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/7\ ESTABLISHED J888 j»f ALLEN EDDY. EDITOR ?1.00 fVJB TEAR VOL. V. MACEDON, N. Y., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1892. NO. 7. VR BOHEMIA. BY JOHN BOYL.E O'fiEILIjT. T<1 rattier livo in Bohemia than In an y other land. Por only thore are the values true. And the laurels gatbored in all men's view, TUo prizoa of traffic and Btate are won By ahrowdnesa of force, or by deeds undone; But tame a wee tor without the feud, And tho wise of Bobomla are never shrewd. Horo, pilgrims stream with a faith sublime Xtout every class, and clime, and time. Aspiring ouly to be enrolled With the names that are writ in the book ov gold. And oacb one bears in mind or hand A palm of the dear Bnbomfan land. Tho fi^holar first, with bis book—a youcn. Aflame with the glory of barvestod truth) A girl with a picture, a man with a play. A Gov with a wolf he has modeled in clay; A snitch with amarvolouB hilt and sword, A plavor, a king, a ploughman, a lord— Aud the playor is king when the door is past. The ploughman is crowned and th e lord 1 B laBt T Id rather fall in Bohemia than fail in another land. Thoto are no titles inherited there, No hoard o r hope for tho brainless uelr; No gil led dullard native born To ittaro at his follows with loaden acorn 1 Bohoiuta has nono but adoptod sonB, Iti limits, whero fancy's bright stroam runs ! UH houora, not garnered for thrift or trade. But for beauty and truth mon'e souls hav e been made. To tho empty hoart in a .eweled broaet Taoru is value, may bo, in apurcnased crest, But tho thirsty of soul soon learn to know Tho uiotstureless froth of the social show , Tho vulgar sham of the pompotiB feast, Whoro the heaviest purso iathe highest priest] Tho organized charity, scrimped and iced. In th.i uatue of a cautions, statistical Christ* Tho fl-i.iio restrained, t h respectable cant. Whim a friend In noed is a frioud i n want , Whoro the only aim Is to keep afloat, And a hrothor may drown with a cry i n nil throat Oh, I long for the glow oi a kindly hoart and tho grasp of a irien«ll\ hand, &u.l I d ruth or livo in Bohemia than in au j other land. THE ONE VmO IS MISSING. Throff I eautifui ihildron kneel at night By tin mitboi's Fide to pray , But over slio njisBPR. with nchlng hoart, The on J who has gono away And if vou ask her which of those In tho darling, Bbc can not say , Out, of all bor childr n, too doaroet one IH tho ouo who wt-i.t away Gay, ringing voiros fill tho house, And thrill hor with lnvo aud pride; But nono of thorn all has tones so sweet Aa the little one who died. And which aro tho liveliest, who can telll These oyes. brown, blue and gray . But nono uavo the look of tho violet eyos Uf tho oao who went away floro's Alice, Graceful and puro and fair Biav-* th a 11« and i eutle May . But tho bWt -otett lt .\i -li>'Bt one of all W as tho vuo v. ho w« nt away riienn roHt a t nigt. t in tno mother's core, (. i ne aholt« red Iroui harm and told . But t h * Mift-at of till if tho iitt!o one Xu ttiO Siiwur H gtiuulo 1 told. AM' T II K A THRILLING STORY fiK T11R Great Cat lie Raises of Sew Hcxiei ami Arizona. BY FORTUNE L. STORR. IIAP1EK XXI - CKMISUED.J Ta * ng to listen for a moment, they pas .iecl i own tho length of tho house to a (t.ito Unit opened on a pla/a, with out. I <it tint was a spot likoly to be at inojt t.mos tlio congregating place ol tho outlaws and the ullors about the buiMmg, and in oonso |tience thoir de sign wan merely to ro onuoiter, before maku-g an attempt to scale the pali sade. T-o hor joy, Judith found the place doaerted, but the gate was securely cloned, and they did not daro attempt egress from tho yard at that point. Wondering what could bo the rea •ion for tho strange quiet among the outlaws, the girls peered through the crevices in tho upright postern's; sev eral horaos were saddled, and champ ing their bits restlessly at a rack be- foio tho door of tho building in which they had been confined; this was evi dent that sloth and indolence did not account for tho silence of thoir cap tors; along tho little street the girls could not see, but tho view was unob structed across tho plain to the eleva tion rising to tho mountain path, and a solitary sontinol was outlined against the bluff, eloso in ULdor tho curve oi the cliff that hid him from a view acro=s tho canyon beyond. \Fortune favors us strangely,\ said Judith, in deep gratitude. \Perhaps our friends have arrived at tho canyon, and tho outlaws are on tho watch.\ \I pray hoavon that you speak the truth 1\ oxclaimod Winnie, fervently. \If they could only find some means to roach us.\ \They will never desort us,\ an swered Judith, with a confidonce born of faith in hor now friond, the cattle man. \Our present duty is to escape, and if wo can avoid the outlaws foi oven a few hours in tho forest we shall gain that much timo for our friends.\ Hho turned and passod along the palisade, scanning it closely for some point against which sho might direct her efforts. At the oxtremo end of tho in closure the spreading boughs of an ash waved above the high pickets, and through tho apertures in tho fenco they could soo that tho grovo of matted shrubs tangled in wild confusion extended im mediately to thoir prison, and its deep rcccssos seemed to offer many a secure hiding place. \Courage sistor 1\ exclaimed Judith. •\This provoking fenco is all between us and liberty, and I shall find strength to tear out tho pickets or dig under them beforo I will again confront that lullian as his captive.\ \But our timo is so short,\ said the timid Winnie. \Can wo not get some things from tho house and ptaco thorn against the pickets ? Wo might«. limb into tho boughs of that tree and then get down on tho other side.\ She suggested tho plan dejectedly with^Uttlo apparent confidence, and but the soldier's daughter seized upon | to en dow and into tho room again, she stood waiting until the table and sev eral chairs bad been passed out, and these she placed as firmly as possible against tho wall of the inclosure. It was a frail passage for them, unskilled as they were in climbing, but it offered thetn freedom, and Judith's heart bounded exultantly. \Hist'\ cried Winnie, suddenly, aa pale and trembling she reeled out of the window; \do vou not hear some one?\ ,1 udith sprang to her like a startled deer, and, with flushed face, bowed hor head to listen. \I'omo ijiiickly'\ she cried; \only speed can save us now I\ \We are lost!' exclaimed Winnie, in an ecstasy of terror, falling help lessly to the ground. \Kill me rather than let mo look again into the face of that frightful man'\ Judith seized hor, and with the strength of despair drew her acrOBs the inolosure. Aiding her to mount their rude laddor, she climbed herself upon it, and pushing with all her strength, forced the squatter's daughter over the barrier. Winnie fell, with a stiflod ory, into the thick bushes with out, and Judith, breathless with her efforts, steadied herself upon the pickets, clinging to the boughs of the ash above, and rocking upon the tot tering support beneath, which awayed Tinder her. A heavy imprecation camo from the chamber they had loft, and the dark face of Fawcett appeared at the win dow, through which he sprang in stantly. Judith felt that she was lost, but ral lied her strength bravely. (jrasping the pickets firmly, and aided by the boughs of the ash, she had nearly forced herself over the palisade, when the outlaw, springing with great spood across tho inclosure, leaped actively upon the table, seized her clothing as she was on the point of accomplishing her pumosa. \So\that's yor gamef Tie cried, with a savago chucklo, steadying himseli I upon his uncertain foothold, and nearly I dragging her to the ground. \Whore'i I tho liernll gal V Tho Cap'n will settle I with vou for this, my lady '.\ ! Judith clung strongly to the bongl) • above her, and endeavored to thrusl l thp ruffian back, but he laughed hoarse- I ly at her efforts, his voice full of ovi! I g'lee. ! \\ reathing his hands in the fo d ol I hor dress he sought to draw her from I the barrier J-'o certain was he of his ! victim that he gave no alarm, but witt | his looring eyes turned upward, soemed I to gloat upou tho agony ot tho tortured i girl, as a serpent would hiss over the \ helpless bird, charmed by its very ugli ness into its fangs. I Judith was nerved by desperation, i Retaining her hold with one hand, she thrust the other into,her bosom and drew forth her knife. Her woman's heart shrank from tho deed, but de fense of her sacred mno -once inspired her arm, und four tho deadliest was ir i her heart. ] Kawcett saw tho bright steel glean, | in tho morning light, and put forth his I hand to avoid the stroke. Perha'-s the , brutal strength and trained activity oi i the ru'l an might Iiavo defeated the blow, aimed even by so desperate a need, but a start 1 ng sound broke on the stillness and oi hoed up the moun tains. It was tho quick ring of pistols from ; tho direction of tho gulch, and, para- ' lyzod, the rullian's arm hung in mid ', air, and imbued to danger, reckless , • and scornful of peril from a girl, his attitude of caution was lost in the deep I attention ho gave to the threatening tu ! mult That instant was fatal, and oven hit ' quick senses, recalled by pain, sought to redeem his error, as rage and an guish flashed in his blood-shot eyes. The arm of the girl foil quickly, and tho keen knife sank to the very hilt in the breast of tho outlaw. With a deep groan his fingers fell from their hold, and he fell backward { into the inclosure, as Judith, returning • the knife to her bosom, dropped by the : side of Winnie Berrill. 1 The girls paused not an instant. I A fringe of bushes was near them I that darkened up the ravino into a ] dense mass of wildwood, aad in this • the girls sought refuge, their heartt I beating with the hope that the so md of the firearms botokened the near ap proach of their friends. ' CHAP'lER XXO. A LOST THAI!.. The cowboys, after their contest with tho Vultures, returned to the brink ol the chasm and gathered about thei; leader. It was a warm greeting that Douglas Dain gave to his favorite follower, whom ho had, by his timely arrival, ex- ( traded from a situation of such peril, and ho was scarcoly less demonstrative with brave Lubber Big.<rs. The conduct of tho two in attacking, onaided, tho returning band of out laws, iillod their comrades with ad miration, although courage was char acteristic with each of them, and few among them but had many times stood face to face with death \It was riKe you, .Jerry, to leap into that set with only Biggs to help you,\ said the cattleman. \With only Biggs!\ exclaimed the boy, reproachfully. \Why Bigg3 is a wholo squadron in himself!\ \Biggs was well enough while liv ing,\ laughed Douglas, leaning over in his saddle and slapping the broad shoulder of that personage in familiar good naturo, \but Biggs dead would be very poor aid, and where would you both have been, had our coming been delayed ?\ \Traveling tho long road with lots of bad company, for we were droppina those fellows \ ery fast when you came.' The cattleman now questioned them as to their adventures during the day Tho trail was an open one to the cow boys, who had followed in tho track oi tho two frionds, well knowing that twe such skilled plainsmen were not likoly it with avidity. \Come quickly!\ sho said; \I will aid you through tho window, and you can push out the tablo and some chairs, with the littlo stand in which you found tho knife. Wo will soon bo beyond tho palisade.\ Assistinor Winnio throueh the wiu- Wo are close upon them,\ said the yonug cattleman, whon Jerry had ox plained to him that the outlaws had entered the canyon; \that is proved by the fact that those fellows wo have just wiped out came in hero also. Oui fear now must be that tho noioo of the conflict has put tho rascals upou.theii guard, in wnicb event tliey will De of! like rabbits, and should they scatter, a pretty chase they will lead us in these defiles.\ Short time was necessary to obliter ate all signs of the conflict. The wounds received by the cowboyi were slight, for their impetuous charg< had been so complete a surprise to th( outlaws that they were panic-stricken and, worn with the toil of their long day's ride, and not yet recovered from the depression of former defeat, theii resistance was woak and ineffective. Several horses had been killed ir the ranks of tho attacking party, bul those were replaced by the steeds ol the vanquished outlaws, several ol which were caught after the fight, un able to escape from the narrow canyon. The dead bodies of the outlaws that were slain wore tossed without com punction into the torrent below, and search was now resumod for the trail Such of the ruffians as had escaped were fled far down the plain, but a watch was set by tho vigilant prairie- men to guard against surprise. \It is useloss, I fear, Jerry,\ said the cattleman, when they had soughl vainly with lighted wisp3 of grass, the moon having disappeared behind the mountains. \Tho trail is lost for to night, at least, and wo must wait for khe morning to assist us.\ Jerry Wind was obliged to give his reluctant consent to tho abandonment ot tho search, although his heart, like that within the breast of his leader, was sore at tho delay. \Toll tho boys to get to rest,\ con tinued the cattloman, \and see that a wide-awako foiiow watches at the mouth of tho gulch behind us.\ As Jerry went to obey his order, he retired to tho shelter of an ovorhang- ing rock, and picketing Black Dirk so that he might crop the grass about him, lay down, and despite his anxeity, fell into a deep slumber. His comrades followed his example, with tho exception of the guard set, and soon no sound was heard in the canyon save the heavy breathing of the cowboys, and the nervous stamping of the steeds at their pickets, well back from the brink of the chasm. But the security of the sleeping cam h had not been left to chance, the orders of the cattleman had been obeyed, a spark gleamed redly down the gulch whero the watchful sentinel drew his pipe, and further up the ravine, where it narrowed to the ledge beside the gulf, a dusky figure was outlined in the night, a tiguro attentive to each sound, marking the shrill whistle of the cicada, tho deepor mouotoue of the night frog, and the far-away howl of the wolf. At the first blush of dawn the entire party was awaKe. They sprang from their rest, active and vigorous, their hardy frames refreshed by slumber and ready for the toils and conflicts of tho day. A magnificont body they were, in the light of the mountain morning, and the cattleman gazed with pride and 3atisfaction upon them as they went about the preparation for their hasty meal. Horses were then rubbed down, re volvers examined, lariats arranged at the saddle bows, and the day scarcely allowed them to discern each other plainly before thoy were bent to the task of discovering the lost trail. But tho morning revealed no trace ol it, it had onded iu the ravine as com pletely as though a mighty rainfall had swept it from existence. They descended into the valley and taking up the track below, followed il again intn the gulch, care'ully noting with the keen eyes of trained plains men every detail that might suggest o trace of the fugitives, a broken twig, o bent shrub, and hero and there a hool mark as distinct to their intelligence among tho imprint made bv their own steeds, as though it were sunkon in wel sand. Closely thev bent to their task until the prool was not to be doubted thai the outlaws had halted at the edge ol the chasm in the canyon. Red Martin had passod the nighl npon the ledge across tho abyss, oppo site the camp of the cowboys. The trees and shrubs grew thickly there, and revealed nothing but the apparently deserted mountain side, even in the light of day. He had hurried with a few followers to the entrance to his retreat at the first alarm of the night before, and from the grizzly guardian of the pass learned that his dread enemies were at band. To be continued. FOOD OF DIGGER INDIANS. BOASTED PINE NUTS THEIR MAM DEPENDENCE. ¥ TAKEN TOO LITERALLY. Row a Girl 3* ProposiC Very Likely Lost of Mnrringe* \You ennnot always take 3 -our owe medlclue or even be measured by your own standards,\ said a woman recently who prided herself upon being oxact and systematic In all things, and who could enjoy a joke, even at her own expense. \I was at a reception not so many years ago,\ she said rather demurely, \and was playing upon the piano to> on- tertain a small group of friends when a raun who had shown mo considerable at tention suddenly Interrupted me by ask ing 'If you wore very much Interested In a young woman, what considerations would provent you from asking hor to marry you?' \Well I, of course, was somewhat taken aback, not being In tho mood for a scene right then and there, turned around nnd answored, 'Well, I never should propose to a woman I have met only at receptions and lu company. I should make it a point to call upon her at all sorts of unexpected times, to see how she looked at home in the morning, whether sho went about in an old wrap per with dishevelled hair and slipshod, whether sho helped her mother, or lolled about reading novels until noon. A man ruakos a great mistake when he takes it for granted that the woman he admliea possesses all the domestic virtues in the calendar, and Is always attractive and amiable. \In fact,\ she added, \I gave him a long le;-turo on the subject, for which he thanked me. \I may add that I never met the man aga n No;t morning, contrary to my usual custom, I slopt until nearly noon, coming down to a 12 o'clock breakfast. \Mr. H had already called throe times.\ MRS. GuMsmm calls ner children \6tars\ because they don't know how to act.—Boston Transcript. Tlioy Also Subsist on tho Seeds of Plantu—Enjoying Life \Where Civ ilized People Would Starve. R. FREDERICK VERNON Covillc, who served as bo tanist for tho recent Death Valley expedition sent out by tho Department of Agriculture, tells many interesting things about the In dians of tho great desert region there about. For, straugo as it may seem, people do live there, though the casual observer would not suppose that any human being could find means of sub sistence in such a hopeless land of torrid drought. Thoso who aro not familiar with such a country can imagino an ap parently unUmited plain, devoid of trees and gras3, without streams or springs, but provided with a vegetation of cactu3 and scattered low shrubs of greasewood and creosoto bush. Nor doos closer in spection render the prospect more at tractive, inasmuch as all tho shrubbery is either woody and indigestible or res inous and rank both in smell and taste. There appear to be no animals but liz ards and occasional rattlesnakes and sometimes an abundance of hungry-look- | ing jack rabbits. j In short, tho first nece3saric3 of life I iconi to bo wanting, and this state of j affairs exist not for ono milo only, nor I for ten miles, but for hundreds. Tho 1 question immediately suggests itself, by I what means and from what sources un- | familiar to civilised huinaa beiug3 do the Indians who sparsely settle this in- ! hospitable region find food for their sup port? As a matter of fact, the point j with them is not to determine what will I furnish tho best food, but what will pro- j vide them with auy food. The mo3t 1 urgent need compels them to seek sns- ] tenanco from sources which would never j occur to the civilized man as available. I Where he would find himself confronted with inevitable starvation, they manage to survive and doubtless to enjoy life in ' their own fashion. 1 Some of these people actually live in i Death Valley, or rather on the mountain 1 slopo which descends to thi valley They 1 have some small patches of ground un- I der crude irrigation and cultivation, the , crops they raise being corn, potatoes, squashes and watermelons. Of the last they are particularly fond, aud the des- , crt climate is admirably suited to their growth. However, tho cultivation of plants furnishes them neither with a sure uor an adequate food supply Their ani mal food consists principally of jack rab bits, cotton-tail rabbits and quails, oc casionally mountain sheep or deer, and sometimes wood rats, kangaroo rats, white footed mice and a large lizard I known as the \chuckanara.\ Unfor tunately, they arc seldom able to ob- I tain any of these in abundance and are compelled to rely mainly oa various iii- I digonous tond plants. Mr Coville gives a description In tho , American Anthropologist of several cu . nous indigenous vegetable products 1 which these Indians find useful for food One of the most important is the pine nut. The troes grow abundantly in tho I mountains, and in early autumn, after the seeds have riponod, but before the 1 cones have let fall toe seeds or nuts, tho cones are beaten from the tree3, gathered , in baskets and spread out on a smooth piece of ground, exposed to the heat of the sun. The cones soon become dry and crack apart, when the seeds are shaken out by blows from a stick or the more persistent one3 rattled out by hand The empty cone3 are then removed from the grouud and the seeds gathered in baskets. Large quantities of pine nuts are thus collected, and most of them arc cached in dry places among the rocks for use during the year They are said to remain fresh and edible for several years if properly stored. To prepare them toe food, the nuts are put into tho basket with some live coals and shaken or stirred until thoroughly roasted. In this condition pine nuts are sold in the markots of California and other Western States, just like peanuts in the East. The roosted seeds, after removing them from their thin shells, may be munched entire or ground in a wooden mortar with a stoua pastel aud eaten dry or made into a soup. The seeds of many other plants, indeed of almost all that arc not poisonous, are also used. All of them are roasted. With tho harder ones the pulverizing is accomplished by grinding them between two stones. Tho common sand grass of the desert produces an abundance of seed and is largely employed. Ingather ing it the squaw carries in one hand a small basket and in the other a paddle made of wickerwork, somewhat resem bling a tennis racket. With this she beats the grass seed buoche* over the basket. Finally the seeds aro ground, the chaff being winnowed or sifted out. A large, round-headed cactus, known as tho \devil's pincushion,\ grows in rocky soil throughout the desert. The seeds are well protected among the spines and inclosed in white woolly cap sules. These are pried out with sticks, broken open and emptied of the seeds. This cactus is specially serviceable to tho Indians, as its seeds remain fresh and edible until spring, when most other sources of supply have failed. The seeds of tho joint pine are roostod and ground and the flour is made into a bit ter bread Berries an-1 such fruits are rare in the desert, and only one is known to be edible. It looks like a minute tomato and is dried for making into a mush or soup, which doos not require cooking Prickly pears of one species furnish food also. In early su'nmcr tho new joints, buds, blossoms and imma ture fruit ore swollen with sweet sap. Thoy aro broken off with'club3 and collected in largo baskets. Tho barbed prickles are removed and tUe fragments are dried in the sua. Thus prepared they will keep indefinitely and aro made ready for eating by boiling or by roast ing in a hole in the ground lined with stones. Common reeds furnish what i3 known as \sugar.\ In June the plants are cut and dried in tho sun, after which they aro ground aud the starchy parts separat ed by sifting. Tho moist, sticky flour thus obtained is moulded by the hands into a thick gum-like moss. It is then set near a fire and roasted until it swells and browns slightly, aud iu this taffy- like state it is eaten. Theso \Digger\ Indians—for to the race thus commonly designated thoy belong—have adoptod tho culinary utensils of tho whites, from whom they got knives, spoons, tin plates, iron kettles and flour sieves. Thoy mako boskets, with wonderful skill, somo of which are used to hold liquids, thoir texture being so close that water will not leak through them. The bowl cm- ployed to contain soup often serves as a hat between meals. The men havo guns for bunting, but thoy still utilize the bow and arrow for shooting small game. They are excellent marksmen with theso primitive weapons, and, time being of little value to them, they can lie in wait for their prey and creep so close to il that this method of hunting is very ef fective. Their bows are made from the juniper tree. For this purpose tho Iudian prefers a piece of wood from a tree that has died and seasoned while standing. At low latitudes on these desert mountains moist rot of dead wood never occurs, and a mature tree subject to the intensely dry climate of the re gion is in perfect condition for such use. —Washington Star WISE WORDS. Chance gives the cue. Pride manifests itself in folly. Temptations are hydra headed. Lifo is a road that has no back turn ings. Prejudice is the yellow jaundice ol judgment. The incorrigibility of the social unit lies in his unreasonableness. $ Inconsistency has the special evil ol putting others in the wrong Everywhere endeavor to be useful, and everywhere you will be at home. It is no point of wi3dom for a man to beat his brains about things impossible. In order to exercise one's faith it is not always necessary to put reason undei a bushel. A womau is supposed to be born with the patience which a man acquires through special grace. We are always unselfishly willing that our friends should reap advantages on auy t'eld but our own. Among tho prerogatives of immortal gcniu3 is that of struggling for the body's daily sustenance. Certain people keep themselves all day loug full of vexation beforehand fot some comiug event or other. Tho road to ambition is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for houc3ty and too dark fo; science It is much easier to find a score ot men wise enough to discover the truth than to rind one intrepid enough, in thi faco of opposition, to stand up for it. As Seen From Horseback. \If you want to experience a novel sensation,\ sud a gentleman who sports a Colonel's uniform as member of a Gov. ernor's staff whenever said Governoi turns out on parade, \just get on horse back and take part in some great pro cession like those which marked the Columbian festivities. \It is tho most curious feeling that you ovor experienced, I will wagerahat. It beats hasheesh or opium 3moking all to pieces. It is unlike auy other thing that you ever saw or heard or felt. \At fir3t you are all right, and you hear tho bands and see the great furrowj of humanity on oithei aide of tha way a; distinctly as you ever saw anything in your life. But after a while things be gin to grow blurred to your senses. The music dies away and there is nothing bu a dull roar in your ears, while the crowd becomes merely a dull and indistinct mass without form or meaning in you/ eyes. \But now you begin to see singe! figures. Men hanging from the eaves ol high buildings, boya perched on chinv neys or sign boards orin some hazardous place. You watch one of them with fascinated eyes, expecting every minute to sec him fall and bn dashed to piece) on the pavement. You are constantly filled with an overwhelming feeling that you aro to be witness to some dreadful accident, but for the lite of you you cannot turn your eyes away from it. After a while you cease to be a human being at all and become a mere automa ton. You are not controlled by humau emotions, but by the magnetism of the crowd. It is some such sort of hypnotic state, I apprehend, which men get into during a battle and which makes them so unlike themselves.\—New York- Herald. Oklahoma's Water Trao. The people of Stillwater, Oklahoma, aro greatly mystified over a remarkable phenomenon which exists near that town. In the field of Robert Copper, south of that place, stands a large cottonwood tree, with its branches leaning out over tho bed ot a little creek. A few week ago a party of picnickers stopped under the tree and were startled by finding that there was a continual shower of water falling from its leaves and branches. It is in the shape of a tine mist or drizzle, but can bo plainly felt and seen at sll times. Although it had not rained is that part of tho territory for weeks, the fall of water from that tree has kept up continually, and crowds of people come from a distanco every day to view tho wonderful curiosity. Those scientifically incliued speculate, tbeonz; and give it up, the superstituous ones shako their heads ominously, but the tree keeps right on sending down its shower, and whenever the sun is shining a beautiful rainbow can be seen under its branches. Who can explain tho mystery.—Chicago Herald, A \HOUND-UP\ OF CATTLE, A PECULIAR PALL CEREMONY ON •WESTERN RANCHES. The Operation ot Branding the Cat tle—Curiosities ot Brands—Steal ing Cattle by Changing Marts. HROUGH tho mouths of Octo ber and November a peculiar ceremony is going on at the hundreds of cattle ranches of the Northwest. It is the fall \round-up •when tho stock is driven to tho \homo ranch\ or headquarters for \cutting out\ tho marketable steers and branding any animals that may havo escaped tho iron in their days of calfhood. Long days of riding on tho part of the ranch assistants precede the gathering, and when the thousand or more head of cat tle that have been feeding all summer on tho plains are collected in the big corral it is a splendid sight. On the hip ol every grown animal there is a series of scars, showing their healed surfaces through tho sleek hair. It is tho trademark of the praries. By its perfect system the cattle can be iden tified as if by name, and tho buyer in Chicago, Omaha or Kansas City know3 exactly as he sends a mixed carload off to the packing houses from which ranch each came. Branding requires one or two men with lariats and one man with tho brand ing iron. With skillful hands tho lasso3 aro thrown, catching the steer or cow by horns aad hind foot. Perhaps the victim is tumbled on its back, per haps not. At any rate, in a moment tho assistant has run from the tiro with tho red-hot iron in his hand, pressed it a moment on the shrinking flank, there is a little puff of smoke, a smell of burn- ing flesh, and beneath is a mark that will remain until the creature's death. It seoms cruel, but it is a necessary plan of identification. Hard as it is to capture and hold the animal it is almost equally difficult to let go. At the instant the ropes are loosened the frightened beast,never before touched by human bands, leaps to his feet eager for an object upou which to wreck ven geance. For a man on horseback the steer has the utmost respect, but foi man or horse separately absolutely no rear. Either is helpless in a herd of Texas steers. The marking system is based upon registration of brands. Every man who owns stock on the great prairies whero fences are unknown must select a brand —letter, figure, fanciful design or com bination — and register it with tho county and State officers as well as with cattle associations. His brand must be distinct from all others, hence the steer that has strayed during the sura me.- from Southern W3-oming over into Ne braska or Northern Kansas is quickly identified at the aunual round-up. In. spectors are stationed at the shipping points to intercept and seiz; for the ben efit of the cattle associations any animal not described in the bill of sale\. Tho old-time brands arc note I fot their intricacy and fancifulness. Some of them almost cover the flank of the cattle and mako the hide worthless. Letter brands ure common, many stock men using their own initials. The diffi culty of securing a brand not previously used has led to bars over and under the letters, half circle3, letters written hor izontally—known as \lazy\ letters—and similar devices. Flying letters are written with red hot pokcis and continue the letter proper into long, straggling flourishes. Of late years the figure brands have become the favorite3. Out lines of axes, shear3, boots, eggs, arrows, etc., are likely to be found on the stock of small owners, though the brand of the Sidney Dillon ranches is a rude mit ten. The thousands of cittlc owned by the Earl of Freund are marked \7G and the brand is almost as familiar in Europe among cattle owners as on the ranges of Nebraska and Wyoming. Sen ator Carey brands his herds \C. Y.\ The Oelrich ranches have the \bar II,\ or this, \—H.\ Occasionally a man with a short name will put it in full on his stock, but it is needless cruelty. A few years ago it was not uncommcu for poor, but energetic, young men to start in life on the plains with no capital but a branding iron and soon retire well fixed in tho world's goods. By patiently lassooing one unmarked animal after another and leaving a trademark on its flank, a respectable herd was soon ac quired. A violent attack of hemp fever wa3 also acquired if the \rustler\ was caught. Changing brands was also a favorito pursuit with the rustler. Adding a let ter, figure or device, or by somo means obliterating the murk already on was common. The story is*still told in Ne braska of the Napoleon of Cattlcdom, who invented the spade brand, formed by heating a spade red hot and slapping it on the creature's flanks, obliterating all previous brands. He was invited to a necktie party and never teturned. Changing 0 G cattle into B O C was reported by the papers last year, and the Three Ones Ranche found that its brand \111\ was'being transformed by 3ome unknown depredator into \B. 1.\ The only method by which a brand caa be legally wiped out is by \venting\ it, which means placing the original brand upside down under the ono first burned. A steer that hits changed hands several time3 thus often comes to present a crazy patchwork appearance. At the fall round-up there are found many cattle without a mark. They were missed when calves or were born aftei the spring branding and are termed \mavericks.\ The word 13 one peculiar to the West and has come to mean any lonesome individual owned by uobudy and claimed by none. TJO mavericks are gathered by themselves and sold at auction, the proceeds goin^ to the cattle associations to help pay for inspectors fcud registration.—Detroit i-'ree Prcs*- HE R NAME. \I'm lostoal Could you find me, ploaser* Poor little frightened baby I ,' the wind had tossed hor golden fleece. The stone bad scratched her dimpled kiloe#~ I stooped and lifted her with ease, And softly whispered \May be.\ \Tell me your name, my little maid, I can't find you without it.\ \Sly name is Shiney-eyes,\ sho said. \Yes but you last?' She shook her head; \Up to tho house 'oy never said A single Dug about it.\ \But dear,\ I said, \what is your mwnof \Why didn't you hear mo tell you? Dust Sbiney-oyes.\ A bright thought came; Yes, when you're good; but when thoy blamat You, littlo one—its just tho same When mamma ha3 to scold youf' \Sly mamma never scold9,\ she moan*; A littlo blushing ensuing. \Copt when I've boon a-frowing stonos, s And then she says'' (the culprit owns), \Slehetablo Sappuira Jones, What has you bean a doing\ —Anna F. Burnham. HUMOR OF THE DAY. An ordinary day coach weighs ubout | 50,000 pounds, Pullman sleepers weigh 1 »bout 75,000 Donnas. Part3 of speech—Hyphens.—Truth. Goes through without change—Tho shopper.—Puck. The iudispensible servant is master of the situation.—Judge. Clothes may not make the man, but suits make the lawyer.—Elmira Gazette. Fame is a bright robe, but it sooa wears out at the elbows —Ram's Horn. \Early to bod and oarly to rise\ Makes of a man what most people despise. —J udgo. • When one woman praises another, folks think she is sarcastic. —Ram's Horn. What is done cannot be undone, especi ally if it is a hard-boiled egg.—Texas Sittings. Succesa shows off our good qualities\; lack of success shows off our defects.— Texas Siftings. A man has to be puffed up well be foro he can blow his own horn with proper vigor.—Puck. The sign-painter may make a dollar while the steeple-painter is making ascent.—Boston Courier. If you want to get ahead in tho world, don't lie abed in the morning thinking about it.—Atcaison Globe. A great many \gentlemen of the old: school\ do not seem quite to have fin- ishel their education — PUCK. It is noticeable that a little man it always very mild in his testimony against a big man in court.—Atchison Glob. It's a queer thing, but the course of true love runs all the smoother the more it is studded with rocUs.—Southron. Had Her There: >Ii3tress —\You're tho biggest fool I ever knew.\ Maid— \You forget yourself, ma'am.\—Judge. Every man who gets whipped for a sin complains that other people have done more and been wjipped les3.— Atchison Globe. \I think Charles the First was crazy,\ said Professor Bungleton. \He certainly lost his head,\ observed Professor Sin- glcberry.—Southron. It does not fo'low that all women aro purseproud simply because they invari ably carry their pocket-books in their hands.—Boston Transcript. Notwithstanding the precautions taken by attendants at a circus tent to swell the treasury, the rain will sometime* beat its way in.—Statesman. Notth Side Mother—\Ojcar why can't you be a good boy?\ Wayward Four-Year Old—\Mamma it makes me so tired!\—Chicago Tribune. \That is Miss Sharp singing. Her father is having her voice cultivated.\ \You can easily tell that.\ \How?\ \It's harrowing.\—Cape Cod Item. A London woman advocates the use of dynamite in .securing \women's rights.\ This i3 carrying a disposition to blow the men up to an extreme.—Washington Star. Nellie—\Mamma swallowed a quarter an' he's chokin'!\ \Oh m y child, why did you do it.? Now I haven't enough for car fare.\—Chicago News. Priscilla—\But don't you think it's a girl's duty to ask the consent of hor parents?\ Prunelia—\Oh yes; unless she thinks they won't grant it.\—New- York Herald. \Lightning never strike twice :n the same place,\ they say. \No?\ \No.\ \Woll how do you account for it?\ \Must be minipulated by a woman, I suppose.\—Chicago Tribune. \Smiggins appears to grow more, stupid every day.\ \Yes. Somebody told him that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and he is trying to forget all he knows.\—Washington Star. When the city man on a farm begins co talk at the breakfast table about \speckled beauties\ he wants to make it plain at the very start that he doesn't mean the horny-handed farmer's daugh ters.—Somerville* Journal. \Now wife, you have again given ma coo much tea. I asked you for a cup half full. Don't you know what half full is?\ \Well John, I ought to. You have endeavored to illustrate many times what it means.\—Buffalo Enquirer. \What a sight you are I\ \Just as 1 A -as leaving the house to come to the club my wife pelted me with flowers.\ \But that doesn't account for your bruised and battered appearance.\ \You sec, she forgot to take them out of tlx» pots.\—Fliegende Blaetter. — ( Whltc-Tio Races. Race meetings in India generally in clude some comic features, and the latest novelty is a. \white-tie race,\ in troduced at Kirkce. The competitors ride a certain distance, dismount, and kneel before a lady whilo she ties a white tie round their neck in a neat bow, then they remount and start for tho winning post. Much dopends_ oi ^if the ladv's deftnau.—Chicago Times. ! ,S ...... i'il-it^rt ,^l->,i.'.«[l(f
