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In tho Mayors Office yesterday morning AMI d.
rect.d tito preparation OF and looked over tho
principal rNtnts In tho nnnllAl report which will
bu presented to tho Council Monday evening.
Hans IAEAr1Sd, tho Sccretary Ut tho Flro
Department, who hns been Ill for several days,
was i, II very serious condition yesterday. Ills
nilllctton Ia orys!rclas In tho head. ills enforced
nhsencc causes t1ehy III the preparation Of tho
estimates of tho Department
NuiLn1Sd permits were granted yesterday to
j. L.. Lyman to erect a three.ttory und bMscmcnt
brick dwelling. .5x70. feet, No. sE Chesnnt
street, tu cost S7,to0; 10 John J. Currun to build
a twu-story and basement dwelling, aax46 feet,
Mt 40 West Fourteenth street, to cost 8sa,5oo.
THE new police patrol wagon for tho West
Luke street district waB exhibited ut tho City.
Hall yesterday. It Is n strung,y.tuilt vehicle,
somewhat siinfiar to that used by tho TIRE patrol.
rall on each Side. 1t is provided with Jumps.
lanterns, stretchers, etc., and s i. complete and
Is we'll plensel with 1t.
THE Nayor was asked yesterday by rnrBusE
reporter how the 0n9e compromise wns pro.
grtsstiR. fle thought TINT The public wcro led
70 sxnecs tot, much fr9n wiat '1ad been stased
Counsel AdAt!s. and himself were to hold d
meeting IN dug Or two, when Sir. John y. sher-
i'sld etntol that he wn,ld tutn over nil tho prop
erty 10 uWned y the city, which ~ owned NJ tho
hEIkHtD
thnt was very mich. lie. however. WIS nut pre-
pared to say anything. except thnt hu thnuEht
mitch.
TltE Committee on Streets and Alleys. South,
ns.y y@fts IT, n ,he GSy Gsrs
piacei On tlle' TGo ro1,otistraI1cc Nauinst tho
Improvement OF i}rynnt nvenus was Considered
and tho prayer Of tho petitioner granted, Tho
Tho oriInat,ce So rcscIt,5s Tht, ict1er frt,m tha
Gonnt1rtsts rsc,;,tn,eutlIur that certain I rSstrc
ttons 10 pilced on tho or.lInItico gr,intlnx tie
fs ia saSS S hs ss Shissg s Sty ;st%
bcca,.se the charter pIacrd n,nscr .,f tln rs
strlrtiuns asked for III tic corpurntIon. and tho
others were too onerous Tor tho Company to ac-
THE NEW c1rY-nAr1.
Tho Commissioner Of Public Wnrks. Mr.. wa,-
Icr. VIVA m,siiv nnrnvrd vcsfrr,lnv II IN fnoktnv
oyor ti,s proposcI plst,s an,l estiMutsa cat *
ifn un Wnshinutnn and Itnntnnh Nv ~ ia" re"ts Il
h"s NAL hcnn NJ ,ni.,c ~ fhn fii'iinr n{tt ~ ~
Mnvur nn sne n,,Jcnt H., o,a !,
viii she rrnnd trt,innh,i nrnh ",,H In iis M ste"i
In su1in strt.ct Yront ths as,st ~ wh1nf ,yt he
ntm.t S MI Tho ~ vno I'M wiil,c # IL nst,matnt m "
a,t SI, vhnslor ~ ~ w.. ~ ~ t
pptc1it nrchitects ami n1,ilflors insist init ths
Insists that tho arcncs would inrktn the in.
| tcrtur Of tho bulidtnr, and fVr this rensnn
thuy wara abandoned; There II Il gonI chnt,cc
a 1E 5's; %a'0 between tho city and
| v,,o,,ra,tr " .urr or w.rrp
| ""oL@sA+s AsfE ot WATER"
ChlgaGo people aro Asshil9d tor supporting
ths!r q. rrase @ isr Their lil,Sral uss q yatsr
wastsd hero than in any other city
| oh tno taeS OF INC 10. eartn; @ Aceori,nK to
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Cor.UMnus, Ga, Jim. l3.--A. N. Bryant,
merchant Ut t'1s city, placed a pistol lit tho
fnce Of Ella Hutchinson. u handsome colorad
prostitute, last night. The u'stul exploited.
killing tho girl. l!ryant said II was uect-
dental, aud 30 the cOrOner'S Jury found 1t,
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HPtttaf f]Ipatth to 3ht CAttH1o IftbAnA
SrHiSur1ELD, Ill.,, jan. 13.-Snm N.
Spencer, OF Auburn, Sauga1non County, n
grocer and ex-Constablr, lIas skipped out,
leaving numerous small bills Us tokens Of re-
metnbrance. lie hns written his wifi that
1,a has gol.e fur Rontt. lie leavcs her to caro
for four children. aud Is supposed TO have
gone away with q woman Of questionable
reputation.
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GOV. WILLIAMS BODY.
Rpfetdi Btaudtth ID Ths f.hfeano 7fibnat.

VIScESSEs, Ind. Jan. t3.-T)ts cotnmu-
nifty Is all agog with excitement over tho RI.
NOR TINT body-snatcl,ers have visited the
grave OF lndinnn's recently deccnsed Gov
orn?r, dug ,,p the body, mil robbed 1t Of val
ua6les, Atso tile silver trimmings upon tho
cAsket.
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STEAMSHIP NEWS.

STEAMSHIP NEWS,
MovtrI,E, IRELAND, Jun. l3.-Arriycd, the
Ethiopia, from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Jun. la,-Asrlyed, the Egypt.
from New York.
1lAMuuita, jim. 1s.-Arrlycd. the Frisia,
from New York.
NEW YnIsK, jim. 1a-Arrtyod, tho steamer
6tate Of Florida, frt'u Glasgow.
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SHOOTING AFFRAY.

Brn1NoFIEi.p, ILL.,, Jun. 13.-Tho manager
Of IL restaurant by tho name Ut Charles True,
md the negro cook, by hume OF George
Guy0It, had n difficulty tElls morning, owing
to tho manager, huying discharged, tho cook.
The manager shot tlle negro Iii thu check,
manager ~ the forehead. Neltllor purity was
AeriOuHlY injured.
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Spettai ptsr.1ltA 10. 7nt Chleueo 7tthuns.
Asuvl1.LE, N. c., Jan. ls.-I.Rst night 8
horrible murder WIS committed Iii Jefferson,
Asle County, at q bull which was Rolnx OH
vt the Louse Vt u we'll known citizen. 1t
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WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. ia largo
building. occupied by L. T. Smith & Co..
erocers; tho Worcester Il Nnsllun Railroad,
WhItcOn6 Dros., boot manufacturers; and
L. N. Dcln. heel-1Mnllfacturcrs, Was battly
lnnneca by fire aud water tonight. Loss,
$4,000. Insured,
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NOT GUILTY..

DETH0rr, Mich, Jun. l3.-A special from
Charlotte, A[lch., says thu jury In the N. ].
Cr0w abortion murder ease returned ver-
out nll hight
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KILLED nY A DRUNKEN MAN.
DENvEn Col, jan. 1a-A telegram from
1lpwards, Col. snys: "J0lIn Davis, q
drunken mtt1. without my proyocatlorl. shot
aud killed Alfred Powers, DAVIS, knocked
POwurs down, nttf tho lutter tried to avoid
linl, but DuVIB followed.
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THREE YEAisa.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. jan. lS.-Mary Riley,
the young woman folMl guilty Of hurglarlz-
Ing tho house ut MAX Hrldcrnlat. was sei,-
telsced to three yeurs In ls House OF Cor
tGctlUu.
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AT sEEnE STATION, ARK.

AT DEEnE STATION, ARK.
LITTLE 1locK, Ark, Jan. 1L-A $4,000 ilre
took placu Mt Deebe Station, OIL tho Iron
Mountain RatlrOatl. north Of here, tits ,nori
Ing. Tic stores OF Bradley & bradley, ". Z.
Alexander T. Co., and tho markct-h0usc. were
DESTROYED.
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A Horrible Mystery Agitating the
People Of Oshkosh,
Wis.
A Family Found Weltering in Their
, Blood, with the Premises
on Fire.
Something Similar Revealed In tho Re-
a." citnl Of II Boy ut petcr.
boro, N. II.
4 Nine Year-0ld Boy Convicted Of Man
slaughter at Maohias, Me-
Othor News.
AN EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.
Enteial ftfffnkeA In THs kshteddd Tfthtnf.

opfs'at a''3p"'sa ;" Ams ehs"1' N,'o'
extraordinary murder Trials on record was
conclu,lel Mt NuchIas. Me. to-.tuy, Tho
.e.es .,s;s,es ,, "S ""ars H.; ' IN" ,sc;i,, u"s
graduated from pettlcoats, a1ul who ca.,-
nnt m,sstnty lay., ;,,,v co,,,nrohc,sIon Of
the the awf,,i ] cr,mo lni.l at ts door or the guilt
mid penalty attaching to 1t, tho Court Inns mt
for three tlnys ai,d gone through all tl,H
s''bjcetsI. war!s" Lo!'e','oro, TIC prisoner:
was nt Froe.1'a', Wrislt's house On the s,t, u
October lust, after school, when boy.
attracted by tho noise Of the discharge Of
gun, proceeded TO the premises md t!scov-
III "la'',Ara henp oach u the barn, wlt', tne
postsnte boy % o. wrlst h s., nfsa''tn @ %1t an
~ ~ "" | .,, ,,e,, an,, .,oot. t,w,
Wy t otsa s.'uL ~. ag M 1a hsa, ala A ,.sIS' .m
Ut the shot penetrating the bra11. and he llved
but short time. 1nngmore told vcry colt
clnimine hat In Tank the aun down
~ ahnot n cnt wEtto Wrinht wns
~ staw, ,,v an,, aoau. ,'cr fron;, rettinr nway.
and tLNt go,uolow tho gun went Utf, With tic
result noted. llealiziig sonlcwlnt the tor.
ribls result Of TIE shooting, he determined
70 aiae me bouy ;ol his ia1e eonlrnat,
9M GsaoLe 9n ,,I 1s orma Mas ,,a oSt s, p.i1uH
lin , i,arn' . w.Inra h, wns ~ surpristi .iieginr
grave, 4 medical examination of Wrighs's
poHy MevelopGa tl9 oSt si,igH1FE mt. Il, ~ ~
w,Is,n's s,s Wrfyht,s sl,i ~; was fractpcI in
! two pluces, over each temple 1t Is charged
| back Ut lie burn, discovered Gillut Wright
was not dead aid deliberately struck hin
with tic sp,.tlu to complete the horrible tlecl
| I.o1lelnOre wns not known ns
| ylcljus lad. md It was cluptett
tlat the shooting was accidental,
| md Ills subsequent work tho result Of
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GENERAL NEWS.

q. 4. swrKErolsp. President Of tho baraboo
1lu!troud, Is nj tho fremont.
. NATHAN Cmultc1, editor Of the Grand Rapids
{Iich.) Times, Is ut tho Pacc.
N. faoppEx, President Of the Milwaukee Cham
Der Of Commerce. is Mt tic Trc.nont.
.sGEs. u. 0. 1lowAnp, Cnpt. J. A. siatl,len. John
n. Collier, md G. Il. Wool, 9. =. a., aro regis
tered ut tho Palmer.
Nit. FRANK L.. ltocKwgtE. tho artist. Is en-
,E.tEsd Upon Il full-lunKth portrait OF tho late
'3rurgu d. Carpuntrr.
Nil. Il. N. IsLAkE was ycstcr,iay eeeted ty q
u tho lMnrd OF Trntic, s.-.
;. THE Directors Ut tho Peoples Church held |
brief informal! ,ac.t,nE Ut tho shcru,an llousc
last gyclItng, but did no h!isness bUyona tho
consideration OF routine Affmrs.
LIEUT. IlAnnEE. OF Tho West Madison Street
Station, ~ lying seriously III of typnolo'fever 1T
TOR hs recovery wero thought to be improving
lust night.
EnE VII 9e pHsfsa , 'a few 1sys s,tt5 HoSx
Of the famous lighters ,ln.i battles Of tue prize
rlug of tho world. 1t vii, bc edited by Ahern
A MEkrrSu Of the Fourteenth Ward Land
Icngae WIS hel!l Inst evening Vt Anr0ra! Iar!er.
In the chair: Tho attendance wis sery larHe atid
scvrta. new nelnhers were enrolled. After tho
transaction Of routine business the meeting nd.
jouruel.
a HORSE valued Mt 500, belonging to william
nindrm natelsr ct ~ Si nso isan
1nurnirs, ] IN IN consesluenco 81 having been bitten
% sSs"s .ss :s Tsss g. I'll aSS ss e ae
Police Pntrot.
Co1~ $. G. BAKER, travelling agent from
Lowell. M.ss, Is reported missing since Wc1ncA-
dry noon Of isst week @ fron narke's European
Krcat effort iuanuged !o write savel,!l letters
Wednesday, forenoon. liz thon wont DOWN -staird
li II fts-nT
TIE sessions Of tho National Picture. Ernmo
md MDtdin3 Association wcru begun ycstcrllny
'nfternoon ut tho fremont House. There were
Chairman, md j. Sctram Srcrctary. Tho work
Of preliminary organization tnok up a'l OF tho
jo,lrncd until o 'clpek Ills inorniug, whvn tho
annual election viii Ge he1.
.,Ara meoting OF tho I!oard OF Trustrees ct tho
fy oa Sssso As M ths ersnn Ghp n
Vacancy upon tno Hoard sapssd By tho rssg.
than ak yeArs u menll,cr OF tue uonrl. as well
fSE II csoc . to sss Sns Inter
held meeting Ii,s. cseiilng 1t lIs North Ilalstcd
street. IT. kng being y the shar; The 's co,!sti a
ixa 1t IL IS cens. SS9t The 1 co"mttee @ On Hit not
hnvins secured ono. was coptinus4 another
week With INSTRUCTIONS ~ secure Father Dar-
10 tho email attcDdance THO election OF per-
manens officers was postponed ono week. .,
A. K1MnALt, ucnerni Superintendent nnd E.
oas Gaeesr ef u
the Pennsylvania Knftroad: IL. T. Atkns, Gem
e.
Me[,s; He,'esa! F,s,eght AGENT q sno ltn
5Ss M Council Alu'Ia itaIlroFui. arc att III f..
sr,,p yorrr tto,.s rh-ta,o, , "a oso,4o+s,, ,.ova
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That low. uaryuua fuyer want Of elecp, and
Ne&knesa caIlx for uop UlttetA
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY

MISTAKEN IDENTITY,
au&etai pHpatea to Ihs thteaoo 7tthm~A-
Dr4ooMlSuTox, ILL.,, Jun. 1a-'rlle prisoner
under arrest ut Ltttlu lloak, Ark, believed
to bs tbs assaHius 0f Aaron 0ooltellow,
proves " bo the wrong person.
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SUDDEN DEATH.

OUUVCN VENTNt
CINCINNATI, o., Jun. la.-Dr. J. l.. Vnttter,
o well-knowN local democratic politician,
died suddenly this lnnrntnx at Ills residence
III this city. lie WIS ~ yeiirs old.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19

and downcast, she met him at the door
dressed IN a neat calico wrapper. He
had been clerk before fortune smiled
upon him, and she modest school
teacher. She informed him that she
had discharged all the servants,
and they would live as former
ly. she doing the work. She
handed him $500 As tine result OF sell
ing her jewelry, and told him to use it.
JOY and hope beamed in his eyes and
found place in his heart again. He
went again to business. In one month
he had regained his former position,
had redeemed everything his wife had
pledged, and was living As formerly.
Three times within six years was this
man saved in this manner by his wife.
To-day he is one of the most daring and
successful of our spectators. This Is
one story. Here is another: A young
man in Franklin wished to marry. He
was well-to-do, had snug little sum in
the bank, but the speculation mania
caught him. He invested it all in oil.
The market that had been going up for
four days turned the very day he
bought and in two short hours he saw
the savings OF wears disappear. 1t
madiened him. He took to drink. be-
came unfit for business, lost his posi-
ton, the love and respect of his wife.
for he had married. and gradually
sank. step by step, until he is to-day
maudlin bar-room drunkard. Homes
have been ruined. hearts broken. lives
destroyed, men crazed by this exciting,
insane passion that never quits them
until they have lost all they possess.
except in a very few cases where they
had the hardihood TO fly while their
pockets were full.
This happens about as often as it does
in the lives of gamblers. These men.
as rule. live fast lives, and it is very
seldom that one with gray hairs is found
among them
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19

water. PIP degrees. was not reached
during the entire time of cooking
the meat, and only two and half
inches from the surface. The center,
of course, would be still less affected,
and the parasites at that point not
injured in the least In the ordinary
method OF cooking by frying in thin
slices. the heat to which the pork is
subject is much greater than in boiling,
and for this reason is much the safest
way OF cooking pork. The experiments
of NJ. Vacher, showing how readily
triehine may escape destruction in
cooking pork, probably had some infu-
ence on the Chamber of Deputies and
the recent decisions of the French Gov
eminent prohibiting the importation of
American pork.
In preparing smoked bacon. hams
and shoulders the trichin;e are in great
part destroyed. and all may be if the
smoking is thorough and continued
long enough to enable the creosote or
oil of smoke to reach the very center
of the pieces; and we may say that
thorough smoking and thorough cook
ing are among the best and most certain
preventives of trichinosis. While we
do not think there is any cause for
alarm on account of the few cases of
this disease recently reported in this
country, or for eschewing the use of
pork on that account, it is just rs well
to be on the safe side by adopting we'll
known preventive measures, both in
the care of swine and in the use of their
meat.-N T. Sum
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19
Impurities in Ice.

The popular delusion that water in
the process of freezing somehow elimi-
mates any impurty it may contain. or
that the vitality of animal or vegetable
germs is destroyed by the cold, is now
very generally exploded.
An American naturalist has been mi
croscopically examining fragments of
ice taken from various canals and ponds.
He took only such specimens as APP
peared clean and were quite transparent
TO the eye. On melting them and sub
jecting them to magnifving powers,
varying up to nine hundred diameters,
he say that vegetable tissue and con-
fervoid growth were in most cases OBJ
servable at once. He found no in
stance in which animalcule were pres
ent in an active state after feeding, but
after being allowed to stand for a while
in a moderate temperature, the water
presented monads whose movements
were easily distinguished with a magni-
fying power of from two hundred to
four hundred diameters. After a while
confery;e were observed growing and
taking form similar to the nests Occu-
pied by the young OF the Paramecium,
Coihihph IA stsig hdHt "htci- iHc it>uib
of the observations is to prove beyond
question that freezing does not in any
way eliminate impurity or prevent the
subsequent development OF animal or
vegetable germs.
THIS is merely confirmation of what
has already been asserted and proved
before. but the matter is of such impor-
lance that it is not likely TO be urged
with unnecessary frequency. Many
persons who will look askance at glass
OF uniltered water will not hesitate to
cool their drink by dropping knob of
ice into it. That from ponds and canals
is, of course, ostensibly gathered for
non dietetic purposes: but it is to be
feared that in hot weather ice is ice.
and that much risk of mischief is often
incurred. London Globe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19
THE ISLES or LONG AGO.

o lovely isles 50 far away
In iifc's vast Surging sea-
Around their slopes the sunbeams play
Their silent melody.
Above their heights the changing skies
Their lights and shadows throw,
As they agtin before me rise
The Isles OF Long Ago.
O lovely isles forever fair.
And clothed with green they stand.
No change or death can enter there,
In that iair summer land.
Where happy birds. i'm shady bowers,
Sing with tine brooklc;'s flow,
And myrties deck. and fadeless flowers,
The Isles Of Long Ago
I've sailed out On the sea of life,
Far from their pearly strand
We. often through the din and strife
see that summer land.
The ocean surging round II there
With ccaseiess cbh and How:
so grand and Turc and deaihless fair
The Isles OF Long Ago.
Time, when life mighty tide moves ON,
Stands ever ~ the helm.
To guide Ger qucSsauds and through storm
enic to higher realm:
There. standing on The hills 81 nght,
To view the scene below.
III see them with n clearer sight
The Isles of Long Ago.
Far from the ceaseless rush and roar
~ LIES vast. eurginY sea.
They stand in lght forever more
Ia Sod eternity.
Thee In that blessed land of truth.
No death or change To knoS.
Ill walk again the ways Il youth,
Boston Transcript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19
The Ups and Downs Of Oil Spectators.

The Philadelphia Times publishes an
interesting letter from Bradford, Pa.
on the vicissitudes Of oil operators and
the mania for speculation. Ii reads
like IA page from the history of CaIifor-
MIA in the palmy days of placer mining;
Speculation in the price of oil was the
next craze. and one that finds promi-
nence to-day. Magnificent oil eX-
changes were erected in Oil City. Titus
vile and Bradford. Here speculation is
indulged in the price OF oil. the oil GER
tiiicates being the basis. One instance
of how men become rich in this way
occurred in Oil City. Two brothers by
the name of Goettle, in 1861, were
bootblacks around the streets OF the OF.
towns. They made a good deal of
money for boys, and saved il. When
they had few hundreds saved they
took flyer ON the market They were
successful, and doubled. Success still
followed them, and to-day they are
among the wealtbiest and most success
iul SPECTATORS in the region. The
magnificent generosity of the oil men
is well known. A poor and needy
woman has often had thousands of dol
lars raised for her among a crowd of oil
men. and in a few minutes she was
raised from poverty 10 opulence. They
spend money ike water, and no town
in the country will show better-dressed
men and women than these. They all,
almost universally, wear diamonds upon
their shirt bosoms. which in many eases
they are forced to pawn for necessities
before they have become even accus-
toned 70 them.
When the market is dull and inactive
for few days ii is noticeable every
place.
Speculation is the liie-blood of Oil
City, Business stagnates, men get the
blues. and the town is duh. indeed.
But let the market be variable, fortunes
are made and lost. men are excited. the
streets are alive with oil brokers rush
ing back and forth between banks and
exchanges with certificates. drafts.
checks, and even money in their hands.
The wives of the brokers crowd to the
exchanges, and lille in the visitors
gallery, watching the operations of
their husbands. Some time ago. in one
of these exchanges. the gallery was
filled To overllowing. The market was
leaping mp at the rate of ten cents an
hour One of the heaviest BUYERS WAS
ON the wrong side. He saw his fortune
disappearing Ike a mist, at the rate of
$4,000 an hour. For six hours this
continued, aud he was forced TO .'lay
down" - il i called to be announced
bankrupt. in other words. bis wife
was witness OF the whole scene. An
hour before the worst came she left the
exchange. walked into dry-goods
store. tcok oil her sealskin sacque, and
sold il. From that place she went To
the jewelers. and disposed OF her dia-
monds and all her silver When her
husband returned home disconsolate
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19
How the Esquimaux Hunt Bucks.

A most novel and interesting method
OF bird-catching is practiced during the
spring and early summer. while the
ducks and geese are noting and una
bic to fly. The EsquimauX puts his
kgdek-that is, his seal-skin canoe-on
his head. like an immense hat, and re-
pairs TO the big lake. or the sea side.
where he has seen the helpless birds
swimming and feeding in the water.
Here he launches his frail bark, and,
when seated, which is not always ac-
complished without a ducking, takes
his double bladed oar in his hands, and
at once starts in pursuit of the game.
Before him, on his kgdck, where he can
seize it at the proper moment. lies his
dnck- spear. together with other imple-
ments of the chase. Cautiously APP
preaching the featherless flock, he
sometimes gets quite near before his
presence is observed. but even then,
before he is within striking distance,
there is great spluttering in the wa.
ter. as the band scatters in every drec-
ton. vainiy beating the water with the
curious-looking stUmps that soon will
wear their plumage and once more do
duty rs wings. Some dive below the
surface and come up great way OF,
and always Just where YOU are not
looking for them; but as the flock takes
alarm, the hunter dashes forward, feel
ing the necessity for speed rather than
for caution. He is soon within fifteen
or twenty feet of the struggling mass.
and, Selling curious-looking spear.
with three parbs of une iual length, he
poises il for moment in the air, and
then hurls it with unerring aim at the
devoted bird. impaling il with a sharp
ened iron or bone spike in the center
of tine barbs. The handle of the spear
is of wood. and floats on the surface
of the water. so that the hunter can re-
cover his weapon and the game at his
leisure.
In some sections of the Arctic. the
game thus captured forms a great sta
Pile OF food: for winter use the birds are
packed in bales of about three feet in
kngth and twofeet square on the ends.
looking very much like small bales of
cotton that have been tarred and feath-
cred. for it must be remembered that
the inside and outside OF the birds re-
main intact when packed away. 1t is
no objection to an Esquimaux palate
that they decay before winter freezes
the bale as solid rs rock.-W H. Gil
der, ~ Scribner $. Monthly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-19

A chestnut tree which was cut
down by John Budd. Of Sandburgh.
Sullivan County, n. Y, made 1.S00
marketable fence rails, besides much
firewocd. The tree contained 1900
rings at the butt, which. il is claimed
indicated that it was 1900 years old.