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Show r. K. $ In this hot BAD MAN WHO WAS THB TERROR OP KANSAS POTTER, Publisher. MonuPrivate Orarajari to Han ment Eractad to Ills Uamory at he recovered and reformed. It was- quite a surprise to the comWichita If oar Ho Died. munity when Jack anounced himself a candidate for sheriff of Sedgwick Wichita Letter.) county at the election in the fall of One of the most noted cowboys and 1870. To every man from whom be bandits who ever drew a gun on an en- sought a vote he said: emy is it is said, lo have a monument "If I am elected sheriff of this county erected to him in West Wichita. He is there will be no more horses stolen Jack Ledford, who fell in West Wichi- around these parts." ta in 1871, while fighting a whole comOf that the citizens were well aware, pany of regular soldiers. Already Led- and they elected him. Shortly after his ford's friends have raised 300 for the election the governor ruled that the monument, and soon work will be be- election had not been conducted propgun to erect a shaft bn the very spot erly, and appointed the officers then in d, where Ledford fell. to fill the next term. Jack was roba was Ledfofd to back war not go but he did During the civil scout under Gen. Phil Sheridan. At bing. Later he married the Vigus girl, and Springfield, Mo., he got Into a fight with some of the opposing slue, and the wedding was a matter of much imkilled .six without stopping to reload portance in Wichita. The bandit, under his revolver. Then he made for the the gentle rulings of his wife, comMissouri river and under a heavy fire pletely reformed, even to drinking. swam to the Kansas side. After that he Their life would have went on very quit scouting and turned 'outlaw. His smoothly, perhaps, had it not been for headquarters were in the Arkansas the coming of Sam Lee, a former river bottoms,' near Wichita, and his sweetheart of Agnes'. He found that a field of operations along the line of big reward was offered for Ledford, but the southern stage coach route, run- the officers at Fort Harker did not ning from Fort Sill to Wichita. Once know his whereabouts. Lee informed government them and secured 32,000. he held up a train alone, and rifled the mail bags. of Thu Killing of Ledford. thousands of dollars. He was the origHarger, of Company B, Sixth Capt. inal lone bandit who has in late years United States Infantry, with a full thrived in the wilds of Arizona. quota of men, came to Wichita one Handy wltb the riatolu. morning In July, 1871. They found Jack Ledford always carried two revolvers in a room playing billiards. He was orwith him, and could hit the mark ev- dered to come out, but refused. Finally ery time. One of his favorite tricks one soldier slipped in the rear of the was to take a revolver in each hand, room and shot him. in the back. This and twirling them around, snap the enraged the fighter and he ran out into hammer between the cartridges, all the street, fighting with two pistols. the while pointing the muzzle in the He killed four of them before he was face of a friend. It was great sport for disabled. When removed to the hotel, him, but a single slip of the finger he inquired how many he had killed. would have put the bullet in his In a few days Ledford died. On his refriends bead. Luckily he was sure of volver butts were found 52 tacks, the trigger. Another feat was to Bhoot which, his intimate friends Bald, indithe nails out of the walls of saloons cated that he killed that number of and allow the costly paintings to crash men. Bat measuring nearfy five feat from tip to tip of their wings hare found In a care near Tanga. In Bast Africa. . . been disused. India is rapidly becoming an Important factor In the coal market. The output last year was nearly 40 per cent In excess of that of the year before, and a still further increase will be seen this year. Exportation of coal from Ish dla has already begun. The coal is found over wide areas. ehampionship was won by Signor "maltre This Monferrito. d'armes Is only twelve years old. He fought the most celebrated Italian fencers and beat them all. He used to be the fencing room assistant of the celebrated fencer Sartori, and he :has now succeeded in vanquishing his rs former employer and man other of the art. At-til- past-maste- A NEW - the century mark. The submarine Narval, convoyed by g torpedo boat Zouave, has serltaVf Tetuned tdJCherbourgfA'om 'ry deep-se- a trials. These trialsa extended over a period of fifty hours, and were eminently satisfactory. Rough weather caused great Inconvenience to the torpedo boat, but the Narval sank out of the rough surface water and remained below In perfect security. Five times she torpedoed the Zouave, and on her return to port it was found that she still had a sufficient supply of oil on board for twelve hours consumption, although she had steamed from Cherbourg to St. Lo and back. the sea-goin- The statue of the late Empress Elizabeth recently unveiled at Goidollo Castle, a seat of Emperor Francis Joseph, near Budapest, is a bronze figure of more than life size on a high pedestal in Gothic style. She is represented tn a walking costume, such as she nxM frequently wore at Jodollo; in one hand a sunshade, in the other a few wild flowers, and she appears to be resting after one of her long excursions. Her head is crowned only with' rich pleats of hair. The figure Is the work of the Hungarian sculptor Rons, and stands in a part of the park mast frequented by the empress. it is hard to realize that the bootblack is an Invention of the last yet he is now celebrating in London the fiftieth anniversary of his appearance. He came upon the scene in 1851, the year of the great exhibition in London, the first of the "worlds fairs." The city was full of visitors from all parts of the world, and the problem of the street Arab was a serious one. Mr. Macgregor of the famous Rob Roy canoe suggested that the boys g be organized into a great made himBelf the first brigade, and he box for holding the "kit, the model of those still in use. Idlers Jeered the boys at first, and sometimes stoned them, but the public found their services so convenient that the trade was profitable. It has prospered ever since, and is now, if not one of the learned professions, at least one with a his- half-centur-y, boot-blackin- tory. r man, convicted on a of wilfully neglected "having charge to supply a dumb animal a horse with the necessities of life," and sentenced to pay the costs, told the Judge that he might have the horse for the fine, but the magistrate insisted upon getting the money, A Baltimore 31-4- The most'curlous cemetery is situated at Luxor, on the Nile. Here repose the mummified bodies of millions of sacred cats. Their remains are side by side with the bodies of king and emperors in mausoleums. , At Kawanaka. a tiny spring near Ikao, in the province of Joshu, Japan, the bathers stny lo the water a month with a stone in their laps to prevent thenyfrom floating in their sleep; and the caretaker of this establishment, who is a hale old man of 80, is In the habit of remaining In the bath during the whole winter. i ,U i -- I it According to statistics published by Company of France they carried to the exposition of last year 206,338 passengers from the Northern Railway England, as against 227,662 in 18M. rear-en- d collisions. A CONFESSION. Policy Agent Ise sorry, Ben, but yo s lost agin. Seven wasnt in It. Ben Easy Well, dat's funny. I dun dreamed dem on de seventh flo ob a de sebenth day at seben oclock. . sky-scraph- ah FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING. on A national fencing competition has Just taken place at Bologna, and theio . fully nervous about Mrs. Jasper "Mrs. Subbubs is too mean; for anything. Jasper Why do you say so? I hinted and hinted for a month that she let us have her baby chalt which her boy has outgrown and she didn't notice, but as soon as I went and and bought one, she said: Why, yon might have had mine.' " Life. chta-grine- Over 50,000 acres of unoccupied lands In Nebraska, Wyojplng and Kansas were disposed of during one week re: eently, the largest amount In any one week in the history of the land department. The majority of sales were to Dunkards, who attended the conference of that sect at Lincoln, Neb. Large numbers were Induced to give up their Eastern homes most of them in Pennsylvania and settle in the West. More people over 100 years old are 'found in mild climates than in the higher latitudes. According to the last census, of the German Empire, of a population of 55,000,000 only seventy-eig- ht have passed the hundredth year, 'France, with a population of 40,000,000; In England 21S centenarians. there are 146; in Ireland, 578; and in Scotland, 46. Sweden has 10, and Norway 23; (Belgium 5; Denmark, 2; Switzerland, none. Spain, with a population of 18,000,000, has 401 persona over 100 years old. Of the 2,250,000 Inhabitants of Servia, 575 have passed Midair .Appnbratloa. Pinching bug Say, it is silly for you to wear your headlight on behind. Lightning bug Not at all. Im aw- SOMETHING WZOXfli - lime, du Barrys hotel in the Avenue de Paris, at Versailles, Is about to be sold. Louis XVIIi turned the palace into stables for many years past It The Zion Lutheran congregation at Lancaster recently made its annual payment of one red rose to the descendants of Baron Steigel, who over a century. ago donated the land on which the church1 stands. The anniversary proceedings, which are known as the feast of- the roses were taken part in this year by thousands of people, each of them bearing a red . rose. Mias Annie Boyer of Pittsburg represented the heirs of Baron Steigel and accepted the rpse from the congregation. ters tracery. see that, to have his power overruled by UT'H. OGDEN. has Froat Platuw la Jaly. office, at high noon, I eloee my eyes and see , Again upon the window pane deft win- imw, omtttf Mrs. Newlywed You told me we wo uld have to give up luxuries and only allow ourselves necessities. Mr. Newlywed Thats right. Mrs. Newlywed But you came home in a hack last night, that was a luxury. er that was a necessity, my love. Mr. Newlywed Er ' SYSTEM. SHE REMEMBERED. Dauldedly In tare ting, m It Working Ara Exemplified In Chicago. The Speers system of imparting useful knowledge to the young, as exemplified in Chicago, is not a novel one. With modifications, it is the same system used in training performing monkeys and dogs. The learned pig gets his education by the Speers method and so the system may justly claim to be well grounded. In the Speers system as prepared for the little bipeds of Chicago, the teacher points out on the Speers chart the word Then the teacher hops and "hop. the children hop. The next word is nd the teacher skips and the "skip, children skip. If the next word is "grin, they all grin. If it is "wink, they all wink. It is fun as well as HOW LEDFORD MADE LOVE, profit, you see especially for the on the floor. Shooting up the mirror teacher. When it reaches "flip-fla- p or smashing llght were beneath his and "summersault it becomes more so. "What is that word, George?" -dignity. Sou lend - Chicago fatker-- to hi v region "Pronounce it fbr bright ford bsfadits. ' After' robbing stage me, daddy, says the bright offcoaches until they almost quit carry- spring. "Reverse, replied daddy. ing money. Jack organized a band of "Ah, .1 know, cries Master George, and horsethieves and acted as leader. The at once stands on his head. It certainman who owned a valuable horse could ly is a nice system. Pennsylvania not keep it long after Ledfords band Grit. learned where he stabled. The gang horses and rode fine Kentucky-bre- d RMdlnr Aland I BanailelnL lived on the fat of the land, as it were. aloud is recommended by Reading The surrounding country was then in as a benefit to persons afsuch a wild state that' the gang felt physicians The chest with fected any perrfectly safe in visiting Wichita reommendation is madecomplaint all in because whenever they chose. Horse stealing cases of is trouble it important lung was not considered such a crime in for the sufferer to indulge in exercise those days. by which the chest is in part filled by Lcdford'a and emptied of air, for the exercise is At that time in Wichita a German strengthening to the throat, lungs and doctor named Vigus owned the leading muscles of the chest, heading aloud hotel. He was also the father of a can be practiced by all and besides pretty girl, named Agnes. She was a being a curative act can be a pleasure buxom lass, with a wealth of long and profit to both reader and hearers. brown hair, a full face, and sunny blue In this treatment it is recommended eyes. She fell in love with Ledford, that an overdose of medicine be avoid"the bandit king," as he was pleased to ed that the reading be deliberate, withstyle himself. out being allowed to drag, that the The Hotel Vigus was the scene of enunciation be clear, the body be held many gay revelries, the dancing lasting in an easy, unstrained, upright posiuntil daylight. Ledford was a star figso that the chest shall have free ure at these dances, and he made no at- tion, and that the breathing be natural play, tempt to conceal his love for the little and as deep as possible, without undue German girl. Her father was furious, effort. but it could not be stopped. One day the girl was by prearrangement standKentucky the Howe of Fends. ing in front of her fathers hotel, when is the fued so common, so Nowhere down Ledford came riding Douglas so persistent, so deadly, as in the avenue like the wind. He drew near old, mountains. Nowhere else Kentucky the platform, but did not stop. As he is such there organization, such direached the girl he swung partially of vision enmity to the limit of kinfrom his saddle, caught her around the thirty-fiv- e About years ago two ship. waist and raised he into the saddle. marbles in the were playing boys For half an hour they galloped about road Cumberland river the along town, she sitting on the great KenOne mountains. in down the Kentucky tucky horse in front of her sweetheart, had a patch on his trousers. The contentment and of happithe picture ness. After they had enjoyed them- other boy made fun of it, and the boy selves to their own notion he rode by with the patch went home and told his Thirty years of local war was again and sat her lightly on the plat- father. The factions fought on result. form. This was what he called buggy the had after forgotten why they they riding. While organized all. had at' fought to The old German objected it, but now over, an occasional his daughter insisted on standing near warfare iscomes over the patch on the sidewalk on certain days. Once fight yet when Ledford came riding down to those trousers and a man or two is his sweetheart he found her on the killed. A county as big as Rhode Iswalk, but back of her was the father land is still bitterly divided on the with a shotgun drawn and ready for subject. action. The South I Wkloj Cp. If you take her, I shoot, he yelled. "Well, old man. youll have to England In the sixteenth century felt shoot.' Ledford' reached down and the first decided movlngs on the same grabbed the girl from the arms of her impulse that now throbs from Virginia father, as it were, and they took their to Texas. She went into the critical ride as though nothing had occurred. period a third rate, or, it is more acIn a fight between a stage coach curate to say, a fourth-rat- e power; she driver and Ledford in 1870 the latter came out an acknowledged leader was injured. He was taken to the ren- among nations, with a primacy the dezvous. and a doctor was kidnapped strength and duration of which no one from Wichita, blindfolded, and taken now hesitates to attribute in great part in a roundabout way to the outlaw to the commercial ascendancy accamp. There he was comanded to at- quired through her Immense manufactend to Ledfords wounds. turing interests. Few will dispute the Reformed by OItI. claim that when the subjects of Elizabeth ceased to send their fleeces to be When it was thought the man-killwas going to die he sent for his sweet- woven to Flanders and dyed 'in Florheart. She came, and Dr. Holland, of ence they had worked out an achievethe regular army corps, who witnessed ment of better worth and more notable results than when they defeated Philthe scene, thus describes it: "Jack wanted her to marry him, but ip's armada. Muntons Magazine. .she refused. She cried a great deal of There are some faces that we can the time, and told Jack that she loved .him, but that she had promised her discern even at a distance that rende .mother never to marry him as long as the features totally indistinct, as if tb he was an outlaw. He remained silent expression of countenance reached a while, and then announced that he by some magnetic process Independe? would gtve up the outla business if of vision. k off-sprin- Lon-Makl- GUIS I Miss Teacher to-da- y; Little Bobby Now, boys, never put off until never comes. How did Fourth of July get here, then? what can be done 1 CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. g. Mr. Pushway think. Ive seen you before, Miss Cutting Yes, you saw me hang Ing on a strap In a street Thursday while you were sitting down. ns er We seem to be old friends already. . Mrs. Newlywed mr presence. Mr. Newlywed I know It, darling, but you never wore curl papers in mine. I thought you were sick ami wanted to go home? Tim (noting the rain and the postpo ned ball game! Ill stay home instead. Mr. Skin Making an Exchange. Siena 1 So. ' The customer v. ho had found the collars he had bought the day before two sizes too small, and had returned them and asked for an exchange, had given his name and address and observed all the formalities, including a walk from one end of the big store to the other, but he was still waiting. "Well, he said, looking at hia watch. "I once left the United Brethren and joined the Presbyterian Church in less time than it takes to do this. Chicago Tribune. Upgardson (after the visitor had done) "You1 call me down for being uncivil to a stranger, do you? Why, confound your hide, you jackanapes, I've forgotten more good manners you ever knew! Atom "1" believe you haver, oM chap. Chicago Tribune. lint Scoop. "Aggie, whispered the young Journalist, "I love you!" "You dont suppose, laughed the heartless coquette, you have what you would call an exclusive story on that, do you, Mr. Pereolluin? "We havea deaf and dumb member of our Womans club, said Miss Gab-belto young Mr. Dugglesby. ' "Indeed, gurgled the youth. I should think she would be. at a disadvantage. "Oh, my, no. Why, we let her make all the motions. Baltimore Ameri- - been pondej Ing over a very sin- - gular thing. "What is it?. "How putting car last Charles, dear, befor e you married me you never smoked in Tough Tim (soliloquizing) Is he a termer with a satchel full o dough, . r a preacher from Umpville wid a satchel full o tracts? Ive I Aristocracy. Two horses met. The one was a scrub ' And the other a thoroughbred. And the horse that wore the panama hat Cut the horse with the chip hat dead. Moon. For luncheon Ill take wait a bit let me see Cucumber frappe and a glass of ice tea. gh -- the Fourth? I think. What do you mean? Why. that tramp asked for snapped Ilunks. "there wasn't one! Tha Latent Dodge. at home, 10 cents to help get his spectacles mended. Old Willing to Wait. Mamma "Youll until I come back, wont you?" Can 1 be bad then, mamma? Ethel Puck. be good SeasonaLle Justice. His Honor Historical Comment. what is the prisoner charged? "With has which been Kentucky feud, With throwing pepper in hit Officer e from the thirty-fivgrew years, lasting wifes Oh, ho; a pepper caster, eyes. fact that one boy made fun of the patch find him eh? I guilty of assault. Voles of seat another boy. on the trousers from the courtroom "A nice, spicy litcase. Philadelphia Press. Jackson "I hear your baby was kid- tle napped. Currie "Yes. The kidnappers if we will take have offered- us Logic. Maud When are they to bt "Never?" him back, blit we are bolding out for married? Ethel "Never! And why so? "She will not marry him more. Life. until he has paid his debts and he can-tThe moth does the most mischief pay his debts until she marries Mm." pun. while taking a nap. ' a - She "Do you blacken your own ring on a womans shoes? He "Why, of course! Whose third finger shou d place you under did you suppose I blackened? Yonkers Statesman. that woman's thudib. on ser-- I am sorry to say, Boston ought to keep her beggars A Midsummer Frightful Immunity. to have a great utanj boys in your neighborhood, said thi reporter, who was out on a statistical How many of them Wen assignment. killed or fatally Injured by toy pistoli You 35-00- 0 ot |