose I must teH the whole story. I have been a great traveler in my day north, south, east and wnet. I baveVt been to Africa yet, but there's no telling but that I yet may round the Cape of Good Hope.

uuit autumn, when Bthd took

as if he wore a long-expected friend: "H-o-w, how do you do?" At this strange salutation, a grim smile lurked round the comers of the man's juoutli. "Rather warm in here, thank you," be replied, with a mockiug air of po

liteness. "With voiir nermission I'll

step out,"

There was an ominous click of. the

pistol, and the man stepped out.

4 "The Howly Virgin save us!" cried

Ellen she wears a French cap, but siMfaks with a Duldln accent and she

forthwith fell upon her knees, and be srau to 'Hell her bead.''

The burglar wiped the drops of sweat front his ujrly brow, and looked

greedily at the diamond aoarf-pin

which faatened my lace kerdiief.

"Don't be afraid, old lady," said he.

fmmliarlv: "I shaVt hurt vou, but

I'll trouble vou for that pin."

If it had been to nve my me, ieouiu not hate moved my trembling hands; but Kthel ateoned forward to unclasp

it, and, if you'll believe met that child was as cool as a December morning. "first water," said the burglar, grasping the pin, looking at it, and then stuffing it into his pocket.

W. old ladv. vour wateh. 1MU

cut me to the heart, for Ethel's grandfather had given me the watch for a wedding present It was set with pearls all around the face, and on the back, enameled in blue, wag a forget-me-not, In small diamonds. I valued it next to my wedding-ring, but mercy! in a twinkling that went too. ."Rather thin. said he, "but will do to mU Dear me! I would al most as soon have my withered old

heart molted up.

thoroughly

"arouad Um Hera In

But what should we do now?

Kibju, who, at Um culmluatiea of

Kthel' s dariuK. bad sat down ou U

floor aod bumped her head, not very

gently, against Um wall, sum struggled

to her feet, and we kekt a rouucll of

war. It was kalf-past elevrn. The night was blat-k. the streets durk; the

supervisors had Just deckled in a tit of

economy, not to light the street-lamps

for te next six mouths, and our houee was the only one in the flf ty-rara lot forming the square. Ihe garden was full of biding places, where some con

federate might even then be lurking, ready to pounee upon us, if we ventured out.

On the whole, it seemed best to kohl

our prisoner until morning, when we

could arouse the Chinese servants anu send for help. So we brought out Um

lamps and victualed the garrison. Allen made some strong coffee over a spirit-lamp, and we sat there all night and waited, paying little attention to the fierce threats and thundering Idows against the walls that ernphaseaed the ruge of our captive. With the first morning light, wc arotibed Ah Lulls', the cook, ami, hav

ing satisfied his moon-eyed wonder, sent out for the officers of law, who soon bad our prisoner, handcuffed and caged in the county jaiL You see now why I find it up-hill work to discipline my granddaughter Kthel. I have told you how she answers me when I try to reprove her. But theie's one comfort at leait.

Fo Jas1 ate i Hits

P. T. Mfiej. erf the IssnHy C

Om University of Maryland, deiivesed a lecture to a largo audience af yooug

recently, ou "Food aHt JMfs-

In the corc of hie lecture

FnC Miles, in speaking of Um effects of aa iusufffcieut quaaUty of food, aid: "The fat dkajpesrs first, ihea

"Jfow," sakl he, turning to

Ethel,

we'll take the bureau-drawers." Ellen was lying on the fb.or, where she had gone from devotion to insensibility, so Ethel lighted the way baok to my room; and, if ever awoman suffered, I suffered, while this thiefs tiRMils tossed about the cher

ished fceepsakes of my life.

"Spoiling the Egyptians," sakl no. with clumsy wit. "And now, obi lady, I'll take that bag of twenties you got at the bank this morning." Too true! 1 had that very morning

oinia Durlih'h in YohIa s

ON MEXICO'S OOAST.

llsw hh AmrltfMM Captt TrlekcA "CroMw" 'U Ofltoer. The return of "Dandy Jack" to this port as a sailor on the American ship Arabia revives an incident that happened ou the Mexican coaet fifteen years ago. About that time Jack was

one of the crew of tne uarx uiamonu that left San Francisco to trade along the western shore of Mexico, and probably do a little smuggling on that side. The bark went direct to the port of Guaymas, and before she dropped anchor was boarded by, the inteadeate and bis deputies. Af er a thorough search had been made, some goods were found stowed away that did not appear on the manifest, and the captain of the port, in a rage, told the captain of the Diamond

that he and his crew wouiu ue raaue prisoners, and that their vessel was forfeited to tlte Mexican Government. This was a very severe punishment for smuggling, and the captain, knowing bow bitter Uie Mexicans hated

Americans, tbouzht that nut only would

Via eraw be imurisoned. but

tk.t thv wtiirht be assasetnateu ta

"'- -J B some mvsterious manner.

This set the minds of all on board to

thlnkinr. The intendente had twenty

deputies on board while some hundred

The ialra loo Army, eateriag lav

five years ante, has now MO JCn-

gilsk and eighty native mlasMsriee, PreaUent Kttot, of Harvard, says that be disapproves of all kinds of intereoilegate ooa tests, and would abolish them if be had the power to do so, A memorial tablet to General Logan was placed reeeaUy oa the panel adiolalag that of General Oraat, in the MupoUtaa Chutom, Washingtoe, D.C. The rreebytsria wooaea of India raised last year, 1st their missionary ocieUes and boards, la cash and missionary boxes, nearly 16,000 for homo -One-tenth of the ChrieUaas Sa the world do niac-teaUM of Um Chrisiiaa work. So long as Uus is so we eaa not wonder that it gees haHiag aa it does.-y. r. Ckririim jUtoxmU. The net increase of members ia the Methodist Bpbwopsi church for

1887 is 106,599. This is large in the aggregate, though but about ive per cent on Um whole number. Yak University has had three President of Um United Stales, two Vke-Presidouts, eighteen Cabinet members, three Speakers of Um Hoose and four Supreme Court Justices. The presence of eighty-three student in electrical engineering at Cornell University k sit indication of Um rapid growth of the interest ia the application of electricity to engineering problems. Comparatively recent statistics show that there are 87 societies, 1,811 stations, 5,836 missionaries, S9.100 native helpers, 8H808 oommunieanis, 0.100 nunfls in schools and 89,81V

the sympathies and instincts of a high- 532 0f regular income.

er eiass of society? An every-uay oaw . tUm m,,t Jar.Uam

mUa-scnool witu a oreaaiaH eetore mm

Um musebM waste away, sad la ally

the boaee ooata U rough the skia. The brain, Um spinal cord and she nerves are nourished to the last. Like a king in a beleaguered city to whom his loyal sedsjects give ujp their food, the Holder organs are kingest noorlehed. 1st starvation there is net simple hunger of Um stomach, but huasrer of the whole body. It is net strange that wbea hunger presses oa people they will do strange thiags. It produces iasaaity, and they have heea driven to eating what has been called 'strange fll.' tkkt u ir aAHnllwliaaa. There

are millions of people who have not enough to eat. It is at the bottom of anarchy. The police may give them a loaf of bread, but the whole body is illnourished, and a restless feeling results. Not much eaa be done with Um crown-up people of Um eriminal

classes, but Um ehiht eriminal comes first. The eriminal classes are called dirty, bwy and ugly. Of course they are. They are dirty because they have no spars heat to let go; laay, because Um muscles are weak and nature tells them to keep still when hungry. You would be astonished to know how much of the beauty of the fairest

women Is matte un 01 is, xae ecim-

" ThU wwia" I have been laughted at ' jj cwgMM are ugly becauge they have

a great deal all my life for looking for ao tL How could a child whose mus

him was "caught atlast"A rir-! ,,1 4B4i nrVuug system have

Companion. -tiy atarved be exiMcted to hare all

lesson would be a capital poor children. Seme say

thing for Um poor

themselves are to blame for their condition by living too luxuriously. One of the most intense cravings of the Greely Aretie party was for sweetmeats. Tea and coffee do more good than harm. They stimulate not only the brain, but the activities of the whole Wr. There will be a rreat mission

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yet made to the Ministerial Relief Million Fund is that of the little ehureh of Canon City, Col., away up among the Rocky Mountains. The pastor of that church. Rev. K. & Robinson, has just eat a check for five hundred dollars to the treasurer of Um Centennial Committee. An Indian fakir, having been oenrerted to Um Gospel, sUU occupies a

noftitlon bv the side of a creat thor-

drawn a quarter's income all in double eagles. How had the wretch found it out? For a moment 1 besl-

tAted, but that ominous click! and quickly the canvas bag came from it t.wliiitf-nlML the mbldle of a long

luiUtr. tkat I alwavs tdent on. The

aoldiers were on guard on a revenue

cutter alonarShle the Diamond. The

captain on the latter was a man 01 uilr thought, and he took la the

,,. situation at a glance.

t lianAnMl that the disriutsrv of

the iwrt was to ashzht extent a s

Thisis a "sportive name she used to SZ li in ciple of Bacchus, and when he was i-

denote her cheerful skeptic um on the nQ viioti o go ,uiwu u.

subject of my fear. 8h isn t alraiU I Aml ow lmle ,ifs." snkl be,

"I'll trouble you to show me the family silver." Witbemtamoment's hesitation, Kthel led the wretch down the winding stair-

case, through Ute square nan. wun us o uke .,rifioners the captain and dark red walls, into the imrlor, a dim. crw of the li)iiim0nd. as 1m and bis old-fashioned room, with a great, open w would guard her during the fire-place, in which a wemd-nre still XUe eHrUi of darkness was

-.1.1 .... .,1 AW im UH.U atifiirnitH. un i

mv fears. Sk isn t afraid

of any thinjr. It don't look well for a

girl to be so courageous. In my time Kirls were afraid of every thing, even a1 mouse; nowadays they dissect mice. 1 caught up Um poker, and Ethel seised a lawn- tennis racquet that had

been labl aside for repairs; JUlen, my

makl, brought up the rear of the column, armed with a large, ivory-backed

hair-brush, and altogether we had quite the air of that amusing painting "f Toby Rosenthal's, "The Seminary

Alarmed." "I'll tell you what I shall do, grandma, if the man-in-the-moon' ever

does come down," sakl Kthel. "Just

feel of my triceps" (or weeps), anu. doubling up her arm, she put my hand on k to feel a place as hard as a door

knob.

.uil libate he readily consented. The

iiit u-m on Immm'iI was uistMnsed 110-

eraltv. ami in a short time the in

tendente was in a jovial condition.

11. ,.r,li.rwl the soldiers on the cutter

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ro ore and retura in the morn

get enough good food. Boilimore Sun.

m . ee

A Famous Indian, ami a mm mer

Famous Indian Fighter. We give below a picture of Kit Cab-

anv. ti, tenons soouc ana inumn

tighter, whose thrilling exploits su peeeed in interest and adventure those of all other frontier heroes. Kits

portrait shows that be was a very ioa

in courage aim ier ueiimnr sad also a man of fine intellect He was, in truth, the ideal Americas, hero

of the wild Western border.

M ILmV :i9BBBBBBr"mmmmmmn1'

one foot and holding his hand above

his head for hours at a time, as before, be has built a litUe chapel and dug a well, where be entertains passers-by with a cooling draught while he die courses to them of Um waters of eternal life. Out of 40,000 Sioux Indians there are 35,000 of them still iu beatheahmt. There are sixty-six tribes on Um Western prairies for whom nothing yet is done. There are 40,000 Indians of school age, but wbea every school hi pecked to its utmost only lt,000 east he accommodated. This includes

Government schools, Roman CtetholM schools, and all, so that those under mission teachers would be far less number than 13,000.

THE BUFFALO'S FATE.

..Uf,.ut- itjulf. mu! tbecantaln secret-

each side of the tire-place was " K. tve orders to lfis crew to be ready

one filled with the booKs ' " ,;,. rnv -otion.

arched niche;

of a small library, and

hung aa exquisite copy

Raimael's Madonna. Will you believe tue? As

caught sight of the Virgin

in the

ot one

oth ei-

ot

his this

eyes

reb

ut, a moment s notice

Several of the deputies went below, and as soon as they did the hatch was put dewn and locked without arousing the suspicions of those on deck. But Wan cautiously to

ber his pockets full of stolen goods weij;h ,,,0,., ,ne of the Mexicans maxle a siga of the cross, ami mut- Men8j to w,,)reciate Um intentions of

tertnl an At Marin

Tlve imrlor led into a long, oaa

cMmWnVunsXs oS W ha inTS mumeled dining-room, divhled through 0" jke middle a crimson prtiere . Two

like a boy. 1 don't approve of such Urge cioscm epemm w , things, fnmy day girls danced the

"IVhooW fust strike out from the wrprh, It was the door ;! this oon.

shoulder, so!" And, Mtiting Um action to the words, she "struck ouu"

Away went the racquet right through the mirror, shiverbtf it into a thousand fragments. We all stood aghast, but Kthel recovered herself at no.

"1 tell you, grandma, if 1 sAowM do that, it would be the last of him,

a . . a mm . . I

autumn, when sthei took a wouwnttir wms. mi goon, anu

bad cold, whieh gradually developed then I'll help Klbm gather up the fragiftto IwoachiUs, I thought nothing of me nts." packing up and starting off for Call- Here Kthel dropped on her knees, tada with her. We stopped at a beau- and explored with Um offending rac-

little town, situated in a valley qnet every nook anu corner ec vae aim

7irfrom San Francisco bay, with " soft hills of Um coast range all "huhI us, and taking a furnished setUed down comfortably for wewmler. Kw, I hare spent a great deal of mm in my life looking for somebody. J a man. Ko matter how inoonvenit might be, neither heat nor late hours nor early emu pan y r lack of company, could ever ine to neglect Um time-honored of looking for "skat man" hhUs under beds, shuts himself 2ek himself up behind rfj f doe We up in dark our ROTS, purpose of robbing and fwmtal ami uaproieoted

reoees under the bed.

"Mr. Vobody hers, now," said she. getUag m with fi ashed face and tumbled hair; "don't say after this, grandma, that Tm not at tea tire." Wo Umst gave the etoeet a thorough investigation, thumped est the walls with Um poker, shook out Um waterproofs, that are eertaia to look as If Um sleeves were stuffed full of arms, looked la old shee-boies, and finally, standir.z un in a chair, I rummaged

along a shelf running the length of the ulnae, where I was id war afraid that

noma tramp would lay himself away

thrnuffh the day.

SaUsfied at last, we took up Ute line of march, in and out of Um wiadlng

through

wreobjus hours that good reems, shaklRK M slsthss, Uiumniag

the Americans, ami quMity sopiting

down a roje to tbo u-ater, swam ashore and gave the alarm. It was the intention of the captain of the Diamond to trust to the breese that was Hying to carry him out of the harbor and take the intendente and b'. ,rw with him. Just as he had all

closet that Ethel opened and pointed ,relHrHt.i()n made to carry out his

to a Wack box, snovou buck on me r H riHn 01 a umin.m shelf. I remembered then that a smalt hMMU WM lMitl, while another Waned

wrt of the family silver hait oeen .way Ht the stern w wm vu

tored there, to oe nee ohij v-knowing "i 1 .

tUm it haU oeen ,u. ..anijiiii onleretl tne mnr

,L. f.ti,. i4-tin owned I uil riulilNv down to hut

necessity;

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the house, to the Sam AHsmw In the corner next Ute door was a stepladder used for house-cleaning pur-

noses. J net as the burglar seiseu i tremendous noise, like the tramping a .n.l tk mail rolling of

im arnen nran, " :

can aim-balls, made him drop

then

tnnk hi valuables, anu

tried to pull the Intoxicated intendente above, meaning to kidnap him and make the Mexicans pay dearly for him before he was returned. Just as he Jtot on deck, dragging

Um lad- u sVriM ttort official after him. the

der and cock his pistol quickly. We prisoned deputies broke loose, being

thought of rescue, but the no.se can warned by mm oaaum V ' from t colony ot rats in possession of tMng W1W wrong. Dandy Jack ' hTneSboVing attic Seizing the Ut jm,HKl into the kmg boat ladder aaaln. thi burglar set it against jjt m time to save themselTes, nnd STLIE Tt the further corner of JtHev rowed out into the darkness.

:r. "i" MUmd beavUv to the top Tk revenue cutter was steaming up

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COLOKEL KIT CARSOK. Kit's last great contest with the Indians occurred in 1867. the year be

fore his death, when Ra axirt. a perfect Indian fiend, suddenly attacked the defenseless settlers of the remote frontiers. A most graphic spirited and thrilling account of that most desperate struggle is now being pubiished f.. ,u vuw Ynrt Lmlaer. umler the

title of "Rkd Kxint; cm Kit Causok f Last Trail." Rb Kxifb, as will be seen by Um picture of him whieh wo

give helew.

oMMaL bOwbbbbb?1 smr'B BKaBTls7y I rm.

BSD KKIFB was a typical Indian warr or and cutthroat The history of his raid, ami of Krr CABton's skill and heroism ia meeUng the perils of the occasion, ht Wun In No. 7 of Um Kew York XeaVsr. RoaaaT Boiocwt's Sous have tesued millions oi sample copies of tvu titimW of the JLseWsr. but there

wao nave

mt Mm Mwt mi A

Jai8JfiHHr9VSJ 0R81bJ 8j4984bV

It is believed there ass now osfty a few hundred represeataUves of the millions of bison which, when, Fre

mont crossed Um continent,

over our rreat Western plains. A

small herds have very likely

the notice of hunters and settlers. Nearly two years ago residents along the upper Missouri aad Yellowstone rivers reported that Um bison was probably extinct ia that rsgioa, but later the hunting party organised by Um taxidermist of Um Smithsonian Institution found a herd of about fifty animals in one of the valleys of Restern Montana, where. In Um midst of wild aad uninhabited tract south of Um Missouri, they had entirely 11 lap id . notice. This region has since been occupied by ranchmen, and it is bow thought that Um bison la hht wild state has entirely disappeared from Montana except in the Yellow tone Park and its environs, where, secure from hunters, a few specimens sUH exist. It is reported abut that ahmg the foothills of the Rocky Mountains a few small herds still range, tdmest as far south as Texas. About two years ago the directors of the Smithsonian Institute awoke to Um faot that If they wished to repieahm their inadequate and unsatisfactory collections of this great game animal.

it was high time to set about the tack It was to the hunters employed by this institution that Um best cpwieas of the last herd ia Eastern Montana fell a prey. Thus Ute few remaining American buffalo were slaughtered ha order

that their skeletons amt same oernelually recall the memory of

numerous famihr which was so

Wy exterminated to moot the

that any oas who has not bad on of Ute one commodity that was always these sample copies eaa get osw free welcomed ia barter by the agency of sxpease by lupy seadiag hie tam, Hot a few of our troubles name ami wWrtotbe ieW oflieo, wiUt Western tribes have had their

at the corner w wuimm - rr- -i-i. m-imarilv ia the fact that the

streets. Vow York

an easy and cheap way

and es-

U iu tee

01 it, -

ning, Kthel shut the door with a crash. Thy were not pursued

turned the Key. www ' J i" - iw.lKMiad there he was. a prisoner.' being taken aboard an 1 outward-houmt "rvTgThUuVgRiun'vs gat sehooaer before their tight wasdrcull the Hk a cared lh. the matter, that the intendeaM, so wS J.r el STdoor. incensed over the folly he was guihy Kicks and blows rainett on tne f. .v, broken us aa a

m iiui iiLLra iiu nil wee " "

curses lomt ami rr : " I w' tH- u amusoriers. Jack

room; frautie poumttngi ,wnW-iJaTlmrtw. rear hs--

t . a - lkMtSJ IBTBT 0VB we---- I - m

omttfil WVTw wnvnee "wr , , Tu . uJJIbv Kate, aad

ptnusie iw- "

iwrii number of

ttorr ser Btldtshed.

the greatest India

-A firemen who had readeradefil-

dent service la figftttaf me aajwrreently died. His oomiiMloiio osoAa fioral pUsw en which wsa laeeribedt

"He has g to his last mre.' asm wMow njoted the tribute. A r, ww -.-That five dollars I luaws you

some umo age, j,

la- maadi of tribes that. Hue

fathers before them, had regarded Ude Mimei as eseeaUal to their wU being. Tbo wild and merciless savage had hunted the baton for seaturies, yea wbea our fathers came to tbfo oousttrir the plalas were probabiy as biaok wsi herds as they had been ia past asms.

end so doubtless they woum aave mmtmued to be. The latest mwitbseaieu report says tkt ia a verv few years mere Um eib.

tmrnav goat, smsr aa

r.Mrsou, 'st a smod sxa upto Lt be whottr oxtemismtod. TmSfrnt

OhrurtiaHt.' 4yrL,2!lK thestiaimiiMtrf ly wilh aa TtlJZ iStlrW dieaWMariag before the ad--how's thatr' "It keeps kmt to VM - MttUunt aad the rmhbm

woEM-JR K 9m. emausme4mlsmmt,