Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 February 1898 — Page 3

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i: ONCE thi la ther of His Conntry was to Ix properly honored in VVetheaa, The settlers had dc fiiicd tlint it ought to be done, and the method f its

carrying out win left to a committee consist ing of t lie storekeeper, tlie teacher, and t;tie of the leading ca 1 1 lernen who, rumor said, Lad once owned a library. -,nf course it nin't proving nothing boat our honesty that we do t h is sort of thing," remarked Borden, the raache ton man, "but it's the right 'hing to do." "Yes. Washington was a fine old g -1 1 1 1 c ma n," added the st orckee j le r, "an' erf Yirgininns always WTill stand In him." "Mighly nice thing to bp honoring Ihr lender of a revolution," broke in a gruff voice from the rear of the store, l! was the Knglishman who was overseeing 'he fencing of the J1 inpie Cattle company's new lands. He had been i fiirmer over in the Cimmarron country, and was always objecting to whatever wan on foot. "Hush tip. you got too badly licked tn talk," was the rejoinder from Horden; and Ci lade, the foreigner, tuhsiihd. The celebrat ion was to tejfl place In the schoolhouse out on the edge of the tiny settlement. From its door could be seen the haze that covered the tops of the Spanish peaks off to the west and also the sunken lines of the Cimmarron. It was nil the conception of the pretty school mistres. w ho thought to thus raise enough money to buy a flag for the building's roof. Tbefe were other indnceni' nts for the two men who helped in the prcpnr.i tions Horden and Urnde. The cuttleMae thought there was no one like Linie Dean ntid the Knglishman thought the same. "You are to be Washington," .-aid the director to Horden, and the part fitted him welj. "All right, I'll lick the Hritishers out of their boots," he declared as he pranced around with it stick for a : d. and onsjt ugly looks at Glade, "And you shall be Cornwalli-," tu-n-i to Made. This, too, w.ctne I t-ati-faetnry. Night after night they met a1 the S' hoolhouae preparing the rendition of Ul play. The half-dozen actors were determined that there should be no ground for criticism. Spring w as early OB the prairie, and the gray and brown grasses were dry as tinder. The close curling buff.tlo grass was, like that of tB blue stem, crinkling in the breeze, ad the cattle were nibbling it away to I tfet at the tiny spears of green be-

neath. "tie nicht the play was nearly over When Horden remarked, in tone that CUM to the ears of the entite coin penyi "if i aid my way. I'd order every one of these red coats off the soil of America." ".M;ybe you can't do any better than did Mnir first president at that," w:is the sneer that came from back la the ' I (curtain strung on pieces, of twine) somewhere. Horden grew angry. "W-ll, I can 'ry, the mme as he did. Be won la the iil, I believe." The fiagUabmaa eaiae out in the middle of the room. "I would not teV Ih thee to try it," he drawled. The words were not more than out of his Month w hen there came a crash of eenerjT, and nlong with the dies and Hearty everything portable came Horden from the stage which he left with " lp. He Badtatralfht for the I hroat 01 his adversary, but what met his grasp whu, ,e reached out was Miss 11 ' hand. "There, there, let this top right Here, Tlie man you represent would et have, fought in the presence of u wOBtaa." Bordea, abashed, stood Wk, and then went to the stage. Hut it did "t mean the end of the trouble evrrv00d knew thnt. The men had a fight after the evening's practice was over, hal It settled nothing, except that they ri b,,th very much in love with Uesle, HM school did not amount to much those dajrt, for all the scholars were Proetlelag for their parts in the onm1 drama. The work on the ranches ' Wktei ise, for there wr.s the interest nmong the older people. " the night before the festal day thee Baal practicing at 1he schoo'OOse, and again the two representajM of the opposing sides in the revo- '"' 6 had jheir warfare of words. In his speech the American took pains 0 '"" few words reflecting on the

sett

Englishmen who came out to the west to run cattle machen, and the llnglishman said some cutting tbinyb that pointed at frontier manners. Sie iure, gentlemen," aaJd Lizzie, "this lias gone far enough. 1 cannot have you q Barreling nil the time, Yoa must settle vuur troubles soniew Ik re else." "All I want is to win you." whispered the Knglishman behind the scenes a few minutes later. "Will you give BM

tne answer.

No, this is a warfare that you most

e with Mr. Horden. I would like

to see how this contest of the rival pow crs comes out." "Well, i? will be different to that of the flays of 1770," was the sententious answer. Hut would it ? "I don't like to see that Englishman around you so much." whispered Horden a few minutes later. "Why, he behaves himself," replied Mi-s Dean, with well-feigned astonishment. "Hut it ain't pat riot Ic, don't you see," was the retort. "You ought to stand up for your country, and Washington:" This last nroudlv. for Horden

ami really elated at the character he was taking in the play. "So I must make- this a national affair?" "No. just n person il affair, but be patriotic in it." Thus the matter stood when Washington's birthday dawned an armed truce between the opposing forces, each of which was intent on winning the prize and confident that it could be done. Soft blew the southern breeze and the night was dark. From miles of plain came the breath of spring thai was giving the first earnest of its glory. The settlers rode in from their claims in wagons; the ranchmen came on horseback, and the line of ponies that 'ringed the schoolhouse yard was formidable. The Ragllnhmna came in nil the glory of bis best clothes, while Horden miule his appearance in the frontier dress that so well became him. "No reserved seats; come right tn." welcomed the storekeeper as he took the tickets at the door. The crowd obeyed and filled the front seats, the back seats, and owrflowed the .iis.es. "Now, ladies and gentlemen." announced the storekeeper, when all was

ready, we will present tlie great drama of the time of Washington, as is most appropriate on this occasion." The curtain rolled up (again a sheet on n pole), and the simple incidents thai

hail been chosen to give a representation of the life of the first president were one nfter another called forth. There was nothing but peace until the act where the meeting of the hero nad GoraweUie occurred. Then as the two rivals came on the little stage there was a howl of delight from the men present, for each knew how matters et od. Horden looked daggers at Glade, and as his turn came to speak nil realized thai he was putting strange sentiments into the mouth of Washington when he said: "Yon may be as good a man as the rest of us, but you are not aa brave." Cornwall; colored, and the storekeeper remarked to his wife: "Bleed If 1 don't think Horden struck home that time." Bat Glade responded, with due courtesy: "It remains to be proved as to that" iimuI then went on with his set npeeah, Tiie play was long and the audience was evidently wenry when the final act came. The rivals were on the stage and there U ;i chance for some more repartee, which was likely to given, when suddenly there was I sound from the outside of the house that caused the heart of every nuditor to sink with an ill-derlned fear. It was a whinny of terror from a score of horses' thront. Quick! J the people rushed from their seats and to the w indows and doors. What they saw w;is something that is never wlnmt Its message of alarm for the ranchman and the settler the prairie w as on fire. In an Instant almost the house was emptied. The women were crying and the men were trying to calm the frightened horse. One by one the wngnrns v . re hurrying off, the owners anxious to get home or at least out of the reach of the danirer. It was high time! Hike a sen of flame the On talking blaze was sweeping across the dry sod, licking up the long grass of the ravine and making quick work of the crisp oororiag of the higher laada. The wind had rlsfti amd was bringing the attacking army omward with ripid pace. There was no chance for the schoolhonae to escape. In a scrambling, push

ing mass the people ift the place mm their wagons and hoi sei were dotting the llaine-ligbtd plum. Two men f nind t henikel ves side by side a (piurtei of a mile from the building, each oil his broacho und euch galloping towurd fbe t orth. As they mounted a little swell in the prairie the blaze lighted their faces. Prom each came an exclamation: "Horden!" "CI lade!" "I thought ..u were with her," demanded the former, angrily. "I thought you were the one." Far an laataat the two men glared :.' each other and then the test came. Borden looked straight in the face of he Bagiiibnsaai ead then at the sea of flame sweeping up from the south and whose breath im hot in their faces. 'Yell." he demnaded, "which shall it be? This is the time te prove which is the true represent atiffl of bravery." "Oh. it's not that sort of a question," pleaded the at her. "It is just that sort of a question. There is a chance for the one Who rides into that blaze to come out alive and only a chance. It will l,e at the solioolhouse im n moment, and the race there is no small thing in itself, even if the lim-ses w ill take I'." 'We'll go together," after a little t hought. "Yery well." The horses' heads were tunned and the rivals went toward the long line of leaping flames, each determined to make the other weary of his undertaking. On and on they rode, the horses becoming wilder as each whiff of the wind brought them a stronger smell of smoke. Finally the Knglishman began to fall behind. His horse w as not so unruly aa Horden's. and there seemed no reason for his retrogression. "Come on. Com Wal til," called the

ranchman, and the cut was felt by the laggard. Taster and faster rode the frontiersman into the thick of the smoke and was lost to the sight of his comrade. With head bent low and notrilsshicided i:i the folds of his cloak, he steered toward the schoolhouse whose black form rose out of the flames. t Finally the door was re-ached and with a shout he called to the teacher. W.s she there'.' JJ,. remembered that - be had gone to the rear of the building when the alarm was given. She might have thought there was no danger in staying in the schoolhouse. He leaped from the horse. Into the building he ran and to the rear. What was that n sobbing? Leaning over a pile of curtains in the corner he took frutii them a bundle of humanity that M is very frlghtoaad and very thankful to see him. "is it you. blzzie?" he questioned. "Yes and Jimmie." "Who is that?" "The widow's little lame boy. 1 thought be would like the ahow and brought him. He is too heavy to carry Bttd we had to stay here. What car we

do'.'"

Fof an answer the strong man lifted the woman in one arm and the bovin

the other and rushed to the door. Throwing them to his saddle he bade them cling for their lives. The fire was already around the yard and was eating its way to the building. The intense heat had made the shingles smoke and in :: fa minutes the whole structure would be a pyramid of blaz.e. It was no easy task to control a wild

Bad eSflited horse in the midst of a lire and also see that two helpless

barges did not fall from the back of the animal. Hut Horden with his superb mastery of horseflesh did it, and the gait that they took through the wall of Hume was something marvelous. Had the riders been living a little near

er to ell ilization thev would have culled

it "record breaker." "Well, that was a scorcher," re

marked Bordea, when thev had come to

t safe place. "Hello, who is that?" as

a nolltefy rider came out of the smoke and approached them. "Hless me. if it ain't Corn wallis!" "Wool" exclaimed the Knglishman. wiping his eyes. "I couldn't lind the schoolhouse or I would hae Buvcd the little school ma'am." "Was it hot?" "Awfully so. I suppose it il too late t ow to do her any good." "Oh, I don't know. ( ornwaliis. She is here all right," and the form of Lizzie came to the astouished eyes of tue Lite arrival. The Knglishman looked sheepish for a minute and then hit his horse w ith his band and started off. "Sa," called Horden, "that little rivalry is settled now." And then to I t! "I knew that he was not hunting that schoolhouse very hard. You gave him the right character that is, the side that got licked!" And Lizzie I)ean agreed w ith him. 8o thoroughly was the defeat felt that the vanquished suitor did not even deign to come to the wedd ing the dedicat ion event of the new schoolhouse that replaced the one deetroyeil by the fire. LtBBie wanted it that way and Horden w;,s willing to have it so. "1 don't know much about it," he said, "but 1 take it for granted that Washington nlwayi pleaeed the ladies when be could " CM A KT. I S HORBAtJ HATtGKR.

W hen nutilt'Kf"" ft tann. Th staifpeoaeh rolled along Its war. On tireless axl hunR, The npeeOieol travel of the day When Washington was young. A wick In tallow wax Imparled Its fectilf luster flung To light the darkness of th world When W ashlnrton was young. Hut thirteen states and thirteen atari Historic pots sung. Who scanned t he a,t rlotlo bars W hen WeehlBITtea was young. That selfsame flag to-day Is fraught O'er seventy millions swung) With principles of honor taught When Washington waa young. Orand history lessons are anrollet Tu stars and stripes among. Hurrah, thn, for th days of old, When Washington w as young! -Mrs M. U Itayne, tn Chicago Ttmea-Ber-14.

M'KINLEY ON THE DINGLETY LAW

Kala Claims of ihr Protection I'rra. Meal Pt ead deal IfeKlnley'e nddresa at the ouiifiuet in Nr.v York of the National Association of Ma n ufact urers was even mcie beggarly in tone and Inconintern t in declaration tbun wua Secretary tlage'a ipeech at Philadelphia earlier iu the week. Tbe secretary of the treasury insulted the intelligence of the American people by an attempt to reconcile to bimetallism his currency reform scheme, the title of which Is "to commit the country more thoroughly to the gold standard and remove, as far as possible, doubts and fear on that point." Hy following a similar line of argument in his New Y'ork spceeh President McKinley ha added to the flache insult. The president, with the unctuous manner often assumed by advocates of a weak cause, tried to make bbick appear white. He congrat ulated t be manufacturers upon the prospect of extend

ing, "not. their notes, but their business." W'Iumi first he addrsscd them.

he said, they were trying to rei-ain

what they bad lost the previous year

He intended this to mean that I bey hail

hi lie red actual loss of trndr territory

by the operations of the Wilson tariff

lew ;inJ had not only already regained

all that was thus lost, but had really

extended that territory by the opera

tions of the Dingley law

There Is such a wide divergence in

the president's professed) view of thi

effect of the l.r.v and of the expressed

opiniou) made be its author on the

floor of the house- nt Washington a few

days age as to leave no common

ground for these two great apostles of

protection to stand upon. Mr. Dingley confessed that protection could nevci

be effective as long as there were no uniform restrictions upon the hours of

labor In this en urn try. In other words

protection nnrrow-s the market to the

home consumer, and the only way in

which production can be made profit-

j able under such a system Is to restrict

It, by act of legislation, within the de

fined limits of consumption.

I President McKinley told the National

I Association of Maimifncturers that they

"ere now to go out and possess what

you have never hart hefore meaning

thereby thnt the Dingier lnw was

opening new, broader and more profitable markets for them. The Dingley dea for a constitutional amendment to restrict nnd equalize hours of labor, in order to limit production as tbe oxnly moons by which

protection will ever he effective, ex

poses the fallacy of the president's theory. Tli" strike of New England rotton spinner because of n heavy reduction in their wages caused hy overproduction Is a flat denial. In the most positive and practical manner, of the ptfsiclent's claim that the Ding'ey low has widened the market for American manufacturers. Hu Ol er, most of the men who listened to the president's speech were nware that bis claims were false, fJT thry are men whose judgment ultimately Is Influenced only by the Bloat practical test results. With possibly n ery few exceptions, not a manufacturer who beard the president's lame defenete of Dintrleylsm has experienced any benefit from that policy except as It fosters trusts and limits production. - St. Louis Republic. CURRENT COMMENT. The question of how much üanaa's election cost bns been settled. All those connected with It say nothing. Chicago Dispatch. Some of Mr. Hanna' mnn-v hns been found. It should be returned to him, care of Mr. McKinley u the white house. Atlanta Constitution. In moving into the white house, Mr. Haaaa baa kindly consented to let

the previous tenant remain as a roomer for the present. Albany Argus. Maine's ice crop is extraordinarily large this year. Nelson Dingley complacently rubs his hands nnd says: "Look at that, im.wI" Kansas City Times. The RM rc even mHo nna's f riends make for i (fusing to testify about the Banna purchase, tbe more deeply the real reason for their silence is stamped into tbe public mind N. Y. Yorld. The gold reserve, clearly beloved fellow-citizens, now exceeds tbe sum of $100,000,000. So of course, you are prosperous, and ev erything is all right. What! You are not prosperous? Well, Picrpont Morgan is prosperous, anyhow; so cheer up. lie fixed up tlie gold reserve, you Know. N. V. Journal. The nttorney general of the United States, who has al ways been tha friend of trusts, has been promoted to the supremo bench, and another attorney general appointed who exactly fills his place. The trusts are losing no ground under this administration. Colunuhus (O.) Press. It itinst be a great humiliation to protectionists to observe that tbe moat prosperous industry is the one to which least protection waa afforded, while to the cotton industry, under the "most scientific schedule ever designed," wnges are tumbling and mills

are closing. I'tica Observer. The most intimate political friends of Mr. llnnna did notseem tobe proud of his election. They do not want to publish the means by which It was attained. They seem to be desirous of allowing tbe matter to fade away. They have the bird and want to atop the discharge of ilrenrms. Cincinnati lCiupdrcr. "American lalior," exclulms Senator Chandler, "now has a protective tariff. ' And much good it la doing American labor, Isn't It, Senator Chandler? The wholesale reductions of the wage cf New Kngland cotton operative! immediately following an increase of ', per cent, in the "protection" accorded to the cotton Induatry tell the story. There are nffeete 1 by the cut In wages 125,000 operntlren, whose wage average only six dollara a week.- Pittsburgh Post,

M'KINLEY STRADDLES. Th l'rrililrat'i Attltaäo ob ih WeMf Qurtllun, No sooner has President McKinley delivrend himself of most empha t ic utterances i :i the laeaelal question in his New York after-dinner speech than al! the r.ew spaper editors in (he country fall to quarreling w ith each other over what the speech meant. There li no other man in the I'nitc 1 States who can say so much that sounds convincing while he is saying it r.r! which meana so many different things when It Is said. This gift may be gratifying to the president, but it is the cat;se of much anguish of apirit on the part of his friends. In New Y'ork the president, with earnest nnd impressive words, pledged the government as follows: "Nothing should ever tempt us. nothing ever will tempt us. to scale down the acred debt of the nation through a legal technicality. Yhatever may be the language al 1he contract, the 1'nited States will discharge all Its obligations in

the currency recogni7ed as best throughout the civilized world at the time of payment." This declaration has set thegold clique wild with joy as proof positive that the president was at lust thoroughly committed to the monometallic gold theory of curency. l'or the moment, doubtler.s, the president thought he was a believer in the single gold standard, hut he did not confine himself to the statement quoted. With true McKinley evasion he wandered on and awny from the narrow golden gate and sai: "Ye are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading commercial nat ions of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote." Thus, by quoting tbe republican platform, the president Bait down th high hopes of the gold advocates and. In the forceful but Inelegant language of the pnnilding table, may be said to have "straddled" the financial question. Everybody seems to be agreed that the pre- I lent delivered a very important spei eh In New York the other night. Btery body says It will go ringing around the world. Hut no two people can be found who can agree on exactly what position the president took on the currency question. Chicago Dispatch. DUPING WORKINGMEN. The Poor Victim ,f Protection and tlie Truala. The thousands of protected workingmen who are now "walking around" looking for some capitalist who will permit them to work may congratulate, themselves that (Iroverthe Pat is worth five or six millions of dollars; that the Standard Oil company's prolln during the year were over $50.000,000, and that J. Picrpont Morgan controls nearly one-third of the railway mileage of Uta Ualted States; that the sugar trust is making CO per cent, profit ; that Pullman left $30,000,000; and that Mark Ilanna's $$ McKinley, in the interest

of the poor national banker, has urged congress to authorize the comptroller of the currency to issue loan money to tbe poor national banker at the rale of one-hr.lf of one per cent., and which the banker can loan at eight or ten per cent., or. In other WOrde, Mark Ilanna's $$ McKinley desires the government the people to Issue to his masters, the bankers, $1.000 in money, for erkiel the poor national banker

shall pay the go rrnment the people-

five dollars per year, and for which

it Is expected tlie people the government will pay the jKior nntionnl bank er from fso to $100 per year in hdvaaOC.

The work the people may further con

gratulate thenmehrea upon is that If they cannot obtain t he consent of some

capitalist to be allowed to work, they they nre free nu n. and they can either

steal or starve. Ilights of Man.

The "('iimmnn Herd" ICiclndwd. If the 'common herd" ha any idea

that it can attend a McKinley reception, the "common herd" is Yery much mistaken. 'I his fact wr.s made evident by

the r'.suhs throog'd the masterly tal lies displayed by Private Secretary Porter, who managed the recent affair at the white house in a manner that would

have done credit to the late lamented Ward McAllister. So cleverly did Porter conduct nlTairs that not one "vulgar person" was present to jostle the

lbows of Mark Hannn, nnd the function proved to he delightfully and aris

tocratically "exclusive." President

Cleveland, nlthough considerable of an

autocrat, never succeeded In lorring

out the people. Perhaps he did not

wish to do this, hut McKinley represents

close corpora t Ions, and his reception

was of that character. As the dispatches

put It: "The wives of the cabinet min

isters nnd the ladies of the diplomatic corps fairly showered compliments on Secretary Porter for hla successful

management of the first important

official function of the year." How

swet nnd how characteristic of repub

lican institutions!

K Protectionist Pirn. In the aenate a few days ago Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, felt com

pelled to refer to the industrial situa

tion in New I'.nglnnd. The only excuse

that thia ardent protectionist could make for the strikes and lockouts and wage reductions waa that he "was satisfied that the trouble was not due to tbe operation of the tarifflaw. but to quite different cnusea." What kind of satisfaction Is that to a workingmsn who has his wages reduced? Wusn't protect ion Invented anil ad vocatcd as ti Breeftll tlta of the operation of these "other causes" that might reduce wages? It Isn't enough for protectionists to say thnt protection didn't cause the trouble. They must explain why protection didn't prevent the trouble. I'tica Observer

noss Tlanna Ins split the republican party In Ohio and wiped it out in Ixmsiana. If a boss could be used for political damages, the republican party could throw Henna into bankmptcy.St. Loula Paet-Dispatch.

ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKA? lorn, nrqalrcntali That Will Mm Found ladlapenaablc. The universal article of diet in that ;ountry, depended upon and indispensable, is bread or biscuit. And tomakethe bread and biscuit, either in theeampor upon the trail, yenst cannot be used It must be baking powder; nnd the powder manufactured by the processes of the Koyal Haking Powder Company, miners nnd prospectors have learned, is the only one w hich w ill stand in that peculiar climate of cold and dampness and raise the bread and biscuit satisfactorily. These facta are very Important for every one proposing to go to Alaskaand

the i ukon country to know, for should he be persuaded by some outfitter to 1 take one of the cheap brands of baking pow,!er, it will cost just as much to transport it, and then when he opens it for use, after all his labor in packing It over the long and difficult route, he will find a solid caked niassor a lot of spoiled powder, with no strength and useless. Such a mistake Might lead to the most serious results. Alaska is no place In which to experiment in food, or try to economize with your stomach. I'or B0I in such a climate, and under the trying and fatiguing conditions of life and labor in that country, everything must bp the best and most useful, and above all it is imperative thnt all foodsuppliei shall have perfect keeping qualit ies. It is absurd to convey over such difficult and expensive routes an nrticle that will deteriorate in transit, or that will be found when required for use to have lost a great part of its value. There is no better guide to Vdlow In these matters than the ad v ice of those who have gone through similar experience. Mr. Mc()uesten. who lBcalled"the father of Alaska," after an experience of years upon the trail, in the camp, and in the use of every kind of supply, says: "We find in Alaska that the iniportanci of a proper kind of baking powder cannot be overestimated. A miner with a can of bad linking powder is nlmost helpless In Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and havt been obliged to settle down to use nothing but Royal. It is stronger, and carries further, but, above all things, it is the only powdet that will endure the severe climatic changes of the Arctic region." It is for the same reasons thst the U. S. Government in its relief expeditions, and Peary, the famous Arctic traveler, have carried the Royal Haking Powder exclusively. The Royal Haking Powder will not cake nor loae ita strength either on board ship or in damp climates, and ! the most hightly concentrated and efficient of leavening agents. Hence it is Indispensable to every Alnskan outfit It can be had of any of the trading companies in .Masks, but should the miner procure his supplies before leaving, hi should resist every attempt of the outfitter to palm off upon him any of the other brands of baking powder, for they will spoil and prove the cause of grea' disappointment and trouble. BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP. Ths Feast Took Place lOO Mllra From Hanson and Coat O-O.ooo. Jack Collins, who started for Dawson City with a band of sheep last summer,

has been heard from. He sold part of his flock for $20,000. The other and biggest half of the flock fed the birdi of the arctic zone. This is how it happened : He drove the sheep In over the Dab tou trail. Some time before Dawson was reached cold weather came on, and Collins decided to kill his sheep. Hi killed anil sold C00, and receied nearly HOjQM for tbem. Then he concluded to hold the remainder for a better market. Be killed the remaining 400 in a sort of secluded place off the line of travel and suspended the can asses on pales far enough above the ground to be out of the reach nf bears, wolves or other wild animals. Be left two young men to watch thi mutton, and proceeded to look for a mining section. Having found one, hi located a claim and proceeded to test it. After he had dug out a few thousand dollars' worth of gold he thought he would, as the French say, "return to his m at tons." His stay had been so prolonged that the young mnn had become weary of holding a wake over the sheep, and, lategining Dawson to be only a few miles away, had started for that city to enjoy some of the pleasures a metropolitan city can afford. It proved to be about 100 miles to Dawson, so theii absence was more extended than they had inended, nnd when Collins reached the place where he had left the carcasses of 400 sheep he found only 400 bleaching skeletons. The eagles, ravens, crows, kites, hawka and other birds of prey which inhabit that region had been feasting on mutton. "Where the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered." is a proverb which applies to other birdi of prey. Collins had left so many carcasses that invitations had been sent out sud a general round-up of all tin vulturei and things in that region, from Hehring sea to the Mackenzie rivsV, had taken place. Whether the claim Collins secured will make good the Ion of the mutton or not remains to be seen, but when he drives in his next band of heep the birds of prey will not get so large i percentage of them. Portland Oregonian.

A Town Itldra In This Klrvator. Probably the only elevator in thi world that Is used to connect two parti of a town is the one in Heligoland, thi lit'le island just off the coast of and belonging to (iermany. One portion of the town ii on a cliff over MO feet high. The other is at the base of the cliff oi flat itretch of land. There are nl paths up the cliff, and all communications between the two portions of thia unique little place muit be held bv me ins of the elevator an elevator that lifts en entire community to and from the scene of ita daily labors N. Y. Journal