'thing to eat to our Louse olid dish coms9 through a girls work like they .dhes " from the fashion .s dabs o' this an' that, with s wo can't pronounce, >rlgs> o' stuiY around them nil. just like a little liounce. ..calk or two o' spinnuge takes the place o' " IUHSS o' Kreeus ' .Ve're eatiu' "diiiuly dishes" from the fash ion magazines. \ RAIDING THE RUSTLERS. An Episode in the Cattle History of Montana. It is a story of which little has been told. Most of those who rode with "Flopping Bill's" vigilantes have left tne state or crossed the Great Divide. Those who have remained are reticent. As to the 30 or more desperate horse tnieves and cattle rustlers who operat ed in northern Montana in the early eighties—well, bleaching bones on wind-swept prairies tell no talcs. In 18S5 the cattle and horse business In northern Montana was becoming more and more unprofitable, for the reason that there were organized bands of horse thieves who had stop ping places from the Canadian line to Mexico, and who made more money in the business of stealing horses and live stock than the real owners could In raising them. Of course more horses than cattle were stolen, because they were easier to get away with, and in those days were worth a great deal more money. The stealing became so serious that the cattlemen of northern Montana were forced to do something, and in the fall of 1885 they did it When the cattlemen start to do anything they do it up brown, and it was so in this case. The tale of the hanging of road agents of 1863-64 by the vigilantes of Alder Gulch has been told so often that it has become known from ona end of the world to the other, and it is looked upon as the biggest thing of its kind which was ever pulled off In Mon tana. This is a mistake, and the cow boys of northern Montana during the year of 1885, from September to No vember, hanged and shot more men than the vigilantes of Alder Gulch drea®ed of. This may seem like a fairy tale at this time, but it is a fact, and there are men in northern Mon tana at the present day who have the papers to prove the assertion. During the fall round-up of the Ju dith in the fall of 1885 it was decided to do some hanging. Who proposed the matter, or by whom meetings were held, it is not necessary to state, as one of the leaders or the cowboy vigi lantes is now a prosperous stockman within a few miles of old Fort Magin nis, another is a prosperous sheepman living near Übet, and another lives in Butte, after having spent a number of years abroad. And there are others, but the matter of the real extermina tion of the rustler was carried on un der the direction of "Flopping Bill" Oantwell. "Flopping Bill" was a desperate character himself and worked against the rustlers because It paid better than to work with them. From September. 1885, until the weather became too cold to ride, "Flopping Bill" and his band of cowboy exterminators worked, and when they had finished there was no count of the men whose candles had been snuffed, but there are men in Great Falls today who can name at least 26 of them, and it has always been estimated that about 30 people were hanged or shot by "Flopping Bill's" band during that fall. The first performer in tue bloody drama of extermination was a half breed near Fort Maginnis. Some one believed that he had stolen a steer and butchered it, and one night during August, ISBS, he was taken near the ranch of Reese Anderson and strung up to a cottonwood tree without a chance to say his prayers, if he knew any. That was the beginning, and shortly after "Flopping Bill" called for volun teers to search for horses which had been stolen from the herds of several well-known stockmen. The requisition was made upon the round-up, which was camped on the Musselshell about 60 miles above the mouth, and reck less riders and desperate men only were chosen. The posse made a hard ride that day. and by night they came to the cabin of a man named Downs, near the mouth of the Musselshell. Downs kept a sort of trading post, and was suspected of being in league with the thieves. It was early daylight when the posse ar rived, and they at once surrounded the cabin, and when Downs came out It was "hands up." A search of the corral and vicinity discovered 22 D. H. S. horses, and Downs was asked to explain. He saw that he was irp against it, and gave a full list of all the men connected with the "rustling" business, and indicated where they had their rendezvous. The Missouri runs swift and deep where the waters of the Musselshell enter it, and the banks are high and steep. A rope was placed about the neck of Downs, and a convenient tree was looked for. Some one spied a large grindstone which stood alongside of the cabin. "Tie it to his neck and drop him in the river," was the suggestion, and it was carried out literally. Today the big round grindstone, with the hole In the centre, lies in the bottom of the Missouri, near the mouth of the Mus selshell, and if tiK_e and water have "DAINTY DISHES." The grocery bill's n-hummln' now —I tell you it's a sin. We got to buy the dainty stuff an' things to eook it In— I'm blamed U I'll call bean soup any "con summay de beans!" But It's iu "dainty dishes" in the fastiioD magazines. I want a steak I wnnt it quick l'm hungry as a boss I Wiint it with thick gravy—no new fangled kind o' "sauce." An' listen kerful an' you'll know just what the ol' man means— I want no "dainty diohes" from the fashion magazines! —Boston Gazette. not proven too much for the hempen rope the neck bones, at least, of Jim Downs are the grindstone's companion. Armed with the information derived from Downs the posse rode south to the mouth of Lodge Pole Creek, where there were several "rustlers' located, and in the early morning light three of them were captured and strung up on some cottonwood trees which cur rounded the cabin where they had lived. One of the hempen ropes with which the ranging was done swung in the breeze for many years, and per haps is there yet—it was up to five years ago. Some of the cowboys in the posse bogan to get more than they had bar gained for, and wanted to quit the business, but "Flopping Bill" pointed out to them that they would be hanged by the civil law if tneir share in the impromptu hanging was known, and that, together with other cogent rea sons, prompted them to remain. The next bunch of rustlers was lo cated along the Missouri. They passed as woodchoppers, and a large number of them had a rendezvous at Long John's Bottom on the Missouri, a short ways below the mouth of the Mussel shell. "Flopping Bill's" posse came upon the camp early one morning, and was discovered by the horse herder, whom they promptly shot, and charged upon the camp. There was a block house wita a stable attached, belong ing to the rustlers, but most of them were sleeping in tenis, and when the shooting began one of them was saot while getting to the blockhouse. Once there they defied the posse, and it was only by strategy that they were dis lodged. While the posse kept up a hail of bullets against ine house, one of the cowboys sneaked up through the grass and set fire to the stable, and it In turn fired the blockhouse. Just how many rustlers were killed will never be known, but there were at least 11 in the house and six were taken pris oners, while one escaped. The one who got away was Dixey Burroughs, a half-breed, and well known in northern Montana. Bur roughs managed to get away from the house, and was stopped by one of the outor guards, but dropped behind a log and at the fourth shot managed to get his man, and escaped. Who the cow boy was that was shot has never been divulged. He was buried where he fell and a hint given that nothing was to be said about it. That night "Flopping Bill" went away and during the night a number of men rode up to the camp of the cowboys, and after a sham bat tle, took the six prisoners, and in the morning their bodies were decorating the cottonwoods, on the east end of Long John's Bottom. "Flopping Bill" •me back and said the men who had taken the prisoners were a posse from Miles City—and nobody inquired fur ther. When Dixey Burroughs escaped he crossed the Missouri on a raft, and met old man James and his two sons. Dick and Jim, together with two others. This part of the gang had not been home when the cowboys called, and when Dixey told his story they saw that there was death in the air, and started down the river on a raft. They knew the cowboys were after them and that they would be 6hown no mercy, and so when near Poplar, they surren dered to a sergeant and a detail of seven United States soldiers, and asked to be taken to Fort Maginnis for trial. The sergeant and his detail started with the prisoners for Maginnis, and early the third morning they awoke to find themselves in tlie nands of a dozen masked men. "Hitch up your outfit and drive straight on," said the leader of the party, "and we will not injure you at all; refuse and we will kill you all. The prisoners are ours." The sergeant, whose name is not re called—the whole affair appears in the records of the post during this year— hitched up and drove on as requested, and the dozen masked men were left behind. The prisoners were never seen again, except that a couple of years ago an old-timer told a story of meeting Dixey Burroughs over the Canadian line, and he said he had been spared his life by promising to leave the country. After this the hangings were desul tory, but the aggregate for the two month 3 of September and October la believed to have amounted to about thirty. The cowboys would be riding the round-up, and some night word would go around and In the morninc 20 of them would be gone for a day or a week, and no questions asked. That winter, it is related, a crowd of men rode up to the place where the cowboy vigilante crew were quatereJ, and served notice that every one of them must leave the country or die. The majority of them left, and have met dehth in one way or another, but there are still two or three of the | j>ome remaining In northern I but they do not boast of having bc i longed to '"Flopping Bill's avengers" in 'BS. "Flopping Bill" also found it ad visable to leave the country many years ago, and less than two months ago his death was recorded in old Mis souri—for Bill was n Missourian and had ridden with Quantrell. The ISSS episode of the rope and gun has not been written about very much, but the advertising it got was such as to discourage "rustling" in northern Montana for many years, so that i f it only reviving the business —the real old-timer of the bad lands would not take any one's stock as a gift—but "Flopping Bill," the man of nervo, without human feeling, has gone ovjr the divide, and perhaps the stock in spectors may be given more work consequence.—Anaconda Standard STUDYING THE FEET OPPOSITE. Makes Their Ownem Squirm, and is Dis liked by tlie Victim*. "People sometimes look better going from you," said a man who observes things, "than coming your way. A girl with a profile that is admirable, bewitching almost, will give you the hiccoughs when she turns her face toward you. The handsomest man or woman has a bad point of view, or one, if not exactly bad, that he or she probably has dis covered is not quite the best, and so they make it convenient to turn tho other cheek. "But a place whore you can study character in abandon is in the row of feet on the other side of a street car. Look at them, but don't let their owners know what you arc doing— at first, at least. Afterward, if you are a detestabdle. disagreeable, incon siderate, unsympathetic person just keep staring at them, up and down the row, and see them cringe and turn anil draw up into the folds of skirts, and toe in and out, while a dozen uncomfortable, embarrassed, poor, weak mortals over the way show by every sign and expression how they hate and fear your complacent gaze. It won't do them any good to look daggers, because you have tho drop on them. They are wondering just what sort of an awkward po sition their feet were in when you first began gazing at them —whether you saw a white stocking through a cracked shoe? "It never occurs to the miserable ones to look at your feet. If it does, get off at the next corner. Yon, who Know and have seen should never permit yourself to be made to feel the humiliation of having your feet caught, the worst one forward. Some people go through life putting their best foot forward, but there comes a day when the second step gives them away. "So if your shoes need a polish or new laces, if they are cracked across the toe, or a sole is coming off; if they are all run over and show how bow-legged you must be if the truth were only known, or if a dozen other things about your nether half don't just exactly suit you—don't ride on a street car after this is printed, for some one is going to take it all in sitting opposite you just as sure— well, as sure as that you have read this and have been doing the same thing yourself."—New York Mail and Express. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Venus has often been seen at noor, with the naked eye quite near tho sun. Once when this attraced pub lic attention Napoleon turned it to ad vantage by causing it to be rumored that i; was his own special star. The strongest animals exist entirely 011 vegetable food. It is the ferocity of the lion rather than his strength that makes him formidable. An ele phant is a match for several lions, and is a vegetarian. The animals with most speed and endurance—the horse, the reindeer, the antelope and others —are also vegetarians. The setting off of a blast at Cor rigansville near Cumberland. Md„ the other day revealed a cave filled with fine specimens of stalagmites and sta lactites. The cave was explored for several hundred yards and it extends back to another cave, known as the Kreigbaum cavern, and which was discovered several hundred years ago. It is curious to read in recent New Zealand papers of an old Maori being sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for "practising pretended witch craft." The jTidge in passing sentence said that such practices must be put down with an iron hand. It was only by the imposition of heavy penalties that the baneful influence of so-called "Tohugas" upon the minds of the na tives could be counteracted. A peasant and his wife, in Germany, were married on the same day as tho emperor and empress, the Christian name being William. Tlieia first child —a boy—was born on tho same day as the crown prince, after which they had five other sons, each of whom was born at the same time as the five younger boys of the em peror. The royal couple were in formed of this and were exceedingly interested in the very strange coin cidence; but this interest was intensi fied when, on the last occasion of a royal birth—namely, the little daugh ter of the kaiser —it was learned that the peasant's wife in question had given birth to a daughter on the same day. So astonished were the e-nperor and empress that they Btood as godfather and godmother to this iit'le girl, and have well provided for her future. New York City.—Carefully shaped, well fitted petticoats are as important as the gowns worn over them If the latter are to appear at their best. The SEVEN-GORED PETTICOAT. very satisfactory model illustrated was designed by May Mantou with all the reqifirements in view and is suited to silk, moreen, brilllantine, gloria and all similar skirting mate rials, but in the original is of taffeta in old rose with bands and frill of twine colored lace. The skirt is cut in seven gores that are shaped to be snug about the hips nnd to flare at the feet. At the lower edge is a straight frill of plisse silk edged with a ruche, and above it the graduated circular flounce that is shaped In points at the lower edge. The back gores are laid in flat pleats at the centre, but are perforated, to be made without fulness in habit style, a fact which renders the petticoat pe culiarly desirable for wear beneath the fashionable skirt, and the top can be cut In dip style and finished with or without the belt. To cut this petticoat for a woman of medium size, twelve and a half yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, eight and three-eighth yards twenty seven inches wide, five and five-eighth yards forty-l'car Inches wide, with FANCY BLOUSE IN Y OUTHFUL STYLE. ton and .a half yards seven and a half Inches wide for pllsse frill, eleven yards of lace two inches wide, and Ave and a half yards of Insertion ♦o trim as illustrated. Woman'* Fuuey Bloun. Youthful styles are much lu vogue, not alone for youug girls, but also for their elder sisters and mammas, and the waist that closes at the back makes a feature of the season's styles. The attractive May Manton model shown in the large engraving is made of white Louisine silk with yoke and cuffs of Irish crochet over liberty satin and bands of black velvet ribbon, but is equally well suited to all soft silk and wool materials and to the fashionable cliiffon and liberty gauze. The lining is carefully fitted and ex tends to the waist line only. The yoke portions are simply faced onto it, to the required depth, and at their lower edge the waist portions are attached. The front is tucked for a few inches only, and in graduated lengths to form points, but the backs are without ful ness at the waist line and tucked for their entire length. The sleeves are novel and becoming. The lower por tions fit snugly and are shaped to fall over the hands, but the upper portions are tucked from the shoulders and laid in pleats at the inner seams and so form soft full puffs at the elbows. The neck is finished with a regulation stock collar, which In the case of the original is unlined and held in position by uprights of wire. To cut this blouse for a woman of medium size three and one-eighth yards of material twenty-one inches wide or one and flve-eighth yards for ty-four inches wide, with one yard of all-over lace will be required. Skirt Binding. It goes without saying that the hand some dress has no skirt binding. It elmply bangs over the elaborately edged drop skirt. For ordinary cloth dresses a binding is founfl to be more durable. In the case of broadcloth it is the best scheme to make this little facing of the same, and being sure to have enough left over to replace it. This is Iho best thing to <lo with vel veteen, also. Velveteen bindings on other materials are frequently not pleasing, however. There's brush edge, too; on a very shaggy dress goods It is all right, but there's no easier way to ruin the effect of a fine dress. It looks brushy and cheap, and some handsome dresses would ac tually look about as well with a taggy, worn edge. CollarleßU Drwm. It is a decided change in fashion« to heai that high collars are coming In, but it is not believed that they will stay, because there is a perfect craze still l'or having indoor bodices collar less. The prettiest fashion consists of a collar of fur with an inner one of lace. The question of catching cold is not considered by the woman of fashion, but it must be admitted that when a woman gets past her first youth her neck does not look its best entirely uncovered in the daytime. A Ueep Collar. One of the prettiest separate collars is yoke deep, has a stock and is made of white broadcloth. In addition to a liberal sprinkling of French knots done in black there's an applique ilt.sigu in black velvet. These pieces, that may be had ready made, are a great help to the amateur dressmaker. A Millinery Novelty. A millinery novelty is a wreath of magnolia blossoms in alternate black and white, with slightly decayed leaves. Realism could hardly be ex pected togo further than the decayed leaves, but a rose spray, with unmis takable thorns, sharp enough to bring the blood, is just a step beyond. A Favorite Flotver For Hu.ts The camelia is the favorite flower for hats in Paris, not only in white but iu colors as well. Pink and white camelias, with a knot of black velvet decorate one hat, and again you see a bunch of bright red ones with glossy green leaves on a sable hat. Jet ftiul .SptmgUa. .Tot and spangles once more have re* turned to favor, but the quality used is only ol' the very best, that is to say, the jet is all put on by baud. Boy's Slilrt Waist. Plain shirt waists, with corn fort a bit turn-over collars are necessary to every boy's v.-ardrobe. This satisfac tory model is shown in percale, white witli stripes of blue, but is suited to all washable shirtings and to both tiannel and flannelette. The waist tits smoothly across the shoulders, and Is arranged in gathers at the waist line, where there is an applied belt to which buttons are sewed by means of which the trousers are held in place. The sleeves are in regulation shirt style with straight cuffs and openings finished with over laps. At the neck is a turn-over col lar which can, however, be omitted and the neck finished with the neck band. to which separate collars can be attached, wheu preferred. To cut this waist for a boy of eight years of age one and seven-eighth SHinT WAIST For. A BOT. yards of material twenty-seven inches wide or one and three-quarter yards thirty-two Inches wide will be re quired. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Co'»t. to. tile Community of the Bufned l Drttitkurd, Kil<t 111H Degenerate, Scrof ulous Children—Alcoholism llelluitely Predisposes to Tuberculuslri. 11l different countries of the world min isters who have charge of thu financial de partment like to calculate tho sum the State gets from the duty on alcohol, but they should deduct from it the cost to the community of the family of the ruiiied drunkard, his degenerate, infirm, scrofu lous and epileptic children, who must have shelter.- The invasion of alcoholism ought to be regarded by everyone u-t a public danger, and this principle, the truth oi which is incontestable, should be incul cated into the masses, that the future oi the world may be in the hands of the tem perate. In the Edinburgh Medical Journal foi September is an article by Dr. Kelynack, of Manchester, which follows the same line of argument. Dr. Kelynack puts the po sition as regards the aspects from which the question is viewed by present-day scientific men as follows: (I) That alco holism is antagonistic to tuberculosis; (2) that alcoholism bears no special relation ship to tuberculosis; (3) that alcoholism definitely predisposes to tuberculosis, and he gives the views of well-known physi cians of various countries bearing on the point at issue. Flint used alcohol freely, that is, from six ounces to a pint of spirit daily, and appears to have had a firm belief in its efficiency in the treatment of tuberculosis. C'hartcns, writing in 1877, concerning the administration of whisky to phthisical pa tients, says:"ln private practice I order it to be taken ad libitum." Hermann Weber expressed himself in like terms, but Bell, of New York, as far back as 1859 opposed the view, then generally cur rent, of,the beneficial influence of large quantifier of spirit on the course of pul monary tuberculosis. That alcoholism definitely predisposes to tuberculosis has of recent years re ceived much support, and the theory will aimcar to be gaining ground at a rapid rate. Hector Mackenzie believes that al coholism must be regarded as a powerful predisposing cause of tuberculosis. Osier refers to the subject thus: "It was for merly thought that alcohol was in some way antagonistic to tuberculous disease, but the observations of late years indicate clearly that the reverse is the case, and that chronic drinkers are much more lia ble to both acute and pulmonary tubercu losis. It is probably altogether a question of altered tissue soil, alcohol lowering the vitality and enabling the bacilli mora readilv to develop and grow." Dr. Kely nack himself says that, having had excep tional opportunities of studying large num bers of cases among workhouse and hospi tal patients, he is convinced that the pub lic house or saloon must be considered a? one of the most serious obstacles to the speedy and effectual stamping out of tu berculosis. Italians, Germans and physicians of other countries who have studied the ef fects of alcoholism in connection with tu berculosis have arrived at similar conclu sions. It is further contended by some j that, in addition to a general impairment ! of vitality and pernicious environment, there is a special prejudical influence aris ing from the action of the alcohol and its associates. This, as Dr. Kelynack points out, is very hard to prove, and at present and until investigations have more clearly elucidated the matter, we must rest con tent with the knowledge already gained— that alcohol exerts little or no benelicial influence on the course of tuberculosis, hut that, on tho contrary, it tends to pre dispose to the malady those who colwuma it to any extent. Indirectly, of course, the fact is undeniable that alcohol is a prominent cause of tuberculosis, by low ering the vitality of its subjects, by induc ing poverty and necessitating life in un healthy surroundings, by causing degener ation of the individual and offspring, and by these means rendering the race more susceptible and prone to infection. Sup pression of alcoholism should go hand in hand with that of tuberculosis. New York Medical Record. Why America Is Winning. At a recent meeting in Birmingham, ad dressed bv the Archbishop of Canterbury, the presiding officer, Edwin Smith, said: "\Ve are being beaten in skill by Amer ica. She has been lavish in spending money in educating the brains of her peo ple, while we have been lavish in poison ing them. If we spent per head on alco hol the same as America, our drink bill would be about $330,000,000 less than it now is. We cannot succeed commercially while we are handicapped in this way to the extent of forty-eight per cent. The great mass of the working people in this country are totally ignorant of the effect of drink." He said that England ought not to leave the education on this subject merely to the temperance societies, but that it "should be undertaken by the State. Surely if the State must encourage the traffic for revenue, it should in fairness educate every child in Government schools as to the uatuife and danger of alcohol, and the benefits of total abstinence." He added in closing: "If the State will only educate the chil dren against strong drink England com mercially may even yet be saved." It has been wisely said that "industrial supremacy belongs to that country which enjoys the cheapest materials, the most improved machinery and the most efficient labor." As clear biains and steady nerves are needed for the preparation of both mate rial and machinery, as well as for their use in production, that nation, other things being equal, whose brains are not dulled by alcohol and other narcotics, will win in the world's competitions. Absinthe Kill* an Artist. Peculiarly sad the other day was the death of Counte de Toulouse Lautree, the eccentric young artist so closely identified with the present craze for the noveau in art at I'aris. Much of the vagaries he ex hibited in his work he himself attributed to the little green goddess. It was absinthe that caused his death. He was considered the most talented of the new school since Bustian Le Page, yet he was only a little over thirty years of age. Fined For Selling to an Inebriate. A jury awarded Mary Garrigan a verdict for SIBOO damages agaiust Samuel Ken nedy, a Dell Kapids (Iowa) saloonkeeper, lor selling her husband liquor. Garrigan became intoxicated on liquor bought of Kennedy, and later committed suicide. This is the first conviction under the new license law prohibiting the sale of liquor to inebriates. "The Brewers' Biff Hones." In the killing and maiming of people in Brooklyn the brewery wagons nave be come rivals of the trolleys. Within the last five dajs two children were killed and another badly injured by one of these ve hicles. Po.ice records shows that the number of people injured by al most equals the record of the electric tare. Drivers of brewery wagons, as a rule, arc allowed to have all the beer they can drink, and it is not uncommon to see one holding the reins like an automaton. They usually work from fourteen to six teen hours a day.and many of thim fall asleep when their vehicles are on crow tied streets.
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