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Show 4 TIIS V7E2SLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE. UTAH MMHB am ttb Will nTTT Elor-- HENRT HOWLAND me doqtv w- - , E TO DISCOURAGE BROODY HENS LD Joaquin Murrietas burled gold Is growing restless In Its hiding place. One of the herders of El Tejon rancho came In pale and frightened the other night He had seen a ball of lighr fiickerl h g and dancing along the plateau of the Banderillos. He said It floated along the road in front him for a long time as though to V of lead him somewhere. Finally, it of the side the road; he stopped by hurried past and went home as fast as he could, Being a Gringo from Cincinnati, be thought It was a ghost Any Mexican vaquero would have recognized the sign. Such a light burnt over buried treasure nowhere else. Had he followed the light. It would probably have led him to the burled loot of old Joaquiu Jack, Tlburclo Vasques Murrieta, or some other one of the hundred bandlta who nfested the Tejon Pass and the Valley of the San Joaquin. Dick Turpin! And sir. they were bandits. A wretched piker! Dick Turpin and PoughlClaude Duval couldnt have got a job currying horses for Joaquin Murrieta. Don Joaquin waa, without doubt, the most terrible, bloodthirsty and successful bandit who ever held up a stage. . He was chief of 4 band that sometimes numbered nearly 4 hundred daredevils, and the treasure that he collected must have been enormous. An examination Into the events of his picturesque career would clearly Indicate that the sto--. riee of his burled gold are not mere vaqnero myths. He must have left treasure in considerable quantities cached somewhere In the vicinity of the Tejon ranch very likely In the Tejon There Are Many Ways of Breakinfl -- COMING i P0IIJRY Up Broodiness Coop With Slatted Bottom Is Excellent. end of the breeding scasoe- -- The seems to be the appointed time for hens to get broody. Earlier hTthe year when their services would have been most welcome great difficulty waa experienced in finding sufficient to sit on the desired number of eggs. August U too late for the utilizing of their broodiness, unless a few duck eggs be set under some of them. At this time, too, the scarcity of eggs makes It the desire of all poultry keepers to break up their "broodies" and have them laying again as coon as possible. There are many ways of breaking hens of broodlnesa, and the more ones such aa tying the hen up by one leg, throwing cold water over her, or making her stand in water should be forgotten and practiced no longer. The same and better results can be obtained by more human methods. Placing the hen In an ordinary coop, with a slatted bottom, and suspending the coop from the ceiling of the ... V Three-Fingere- d raacala thrtv whiu boneat n must toil for slender ruins, Tboujrh brass may talcs tbs fair rswards that should bs won by brains. Though Judges ohossa to apply and to defend tho laws , Kzsrt their cunning In tho task of finding little flaws, Keep on, oh ye that honestly pursue the upward way. Wrong never yet has managed to escape Its Judgment day. Tho Belshastars palace lies In dust and Car- - thnge Is no more, The aristocracy of France repaid In full with gore; A Stuarts bead fell from the block, no Stuart wears a crown; The walls that Infamy erect are sure to crumble down, They may sometlmea loom very high, their outlines may be grand. But always underneath them there Is only shifting sand. , ' bar-baro- . 'ass, Murrieta Is described as a very ordlnaryook-ln- g Though rascals, laughing at tho law, walk young Mexican at the time he began hla depout through prtson gatea. redations. He sometimes went by the name of Though Justice Is led far astray by cunning advocates. Carillo and many suppose that to have been his Though Judges serve the rascals ends real name. and scorn the publics right, He came up fromIexlco, wherehe was born, Though foul Corruptions slimy trails are everywhere In sight, st the time of the California gold 'excitement in The wrongs will have their ending In the 1849e With him came a beaytlful, young Spanish old, way; waa Roseta family. Her name Keep on, hope on. oh ye that serve to girl of a' high-bor7 haste the Judgment day. Fells. She and Joaquin settled in Stanislaus county and had begun washing the gravel for gold when the tragedy occurred that turned Murrieta Into the crudest-outlathe world haa known. At that time there were all manner of race riots through California as a result of the mining laws that had been passed. During one of these riots, Murrieta and his bride were driven out of the gold diggings with insult and indignity. thereafter, Joaquin, Shortly while riding a horse borrowed from his halt brother, was arrested and whipped as a horse CDOO OC2 w antl-forelg- thief. Lucky. ! am afraid, aald the doctor, after he had thumped the gentleman on the cheat and again and again tried hla pulse,'' that there la something radio-allwrong with your heart I dont want to acare you. but be careful about mailing to catch trains and dont hurry when you go upstairs. If you ara careful you may live for years. Still, if you have not made your will and arranged your affairs ao that they would be in good condition if you were suddenly taken off it might be well for you to attend to those matters. I would not tell you this If t did not feel that It was '--' Thank heaven ! "What do you mean?" Now, Ill have an effective excuse ' when lifelnsurance agents cometo see me and I wish to get rid of them in hurry. y v " t That Which Is Lova Thai is not Levs which baits To ask about ths way. Which stops, beholding faults. To lef calm reason sway. Is not Love which tries To see beyond the brink, - Which, ere- - It breaks tha ties, Sijs gravely down to think. That With black, murder In hla heart he took the road, and no one knows how many Innocent lives were sacrificed to wipe out the wrong done this Mexican peon when lashed to a tree at Murphys Diggings in Calaveras county that day when they took him from the borrowed horse. On account of the injustice of the egislatlon, there were hundreds of young Mexicans ripe for Joaquins picking and he soon col Chief ected a desperate band of as known were Manuel them Garcia, among Jack on account of a mutilated hand which had been wounded In the Mexican war; Reyes Felix, a brother of his bride; Claudio, Joaquin Valenzuela and Pedro Gonzales. Jack was a monster of vice and maniacal crueltyrHe seemed to take a special delight in murdering Chinese. On one occasion he rounded up six Chinamen on the road, auti-forelg- n cut-throat- s. Three-Fingere- d Three-Fingere- d tied their queues together and cut their throats one at a Ume laughing at the terrified yells of the living as the dying men struggled in their blood. Murrieta's hand ravaged Their main field of operations was through the San Joaquin valley. The say that the Btage that ran from Los Angeles to Stockton was held vf 0 many-timIn of Bakersfield that lt became an -- central California. old-time- rs es the-vicin- ity . ordinary and commonplace event. No road was safe and every traveler rode at the peril of his life. The solitary horseman, rounding a clump of chaparral, mss quite likely to hear the sing of When a foreign potentate or royalty of minor rank visits London for the first time, a clerk from the foreign office is usually detailed by the govat the door. I uw Dr. Pelletier down ernment to show him round. or, In official lanthe street and he told me you had or- guage, Jo act as the potentates visiting attache." dered him to send In his bill and never have acted on several occasions officially aa cross our threshold agatn." guide, counselor, and friend to a number of minor y The miserable old wretch!" she foreign roj al personages, and w hen doing so have panted, if I hadnt been so short of had some rather, abusing experiences. Iacied'as.attache'toPrlnce'LldJ breathy and could have had. a-- horseEyassau, of' whip handy Id have taught him a les- the Abyssinian royal family, a hen he came to son!" London some years ago. He was rather an awkWhy, my dear, Im aston , Tell ward sort of person to have to take charge of. me the truth! If he has dared to He had a habit when he went into a shop of pickmake love to you Ill thrash him with- ing up things to look at, and If they did not take in an Inch of his life. Ml " his fancy, of dropping them to the ground in It wasn't that oh. it was a thou- the most lordly and disdainful manner. The Horrible Doctor. What hat happened?" asked Mr. Busklrk as his agitated wife met him 1 sand times worse," she sobbed. He On one occasion we went into a dealer's shop told me I had fatty degeneration of In Bond street, where he took up an old Dresden the heart vase and, after looking at it critically for a few minutes, threw It to the ground. 1 made a'frantic Would Have Scaled the Price. but unavailing effort to catch it. The prince had What was the first thing the duke subsequently to pay 300 to the dealer for the "7aldafter you got 'started on 'your vase. Another gentleman I had the honor of escorting wedding trip?" "Let me see, said the happy duch- about London for & couple of weeks "was the Suless Oh yes, I remember now. He tan of Oran I went with him to a dinner party told me he loved me so, that he would given at one of the, embassies. All "have taken me even if papa had in- went well until the end of the dinner, when the sisted on not giving more than a mil- ambassador and his wife rose from the table. , lion." .. The chief guest then suddenly hit the table a resounding blow with his fist, and shouted out He Deserved It somethlngJn his native tongue, while his eyes apwas he expelled from the an peared to blaze with anger as he glared first at Why j -lOtBOhUe i - rd lub?" and host then For getting up at the banquet and So one seemed to know-- quite what to do. sajring ft another member that it,w Then, in a low undertone, the sultan explained when he took a 20 per cent grade o me in French be was endeavoring to thank his a tost for his hospitality, and the Incident ended clip that he w his spurs as a chauffeur." ccascci,v minor foreign potentates dho corns ) one-nig- ht -- 9 -- cut-throat- s. v g- -. hls-fto- st ...... -- ess-af- -- Coop for. Broody Hens.- - scratching pen about a foot above by wires or chains attached to the four corners haa been found efficacious. A gentle swing whenever en tering the pen will soon make the birds desirous of joining their more busy companions. A little Epsom salts given In a mash and an abundant supply of green food should be given. All foods which have -- the slightest tendency toward heat production, such as corn, meat scraps, etc, must be withheld for a few days. Take the bird In time. It Is practically impossible to break a hen after allowing her to sit on a nest for two or three days. rne-floo- r . It should always he remembered that In the ordinary course of nature a hen that haa laid persistently all winter and spring, demands a short rest, which broodiness glfea. ONE HOT WEATHER TROUBLE . -- POTENTATES AMUSE LONDON Love does not atay to heed Sane counsels of ths mind; That which la Lovelndeed, Is dsft as well as blind. U 7 Pedro Gonzales had been shot by an officer near Camuloa to prevent hla rescue 77BHRCTO VX3Q2&Z' from arrest by the bandits. The Tejon Indians, becoming enraged at some depredation that cona rlata through the air and feel the rope settling cerned them, had swooped down upon the banaround his shoulders with a jerk that dragged dits, stole their horses and whipped some of him from the saddler The baud of robbers that gang with lashes. thq, worked for Murrieta were unique In that the he wreaked a horrible revenge Although riata was their chief weapon the rtat and the against those who tried to capture him, he bowie knife. Many of Murrietas victims were made any attempt to punish these Indian dragged from the aaddle and had their. throats, never even the clothes from the gang. took who cut. General Bean of San Gabriel, who tried to orThere was seldom any parley with the victims ganize a movement against Murrieta, waa waynor any mercy shown. With Murrieta It was not laid on the road and murdered. A campaign only a queat of treasure hut a merciless war of town of was atartedagalnstJhe bandits Ja-t- he revenge against the Gringo. Murrieta had the water poiand Saw MfllFlat On one occasion Murrieta and hia men held np soned. a schooner on the river near Stockton and, murBut finally, Murrietas Nemesis appeared. He dering the crew, got away with $20,000. a Texas frontiersman, named Harry Love, waa In the firm discipline that he maintained over had come to Los Angeles to live. Hs or--, who his gang of Joaquin was comparable ganized a company of rangers from among the to Robin Hood. .Also like Jtobln Hood, all aorta daring horsemen of Los Angeles and went on a of stories of his Impudent daring and hla whimsystematic hunt for outlaws. sical kindnesses are told. Some of the stories. After various adventures and narrow escapea In fact, are very like the legends of Sherwood on both sides, the end came early one Sunday forest and the men In the Lincoln green. morning, July 25, 1853. Love and two or three Murrieta took all, sorts of reckless chances. companion! Were riding ahead of the mounted On one occasion one of his bandits was on trial ranger on the flats just west of Tulare lake In In a San Jose court. Murrieta had, shortly bethe San Joaquin valley. They came upon a small named a murdered fore, waylaid and gentleman company of Mexicans eating breakfast around a Samuel Harrington. Taking Harringtons pafire. camp pers, Joaquin went Into court, pretended to be Love asked them what they were dolhg and secured and false the Harrington, gave testimony one them of replied that they were on their way acquittal of his pal. He asked a further question of to Los Angeles. Another time, in Sacramento, a crowd stood one of the peons; whereupon a Mexican on ths a offered for the which at $5,000 poster looking lire the aide of other spoke np haughtily, saycapture cf Murrieta. - A Mexican pushed hla way I of this band; say what am leader the ing: on of the bottom through the crowd and wrote J you have to say to me. I will give $10,000 myself Joa the placard: 1 will speakXto whomever 1 please, retorted quin Murrieta; jumped on a horse and escaped. As might be imagined, the horror of Mu- - Love.- - Noticing that the Mexican had risen and was sidling over toward a saddle that lay on the rrietas Crimea roused a great hue and cry ground. Captain Love covered him with a rethroughout California. Hunted like wild animals, volver and told him to stand still for, there were Murrieta and his followers selected a dark revolvers ou the saddle- near the mouth of Tejon Pass for their While they were standing there, a ranger who headquarters and divided into three bands. knew Murrieta by sight came up. The recogniThe country, was becoming too dangerous for tion was mutual. Joaquin suddenly yelled for him to continue his work in. Claudio had been his men to escape as best they could. Leaping a Luis killed in Obispo. desperate battle at San on a horse without saddle or bridle, Murrieta had been hanged Felix, Joaquin's brother-in-law- . went headlong over a bank and down Into a ravine, Jandlng in a tumbled heap at the bottom. Neither his horae nor himself waa hurt, however. Scrambling to their feet, they atarted off at a dead run down the canyon. One of the rangers' had followed them. His horse had fallen also. Without attempting to remount, he took careful aim and shot Murrietas horse as It ran. here neglect to make proper arrangements about The outlaw leaped from the falling horse and continued hla retreat on foot By this time half having money advised to them from their native a dozen, rangers .were following - him. - Three country to London, and, as a result, find themselves in considerable financial embarrassments time as they fired, he was seen to hesitate and when they get here. reel; then run on again. One last shot and he Some years ago a prince of the reigning family stopped. of a minor European state arrived In London for Dont Turning, he raised his hand and aald: a short visit without a penny. shoot any more, the work 1 done.".- Hs stood for ... .The attache,-- howererwho was commissioned ' V minute with weakening limbs; then he sank to look after him, brought pawnbroker to the slowly to his right side, his head upon his arm. hotel where the prince waa staying, who advanced Wicked old Joaquin Murrieta was no more. An1,000 on the princes Jewels, which lasted the other pursuing party overtook and killed Jack. One of the bandits eacaped-an-d prince until fye obtained money from his own drowned himself In the San Joaquin river. Ancountry, fortunately only a few days later. One of the most amusing 'incidents I remember other was murdered by Mexicans who were In connection with my experiences as a visiting . afraid he might reveal to the authorities their attache was when I took the then crown prince connection with the band. of Slam to a great society bazaar. The prince -Murrietas head was cut off and. until the San Francisco earthquake, was on exhibition in a muevidently did not understand, though I tried to seum in San Francisco. explain to him. that the ladles selling at the bazaar vjere persons of high rank. At the time of his death Don Joaquin waa preA few minutes after he entered the bazaar aev-paring his grandest coup. He Intended to collect . all . his booty, and mar?b his - men openly; . eral greal Jadies approached Jifm. asking. blm Jo One of these was a like an army. Into Mexico. The buy some of their wares. assert duchess. Tell these women to kneel when they that he had hls loot cached In the Tejon for 'this address me,he said to me in broken French. The and that It la still there. Ismael Ramirez says that he spent three ladies, who understood him. promptly did ao, and 50 off the prince-he-- , succeeded In' taking about months looking for the buried gold. On rslny fore they rose. Nothing on earth could, night he' saw the mystic light 5kering underconvince the crown prince ot the high rank neath an old oak tree bach 1 the ruins of Fort of the saleswomen. Tejon. He carefully nsteo the location. Intending to dig at ths teScated apot the next morning. Whan hs rvat thers at down, however, he found Getting orders. a rancher had also seen the light Ramlrez l found an enormous hole and a great iron kettle 'Manager Well, how many orders did " from whlb you get yesterday? the rancher had taken $30,000 In New Salesman I got two orders in one place. Business ManagerThats the stuff! What According to all reports the light has begun were they? to dance and flicker again around the Tejon, New Salesman One was to get out and the ready to gulde some one to-tuneasy gold of ether was to staj out Cornell Widow. the arch and bandit, Joaquin, Murrieta. In Los Angeles. -- When Diarrhea First Makes Its Appearance It May Be Checked by Use of Charcoal. . (By H. BT SPECK.) Diarrhea is one of the most common hot weather troubles in poultry of and when Jtlmakes:: it : first appearance, charcoal freely fed may check or control the disorder. Di-- " arrhes may be due to food or drinking water being foul with droppings or other filth; to feeding Impure, musty and moldy food; to overheat--lng- ; to feeding In dusty, musty or moldy litter; to unclean quarters and lU-gg- e. dampness; to overfeeding on meat food or feeding applied meat; to eating poisoned substances or to indigestion from any cause. The first thing to do when diarrhea makes its appearance to find ths cause and remove it Drinking from filthy pools In unclean runs after a sudden shower, or drinking barnyard seepage Is a common cause of diarrhea in hot weather. Three-Fingere- d old-time- rs get-awa- y how--eve- r, r . he cut-thro- at Watch the grit box. Keep all your houses wide open - . day and night. Dont crowd your birds. Give them all the range yon can. See that your little chicks have plenty of shade and water. Sell the rooster andbny an alarm dock. - Its more useful now. Wheat and oats are better hot weather feeds than com and Kafir. Dont forget to keep down the lice;-Jua little gTease on top of chicks head is good. Be sure to store away some clover or alfalfa hay this summer for the layers la cold weather. cost stock 1 bo The of pure-breso prohibitive but that it may be bad by all wha raise poultry, Dont forget to sprinkle lime on 1 drop boards, not too much, for It hard on the chickens feet The water Teasel now needs a h alter from the sun Instead of better under 1L Warm water la no better la t d a summer than in winter as a drinks st |