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-H:rLo-.-j VOLUME XXIII.
E BENS BURG, TA.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1SS9.
a 1 -
NUMBER 41.
awlttMurn a im imawti.
Joi
a Paianaa of all klsda naailr aad apadl
It Ti U
oaaly aiaeatad at lowett prleaa
inn t 0
voa l you lorra
.His Qmwfl vwmi-
;ii I'ublUhed Weekly at
,m.'nnJ. cjbx- coricrr.
Ol tfttt if Iff W
a
B.
tt.,it l 'li't -,u tn'S 111 ttl6 wv ot
,, . .!!- (ilit!rl!V KDrnltiuH th ?l
Mrf.9 ....
f l''' "' S,',', "0t Terr S!,t'",c
tl, M-rvioe ar.l apDeatsnce, but at
t,'s ,,,.riii Mile mth thfe qunlitles
'Ta.e It'tH are all sreclal fortunate pur
c.n., f lAre .juautitl--! at cut price and
,.nn r-.mmfn.t them extn qunlitles
1 to ." I"" "' b"t,r th usual
.-juliti'"1 "u 1 valUM oU f 1-
. i,...u t;ra liraln NllUa, 91
.4 inrt. KMrk HK Kha.lamr. 1
il in Blarl Silk t alH rranfala. 1
li lUarK Pfn " 1
It lnb Bl-I' Armure Bal, 1
S. n ti h for ?l vuluas What of the finer
nu.ilitl. s 1 Tnt-y aro here too la these
t,n V Silk stnchs In all Rrn.tes, qualities,
wavci an.t mak to suit all taates at H to
so vaM Many fancy wpaven this
j,aon In HHi-k Mlki.
Colors t'" "re In rtat di-mari.l.
C !. 'UKI Nll.K AKJIfli-Jl,
NKW (H.lH.'i.ISlL.lv KHAD.ViltS,
NHCI HI.I'KKH KAIUI.K HiANCAlSE,
V.V CI 't.i iKKI) sniAiis,
,M. A ruLOUKU UKOS U RAINS.
Id nil tl; ult rt sl.aiies for 6trttant buuse
wi ne, uNo in eveninu Htia.lcs.
WIUTK
Our Mail Order Depart
ment f.ir lml''', "f tliMo epef lal f I values men
tailed !i"v ; an it a No of anythltiif else In
Hr? Co N you may b lntere-tit In from
idi.iImti to Illicit iU0litie4. ihcD rotupare
:hpiic.- tor like qualltlA. This esten-
lvi' biiHrir we are bui'dio an.l aJJiait to
J.l!y on t!i bals of email profit and lt-
rt'i' l ri'ronai'? ; anJ cilj Idea, but none
y:or
Our Catit'oBtie aud Fftohion Journal trxi
trav ah! you lu c!';r mtmua ou uiaiyi'-t
sr. I fnhrlr-t In your Fall and. Winter par-
.iiiM. Kro.
BDGGS & BUHL,
i::. III. 119. CI FEDERAL STREET,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
Long-standing
F.IkiI Di.t'MSf. nro cured by
the p'Tst-vriut' use of Ayer'a
Sm;-:;..;wi1U.
1..., n:. !i. urn la an Altorativo, and
, . . . i idl.'itl ohunje in tho svstoru.
'. . 1' " ' ' .'.n s.'iii.' mo, amy tut Ihj
'I'
1 1U
in others ; but, aitii
result la ccrtaJn.
tllrt
I . r two j i .ii
..':. .11 11
I
Liltr.:.! fioru a KV
v. r
ii ii v r .. .I.t Bid... nnH liud
:. . ai:-l l.y a torpul liver
io .1 AfirT eiriiLr aeveral
I:
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v..
1 1 i-r ti.ji a-ithout a, curu,.I
'' : 's Sar.HHpttrsUa. I
i' I :! .1 l.v the first lu.ttl.i.
!- ' ", r ' ' e Ixitrl.-a I wu Cuui
v - .!! u W. BoLiun, TO
I.-..- . f . f.. Avell, il Uvl.
I..-: M .v .i l.ne earlmnclo bri..ko ent
' ' ' " ' 1 '' usual reuMidiue lia.1 uo
' ' i ! I I w.ls ci.utinvd to niy Im-iI for'
. i A friend imlnre.1 itui totiy
i .vir,.q arilla. L tlyia three
i I the firn. Is ullniyoxpu.
' luodiiiuc, I Bover aavr rue to
VYonderful Results.
' - t' i r i :;n ked ctfect of tho nso cf this
i -... no .n tlio Mtrt n!hriiiB of uiy
':"-Mr.. Carrla Adaia, Holly
S- -i.;'. 'l'.u.
"I 1 i.l a dry ar-nly tnmor for ranr,
A ; l, r. t terribly ; and, m mr firoth-
-m -r were aiiiiilarly aCiictod, I
I t! ii.:diidy la hereditary. Ijat
r. It. Tyrou, of rnatultn.
' r intiii nd.-d me to Like Ayer'a
Mr utuI contiuue It for a rear,
r f ' v.. u.j,a I t,M,k j, ja,ly. I lutra)
t .4 L.etuiMU uxn mr bxlv for th
'V ' """'.l' " T. "E. WUcy, n,i
'r.i- fi-i
..' r.. t ,.,
, ..'w uii my, -
mid winter I wiu trembled
heavy pain in my ki.U. I
.'t! it much ut Isrt, but it
. .-.v wonc until it beenroo
iraUe. Iunur the 1 .It tar
t.ine, disorders of tlin at.irti.
ii ..i...
'rli..Tr:i.Hed Oiy trouble. I
I'll.... ' AW'f'ti ..ra k,nn!l..
' i-ri.i ;..v e.iutinuinn the use of
v -ui- ii. .1.,. i,r souiu moutUe, tho rala
'ir ULl 1 Wfts compU-tely
"ue;i; ! y' Auoust A. i'urbush,
Ayer's Sarsapafilla;
taKrAHKn r
J.
1
i ww., wwweu, rviasa.
4Tt i Iwtuoa. J. WorUii a bottle.
OILS! OILS!
m.l.trd Oil Company, of
i.tt-. ur-, Ia.f m;ite u specialty
lnu!-.u-turin for the domes
tho fiuest t rands of
-i:a:in; an.l LabricatiD? Oils,
Nahtlia and Gasoline
l h.it can bo
SiOE FROM PETROLEUM.
0 comparison with
fin? r 1 I'n,h,ct of pctrol
" " 11 )vi wUh the most
1 : :5.niily : Satisfactory : Oils
:::i-!!';'rMaforouri.
ABOARD OIL COMPAIIY,
lITTblJUUG. 1A.
Jr.
a &
-. . y.; h,; l:::rh""'u"T ,r-
WE BO M)T PLEDGE
l Oum-lTeo tuiwp atr!at. but to kerf itba, load
ovarau uinorn ia laiuna you
riKr, rnsouir.tr pi ke, axd
WELL J! ATI' RED. RIPE W1II
KIEk A!I- W 1 51 EH
Atrt"r that nnka all othrr daalara hoatla.
Jot thtnk ol it
(Warholt fc ?o.'a tura Kya, Bra yean old.
Fall i'ii-t1.c-0. or 10.uo j.or Joion.
Still hotter
Hoofi'. nl.pn'Wedila.'ten.yaan;old. 'Fall
tjatrtt ft -iA orfl-.oo p.r.'loien.
Hotter mill r
Kanturkv jBoarboii, 'tn r yaauT 'd- rrH
qnartii al.'ja, or flx.00 per rtoaaa..
Aad ooo or to moat aleabla..Whlklr aa oar
Il5t l -
Tha Para F.IrM Year;( M F.rpt rt Oackethelm
r Full qonrt. 1 uo. or $10 par dosaa.
Tbaro li do Wnkkjt tht bunarer bea aold
tarn I baa irrwn in favor with Iba poblla aa rapld
It aa our old Exr.trt. ami tha aimpla raaaou l
that It l nttarly lnpwIM. to Oupllcala 1U
Tbera will n.rer he any let ap la tba polity
and Una tlaror In any particular of tba Pura Cilt
lorala Wines wa are;now anlltnir at oOcaoU par
bnttlo. Fail qaarta.ur ti.OO par doien.
In making- up y.mr ordera ptaaaa 'ancloaa T. O.
Moaajp Hr ler or lrait. or Kealtr your order.
JOSEPH FLEMING & SON,
W11ULF.SALEJA.ND RETAIL
DRUGfJISTS.
PITTSBUUO. iA.-
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toad.
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Hiui or
EXPANDED METAL
CUT rROH kTECL
nrTi!iNS Mrw.
ruATa.
For Rrs.ocNCca. OMUBOwrs, CaMCTiRtia. FmO
QARatM& C'U. Arbara, Vk iadw Caarda, Tnlluxa.
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Ac. rit for lauatratc Catii.kirue: mailed free
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I1H Mater St., rill.karicb,
Hardware Ua kaealU 4twe uaaie U tbia paper
Kiru atKEr.T, pimniKU. pa.
1" trie itr.it ei.lleee of H'l.itia. Uffl'-ei. wbera all
the tran.''tie.. ! a rompleta bu.ineM education ara
. t iotht X j Actual Hufiuea Praetiea. Tba anly
member from t'aoaa. of the " f nter-Stat hunl-
n." r.'.riiee Artouiaiioo ui J. invric . insiiu
dent lrnnr. bu.k k4pln and huitneas by en
miilriK In bnineo tranrt;on.. Iraetkl Offlso
Work iml H.inkirif r io!itltle(. In.llTidual
ttntructlnnn Irom 9 . at. to 4 r. v. and from 7 to
l' r. m. Tt.e tnt adntaes In hor'.bund and
Typawrltlnic t!ia hlrieKt .ced la tbe borta.-t
time, f-en.l f.ir Mtalnua
att an4 lh atartrnfs'af work
l lien u !!( itio Eapoaltlon. lal.
I.ri alaiijvafleonif,
JAMES t LAKK WIUJ.UIn A.M..
FraJluent.
-e l y -s - i;ata rkm
CREAM : BALK
fitespgiS
Kauai rawaaxoa.! ICv.t CiA '
Allara Pain ad
r
Inflauauaai .on.
II r a fcaraa.
I
Ke.tore, the lV
141
ad Mmell.
USA
Try the Curo.rJAY
a parncio is appnea into earn nnatrlli aad la
arreMe. Price te eenU at lruan't : bf mall
rewlerea. 64 eta. ELY BKiKi., ( Warrea St,
Yurk.
ST. CHARLES
Charles S. Gill, Proprietor.
TaLIo unsurpassetl. Remodel
ed with office on ground floor.
Natural and incandescent
liht in all rooms. New steam
laundry attached to house.
Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pa:
1704. 1HHO.
Folldaa wnttaa at abort aotlea la tba
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
Anal at bar I'lrat Claaa Caoisaalci.
T- .W. DICK, .
JIUE.1T FOR THE '
OIaT HARTFORD
FIRE 1KSDHAKGR C0M7.
COMMENCED BUS INKS!
1794:.
Ebeasbnra-, Jniy L1U2.
rJATURE'Sr.;se:,Kl,.-.eb,!"",
CURE FOR rarTar!4 LiT.r.
Billoa. Headaaka.
CONSTIPATION. r..XZZ?...
f i.r Aperient.
Tt la certain ln Its etfecU
It la gentle In lu actlnn.
It II palateable ta tbe
tastac It eaa b railed
Bpoa to pare, and It cures
by uiuliai, not by outraa;
Ins;, alare. lo tot take
icleol puntatisat yonr
aelves or allow your chil
dren to take them, always
uae tble elerant phar
maceutical preparatloa,
which baa been lor more
tbaa forty years a publle
lavonte. SoU S 4rwt
Sick-Hsaiaclie.
AND
DYSPEPSIA.
erenrwWra
KSSENTIAL OIIf
WlSTEKGRKEN', PirrERMENT, .PrX-
s royal, Spearmint, &c.
of prima caaltty. bouKbt la any quantity far oa.h
n deliverj, Irt-e brvkaraa, avaieitsstoB, toraae,
no hot. Sr. mrnTv
rtars and F. i port era, M WUlUia at- N. V,
Ak. lA,'m.-eru.
Aarta
rT1 W. DlCk. ATTOKSET-AT-lilW
m'ahoTliT i'.'y B,0,, "rreeL A I
UrVIi i.,,"" ktteBae.J te s.ti.ra-
wry ad eelleouvDI a apecialty. 10-A.Hf
SIS
to
HOTEL
GOLDEN PROMISE.
r
A Ecf-end of Oerraany.
A thrifty farmer lay at length upon his fiyin?
bed,
Aad Called to him his boy and girl, and gently
. ta the ui said :
You are ao young, I can but Iread to leaTe
you ail alone.
But tba (arm will keep you without need
when I am dead mid gone."
Then kiss'.ne; them, he blessed them both,
and closed bia weary eyes, .
And oover opened Uieia aala ua this aide
Paradise.
Now liana (be waa but twoaty-one, aad
Gretehen seventeen)
Held pretty FYida Fr.dolin shrined In bis
heart a queen; .
But the farm g-rew only thistles, that choked
the tender whe.it.
While Hans, he sat a-s!chtng at pretty
Fnd s feet.
She gravely shook hor oldea head, and to
htsloveaaid: "Xo."
While her busy little Cr.ffera Cashed the
needles to and fro.
One evening little
Ort tcbea sat sighing at
tbe door.
A-mourulnjc tor tne pretty vhln ii
that she
could buy no more.
She envied Frida FYidolin her ribbons fresh
and new.
While her own Oaxen r.oglcu were tied with
faded blue.
Cp to the eotxaire door there came, with weak
and falterma: tread,
A womun, beat and iay aad old, acd thus to
Uretchen aaid:
Ton envy Frlda Fridolin her ribbons bright
and new;
Sho buys them with a xairy frift, like this I
bring to you;"
And out from unaernoalh her cloak sho took
a srreat white ball
Of woolen yarn: You'll find the com when
you have knit it all;
And here's a apudc for Huns, who ha no
I'-ick howe'er h tries.
Yet la hs land, one spade's length deep, a
Roldeu treasure lies." .
And then the fairy turned
away, and ener
tiretcben flew
To find her needles ax J begin tha task she
had to do;
And Hana be?an before the dawn a-searching
for his told;
From morn till noon, front noon till night, he
overturned tl'.e'mold.
" Since It Is duir. I U sow the seed," he auld;
"because I fear
The neighbors may suspect that I've a treas
ure, hidden here.
So all tho days of summer-time he worked
with all his t-i ,-ht.
And Gretchen'a kMitiii-neeiUes flow from
early mora t 11 r;?rit:
And aa the pile cf stocking grew the fc g bid!
wore away.
And she sold the torkicrs ln the tovra aad
boorht the r bton (far.
'Twaa autumn hcr tbe bail cf yj.ni was
knr.tod all umv,
Ar.d Gretchen w.-pt, for In its heart no frh-amine;
Jewel l:.y.
" The fairy told n-.efn'v," ihc crijfl; '-tho yarn
Is kntt, and see,
01 Hans, where : tho treasure gno promlserl
you and rr.c "
That n'uht Ilar. eurr..i !n luu'hir.ij. ar.dcrieJ:
"My a ner.t 1s oH,"
Aad on into tr l.p he ponrud a srilnlr.a;
- heap of K 11
And to Ltr m.r.t tliere cima a l'.ghv "O,
I!tn! I underst ir.d ;
This is the told te fairy gjid you found tt
ln Uie lanU '
Aad, yea, there -vas a ;.. .'.el in the ba.loryr.rn
for me;
Tvo fcou?it all la s, I cin buy it. ore, t y thr ft
and ir.dusTry."
And whe-i to AtmIi P.-;Joiit Kifcns tooic t..
I..' art to go
And ask hsrlo-? a.-s'i. s?i! nrr.'To act rt:d
not tell h m ' N.v"
.' I would not wd aa iJlo caa," sbo said, '1!.o'
I loved you."
And so to all ta capptness the fairy words
came true.
A'jtx? Klnne, la J. Y. Lodger, i
TKAPPING ELEPHANTS.
An African Fport Not Wltlioutan
Elemtnt oC Daner. -
Rot the Profits More Than Counterbalance
the I'rrlla Hov a Itluod-Thlrsty
SCuaray W. Converted Into
a Devoted Servant.
Four days march inland from
Quiloa. which is on tho cast coat of
Africa . and. two hundred, ami fifty,
miles & bo to MudaK'acar, we came
into tho elepluir.t country and uiado a
permanent can. p. Jly order from
the Hamburg house ware to aecure ut
leat five elephant alive and deliver
them on board f.hip at Quiloa. Our.
party consist. -d of thro. white men
and forty-two natives, and ve hal
even horses ur;d ix teatua of bul
locka. Amou the nr.tives were sever
al f ilows w ho had hunted . tho bij
guttie with -white uin. and who wero
prfttty thoroughly postod ai to tho
crt-aturea' habitj. It would have been
almost as easy to shoot an elephant aa
a buiTalo, but to capluro one aiivo and
gvt him down to the coaot was a diffor
oat matter.
AVe hatl our camp In a thick prove
about two mile, from a forest through
which we kn w elephants ranged, and
ordera wero civen as-aint firinj' una
or moving- about more than was
. necessary. An elephant will take the
alarm as quick as a deer and when
once frightened ho may not cool down
for hours. After a couple cf days
four or fi ve of made a scout to the
forest, and we wore delighted to find
evidence that it wa? a favorite resort.
This foret was a strip about nine
milea long and two miles widts. thrust
ing Itae!f down into a great plain like
a tongue. About epposito our camp
it narrow.vl to a width cf half a mile,
and further down cut Phort off, though
there wero groves scattered all over
tho plain.
Wo wero rejoiced to End that thU
atrip of forest was a veritable highway
for the elephants passing' back and
forth, while the foliage was their
choicest food.' Wo rpont two whole
daya grtt'mg tho lay of the forest tor
several miles, nud we finally selected
a particular spot to work on. It was
in the narrowest portion of the strip,
and here we dug two pits and con
cealed them so cicely that the fbarp
est. native .would have mUtruated
nothing. AVhen all was ready wo re
tired from tho forest and posted a
native in the neure-t grove to act aa
sentinel for tho reiuaiudcr of the day.
This grove Win aVoi.t Ln aero In ex
tent, with t!io trees standing very
thick. .t:.1 we were a'out moving1 ofT.
after Instructing the native, when c
heard a trumpet b!:ist and a mighty
rush. The Wri?t of a mad elephant in
hi native wilds is a sound never to bo
forg-ottca. Each cna of. us Instantly
realized . that we had come, up
on an oil "regno," atd tt.-a we
wero in d. a lly poril. An elephant
who has Lovoine a crank and duscrteJ
hia troop or boon driven awny is mcro
dungeroas than any other living thin?.
Ille sole thought ii to dctroy,nd ho
FAIRY'S
loses all sense of fear. Had we been
mounted wo could have scattered and
outrun him, but we were all on foot,
and our only safety wa9 In sticking1 to
the gTOTO. When wo heard him com
ing we dodgud right and left and hur
ried deep into the grove. The old f el
low hud tho eyes of a lynx, and. wheel
ing from hia lirtt charge, he seemed
determined to hunt us all down. Each
one of ua dodged on our own account,
thus distracting his attention, but ho
finally pursued one of the natives so
closely that the man had to take to a
tree. He didn't have his choice,
either, and was unfortunately driven
to shelter in a tree about as large
around as a man's ' body. Ho was
barely out of reach when the mad
brute arrived at tho trunk. I was in
a much larger treo about forty foet
away, and could plainly eco tho move
ments of the beast. He was an old
Lull, carrying a large pair of tusks,
ami ho waa mad all ovor. Ho tried
hard to push tho treo over, and though
ho could not succeed, he shook the
native around bo aa to give him a bad
fright. - -
In order to call tho brute off I fired
at him several times w ith a revolver.
Each bullet hit him, but of course did
no damage. Ho. however, refused to
leavo tho treo, and after standing for a
moment ln thought he put his shoul
der against it, surged forward, and, '
after swaying back and forth half a
dozen times, the treo broko short off
about ten feet - from tho ground. Tho
native wsrs expecting it, and as the
top crashed through tho trees he
caught at a limb and pulled himself
Into a large treo. The elephant soon
became aware of his escape, and like
wise recognized tho fact that all of us
"wero out of his reach, and. after
trumpeting his disappointment, he
slowly retired and gave us opportunity
to come down. Wo left the grove as
quietly as possible, and made haste
back to camp. Wa must move atonco.
Tha "rogue" elephant doo9 not travel
about much, and his being in the
grove wue a menace to us. Should he
discover our camp he would attack us
oHhand. -We at once hitched up our
teams, struck our tents, and removed
to a grovo four miles away. While
not entirely safe here, we might es
cape observation. On two sides of us
the approach waa marshy, while on
the others It was rather broken. Next
day after our removal it rained,
and none of us left tho grove.
. On the morning of the second dav,
jut aa wo wero rolling out of our
blankets, a cry from half a dozen
natives alarmed the camp. As I roso
up and saw them lxking to the west,
1 turnM my eyes in that direction,
and beheld a sight w-hieh made my
hair fttr.d on end. That rogue"
e'.cpha: t was on tho plain about half
u mil a away and making a boo Line
for our camp. Ho was swinging his
trunk ia auangry way. aad his speed
waa something terrific. Three or
four of us sprang to our rifles, but ho
would have been among us beforo we
coiiid have fired a shot had not an ac
cident happened. 11a charged at lis
ovor th marshy ground, and two
hundred feet from the wagons the
ground grew fo soft that he
j sunk to his knees, floundered ahead a
lew feet junl thcj. rolled over on his
lefside Ho wa out of breath with
his i uu and his fall, and then was the
time to take him. As he lay there
roaring his dismay and anger, we got
out the ropes and chains and dashed
for his legs. We got nooses over both
hir.d leg and carried the free ends to
the) nearest tree, and then we had tho
old follow for sure. Ho was so- mad
that he actually ehed tears, and he
trumpce.1 until. he tired his machine
out. After wo had him fast every
man cut a stick, and for two hours wo
beat every part of tho beast we could
reach. Moreover, wo walked on
hiia. kicked him,- called him
names, and degraded him ia every
possible way. This was by the advice
of the natives, who said it would soon
break his spirit and cause hira to give
up. All day long the monster lay on
his side in tho muck, boiling over with
rage, but helpless. He put In the
night there, too.and next morning his
spirit was broken. We cast the noose
free from ono leg, got a pry under his
hip, and after an hour's hard work
put him on his feet and got him to
solid land. The fight had all been
taken out of him,- and ho would cower '
whenever any one shook a club at him.
When the natives washed him up a
dozen great scars were revealed on hi9
shoulders and flanks as proofs that ho
was a fighter, and my head man, who
had lived in the elephant country all
his days, computed the beast's age at
one hundred and ten yoars.
No animal becomes docile and
tractable as quick as the elephant.
Ho must first be conquered by fear,
and when once ho gives in you havo
only an occasional tantrum to look out
for. We -kept right at our captive,
flogging and bulldozing- and giving
him to understand that we were boss,
and at tho end of three days he was
as humble as pie. We could make no
use of him as a hunter, as wo had no
rig. and as none of the men had had
and experience ia driving an elephant;
but wo should have no trouble in get
ting him to the ccast, and he waa worth
several thousand dollars.
It was ten daya after his capture
that one of our scouts brought word
that a troop of elephants had appeared
in the forest. We had suspected this
by the uneasy movoments of our cap
tire. It did not seem possible that ho
could scent his kind four or five miles
away, but his actions went to prove
that such waa tho case. We had him
securely fastened by one hind leg, but
ho did not try to break away. On the
contrary, he acted vexed and out of
sorts, and now and then uttered a
blast of defiance. It was easy to see
that ho would have a hostile greeting
for any elephant that came our way.
The troop of elephants reported by
tho scout numbered thirteen. ind were
Cve or six mil above us. ilr. Will
iams, my assistant, took a portion of
tho men and mudo a detour so as to
trike in behind tho troop and drive
them down, and fivo or six of us sta
tioned ourselves avt the -southern limit
of the. forest.. It was. hoped that in
driving the beasts back and forth
'along the narrow neck at least one
of them might get a tumble Into a
pit, and it was with great anxiety
that we waited their coming.. It
was about four o'clock.' in tho
afternoon when we caught sight
of thorn. After they had crossed
tho neck we closed up and sought to
drive them back, but they had become
frightened, and the job waa too great
for us. They broke off to the right
and left the cover of the woods for
the open plain, and wo felt some
anxiety as we saw ' that they held a
straight course for our camp. The
three of us who wero mounted pur
sued at a gallop, and we wore wit
nesses of a curious incident The
troop wero headed for the grove in
which we had encamped, and wero
about half a mile away, when our
captive "rogue" uttered three or four
shrill blasts and suddenly appeared in
sight, having broken the rope which
held him to a tree. lie made straight
for the' troop, challenging as he came,
and the beasts no . sooner saw him
than they exhibited fear and con
fusion. They halted, turned to the
right and the left, and were all mixed
up when tho old chap came down upon
them like a landslide. Tho first one
he struck was a half-grown elephant,
and he knocked him flat on tho grass
and rolled him over and over. Then
he saCed in to clean out the shanty,
and the blows from his trunk could bo
heard a mile away.
Such a cloud of .dust was kicked up
that wo sooa lost sight of particulars,
but in a few minutes the troop bolted
off at right angles and soon entered a
grove, and we drew near to find tho
old "rogue" standing over the ono he
had rolled over. He seemed to be
waiting for us to come up. and after a
little the native who had most to do
with him ventured close up. I rode
of! and got a rope, and this tvas made
fast to the captive's legs and he was
encouraged to get on his feet Then
the old chap steered him. straight for
camp while wo followed, holding to
tho ropes. Once or twice tho kid
showed a disposition to bolt, but the
big one gave him a resounding whack
with his trunk and curbed his am
bition. Wo m ado him fast to a tree,
and the "rogue" then took his old
place without a hint being given him
and was re fastened.
It was next morning beforo we
could examine our pits, and then we
found another captive. A big bull
elephant was lying on his side in one
of them, while tho other had been
avoided. Wo got him out of the pit
Iy digging aronnd him, and then using
a block and tackle to lift him to his
feet. He had been three days without
food or drink when wo got him out,
and hin spirit was pretty well broken.
.Our three -captives wero got down to
tho coat without the least trouble,
nnd our luck in making throe such
captures In the short tpaco of twenty
days has never been equaled by
menagerie men In any land. The old
"rogue" who set out to annihilate us
brought all our good luck. N. Y. Sun.
REMARKABLE CONCEIT.
Aa Inaane) Woman Who Conalderexl Oar.
eelf tha I nlted Kingdom.
Dr. Shark is a gentleman who be
lie vr-a in tho rational treatment of pa
tients in hi9 private lunatic asylum.
He gives them picnics in summer, and
balls in winter, and plenty of amuse
ment all the year round.- Taking one
consideration with another I 6hould
Imagine that lunacy, under these con
ditions, is rather a pleasant thing. I
always look forward to the dances he
gives, for after considerable experi
ence I havo come to tho conclusion
that idiotic partners are rather le9s
idiotic than the commonplace misses
ono meets with at ordinary balls. Sho
was sitting in a corner of the ball
room toying with a fan a large and
massive woman whom one would no
more have suspected of being insane
. than ol - being consumptive I asked
the doctor to introduce me, for I ad
mire fine women. He did so, and I
sat down beside her. We spoke about
tho weather, as new acquaintances
will. She was perfectly rational on
that point, at any rate. She thought
it was appalling. I mentioned casually
that I had been to Torquay for a brief
holiday. "Do you know it?" I asked.
"Oh. yes there- It is," she re
plied. I looked ln tho direction in
which sho pointed, and saw a rather
extensive foot Incased ln a dancing
shoe. "That Is Land's End," sho
said, reflectively. Indicating tho place
where the little too of her right foot
might be supposed to lie, "and that
Is the Lizard there. . I am tho United
Kingdom, you know," the added, with
a quiet dignity that seemed to pre
sume I know It. I bowed in silence.
It wa a colossal idea, and not to be
comprehended all at once. "That is
the North Foreland over there," she
went on," tapping her left foot. "I
have had some trouble with it lately;
and oh,' and her voice became plain
tive, "I was so afraid they were going
to tako Ireland from mo," and sho
. glanced affectionately at her left arm.
I thought it better that we should join
in tho dance, for theso geographical
confidences threatened to become em
barrassing. So I put try arm around
the top of Lincolnshire and tho base
of Yorkshire, and as far into Lan
cashire as I could get (for her waist
was more than eighteen inches), and
we danced. "My oar is burning 6o; I
am afraid there must bo a storm some
where on the coast of Aberdeen," were
the last words I heard her say as I led
her to a Beat. London Figaro.
She Thought She Was Safe.
Judge Yonr age?
Lady Thirty years.
Judge (incredulously) You will
have some difficulty In proving that.
Lady (excitedly) You'll find it
hard to prove the central y. as tho
church register which contained the
entry of my birth was burned in tho
year IS ii. Berlin Tagcblatt. --
Jl Y PAIiDMEli, IiiLL.
The Story of a Lonely Grave on
the Mountain-Side.
Tho train on the Santa Fe road, due
an hour later at Pueblo, stopped at a
way station long enough for a solitary
passenger to get on.
The person in question was a man
past middle age, of medium stature,
firmly and compactly built, who would
not have attracted a second look, how-
- ever, but for the fact that his face was
- badly disfigured by a curious scar on
. his right cheek, in shapo exactly re
sembling a Greek cross.
The new comer found a seat beside
me, threw up the sash and became ab
sorbed in the scenery along the road,
his interest increasing as the train
presently swefjt aleng a pretty valley.
Suddenly he turned half way round,
touched my arm. and, pointing
through the open window, said, very
abruptly: "Say. stranger, do you see
that pile o rocks yonder on the slope?
Well, that's Bill's grave."
Tho man's action and speech startlod
me a trifle, but I looked out and saw,
a9 he had 6aid, a pile of rocks on the
green slope of the hilL
'Yes," continued the man "that's
Bill's grave. Twenty-five years ago I
put ' them stuns thar myself. Poor
Bill! pure gold cla'r through, an' I
reck'n I orter know, for I know'd Bill
from tho ground up."
. Having delivered this'short speech
tho man lapsed into silence, with a
far-away, dreamy look, as if recalling
events long past. But his words had
aroused my curiosity, and at the risk
of Interrupting the stranger's reverie
I finally ventured to ask: "Who was
Bill, sir. w hose grave Is yonder?"
My companion gave a sudden start;
then, recovering himself he answered:
"Didn't know Bill, eh? Of course not.
6oein ho was dead before ye was born
dead twenty-five years come June.
Bill was my pard, sir. Bill was. A man
to tie to every time. Say, don't ye
think ye'd love a chap what 'ud bo
willin' ter die for ye? Bo willin', an'
would, an' did. too? I reck'n."
"Do you mean to 6ay your chum
died for you?" I asked, now thorough
ly interested, for there was tremen
dous feeling and earnestness in tho
stranger's manner.
The man turned round, looked me
squarely in tho face and in a solemn
voice said:
"Stranger, he did."
'Would you mind telling me some
thing about your friend?" I asked.
"1 never git tired, sir, of talking
about Bill," was the prompt reply.
"Stopped hyar yesterday jst to eeo
that grave. Put up one or to o' the
stuns as hed rolled down. It's all
right now.
"When I fust met Bill ho was guide
for chaps a'crosbin' tho plains, Santa
Fe way, lor thar wa'n't no railroads
days. A good guide 'n a trusty.
Cur'ous though 'bout some things.
He'd never use cuss words, nor drink,
but Lord! how he'd smoke, all day long
'n half the night, too; good-natured,
but the solemnest chap I ever struck.
Stranger, I never know'd Bill ter
laugh, never, not oncost- Told me
his heart was broke, 'n' he couldn't
laugh. What did ho mean? Lor, man,
I dunno. for ho never said much about
hisself. 1 asked him his name 'n he
said it was BiLL 1 ask'd him whar
he waa from, n' he said from No
whar. I 6peo thar was a woman in
the case thar mostly is, I notice. But
Bill was built like a clam 'n kept his
mouth shut.
' "Wall, Bill an me got ter be great
chums an I was mighty sorry when he
quit pilot! n ' trains,' an jined some
hunters, an' pulled out into the heart
o' the Injun country.
"Bimeby, a year later, havin got a
bit crazy on tho subject o' silver min
ing, I struck this same region we are
now passin' through, but we hed no
luck at all in find in' silver, though I
felt I hed struck it rich one fine day '
when two hunters walked into our
camp, one of 'em being my old friend
Bill.
"Glad to see him, eh? Younjj man,
ef ye'd soen old Bill an' me a huggin',
ye'd thought wo was a couple o' b'ara
for sure.
. "Bill had been tharabouts for sev
eral months an said thar was no sil
ver signs about, an so our party
pulled up an went farther south, but
I stayed with Bill an' t'other chap to
tako a hand at trappin beaver.
"The old follow had a nice bit o' a
hut nigh a quiet valley, where thar
was heaps o' beaver, an' as thar was
no redskins around we enjoyod our
selves immensely.
"But I didn't fancy Bill's compan
ion, an' he ' didn't waste any lovo on
mo either. Bill haA picked him up
on the border jest fer company, an
took to him a bit because he seemed a
nervy, brave follow. He was a half
brood Mexican, named Yumez, a small,
wiry follow, with sallow cheeks, coal
black eyes and a hatchet face, and
crafty ways like a fox. At first he
showed his dislike of me plain enough,
but by and by he became suddenly
very friendly, which made it much
pleasanter all 'round.
"Ono day I went up the creek to ex
amine the traps, leaving Bill and Yu
mez mending some of the old ones at
home. Having been gone about an
hour I was gittin' ready to return,
when I hoard tho crack o' a riflo an a
bullet grazed the tip o' my ear drawln
a drop o blood.
. "1 reck'n I jump'd nigh arod high,
for it was a pooty clost call to climb
the stairs, an then I looked to see
whar the infernal thing come from.
I seed a wisp o Bmoko hangin' over a
clump o bushes nigh the hill top that
told me all I cared to know, an' grab
bin up ray gun I made for home, un
der the shelter of tho creek bank, at a
2:40 gait fearia a second shot from
the Injuns.
"Nigh our hut I met Yumez," gun in
hand, who said ho had heard tho shot
an' started out to help me if needed.
It struck me as bin cur'ous ho could
havo heard the report over a mile
away, behind the hill, an' the wind
blowin' half agale In t'other direction,
but o' courso there wan't nothin to be
Baid.
"Bill was inside workln' on the
traps, an when I tld him what had
happened he was quite oneasy, an' we
discussed the situation as to what
should be done. Meantimo Yumez
had hung hia gun on the pegs and
gone for a bucket o water
'Wonder if Yumez seed any Injun
signa when he was out?" said Bill.
" 'Why,' sez I, 'was he out whilst I
was gone? Thought he was hyar with
you.'
" 'He went out with his gun soon
after ye did.' 6aid BUL Til ax him.'
And Bill left tho hut.
"That gave me another suspicion,
to l'arn that Yumez had left the hut
shortly after I did. What for? An'
why did he pretend he'd hoard the
rifle-shot an' come out afterwards to
see what it meant? I got up an went
to the pegs an' examined tho Mexican's
rifle. I didn't see the result, for tho
gun wasn't loaded at all! Things had
an ugly look. While I was putting the
gun back the Mexican returned, an'
secin' what I was doin', ho look'd
guilty as a thief. An' then I know'd
the rascal had fired that bullet at ma
hisself.
"1 wos on tho p'intb' denouncin the
villain to oncost an' I scarcely onder
stood why 1 didn't- It was a drefful
mistake not to do it, fer mebbe if I
had matters would hev boen difTrent,
an' the awful thing what happened
might never hate como to pass. I
have alius been sorry I didn't shoot
the traitor on the spot. But I reasoned
that bein warned I could easily sar
cumvent hia deviltry. But he was
worse than I give him credit for.
"I decided not to tell Bill about It,
but when the next mornin' we diskiv
ered some o' our best traps gone an'
that the Mexican had vamoosed also,
I up an' told pardner all about it; an'
I think if Bill had been a swearin'
man the air ud a smelt o' brimstone
eartin. for the old follow was bilin'
mad cl'ar through. Wo skirmished
round all day, an' not an Injun sign
could we sec. which satisfied us that it
was all tho work o' that thievin' Mex
ican. We should miss tho traps o'
course, but so far as actooal value was
concerned, the scamp's share of the
pelts made that good, an' we was glad
to be shut o' him. But wo didn't
onderstand what a reg'lar eoyoto tho
feller was, for a snake was a fool com
pared with him in general deviltry. .;
' "Things went on smoothly enuff for
about throo weeks an' wo was quite
forgettin' tho Mexican, when one day
Bill went off to virit a creek sov'ral .
miles distant whar wo had been
thin kin' of fiettin' a few trap'?, lcavin'
mo at home, for I had been quite
6ec:1y for several days with chills,
which I never had afore or sence.
t "Wall, after Bill left I got a royal
big b'ar skin an' toted it out on the
grass in front o' the hut, an', spread
in' it out, I lay down, tho hot ray 9 o'
the eun feelin' very grateful to my
chilled limbs, an' bimeby I went off
sound asleep.
"After awhile I woke up with a
start, feelin' half smothered, an' found
myself on the bare ground with the
big b'ar skin on top entirely ooverin'
mo up. I also heard voices an' folt
that I was bein hold down by several
pairs o hands. I struggled as well as
I could to throw off the b'ar skin, but
found that I wa9 really helpless, my
feet bein' caught in tho noose o' a
stout lasso.
"Very soon, however, the skin was
dragged off, and I saw several Injuns
who fell upon mo an lied my hands
in a jiffy, an' I found myself a fast
prisoner in tho clutches o' a half
dozen redskins. But this wasn't as
discouraging as it was to dis
cover a man holdin' tho end of
the .lariat, in whom ! recognized
Yumez, tho Mexican, who grinned at
mo In a most diabolical, way that
showed I need look for no mercy at
his treacherous hands.
'"Carambo!1 ho growled. 'It Is my
turn now. You sot Bill agin mo an'
now I'll have my revengo."
"What does this mean?' I demand
ed, furious with rago. 'Loosen mo, ye
coward, an' I'll '
"Carajol' interrupted Yumez. Tm
not 6uch a fooL Yo had your chanco.
an' ye let it slip. Now you'll take
what you get. mn.
"And with that tho bruto came tip
an' whippin' out his knifo said: Til
jest mark ye with a cross, so Satanas
will give you an extra hot roastin'
when he gits ye down thar.
"An then tho half-breed gave me
the mark yo see on my cheek, stranger,
an laughed long an' loud, an the In
juns danced a lively jig as he did it.
Hurt? Wall, no doubt it did, an' bled
some, too, but I war so mad I didn't
feel tho pain till long afterward, .-j
"Then tho villains Boizod mo, an
draped tno to tho edge o tho preci
pice on which our hut stood, where it
was two hundred feet deep, tho Bide
being perpendicular an as smooth a
a bald
man's pate, an tumbled mo
over.
"I fell about ten feet,
r . -t
an was
leeiievi up oiiurt Dy me lasso witn a
jerk that nearly twisted my ankles out
o jint. Then tho brutes began pay
in' out tha rope, finally hitchin the
upper end to tho stub o tho saplin',
till 1 was left hangin' by tho heels,
head downwards, danglin in mid air.
My hands had got loose in tho mean
time, but it didn't help me a bit, for
I couldn't double up to get hold o the
rope.
"It was a horrible situation, an I
think I should have died in a little
while from rush o' blood to tho head,
but beforo I could perfectly realize it
in all its horrors I heard tho sharp
crack of a rifle not far away, an then
ono o' the In j una gave the most on
arthly screech aa I ever hoard, an I
know'd thar was soma sort o a skrim
midgo goin' on abevo. - --
"Tho next minute some heavy " ob
ject struck mo on tho feet, an' was
jest gli Jin' past when without know,
ing edzactly what I was doia' I
held
it fast.
"What d'ye think it wa Hang
mo, if it wasn't the Mexican hisself!
In foolin' about the end o' the lariat
he had slipped an' tumbled over tho
edge o' the rock, an I had ketched
tho villain, an' was holdin' him by the.
leg. an' thar wo two was, I hitched ttr
tho lasso an' holdin' on to tho rascal,
by tho leg, an both swingin' head'
downwards.
"Yell? You bet he did. I never
hoard 6och skroechin' as that 6kunk
set up. A pack o' hungry coyotes
wasn't a patchin' to It. What hap
pened, did yo ask? Wall, sco hyar,
my friend, what, under them circum
stances, 'ud bo likely to happen?
"Pears sort as if my fingers all to
oncest got a kind o' cramp in 'em, an
was powerful weak, though Boch a
thing never happened afore or since,
and they doesn't look like women's
fingers, do they?" and tho speaker
hold up before me a pair of muscular
hands, which he opened and 6hut in
a way that suggested a grip of iron
Then he went on:
"As 1 was say in', the cramps some
how got into my fingers at that eyden
tical moment, an' somehow or other
I novcr knowed exactly how it did
happen tho Mexican slippod out o'
my grasp, an' fetched up head first on
the rocks a hundred an' fifty feet be
low whar nothin' ever teched him
again 'cept the buzzards that picked
his bones clean aforo next sun-up.
"Next thing I know'd I was bein'
hauled up, hand over hand, as slick as
any sailor could have done it, an'
when I reached tho top. Bill and me.
dear old Bill, stopped 'est long enough
to havo a brotherly hug or two, an
then wo got under klver an looked
round for the Injuns, but blow me,
thar wasn't a single varmint to bo
seen in any direction 'cept the dead
pcrp that Bill had plugged through
tbe head as ho came tearin' up to the
rescue.
" Ye see, pard,' began Bill, 'I found
Injun sign a bit up the valley, nn' I
th ought I'd better como back, fein
as how yo wasn't feelin' well, an' '
"Bill stopped suddenly an' grew
very pale, an' then 1 eced he was
b'.eedin' bad, an' then he slid dow-.i on
the grass with a sort o gasp, an'
secin' how it was, I began to loosen
his shirt to git at the wound, but he
stopped me and said:
" 'Never mind, pard. One o' them
red niggurs stuck his knife into my
side jest I began haulin' ye up. an' o'
courso I couldn't defend myself with
out lettin' go the larist. which 'ud
pent ye down to jino the Mexican, an'
then tho varmint took to his legs,
an' never mind, pnrd. It's all up with
old BilL I can hardly fee yo now. for
I'm gettin' blind as a bat- Tako
every thing for yer own. Thar's a
cache o' mine behind the big pine tree.
Ye'll find it by tho ashes whar the tiro
was built. Take it all an' don't forget
old BilL
"I never seed a man flick out so
quick. The Injun's knife had gone In
deep."
Tho speaker was silent and looked
out of tho car window again, and I
know that I am not mistaKeu when I
say that hia eyes wore suspiciously
moist for a few minute. I had uo
heart to break the silence, and so left
him to his thoughts; but presently he
resumed and said:
"Poor Bill! if he had only left mo to
tako my chances he'd not lost his life.
He saved mine, but ho lost his own. I
found tbe cache where tho old hunter
had hidden many of hia richest furs,
an' if Tvo got to-day ono o' the best
cattle ranches in tho State, it's all
owin' to tho start the old follow gavo
me.
"Poor Bill! I buried him back there
on that hilly slope, not far from where
ho died, an- piled up the rocks for a
tombstone, twenty-five years ago.
como Juno, an that was Bill's gravo
that ye saw, stranger.'
: "Pueblo!" shouted tbo brakeman.'
"Change cars for Canyon City." The
man who had told mo the "story
"changed," and I saw him no more.
Captain L. C. Catloton, in Detroit
Froe Press. . -.
MAPS BY TELEGRAP
One Can Now Send Manuaerlpta or Picture
. by Electricity. - i
The f ac-simile telegraph, by which
manuscript, maps or pictures may bo
transmitted, is a Bpccies of the auto
matic methods already described. In
which tho receiver is actuatod syn
chronously with its transmitter. By
Lenoir's method a picture or map is
outlined with insulating ink upon the
cylindrical surface of a rotating drum.,
which rovolves under a point having a.
Blow movement along the axis of tha
cylinder, and thus the conducting;
point goos over the cylindrical sur
face ;in a spiral path. The electrio
circuit will be broken by every ink
mark on the cylinder which is ln this
path and thereby corresponding marks
are made in a spiral line by an ink
marker upon a drum at the receiving;
end. To produce these outlines It is
only nocossary that tho two drums bo
rotated ln unison. This system Is of
little utility, there being no apparent
demand for fac-siraile transmission.'
particularly at so great an expense of
speed, for it will be seen that instead
of making a character of the alphabot
by a fow separate pulses, as is done by
Morse, tho number must bo greatly
increased. Many dots becomo neces
sary to show tho outlines of tho mora
complex characters. The pantelo
graph is an interesting typo of tho
fae-similo method. In this form tho
movements of a pen in the writer's
hand produces corresponding; move
ments of the pen at the distant station!
and thereby a fue-simile record..
Scribner's Magazino. .
Uncle Harry had como to visit his
family after a long residence in tho
Northwest. Taking down Algernon's
tennis racket, ho said:
t "Algy, my boy, that's no good. Wait
till cold weather and I'll show you how
to make snow shoes that'll btand trav-elj-AVashington
Capital.
grabbed on with both hands an'