The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 154, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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AL MARKETS
Chicago, Ort 31.—WHEAT-Reports of
feerious reverse.* «to the British army la
the Transvarl, together with higher ri-
bles and drop In Brjtish consols, crea ed
u bull'sh Sentiment In the wheat lit to-
day. The market opened Arm with shorts
covering freely, l ut out side selling nnl
profit-taking checked the advance. Re-
ports of an important. In reuse In Gorman
duty on wheat -also en.eouro#?ed Felling,
the market showed more i. hity than for
two weeks, "With 'the buy ng and Felling
about equally divided, after iho initial
flurry. Deer rr/ er opcnel % certs high-
er at 70*i(£i>70a:i cent?, held «"tea<'.y for n
time at 70% cer/s and then yagged slowly
to 70% cent*. Chicago received ir.fi cars 23
mf which graded contry-ot. Mlnnoipol's
and "Dului'.h got 90S enrs compared with
1,7 n for the correspond'ns? day a yerur fw;n.
CORN—Wa Irregular and active. The
{market rt rted strong with whe"at, hut
weakened temporar lv under heavv liqui-
dation. nwlng >tn a lvk ca h demnnd.
Dteappolntincr ri.Ves nr.d l>rsre 'Tcelpts
wr re> against t1in ,rp'*vket, hut wfter a
couple hours depression eomml-sion lnu/e
buying «ta.rte 1 an X'pt'irn. Reeelp a 4~3
cars De-^nn-lt o > ned p abide higher
at e n*- -1 "lived to 31itf|31'4 <?• s,
and rn.sp to Till cents.
OAT*J—W*>re dull and a trifle easier In
•sympathy with e •- n. P e nts 2?3 cr ;.
nei^emher OP'TCI un"hawed -ut 22% cent?;
and (,<er?11Jrt*ed o 2?*'.r pnt-".
PROVIfiTO!""7- T ow er pnlce• fo- b^trs '
and ithe decline In corn, weakened pro- I
visions. P?ckwith rRngll-*h connec-
tions sCd free! v. .Tarviiry pork openod un-
chnnpefl ait Si.7 ■ : January lard ruled
cent.®- lowpr at tfi.32* *.,t\ January -rib*
% cent lower at $4.f"/? 4.97*2.
OPTIONAL R.',NSES.
Ope n. High. Tjow. Today. Y.T>ay
Close. Close.
Hpot steady; No. 2 red 70 f. o. b. afloat;
No. 1 northern Duluth 7!>*i f. o. b. afloat
to arrive; No. 2 red 74l* elevator. Options
opened sitea y wkh % advance on better
cables.
Corn receipts 100.470: exports 2GS.4S7;
sales 50.000 futures; 40,000 spot. Spot dull
and easy; No. 2 40& f. o. b. afloat and
4"), el vji.tor; option market opened dull
at a decline of '/£, follow jut weakness nt
Chicago an 1 unsatisfactory attitude of
exj*irts and disappointing public cables,
with predictions of large receipts. The
market subsequently rallied with wheat
and closed steady at nrt unchanged price <
i;o a decline of cent; May 38 5-16@3Sl3-16
cents; closed 38*4; December closol 39H
cents.
Oats receipts 79,500; exports 38,887. Spot
firm; No. 2 29; No. 3 28^; No. 2 wto'te 3U«;
No. 3 white 31; 'tra<k mixed we?cern 29r7i
SO12; track whuite western 30 4@35Vt; track
al.
0||i,',n 30'.;.^3"; options inactive and nomln-
Hides firm.
CASH CHIN.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Oct. 31—WHE \T-Dcm-
Irer 64%; May 6R% cents. Cash: No. 2hard
r.r,1^,14 cents: No. 3 59*762 eents; No. 2 red
G9fi70 eents: No. 3 66®68 cents.
CORN—«Doceurr!er 28 c°nto; May 2'*% o's:
c*«*h: No. 2 mixed 29V£®29*i cents: No. 2
white 31 eents; No. 3. 30Wfr31 cents.
OATS—No. 2 white 241,£Cf25 cents.
RYE—No. 2, fdUfrfj? cer
ifiT. I/H-TS.
St. T^ u.ls. Oct. 31—WITE\T—lT!tfh*r.
No. 2 red ca.«h eJebvator 70 eents: "track"
71 "571*4 cept~: December 70% cents: May
I ior Tcxaos. Native shipping and beef
j bteera $o.4<. &ti.00, ttocker^ and feeders
$J.7iy4.t>i; cows and heifers
Texas and Indian etoera $J.o5lj4.00.
llOG^J—Rcceipii 7.0 V. ; in;t kei 10 ccnu
lower. IMgs and lights 44.ioti-l-10; pae'vers
J4.00^/4.20; ibubcliers J4.15t}>4.25.
SHEKP—Receipts 1,^0; market steady;
Native muttons $3.S0^4.15; lamb.
$1.,;
5.40.
Dor
70'; 70
H 7"H
7ft3q
r,9"i-:o
!May . ..
73% 74
s-14 V.*i
7t%
K
ormN—
TVr .. ..
.. 31% rttu-%
V v.
31%
May .
1 32%-^
32%
32'i
OATF—
TVo .. ..
. 22*4 2
??<, ?2si
22%
jM IV
. 21% 2
'■i 24^4
24*1
241 i |
PORK—
'Dec .. ..
. 8.12 P
17 R 10
$.15
R.17 ;
Jan .. ..
. 0.65
7.3 9.f 2
9.70
9.70 ;
T^ARD—
TVf .. ..
. 5.17 n
17 5.1"
5.15
r.
Jan
. 5 ?1 5
32 5.32
5.32
5.37 I
Fins—
DP.- .. ..
. 4.co 4
K7 4.R2
4 c2
4.$:!
Jan
. 4.05 4
97 4.95
Ca
4.97
4.97
Pit.'', |
WffE XT-
December
70%
70%
CORN—D
ccmber
I
Cu-h. i
•Wins AT—
December
GRAIN
SUPPLY
. 70-%
>: w To
-k. Or.t, r;
"•Sner'nt
rtM
nn'1 ,
leV'Prr.i "b
<1 pat'hi
•- to Tlr- 1
f< r<r^->
.
* In-
74H<fi74^4 cents:
CORN*—Firm:
t-ack 32% cents
31W31T& cents.
OATS—Firm:
t'^.ick 24 cents:
No. 2 hard 67f?^8 cts.
No. 2 cash 31*4 cents;
December 30'^ cents; May
ST. 1.GUI'S GENERAL
St. Louis, Oct. 31.—Flour dull.
Dry ®a'i meats firm, high .•!•; ooxed
fhoul 'ors 4.75; ex:ra shorts 5.o7'i; dloar
ribs 5.50; clear sides 5.62'^.
Bacon br.xed shoulders scarco higher.
6.25; extra fhorts 5.7."* clear ribs 5.87:_•;
clear sides C.12M-.
Receipts flcur 7.000; wheat 41,OX*; corn
83.000; oats 25.000.
Shipments flour 13,000; wheat 13tCd; oofn
30,000; oats 33,000.
COTTON.
• New York. Oct 61.—COTTON—Future*
openel steady. Nov. $7.12: Dec. $7.13; Jsn
$7.15; Feb. $7.16; March $7.IS; April $7.17;
May $7.7.21; June $7.20; July $7.20; Aug.
$7.21; Sept. $6.90.
Liverpool. Oct. 31—COTTOKr-Spot fair
dftmand: prices easy. American middling
4 l-32d. Futures (dosed quiet but steady.
New York. Oft. 31—COTTON—F'ltur-s
closed steady. Nov. J7.0S; Deo. $7.10; Jan.
*7.13: Feb. 7.14: March $7 16: Afprll $7.17;
May $7.20; June $7.20; July $7.20; Aug.
$7.19; Sept. $0.92.
Don5
Feel
Bad
The elements were
against us:, but the
pcop!e were with
us, and >ve had a
satisfactory trade
notwiths In^the
weather.
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That we are in receipt of a delayed shipment, coiisistin;; «f a very heavy purchase
ol' La:lie>*' Capes aad Wraps, fjadijs' Skirts and Men's, Women's and
Children's Shoes. These goods were bought for the purpose
of making it interesting for some of our competi-
tors and at Iho same time making glad
hearts of our many customers
r>atv
firm: 7
Rton, Tex.,
cents.
Oct. 3!.—COTTON-Spot
New Orleans,
stealy; mid 6 7a.
Oot. 31.—Cotton quiet;
No. 2 each
Deeemher 23
:r. eentts: No. 2 whC-te 26% cents
RYE— Quiet. 53 cents.
23 VA cents;
cents; May
>1
dlcate the foil
nu'oplies lUst f
Wh6 ! t -TVH
of Rockies. In
Afloat for ai
Of^t 1 Ush :
Total k ippI •. in
Corn- ITnit< 1 «
of R<"' ski
Oit*—lTnitel F't
Of Roekle-*. > rp
Amon? the mo-
reported to Rrads
♦wi'sheN a norths
•tor.-: ff^.000 bi^he
000 at M
000 boa h el p
1>U«h«Jr it Minn'-;
The aggregate
Portland, Orr
id in Furope, de
. e 1,10 non bii-sbelo.
t- nd C-r.nr-1
• 460 m bushels
?s and Canada
r 22O.0O0 bush •
CHTCAOO.
Chicago, Oct. 31.—WHEAT—Casht No.
2 red 70^X71 eer«t.'«: No. 3 red 67^0 cents;
No. 2 bnrd wlr/er 67; No. 3 hard win,or
64(066 cents; No. 1 northern sprin<g 70 ff72:
No. 2 northern spri. ^ 6{Wf72 cents; No. °
rp-'nc 6t'<7rt0 cents.
CORN—No. 2 32V4 cen's; No. 3 3Klfe'fi32
v-ents.
LIVEST0CC.
CHICAGO IJVE3TOCIC.
r^i'cago, Oct. 31.—There was \ fairly
active demand for cattle today and prices
showed no particular chance. C.ocd to
fancy gradea •' rought f .TO(f26.7"; commin
to tn^'lnm 4.20(57 3.75: MockfTs and feeders
3.00ip4.75; cows, he|fer« and bulls 2.009
23: Texas 3.R0<?74.70; calves 3.00(^7.7i.
TJber'al offer^nes in the face of a poo*
wind "pre-in.iltnted a decline of W10
r.t« in hog":. fp*r to prlm^ lots 1.17HC
4.32U; heevy packers 3.R3<??1.1S: mixed
4 10ff74.27U: butchers 4 1&^4.321£; li^ht
wight 4.(VW4.30; pige. 3.WKT4.20.
Trade n sh^ep wni lively at a sham
'aidvance in values. Prim° lambs made
n^w record hv * <v1lir#r at l.rtO. and prim*
n-atlve y^nrllnes brought 4.7": comimon m
ea"t choice rhe-p 2.r>0^?4.50: w*o«'e*n rangers 4vT<
j 4.P0: lnmhb« i 7^1T~. *0
ea.er . Rn-edpts cattle 6,000; hogs 37.av ; sh«
' 14,000.
01)0,-
NEW YORK PRODT'CE.
New York. Oct. 31.— BUTTER—Receipts
0.8S2 paekagt"; firm; western ereamery
17^24 cen's: June creamery 17(5723 cents;
faci ory 14^(7716H cents.
CHEfE/SE—T^ccelpts 9,700 paek.ipes: dull
and weak. T,arge white 12 cents; ?.mall
white 12,4'f?12>i4 cents; large colored 12'fi)
12U cents; small colored 12Uf?12% cents
TXKTS—Rece pts 12,220 packa^ec; steady;
we/-tern ungraded at mark, 14<ffl8 cents.
ST'OAR— Raw, firm; refined steady.
COFFEE—-Steady; No. 7, 65£ cents.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Wheat, soft
Wheat, hard
Whe . low gra'e testing from
to 52 pounds
Corn
Oat.«« ,/
Castor Beans
Apples
Cotton
Seed cotton
Potatoes
■Cattle, cows
Prim© steers .. ..
Hogs
Effgs
Onions
Butter
Haloose
Hay, baled
Straw, loose
Alfalfa., *>aled
rridrs
Tomatoes
We wish fo call your attention to the following
1 Lot of Ladies' plutli capes, a bip snap at - 9Sc
1 lot ladies' HO-inch silk plush capes ui«?ely lined with mercuri/.ed silk
triintned with aurora fur, will bo placed on sale at S
1 lot of ladies'32-inch silk plush canes, hanltsomely trimmed, with
thibctbur anil embroidered with jet, \>ili be offered at the ex-
tremely low price of —$ '*• ^
1 lot of of children's and misses' jackets, in all the late shad as, double
stitched seams, half lined aud richly embroidered with mohair
braid, 4 large fawn buttons, price cut to 5
1 lot of ladies' jackets, in kerseys, cheviots, beaver aud meltons all
shades, these jyapments hava all silk stitched seams, are single or
double brested with large pearl buttons, and a good bargain at _$ 3.4S
Our S1.9S ladies' jocket is a Cyclone wonder, we havo them in kerseys,
baaver, meltons aud cheviots, nicely lined with high colored satins
silk stitched throughout, wjth large plain or fancy pearl buttons
stropped seams, truiy au elegant garment only 8 4.08
SHOES SHOES SHOES j
3500 pair dumped oa already crowded shelves and mus! be moved. Our buyer has no j
mercy on us, but whenzver he dumps an unusual load on us you can safely rely on the price
being; right and irresistable. Just think of it
Ladies' hand turned donjjola and kid shoes in square
and coin toes worth every where S3 50 we are now
oflering thein for .... 08c
Ladies' heavy grain lace or button all sizes worth ail
all of 81 50 go in this sale at 80c
Ladies' dongala button in black or tan all sizes, cheap
at $1.50 to 3.00 cat to 90c
Miss *s p.'bble goat just the thing for school wear, sm*s
13 Ko 2 worth St.25 go now at
Misses'heavy kangaroo calf school shoes, sizes 13 to 2
good 81.r>0 value go now at 75c
Children's dongola button or lace sizes 11 to 13 cut
during this sale to 59c
Children's dongola button or laco sizes 8 to 11 out
during this salt' to 490
Children'g dongola button or laee sizes 5 to 8 cnt
during this sale to ... 30c
Infants dongola and French kid sizes d to 5 cut during
this sale to 23c
Infants dongola good serviceable fdioes sizes 3 to 5 cut
during this sale to 16o
Boy's sch jol shoes kangaroo calf cong. or laee cheap at
* $1.50 cut to 75c
Youth's school shoes kangaroo calf coug. or lace cheap
at SI.75 cut to 85c
Men's heavy brogans and plow shoes only 00c
Ladies'
Skirts
One lot of 500 ladies' worsted
skirts in all late plaids and
stripes, nicely trimmed with
from 1 to 3 rows of bilk braid
lined with plain or fancycolored
taffetas these skirts are bar-
gains and will be sold for 87c.
6.50# 6
....1.80*32.10
....3.75fi3.R0
....8.50«f5M.OO
,...3.60<33.75
" These aif a tew ol the many new things wc are in receipt of. ourbio room; are crowded, musl injke room, come take them away
OtTiiRit's Biti Store,
100-111 S. Division.
Guthrie's Big Stori,
103 iv. Oklahoma.
THE CYCLONE
... lOifM.'-!
,.3.50f?4.00
i.,UB;-V-K, p.:
\c \\ s:r p11, 4\v avopn1 row Ilve lncldenta;|j 1 1 a « ! rKJHT WITH A WOLF.
-.i.i k 1 LIjL j\ .> X Ttv/I*I/ some attention occasionally to other j
things. " ' ....
t« nro those of
r"lo
Increase! 3S4 ) bu«h 1-■ l -«t
rioux Fall*; r* -
•fto elevators: ."7-
•«1 M-.. ii -,l 50.<VW
1 nrlv^'e #>levai'i>r«.
rtf v/hrnt 'held n t
->rrr nr-rl Seattle,
NEW YORK G1A!H.
"Sew Tork, Oet. 81 Flour receipt^ JJ1P5;
exp') ,,« IS.f' •' ■ ur h n rr .1 pri. -- .
/excrT't for low pr.i 1
I Wtn tt receipt export* 12?. 166
palos r>2f,.<nrt bus 1 Is future .".'1,000 spot;
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KAVPAS CITY T,TVF,5= TO^K
TCansn* City, Oeit 31— r ^TTT>E—
11.^00 natives• 5.000 TVrin*; h«-t.
st^ndy: 'h^ra 5"?10 r< nt< lr-wer. Native
o # er= $4.30ff?fl.00; TWa.* st^ors J3.00^?4 ^0:
Texas eowc S2.fVVf7tt.40: native, row-? irvl
heifer* $?.0.^4.00; c-forke'-s ani feeders
S2.flSS04.4O: bulla >2.wvfft.no.
HOas—'Rfre'pt.e 14.000; market vpak to
1 rent lower: bulk of saVs S4 .OOG4.10;
llirh,« S4.00f?4.15; yorkers J4 10tf?4.15; pips
S3 WVf?4 10.
•FiHFVFJP—T?err^pt* 4 000; rri ket TtrongJ
lambs $3.40^5.05; muttons S3.00®3.90.
ST. T.OT'TS IjTV^TOCK.
Pr Ty)ijl«. Oott. SI —r-ATTLE—Receipts 3
000: marked steady for natives to steady
POULTRY MARKET
Hens
Chickens
Youngr cox, each
Old eox, each
Tlcn, turkeys, 10 pound
Young; turkeys, 8 poun-'s
Ol 1 toms
'i v. F. p . nf) p
Old .1 x, F. F. ti d F
t SALE!
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I IOO HEAD OF CATTLE
$) I will s^ll nt Public Auction at my place, throe miles north
® and two miles west of Guthrie, and two miles south
|> and two miles west of Lawrie, on
j Monday, November 6th.
SAI.I1 TO COMMENCE AT 10:00 A. M.
•: THE FOLLOWING PKOS KS TY:
esc .
3'2c
Makes Rfer l Plows.
Moline, 111., is noted all over the -clv-
I.;zed world for its farni implements.
No other city of its size in the world
manufactures so many. The first steel
plows ever made were hammered out
hy old John Deere, who founded hia
little smithy in 1847 at Grand Detour
and a couple of years later removed to
Molina, whose wonderful water power
«'as jupt beginning to be appreciated.
In the then little village of Moline he
began work with a dazen employes
ill a small wooden building by the river
bank, cti the site of the present shops.
1 oday the shops are the largest and
finest in the world, and the plows and
ether tools turned out aro familiar to
every civilized farmer. Moline has an-
other large plow factory, sccond only
in size to the first mentioned. In fact,
over half the steel plows used in the
world are said to be made In Moline.
JUDCE KELLY THE PREMIER
SPELLER OF AMERICA.
tip ltntitn at St. Joiepli, Missouri, and
". Had a Varied €'areer as Farmer,
Lawyer and Jnrlat ltecalls the ludiana
Spelling Matches.
Judge Henry M. Kelly of St. Joseph,
Mo., is credited wUh being the best
speller in the United States. Judge
Kelly is the author of three important
law books, which are widely used by
attorneys throughout the stixte of Mis-
souri. When his law books were being
put in type the printers watched his
copy day after day striving to discover
mistakes in the orthography, as it was
whispered around the office that the
judge would pay $10 for every mistake
of that kind the printers could find.
Every man would bring his dictionary
around when the Judge's copy came in,
but never a mistake did th'jy ttnd.
T hree law boo." > without one mistake
in spelling is a rarity, in fact, it is
unique, but the Judge can speil any
word in the English language. Speak-
ing of himself some time ago Judge
Kelly said: "I was born in Hamilton
county, Ohio, near Cincinnati, on the
18th day of December, 1832. In 1S37 I
moved to Henry county, Indiana, and
settled on a farm about ten miles north
I have edited newspapers, lec-
tured in the Missouri State University i
from 1873 to 1899 upon criminal law |
and practice and pleading and practice. |
When I was a schoolboy !ms to j
school in Henry county, Indiana, a !
great deal of attention was given to !
spelling. Spelling matchea, spelling |
bees and polemics or debating contests I
were engaged in frequently and exten- :
slvely throughout the neighborhood
and country round about, for edif' a- I
tlon, amusement and instruction. One
NOTED PROFESSIONAL HUNTER
OF NEBRASKA.
Alinoat Chevrnd Cp br the Urate
While Ills Home Mould Not 1'eruilt
Illiu to Take Nteady Aim — I .out Ilia
Weapon lu Thick of flattie.
■iiiie. Sometime a pirticnlarly strong
animal manages to run two miles be-
fore the hounds overtake him. The
pack works together. If the dogs did
not they would not last long, as the
average ^rav wolf can kill in relays
any pack of hounds that ever attacked
him. But when Watson's trained pack
Jumps on a wolf, that is the last of
him. They fight together, and seldom
g^t more than a scratch. The dogs
follow the wolf cloacly and attack him
all together, and such a light lasts or-
dinarily but a few minutes. On these
wolf hunts the wolf slayer is armed
with nothing but a large revolver. He
has several times been forced to use
hi-s just distinguished himself in kill- , lh!s we,pon ln while
I wolves, not pressed, will never attack
(Special letter.)
Probably the only remaining wild
east hunter tn the state of Nebraska
district school would challenge another todav, u survival of the pioneer days,
for a spelling match and the challenge is Peter A. Watson of Thadron, who
was always accepted. Then both
schools would put in most of their timu ing a great gray wolf in a hand-to-,
and do tnelr best in preparing fir the | hand struggle, with a small revolver as I a m n-"rras!onally a hard-pressed wolf
contest, and the schools and scholars his only weapon. Watson is a prufes- l,Jr" "9 Pl,rsucrs and make a
for miles around would go In wagons, floral wolf hunter, and his prowess ll mo.9,, {lrsPera,<' I*1'1-
on horseback and rn foot. Some of tho recngniied by the Nebraska Uve .Stock ' Ti,is vaa ^ raae a few rta5's a*° lD
best spellers in our school have gone . association, which MBplQJV him annu- 801 c':l,n,v. where Watson wag
eight and ten OU1M to a spelling match ally on a salary to slay wolves on tho ! ,'nR:1£p'1 exterminating a number of
and the spelling would begin about 7 range, and thus protect the young b'K wo,vea w'hlch had killed soma
p. m. and last until 2 or 3 a. m. Those 1 stock.
matches wer usually on Friday night i Watson does all his hunting on
Frequently it would happen that somo i horseback, with a pack of tine stag-
; young stock. The pack had started a
wolf and was far in advance of their
, master, when suddenly a huge wolf.
of our spellers did not miss a word dur- I hounds
lng the whole evening. On one or two uoo
occasions the contest was a draw, per- I jn hunting. I
Thes^ dogs he breeds for hi
n use and always uhcs six of them
1 which had evidently been asleep In
T 20 head of Milch Cows.
i 40 head of Yearling Steers.
j 9 head thoroughbred Durham1
J Heifers.
'} 11 head of ^ood grade Huifcrt!
j' 15 he id of Spring Calves,
5 thoroughbred Durham Ball] 10 head of good Shoats.woi
Calves. about 150 pounds,
1 2-year-old three-quarter
Durham Bull.
2 span Work Horses, 9 years
old.
1 Mulo, 9 years old.
'lit
, j Growth uf th« Suicide Mania.
! Thero were C.920 suicides In this
); country last year. This is far beyond
(J: ] 'ln>' reasonable proportion. The cause
[ which contributes most 10 this crime is
'j j nervous exhaustion People are rush-
1.) | lug with break-n*ck spied 'ter some
; ambition and become nerv s. hy^-
j itfriiai or physical wrecks. tost of
thein give up and lead a miserable old
age Instead of a joyous and fre.'h one.
Others die tn the harness, and tuese
resort to suicide. The lecson is more
recreation, less rush, modified ambi-
tions, more patience, with slow results, ]
a completer enjoyment of the small
pleasures of life, a habit of sleep with- |
1 out care and of leisurely eating —Mil- {
• waukee Journal.
—-JXW
, ^
JUDCil HENRY S. KELI.Y.
haps for want of time, neither side be-
ing able to win. When preparing for a 1
spelling match everything else was
pushed aside and the whole attention
of those who were to participate ln the
contest was given to spelling. Our !
teachers were infected with, the mania
and eagerly participated. They were 1
generally selected to pronounce the !
words to the spelling match and they i
were closely watched and sh^rplv critl- j
clsed for any mistakes they might i
make. We used Websters's school dic-
tionary and sometimes the spelling
book."
ie rides a blooded horse
the
rank underbrush until disturbed by the
wolf hunter's horse, sprang upon Wat-
that can keep well to the front ln a'6""' , ,The a"ira:al "uried, "* c'aws !B
chase, even after the fleetest animal | !hf! sldo of the h0r6e and hls fi,n*8 ln
that roams the plains, the gray wolf.
It is nothing for him to ride 100 miles
without dismounting, and he covers
TEUMS of SALEs
Six months time on approved bankable security,
per rent off for cnali.
Fivo
IV2arii©>fi Garperater,
John ZZ. Miller, i mop«ikto«.
AnetlttHtar.
Iron Ifenrer Thnn CoM.
. Machines In ft watch factory will cut
j screws with D89 threads to an Inch,
i These threads are Invlslblo to the
j naked eye, and It takes 144,tl00 scrcws
y to make a pound. A pound of them Is
j worth six pounds of pure gold. Lay
(J)1 one of them upon a piece of "white pa-
i per and It looks like a tiny steel flllag, I
j The carbon filaments used In inenn-
; j descent lights are more ixpenslve than
rill the hairsprings of
1 of New Castle ami engaged in farm-
ing. I ontercd a district school ln the
fall of 183S, going to school in the win-
ter time and working on tho farm the
Rfprmnilutlvei of Aotlqu tr.
When we read o the men who In-
habited the caves of Europe at a time
when mammoths dwelt on that conti-
nent we seem to have gone back to a
period so immeasurably remote that we
can hardly picture in the mind's eye
the appearance which the representa-
tives of our race then presented. Yet,
according to Prof. B. D. Tylor, the na-
tives of-Tasmania "remained wjrriin
the present century representatives of
the immensely ancient Paleolithic
period. ' Recent studies of the rellci
of the Tasmanions, who became extinct
when brought into touch with modern
balance of the time, ur til 1850, when I civilized men, show that t'ao work-
left the farm and took up my rest- man«hlp of their rude Implement* was
dence in Marion, Grunt county, where below that exaibited by the "Drift and
I had better school advantages, my j cave men" of Paleolithic tiTiias."
futher having moved to thut county i
in 184C Soou after going to Marion I
\im£ I
wat( hes, costing
wo to throe times as mi
pound.
Subscribe lo\ Tho Capital.
j. from two to three times as much per 1
i ' P<
studied law, was admitted to the bar
and commenced practicing law In 1873,
and I have been engaged in the law-
either upon the circuit bench or at the
bar all of my rnenhood life In 18C6
I settled In SavannftU, in Audrew coun-
ty, Missouri where I lived until 1887,
i v*4iL I retuoTad iu 31. Josenh. wiuu:* 1
lllKltuit Hjllrnad llulldir.
Perhaps the greatest railroad builder
ln the world is David C. Shcpard, St.
Paul, Minn. Since 18G2 he lias built
railroads in thirteen Btates aid terri-
tories and ln Canada. His greatest
mileage for any state is 1,462 in Min-
nesota. The total number of miles laid
by Mr. Shepard is 7,02ti.
10
u-""v
IKXJS DISPATCHING A WOLF,
nearly twice that distance in a day
when it is necessary.
He is always ready to take to tho
padule. He rides Into the section where
wolves are reported to be killing young
stock, and moves alo .g until a wolf
l« sighted. He carries a powerful field
glass, and is comtanly sweeping the
surrounding plains with It. In this
way ho frequently h<2«« the wolves be-
fore they see him. If the game is off
and away, Watson simply notes care- !
fully the general direction taken; then
the rider's le?. It wns a very large
wolf, and the suddenness of tho at-
tack gave the beast a distinct advan-
tage.
The attack was made from the right
side, and the only weapon the wolf
hunter carried was beneath the body
of the ferocious brute. Watson struck
the animal repeatedly across the snout
with his quirt. Then he thrust his
hand down under the growling beast
to secure his pistol. Instantly his arm
wa3 seized by the animal and the flesh
torn from the wrist. Watson reached
over and grabbed his gun wits his left
hand. The wolf sti'l had the hunter's
right arm between his teeth and waa
chewing it very industriously. Watson
retained his presence of mind and fired
into the beast.
At the time Watson's horse was
roaring and plunging over the prairie
and screaming in agony. This maae
the rider's aim uncertain. Four times
he fired at the wolf, and had but one
shell IcTt In his gun. Blood was
streaming from the hunter's arm, and
leg. the horse was covered with blood,
and the wolf was bleeding profusely.
With an effort the wolf sla>er thrust
his revolver into the mouth of the
furious beast, and at the risk of b!on*
lng off bis own hand, flred the remain-
ing shell into tho struggling targ«t
Tbe wolf's head was blown off and the
body dropped to the prairie.
Weak from loss of blood. Watson
climbed down, tied up his wounds, anil
he swings his pack around behind a , tbr™lB* '"I ,fro" ,\h' h°"#'
hill, drops out of sight,oniy to reapp«r 6,artC(1 for home, fifteen mile, away,
ahead of tho game, on which ha rides
with a rush. Ctaildi* s rnnw,
Then the dogs fake up the chase. The One-fifth of the married couplaa la
j wolf KAkiitm tutld* on* fur mure than a 1 franco have no children.
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