"of the expedition is taken from the Wash- & i ie wi en pemerve, Wh i ¥ § i WELLMAN PARTY WHOSE WHO ARE TO MAKE A DASH | FOR THE NORTH POLE. | po : of hopiucky Lender--1¥is Cormpun- os Are All Youns Men—A Scientist, a Fhysician and a Photographer—A Pleas ant Trip Hoped For. : Mr. Walter Wellraan, the well known Jowapapes ery wdent, is quite enthu- “sinstic over tie prospmet of his summer a +h pols. Jo might be in- p eraely breezy letter : fbi it that i will bea gay and fes- ve trip on which more plessure will be . experienced sip. Yet those who know the net mistaken. He did o enterprise until be bad wont, de ina determin | gizved nis topogragbér on a railway survey | - in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia gesignod to fis He was. then placed in charge of ‘a topo { apd ie and Ne ed fellow Ri “that bids foir cool 20 cout © the enterpriss ‘ isto have a fcree of five Americans, in eluding bi If. and 10 Norwegiang, who will join the party at some seaportin that country. : The trip from Norsay to Dane's island. the starting point of the expedition, will be a pleasant one; but crossing the ice will be toilsome sand a work of bard- ship. ‘The party hopes to average two miles an hour, which will give 20 miles distance for a day of 10 hours. At this rate they will reach thie place where the is, or ought to be, in about 30 days. Bat they can kecp up the march 50 or 60 . days if pecessiry before ft will be need- - fal to retrace their steps. i Walter Wellman the Leader In referfiug to this unique expedition the Chicago Herald says editorially: “Good weather : no Zero temperature. It may freeze nights in Aun- | gust, but during the short arctic summer the thermometer often marks from 60 to » at midday, and they will trav- ‘§ in their shirt sleeves, as they write in be reporters’ gallery at Washington dur- ig dog days. The danger on the ice floes Ei be the least thing for consideration— J is less than that incurred in visiting jopical yellow fever ports in merchant hips. They will take along encugh pro- | _Jisions to last 100 days, apart of the time on half ratisus, but they expeet to knock aver an ice bear oomasionally, and ‘seal Blubber is pot bad for a very hungry “atgg will be seem that the adventurers re- gard the allair a8 not mon serious than a prolongs’ sumrner cuting—a vacation 4a bigs, cool Jatitrudes, made interesting by startiic oe sclentifie discoveries and by s the expecta ionfthat they will stand at the wery fermion! puivt of the axia on which the enrih revod Le only apes AOD mankind to ach x briilianttrigmpl of pluck, daring « Aadenvor, : . "The enlightens’ people of tho entire world will wish sucess to the Wellman - polar expedition will hope that its mem- bers may eojoy td pleasant a trip as their ‘lemder pictures aud will return in safety to the homes of civilimmtion.” The following concerning the members Fe ne % i ington Star: > Walter Wellman, lender of this expedi- tion, is one of the best knowa newspaper mex in Washington, where be has served for five years us the correspondent of the © Chicago Herald ad 11140 a8 a letter writer for the American 1'ros Association. Hels | 35 years of age and i native of the west ile nn boy his parents re- moved to the buck woods ol Idickigan, and after some years of residence among the and forests temoved again to the prairies of Nebraska, Wellman left howe and sehion! za a fad of 12 to earn his own - Hylpg, first, ne x clerk in a conniry store, where the Indians wore the principal cus. tomers, sbd later as apprentice in a fron- tier printing office. When only 14, be start- ed his own paper at a county seat with a capital of thousands of ‘bopes and a score or two of dollars. Fle made a success of #8 too. Later he drifted east and was for three yonrs editor of The Repository at Canton, O., where he became the warm * friend of Governor McKinley. With his brother be started The Evening Post at Cineinoati and sold out, after making the a success, to the Seripps syndicate; Ptablished and sold a petvspaper at Ak- So DR. THOMAS B. MOHUN. yob, O.; in 1854 joined the staff of the. Chicago Herald as political writer, his work over the signature of Memtor at | ¢ract'ng much attention; except a few months with the Chicago Tribune has been with The Herald ever since as city elitor, ° editorial ‘writer, staff correspondent and Washinglon representative. Mr. Well- _ ypan has bad rather more than his share of the news beata iw Washington during: the last five yadrs, He is noted for the amount of work he can turn out appar ently withunt much effort on his part. For five years probably Lie has written ‘more matter than any other newspaper man in Washington. Three years ago he, ! Geographical poole 7, In Japvary last be was appointed a mem | ther was a fhe pot it which Coluinbus had first Jand- #1 upon American soil and 16 erect a mon- pment there. The rmnnner in which he performed this task attracted wide atten. | pi AED PROMINEN" tion, and the correctness of his location of the spot has sinee been indorsed by Clem- nts 1. Markham, president of the Royal | rnd other geogra- | phere, - Mr. Wellman bas fer 2 5 been a | close student of the my, nod feat year vicited Fura bis in | vestigations and ton inary ar | rangemonts for this ox man is married and the fath He is the president of the N tal Press cinb. : Scientist Owen B. 1 Owen B. Frepeh, the ssironomer and scientist of the expedition, 'v a tative Cleveland, 8 years old. After leaving th common schools he de evil enzivoer and in 15 from the Case School of Ap; one of the best pulytechuic country. He then took to 1 roe 14 om : wef five girls ional Capi “rene thd to became a SR was graduated lied Science, srhoeds in this | ficld and | ie Jn 1559 he joined the coardsnrvey anid wus | duty pear Pensacola, Fiz. | party at work on Perdido bay ne bydrography. The 1591 and transcon- graphical i also ussisted in ¢ threa summer seasons of 1RG0, “1867 were spent on the primary tinental triangulation in Utah, Colorado | vada, where ail the work is at an ay. of 10,800 5 fect ty 150M 1 3581 be naiest afr. Well: i | wail, March | woman was that of a slave { not eat cocoannlby bananas | fish, and one of t i | terdictions, fork ; of food wit’ 1 | Queen Kassie ‘1 elineh ting by themspives al | Proamy the Tovidl abode, Stagper : to them, Liholibo, who was | ferent characier QUEENS OF HAWAIL ISLAND a ye How Oueen Kaahumano Fstabilsised “Woman's Righte' —Koyal Processions, | fa One of Which a Dowager Wore Sev enty-two Yards of Cashmere. - When the missionaries arrive 5, 1929, RE the coumditie a king, Likolibo, wi i'drunken orgs an canoe, and srecd | iiols in the he BL pills ny bes ith a group of woe a in from bis f sat down ard prubhely al food. The cre we ww * broken The tor i YONA { Kasi ARIE 3 3 inv | of the go | with his son ark, hs returned to Wash- | n the reduction of ob- i Yioe of the coast survey y civres ¥ #5 £53 Lil AHIR servations at theo ber of (he geodetic conference pow in prog- | ress in Washington. Mr. French has the confidenea of Superintendent Mendenhall of the const survey to an unusual extent, and bis reputation as a field worker, as . scientist and as a man is all that could be ‘desired. - He is not married. : Dy. Thomas Mohun. Dr. Thomas B. Mohun, the physician and surgeon of this expedition, is 40 years old and a native of Washington. His fa- jumber merchant and one of the early residents of the capital. Dr. Mohun was edueated for business, but in 1882 retired from commercial life and took up rihedicive, gradoating . from the medi- cal department of Columbian university. He was for ope year resident physician of the Washington Asylum bospital, when his desire for travel and change of scenes Jed him to the far northwest. He prac- Sd CRADLES C. DODACI ticed for a year at fieattle, and then made | a professional trip. to Alaidka and return, | He returned to Washington three years soo and his been i1 genes] prnctice ever since. -Having spent nearly all his His in tivig city, he is well known here and as generally liked, He was bonuses sgrgeon of the Bospital maintained at the G. A. R. camp in Washington during the summer of 1802. and through sn ardoous service of six days and nights, practically with- t sleep, wor: the admiration of all con- cerned. Dr. Mohun’s professionel expe rience has heen of such varied and respon- sible character thai the members of the Walter Wellman north polar expedition of 1894 confidently place their lives and limbs in bis keeping. Dr. Mobun is unmarried, Artist Charles C. Dodge. : Charles C. Dodge, the artist and pbotog- rapher of the expedition, is 30 years old and a native of Boston. He was educated tn the public schools theve and the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology. While a boy be ran away from home and served for a time on a fishing schooner on the banks of Newfoundland; was for a time ‘employed in Chicago making iHustrations for newspaper and other use, and fora number of years has been in the comstruc- tion division of the nary department as designer and draftsman. He bas done a good deal of work on the Bg A of the new pavy and has designed yachts and other craft for vate firms. | Mr. Dodge was the designer of the boats constructed of aluminium for this expedi- tion and shows Lis faith in his works by going in them. He is an enthusiastic sportsman, a crack shot and experienced in ul sorts of roughing snd exposure. Many of his marine illustrations have been used in The Cosmopolitan and other magazines, and to the art of photography he has de- voted a great deal of attention. Mr. Dodge | 4s to develop his negatives in the field, even while the sun is shining 24 hours per day. Mr. Dodge is married and has one child. : A Poor Rich Man. I know a poor rich man. “I was improv- {dent in my youth,” he said. “1 tried sev- eral schemes for saving with no avail until 1 happened on one pay day to notice that I had in my possession several bills issued by national banks in different parts of the i mg the Pinoy BE aniheond sen of pleasm 1 snd of display. o Tow Kaman ing Lil : sate cocasion in 1832 procession, seated frame of wickerwork borne on the shoul ders of 70 men. The boat and platform, 20 feet long by 13 feet wide, were coversad with costly Ona she was carried in b broadcloth relieved by beautiful colored tapas (native bark cloth). “The queen's dress was a scarlet silk mantle and a feather corozet. An immense Chines ambrella, richly gilded and decorated with tassels and fringes of the same gaudy color, supported by a chief wear- ing a helmet, screened her from the sun. _ Chiefs beld aloft kahbilis, or royal staffs, 30 feet high, the handles sur- rounded by alternate ivory and tortoise shell rings, beautifully wrought and highly polished, the npper part being ar- ranged so as to form a column or plume of scarlet feathers of 14 feet in diameter ‘and from 12 to 14 feet long. A more magnificent insignia of rank, conveying at once the ideas of grandeur, state and beatty, as they towersd and gracefully rodded above the multitude, was never _devised by barbarians. ha ITI (Kanikeouli), her title being Kase | hamana II, appeared in a sesriet pun, 2 | { man) on horsebs k, with the zayly col { ored streamers afloat iv the wind. country. Then Ithoughtl wold try to get together as many different issues as possible, Presently came the desiretoown a specimen of every pational bank note ever famed. I have the best collection of the kind extant now, and I love it better than my life. IT have been urged a number of times 10 start in business for myself, but all my wealth is contained in that priceless collection, and I cantiot bear to turn these specimens into ordinary money. I scrimp myself to add tothe collection and am actually no better oft than when I tosave. I have an © was sent by the Chicago Herald to find | object in living though.” — Buffalo Ex- | Another royal lady, Kinan, who after ward shared anthority with Kamehame- long piece of silk wound round the body and limbs, with two jong streamers The | pan is a very g { ly when worn by a wihine (native wo- | two dowager queens appoarsd in "ly ~~ [TOCEsET: of cashmere of doni being orange and the other | This was wi: her arms wee a horizontal posit der. forming an extensive ported by a retinue selected { The richness and variety of the ds and colors, and the exhibition of wealth and power of the cools, hereditary symbols of rank kahilis, splendid cloaks and he Ome of thé wore He width, £5 % 2g 3} “5 Fowrewmey, $ ynped about aor iy od Pre i I A hh 3 Fa sported TY cy vo 3 po YY nh, WBC 08 Ten Le hh rain, necklaces of feathers, intermingled with | the § t of ¥ swriters, and if we aus 1 the part of Lag WTILPTs, J 3 wer i... 3 . ox 4 : " : Foe | hia father's farm at Walter's Bridge, them atl ad wo 80 by typewriter, evin 10 | vg ha liars i the brilliant hues and deep green of the | flowers and wreaths from their native | forests, rendered the spectacle at om unique and attractive, Groups of sing- ers and dancers, to the pnmber of many hundred, ever and. anon met the proces sion, enthusiastically shonting their adn- lation in the willing ears of the chiefs, Queen Kamamaiu and Liholiho made a voyage to London in 1823. Before the ship weighed anchor at Honolulu the queen chanted a farewell: +O heawm! O earth! O mountains! O sea! O my counselors and my sub Jocts, farvereli” | The royal travelers created a senso tion in London. Queen Kamamala ex- hibited herself in loose trousers and a jong bed gown of colored velveteen, but Parisian modistes soon clothed the ladies in all the gear of fashion. Comets for the first time encircled their ampls waists, and the London ladies, in their rage for the new iions, sought patterns of the turban that graced the brow of the queen. . But, alas, the royal pair caught the measles and died in London, poor chil- dren of nature that they were, fur from the palm groves and bosky bowers of their native isles! The bodies, in lead coffins frarved in wood and covered with crimson velvet, were sent to Honolulu in the frigate Blonde in charge of Lord Byron, a cousiz. of the poet.—Godey’s Magazine, Took the Train. - Employer—You are late again. Didn't I tell you to take the train because it would bring you much faster than you could walk the distance? Boy— Yes, sir, and I did. Employer—Then how do you explaiz your lateness? ‘Boy—I had i for half an hour waiting for the train, which was away behind time.-— Phila delphis Times. : | Great Feat. Mr. Grogan (telling the story of the argument)—An 1 had to sthand there lukin at him, shmoilin th* best Of cud, an all the toime I was s0 mad Oi was grittin me teeth behind me boick.—In- dianspolis Journal. at Ha Lo, a a whaleboat on & | graceful costnime, especiai- | this vai 1 YATR § EY * ohaad the mass in { ¢} aes Sa ae § £, The RIRTH to loaf around the statioe | SMITH WAS A BAD MAN. He Mad Rearnrd One Game of Whidh Me Could Roast. . And Lin the colonel, “reminds me of aman | | met when T %as ini command of Fart D. A. Russe’: st Cherenne. | He WARS BY 65 named Smith, and his tiwy catied out the sod M. railroad : 1 man to lock at, + in setion, as yout agro. rvs JY eSREn rian was gu FIN men ov wore savife. around Oey Yel saying avait So | wis him th tell me the story, $14 wis had.” Wh RRS CEQ, TE 1D % Jha died. id = i Ter aiwdile h understood the nse of | Jter than some of Ins been 20 smooth on xi rot @ Dit Can he I th Bim wh xt fis pavip 0 ar fo nuloek thw Ral 6 oA Le He hd fhe suf 3 corner of toe car facing one end end of tiie car. { ways barred. front of the iW. Any one approaching him from the renr end of thecar couldn't zee the guns, but they were ready for in- stant use. : «Will, on this day I'm telling you abont, 5s be waschecking off the pack- ages, he beard the car door open and score one come in. He took it for grant el that the visitor was the brakeman whom he was expecting, snd without looking up went on with his work. He checked two or three more packages and was almost finished when he heard the command, ‘Put up your hands” “He looked up on the instant and saw two men, not in the least disguised, cov- hands were behind the lid of his safe. ‘All right, boys,’ be said. ‘Don’t shoot. They're up.’ a : “They went op, that was true, but as they came over the hid .of the safe there was a six shooter in each one. Both six shooters cracked the instant their muzilés came above the safe lid, and Both bullets killed.” The robbers fired, but they didn’t pail an beéni hit * “ taste pullets went wild. . 804 yest CAPRA oor. The dead un a corner, That got has repuiation for be- Je New York San. ew 2 we found from the | i ah pn Ti Ol @ DiAnKet 4 TL Faisstaking Forgera. : yg ”" possiide,” said 1 “Ho gl ian »Mem try in every way Yrs 8 prominent lenx present, { % . « § C or > ok ta . w i the signatures of Ne rR BAD Eri ey . . % Li mnt 3 eT aer otject is ev Hae ntiy u i * 4 » fin cominutting forgeries. Al eas } candvariit d ane Ti 3a BEA lh Sai i BRRPECL 80, Uae wor that reason rx to ne {RS CAroine 4s fosKidan In LENIN etbirs WK we wi “ih Iai Dave gs 4 + FIERA wank triviad an miterior mu tive Jpon <t of sach i f i thar I Shans w i we 8 | the signators ; : «Que {orger or counterfeiter in Indi- ana is excemlingly systematic and per- tares of our officers. As regularly as the year comes around he writes, iticlos- ing a $10 Lill, and requests us to send him one of oar new §10 bank noles in exchange. : : «He always gives the same reason for the request—that he wants it fur ‘his col- jection.’ Of course that is nonsense. We believe that he wants 3 new bill so that he may discover if we have changed our officers and get their signatures, “He never does get them though, We always return his bill with a typewrit- ten letter on paper containing no names, excusing owmelves on the ground that we have no circulation outstanding.” New York Herald. : Weedpeckers That Look Ahead. ; There is a species of the bird known as the woodpecker in the far west that has an unusual amount of reasoning fac- of that ‘bird found farther east and fre- quents the towns rather than the woods. They make Loles along the eaves of the them, as the birds do not eat the acorns at all, but for the purpose of devcuring the grubs that germinate in the acorn. crat. . Ld A Curious Fatality. tached itself to the family of Cuptain | Wilson, thir African fighter. All the cept his mother, who succumbed to an | of Captain Wilson's sisters were drowned, | as were tw) brothers in South Africa. | There remuins now the eldest som, Dr. | George Wilson, a pioneer of sanitary | science snd a lover of fox hunting. —New York Ledger, 3 : “Bat speaking of train robberies,” put | | which attisted her spiperstition. ¢ 3 ; as follows: Sith before I met Riva, dovrn in weston Hel 'c © | ways sat with bis back against the frint The front door was al- | When Le raised the hud of | the little trunklike safe the messengers | used then, be lways put his two big six | shooters on the corpers of the safe in t ering im with six shooters. His own il after they had | | done so quickly that there | or pose; and when the sta the car a few mine | th wasaing C1 antl ha is Guy tiers | niture sistent in his efforts to obtain the signa- | ulty. It is much tamer than the species dwellings, and in these holes they place | acorns, not for the purpose of eating | This indicates a contingous train of | thought, looking forward to the, time of | the creation of the worm aad its desira- | bility as food. —St. Louis Globe-Demos i A curious fatality seems to have at- members of it that have died have been | the victims of accident or violence, ex- | attack of paralysis. The husbands of two | The Ascteens Kept In ter Room "In Miss Brookyn's roc were writiags name of 8 “test medium and psychom trist™ of thi city was on a card which she kept. % } } In ber handwriting was what an | neal to be 5 list of omens It began with an Mm Du 1% | months bad in stove for her. This wy és fee on | i | ‘os | | itarzent of whit Hows: 14 yeas as fv nary,” { ie I WRK Ve Te Temad her and ; she wonlid reesive ane pleasant news from. Cipri- ously she did get =orie news from N York lately, wine sed 49 hive beers anpleasint, ry proved to be the month « from the world. A spiritnalistic doctor lingered arogmd Bo “al for a distance, ov a ¢ * ©" wos by I Veo ia i # ¥ . | could tell Mr. Presbrey, ianager of the Palmer company, that he had received knowledige of the reauicn of the souls of Lovecraft and Miss Brookyn. The spirit- ualistic theory is that when her efforts to establish communication with her lov- er's spirit failed she felt the necessity of taking exactly the same terrestrial route that be had journeyed on. To employ aay other poison than carbolic acid might serve to keep them parted forever, jor so she submitted herself to thescorching liquid. She bought the deadly drafy in Colambms, O., on Nov. 20 and treasu it until sbe felt impelled to put the bot- tle to her lips. —San Francisco Chronicle. A WEIGHTY YOUTH. A Virginia Boy Who Is Only Fifteen ¥ Olid but Weighs 533 Pounds. Wythe county numbers withiu i monweaith, if one considers his d girth and pondervus limbs make bim daily wonder of his neighbors. He born soipething mors than 15 years ay t and Las ever since that event kept his neipabars wand at kis growth Fach year since he was 10 has seen from to 1 poands added to kis weight, Jieved now to be the heave +, and should his aveirda- Pots appre at the saxae rapid rate he will soon Dressy he Beavyweightiree- Cords sings Adam. At 13 years of age | he weliglvad 410 pougids; at 14, 450, and Bow at ld thn es creak at 535 pounds, : and J len ow £15 sedi BR x { test youl ai $3 a wic} + § gugah fd 4700 1% US FIN gt 1oerely a mountain of v ; 15y “3 % | flesh, but an active nnd intelligent boy. Ho can follow a plow all day without anasaal fatizoe and is a bright aml in- | 34 miles west of W ytbeville.—~Richmond Tintes. : - A Masy Named Royalty. The extra two characters “Chlung- hsi* cortaining the name which fis to be given to that already greatly bengmed sire, the empress birthiliy suciversary next year, accord- ing to a Peking letter, have been by edict to be presented to the imperial lady in the middle of the eighth moon of next Chinese year (September, 1894 As it is, her majesty has T names of 14 characters which ministers at court have to labor through whenever mentioning her majesty, but with next Septerabber cone hus to go y through the long List of Tae-hai- K'ang - i- Chao - yu- h'eng-Shou- kung - (hing - hsien - Ch'ung-hm Huang T°ai-bou, or dowager erpress, befors » is meant.—North China Herald. : An Angry Exeeuticner. | Deibler, the French executioner, issaid to be the angriest man in Paris. A prisoner in the Roguette jail, under sen- ce of death, committed suicide ; de Paris had specially the knife for his No. 17 neck. executioner is much disappointe cause he has not received the ribl the legion of Honor in common all others who have distinguished £ selves in the suppression of anare He argues that he risks hia life more than the mun who drives the bomb wagon, | who has been decorated. —Paris Latter. . A Late Fad of Royalty. Tho latest fad among the ladies of the | English royal faraily, including, | said, the queen herself, is to beguile the winter hours by plaiting straw for the fabrication of hats to be presented to | their sons and husbands at the approac ing season. at vom fu person : do ir of China, ix honor of H. I. M.'s sixtieth | after A well known hatter has | of what tie | THE WIID MUSTANG IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNI HE WAS ONCE A TERRIBLE PEST. Settlers Were Compelled to Take Active Menscres Tor Self Protection— Exciting Drives and Desverate Batiles— How the Corral Was Made. : ~The s:athérn portion of the great San Joaquin valley was overran in the early days by a species of wild bores known | as tha mustang, or Mexican wild bomé, ' They were to bs seén in droves, pot in © ‘ and generally worthless for the most: © ‘frequently numbering several hundred each. They were too small, * weedy” | part to be of any valoe to the settlers. Jn the contriry, they existed in such pumila as to coostitafe #n 2DDOYHDOR “hard labor to’ produces, -pgricoltore. and ininry to the iettlers engaged in Io nsinels night » band of wild horses would sweep down cpon the ealtivated Bolds und Hterally destroy the crans which it hed taken months of The pioteers bad apple cass to wage war apon Loess . animale. They were andonitedly a pest and sonres of danizer mach tobe dread Yerenrer, whenever a hand of wild tri 1 trlcinenta, =1d inure wray with them - the : «x having the settlers tia E autos ¥3e & 3 180 1a 8 re SOLE Word cs frequent A of er} reeting, the gem {f hess ta take soiive r large ‘in onder etary bo ester a wifnate thes ani 08, The early ule reed in this conn. try in bunting the wild horsa were g2- alin. When a hoat hod been defer nined npon and a favorable locality se- Ak % peng FETT ~ 4 I jected, the hunters would efrect two lines of fence, starting them abont four feet _ apart and continuing parallel for some distance, then diverging until the ter- minals were several hundred yards ‘apart, These fences were strong snd $ | the Baldwin theater yesterday until he | the inclosure. The | out to locate a hand of the troublesome 4 i i | tinoe any grest diste ! fine, ssually turning high enough at the apex of the triangle to securely restrain the wild horses from breaking them down when crowded inte fence completed, the hanters, all well mounted, wouald start maustungs. When the objects of their | search were sighted, the bunters grouped together, and the order of the “drive” was decided upon. One of the party started ont on the trail of the band of wild horses, close epough to keep them constuntly moving. This did not 2e- quire as much exertion as might besup- posed, gs the wild animals woald dash off ai ful} speed. but seldom con a straight 0 circling ‘that the “driver” could,’ by “cutting | the angles,’ keep the band moving | without having to travel half the dis | tance coverixd by the wild horses. - | would be relieved by a fresh nen and a | horse, the whole party thus taking torns sa “4 : : i at keeping the wild horses on the move. population the greatest mal in the com- | he : : : ; - cad | ent weak caf Ch ana, wetght-- Melvin Grab, whe wondrous KR x : : - the | was | 20 | on their trail. Torn which way they In two hiurs or so be first '*drives™ dering their captore compnratively easy. Thus bour after hour the wild borses would have a tireless pursner hanging | would, be their pace swilt or wlow, the | golitury horseman ever followed them { as faithfully 2s their shadows, Night | bromght them no rest, as the “drives’” i wors made dard ng the fall of the moon. | On the second day the drivers would be kept en duty for short intervals, so that they might press the now jaded wild animals. All of the parscers woald now. assemble, and one after another tarn the fight of the wild animals amtil they wonld have them roaniag in a cir- ols, the pursuers taking stations at peg- § 3 3 i i h- | just. finished a handsome straw bat for | Prince Henry of Battenberg, every inch ‘of which was plaited by Princess Bea- trice's oawvn hands, Tt is said to be a re | markably delicate piece of workman. | ship. --London Letter. $ i A 1g | DoTSe, however, is not as yet wholly ex ular distaices. Then bogan the final “roundup.” One man woald dash aft. | teiligent pupil of the public school near | °F the band and chase them to his near. est companion in that. direction, when | that man wonld drive them as rapidly | as possible to the next, and so on around the circle. each driver having s shorter and still shorter distance to ride, until the band hud completed the emtire cir- cle. Steadily the circles were lessened, and the horses were worked toward the: open space between tho outer lines of the corral. on and EE I! there were any choice animals in the band and any one desired to capture then, this would be his opportunity. It was the most interesting period of the drive. The striking, kickizg, rearing, planging, squealing and biting of the wild horse when first lassoel are de- scribed by those who bave witnessed such scenes as most exciting. After ome lasso had been succemsfally cast a see- oni! is thrown about the neck of the ami- finnlly forced into saboaission. ‘This work completed, the band would ‘be rapidly forced into the inclosure, the drivers closing up thie rear and urging the wearied animals into the corral un- til they were crowded compactly fo- - gether, with no bope of escupe except through the narrow lane, where certain fenth awaited them. Men armed with strong spears stood on each side of this narrow opening, and as the animals were. crowded throagh it received ite coup de grace. do - : The conditions of the country bave changed vastly. and the elk have gone, the wild cattle have been forced into the mountains and ouly & few of them remain «ven thern. This is also trae of the wild horse, - The wil tinct in California. Those now fou 1 in this stite are, so far as I have ben able to learn, confined to the regions of - » fi Mount Whitney and Mount William- soo. —San Francisco Chroat cle. 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