Show frontier life in the at army my the routine of army life and the monotonous march through the wilderness does not prevent a soldiers making an interesting acquaintance now and then with prominent characters thus the writer was waa so for fortunate as t to 0 f fall a in n with two well known frontiersmen who happened to meet at maxwelll maxwells Max wells while we were all enjoying that gentle gent lemans roans hospitality one e of them was waa the famous indian fighter kit carson who had come down from his mountain home on a flying visit his personal appearance dif differed very widely from the type usual among men of biskind his kind and surroundings his voice was quite mild and whoever looked at his smooth shaven face and his hair combed down close to his head would have taken him for a minister of the gospel rather than for a man who had many years been the terror of the indians all over the western country and on whom they looked even then about two years before his death with fear and awe the other man was lieutenant colonel pfeiffer who had served in the regiment of which kit carson careon was colonel and the two old soldiers hugely enjoyed meeting again on that occasion since the indians were constantly on the war path at that time it was only natural that our conversation should turn on that topic colonel pfeiffer was persuaded to relate an adventure which he was rather averse to talk about because it awakened the sad reminiscence of his eifes death there was a small military post by the name of port fort mcrae now abandoned on the rio bio grande it was a wild looking spot and a dangerous one because the indians use it a great deal for driving their stolen eattle cattle across the river which is comparatively shallow and free from quicksand just at that point the river describes a semicircle semi circle about forty miles in diameter and on account of its banks being bordered by rocks thick bushes and ravines the teams cannot follow its course in that neighborhood but have to go across whit what is called cald the tornado Jor nado del buerte muerte 11 journey of death the road takes its name because so many horses and other stock and even men have perished there from want of water the military and their trains used to take large transportable water tanks for the men along with them and to travel at night so as not to be affected by the heat the animals however had to be unhitched while the soldiers were in camp and driven fourteen miles to the vicinity of fort mcrae and back ly in order to get a drink of water at the rio bio grande and thus be saved if possible from a miserable death there are hot springs within nine miles of fort mcrae and thither colonel pfeiffer went one day with his hir wife and an escort of about twelve soldiers while he was bathing the men were on the lookout for indians at the top of a rock about ten yards from the springs but the indians outwitted them and captured the lady while he had just time to seize his rifle and wade across the river without a stitch of clothing on knowing the indian character he calculated they would not kill hill his wife dimmed immediately abely but take her to their hiding places and make her do menial work he therefore made for the fort to give th the e al alarm a rm a and ir i d end nd reinforcements he was wa followed by the indians who sent arrows after him one of which entered his back with the end coming out in front in this condition and with the arrow in his body he ran fan until he reached an inclosure e of ro rocks 1 1 where he made a halt and defended d himself for several hours while the burning sun shown on his bare body causing intense pain he was known i by the indians as an excellent marksman and when they found could riot not get him out of without losing several of their number they gave up the they had no sooner left than he ran for dear life to t the be post nine miles away and at last reached it more dead than alive when the surgeon extricated trica ted the arrow the entire skin peeled off from his body from the effects of the scalding sun and he was at the point of death for almost two months ills his escort meanwhile went in pursuit of the indians who had captured hi wife and were almost within leach of them when the savages finding that the lady would be an jn cumbrance to them in their flight killed her on the spot and took to the bushes whenever new troops arrive at the frontier the savages make it a rule to test if possible the fighting qualities and efficiency in their own peculiar warfare since they have advantage of thorough knowledge of the country they are apt to get the better of the soldiers liers unless they are commanded by officers who have experience in infighting fighting the savages ahe 7 he overland monthly eating by bv the alphabet have you got anything here beginning with ak k good to eat inquired a new customer at a well known local delicacy market how will pickled kidneys answer replied 11 e d the clerk after a mom moments entla fah thought 0 first rate give me a dozen cans the kittens kitten Is life is ia saved exclia med the strange patron patro n with enthusiasm 1 I told my wife he continued that if I 1 failed to send home a kangaroo dead or alive before 2 I 1 should expect to find the kitten served up for supper in the latest chinese style but your happy thought saved her you see we all got tired eating the same things day after day and so last month we agreed that during december we would eat up or rather down the alphabet taking one letter aday a day with bread I 1 fo potatoes ta tea and coffee thrown in as staples so december the let we inaugurated the dietary system with a bill of fare consisting of apples in many forms apricots pickled asparagus almonds and the sta staples P les the next days menu was beef beets beete beans biscuits buttermilk bacon and bon bons the next day we feasted on chickens codfish calls clams celery cucumbers 20 cents each crabs cheese cakes crackers crullers crul lers carrots canned currants cur rante canned cherries cit rons cider catsup and candy and so it has g gone 0 ne on the fifth day would have been a fast day had it not been for eggs but amade an easter of it yesterday esterday xe we dined breakfasted and supped cupped chiefly on jellies today your kidney suggestion saved us from starvation while tomorrow we will grow fat on liver lamb lobsters lettuce etc A queer thing about our new food departure is the number of things it has put in our mouths which we never thought of before I 1 buffalo express the postage stamp myth for years past erAas th thereas been an idea in the minds of muy young people that there lives a man somewhere who will canceled postage stamps in replying to a youthful correspondent the syracuse herald says this canceled cel ed postage stamp myth for such it must really be called has been current among american juveniles for nearly twenty years in many households throughout the land it is believed in as unquestioningly as the hindmo devotee believes in brahma or as the mahometano Maho in the prophet of allah somewhere there is is a person eager and willing to pay 1000 for a million canceled stamps and in many places industrious collectors have been engaged in the fond endeavor to gather up the necessary million no one has ever stopped to inquire the meaning of a million or to figure for a moment how long a time it would take for one person to collect a million stamps an enterprising youth in search ot of stam stamps a would think if he got a gundru hundred a day he would be getting a great prize and yet at that rate it would take him nearly twenty eight years to gain the coveted million suppose he be could collect one thousand a day every day in the year it would still occupy nearly three years of his time and then it would take nearly as long a time to count them out to the person pay ing ng the money for them and there would be very little time left either for eating or sie sleeping e ping much less doing anything else in the way of daily duties thus it may be seen how foolish the idea is that with great industry a million stamps could be collected in many years and then recounted to a purchaser and yet lt it seems like something that could be accomplished A few years ago a pleasant story went the rounds of the papers telling how some young person eagerly 1 estrous desirous I of obtaining this 1000 for his education went the rounds of the business offices told his needs and gathered up all the stamps in hi innumerable numerable wastebaskets waste baskets in this way he obtained 1000 of stamps and as the story goes got the 1 1000 but if one critically examines the tale it will be seen what an impossibility it is to sever the stamps from the envelopes to count boua and bunch them would take a very large amount of time the most industrious worker could not possibly do this work at this rate of one stamp a minute but supposing he did do this it would only be be at the rate of sixty an hour or about a day for an ordinary day days a work at that rate it would take nearly five years to count them then if they had to be coun counted ted again to the purchaser it would take another five years diphtheria recipes dr deniker De riker of st petersburg who is the hea head d physician of the childrens children s hospi hospital tal and has treated no less than 2000 0 cases of diphtheria and tried all remedies both internal and alid external says that he has found the following a certain cure for the disease As soon as the white spots appear on the tonsils he gives a laxative usually senna tea when the purgative effect has ceased he gives cold drinks acids with lemons limes or hydrochloric acid and every two hours a gargle composed of limewater lime water and milk hot milk was also given as a drink and the throat well rubbed externally with spirits of turpentine the academy of medicines 14 france offered a large sum of money for a successful cure of diphtheria and this is the best obtained there equal parts of liquid tar and tor 00 are put in an iron pan and ana burned in the pat patients lents room the dense resinous smoke gives immediate relief the matter soon becomes detached and Is coughed up this is effective in au all cases of a moderately virulent typo dr deniker claims that his mecio has been even more SUCA reaching to the worst class of ceo both remedies are of suet such a cna cliar acter that they are not injurious used with ordinary care |