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Show go Aim- - STORIES of Ghe STREET Toboggan on the Grass From the New York Time. Patrick Mullen, a miner ,was killed In the Mountain Con. mine at Butte by a fall of rock, The record for large sales of wool were broken at Great Falls, Mont., last week, when a Boston buyer took 1,000,000 pounds at 2'i'& cents, j John P. Walker, a pioneer of Oregon of 1852, Is dead at Portland, of paralysis, aged 7C years. Mr. Walker was a pioneer millman of Portland-establishinone of the first mills U the northwest In that city In 1869. The work of driving plies In the railway bridge at Burley has been (completed and the work of layln( track on the south side of the rivet lias begun. The grade Is completed to within a mile of Twin Falls, The secretary of the Interior will "very soon advertlso for bids for construction of the Pathfinder dam and auxiliary works to Impound the flow lof the North Platte river at a point about fifty miles southwest of Casper, Wyo. A negro Is held at Miles City, Mont., Ifor the murder of a girl two weeks ago i Little Falls, Minn. When captured y Sheriff Savage of Montana the first ithlng the negro asked was whether iSavage had heard of the Little Falls killing. ; It Is estimated that from four to six weeks' time wll be occupied In clearing the Edson cut (In Wyoming) ;of the great mass of rock which during the great slide last week, and which held up the Union Pacific trains for four days. An unknown tramp was struck by a Union Pacific train near Cheyenne, but bad a miraculous escape from scrl-- . ous Injury and death. He fell asleep on the track and was picked up bodily by the rapidly moving train and thrown to one side of the track. Ur. W. Clarke of Portland, Ore., has been retained by the Cheyenne, Wyo., board of trado, Cheyenne city council and board of commlssloncra of Laramie county to direct extensive dry land farming experiments, which are to he made In that vicinity during the coming summer. The Pomeroy flour mills, at rome-roWash., a landmark of Garfield county, together with f 10,000 worth of grain and flour, has been destroyed by fire. Loss on the mill, 125,000. Origin of the (Ire Is not known. The Alien hotel was considerably damaged by water, ! A passenger train ran Into a gang of about fifty Japanese workmen at Beowawe, Nevada. The train literally plowed Its way through the men, killing two and Injuring several The accident was unavoidable, the train suddenly rounding a curve and striking the laborers before the englneor had an opportunity to slow down. All of the buildings on the west side of the Main street at the old mining (town of Quigley Mont., were burned last week. There wero several stores, komea and saloon buildings among thoso burned, nearly all of which have been vacant since the mining camp closed down some years ago. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Immediate cause of the collapse of the largo Cory hospital building at Cheyenne, has been traced to the whlstlo of the Union Pacific shops. The prime cause of the collapse was about 100 tons of snow which had accumulated on the roof of the structure, hut the immediate cause was the wibration of tho air occasioned by (the blowing of the whistle, which has la powerful and terrifically deep tone. Frightened by an automobile, a team f horses tore up the hitching post to whloh they were tied in Lewiston, Mont., and dashed down Main street, running over three children, who were Marlon playing on the sidewalk. Burke, aged 3 years, was Instantly (killed. i Missoula, Mont., will be a "closed jtown" from now on. If the Instroo-ttlon- a Issued to the county attorney by the county eomnilslsonor are fulfilled. Gambling has been running wtdo open for several months, but the Imperative jordcr was Issued last week to close all games. ! James Neary, a freight conductor, iwas killed by a passenger train at Hillings, Mont. Neary was checking up his freight train preparatory to rulllng out. and did not see the passenger. which came along at a rapid jute. although his train crew tried to Varn him. ! City Marshal Lucy shot and Killed Earnest ltlckey. a bnrtcmler, at Prairie City, Ore. Two of tho oceupants of ithe saloon commenced to quarrel ami jatcy told them to stop. Hlckmnn tried to prevent Interference by the annrshal. who shot at the bartender With fntal effect. ' John McLeod, who had lived In Washington longer than any other white man. died on tho 29th at his Jiome, eight miles southeast of Stella-(tootHe cstuo to Washington as an employee of the Hudson Bay company In iSr.g. and would have been Inety years old on Thursday. IdT, vrns Frits Ieleny, fit years found burned to a crisp In the remains of his cabin, destroyed by fire, In the A outskirts nf Bellingham. Wash. gun near hr had evidently been fits-barged, The officers are uncertain a to whether the cn was one ct suicide or murder. One-hal- f the worlds coasters doesn't the season advances, becomes stiff know how the other half coasts. The and sleek, like wire polished with Canadian has his toboggan, the mounsand. In this state, beginning usually taineer his ski, the rustic easterner In the latter part of May, the foxtail his home-madsled for ankle-deemakes of every hillside upon which snow In zero weather, the city hoy his It appears an unrivaled coasting track. wheeled coaster for paved streets, but June Is the Ideal month for Sometimes the grass is not here, on tho hillsides of suburban San Francisco, a boy may coast without dry enough in May, sometimes It has snow, without a cement walk or an been spoiled for later months by asphalt street without even a roastFourth of July fires, but almost any er. All he needs Is to mount a piece June day, If you will walk about the t, of ltoard on the top of a hillside slopes of Bernal Heights or of where there Is a vacant lot covered you may find boys enjoying with dry "sticker grass,' and away this sport either singly or In groups. he goes like a sandbag out of a bal- Occasionally a long board starts down loon, whooping, screeching In wild a precipitous descent, with a sturdy excitement and boundless Joy. steersman In front and a row of other It Is a dangerous sport, but no boy boys squat ter along upon Its entire loves It less for that. Even full grown length. On the downward flight some men have been known to break faith of the coasters are usually spilled, bewith life Insurance companies, forget ginning, commonly, with the one seattheir duty to housemates given them ed farthest badk. Often I have to keep their trousers In order and watched them and I have never seen throw themselves for a mad hour Into one of these courageous youngsters this Intoxicating frolic. seriously hurt. Sometimes the board Foxtail grass, or sticker grass," as strikes a stone, swings round and seIt Is commonly called, Is the terror of lects a new course, as If it were a The seed head of foxtail living thing.-SaFrancisco gardeners. Is borne on a rod like stem that, as e by. I never been lilt by er automobile. Nor I. ml gol watches for de crooks Fair-moun- Took Payment in Lives Chief among the stock owuers was John Chisholm, whose brand was on thousands of range cattle. Billy worked for Chisholm a short time, but soon he bad his Inevitable quarrel with his employer. It was over a question of wages, Billy claiming that Chisholm had not squared their account, Ouly the fact that Chisholm g was surrounded by a gunrd of cowboys, with reputations as killers," kept him from assassination when he and the young desperado As It was, Billy managed parted. finally to exact a terrible penalty from Chisholm. It is more than likely that the Kid swore his vendetta against Chisholm and other cattle owners Elm-pl- y as a matter of course Instead of a punctilious affair of principle. Billy would naturally take sides with the rustlers, who were making life miserable for honest men In Lincoln county. Be soon became a loader of the desperate crew and was In the thick of many of the deadly encounters that took place during the course of the war," It is estimated that he put a round dozen of notches on his gun handle during this fiercest hard-flghtln- How of range feuds, every notch representing a human life. Two of his victims were a sheriff and his deputy, who had driven him and part of his gang Into an adobe house. One day the Kid turned up at one of the Chisholm cow camps. He had not forgotten his old feud 'with the cattle king of the Tocos. Three of the cowbojs were at a fire cooking supper and twenty yards away Barrett Howell was hobbling a cow pony. Billy rode up to Howell and asked him If he worked for John Chisholm. On being answered In the affirmative, the Kid shot the cowboy through the head at the same time crying In his voice, Well, theres your pay." x The cowboys at the fire sprang to their feet as they saw their comrade fall, but Bills revolver spoke twice more and two of them fell dead. Then, covering the remaining cowboy with his revolver, Billy shrilled this message: You tell John Chisholm he owes me money. Ill credit him with $5 on the bill every time I kill one of his men. If I kill him the account Is wiped out." Outing. high-pitche- d Soldiers Fight Jap In the grand assault commencing the Immortal Ninth regiment of the Japanese army was ordered to cross tho field to the foot of the slope on which lay, dead and dying, many of the men of the regiment which had gone before. The colonel, Takagagl, surveying the task set for his regiment, sent back a report that It was not feasible. The brigade-general- , Ichfnobe, replied hotly that one regiment was enough to take one battery. Takagagl stepped out of the ravine, In which he had been seeking shelter, at the head of his command. Before, he had been marching, as colonels usually do, In the rear, while his led the advance. Now, ho leaped forward up the slope, out In front of his men. A dozen paces from the ravine he fell with four bullets through his breast The lieutenant-colone- l took up the lead and was shot a few yards farther on. The majors were wiped out. Every captain but one went down. The last captain, Nashlmoto, in charge of D company, found himself, at length, under the Aug. 19, line-office- Chinese wall with seventeen men. t Looking clown upon the plnln, protected for the moment from the sharpshooters above, with that handful of heroes, a mile and a half In advance of the main body of the Japanese army, he grew giddy with the success of his attempt. Of a sudden he concluded that he could take Port Arthur with his seventeen men. He started In to do It. There was only the wall ahead the wall and a few machine guns beyond, the city itself a five minutes' run would have brought him to the citadel. He Braled the wall and fell across It his back . Eight of his men got over, scaling the height beyond, called Wangtal, or the Watch Tower, a place to which the Russian generals formerly rode on hoiseback to survey the battlefield. On this slope, for three months. In full sight of both armies, the eight lay rotting. The Russians referred to them as The Japanese Garrison," "Hell at Tort Arthur, by Richard Barry, In Everybodys Magazine.. sflell-swep- bullet-broken- Northward sun Vnder the blah That make the shin and shallow one, ftmn the fort. I aatl away the noonday sun. Iiooma aullt-hl- The rapture of the southern ekle The wooing of the southern wind. a, The odorou atri thin and fine. The sparkling wave like emerald shine, The lustre of the coral reef Gleams whltely through the tepid brine. Mow And glitter oer The jeweled ring Where genernua Of ripened bloom the liquid miles of verdant tele. Nature hold her court and aunny ainllra. Enetnrtured by the faithful Inviolate garden load the hreeie, Whete The pennant Haunt Enthroned In tlaht In lonely majesty Blueses the tele lllgh-prlcof the g I know that In the snow-whit- e pine The tome Note fire of freedom hlnes. And fain for thl I leave the land Where endle summer prank the vine. O strong, free North, so wise ami brave! O South, too lovely for a slave! Whv read e not the ehangele truth M.tv tlod upon these cocoa-tre- shining sand t.ove and Victory elaiplng hand. And Freedom banner wave In peso Kolever oer the readied land! Ei mt e. and bathed and palm I hear ih m talkin' 'bout de trouble ft elm no ei.li i'. An I s very grateful dat I afar ain't I never hmi bomb shells flyln aroun. Nor held a pos'otllce In a Tennessee town ain't complainin', though Is free to say Durs a heap o pie an' 'lasses nevef .ome I my way; Is doin' all right If you doesnt git distributed wif dyna- mite. Washington Star. But in dese yere days you Insurance for Everything. How many kinds of insurance are there? asks a correspondent of the Insurance Press. By a coincidence we received In the same mail the business card of an enterprising local Insurance agency in a Western city, which claims to have on sale "all kinds of Insurance and bonds." Here Is the Western agency's list: Fire, life, safe, rents, theft, credit, patent, marine, tornado, accident, burglary, sprinkler, lightning, plate glass, transportation, tourists baggage, bank and messenger robbery, tailors and furniture floaters, physicians and druggists liability, travelers samples, fidelity, official, guaranteed attorneys department, contract, judicial and court bonds, teams, health, postal, elevator, casualty, flywheel, leaseholds, automobile, contingent. steam boiler, landlords liability, use and occupancy, employers liability, workmen's collective, liquor deak ors license, general liability, holdup Insurance, hank accounts. Insurance Press. Who Owns the Pearl? A very strange case has come before the German courts. A woman in a restaurant found in one of the oysters served her a pearl, which has been variously valued at from $5i0 to $750. The proprietor claimed that this was his property, the woman refused to give it up. and the courts were asked to decide who was the lawful owner. The restaurant keeper argued that bones and shells are by traditional custom left In the restaurant by its patrons, and that these articles furnish a source of profit to the proprietor. Whether or net tlie courts will take his view of the matter Is a question yet to be decided. If they do, and the woman had swallowed the pearl, It is argued that she could have been arrested for larceny. The question has provoked much lively discussion In Gorman legal circles, for It has no parallel In German courts, possibly none In those of any other couutry. taking dinner Poor Man Rare Art Treasure. A remarkable collection of prints is owned by a Welshman, who earns a modest living by selling milk from a harrow in the west end of London. For years this humble vendor has devoted his little spare capital to the purchase of colored engravings, of which he has one of the finest collections In London. His treasures are said to be worth over 5.000, and Include one specimen of Morland's Girl and the Tigs, signed by the artist, and works by Joshua Reynolds, Barto-lozzBuck and Baxter. His wife constantly reproved him for spending his money on pictures, hut now that she realizes their value, she exclaims, Why did he waste all his time sell-in- g ha'porths of milk?" i, Saved at Last Moment At Allnrttlng. In Bavaria, there ha Just taken piaee the almost unique event of the death penalty being respited almost at tho very hour fixed for Its execution. The condemned person was a man named Allmanse-dor- , convicted of the murder of an old woman and a boy, who had on tho day preceding that fixed for his excru-tlolodged an appeal, naming a tho real murderer another person named Huber, who, he ald, had been convicted of another offense at a tint und place stated. The appeal court hating verified this fact, sent an order to suspend the execution, and the order was received at a few minutes before the hour. n The free can compter hut to ave? like of the For here oer Nature' wanton hloom Full far and mar the shade of gloom, I'aet from the hovering vulture-winOf one il.it k thought of woe and doom. to Heal; grass-coastin- , y, p A Ragtime Philosopher, complainin, cause I cant deny Liar's a heap o' trouble Cat tiae pass me aint I In halm. with waving hand eterqal calm. And here. In that triumphant hour. Hhall touting Itcnutv wed with Tower: And hluehliig Ittrth ml smiling eg Tft Northward with an equal mind iteer my course, and leave behind In dalliance deik the bridal Power. John Hay. 1 World Is Narrowing Down Where are the forbidden cities of our youth? Samarcand, which Arml-nlu- t Vatnbory could only penetrate in disguise at the risk of hi life, has become familiar as a household word. Khiva, the whilom Inviolate, can be Visited by any traveler who can get laced by tho governor-genera- l hi paport of Russian Turkestan. Mertr, tho historic entrepot of an oasis once Inaccessible, I now a Russian railway station. IJiasa has been unveiled br the Younghnsband expedition. Anybody can go by rail from Joppa to Jerusalem, and the day Is not fur distant when the Iron horse will run snorting past the tomb of Mohamirtl at Medina, and laud passenger wlTfi-Ieyeshot of the Black Stone of Mec n ca. The Sultan Abdul Hamid, acting as Commander of the Faithful by of the title transmitted to him by the last Abba-oddCaliph, tuts authorized and helped to finance the construction of a railway from Unmnscti to the holy cities of Islam. Already the line has been pushed from the old- st continuously Inhabited city on earth southward through Syria to a point near Petra, which was so long a frontier fortress of the Roman empire, which command (he road from Asia to Egypt, and which I than a hundred mllea distant from the Gulf of Akahah. the most easterly of the two ba which protrude like prong from the head of the Red Sea. Hap per Wekly. vlr-tor- e s ls Rainbow by Moonlight In Transvaal. J. McCrae, writing from Pretoria. In the Transvaal, describes a lunar rainbow which he observed one night recently after 10 o'clock, and ask if any one else has ever seen such t thing. Tho condition were these: After a heavy thunderstorm, traveling from wet to ent. a bright quarter moon shone brilliantly almost overhead To tho east the clouds were still heavy and dark, and In that direction there appeared a perfect rainbow. The arc of the bow was low. It appeared a a gray band, with a certain suggestion of color, against the dark leaden ky. Valuable Foatll Pound. valuable lchthyoanrlan fossil, discovered In the middle tre. sic limestone of Nevada. I drsrrlhed In a geological bulletin from tho uni-u shown the anterior orslty half of the vertebral column, one side of the pectoral arrh, the firt two s. g. menta of a rcctoral limb and mart 7 the ent're rknlh It la raid that the type of ilinb -the present specimen more live than any vet dtcovercd." arr)m. fact which mnke the discovery one of th greatest Interr-- t A prr. x Many tales are told of the highhanded action of county courts, but none equal? the story of the court of Maury county, Tenn., which abolished the Chancery court of the division at the Instance of Senator Carmack. Carmack himself was once a member of the Maury county court, and every farmer, no matter how far In the backwoods he may live, knows Carmack, and calls him Ned. While visiting Columbia, the capital of the county, during a recess of Congress, Carmack, then a representative, strolled Into the county court room, where the quarterly court was in session. He took a seat In a corner and listened to the country orators. A bill was presented for the Chancery window shades for courtroom. Instantly an excitable justice was on his feet. em Darn the Chancery cote. shades. pay for their own window That cote ain't nothin hut an expense nohow. During his torrent of Invective against the offending body, Carmack scribbled a few lines in a notebook and gravely handed the sheet of paper to one of the Solons sitting near him. When the orator finished Carmack's neighbor arose and presented the following resolution: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this court that the Chancery court is a useless expense and burden to the county. Therefore be it resolved that it be declared and is hereby abolished. One or two of the justices looked at Carmack suspiciously, hut the resolution was put to vote and carried with enthusiasm by an overwhelming jority. ma- Thomas F. Somers brings a tale from his old home In New England of and old lady who cannot resist the or that you were wrong, but want so much to show you what old Blackstone was. I The Rev. Fisher Howe Booth Tenafly, N. J., tells the following I5 on one of New. Yorks prominent gymen who Is noted as a reform'. Recently stopping at a certain kl ern city where Sunday is not . rigidly observed, the New York di was called upon to address the gregation of the church of a broth ministerial friend. The New York clergyman was tied by several intoxicated ind;vf als on his way to church Sun morning: the theater box offices t selling seats for widely advert!. Sunday afternoon and evening formances; the saloons, billiard ha' bowling alleys and shooting gall and stores were open and doing large business, one saloon in parti, lar being unusually well patron!?-bthe male Inhabitants, in the dow of which the visiting mlnist-wshocked to see a large sign, prot lnently displayed- - bearing the wort We Need No Mother Here. When he rose to address the et: gregation his face was very longt very grave, and In substance-h- e, marked sadly that he had beengm ly pained to note how the inhabitat of the beautiful, thriving Westenu les desecrated the Sabbath day. And, he continued severely, "j to state that, for all I ha visited a number of towns In them, Ing region, It has remained for me' receive my greatest shock on tt beautiful Sunday morning in this lot ly municipality of yours. Ah, my V loved hearers, the drink evil is ba enough; but I fear for the future. Ihe town In the window of one i whose largest ginmills is allowed ' remain the sign: ' We Need No Mother Doctor, whispered liis minister:; friend, tugging at his coattail, at smile spread over the congregatk and there was an audible titter fror the rear pews, they are exhibiting new incubator in there. p, temptation of buying from peddlers. Her grandson has been studying the history of Luther, and the naughty youngster hurriel In to her one day with the news that John Tetzel was In the kitchen and wanted to sell her some indulgences. "Dear me! Wait till I find my glasses, she said, as she dropped Bishop Potter tells a story of i her knitting. I'm sure I need some young minister who came to grid right away." The small boy stayed while delivering his first sermon. He had dressed under a great da away until late that night, but he found the old lady of excitement previous to enteric; fit sitting up with a rhurrh. and neglected to fastejln slipper. necktie down behind. The other day my boy Dave, who During the course of his sermalt Is very fond of pels, came into tie gradually slipped up over hit (A possession of a small turtle, perhaps six lar, until nearly everyone in the z or seven Inches In diameter." said a gregation noticed his predicament at resident of Flatbush. Af- smiled radiantly at the situation. Cor ter much patient care Dave trained eluding his remarks, the young mir the turtle to carry a small string in Ister, sparring for an opportunity us join his mouth. By means of this string adjust the tip, said: "Let , and judicious prodding he succeeded singing Hymn No. 58. In driving the new pet In a He had announced the hymn at rr fairly dom, not knowing the nature of t! straight direction. A few evenings ago I had a little word. The congregation turned party at my house, and a number of the hymn, then gave a gasp, andner friends came over from Manhattan. ly strangled. The party lasted until 12 o'clock, and The hymn read: Blest he the persuaded some of the boys who that hinds." lived in New York to stay all night. Col. "Abe" Gruber tells this story Tho next morning we all ovprslept Not long ago, waiting for a ourselves, and didnt get up until 9 mine to be tried, I listened tot oclock, which was the time most of us should be In the office over In New lawyers who were very much excite rk. Well, we all hustled around over a certain legal argument. Mi to get away, and my wife sent Dave tors went to such a pitch that tl to the store for some peaches for began to call each other names. 'You're an ass, said one attorse breakfast, taking particular pains to Youre a liar,' was the prompts Impress upon him how necessary It was that he should go and come In tort. "Then the Judge said: 'Now thi the greatest hurry. He listened atcounsel have Identified each otic and then tentively darted away from to the dispute1 the house like an arrow from a how. kindly proceed " points.' minutes Twenty passed. No Dave. A half hour; then The other afternoon a tired pro Everybody on pins and needles. At of women were listening to a fie last one of the hoys could stand It no concert" In one of the dcparW longer, and he went down the street stores where the virtues of a ccrtali In search of Dave. About four blocks piano player are demonstrated. away he came across the aforesaid. On this particular occasion a With the hag of pearlies under his haired young man had usurped tb arm, and a long stlrk In his hand, place of the mechanical device at tt Dave was absorbed In the delicate piano. operation of guiding that confounded Perhaps extreme physical wearing turtle toward the house. Induced by shopping may blunt tk sense of humor, but at any rnte Senator Depew was stretched on a seemed to bo quite amuse In sofa his New York home the other at the by the speetaele evening nursing a strained shoulder ful young man aspresented he played awnywl'-- l paused by a had fall while running a huge sign reading, "Nearest Hum for a train. An enthusiast of Chris- of Any Piano Player" hanging J' tian Sclenre who hnd milled suggested over his head. that ho try that treatment to stop the pnln. The visitor was describing When one Chicago member of tb some remarkable "deinonstmtlons" House waa leaving Washington upon friends of his. other day he waa Importuned by Were you t vrr healed through It? man with a Swedish cast m counts Inquired the senator. nance who told a hard luck story. No," was the reply. tmt a dear re, had been telling the same hard loo atlve of mine was. He had an acute story, with variations, to other I ease me. I cant rememnols congressmen, hut this partlruii ber the disease. What U It that Chicago member did not know 11 0s rM-'- e a in an to have a swelled of the kindness of his heart he autk lead? rlzed tho to ba Hatter", somethin a." was the sen- editor of astranger, claiming tot Scandinavian paper, ator's quirk reply, eupy Ids room at the uotel durlnf b absence. A story Is told of B certain Justice The next day the man of the S' of tho ptace in a Western town a dish rust of countenance was abri very self sufficient person-w- ho pre. right nnd early working other F1 vloos to trial of n nemo had reached Illinois people. He tried Senator H f a conclusion ns t of nw kins. who. however, hnd been highly satisfactory toq,ietn himself, J p!of hint. Tills time refused to eMerinln nn argument bv d for money hao'f to g"t enough the opposing counsel, Chicago, He1 said he had If your honor plea es," router! from New York and become etrar.de pleaded, I should like to rite a few Did you any you were In New W authorities upon the 1P, Clmn. p,,nt." before yosterdnyr aatd the lay sel wa sharily Interrupted ,y the ' tor. Justice, who stated: Yea," replied the rngrant. The court know the law and Is Whnt was the weather over tw thoroughly adri-.rtn the It that ha given Its opin'., n nnd pre,,,! day?" that settu The question embnrrnssed himuttered something Indistinctly "M'nue.l Counsel, -- Jot found an cxcuso for d'T1 quickly an Idea of mni luring your heal tof- Ib-rc.- well-know- three-quarter- ' 1 nf-.f-- denr the-stran- - |