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Show y , BUFFALO JONES. , He was as enthusiastic in his oMopulistls pr Belrlq as he wji wh he inarched through the streets of carrying the Blaine banner, paring the .latter years lot his life he had lived quietly at his home near wp-?- t Chi-cag- ONE OfJHE MOST llMQJE FICUBES IN THE WtST. , r FOB Topeka and had not figured very Galea a KUul , prominently in public life. bl llarGaf Promt at la PeUttoal Ufa nnl Ropabllraa. Tkaa ' ' t ? PRESIDENT LINCOLN S PRIVATE CAR. I t' Ffllal. A Natioaal Kelle Which la raat Going ' to Knlm. : i (Special Letter.) In the aultch yards of the Union .' Buffalo Jones 18 dead. , The greatest friend the dumb brutes ever had Pacific railway at Omaha,' standing in few years the the open air and rapidly going to de. , has left them and 1 haute of C. J. Jones will be forgotten. cay, Is Lincoln's private car, a national relic, which, says the Illustrated RecHe was one of the most unique characters in Kansas, the home of great ord, should have been preserved for all men and freaks." t Buffalo" Jones time. On the contrary It Is all but was known trot one end of the oun-tr- y forgotten and gets no more notice than to the other, and a complete story the junk of the railroad scrap pile. of his life would outrival any book of The old relic Is (2 feet long and fiction yet published. , Early in hu i feet wide. It was built at the Unityouth hrtultivated a benign feeling ed States military car shops at Alexfor dumb' brutes, and his sympathy andria, Ya., during the latter part of was not without Its reward, for his the war the emanciand was used animal friends teemed to understand pator on his visits to by many points durhis affection tor them and eagerly rethe civing the . a sponded' to it. He domesticated ic strife. No one fo look at the batnumber of buffalo, using them tor ag tered old hulk now would recognize in 5 rtcoltural purposes and demonstrating It what was the marvel of elegance that they had utility other than that found In their pelts. His appeals for among early railroad equipment Originally there was hut one entthe dumb race, however, were In vain, and be lived to see the great family rance to the car, a door In the corner of one end on one side Entrance pass away under his very eyes. to the then separate rooms was had A Ualqoe Carver. . from The rear room C J. Jones was born In Tasewell was this .passageway. than the others, and was larger 71 was I1L. He and county, years old. used by Lincoln for an oft received a first-claeducation in the fice and president Also as s reception and study, Illinois Bt&te Normal school and for a room. In which he received the genwas time a student in Wesleyan unierals of the It is safe to say versity. After leaving school he went that In this army. compartment Mr. Lincoln to Kansas, settling In Troy, at that time one of the oldest communities In hastily wrote the notes for his famous the state. He lived quietly here form speech at the field of Gettysburg. At time, then became restless and with a any rate, the President, Occupied the crowd of speculators started for west-- n coach on his -trip to Gettysburg on that occasion. , w They located at Carden ' City, Kanaaf. Tbs old,' battered and and In one night a town of 2,000 Inhabitants sprung up. Jones was hulk also carried President Lincoln's chief boomer. He built a business remains from Washington 8o Spring-fiel- d, I1L It was In this car that the block and was the first man tp test the raising of crops In the desert by body lay during that memorable jourmeans of irrigation. ,, ney which lasted from April tl t May ! The prefix .'Buffalo was tacked to 3, ,1865.' For some time after this th Jones name fifteen years ago. In the car was placed In service and was 'used aI'd dlrecfors car, but its great weight early part of 1886 he organized a buf- caused by the armor plate,' with which In Garden which hunt at falo. City "about fifteen ' citizens participated. It was protected, made It objectionable The hunt lasted five days and the and It was removed to a shed In the hunters killed six buffalo and eaptured yards at Omaha. There It stood for fourteen calves. The young animals years, but, one by one, the boards ' were taken to Jones farm near Gar- of the covering place vanished and toden City and he began the nropagatlon day, as above stated, the car Is exi of the American buffalo. He could not posed to all sorts of weather. ' There was talk in 1898 pt inaugurating a. movement among the colored population of the United States with a vltw of securing funds with which to purchase the car, it and to provide for It a suitable building la Washington, where Jt might be pre1 served. . Nothing, however, came of the dea. , . . , a-- . troutted-fllled.tlrae8t- ss 4 ' - ' CM Not Starve ii Torfcoy, No government, however corrupt, selfish venal, extravagant, and exacting, can bring a population to starvation In a land like Turkey. Grapevines run all over the houses. The Turkish' vineyards are Incomparable. The poor Turk takes little trouble about hla agricultural Implements. Ills plow la much like that which Noah must have used, for it Is simply a long piece of wood, with a yoke of oxen at one end pt It and a .single handle at the other. With this th rayah just scratches the soil The crops are usually magnificent, but. the waste la Immense. Thousands of sheep flourish on the vast pasture lands of the wide valleys la Turkey. '.Yet the people do not eat voraciously of animal! food. They only need a little lamb or mutton to shred Into fragments, that they may stew It with rice Into the delicious dish called "pilaff." . The Turks relish, their glorious watermelons. They can contentedly live as approximate vegetarians. No nation is it so little expens for dtrletlf commodities. ; J J. BUFFALO" JONES. wait nntil the small herd should -- ' mul- tiply and Increase and secured eighty-fiv- e more bison. These he 'got near Manitoba, Canada, and while en route from there to his farm In Garden City he gave exhibitions In all the principal cities. , Buffalo meat at that time was selling .for fifty cents a pound In Chicago, and Jones thought that by crossing ths bison with native cattle ha would have a fortune in a few years. But this enterprise proved a failure and a few years ago he sold the last of his stork to Austin Corbin. Natioaal Folltleal Elgara. Jones was a delegate from Kansas j. to the National Republican convention ; of 1884, held at Chicago, and It was there that he gained .a prominence which spread, from ocean to ocean. He was an enthusiastic admirer of James G. Blaine and upon his arrival In Chicago . had a banner made. Around the margin were painted pictures of sheaves of wheat, shocks of corn and other illustrations setting forth the agricultural possibilities of Kansas. Within this border, in letters of gold that could be read a block Kansas! away. were these words: Fifty thousand for the Nominee of the Thousand Seventy-fiv- e ; Convention. and Corn for the Wheat Blaine. for Perched on the Nation. Fall In. top of this banner was a big live rooster, with streamer tied to his neck bearing these words: "Kansas crows T for bet loyal delegates." This, was 1 the banner that boosted Blaine and The day on locked the Logan link. , which the great convention met, Buffalo Jones, with a howling mass of humanity, following a band plajing Hall through State Columbia, marched 4 street, Wabash avenue and Dearborn etreet carrying this banner. At the critical hour In the convention, when 7 the third ballot Indicated that the next would nominate the man from Maine, Jones, who had attached to hla banner and Logan, marched picture of Blaine the convention hall, of aisle down (he en- creating the wtdest elcltement and thuslaem. This demonstration not only made Blaine's nomination certain but of vice it sealed the fate of a number and gave the candidates presidential honor to General Logan. jrjT, yexri ego Buffalo" surprised 'his frUnds by renouncing Republicanism and Joining the Populist party. ' was wo. gle. Lat o Rapata tioa aa a Bef- - C. BOYS AN1) OIELS. Bemlndar of tht War of ISIS. for air miles through the forest In Hancoclf and Wood counties, Ohio, may be seep a wide swath through the tree tops, the once open apace being grown thick with smaller timber, it tell the atory of Gen. Hull and th army that blazed Its way north to Fort Melga In the war of 1812. On several farms pear Findlay are still found sections of the old .corduroy.- - roadway built of the tree trunks that were felled to gain a passage for the army. The logs are well preserved and are found from two to five feet under the aolL It was at the close of thpt memorable campaign that CoL Flndhfy camped on the south side of Blanchards Fork of the Auglaize and established the old stockade fort named after him. Fort Findlay. SOME FOR STORIES ' JUNIOR READERS. GOOD f 4 ? I 1 t it the protracted strug- - I stantly t after a OUR and A desire. a Baar TikM Foaaaaaloa of a Horn ta S Wild Part of CaUforaia aa Oat of th Wimdow Bow Ho Mao Hla Eacapa. fOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. ' 8 He Got the .Job WUe rreeeettoe trian et Juri THE TIME TO LAUGH. evacust honoia A Desperate Bear tor Aetloe is Cease laeorreet Dleaoeb Sympathetic SottU. Twayrepbe 1 . TCASIGBATUA , Tody "Jennie tells me young Wee Y ioiv by proposed to ber last night-- " "I dont think 1 kuow him. Is he lie -- certainly la. well effr Tody She refused him. Mrs. De Blinks "No, sir; yon can not have my daughter with my consent. 1 detest yon and I wish 1 could think of some way to make you misMr. Hicks "Well, then, why erable. not become my mother-in-lawAn insignificant little pta In a woman's belt often dieuirb a man' men' tal . . poise.' . ' ' My dear, are you feeling any, betI dun-nter? asked her fond mother., replied Dolly, "la th jeUy all 1 think gone?" "Yea, dear." fret-u- Well, p now. I am well enough te Stern Parent "Are you sure that His you can support a family? Daughters Lover Well er you see. I wasnt making any calculations on that Just yet. I only want the girl, you know." The youthful lawyers profession 1 usually better than hie practice, r The Bachelor "But you should re--, member the old maxim, Marry In haste and repent at leisure." The t Oh, a man doesnt have any leisure when hes married." , nre granted," replied Aukriaa, who Immediately ' the gall INCOHKtCT DIAGNOSIS. SITE LITTLE HuTEKS , npa In teo lines to reand drew P He posed as a foi tune-tellWe are little sisters five 4evo!ed garrison.- - Then out r, ceive tbf and when he was arrestThat la any climate thrive. 4Auvergne, aloue. walked ed and taken Into a New York court Everywhere at home are we. tkf Austrian commandWell" for posting handbill on the street, he On the land on on the sea garrison? er .wbt Is explained his rotation 'to the presidhuman speech Wheresoeer you see, answered Here, fiIV ing judg:. There our little voices reach. raising his hand In the Fr- "And so ou are a mind-r- e ider," Every moment, night and morn, I salute. said the interpreter of the law. We are dying, we are born. ere.'U it asked tbe Aus"But wonder If you can rend my mind. Well you know us, little man; trian, vi 'T Mated. Oh, yes, replied the pi tsoner, apGuess our names now if you can "Here' rflted tbe grenadier. believing that a ' bluff would parently For you never speak a word th Wha!1 ' You alone defended serve his cause as well ns anything That one of us is not heard. Ul?" "Y'ou are of a bright and cheerful And our gentle voices meet I wa tner alone; I was the only disposition. And 1 epu see by the In each sentence you repeat. rejoined the soldier with a In your mind that you twinkle garrison O and and U, A, E, I. uieny ' are about to tell me to go home. quiet r' Little sister vowels true! And !w came you to undertake Your diagnosis Is not correct," said Woodson St. George. Attempt? so bold the Judge. "1 was merely mediating The tauorpf France was In peril, whether I should make the fine five anHERBS A HEAR STORY. sir, J t ald do no differently, dollars or ten dollare. I think we will William Hamilton lives in a wild swered UJ''vole grenadier. call It five dollars this time. WISE FRECAlTiON. 7 Austrian bowed In adThe part, of California, and has a honey' bee ranch. One day, when he was ab- miral! a a MAN. A DESPERATE sent his wife went put to the potato Toe irex-h- bravest of the brave," he said In j "No, Gladys McGoogle, field to do a little hoeing, and when be Bald aj d he ordered th thirty hla deep and earnest voice, "life withshe came baca to the house she found muskets to be eent after him to the out you would be of little use to me, a big bear walking about the kitchen. Frenci and Wrote a letter Do you mean that you would take She didnt stand still and scream, as a . heroism. the suicide route to escape It? the woman1 In this part of the country Napt'en Offered Latour the com- fair girl murmured. would have done, but ran to the wood-pil- e he answered; mand of A regiment, but thl he reyou have "Yes, for the axe, and then back to atpreferring, to serve In th ranks. It" t fused, guessed tack Mr. Bruin. She met him coming ha 1 ctanot leave my comrades, "Revolver or rope?" out, but he darted back at sight of her, "i",d any one of them would hav "Neither." and finding himself cornered, knocked said, same as L" or poison?"' t' done then, "Gas, the axe out of her hand with one blow He shook Iris auburn locks and Rut r er after that he was known of hla paw. Being thus disarmed, the amiled at her haded air. of France." 'First Grenadier the woman rushed out of the , kitchen, ha t Philadelphia then would. you dor "What la i'rron Fred .Colby lamming the door after her, .and he slowly answered. "If "Gladys," 1 7 I; Times. started off for help.. Meanwhile. Mrs, no wweNM c , ? ,v David, a neighbor, who Uved In an op1 have determined of chances Mlur; her-wTnosirsoTS ISLAND TOADS, to posite direction, was on do let a malarious mosquito bite me. There are not many toads on this the Hamilton farm. When she reached That fetched ber. tbs bouse she was frightened half out (eland, probably because they cafinot Say. mister, you look like A of her senses at seeing a bear look' breed vbere there are not many pools CHANGED HER MIND. man; cant you help a poor It U the freeh that and way a out water, and of half open window, of lng streettbe to was house The handy little? a guy months ahq turned and ran all the way home, Is here. , Abolit two and a half car line" and In good repair, there Thats Just th trouble, my friend. where she told her slxteen-year-otgo, Mr. Bradley, thinking it would were the of closets, Th doctor tsye 1 have enlargement of number proper toads some to have son that there was a big bear jn the be a good thing was reasonable, but the heart very bad and any further Hamilton house, and that he. had dova here, askbd Mr. Hart, the deputy and th rental before coming to term th house- strain on It may prove Immediately eaten up Mrs. Hamllton for superintendent of the Concord fatal. us tome. Mr. Hart got hunting matron said to tb agent; that good woman was nowhere ' la la only fair for me to tell you "It box them la So a. and his toad the gun fifty put boy picked np sight , LITTLE LAUGHS. - -- and be started for tne scene of the about 2 feet long, 114 feet wide and that w have five boya.'' That' wont' make any difference, tragedy. Having reached the place 6 inches deep, balf full of moist loam, An Explanation. be said, with' a anrile. You they looked all about but no bear was with a wire screening stretched over ma'am, m so glad to see that your on both Maude "t of famlllea find will boya big and to be seen. The boy saw that the cel- the top. They came one. night has health Improved." aide greatly of you. lar door was open, and concluded that werq taken up to the boys flower gar' "Thank you. My rapid rehouse Clara want the dont then.' Oh, ! out. Every the beast might have gone down there, dens, where thirty were le( till h exclaimed.. ,"I want to covery was due to this engagement be began cautiously to descend the boy wa anxious to get one for bis at find a neighborhood where there won't ring." to were not He bad not gone very (hr down garden. There enough steps. From whom did Maude "Indeed! be boya but mine." any let when he heard a snort and a growl, go around, and no Mr. Bradley buntIt?" atlU was receive she accounts you At last and saw the bear coming toward him tbe toad choose which boy should " Clara "From my physician." . out of the darkness. Then he dldof own them. He drew a large circle ing. v taE GOT THE JOB. fed nearly so brave as be thought he around the box and had th boys line View of Another one It out toads let the was, and dropping his gun, he rushed up to it He then Grocer (to applicant for situation) Burglars entered the house of A np the steps Into the kitchen, and out by one. Aa soon is on bopped out Ar you fond of work? side physician the otXrr'nlght, north I Into th yard, shutting the kitchen to the circle, the boy In front of whom aint Boy No, sir, on t a way door behind him.' Grocer Well, youd better get on and meeting a friend It was could have It as soon ss a boy said: next the mornlngfh downtown Th ta hla In that want a I garden. It boms one boy starts 4 off fjl again. dlrecttoand, got to.he'Thput about did bear I looked you BUbk, say, none. tohla mother In .another., and presently nett Boy There ain't Grocer Yes, there are heaps. Ive my robbery l&jt night?" the boy met the Hamilton .and a for only four were to be found;' but No, doctor," i spiled Clank? 7.1 friend of theirs who hd a rifle. They It was soon discovered where they bad any amount here this morning. did the In you rob? know themselves Boy (doggedly) How did you approached the house cautiously, but wept They bury aaw no sign of the bear, nor coula eartl and com out to feed br when It they were? twenDlxcloalng n Grocer They told me eo. they find him' 111 any of the rooms. is going to rain. The remainingbeds on flower a was I If I so tbe In sister ever talk about would "Docs lose let were your H'm,' he Boy ba4 that ty They concluded, therefore, me?" asked the enamored youth of hla the lawns. Later on another box of fond of ljla aa they Is but 1 aint squeezed through the partly open winW. G. best girls small brother. dow and made off. But on going out- seventy toada came from Mr. Stan-wood of th th You bet she does," replied Fancher, and look superintendent AS UNDATED STATEMENT. up, side they happened to th school at Topsfleld, Mass. These there was Mr. Bruins bead 'poking Tea, aald Mies WoodbesUmthin, youngster. "I heard ber tell merockancestors landed on Plymouth other day that if your shoes hid out of the top at tbe chimney. He were put lnt the different vegetable animals "my ers on them they would make good RBck drew It In light away, but they soon gardens on the farm.' These are . while the buss of admiration and cradles. made him scramble out by lighting a were got down here because they bundle of straw on the hearth. Tbe very useful In killing and preventing envy went around she added aotto r ' and The Effect, man with the rifle was on watch, but lh' Increase of noxious Insect voce, In 1862." W should be truthful et all time, see less people hav beta "I his shot missed, and the bear got away Worms. George G. Noren in ThompIda sons Island Beacon, printed by th whether we shout it from killed by football this year than ever to the brush with a whole skin. school In Boston th farm of the boys Tlmea. before." , housetops or not" Philadelphia ' harbor, ' May "For goodness sake, dont let ACT IDE FOR CACSI the players overhear you. They would A GRENADIER OB TRANCE. ! ' MYSTERIOUS VOICE ashamed end start In to break th feel THE No French soldier is more honorably warm summer night and was record for brutality a ft remembered than Latour dAnvergne, waa midnight. , Tbe scene hour th who belonged to a regiment of grenawas Madison Square Park, New York. VVladom n t ExpeHeee diers in the army of the great NapolThe policemen on the four aldea of "I wish you were eligiSingleton eon. Hie defense of the pass, single-handeth rectangle were getting dull with ble for membership In our bachelor against an army of Austrians, sleepiness. So one of them said afterclub, old man. You have no Idea of has made bis name almost aa memorstory. ward the man who tells th what you are missing." able as that of Horatlus, tbe brave stlllneas of th night Wedcdly "Oh, yea, I have. I count Roman who kept the bridge, ft was Suddenly Into th a ahrtll cry projected Itself: the change In my pocket every night In war Austria 1796, with the during Help! Help! .Murder!, Murder!" and morning and Latour dAuvergne was a stalwart withThe appeared to come from young soldier of thirty years During in the crp And simultaneously the square. Not M Oreeaxeet, a scout be learned that a detachment two policemen nearest at hand rushed Is it true that Mis Oldham of the enemy was pushing forward Myer Into the park, th leather prong on Inherited half a million?" with the intention of securing, a mown haa Just In place .for strikievtain pass,' to prevent an - Importan their night sticksr Gyer "It is; and she win need ng. business. In her of movement that the French army it cent ery "Theyr killing me!, Help! Hlp! then on the march to accomplish. Tk Myer "What is her business?" on. them spurred Austrians were but a few bours d! Gyer Looking for a husband." The policemen made a systematic no time to bad and Latour tant, secjc of the green area, ending finally the main army for assistance. .11 search The War ef Weo. , ,s , la th center. knew that the pass was defended t But you must never mention, flell one. asked It?" la , fwell, where a force of only thirty men, who we told you." Just I hav what twas here," . f Give It up. 1 thought ktatloned In an old atone mill thr Bess "Why. Is it a secret?" kill did nearly you Rowland . s "Why the reply. commanded the route through tl Nell Oh, no; but the manager, me ludf Keep away!' Keep away! Dont mountains nod be made np bis mU Then it Isnt worth repeatBeSa Gadxooks! - He wanted me the shrill voice, cried me! near Hoxey eta to hasten on and warn them, and ta' " , Cabin. "Unci ing. Toms In the policemen and t warily play Slowly part In the defense. When be react Row!and--The- n you - consider th sad their way to a bench a little to tbe mid, however, be found It des seemed talent? which Crop Report, beneath center, your of the south play ie ed. Tbe soldiers, having beard of t Farmer Hayrtx waa th character voice came. the Say," queried whence "No; it Roxey the s spot he C advance of tbe Austrians, bad stood for a moment, wanted me to don a skin and be "what dew they raise In them thar He they $ there ' leaving the pasa unguarded. Latf roof gardens deown tew th city? a bloodhound." , . . m dering what It meant Then from understood military , affairs v .overhead "Peaches, uncle, replied tb city-brof the maple branches enough to realize the Importance want , SOILS. voice Pony PATHETIC said; young man. . STM wheedling bolding the post, and be decided to was solved, J xaithl bear that you and Fred are The mystery i, tracker.". v fend btmself If be could. There Vital Qowtioa. parrot, escaped quit Interested In one another, t was somebodys plenty of arms and ammunition In had played this tell a soul, Edith, He "You are truly the first girl I .which Dont you Bertha Us m cage, once set about and he at gett mill, he on two of New York cleverest but really. I believe Fred anr I were ever loved." -ready for the expected attack of Are yo In th remained bird The made for each other. We have played ghfr That Isnt the point icemen. Austrians In a short time they et- we never all and times be the last? will resisting or three I an, sure a together for dsy golf ;k surrendc demanded the peared and d, have quarreled except two or three ts to be captured, and then dlaap-arethe place. Latour refused and ' wa lta found to , perhapa tlmea when Fred waa clearly In the 4 jt having were There tl struggle began. Do you believe that a fellow " : k to its eage. wrong Short muskets In the mill, and these be 1 us wondrous kind?" makes T feeling t f Ere ax Be te Wore loading and discharging, glvlnr , all depends. What are "It Liking. an Long Is Austrians the Impression that qu unlucky dog. Jonee Brown now?" th for been, nerve! gasped you feeling 1 Ilk your fores was defending it. They ke; How's that? Smith inevir a dose fire on ft, however, and sc i ul glrL struggling agalnt th Jones "His object In marrying was ke your cheek!" Better Tfcaa Stajta, And 1 times attempted to carry it by s bouse. bis. - to get out of a boarding The sharp defense, however, f Weary Walker "How did you leave, iuckled the young man as h conSmith "Well?" them each time to retire with t nued th osculatory fcxerc.se. Jonee Now hi wife la running on thing m EL Louis?" Tired Tatters "By tbe cattle train."! loss Finally, when Vs gunpc Record. to aupport th family." ?" Your er mind-reade- o, b. Ber-edlc- e -- M -- 4s- ay big-heart- ed ld reform-atorjv-brie- -- - ' jni '' Xarvr Srt ."? r - d, 4 ' Th Pillar at Flaaaea . Tea, sir," remarked the village git-- E eer, that Is Mr, Jefferson Whimpers. Hes one of the solldest and rellablest citizens weve got here in Hulloboloa Hes filled more positions of trust and responsibility than any ten men weve got "Ah," replied the spice drummer. you elect him for your treas"Well, no; but urer, I presume. that man acts as stakeholder In 99 per cent of the bets made la this whole 7 1 county. Judge. " , A Railroad. What is said to be the first railroad la now being operated 120 miles between Muncle and Brazil, Ind. The company is the Chicago ft Southeastern, which, after a checkered career, found it could not pay the money due Its employes, and so turned th whole property over to the employe to run themselves nntil they got their money.- - j y i ed s ,, Phll-&(.elp- J |