The Somerset Herald: ESTARUSNED 1ICT. XVmis of Publication. : (s.l,;..-hcd every Wednesday nnn at K e If l !- '"term' C i ;r.v.riaMy be chanted, i ,i!--ri W.lll Ii"tiiiirt "Mil ai! j paid on. Pionarter nriwtiii w.iv - m-a II be beta revpuiwww ; I nitbe naiae J UK wra" i A.Mrena i ThX S'MEKRtT llEKAUft, Siwebset, Pa- J. A OToJ (- i v-E- 0 vrToKSEYS-AT-LAw. . , smcr-i. rw.andun nuiklin Sreet, dill. JotiUU U. Pa. rl !. W. BIFFA'KER, MMum, F- ., , , .. A BggV Work, an r. . I .i: h t; " 1 -- aHVUNH at Krrrt, Pa. v t: SCOTT. souierat-t. J fa. AlT 'KNri AT LAW Mmrf. Pa. r Mt-I.KY. Ti"feNf-Y AT4.AW. siiier-sH. II. '" ' rK1AlT.'iKNEY AT LAW. M. II. ' ''i TriiKSEV AT-LAW auc-Tart. ' Hank. '" B " UTukNKY AT LAW. siiePsf. P-, suiucpa-t and adjoimnr iwin- . II I ..H-'K'-TH. w. H. kii-nx. c r-vinK-r-vt. r ta w.tni.ti-.l u their mre rn ill be i..-iuf J4fciuia.Jih Kluck. AlT.KNtV-AT-LAW. jNrtiirM't, ra.. .,r,,iuW atliiKi.n U.l-iwiie emni-I.il '. -.,1 tT-ci ami -vmm .iim;-s. n,,u tt'xa fc". ' 1 ourt I) MKYi.r:.-. AlT"k.Y- AT LAW. Pa. 'aiv u ill lir iuy. tli U. Miv.itrr & in!:i am) n.J r.-rl. t J- NO. KIMMKU aTtK-Nfc.Y-AT LAW. ,-nui-rct. Pa. r-,1 ali-l Hr"UHHf M.Um. ""aw K"""r- J1 M! I- ATTuKNtY AT-LAW. SiuerKtl. Pa. c r. Maium.uh hl. k. up tair. Eutramv , nM mri. ljil" tuu made. ertate ..laiu.iivd. a'J'l all 1-Kal lllKat- l 'i. ii a lit Jin u;-tne anil mieiui . i tuLDOKN tXiUK. I ATlVKt-l-"- l fouieMft, Pa. 411 hn.,e. -mrMe.i K a"JT care will lw w;i:vaii.l u;il.fiiilvatlen.(Vil-. ..Jie.ti.ni. n ' . J'n -.U1.T--I. He.ti..nl aud a.i ioimn couu- I L;,-. -urv-'Vll i l.ut'i terrii. ilU conveyancing Uoue UU tea- II fm:Y. f. m ukix. ATTuKNtY AT LAW. Simerwt. Pa. H..ur,:y and IVn-i.in Axent (fii.-e in Uauim.ah k VALF.NT1NF- HAY, ATT. .K.NEY AT LAW. MBwmK. Pa. K'v Iuer in Real Ertat. WiU attend lo all etitruMed u hi care with prmnpUiei. J ...H.N H. Fill ATTuhNEY AT LA. Mtmerwt, Pa. ;il immipsly iteud u all boiu tnrted u tira ." a.!van-T(d o coUecu., e. Vf Qi'e m MamiauUl bi.N'k. 1)L F. A. KHAI PHY-W1AN AND fl"K;EON. Saaerset. Pa. in Beerits' Block. seHi4 (ft.-. iyi J. F.. IU1KCKFR, PHY"li'lAS AM' Kl kl.ES. HiMEK-irT. Pa., T.i...i Uu- ppM-;.wiaI wrvieve to toe .-itilell. of . u,. -l and vl :nuy. Olli-e in Port tlllice BU:i.!:il!. Iji of I'lanuKld. I)'1 L H. S. K I MM ELL, T-nder- lii pneioiial tvrtit-vr to the ciu-n ..f-. merei an.lti. imiy. I uie prn-i.inali riuaxMi lie " an he fcair.d at hu ..Bi.-e oo Main 1'iaiu.iod. D H. r.Kl'BA Kl'.H T.-iiderw h ,r.fei..nal t iee to the cumni" u.riaiid vu itmv. od'.cein rei.ideii.rou Min rm aet ol l.lainood. I) IL WM. KAl'CH T. b... n.l. T". I-, it- un.Wi.-niu wrri.n to the riti;n . iii. r t and vi. limy. itfi in Pa I) U. E. W. Bl.ol'tiH. M H' ! ATH!'.' PHYSICIAN AM) W. W.fcM.V tn! ru intrv in tout, ami nntr pnmr) :'. iit-i..i.l u. an b- a! di- Uy - mlii.r-.any emwl oHi-t? on I) J. M. IJU'THER. i -.-wWy itf y-'etmni.) PHYSICIAN AM rl Ktfc(iN, 'uI trrviaii-!!:!y 'il Si-N-i fnr th? I ex I) :,:i'-i'- I) vi. John bilks I'tMK. '4a.f in & P.rit Rk-k. I) a. WM. (MI.MNS, ' m Km !i-T'ii P.lm lt t-itir. hftv he hniij.j hi aii 1 1 tut. pn-ttti u W, mII k'.uds rK im h a- fi.Iinit. rei:-uiuaiiiK. extraetitia. ' r,:n- tnl it'tli -l nil kit". and i tle tnrzt ntvriMi i:jw.r!Hl. Ail airk guarauteeti. I) J. K. MILLER Hnj. i-niiat:emu l.-'al.'.! in fcTiio fi lb prac- (n-le.1,41. thif o(.iu? tuari 'ia iit-t County Rank. K.-T.toLl'Jltri 1-TT ) C. J. hARRiSON. M. J. PRITTS. 1 U"ii.,n niaile in all it of the Vntted ates. CHARGES MODERATE. fs".!. aii.ii.g ut n RKiim Wert can be ac liim .!nied l.y .intfi uu New York inanywim. ' -'i maie uh Wnnl4Iie. I". I?. lfcHwl "HfH .t M.'tM-r ami vahiaMe wnlr.1 -tft lMel..l.r releorated smtea, with a nar " Yaie ) time lo. k. wM,.mp (f .tw AH Leital H.Kidar. OtaerTML CURTIS krCROW." SOMERSET, PA, B'M.lf. SDEK.HS, ARKIAil. PklSi AMlNS. BfCK A)SC. AND EAS1 ERS AND ESTEKS RK Furnihel on Kht S.KK-e. PaintiEg Done on Short Time. "r a-fk ma.ie -m . Ti.un.nW mmni 'f. and the b-ri frua mmi Huhrtalrtiany MMru.-tl. N.TUiy ritohed. and Warranted to five Sarintx'tioli. Irplcj Crly First Class Tariaea a-pairin, of Air aiadi- ia iff Line Done m simrt S.iu.t. Prict RF.AW1S kBLE, aad All W ork Warranred. ' all and Eian,ine my !oek. aud Ixmm . "a. asuo-work. and fbRiiidl Srlre. for WtixJ KrueoitKr the pt. and call ia. CURTIS K. GROVE, (Eaatof Court Uw) In .'VEfc-ET. fA. Ine VOL. XXXV. NO. a rrv izui or tin. When one liu i sunering the agonies of a severe attack of rbfanuium, neural, gia or sciatica, and relief comes, it seem as if a new i-a of line had been granted. Such have )een the leelingt of thousands who, alter trying physicians aod number leaa remedies, hare used Athlophoro and found to their grreat jov that this medians reallv did cure these ui i i 37 Fult.10 St, Brooklrn, X. T. After suffering; ( nearly two Tears with 1 a enntinuotn attack of rhenmat'ism : after i trrinz almnat eTenr specific, domes Ue and ' fureitm, which the creduiiijof a wue man, or a tool, raicht lead one to trust in, it was ; a doiille pleaxure to me to end a remedy : which, oriirinatinf; in the famous 'City of Elms ttie noma of my ancestors and ' its first founders has prored so ieralua- bie a blt-oini.'. It i nearly ix months since I was le-1 to trace out the ieni!icance ; of that word Athlorihoros. It has proved to me, in a gmi deirree, a renewer of my ; firmer ieor and strength, so that I have . bern enaiilei to more about with almost ' yonthful activity, and to feel, while ap ' ppwhinir my "three srsre yeara and ten," ; that I hare a new hold on liie. I beliere your philowphy of tliediseaH to heeorreet : that it has its oriirin in the blood, and that : your remeily touctu-s those joints and mos : rlc, loosenini; the n'Mea, which have been ' hrwi(rlit into s.ibjc-tioo to this dreadful ! .Ineane. and "W them free as do other j remedy that I have tried. I hare been - rttious for so Ion a time in reronimrnd- i ; it to other till I had tried its efficacy i my own care; and I am now fret to Lie the estimate I put upon it, as -e safest aixl most erScieut cur I -are any knowledin of. A. B. Davetport. Erery dniT'i' should keep Aiuloiuoros and Atiilopuon Tills, but where they can not be bomrlit of the drupnt the Athlo phoms Co., 112 Wall K, Sew ork, will seud citln-r (carrinee paid) on receipt of rwjtilar r'-'. 'iich is fl.OO per .'wttle r Vt'ul..)h.T m nd W. tor Pills. Fnr lir kidDer riinrawn. iiep'a. ta dtiriini. weakn. dtvuub Oi.ity, itiwaw of women, r--ffitin.t. bailahe. 111 pur, t . .c, A Lhkflxjn. Pills are urnjuaHMl m EXCELSIOR cook: stoves always mum. EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS. All Fnrcbers cai lie MASl FAl TI KKD BY L 1 S9iFIE.il I EO. MLTD. 11 .7 ptR SALE BY R. 33. Schell & Co., -ul'Hfi-lyr. SOXELF.T. FA. I- NtHTrmn Balsam i the mnvt. ALBEJTT A. Hilt!iiC J. clTT WaKU. HOME fc.VABD Eaton & IBros. NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, PIlTSBl JtGIl, l'A. SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886. NEW GOODS IAT 5FZCIAICTS hlmhrtmirrHn. Ltuv. Hilitwrtt. Wmt fi, H'tnd krrrhtrj. lnrm Tnmmiit. SVmiry, ijiiiv, far Jfuiiinimrt Mrrmv t'n'b-mrnr. Inants' OMi Juitirm't Tf A jwj. fttmry tin&iM. J'ttrw, Tsyltyr. M'llrrud f yxll Gems' Fimisln GdCuS, 4c &c. Tour Patronage Is Rosnoetfull; Solicited. a nler by ilail aiu ndcl to with Pron:ptai and Ii.patch. AN OPEN LETTER. Mil X. Boyd. nr:wVKT, V. l;ir : ii i;Tit iit: t 0. tiM'.-it.' of yHir ManfntW- Live wnl taii nw in rprtii.K- ;r..i-r!''. a r.-- t!t un- iih'. Kr sjHi.ly vttiTiv run- !ir liver iliM-aM'. th y arc unr.iil. A a M'hmI n r.iiT tiu v !i i rj "UN knw?, renutiUi. It may trutiifully It- nU thui thvir ai titiii uim the livrr i? uuiv-r-;tl. !i''t a riainl ir ti-ut't--f.tHiifr llu'ir -ai'.a;?ve iitrtui'iMv. I Jw-artity r"-nii:M'iMi vn:r Ma'Minkf I.:vrr lillitany oik t-utferin fnnn liri-oniJu.it. Your. r. U IeLAVTKR. i-jiiH- mi.ili.it.l ami 'iit' il. Tove pill are They :irc not a (uleiit nil tbe nion' ui'i'i aJiMHi the ln-t nirU'. p ni.iy. a tin- (i'ri!;'.i!:i ti cv. ry iHitt.c. Try tintn. You tiii-1 juid whi.t y.'ii want. all at niv n . where y.u will t!utiiuKt t.k..t Inii. in tlifiixinty. ;! the het arwl pn.t- '. . lo Mvtf.;iiv, C. N. BOYD. Mammoth Bl.-k. SmrK!icT. P. Every utle.ifWei Ik- LeM-p' N.wman BalMum b. sold "on a itive piiarar.let. 1'. N. B..yd. e Asrellt. PDhiE RYE WHISKEY FOE SxVLK 11 V THE Gallon and Larger Quantity. 1 have wrcpted the ancy ftr the Celel-raled K.C. Lan.lin Distillery and a ill have constantly on hand a lance uh!t of th faiiwxis PI KE RYE Copper Distil led Whiskey, which I win retail by the salloa. or ia lancer qaantilir. a. ORDERS FILLED SAME DAT AS RECEIVES.- Htore nana at my houiw oa West Vain ftreet. S Kiieret. Pa (il.OKUF. AI IMA.V C WITH IN C. SHORTLIDCfTS a7 Al ACADEMY. FX I ! i it.v aSU h"t. XLI'lA. PA. U Hllle mB rlia.lei- phia. riaert pce rvftrr. every euetie. eeu boiiii. 4ir. w extra chare. V iiiclUnTal ex peumw. Xo exanonatiai 1. aimiMofi. Twelve experienced w-acheix all men. aji.i all irradnatea. Sf" lal o.f.irtiili!tT lf aja rtudcnla Ui a.1auce ra4d!y sieeial dri.I dull and backward 1m . v " PatniQ. or latldent WJ.y iadeH any .nl lea. urnioiv tbe rvftilar KiiKtth. Seienrine;. Hoje mew. 1wwt.al ornvil Knaneenna eooie. stu defllf. htleti at Media Aciemy are now m liar, vard. Yale, Pnmet. aiwt ten her 'olietei and ptTerinic Srh.fe. 16 rtndeOU etlt U 'olleSW is . u ia M in t"N. and to in In. A irraduatMiir chum every year in the commercial deparrvn'ut. A phy-.i.'ml ai.d i'hewiciii Laixiraiw ry. f.ymnaiduwi and halt irouul. L)M yotmues ad'led to IJtirary in M 1 .a ban M-ven churches, and a oimfrauce charter which prn hiUn. Uie aaie 4 all uuoiH-anux drinka. K.w new flliMCnttcd circuUr audrew the Principal aod Pr.anet.ir u ITHI.S :. SH-tETUlxit:. A. M., harmrd t.rwifiava JfnSao. Po. au--lyT When afflicted with a nwk or cnM . way a ho tie of Wei lie Lmepa' Sorraaa Balaam C Hi. Boyd. Sae Avnt. 20. SOME MOONS. Jaxt between the dark aud daylijrtu. When the aleey time is come, Anl the anp;l hat.tr the tr lampa In the window ul ihtir humea ; Bahie nit and watch the new nuvrtk Jwrkine gaily down the sky. Like a pretty rldn milk bowl, fr a rradle i inpur hirh ; Then with dimpled arm uplifted, And with ahiainjr eaevr eyes. They will reach far out to irrafp it Pull it bollly frn the rvkie. MHna will wane and babe rmw older, Atee and ftorrow emt loo soon. But frrh hope, and lurk, returning. Shine wfth -very baby nvnn. IL In the Rivlam-fc!y dlrmew i f the half m.ji'f ghastly lirhl, Puet walk abntatl am! ptndert IJrt'ninc to the ruit-e of uiyht I they dream of future ttUaj ? f a name to last ft r aye T IV they plan a wondniti p-tu. To he a rittea out noine day T No iue knows, bnt laie and weary Piwt wandr thro the night, While the dim aud dn'ary batf-dMnm Urti-i on thnn a pale, sad light. Pvt' none may die nnuttcred. Earth may never h-ar tlitir strain. Hilt above, whrre thoohto are treasured. They ihall flud tlit ir Mrngfi ajf:iin. III. When the great round moon is botming With a tender yoldeti liirht, Luer M-eking deep. cA h"i, Wntk tucetber thro' the night. JuM Hie l'l, old ttry irt er. For a ttHMixind time or unre And a iureet t-Uy to-mrr. As it ever a.rf yore. (Hit 4T -hutlow Into uuMulUrlit, Dn amiug of the Ufe before yiai, Wanlt-r on ye bapp? Im t-p, May tht great qhnhi loug shine o'er yon : Uappy, rarvlr days of eh i Id h rod aunitt Ha : hMid vi-iiiL f( the port Pa a a ay. Loe will rule the world forever And a day. A MILITARYEXECUTION. Wr all love r.tall to luotuury ilf(ls of (hirirtj: ami if lr..vcry. The Uiind tuit urilly exult as it hear or reads of wmie jrreat niilikiry ax-hievetnent, of some lar injj exploit, of some hard-fought, .tat) liornly contested buttle. We anwieute w ith srji h all that is p!onou in war or dazzling in the life of a soldier. Km of human life, l.uf limlie, ghat!y wounds, Moo.1t carnage, with all the terrible con comitants of an embattled field.are inter mixed and blended with, and become part of the general rexults a part of hi. ory. The reonln of history are confin ed to ueh. When we read or study the? thought is seldom or never jfiven to the many silent and unwritten scenes, deeds of individual daring and bravery, gallant acts, or of sufferimt or heartrending an fruinh, woe, despair, that are frequent at tendants of all wars, of nearly every ra.ru paifn. No matter how tragical their charactiT, they are to the historirn but the side shows of the jrreat drama being enacted. They are seldom known except to the actor and larticirsmts. Theirhi tory and details rarely, if ever, find their way to the public, absorbed as it is with the greater leading events the great changing panorama. Amid the rush of war they are overlooked!, lost sight of, forgotten, until, in after days, perchance, recalled lo memory in social intercourse. It is an indisputable fact that the lead ing tendency of all wars, espe-wlly civil war, is the hardening of the heart, f.r the time, to all the r-fined and tender emo tions and feelings of compassion which are natural to humanity in a civilized state holding them in abeyance to the sterner dictates of an imperious military necessity, rendering it, to all outward ap pearance, but a mass of icy callousness ; inducing an apjie iram, an inditlerence to human sutfering, mental anguish, touching appeal, that becomes truly a matter of wonder and astonishment in af ter and niore pea-eful days. All such feelings and emotions, if felt, are sternly repressed and sulordinated to the behests of military duty. Military necessity, be it apparently in other days ncverso cruel in its characterand calling. Thus, for the ti'uc and occasion and circumstances, the otherw ise feeling man shows but the seni bUnce of the N-entingly staictd savage. At such times and under siu-h circu:n stances he is no lon-jvra human, but sim ply a military machine. The unwritten j history of the Life civil w.ir contains j nianv a larriwing sent that, brought to j light, would touch the he:irt and turill it with a fit-ling of horror causing its to wonder such could have transpired in any civilized land and len c:irricd out in detail by a Christian people. Many such are now l.a ked in the breasts of the individual actors, participants and wit ne?e, seale.1 hermetically to the world, except, percham-e. they find the livrf it through one or the other of these as they fight their battles over and recall experi ences w ith some comrade, as they bring i to memory the vivid scenes of the past, j It was thus with the writer a few Sab- bii:li-J hack, wh"n he had toe following military tragedy, in all its horrors, relat ed as one of the many episodes of mili tary life: " Do you retuemlier, Joe, the shooting of that sick, dying man, while the cum mandwasat "isgah church, in Orange or Madison county, Virginia?" sail Mc , of one of those present who had held the post of orderly sergoant, . " I reckon I do," he replied. Cireat God ! I shall never forget it if 1 live to be a thousand years old '. " "What? A sick man?" I asked, nev er before having heard of it. " Yes, a sick man ; a dying man, I told you! " he exclaimed. " Nor m ill I, Joe, ever forget it ! It makes my blood errrdle and run cold within me even now, after more than twenty years, to think of it. Of all the horrid scenes, the trying, sav age scenes of eold-blooded butchery of that fnr years, this beat all. I have seen sotiie few such, you all know, but this, I say, beat all topjied the climax. I never saw one more u h in all its de tails. v " He was a nmler of the Twenty-fifth Virginia, you remember, bel mging to oar brigade. A faithful soldier, ton, fot the first two years of the war, and as brave as they usually make them. He was a back-wotslsraan from one of the western counties. He had been in all the fights in the valley, and in the seven days around KichmonaL Mood out like a man, discharged every duty, consumptive and thin and weak as he appeared. " He had s wife and child from whom he bad been alwent two years, and to whom be was most devotedly attached ; of w horn be was continually talking, the boys said, when off duty. In an evil hour for him his wife wrote oner SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, i him, urging his coming home at once, j that his lit' le girl around whoiu'every j tendril of his heart entwined and clung i with tenderest affection and love, was sick, very sick; mast die. If he wished ; or desired to again see and embrace her ; in this life he must not lelay. j " Poor woman ! She little knew to what she was tempting him. Little knew that the fetters that bound the soldier, forces him to smother every domestic tie, every feeling of love and affection, every thoturht of home subordinating every thing to presenduty in the field. That if he, without leave, broke military rule, esjiecially in the presence of the enemy, a certain fate, an inevitable doom, await ed him. This he knew, though she did not. j ,: Frenied with the desire to see his daughter the child of his affection he j burst through all restraints ami left camp, i without have or asking or seeking it, as a j hopeless chance. j " Hastening across the Blue Ridge and j the valley, he sought his mountain home, j amid the spurs of the Allegheny, intend ! ing to tarry but a few .lays, to receive the ; last embrace of his daughter, and then, ! with all speed of his safe return to and report far duty. j "The fates were against him. Ilislit j tie daughter, a child of eight, died in his i anus upon the third day of his return. Without delay, after the last rites had 1 been given and the green sod hid the j mortal remains of his little loved one, he j hastily bade his wife farewell and sped ; nMn his return. A change of portion had taken place ' in ti e ctM toy's forces, and now interp.w ed between him ami his c.tiiiiiaud. " Fatigue and trouble had told upon his system, and he was almost totally broken down luslily. " Finding it impossible to get to his command without risk of certain capture j and weary months in a northern prison ! in his physH'al condition certain death he turned his weary steps to his moun tain home, where he lwaiiie prostrated w ith his life enemy consumption. "Thus passe.1 many weeks. A raiding party of our cavalry had s-ooped around the enemy's line and gotten in their rear. This party finding him at hjnie, absent without leave, took him into custody as weak as he was, and brought him into our camp as a deserter. " His wife, true to her love and affec tion, hesitated not a moment to follow after, passing unmolested and in safety the lines of the enemy. "He was brought o trial upon the charge of deserting the ranks in the pres ence of the enemy, found guilty and sen tenced to be shot on the third day there after. Absenting without leave had be come too common the ranks were too thinned thereby. It must be stopped. Examples by military executions became an important military necessity. Fate had. placed, the chance upon him, . ... . " The Commanding Cieneral, as much as he might otherw ise feel, felt the neces sity of this situation, and sternly repress ed every feeling, approved the sentence, unmoved by the prayers and tears of the loving, but disconsolate wife. "One hope only remained open to her an appeal to the Confederate President, Jeff Ihtvia. This glimmering hope site eagerly embrace.1, and at once started on foot to the railroad station at Orange Court House for Richmond, to seek from him, who could alone interpose with mercy and par. Ion. Reaching Richmond, she sought at once without delay the President. By her tenderly, affecting, earnest and mov ing appeal, the heart of the stern man " was touched with sympaty. He hastily signed the pardon and bade her a hearty God-speed, as she poured out prayers and blessings njion his head. Better acquaint ed w ith the urgency of haste in all mili tary matters, and esjiecially in such cases, be also dispatched a special courier with a duplicate to our caiup. "Boys, I often had to do dirty at the Grand Tent, and was, therefore frequent ly brought in contact and intercourse with the poor fellow. I tell you, he was i a brave man and ltetter, a good Christ ian, if a soldier can lie one amid suchstir- j ronndings and staid 'eussedness' as a mil itary camp. IVbilitated as he was bodily and suffering, he laced the situation in which he was placed with a firm, uncom plaining stoicism as only a brave man ami true Christian can. " No repining, no complaint, no mur muring was shown, but the fortitude of a true manhood was ever pr sent. True, j he exprt-seed the w ish that death might have come to him in the battlefield, und at the hands of the enemy rather tlian at the hands of his comrades. He cuimiy read his bible ami trusted in the mercy of li-id, and the otherwise pure record of a just life towards his fellows. So passed the three days. "The fatal hour came, and a tret no wile's return m par Ion, no reprieve of sentence. Tiie eutire force was ordered out to w it ness military execution. Sjum little dis tance below the church, in an open field, they were marched and formed into a hollow square facing jn war-Is. At the farther and lower end of the square, near the centre of that side, a stake was driv en firmly into the ground. An amhn lance and guard slowly move in the di rection of the Guard Tent. At word of command, thirteen detailed men wheel from each side of the stake, march to w here thirteen muskets are stake! load ed, six with blank and seven with ball cartridge. Each pick at random a gun. Twelve slowly in line take position ten pace in front of the stake one, the re serve, in the rear of them. " Oh ! how blanche.! was the face of each of these stern men, compelled, by military ordeal, to carry out the order and I take tlie life of a comrade in cold blood ! They, humored and unflinchingly, and without feeling, could have stormed the most deadly breach, or the most inassail able and perilous position, but this was very, very different. The silence of the line and its surrounding was awful in ha breathless stillness awaiting the return of the ambulance and condemned one. Surrounding nature sympathize.! witb tlie tragic scene to be enacted. Not breath of air moved not even the softest zephyr moved amid the trees, or leaflet showed sign of movement or of life ; not even a bird gave forth a single note even the chirp of a sparrow was unheard all nature, se man, seemed bound as by a spell. Perhaps, could the thin veil that separates an earthly from an eternal ex istence bo torn aside, the spirit of a set ESTABLISHED 18 daughter awaited the father, who had sacrificed life from high paternal love. " The ambulance reached the Guard Tent The unfortunate, doomed man, his form wasted and features thin and ea.laverous, bat slightly tinged with hec tic glow, was lifted from the cot on which he lay and borne by the detail of guar. is to the ambulance, and gently laid upon one of its seats, as a part at themselves upon the other. At the won! of com mand they slowly moved to the sound of uiDtHcl drum to a point near the stake. " They lift him out and conduct him to the stake, to which he is firmly bound upon his knees, as he is held in position by two of them ; his eyes are bacdaced, that he may not carry the impress of his executioners into the next world. AH this speedily accomplished, the guard wheel aside. A moment of aw ful silence then comes forth the command : ' Make ready take aim fire '.' ".Simultaneously the report of twelve muskets roll forth upon the hitherto stilly air, and reverberate among the forest and hilL " Horror ! While bll in streams sport from different wounds, no vital part is touched, and life, the soul still lingers in the attenuab-d body. " Instantly, at the word of command, the twelve wheel aside and give place to the reserve man. A solitary who ! but alas ! in the hur ry of the moment he had sele.-tel the wring musket one loaded w ith blauk cartridge. "He was sternly ordered to reload sped i!y and quickly. I'ispatch and steadi ness was now a merciful deed of charity. " Again the report of the musket sounds f.irth, and the sonl of had joined that of his daughter in the spirit land, where wars are nncnown and no military executions demanded. "S-anIy had the reverberation of the last gun ceased its rolling amid the troub led air, when along the winding highway a horseman was seen rapidly approarh ing. The flanking sides of his panting steed pnx'laiiued the haste be had made, but alas! now vainly made' No stopping for question for too well he knew all the surroundings proclaimed. He pass ed on to the headquarters of the ienerul and handed him the dispatch containing the now useless order of pan Ion. No won! was spoken each knew that so far as the reprieved man was concerned he was now beyond the need of pardon from any earthly power. "Two hours after, his wife, happy in the pardon she bore, and wholly uncon scious of the awful scene just enacted, came into camp. The shock was too much for her. The repulsion, from pure, unalloyd joy and hope and happiness to the vivid bla.-kness of hopeless despair was too great and too sadden. Reason was unthroned, and she instantly became a raving maniac. Her agonized shriek was only such as one nay cam issue from a soul in which all hope is List, and the en shrouded darkness of bitter and hopeless despair has overwhelmed the whole be ing and each ami every faculty ' of the mind. A few weeks after the lifeless body of the poor woman was found upon the grave of the little daughter. laugh ter father wife mother were reunit ed forever." Napoleon's Faovrite Flower. A pamphlet of the year 1815, which the Tempt has recently discovered, gives an account of how the violet became the em blem of imperialism in France. Three days before the embarkation for Ellia, Bonaparte, accompanied by the I Hike of Bassano and Gen. Be rt rand, took a walk in the gardens of Fontainubleau. He was still wavering whether he should quietly resign himself to his banishment. The Duke of Bassano tried to point out to him that the time for withdrawal was past. Greatly excited. Napoleon walked on without speaking, trying to divert his thoughts from the subject. Suddenly he saw close to him a pretty child of three or four ye: rs of age, picking tiowers and tying them into a bunch. " My little friend,"' said the Prince, "will you give me your Dowers?" " Yes, gladly," said the boy. and handed them gracefully to him. Bonaparte kissed the child, and said after a few minutes to his courtiers : j " The accident of this occurren is a e- i cret hint to me to follow tic example of j these milest flowers. Yes, gentlemen, henceforth the violet shall is; the em blem of my wishes." "Sire," replied Ber traud, " I hope for your Majest v's gtorv that this resolution will not last longer than the Mower from which it takes its origin.' The next day Napoleon was seen walking about the gardens with a bunch of violets, w hich he carried alter nately in his mouth and han-L Stopping j at a flower lied he stooped down to pick i ."-.. - .ire .ej.ti.-r well- I11L11C1 a . , ,. . , 7 , ; v uouuieu, w 110 was on guant. sai.i to nun, " Sire, in a year's time it will be easier to j pick them ; they will then be more plen- tiful." Bonaparte, greatly astonished, j looked at hiui. " You think, then, that I next year I shall be buck ?' " Perhaps ' sooner ; at least we hope so." " Soldier, 1 do you not know that after to-morrow I I start for FUba?" "Your Majesty will wait till the clout's roll by." " IV your j comrades think like yon T " Almost all." ! iuejmay uiuik ii, oui iney mav not i say it. After you are relieve. I, go to B r trand and let him give pou JlJ Napoleons d'or, but keep silence." Choudieu re turned to the barracks and drew the at tention of his comrades to the fact that for tlie last two days the Emperor had been walking about with a bunch of vio lets. " We will call him among ourselves Pere la Violette." From that dav forth Napoleon was only called by that name I in her hand, and stepping np to her fath in the barracks. By degrees the secret I er, who was reading the morning paper reached the public, and in Spring the ad- , herents of the ex-monarch carried the flower as a memorial, either in their! mouth or in their buttonhole Pull Jkfrfi ; GazrtU. After Diphtheria. Diphtheria is a terrilde disease, requir ing the greatest medical skill to effect a complete cure. Even when its power is broken, it dings to the patient wi Ji great persistency, and often leaves the system poisoned and prostrated. Just here j Hood's Sarsapaxilla does ' a vast amount of good, expelling impurities from the blood, giving it richness and vitality while', it renovates and strengthens the system, It is often amid that second thoughts j are best. So they are in matters of judg- 1 ntent, bat not in matters of conscience. - 27. NOVEMBER 2, 1886. Artie Exploration. ergeant Brainard, of the Greeley ex- f lam indebted to icn. Tyler, the son pedition, has not abandoned his plan for j of President Tyler, for information aliout searching the mysteries of tlie north pole, i his father's marri.tge. President Tyler He is arranging for another expedition j married twice, and he was the only Pres next year. He said recentlv : " I have ' ident who was niaried while in the White no particular desire to explore the arctic regions with the object of reaching ex treme northern latitudes. Having reach ed a higher point than any other living man. I am content to let matters rest on that score until perhaps some one has passed the recorL There is. however, a field for exploration in the more souther- ly latitudesof Grinnellland which would j well repay all efforts in that direction, I ? am u.i . 'l..I T I. .... 1 f I ..1 -.. ... u urru a i. 'il. iicmm for a year and a half past to command an expedition of this kind myself in a few yean, and I now see my way clear to its realization. I expect that my expedition will start in the spring of to be gone, if necessary, two years, with the main object of exploring in the vicinity of Hayes Sound, which includes regions never tread by the the foot of uian. My plans are somewhat crude as yet. No governmnt aistance will lie required, as it will be w holly a private enterprise. I have some wealfTiy friends in New York w ho are interested in the subject, and they have repeatedly assured me that when I am ready they will not be lack ing in furnishing the necessary aid. I intend risking whatever means of mr own I have, and I will be the only per son of the expedition who will nit be on a salary. People don't go to the arctic regions for money, I know, but there is a satisfaction in know ing that there will be funds on the return. My party will con sist of twelve persons besides myself one naturalist, one astronomer, who will assist in meteorological and magnetic ob servations, one meteorologist, one car penter, one tinman. .one blacksmith one jk and steward, and three Esquiuio dog drivers and hunters. These are, of course, exclusive of the captain of the vessel and his crew. A snu;ll steamer will be used and the objective point Alexandria Bay .the arctic puradise.which is only about fifteen miles west of Cape Sabine, where the Greely survivors were rescued. At Alexandria Bav w ill lie the base of our operations, but I have a se ondary object in recovering the papers and the collection of scientific snecimens that we left at Cape Cong". That is about three hundred miles from Cape Sabine, although the route by which the Greely party retreated is nearly five hnadred miles. If I find upon reaching Cat Sabine that the conditions are un favorable I shall abandon that portion of the expedition for I don't intend to run any risks. My intention is, however, to land most of our stores about five miles west of Cape Sabine and then proceed northward, making caches of provision? on the w ay, so that in case of accident to the vessel we can essily return to our base of supplies an.l begin our explora tions, which will be right in the neigh borhood. You see this is mit like an expedition in search of the north pole. I know just where I am going and just what to expect. We will have to endure cold, darkness, and a great many hard ships of one kind another, but there will not he a particle of danger, and I look upon the trip as if it were only an ex pedition to the Virginia mountains. Ex ploration will lie the chief object of the expedition and although it is intended that pliyii.nl and scientific Innervations shall be carefully conducted at the sta tion they will not be allowed to interfere with the proposed exploration. I am almost sure that we can accomplish our work of defining the outline of Grinnell land inside of a year. But we have sup plj.i to last us two years. I estimate that the exienses will be $TiO..), and but s.")0.i if we are able to return the first year. I aoi just as well as I ever was, although niv eves are still somew hat af- ; fee ted by snow-blindness. They are im- proving gradually, and will soon be all j right again. By the way, I think that some public aid should lie extended to ! Colonel Gilnier, who is now on his wuv j t the antic regions. He expects to j .j, tilpe Sabine overland, and. if he i j, he. to ,klitth unless some , provisions are sent through to him." , - ! A Sharp Daughter of Albion. The Englishman on bis travels is the ; standing butt of ihe witty Parisian, but ' the Englishwoman at least seems to be j quite a match for the average Frenchman. A lady of interesting appearance called j the other looming on a jewelei in Paris. and after pun hasing a bracelet presented j a 10 note in payment, from w hich she I re-eivel idiaicje amountinir t uesirlv 0 and went awav. The Frem h. though ,f a lT ,n a P" " rrU T"T HUk ther mav despise things English, have a ! but he te ,h" L'irI fhat thf"-v m"M liking fo'r English bunk notes. espe.-ially I l or hl"l,,r. "r tnat 1 , marry. , . 1 , , , when they have not na-i to pay . j,r tjIeni at the current rate of exctiange. tne iewel-r ,vlv stenne.1 aronnd to his bunk- er to get hVtwo hundred and fiftv and obi francs. And when he arrived the banker pointed out that the mite was not a forgery, not even a draft on the Bank of England, but an order dated ne:ir!y fifty years back and signed by one F. I lick, on an institution styled the Bank of Engraving, which entitled the holder to some pictures. It is difficult not to admire the daring coolness of the ; woman who eriujii try sucn a successtul i experiment in a big city, though one may i share in the horror of the Freuch papers and reiterate their warning toshop-keep-ers to be on their guard against this daughter of Albion. .St. Jaunts' t il'izette. A miss offender years whom we will call "Tiger," came out of her bedroom of a recent morning with the button-hook in his favorite corner, said to him r "Papa, will yoa please button up mv shoes? "What in the world," said be, "do you want me to button your shoes lor, Tiger T " Because." said Hirer. " I'm "jetting old. and I want some man to wait on me." Her father was so much surprised at the infant belle's answer that he concealed his smiles by bending over her shoes. Yoa see, he bad once made love to that little girl's mother. .V.PiricA BulUtm. Mr. E. E. Wilson, Grand Rapids, Mich., reports the case of Mr. li. T. Shehlon, of Lansing. Micliiiran. who for several weeks uffere.! from a frightful cough and cold, which was cured by one bottle of Red stir Cough Cure. Wealth is an enemy to self reliance, As soon as a mam is able to own canoe be wants some one to paddle it lor him. He j President Tyler's Two Wives. Hoits?, except'CIeveland. Shortly before President Tyler died he said to his son. " My son, I have in many resjiects been a fortunate man : but in respect to no one particular have I grenter cause to congrat ulate myself than in that sim-e I reached man's estate I have parked only tw o years out of the marriage relation ; for it has protected and preserved my moral life." tien. Tyler descrilies his mother, the President's Erst wife, as a dark-haired, fair-skinned lady, with a person which was a perfect mould of beauty. She w as of mctium size, and looked mu h like the Empress J.jsephine, save that her skin was fairer. Tyler met her at a hall given by one of the wealthy Iouglasses, of Virginia, and fell in love at once. He was then about 19 years old, and it was perhaps a year before he became ngag-! to Iter. " His courtship." siiys Gen. Tyler, " wxs much more formal than that of to-d.iy He was seldom alone with her before their marriage, an.l he has told me that he never mufersl up courage enough to kiss his sweetheart's hand until three weeks before their wedding, though he was eninged for nearly five years. He asked her parents' consent before propos ing to her, and when he visited her at the. home of Col. Chri-tian, her father, on his plantation, he was entertained in the puriors, when" the whole fa'uily were a. seu;bled together. As was the custom" then among the better cLl-s of Virginian ttmilics. the lover neverthoitght of going out riding in the same carriage with his affianced, but rode along on horseback at the side of the carriage, which always conlained one or more la.li.-s in addition to his sweetheart, to add decorom to the oceasii n." Pr.-si.len Tyler and his tir-t wife were of nearly the same age, he being only eight month her senior. Their wedding took p!a-e on his )d birth-lay, and their married life of twenty-nine years was a most happy one. President Tvler's second marriage took plai-e two years after the death of his first wife. He waso4. The bride was a girl hardly out of her toens. Her name was Miss Julia liardinor, and she was the daughter of a wealthy gentleman of New York. ien. Tvler says that in the second winter after his mother's death, Mr. htr diner ami his two daughters came to Washington on their return from Europe. They visited the White House one Thurs day evening, and he. as private secrvUiry. took their carls, they being unknown to him, and introduced them to the family. They repeated their visits to the White House during the season, returuiniz to New York at its close. At the opening of the follow ing season they were l-ack in Washington an.l renewed theirattentions to the President and his family. After a time President Tyler began to l.ak w ith eyesof love at one of the Misses G.trdintT and finally propiwed a marriige with her to her father and mother. His proposal was well received, and the young lady being w illing, the marriage was determin ed upon. It took place in New York. Gn Tyler thinks it would have been an indelicate thing to have had it celebrated at the White House. President Tyler hv ed seventeen years with' his second wife and had a number of children by her. She now lives at Richmond and receives a pension of 0,000 a year From the gov ernment. Fruik I i. I 'itrjx'iitrT in ljjrntt eut'n ififpU'iir. Card-Playing Girls. There are so many ways in which girls can I amusing, entertaining, and useful to themselves ami others, that it seems a great pity, says the Philadelphia Is'hjrT, that any of them should resort to the common vices of coarse men. That they do so in the evening entertainments of private and elegant homes, and at the most fashionable summer-resorts, appears to be beyond question. An-I that the re sults will appear in unlooked-for demor alizations in the future of w hat is culled good society may be set lr w n as among the certainties of natural law. Young la dies mar not lie expressly susceptible to such prosy moral srjnimenfs. but they should cot forget that the young men who gamble with them, and who appear to enjoy the fun. loe their respect for young ladies in the exact measure that the latter cease to be governed by the tine womanly filings and standards of char acter. Men may laugh at ihe shrewdness . ti-" is an argument to me quicx, ami ; may nml its way ri-.iiie. ine nuin wiio ' iS"u!'" n'K alrea.ly an in- ; riPit,nt ait,r in ,livor, v,,rt Why the Youth Blushed "Charley," said a fond sister, "there's a batch of white powder on yxir coat collar. How did it get there?" "White powder, where'." " " Why, there, and here's some more on your sleeve." "Oh, yes. I know. I just came fnnii the bartier shop, and he must have done it."' " But here's a long yellow hair. Io barbers have such long hair as that, Charley T' " Pstiaw, no, of course they don't. Probably some young lady had been get ting ber bangs ciioped,and sat in the same chair I did." " Well, but Charley," continued his tormentor, "there's the corner of a hand kerchief sticking out of your pia ket and some writing on it. Let me see, it savs. Ella S-m '" " Oh, get out, you pest ; that's only one Jim Floyd gave me to carry back to tlie owner." lueres. nairp n g out o, your f vest purket. lliarley ; does Lhat belong aa I - I a, . to Jim r s,yu or uie otiroer . .jau uiere , ; ' but the eneniv bad tleL "An.l aludl Ttja try to break his will T tlie caller wanted to know, after the w id ow hail told ber how the recently deceas ed had fixed tlie property and rather left her out. "Try?" the widow echoed, as she smoothed out her dress complacently. "I don't think there will be much try alssat it. I didn't nave any trouble breaking bit will when be was alive, and I don't think it is going to trouble me any this time. c ti LL WHOLE NO. 1841. Two Anecdotes of Grant, An officer who served on Grant's staff during the wnr re.-ently said to the 7V,r- rfeV. corresrondent : "The first time I ever saw ttrant was when ne came to . take command of the army. This wa at Brandywine Station. We had been ac- : customed to see M.-Clellan, Ha'leck, . Bumside and the other generals go about from bri le to brisrade an.l divis- j ion to division attended by a cloud of ; gorjeous'y uniformed staff officers, ami, j of cour we expected that i .rant's arri val would have a great deal of show in it. : We were awaiting his arrival, knowing that he was on his way. w hen a ftviirht train rolled in. There was a cabtuwe on the end. and out jumped two men. One of them w:is a short, stumpy man. with a i full brown bearL He wore a black slouch ; hat. tipped dow n on his eyes, and as he i pu ked his war over the r.'.ilroad track j to the station, a soldier who hud been at j Fort Donelson shouted. 4 Here's (tract, jhnvar On the platform was General j Ingalls, Cuiisiisury .ciicral of the army . ! and who was one ..f (.rant's classmates. j lie rvcirtiia".! his old coitimde and they i sh'k h;tn.ls for a moment. Then In j gulls invited his commander to take a I seat in a four-in-hand, which was w:iit- ing. It was raining, but '.rant st.iod while and looked over the turnout ; then he got inside an I drjve to headquarters, (ien. Ingalls had provided a most mag-nifiii-nt dinner for the new commander. Grant sat and ate heartilv, and after he had finished he turned and inquired : ' Ingalls. where did y.m get all this sfnffT Tlte Commissary (jeneral replied with smie pride that he ha-l had it brought down from Washington expressly for the event. TThen Grant w.tnfed to know if the soldier, were in the habit of getting a layout like that. I pon lieing answer.! in the negative. Grant said: ' Ing:!!s, I have been in the habit of eating a sol dier's ration's ! what's good enough for them is g-asl enough for me.' Ingalls di-ln't neglect to take the hint, and there were no more gorgeous banquets after that in the headquarter of the Army of the Piniac. After this episode (irant smoke.!, and finally said : 'One more question, Ingalls : Where did you get that fonr-in-hand T ' It has been attach ed to the headquarters for the use of the commanding general fora longtime, sir," was the response, (irant never changed his expression as he replied: 'I don't want it here. Ruuis ; the next time we need it, it will lie use.! in the field as an ambulance' and it was. !! fi T"ir- The Arab Soldier. The Arab I-a.ks very well on horse back, though he might not altogether suit the taste of the shins. His saddle is generally red. lieaked liefore and behind, and plai-ed upon several colored felt sad dle cloths ; the stirrup broadens- out so as to give a wide space fr the ft to rest on: it is pointed at the corners, thereby enabling the rider to tear the horse's ril-s even without the aid of a pointed stick or a steel spear-like pur which he often pushes in between his slipper ami the stirrup side. The Arab soldier, with his white burnous fluttering hchind bim. his high red saddle and cattle cloths, his knees high and 'oody bent forwanL with his long silver-mounted gun thstrishing in the airJ.siksjLs he gallops forward in a cloud of dust, the very embodiment of the picturesque, exultant war spirit f post ages, not sa!vd down by scientific formulas for mur-ter, but free to carry out his own bloodthirsty purpose with as much swagger and ostentation as possible. Asa horseman I believe the Arab to have an excellent seat but an execrable hand : he loves to keep his beast's head high in the air. and so lie censele-adv jiegh-s at the bit, Un wb-ch he always ridi. nntil one wonders how the wretched brute can put his fi-et safely down : yet he does somehow . No one rides -.iniels in this -ountry. but the Suitan is sjii-1 to have some very fleet dromedaries cb!e of doing marvelous journeys, and, of course, in th.jse parts of Morocco which merge into the Sahara the camel is indispen.-si-ble. Tlie Bariry donkey is a short-legged, long-suffering, imhspensable beast. It is easy to comprehend the ass exist ing without Tangier, but it is impossible ; to conceive Tangier existing without the j ass; his patient little body bears every j possible burden, from the foreign Minis j ter's wife, f.-r example, who sits upon the : puck with great dignity, and, preceded '. by her M.a-ri.-h soldier. avs calls upi.n i other Ministers' wives, to the latest thing j in iron bedstea-l to lie sold in the public ! market. Dr. Black's Ten Laws of Health. L Pnre air is the food of the lungs. This is obtained by scientific ventilation, j whicn n in.-.sts in admitting currents or j movements of air into the apartments '. i through two or more at-ertures. 2. Good and properly cooked Za ; not j fissl seasoned to cover up dc.-ay, partial : or complete. I 1 3. Water not iivL but moled by la-ing '. ! placed upon ice, either in pit. hersor hot- j i ties. i j 4. Adequate exercise in the open air in j order to help the skin X throw off effete j matter. j .. Tlie sun-bath. No sitting or reading ! j in darkene.1 rooms or those lighted by i ! gas. ( .as bums np oxygen very rapidly. ' ; Sitting under a gas-jet turns the hairgray j and by over-heating t he scalp destroys its ; vitality and causes the hair to fait out. ; ti. Proper and sufficient clothing. That ,1 which is I.iee, light and warm. Light 1 Thrtugh,ut the northern rangt sobri colors for summer, dark for winter. In j ety, self-restraint, decent behavior, and winter weara nanrtel ban-Lag.-around the j faithfulness to duty are enjoined upon abdomen. ; the cow-bovs. A great iuibroveiiienl is j 7. Occnpation., 0ich are of an ont.hior character eight hre for work, eight hours tor sleep, eight hours for rest. The ten hour rule has killed more than dis- ease. 8. Personal cleanliness is essential. , U) the UAy Bnthin. enal, m, u thrT)W off mat- ter, causing the dead and useless epider- . . . 1 1 mis to peel on. t). No marriage with a near relative. No Jewish marriages. 10. Avoid wine, whisky, beer, tobacro and prostitutes. Keep your soui anil bodv clean. A bright little girl who saw three sis- j ters with hair of a rich auburn hue, re- ! marked to ber mother : " See ins to me, mamma that kind of hair must be nsl- Tbe bounds of reason; Jumping at con-head-itary in that family." ( elusions. The A Tterican Cow-Boy. ! The cow-boy of to-.lay. ess-iai!y on j the northern ranges, is of entirely differ j ent type from the original cow-boy of , Texas. New ronditioro have pco.lo.vd . the eh tnge. The range cattle bt-4i:esi : of Kansas. Nebraska, Colora.lu, Wy-u-i ing, Montana, and Ihikota is, as already j state. 1. a new busine-M. Tb engsged in it as proprietor are chiefly from the States situate.! east of the Missouri River and north of the Indian Territory. Among them are also many Englishmen, Scotchmen, Frenchmen, and ( ierman of large means, embracing titled men w ho i have embarked in the business quite ex I tensively. Many of these came to Amer- icw originally as tourists or drthe pnr ! pse of bunting bnffiil.ws. but the attrae i tivenesw of the cattle business arrest-d ' them, and they have become virtually, if ; not through the act of naturalization. American herdsmen. Some of this class) ' foriof fouuint.t. j ment ;inj tjje exhilaration of rani? mpera- lite. the:n-rtves participated actively in the duties of the cow-boy. Organization, discipline, and order ; characterise the new undertaking on the ; northern range. In a word the cattle ! business of that section is now an.l has i from the beginning been carried on upon i strictly business principle. Cn-ier sin h proprietor-hips and guide.! by such methods a new class, of cow-boy has len . introdm-e-l and developed. Sjrar have come from Texies. aud have hpmght with them a know ledge of the arts 4 their calling, but the number from the .aher ' Suites and Territories constitute a large ' majority of the whole. Shut are grad '. nates of American college, and others of ; collegiate institutions in Eurof". Many have resorted to the occupation of (.--j boy temporarily and for the purse of j learning the range cattle business, with 1 the view of eventually engaging in it on i their own account, or in the int-n-si of ! friends desirous of investment in the en ; tcrpri-w. j The lite of the cow-ls.y is always one 1 of excitement and of romantic interest. i ir:. ..t;.... I l .t.i;.. n trill" ; li:. witaill il' "ill . in . " " .. . ' are spent in the saddle, and at night he ! make his bed upon the lap --f mother j earth. .; The great herLs which are yearly driv en out of Texas to the northern range 1 a-iuii;v ,l,ra. from ;jf to "- y.mng ! cattle each, and the movement has sitw-e j its beginning aliout eighteen years ago. ainouiite.1 to about 4,tV neI, wortn nearly fVi,ii,iin. Each herd is placed in charge of a boss, with from eight to ten cow-boy, a provision wagon, an-! a ojok. Four horses are supplied to eac h cow-bow. for the duty is an arduous one. The range cattle when away from their accustome.1 haunts are suspicious and ex-.itab'e, ami need to fie managed with the greatest care to keep them from stampeding. When "on trail" they are Vl.ise her led" at nightfall ami all lie down within a spai-e of about two acres. The cow-boy then by watches ri le around them alt nightlong. T!:e sensi ble presen.-e '4 man appears to give the animals a feeling of security. The journey from sonthern Texas to Montana requires from f.ur to six months. Herls are also driven from Oregon and Washington Territory to Wyoming ami eastern Montana. It is inijiossible for one who has not had ac tual experience in " riding on trail" to imagine the difficulties involved in driv ing a large her! of wild cattle over moun tain ranges, across desert lands where in some cases food and water are n--t found for many miles, and where streams must ! crosse.1 which are liable to dangerous freshets. A large part of the northern ranges is embraced in the area which Silas Bent, an accomplished meteor.!. -gist, terms "the birth pla-e the tornado." Thunder and lightning are here frequent, and they are especially terrifying to rings cattle. The most thrilling incident in the life of the cow-boy occurs on the oit anion of a thunder-storm at night. Such an occur rence is thus described from persona! ob servation by Mr. William A. Bailiie Grohiuan an English writer: - "On the approach of one of these vio lent ont bursts the whole force is ordered on duty ; the spare horses of which each man has always three, and often as many as eight or ten are carefully fed am! tether.-.!, and the beard is 'round up.' that is, collected into as small a spa as possible, while the men continue to ride around the densely masse. I herd. Like horses, cattle derive courage froiu the close proximity of man. The thun der peals, am! the vivid lightning dashes with amazing brilliancy, as with lowered heads the herd eagerly watch the slow, steady pwe of the cow-ponies, and no doubt derive fmiu it a comforting sense of protection. Sometimes, however, a wild steer will be unable to control his terror, and will make a dash through a convenient opening. The crisis is at hand for the example w ill surely be followed, and in two minutes the whole hen! of 41 Ml head will have briken through the line of horsemen and be away, one surg ing larUowing mass of terrified beasts. Fancy a pitcbdaxk night, a pouring tor rent of rain, the ground not only entirely strange to the men, but very broken, and lull of dangerously steep Watrrsi-oursen and hoilows, and you will have a picture of cow-boy duty on such a night. They must head off the leaders. ( uce fairly off, they wiil stampede twenty, thirty and even forty miles at a stretch, and many branches will stray from tiie uiaia hei-1. Not alone the reckless rider, rush ing headlong at breakneck pace over lang'-roiis ground in .b-n-s" .iarkm-ss, but aiso the horses. smalLiiisigmtit ant l-asts, but matchless r harly emiueame and willingness, are perfectly aware how much dep. mi. Is upon their speed that night, if it kills tin-in. l'nu.- d till the Lost moment remains the heavy cowhide ' puirt,' or whip, ar.-l the powerful spurs with rowels the size of tivestiiliing pieces Urged on by a shout, the horses speed aiougsi-ie the terrified steers until they manage to reach the leaders, when, swinging around, and fearless of horns, they press buck the bellowing brutes till they turn them. Ail the men pursuing this mamenvre, the headlong rush is at last chevke., ami the b-wier. psuit.ng and lashing their sides witb their tails, are brought to a stand, ami the whole j herd ttt again ' found si up.'" j aU, observable in the cow-boys of Texas. j 'Ve.1 if vioU-n.-e among them are now few. The r.V of the entire range and J ranch rattle businem of the the I'nited '.states now compares favorably with that of other large enteri-L J.ij-h Niw , y W. The eagle is a tough bin", but w hen ii is put on the back of a dollar it is legal temler. Some one says : "Money "el it then. .Vrr il-wm .Vnra. Grab Sober second thoughts are generally preceded by bea. laches. Honors come by diligence; riches spring from economy.
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