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ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
Fivo Minutoo of Mental Ajjony
Worse Than Death.
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hy William It. MrCrarkcn ( oulit Not lie
Vereuaded to a l ot; Chute A|;aln
-Wild Adventure In
eru U uhhlngton.
The experience I am aliout to relate,
so W. II. McCracken, of Springfield, 111.,
expresses himself in the ( hicago Thnes-
lterald, frequently conies up before me
with such intense vividness that I pause
in my work with trembling, thanking
God that 1 am to-day alive and with rea-
son left to relate the incident.
I was hunting for a timber location
near the foothills of Mount Baker, in
western Washington, during the month
of June, 1891, in company wifh my
brother Juck, and a Mr. Cahill. We hail
become weary and footsore climbing
the hillsides with their covering of
huge bowlders and fallen trees, and
wire returning to where our horses
were staki d beside the beautiful Nook-
sack river, which looked like a molten
cilver bar Itelow us. We were obliged,
(luring our return journey, to climb
over a chute that had U rn rudely built
of logs by a gang of woodmen.
My brother and Mr. Cohill were in
the lead, and passed safely over, but
when making the jump from one side
of the frame to the other i slipjted and
fell between the )>arallel runners. In
trying to extricate myself 1 found that
my left foot and ankle were tightly
wedged between an iron cross liar and
a large roek. My companions quickly
returned to my assistance, though tlieir
efforts to release me were unavailing. |
Any attempt to raise the track w ns use-
less, owing to it Uing fastened by bolts
at that particular point to tret ;s on efth-
er side.
During a pause In their labor, and
while we were discussing the advisabil-
ity of chopping tie- log runners in two,
1 distinctly felt a vibration of the chute,
and knew the gang of men l,hOO feet
above us were rolling a timber on that
steep incline track for its lightning-
like journey to the river below. For an
instant I was wild with the awful
thought of the fate that awaited me.
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VERY SMART GOAT.
Ullly Vl-.lt* i* ilartter Shop Whenever lie
XiTil* it Shave.
Mount Vernon, ()., boast* of a goat
that knows at le;ist enough to get
shaved. This intelligent annihilator
of tin cans and clotheslines is the prop-
erty of Larry Dermody, a railroader.
The story of how the animal devel-
oped this peculiarity is somewhat in-
teresting. Several years ago his goat-
ship, while running about vacant lots,
contracted a disease that affected the
skin beneath the lower jaw. It devel-
oped into a number of running sores.
Not caring to jtart with Sir William,
everything jtosslblc was done to relievo
I
TRIP IN AN INDIAN CANOE. FAMOUS SCOTCH REGIMENTS.
t:i< Itln? Hide of a I'artjr of Government They Are Known at Home hy u Long Mm
ottlrerx on Leech Lake, Minnesota. of N'l«-knaiue«.
Among all the modes of progression The brigade of Foot Guards of the
hitherto invented, there is not one that | British army* do not like to l>e called
can com|tare in respect to comfort and j "Fite Chuckle Chucks,** but for steal-
luxury with traveling in a birch bark | ing hens and ducks in Dublin the j eo-
cauoe. pit? of that fine city gave them the
In the early autumn the writer, in ; name. The First Roval Scots (Lothian
company with a party of government regiment) glory in the name of "Pon-
oflieiuis, the bead chief of the Chippew a tins Pilate's Body Guards," for they
Indians and 50 men of his trilte, met by ! orv the oldest regiment in the army,
appointment at the Indian agency on Hut 1 would not like to enter the ser-
the south shore of Lerch Ink.-, Minn., P'-nnfs m<-K of the 21st Uo.val Soots
prepurutory to a trip up the lake, thence fusilier* nncl ask t hem if they were
up the river coiimotini? with I jke Win- Th<' (ileneiH- llutehers;" such, how-
nehe^oahish, and across the latter to; wver, is the nicknoiue of the fine re^i-
QUAKERS T'N :RELAND.
fhey Have htw «l for Fducatton
and I'earr.
The history of the (Quaker society in
Ireland is a marvelous and a touching
veord. The Quakers there went in, as
they did everywhere, for the cause of
♦obrietv, of education and of peace.
Some of the most cordial and energetic
allies of the pure-hearted philanthro-
pist, Father Matthew, in his temjter-
ttnee movement were memlters of the
Society of Friends. That, howevev,
was what might naturally have I teen
expected. Hut there was more than
that. The Quakers were by creed and
habitude and inclination opposed to
ncbegosmsn, ami across ine niter io .o «... ...* .**. .mw «n inu.n«.ii
a camp of the Winnebegocdiish Indians, ment, for their records show that they all turbulence and lawlessness.
Leech lake, with its shore 1 ire of 400 were in the vicinity of the Glen during i To most English people in the
miles, is justly considered the most that cruel and cowardly affair. The
Irt'autiful in natural scenery of the -Mh kin^ h own "Scots llorderers are
chain of lakes to lw found in northern j known in the Highland regiments as
r I "Cumberland's Hoval Stand-backs.**
Minnesota.; but to see it in all its Inauty I
it is not enough to w alk along its shores.
One must ride over it. The r'ver con*
necting the two lakt s has a dc«*t, swift
current, and many dangerous rocks to
avoid, which require both skill and
perience in navigation. The party had j seeing that they
This was the regiment that the Clan
Cameron gave such a cutting up atCul-
loden. They were then called "Sem-
ple's regiment." The Camerons flew
128 of them. That was terrible work,
eived the charge
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rnc loo r as mid just ovr.n his ii::ad.
and I cried in agony to God to help
3ie. It seemed certain death to be in
the path of one of those monster pine
ogr, traveling witty the swiftness of
m arrow.
"11 un above with your levers,** 1
shouted to my comrades the next mo-
ment, "and ruise the chute as high as
you can, and put blocks under it,"
They realized at once the idea, and
with all the quickness possible under
the circumstances hastened up the hill-
ride about 30 feet, where they arranged
blocks and hand-bars, and were soon
raising the runners an inch at a time,
and blocking it up. 1 gave a loud, sharp
veil, and then called jus loudly as I
could: "Don't let go the log," hoping
the workmen would hear me. With
the sound of my voice reechoing, 1
eagerly w atched the progress of my de-
liverers. I frequently called upon them
to make all jtossible haste, though I
knew they were straining every nerve
and muscle in my behalf. Tin? mes-
senger of death might even now be
started on its mission.
The chute had been raised about 20
inches from the direct line, when Jack
cried out: "It's coming. Will; lieclosc
to the ground, and may Ileaven save
you." With a last despairing look at
the slight raise in the track above me,
I pressed myself to the earth. I could
hear the dull roar as the giant log in-
creased its speed toward the poor,
helpless atom of humanity, and be-
lieved nothing could save me. I closed
my eyes tightly as the log sped down
upon 1113' bojte of safety. A loud, rasp-
ing sound, a creak of the framework,
1 wind against my face, with particles
Df bark falling upon me. and the danger
for the moment was past. I was weak
ind listless, and it was fully a minute
before 1 could raise my head to look
for the boys. Jack was leaning against
a tree close to where he had been work-
ing, and pale as death. When he saw
me move he came slowly toward me,
and told me that Mr. Cahill had hurried
up the hill to stop more logs from be-
ing sent down. He returned in about
half an hour with live men, who sawed
the log track beside me, raised the
cross bar, and I was liberated from
that infernal trap.
As my brother described it, the tim-
ber (which was three feet in diameter
and 25 feet long) passed within six
inches of my body. When it fell it
struck the chute to one side, and was
thrown with terrific force against some
second-growth cedars, leveling them
as though they were reeds, and only
stopping wheal it came in contact with
the heavier timber.
It is useless to say I have never
crossed a chute since that time, and
have endeavored to make my abode ns
far as jtossible from regions In which
they exist.
BILLY GETS A SHAVE.
his condition. At last it was decided to
cli}> his whiskers and shave the affected
parts. Accordingly he was inveigled
into a convenient barter shop and the
process undergone. This had a bene-
l'.eial effect, and the goat grew better.
Hut as the whiskers grew out again the
sores returned. The operation was re-
peated w ith good results, and waa con-
tinued at intervals of several weeks.
Finally the goat came to like the treat-
ment, and no trouble was experienced
in getting him to undergo it. One day
about a ynr ago Mr. I)erm >dy caught
the animal and examined him, prepara-
tory to taking him up street for his
regular shave. He was very much
astonished to see. that his lower chin
was shaved smoothly and cleanly.
When he walked into his barber shop
that evening he made inquiry, and
learned that the goat had appeared
and had his hirsute adornment properly
removed. The barbers thought noth-
ing of the occurrence, but supposed that
l^arry had accomjtaniod the goat up
street and stopjtcd in a neighboring
store to await the gout's return.
K\er since that time the g<>atappears
of his own accord at intervals of sev-
eral weeks. The time between visits
always depends upon the soreness de-
velojted by the growth <if his whiskers.
CLD GRIZZLY KILLED.
Death«
The Six* of Kanxnii City.
The 150,000 people of Kansas City,
Mo., live on 13 1-5 square miles of land.
Wild H« ar Which Infested tho
\ trinity of thlro.
"Grizzly Bend*' was the name borne j
for many years by that portion of the
county lying along the Sacramento i
liver southeasterly from Chico, Cal., !
and embracing the l'orrott ranch and
other lands in that vicinity, says the j
( roville Mercury. Of course, it is long
years since the grizzly held possession i
there, as, like the Indian, he was forced |
to give way Itefore the pioneer settlers
of that vicinity.
A place, however, so well calculated
for the home of the grizzly could not ;
long 1h« without its representative, even |
if it had to be an animal somewhat less j
wild and more domestic in its habits. 1
Hogs turned loose in the swamps and j
uiorasses soon Itecame so wild that it
was dangerous for a person to bo j
caught unawares by one of the patri- |
archs of the herds that infested the dis- '
triet.
So large and vicious had one of these ;
fcllurws become that he was known and
been provided with 12 canoes and
j skilled boatmen, the chief of the trilx.'
! being the leader. We made all our
preparations and started, the passen-
! gers of the party being prepared to
I enjoy the bouncing over the waters.
1 We proceeded evenly for a time, but
I presently the current quickened per-
] ceptibly. The best boatman shifted
1 his place from the stern to the bow.
Instinctively it was known that there
; was hidden danger ahead. The faces
of the men Itegan to glow with excite-
ment. Quicker and quicker flowed the
current, breaking into little rapids,
I foaming around the rocks, rising in
' tumbling waves over the shallows. One
' piercing yell from the ojd chief sent a
thrill through every one, like the sud-
den shock of an electric current. lie
i stood erect in the bow, and at his sig-
i mil, given by a quick wave of the hand,,
every man of the crew in ail th* line of
Itoats redoubled his efforts. The paddle
' shafts crashed against the gunwaie, the j
spray flew beneath the bending blades, j
1 The canoes fairly shook, leaping bodily j
at every stroke. Ahead was a seething i
, mass of foam, its whiteness broken by
j black rocks, one touch against whose !
sides would rip the boats into tatters.!
The chief rose, the second time, noting 1
in that critical moment the line of
' deepest water. Then with sharp words ;
1 of command to his men, and bending to
I his work, be steered straight ahead.
One canoe pitched headlong into space.1
Whack, came a great wave over the
! bow. Crash! came another on the side,
| Kverv man of the line shouted with ex-
' citement, jus only an Indian knows how
j to do.
| After the first plunge we were ir
a bewildering whirl of waters. With
! a shriek of command and a quick move
I of the puddle the chief wrenched the
I canoe out of its course. Another stroke,
: another plunge forward and the boat
1 pitched headlong out of the swift cur-
rent, and soon glided rapidly into still
water.—Chicago Times-Herald.
To most English jteople in the be-
ginning of the century the national
movement in Ireland seemed to be a
mere wanton turbulence. The Quakers
as a whole were the very first lookers-
on who saw that there were genuine
grievances stirring up all the agitation,
and who avowed their conviction that
the lawlessness was really in the sys-
tem, and not in the sufferers. There-
fore, they took for the most part the
national side of the question, and never
ceased to promulgate the great truth
that "force Is no remedy," and that
only just laws can make a peaceful na-
tion. The Quakers as a body are held
in the affection and the gratitude of
the Irish jteople. Of course the same
thing can lie said of the Society of
Friends in every country where it has
got the name of "The K,.t up its abode.
We need hardly refer to the part
which Quakerism has played in the
Atlantic states of America. Of course
satire has long ceased in this country
to have its fling at the Quaker. The
society has somewhat modified—not
much, but a little—its outer forms to
of th« Camerons four deep, front rank
kneeling.
TheTfinth Norfolk regiment delights
in Iteing called "The Ninth Holy-boys."
They have carried that name since the
days of Wellington. The way they
came by it was because they sold their
Bibles in Spain for wine.
I stated in a former letter of how the
gallant
Bricks." The 50th regiment
known nil over the army as "The I'lind
Half-Hundred." They certainly de-
serve the name, for they charged a
■tone wall, taking it for a column of
the French. Since 1809 the famous
71st Highland light infantry have been
known as "The (ilasgow Keelies," and, ; suit the ways of modern social life.
1 1 even if had done nothing of the
A LAKE DISCOVERED IN AFRICA.
Ireland, their sister regiment, the
74th Highlanders, are called "The Lim-
erick Hutchers." During the thoubles
of 18GG-'G7 they were ordered to charge
the mob which was pelting stones,
etc., into their ranks. The order was
quicklvobeyed, and many of the rioters
received a touch of their bayonets;
hence the nickname.
The 28th Gloucestershire regiment
got the name of "The Old Brags."
This is the regiment that wear their
regimental number in front and in
rear of their helmet. At Quatre Bras
they were attacked in a field of corn
by the Polish lancers. The rear rank
turned ubout, so that they showed and
fought w ith two fronts. In after years
they used to brag about this plucky af-
fair and the honor they gained; so they
are still "The Old Brags."
The gallant old 70th Cameron High-
landers are known since 1871 as "Queen
Victoria's Own Own," and the 01st
Argyles are sometimes called "Sandy
Campbell's Bairns." Out of Scotland
they are termed "The Lord God of the
Highlands' Own Highlanders." When
they wore the trews (Campbell tartan)
they were called "John Duke's Half-
dressed Highlanders." The 92d Gor-
don Highlanders are known in e*erv
mess of the army as "The Gay and Gal-
lant Gordons," but, as they were late
for the Crimea, the other Highland
regiments called them "The Johnny
French Explorer* Find a Hitherto I n- Comelates." Again, in 1874, they had
known Dody of Water Near Tlmbuctoo. so many Banffshire men in the regi-
A1 though the occupation of Timbue- ment that they were called "The j
too by the French has not yet added Buckie Highlanders." The famous j
materially to the volume of France's! "Thin Red Line," the 93d Sutherland j
colonial trade, it has unquestionably Highlanders, got the name of "The ;
added very greatly to our knowledge of i ltories" in the Crimea, on account of
the geography of that part of Africa, bo many Rories in their ranks. Every 1
kind, its continuous and extraordinary
services to all the best movements of
civilization must have won for it re-
spect and sympathy. The Quaker had
a hard time of it for many generations,
but he held soberly and sincerely to
his principles of action. He has no
enemies now; how, indeed, could he
have enemies? Everybody who cared
to work in any good cause, political
or social, must have worked with him.
He has triumphed over all prejudice,
and has established his right to goon
doing good.
It will be interesting to know what
comes of the conference in Manchester.
Is any new development to be advo-
cated and put in motion? Why must
"the Quaker—the man and the society
—move onward or perish?" Whither
onw ard is the Quaker to move to? Why
is there any likelihood—is there any
Jielihood?—that his peculiar cult
might be absorbed into what we may
call the commonplace civilization of
mankind? We do not know whether
the numbers of the Society of Friends
I are increasing or diminishing. If the
I forward movement is destined to in-
! crease their numbers, the world of
peace, freedom and philanthropy will
j have no reason to regret it. There is
1 ample room for the further extension
of the society which has in its history
| done so little harm and such an inesti-
mable amount of good.—London News.
JOKERS BEHIND THE SCENES
and in particular has resulted in a dis-1 man was a Rory (Roderick) Fraser, or
"OLD GniZZLT
feared by all the residents in that vi
cinity, and for his wild nature and fero-
cious conduct generally had become
known as "Old Grizzly," and it was
clnimed he was bullet-proof and
couldn't be slain. Recently he fell a
* ictlm to a party of hunters who sought
him with the avowed purpose of effect-
ing his extermination.
Tho Ixmr was an immense fellow and
weighed 550 pounds. His tusks were
long, one of them being jnirtly broken
oft. The hide was over an inch thick
and the shields on his shoulders were
01/u inches thick. He had never been
injured by dogs or gun before.
Adventures of a Loat lIo£.
Some six weeks ago a farmer of Ben-
ton, I\y„ lost a fine, fat young hog,
weighing about 100 pounds, and th !
most careful search failed to show any
trace of it, or how it had disappeared.
About the same time a high wind upset
the farmer's straw stack. During tho
six weeks that have elapsed since the
disappearance of the hog the stack of
straw has gradually been removed. A
few days ago the last of the straw was
turned over, and what seemed like the
shadow of the lost shoat was found be-
ucath it. The pig was still living, but
it weighed only 20 pounds. Careful at-
tention brought it round, and it is said
to be all right again now unci fattening
up well.
cox cry of singular interest and impor-
tance.
Timbuctoo, ns nil the. world knows,
stands 011 the boundary line between
the Sahara and the western Soudan, a
little to the north of the great Niger
bend, but w hat was not known was the
existence in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the city, and lying somewhat to
the west, of a series of lakes and
marshes covering a large area of coun-
try. These great sheets of water were
first seen by the Joffre column and have
since been explored by French officers
stationed in tin' neighborhood, who
have laid down their general outlines
with some approach to accuracy.
The most important of these lakes
is called I.ake Fagtiibure, and runs in
a direction, roughly, east and west, its
total length being some f>0 or 70 miles.
A couple of similar sheets of water
Macleod. The 03d still boasts of being
the tallest regiment in the Crimea. It
is said that their "GrenadierCompany"
averaged f feet 2% inches at that time.
Now that there are so many changes
taking place in the army, these sobri-
quets are dying out, just like the old 1 Q^a'jrink'
numbers, for all the numbers have been
replaced by names. If we go as far
north as Inverness and ask any old per-
son what regiment is the Second
Batallion Seaforth Highlanders, "Duke
of Albany's Own" (Rosshire Bluffs),
few could tell you that they are the old
7Sth Highlanders.—Scottish American.
Property Men Make ThlngM Lively by Hav-
ing Fun with Green Hand*.
When the auditorium of the theater
is deserted and dark and dreary the
; space behind the curtain is full of life,
j It is then that the property men get in
i their work and anybody who has ever
i come in contact with them knows that
they are the greatest jokers living,
ing. They play jokes on the first vic-
! tim that comes along and afterward
appease his anger by taking him out
Variety In Speetacleg.
Within the past few years very great
improvements have been made in spec-
tacles. Formerly when one desired to
see objects a long way off. one pair of
glasses was necessary, and to read or
examine objects close at hand another
connect with the Niger, and there are j kind was required. Latterly, glasses
other lakes in the neighborhood. As
might be supposed these lakes are the
center of a rich agricultural and pas-
toral district. Crops of various kinds
are grown in abundance, and the na-
tives have large Hocks and herds. Per-
haps the most curious feature of the
discovery is the fact that neither Bart-h
nor Dr. Laz appear to have heard of this
fertile region, and it is to bo presumed
that the guides deliberately led them
away from the direction of the lakes.
Thenews of thisdiscovery will nodoubt
revive the interest in the occupation ol
Timbuctoo in France, where, after the
first enthusiasm was over, there was a
marked, tendency to criticise—a ten-
dency rather strengthened than weak-
ened by the recent troubles with the
Taurogs. The results of observations
on the climate of that p-art of Africa.es-
tablish. it is said, the perfect feasibil-
ity of Europeans living there the whole
year round with certain precautions.
The months of April and May are said
to be the most trying, not only for Eu-
ropeans, but for natives, but December
and January are so cool that a great
coat is sometimes welcome, and the
natives report that one year ice formed
—at least this is the deduction drawn
from the native statement that "the
marsh became stone." — Edinburgh
Scotsman.
—It seems about the limit of folly to
hide money in a stove and leave it to the
risk of fire, but even that line was passed
by some unknown imbecile near Nor-
way, Ga., who stored a lot of cartridges
in a stove. A woman started a fire in
the stove one day and the cartridges ex-
ploded, destroying the sight of one e.v«
and otherw'iie injuring her
are made in two sections, the upper be-
ing for distance and the lower portion
for near-by work. The lower halves
tire set into the upper in nearly a half
:ircle. This enables the wearer to use
the eyes directly in front and toward
the sides. Glasses cut in half, in
straight pieces, are much less agreea-
ble than those with the curved lower
sections. The use of glasses is becom-
ing so general that it is no unusual
thing to see scores of children in school
wearing them. The importance of
properly fitted glasses cannot be over-
estimated. Eminent authorities de-
clare that many cases of nervousness,
nervous prostration, insomnia, a gen-
eral breaking up of the health and in-
sanity are directly traceable to ill-fit-
ting glasses. This being the case, it
behooves those who wear these nec-
essary aids to see that they are exactly
suited to their peculiar condition.—N.
V. Ledger.
Chinese Fear of a Census.
Even so simple a governmental act
as taking a census awakens in the
minds of the people suspicions that
some other end is in view. Mr. Smith
cites a case, known to him, in which
the younger of two brothers concluded
that taking a census meant compulsory
emigration, and if that were so he must
go; therefore, rather than take a long
journey—which, be it noticed, was an
entirely gratuitous supposition on his
part—he committed suicide, "thus
checkmating the government!**—Prof.
C. M. Cady, in Century.
—All the rivers which flow into the
Arctic ocean are frozen solidly to the
bottom during about six months in
every year.
In a theater not far from here a young
carpenter, who proved to be a green
hand behind the scenes, was employed
to assist on some woodwork recently.
The property men immediately snapped
him up as an easy victim. There being
a lull in work, they sent him to the man-
ager of a downtown theater for a bag
of wrinkles. That dignified and por-
tentous gentleman was rather non-
plussed for a moment, but he soon saw
into tho joke and gave the young car-
penter a bag filled with iron and scraps
that w as enough for any man to carry.
The property men roared when they
saw him coming with the bag on his
back. The young man was as mat! as
a March hare when he saw through the
scheme, but the property men took him
out and filled him with exhilarating
drinks, so much so that he roared him-
self with laughter.
The particular mark of these jokes
is the would-be actor, who constantly
haunts the stage entrance. One of the
property men plays the role of manager
and requests the would-be Thespian to
step on the stage and recite some ex-
tracts from Hamlet. This he is only
too glad to do and the "manager" places
him on the stage immediately above a
trap door. The property men conceal
themselves behind the scenes and await
the fun. Just as the poor aspirant to
histrionic honors reaches a point in his
dialogue that is extremely tragic and
touching the property men turn out
the lights, produce thunder and light-
ning and open the trap door, precipitat-
ing the would-be actor into depths that
give him the impression that he has
landed in the infernal regions. The
distance he falls is not more than two
feet and the property men see to it that
he is not hurt and that his feelings are
atoned for subsequently.
Their jokes are numerous and versa-
tile. One of their favorites is to send a
green hand to the billposter's room for
a key to the curtains. There he is
given an iron bar that requires all his
strength to carry. Sometimes the vic-
tims get real angry and there is indica-
tion of trouble, but the jokers always
manage to smooth things over and
eventually make the victims themselves
laugh.—N. Y. Herald.
—When the corners of a mouth turn
down the indication is of a pettish,
ijealous disposition.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
—The oldest piece of linen paper in
existence, so far as know n, is a manu-
script containing a treaty between tho
kings of Aragon and Castile. It is dated
1177, and is still in a fair state of preser-
vation, retaining ink very well.
—At Szegedin, in Hungary, there ha«
lteea a renewal of ]toisoning for the
sake of insurance money, the relatives
of the murdered persons dividing tho
pnyments with the persons who pro-
\ided the poison. Sixty arrests have
been mude so far.
—There is a young Siberian wolf at
the .lardin des I'lantes, in Paris, with u
robe hardly discernible from a bad-
ger's. A great curiosity is the my-a-
{totainus of Cuba, which is half rat and
half pig. It is very fat, and French
cooks think it must good to eat,
—During the recent earthquake at
Iiome, which took place on November
1 at 4:38 in the afternoon, people
rushed from their houses to the nearest
lottery offices to play the numbers 1,
4, 38; there was also a run on 11, which
stands for earthquake. But something
went wrong, as no one of these num-
bers was drawn.
—Russia has 15,740 qualified doctors,
no of w hom do not practice, giving one
doctor to 8,000 persons throughout tho
empire. As by far the greater num-
ber <tf the doctors live in the cities, and
the urban population of Russia is only
1*1 |>er cent, of the whole, the peasants
are. poorly provided with medical as-
sistance. One-fifth of the total num-
ber of doctors are in the army or navy,
and 553 are women.
-Manx laws will still be proclaimed
from the Tynwald hill, though the
ceremonial has been altered and short-
ened by a recent vote of the legisla-
ture. An attempt was made to abolish
tin* practice altogether, the clerk of tho
rolls sjteaking of it us a ridiculous farce
and a mere relic of the past. He was
supported by the bishop, but the two
deemsters and the attorney general
sio«wl up for the old ceremonies, and
they were retained in a modified form.
A GREAT ROUND-UP OF HORSES.
Five Thousand Animals <>atherrd In I'p In
the state of \Va hliu;ton.
Five thousand horses in a single
bunch, rearing, snorting and shying,
urged 011 by two score picturesque In-
dian and half-breed riders, sending into
the air a cloud of dust that envelops
and partially conceals the vast band
of cay uses as the riders with sw ish of
ropes, with shouts and yells, urged
on the surging hand of half wild crea-
tures before them. It is a picture sel-
dom seen now, and only possible in the
unrestricted range of the reservation,
a picture, if seen, never to Ite forgotten.
The scene has an incomparable setting.
In the background rise the rugged ma-
jestic peaks of the Mission range; from
their base stretches forward a dense,
black area of timber, and, in the fore-
ground, the rolling prairie of the valley
of the Pend d'Orielle river. Overhead
the sky is clear, but above the moun-
tain snow clouds hover and the rocky
peaks are already silvered with the
first white covering of the year.
For five days these bronze riders
have scoured the northern range of
the reservation, driving before them
every horse that was found in this
long stretch of country. They have
ridden across the rolling ground of
the lower valley; they have searched
the canyons; they have penetrated the.
dense timber of the foothills; they havo
climbed to the open parks on the moun-
tain side. From valley and canyon
and hillside they have driven the half-
wild horses, and have gathered t hem on
the banks of the Pend d'Orielle river
for the cutting out.
Five thousand tossing heads, 10,000
vicious eyes, 20,000 tramping hoofs! Al-
most as far as the eye can reach are
horses, horses, horses. There are steeds
of every color and of every size. Nearly
all of them arc the mean, treacherous
Indian ponies, some of them shapely
and handsome, it is true, but in every
eye is a flash of wiltlness that betokens
ili for the man who attempts to tame
the owner. Here and there in the mass
of horses, there is being urged onward*
at a trot a big, fine-looking animal that
evidences good breeding. But there
are not many of these, they are nearly
all cayuses of the cayusest order.
At one of the ranches 011 the banks
of the river there are three big, well-
fenced pastures, and here the cutting
out will be done. On the reservation
there are now about 15,000 horses, and
of these it is estimated that fully 2,000
have 110 right to the Indian range. This
will do much to improve the condition
of the range, and it is for this purpose
that the big round-up has been under-
taken.
The band of horses now being driven
toward the extemporized corrals has
been gathered in the region north of the
Pend d'Oreille river. As soon as the
cutting out has been accomplished the
riders will cross the river, and will
round up the stock between that stream
and Crow creek, and there will be an-
other separation at the Allard ranch
011 Mud creek. In addition to the re-
moval of alien horses. Agent Carter
has ordered that ull cay use stallions
may be disposed of in order that there
may be some improvement in the grade
of horses raised 011 the reserve. Thus
the round-up will accomplish a double
purpose.—Anaconda Standard.
A Ouestlon of Time.
A Milo farmer prides himself 011 reg-
ularity in feeding his live stock, es-
pecially his pig. The other day he
found he would bo away at the usual
hour, so he told his wife to be careful
and feed the pig just on the stroke of
12. This advice was repeated several
times before he started, and as he drove
oft his parting admonition was: "Re-
member the pig." His business took
him to a neighboring town, and he hiul
been there but a short time when a tel-
egram was handed to him. Fearing the
worst, he opened it and read: "Shall I
feed the nig 011 local or standard time?"
and the message was "collect."—Lewis-
ton Journal
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