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.FOILED BY A WOMAN.
AIMM. It U tuy
duty lo arrest
you!"
'"You dare not!"
The Hp wore
white with passim
rattier than fe-or
and the lady stood
triors me like a
lioness at bay.
Even then I could
not help tiit unto
the aplmdid beauty of thla grand la-
dy. Tall and alcnder ryea lilue and
flashing almost lurid now the spec-
lacle she presented standing there In
tba middle of the apartment wa more
the appcarauee of a queen than bunt-
ed criminal.
"I must" I replied. "I do not douM
your Innocence; looking In your fare
It la atrange than any one rould couple
It with guilt. Hut I am constrained
to do my duty madam however Inim-
ical It may tie to my feellnga."
"Will you allow me to chance my
flree?" aha aald. In a tone almost
pleasant The hard llnea around the
mouth bad relaied and the passionate
glow on the face fare way to pleaa-
ant a mile.
"Certainly; I will wait for you here."
"I also wish to send a messenger
for a friend. Will you permit him to
pass?"
"Certainly."
Thla waa my flrat Interview with
Eugenia Cornllle. I had aen ber here
for moot ha. the trader of our gayest
nd most fashionable oclety. In her
aplendld mansion ahe dispensed the
tnost profuse and elegant hospital-
ity. A Spanish lady a widow ahe bad
represented herself and had been a
resident ber almost a year. No one
ver suspected ber of being aught than
what ahe seemed until one day I
i ordered to arrest her as a mur-
der aa.
It waa now alleged that the young
-beauty was no other than the woman
who bad poisoned ber husband In lis-
Tana and fled with all bla wealth. An
Immense reward was offered for ber
apprehension and the circumstances
that had come to our knowledge point
M ber out beyond all doubt as the
trson were In search of. Yet the
person who bad rccognlied her the
evening before at the theater advised
lis to b careful lest she should escape
us. I laughed at the Idea. W hen the
lady left ma I atepped to the window
nd aald to my male who was waiting
at the door:
"The lady desires to send a messen-
ger for a friend; Buffer htm to pass.
Almost at the aame Instant the door
of the apartment the lady had entered
opened and youth apparently a mu-
latto boy rime out and passed bur-
LV0""0 ln toora Into the ball.
.We-"""'
YOU DARE NOT.
and from thence Into the street. It
waa no doubt the mrtcngr I
thought and I pbkrd up a book ond
commenced reading. Nearly an bour
passed and still the lady did not make
ber appearance nor did the boy re-
tura. The friend she bad sent for
Dust live at tome distance I thought.
Or the lady la unusually careful shout
ber toilet; and so another bour went
ty. At last I grew Impatient ami
knocked at the door.
"Madam I can wall no longer."
There waa no reply. 1 knocked re-
peatedly and at last determined to force
an entrance. Strange fears harassed
toe; I began to suspect I knew not
what. It look but a moment to drive
la tbe door and ome In the apartment
the mystery was revealed. The robes
of the Udy lay upon the floor and scat-
tered over the room were suits cf
boys' wearing apparel similar to that
vorn by the mulatto. On a table was
a cosmetic that would stain the skin
lo a light delicate brown.
I waa foiled for a sure'y: the lady
bad escaped la the disguise of ihe
messenger. I should have detected tbe
ruse. I felt humiliated and deter-
tulnt d to redress my error. I knew she
would not remain In the city an In-
stant longer than she tould get away.
I hurried to ber bankets but found
Ibat ahe bad drawn the amount due
her an bour ago.
"Vbo presented the theck?" I ak"d
Of the rink.
"A mulatto boy-It wus made payable
to bearer."
There was yet a chance. Tbe Fundi
steamer left within an lioui; It was
posalble she would seek that means nf
efcacape. I Jumped In a tab slid arrlveil
there ten minutes before she b ft the
wharf-Just In time to assist an sired
and decrepit gentleman Into the cabin
Thrr Were few passengers; none of
. them answered the description of the
perxoc I sought. I stood ou the wharf
watching the rending vt.sel until t
disappeared. I wss In the act of turn-
ing away when a hsckmaa approached
In with the remaik:
Mr. K did you see that old man
(n board? He bad a long sills beard
anJ balr that fell on bis shoulders"
Year
"Well. sir. theft's suuicthlug curious
about blm."
Wby?"
rWby when be got In'.j my carriage
be aa a mulatto boy and wbtn i-e
got out be was aa old man!"
I will not use tba expression I used
then It waa neither refined nor polite
for I knew tbe vessel Would be far
out at tea twfore the could be over-
taken. I was fulled by a woman. Nor
could ! help rejoicing now that tb
cba waa over that she bad escsped.
Innoctnt or guilty there a as a charm
lout ber Done could ret 1st. The pell
cf br wondrous beauty affected all
ho approached ber. It linger la
my memory yet and I rould not have
Ihe bla of ber blood upon my con-
exit no.
M
r . v
WAS A BRIGHT BOY.
Best II TfauUU tbe Mr.iuiit Oja'4
aa Baaaa).
"Say mister have you ever twen up
In that place?" aald a boy probably 15
or 16 years old addressing a stranger
on one of the Walt line cars. The car
Just itaaned the monument lot and the
boy pointed to the shaft as he Snke
says tho Washington Star. "What
It like?" he oaked. IiIh Hint quentlon
having been answered In tho affirma-
tive. "I should think a boy like you
would have been there for yourself"
replied the stranger. "I've 'ejien th nk-
Ing about It far a long time tcpited
the boy -and I guess I'll do It. When
I go by In the morning It looks so big
and strarve standing In '.he mlat with
Juat a little auilglit on the top. Then
when I romo bark It's mostly dark
and the great white shaft atands out
against the sky. I always look at It
and I want to go In ft and got away
up at the top. Koine of these days I'll
do It. Do you think 1 rould make It
In half an hour? I might stand to
have my pay docked for half an hour.
Hut I'm afraid that If I got up there
I might atay longer and then I'd be
short on money to pay my board that
week. I go there Sundays and walk
around It sometimes but It's abut then.
Kay do you know mister 1 believe
that if George Washington waa living
he would have that open for a little
while on Sundays and holidays. I've
been thinking that maybe It might be
open a while on Thanksgiving day.
If It ain't I'll go there some day any-
how and get docked for It."
"Where do you work?" asked the
(ranger
"Down here In a aawmlil. You see-
I get only II a week and two of that
has to go for board. Hut I've been to
a manual training rohool and ran turn
and I think they'll put me on a lathe
eoon. Then I'll get more money. If
I don't ace it before that I ran then
afford to be docked for long enouch to
see the monument. Don't you think
they ought t k us In on htilldavt?
I've been here for six month.. The
first two days I had nothing (o do and
I saw the rapltol and something else
but I was a stranger and did not know
where to go then. I got work and
have had no time since. No. of course
I don't go to school but the folks I
board with take the papers and let
me have them when they are through.
I read those thlnits tint Interest me
and get a prr'ty good Idea of things."
LONCFELLOW ON EMERSON.
Fanny Twist Wlete-h lie (cava in the
Vr. nr Ills Krlr.J.
In the first number of the Atlantic
Monthly forty years ago Ralph Waldo
Emerson hail a poem called "llrahma '
which ptutled both critics and common
readers says the Hartford Coil rant.
JaunTe" aald It waa tbe greatest poem of
the century; soma Mid It m nonsense
Tbe Brut verse ran aa follows:
"If the red slayer thinks he slays.
Or If the slain think be Is slain.
They know not well the subtle way
1 keep the paanee and turn again."
That winter It happened that a rela
tive the poet Uiugfellow living In
another atate bought a alclgh and In
a family letter to the cousins In Cam-
bridge there waa a wall lest the Janu-
ary thaw which had fol'owed the pur-
chase should keep them from enjoy-
ing the gay cutter that season. When
tbe letter was answered Longfellow
contributed this verse which has we
believe never Iwen printed:
'To on the Purchase of a
Sleigh:
"If the rd slelKher thinks he sleighs
Or If the sleKhlu' thinks il Is slelh-
lu'. They know not well the sutble wsy
Of snow that eollli-s mid goes
again."
It Is delightful to find '.ougfcllow
parodying his friend Emerson.
The lasnphnr laacsatn
A'C irdlng to the belief of the Jakuns
the woods In J shore a country In the
.Malay peninsula. alMiund In fairies and
spirits. The natives believe that each
seii of tree has a spirit to watch
over It. The sp rlt of t!:e amphor tr' I
railed "Ulson" la womanl. wlnsje rest-
ing place Is near the trees und when
a peculiar noise la heard at night the
bl in Is uppo-i to Ih singing and
camphor I surely to be found In that
ncltUlKirhood. They believe th.u the
spirit Is Jealous of the pi clous gum
and will endeavor to turn aside the
hunters lu queat. Knim Mr. laake's In-
t erecting account the natives think
that In order to defeat her purpose t
it tns-esjMry to iek In a tongue
wlib h she doc not understond ; for
this reisoii the 0 imphor-laiiguage has
been Invented. It colina a of a mil-
tine of Jakun and Malay words which
are curiously altered and reversed.
and the) believe that the divinity of
the camphor -tie is completely mysti-
fied. Ihe Jftktiti are the wildest of
people. et Inoffensive. The; live to-
gether with monkeys dogs vs and
f.iwl in pel fis t harmony under port-
able shelters on poles made of leaves.
Not the hunt lnisitiant of the many
spirits who Inhabit their woods Is the
bison whom they Mlcvr to fool so
udroitly with their lamphor lam;uage.
av unlit Hate Urea lrn4.
A week ngo a major of the Vbtorla
guards dud and was given a military
burial. Ihe iiginietit Is a crack one
and we went to see the procession.
Wheu the mournful pacesnt was over
we tund thinking of the solemn
scene-those sad-faied men. the re-
verted arms slow ttead. sad music and
touching sight of a flag-draped coffin
and unused htluirt. Hums one tout he l
my elbow and said: "Was tbe dead
glntleauuu myth In' to c ma'am?"
"No." ii'i I. smiling In spite
of myself. "Ye looked so aorry
I wta (all tr he - s vr.iethln' to
ye. tb continued dlaapvulnicdly. "He
.
was a hsaian V-lng and a Brave aol-
dlrr; thai emiuld be tumcaliig to all
of ra." "Yta. Tit to be re I do
be feeling that way mtjMtf tkla marn-
la". but wouldn't U be graad. ma'am
motirnln' fvr a man like that auppcMlu'
he xii aomcthln' to yt"-Dover Plate
l3cni:oI.
tawtda'S IX Wkal.
TL Shoal. Oa. Messenger editorial-
ly remark: "Our mother-in-law ar-
rived yesterday from Mobile where
the ha lrn having a tuasl with the
yellow fever. We knew right from tbe
tart that tbe fever couldn't do Ik."
BY BUFFALO JONES.
ANIMALS HE CAPTURED SCAT-
TERED OVER THE WORLD.
Doamlag Tow la
s (enocl a Man
Twaaly-tlte lean
Nuw a ile
)r k'w Mrlienin
IV.
urrf fr.
buffalo
'fc)7 ;' """''""s are scit-V
throiiK.hoiil
nsyVi-r' ' DC world-fi
'J 'h'ri San KrancUo
from
to
the hunting forests
of the great czar
of Huhsla. Jones
tells many wonderful stories of his
trip to Kurope where be sold buffaloes
to kings and queens and saw the s KhU
of I'arls and lterlln. lie has only a
remnant of the fortune which hi ani-
mals brought blm. The hulk of It was
swallowed up In booming town In
southwestern Kansas.
Jone wears an antique overcoat
which resembles a roaree quality of
Turkish toweling. The eaat I not
worth much but money couldn't buy
the collar. It was cut from a buffalo
robe. When that collar la worn out
Jones' last buffalo relic will have dis-
appeared. "Iluffalo" Jones Is growing old. but
denies It. Ilia hair Is yet unstreake.l !
with gray. Ilia fare show the hard
line of frontier life but he is aglh
and frolicsome and Jumped over a
three-foot fence to show the rorrc- I
apondent that his 12 years did not In- '
terfere with bis nlmbleiiess. Kald be: '
"I am as good a man now as I was
twenty-five years ago. 1 never iiel
tobacco never drank whisky alwayi
averaged three square meals a day. 1
sleered clear of poker and breathed
the pure fiesh air of the Kansas prai-
ries for over thirty years."
Jones was Ixnn In Illinois and was a
schoolmate of Joe Klfer. He went to
Kansas In lCi. going first to Iiotil- !
phan roiiuly. lie settled upon a rlalm
lu Osborn oounty four years later and !
It waj there that his buffalo hunting
benan. Ills home was on the sou'h
fork of the Solomon river a reqlim
that was black with herds of ImfT.i'o In
the grating season. Jones soon abaii-
itoned tannine and followed the herd
for their hides. Persons who skinned
the carcasses paid him for the killing
He bad many encountci wlih lndl.in
who f Mowed the hunters ami des'roy-
el the hide. Chief ltlg low or the
Crrytnres now at Kort Heno ouce
cnii near getting Jones' si alp. In w hat
is now Ib aver c mnty Oklahonu.
Jor.es was a good rifle shot acquiring
his skill by shooting on horseback run-
ning antelope. He did most of bis
The Cary home In ashlncton
which was formerly occupied by Plille
tils Sawyer Wisconsin' evscnator. Is
an e xereilingly pn-tty place. The
banglngs aro especially odd. They are
shaped to the doors and fall without
fullness and are dull pink In color
heavily embroidered In gold. Pink is
alao the prevailing color In the di aw-
ing room. Satin damask covers the
walls as high as the filee. The hi)iie
! hunting between Ihe Republican and
th Smoky Hill river.
sa In 1m''"." s.il.1 Jones "ihai
buflalu were being exterminated. I
as not hunting tin m but r lvnl !o
atom for m)' past russedne-s by sav
In.: as many as I could I went on mr
(lisi expedition that year. I bad
complete lanipInK outfit und muled a
large supply of cond -nsrd milk for th
calves. I made a drive of 2'H' mile
and stni' k the headquarters of the
Nirth Canadian liver. In No Man's
land. There were probably !. buf
falo In that locality that yea'. I saw
10.1 In one herd. It waa Impossible to
act ai.vthlna except calves of which
I rciid fourteen. Only four were av.
ed ull over six months old dying
i qu'cklv. There t a atrange thing about
I . '. .. I I a. ..... I .-I .
a bl.nalo-iney (tei so ninn uiv.-nnnj
tbat they can actually 'will' themselves
mat on ; -
0 .nij fHl OVPr gld. and dead
as a door nail."
"The next year I et out in the spring
for the South Canadian river In Teiai
and got on the trail of buffalo near
Tiscosa. which I where the Fort
Worth Denver railway now reosses
the South Canadian river. I saw alxmt
1000 buffalo got sixteen calves and
eavd elKht. I found that I had made
a mistake In not taking mil. h row.
wit!i mc
"On my third trip In 11 I had
herd of thirty domeatlo cowa. Thla
time I aaw only about I) bi"lo. They
a r .- nt i.tv
&C'A hU
!:W
life
were being rapidly killed by tbe Vide
huiiters. I roamed over the aame ter-
ritory that I had rrpltjrcd on my s-"
ond trip. I hail good luck and caught
thlrty-neven calves saving thirty-two.
I staked out two of them on the prairie
one dark nlclit and had the misfortune
I I have them devoured by wolves.
"My lust trip was In lsS!l. t.irte
In March and did not get home unt'l
July. The buffalo had gone far down
n tho Hi. 'ik el plains. It ai a hot
eailKome Journey over I lip .and TillN.
L..I.L -...i ..... .. ..!..
. i. tin i ui iii.iiij imp i:i i-
frej. Ihire wis a mere handful of
ffnlo. (
Vi. ti
Only sevi n calves loubl be
Thene wi re (ap'.uied and auv-
.e
rtniiied to secure as many of
Hut old ones aa possible. Tliey were
ranged In a trai t of land nlmut lu I
mlle.i square. Wo uppriiaehed them
grudually and got the:u a'customed to
seeing us. They were m wr given tin
opportunity to lie down li It could bo
prcventcl. We had sixteen good
horses and the herd was followed nkht
and day for forty-two days. They fin-
ally became so tame that we could ride
alongside of them. I ent to my ranch
In Kansas and got my tame herd to
toll the wild ones off the range but
It waa useless. Thry bad a strange In-
stinct of totality. No aooner would wi
get them off the range than they would
wheel and rush back like the wind.
They would have blindly trampled us
down had we stood In their way. Kin-
ally lu despair we lassoed (wenty-two
rows hobbled them and started hom
but It was simply lost time ns ull .f
them went mad and died. It waa dur-
ing thla trip that I employed Ie How-
ard the famous roping eapert. I came
across blm late (me afternoon far out
on a prairie. I first thotiKht he was an
Indian lie was also e.itchlnK calvv
I gave blm f '.oO for th as in. While
we were talkliiK a row u ltd a t alf rame
trotting by. Away went Unwind a'
bnak-iiok speed. Ilia horse was al-
ready tin .! nud s ion gave out. Howard
pu'lii' off tbe saddle and rode bale-
bnk. He CiukIi) the calf and dla-
milinicil to tie It. Ills horse while
till hllug Ki."s. was bitten by a rati!'
snake ami died altnoKt before we kne
what was the matter with It. Thai
ore iclf hr. unlit me $sii nd Is n iw
In the CiuMen (iitte park III Han Fran-
ir.i a I am innflib nt that those were
tlie Ins' ri'n luiffii'o (int'ble the Vol
lovf-irne park. Only three not awav
from us. They were killed the follow-
liU hi1 r "
ull lures lii(l for lll.lauir.
"On leaving the Holy Kmplre." sa.d
an Anieriuin the uIIht dav "I ( .uni-
on throtgh (iermany and Holland.
They ale ahead of us there In some
thlnits. Cabs for Instance. Not only
are th iheaier and therefore In gen-
eral il 'e among all but the very poor
lint they are better equipped. Kar-i
are registered automatically K.uh
cab ban a cyclometer on one of a t
THB BEAUTIFUL HOME OF POSTMASTER-GENERAL CARY.
eaiatas.
revels In frleies. They re all hand-
alnted and represent a formidable
quantity of woik. That In the draw-
Ing rtsirn is a rose pattern lu the din-
ing risim there is one showlnn the pe-
nek In all his glory ami the cellintis
are also painted in ileslcna h.irmonl-
Ing wlfi Hie filnes Mr. (;nrv
ilui.-en A mi l Ic.iii iM-auty loses to lie
the flnwei for this room and a larce
slim va.e full of those beautiful
wheels that Is connected with a dial
Inside the (ih wheie the passt hki r
can watih it A hand turning on this
iil.il shows how much distance Is io-
crel and Ihe legal fare cunespondlni;
then to. Something like a billiard
niaikrr'a i lock i-bows bow long the
came lias been played and how m in !
should le barg' d as;. Inst the pla).'l.
The li.inds ou the ill il ale set by the
passenger whin h- enteis the cab ull I
distance not time N ihargei) fur. Con-
sequently 'cabby' huriies. t . nn ol-
Jei t to hlin to gi t over the route quick-
ly. Pill fthcu the distune Is nhort
he hns been known to rig rag a little
lie cnuldii l do this mi a long 'cany'
howrxi r. Since Its Intiodin tlon the
dial his pioed Itsill a satisfactory
umpire In ull disputes."
A llimmll yuMllna.
"It a bard problem." remarked the
man who can't be kept from getting In-
terested In small matters. "What's a
hard problem?" "This question of re-
finement. I'd like to see eombody who
la able to sit down and figure out Just
how much fuss a man of wealth ran
make In his efforts to le exclusive be-
fore he becomes ostentation." Wavh-
Ington Star.
"Tommy." said th teacher "ahal
U meant by nutritious food?" ''Some-
thing that ain't got na taste to It" re-
plied Tommy. Tlt-Blta.
FACTS ABOUT FURS.
Hlif Qxallii sail I-w.r In Price
Here Thaa Aliroad.
Fur garments in this country are
lower in price and better In quality
than abroad und their flnlhh. aa well
as style la faultless says Cloaks and
Kurs. Klne furs such as foaes chin-
chillas sables ermine and sea otter
are lirotight lo this country nee in
duty so that evven If these furs are
purchased abroad no duty Is saved.
These furs are din-seil and prepared
by American winkim-n In m suerl.ir
a muiincr that Kuropenn furriers In-
trust their r.irliig to American firm.
Seal itanio ma are cheaper today than
for a limit time notwithstanding the
scarcity of seals. H.ibh s of ull descrip-
tions and from all countries will form
an important part of the fur business
during the present sesson and a lit-
tle common scne pnictlcal Informa-
tion on tbls. the noblest of furs will
not rome amiss (tables lead for fash-
ionable fur trade. All I not sable
that Is so-ralled. K.iblrs from 11 to
l.'.'.U apiece are entitled to that name.
Japanese sable is of greenish gray col-
or and has a bright yellow throat.
It is worth about $:'..".(. The neat iu
price Hudson Hay sables are light
brown In color and have a pinkish-
brown throat. According lo color and
luster and range In price from f 2.50 itt
$:io. and more for silvery specimens.
The skin of the Persian lamb Is dy .
In this country us lustrlously mil
well as abroad and garments of It are
purcha.u'd cheaper in this country than
anywhere else Pi the world. Persian
lamb for garment pin poses began to
find popularity with the apiiearance of
electric seal or brnwn-ilyed rabbit fur
from which the hair had been elimin-
ated by mmhinciy. It takes n good
furrier to tell at a glance the differ-
ence bit ween (he till seal and its Im-
itation when as the real Persian lamb
garment la easily reeinnlied by even
Inevper'i in cd evrs. The American
skunk one of the most reliable furs
Is Mild miller tbe name of Marks 'a-
ble. 'Ihe skin of the ordinary black
house at. figuring under the cokiio-
men of Rcin't Is humorously terrmd
"roof sable'' hv the trade.
Very lll.rrerl.
In lb Ttaz:liau hotels lin n nie cni-
plovrd t do Hi- chamber work arid
Ho y iiie prone to ruli Into the Ik d-
rniiii'a i f the guests when occasion re-
qu'ren without kno king. A prim
little a ko "s h'lolmsrm" vlhlHng
Km J..iii Ito iit iiiiii h annoved at this
cust'.iii. . ml after mildly protesting
teveral tlinis wilhout ifTect she said
severely lo the boy who did the work
In her room: ' Juan le kooiI enough
to iiiidi r land that I will not allow ou
to upeii the (b.or cf my room withnul
knixkltir.. If 'oii do it again I shall
certainly report you at the office. Why
I mlcht lie dressing:" "No dinger of
that so ora." responded Juan. In his
r
r
c
flowers alas stands on an Inlaid ' l-
ble b. side a handsome lamp. I he fur
rugs In this room are of rnormou .lie
and there ate seveial of them. (iff
from the drawing room o ens a small
reception room in blue and dark wood.
The dining room Is wainscoted In old
mahogany to within two feet of the
lelllni; and all the furniture In the
Mom Is of Ihe s.une . X P.
t" . I 'I is Inlaid.
Ixst English; "before .
was balk me through the kevhote.".-
Argoiiiiir.
I rrllul.
"A Ki'titm k man has i
ecovclcil a
nam whlih
was stolen several vesis
ago.
Il had become petriflfil "
rifled That s hard."-CI. velaiid Plain
lH ab-r.
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.
$ - A mark of lespeit In the Knlted
Kl-tes.
Lawsuit-The unlfoiin
polh eni.lll.
wmn by
M'!k A timid liquid that frequently
has lo take water.
Mguity-A thing some men stand on
when they air short.
Ilandken hlef An article tbal I m.
waya out In the cold.
Klaltery-The praise we bear be-
stowed upon other people.
Fin The label pasted on many of
man's popular amusements.
Hustle A hollow mockery to which
women are frequently attached.
Thermometer An Instrument used
to regulate the price of Ice and coal.
Hlockhead Tbe wooden Indian who
spend hi time posing In front of a
ttgaret emporium.
GREAT BOBBLi
OF HIGHWAYMEN CUV
AND COUNTERFEITED
fader ladershlu af -Jtf llnabay
Had Ma vtlth III 4ioa rr Amase-i
niaal "shout t u" lluae.t W"'
rn.ra 1 lr.il of 1 hrlr I'raak. i
r HAT I believed t
f A he (he f real eel
cr i in l lut I
leilglft
er ex 1
erica l.
that has eve
S''. Ul.l In AmerliMi
y I L . operutlnR In tho
mountains aiiin.
the frolitlei of
Colorado Wyom-
ing I'tah and Ida-
ho. The powerful
band of organlied
Jesperador number In nil " men
burglars tountci filter ami highway-
men of national notoriety nearly all
being refugeea from Justice from near-
ly every atate and territory lu the
union. The Inhabitant of the bor-
der points are banding together lu op-
position and the state militias of
Wyoming. Colorado. Idaho and t'tah
may be supplicated to assist In driving
Ihe outlaws from their mountain fast-
nesses and If possible In rapturing
them. For months the great menacing
horde baa plundered the country and
grown In atrenglh and boldnes mull
It baa become the terror of every bor-
der point. Ita field of operation ox-
tenda for hundreds of miles around
and In It wskt bave been murders
bank and tore robberies ttsge hold-
up and blghwaymanry of almost ev-
ery description. Cattle and horset
In droves of hundreds are being taken
bot.lly from the big ranches and all
opposition has thus far been futile.
Much of the stolen properly ha be-
tome the povcsslon of the Cte Indians
In I'tah. and they re supposed to lie
In league with the ndilars. The his-
toric depredations of the famous Mur-
rell and southern swamp gangs of ds-
persdoes already seem to be Inslguin-
rant In comparison with the high-
handed method of this western out-
law army. These ftontler bandits
have an officered and dlsi Ipllncd or-
ganization under strict military rub s
They bave a systematic ihaln of post
or stations for the temporary storage
or handling of their plunder and In
almost every gulch and lonely spot are
stationed "fences." or receivers and
disposer of stolen property. As far
as I. known the chief headquarters of
the gang and cen.er of opeiatlons ire
located as follows: Robbers' Roost
on lilue mountain Ixlween t'tah and
Colorado; ltrown's Park lor bole) on
t.e borders of Colorado t'tah and Wy-
oming; (ireen mountain In I'la'i.
south of the Rio Craude railroad min-
ing of tJieen river; Posdcr Springs. In
southeastern Sweetwater county Wy-
oming and the Hole-in-the-Wall .11
Johnson county Wyoming. The om-
law band apiieara to consist of numer-
ous rsptalm lea. rach loc al captain re-
porting to the supreme captain all Im-
lortant matters being of final refer
ence to an executive high commission
composed of various local laptalns.
w Ith the supreme csptaln In the h il
Powder Springs Is thought to be the
main headquarters and the residing
place of the chb f. Ihe territory sur
rounding thla point Is perhaps th"
wildest In the ll.lted State The
whole country Is one continuous si r.i t
of sand hills and m.iv Is- said to h-
practically uiilnhahliVi ivcp'it.g lv
the robbers themselves i tWl) r
three raric hnieu.
Fifteen rnllis northwest of t;-- sup-
posed lieailquailets Is hiv.iti. a li. !
fiolitler postofflie. I he camp I
is thought to be 111 a h.isln to whlih n
in i work of trails have 1 . n found to
bad fiotn every point of the coin-
i-s In the center of this l.isiu the
old settlers sav there w.is olice a run
sh.iiity. whoe adobe i h:i un v s thuu:h
fallen to decay still mark I's s'te re
Is believed to be the exact button if
the he adeiiarlers.
"Jc f" liunbar. a n.t .1 ihiuailcr in
rrltulnal rlnle-s. is ikKi-i upon as be-
ing the hlc.h thief ci( the e in ire hind
He has lived In We st in Colorado f ir
ten years and ln.i-ts of bating a
'score "f men III the i'I.ivi V ari "
baa the reputation of 1 1:112 jli'i to d -a
'en cent pine with h s six-shoo!-- s
aa l.ir as be c an see It. lie Is a refit-
gee from Texas 'tl.l lus .e. i 1 . .
by the au'hotttlis f. r tuv.i'v fl f t --. rt
years. He kills J a man In T':.s
in r a gam-; cf M- (. 111 n.ni:e. .01
1cw Ihe couutty." l'e- killed an oM-
rer named lllcvuis In New M.-t .ml
woiinile-d another man in tin ih.om-
tc r. He is noted us the iniit.lerer c.'
Iloli S'ewart of Cliev venue lie bo.isls
that he "tuns" northwe'tein Ci l.u i 1
and "shcsits it up" at w III.
There Is some doubt as to th" naite r
of the local captains the ' hnncr '
lo re I'robahly falling as folio s ' II on-
iho" Johnson. In.-al cupt.hn of the po.
dcr Springs or Snake river division;
' H i c'li" Cassldy who escaped 1ca:li
"JF.K" Dl'NDAR.
at Ihe hands of the n'rtiging cltiic-is
of Meeker lu last )ear' slaughter .f
the Meeker bank robliers Is thought
to preside over the Itcown a Hole gang;
Jltu Stevens wanted It la said by
Colorado authorities for many crimes
Is the pniliable leader of Robbers'
Roost; Andy Strong well known In
t'tah criminal range annals. I "book-
ed" a bring the local chief of the
flreen mountain contingent.
Tom Turley. a refugee from Color-
ado Justice a the brutal murderer of
Kd Neimrn at River Rend on the Kan-
sas Pacific railroad In 1ST8. la thought
lo bold a high position of some kind
and many Hilt k him to lie the gsn-
fral In rommaitd Instead u.' Dunbar.
Kr-;"YxM.
- 1 X ff
' WW
iW
aecxiuui 1
In a flghl I
ant flguie) J
...... a
iinri noicisv. c-.w j r 1-
(Ireen river. Jwrm ihounfit to be a
mediator between the t ie Indian and
the outlaw In the exchange of stolen
goods. The Indian each fall romo
over to Colorado to hunt and laat fall
they are said to have taken back with
them several thousand head of Color-
ado horses and rattle for which Ihe
supposition Is thry gave Hart Utah
horse and rattle that tho. bra-ids
might not be delected.
A similar exchange la believed to be
carried on between the Wyoming and
Idaho gangs. Dart I a refugee from
Colorado justice be havlug made a
aensatlonal escape from the authori-
ties at llahn'a Peak Colorado last year
by riding ninety mile over tbe moun
tains between (unset and dawn without
changing horses.
Th crime accredited to these ban
ditti are l-glou. The stock depreda
tions of Ihe lloie-ln-lhe-Wall gang ire
TOM TI'RI.EY.
famous throughout the entire west.
The robbing nf the t'nlted States pay-
master last spring and the Meeker.
Col. and Menitpcllcr Idaho bank raids
were executed with all the boblneas of
the world famous Jesse James raids.
The llrldger. Wyo. ator robbery and
the late highway rubbery and niurder
of the llahn s Peak miner are still fresh
In the minds of the Inhabitant n
Is also Ihe I Jinder-IUwllns stage hold-
up of last month. Within a year the
bodies of a half-doien emigrant and
prospectors have l-een found bleach-
ing iipun the hillside with no cltw
as to how they may have met di!i
The bunk robbery of Uat March Is
aid to have netted the banditti more
than tO.''i". Tbe robbers were track !
on that occasion a far as the Ragg's
postuffie e In the powder Springs dls-t-lct
but no one dared to follow them
farther. On several occasions men
bave been S'lil tel lnveallg.it the
strengths and habits of the powder
Springs gang but only one has ever
ret 111 tod to lender a report.
The chief amusement of the outlaws
is found lu what thry term "shooting
up" the frontier towns and for this
recreation they "take a day off'" per-
haps twice a month. Their Inst pai-
l mr of this kind was Indulged In a fc
ilavs tt. when twenty cf the gan
under leadership of Jef iMnhar. shot
up lo'h Paget and liixuli and left
s.-aru'ly a light nr window pane in
either of the two placet. At DiXoil
the hovs had most of their fun with an
angered saloon keener who refused to
do their l l.l. I. tig. and evinced hi re-
sentment bv throwing 1 bnr bot'le
roughly at Huubar's heij This pro-
voked the l-iole r an I be ordered sev-
eial of hi nn 11 to mount their horse
and tide Into tho saloon and order out
the drinks for all including a burk't
of water for each of the horses to be
se.ved over the tar. The saloeui-
Riiicr filled every v.rder under cover
1 f a dore 11 leveiUcrs and for bis trouble-
was pcriuitied lo stand at the rear
1 ml of his saloon and hold beer glasses
upon Ms lie .id while liiiubar and als
companion sh.ilic-red them to pieces
with their revedveSs at a distance of I '
paces.
The saloonkeeper was then forced td
dance while bullets few at lilt heels
and nf'cr icveral minute of thla eahll-
eratlng exercise he waa asked to cou.it
the bullet holes In the floor. Of thsse
there were iwenty-twu and for ea-h
one Ibiuhar gave him $1 with which to
buy new lumber.
t'rueli. la larta'.e.
The humaiiilai Uina of England .iy
that the method of taking the shell
from the tortoise 1 ilchl. On being
1 aught the tortoise Is se uil-bnUcd
over a lire of re ember until the
Ib-sh that retain the covered shell to
Ha body Is softened. The animal Is
then shelled clean and though the
sufleilng must be Intense It rarely dies
but In a few mouth grows anuih.-i
shell of which it I cletuUed In th
saute manner.
Ieia1cs4 na a XVag-fta Tssise
Her! Pilules. while rldlrg horfchae k
at bixe.ikuee k tMts at Me K nn-y TrX .
In Ihe dark ran agnlnst a farmer' wag-
on. The wagon tongue rntorril his left
eldc and went clear through hi body.
When heli reached blm be waa swing-
ing 011 the tongue dead.
The t'hlaaaaaa't Haaaia.
Tho original Idea of the Cehmaman'
pig-tall waa that It formed a conveni-
ent handle by which one day be
would be lifted up to pa radian. Thla
curlou belief la still to be found among
the natives.
Orlef.-There are a large number of
grief that are entirely unnecessary
and self dmpotrd because of the In-
ferior ends for which many live. R.
Oeorge ti. Raker rretbyterlaa DallaV
dtlphla Pa.
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