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Detroit Free Press.

"What did that man want - ask
ed Mr.. Bowser, as he came up to din
ner the other day, just as strange
man left the door.
SHE was tramp / replied.
"And you turned him away with
out even a crustP'
aHaven't you often told me to
look out for those gentry? He look
ed like hard case"
"He didn't look anything of the
sort The man appeared in ill
nealth. and it was mean. thing to
U turn him off in that way. Mrs. Bows
er YOU have a heart like stone"
"Well, he is standing on the corn
er, and if you feel for him you can
give him something"
"Oh, can p How liberal you arel
Well, I'm going to hand him a quar-
ter, anyhow. No one knows what
the poor fellow may have suffered.
I'll let him wheel those ashes out of
The yard and give dollar for the
job"
He beckoned the man into the al
lev and asked him if he wanted a
job.
"What is it," was the cautious re-
ply.
wheeling out those ashes. You
can do it in an hour, and III give
you dollar"
81 haven't come down so that, yet
old man u
"But don't you want work?'
"Not that sort. / want aquarter
to get square meal."'
"But you ought to be willing TO
work for il"
"Would you wheel out anybody's
ashes for any price ? Not much, you
old blokeE There's ring of you
fellows who have got us poor chaps
by the neck, and you want to tread
us into the earth. Don't try to step
on me old man."
II did fee. for you at first, but
now"
ooh, yes, you felt for me the same
as tiger does for an orphan baby.
You wanted to get S. worth of work
for so cents. Go to grass you old
bondholder."
"Do you know who you are talk
ing to ?' demanded Mr.. Bowser.
'sNo, and I don't care! Don't you
give me any lip or I'll punch your
head"
Mr.. Bowser started to pull off his
coat, but the man hit him in the eye
and knocked him against the fence
and then went off saying that it was
lucky for Mr.. Bowser it didn't hap
pen to be his we'll day.
"He couldn't have been hard
case, could he?" 1 queried, as /
went out TO Mr.. Bowser.
He was holding his hand to his
eye, and didn't reply.
"He appeared TO be in i'll health, +"
I softly continued. ''Mr. Bowser,
you have heart of stone"
He didn't say word until he had
washed his eye in salt and water and
eaten his dinner. Then, as he took
his hat to go, he turned on me with !:
at was the way in which you
treated his request that drove him
to desperation, and it will be singu-
lar if he doesn't return and burn our
barn Mrs. Bowser, I've got to have
plain talk with you'll This thing
can't go much farther y
But it did. He got half the po-
lice force after the tramp, secured
his arrest, and then had him sent up
for three months.
One day woman called and ask
ed for aid and told a pitiful story of
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Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.
TREATMENT THAT DROVE A TRAMP
TO DESPERATION.

A WOMAN WHO THOUGHT MR.. BowsER A
DAISY. AND SAID so, Too-FAMILY
LIFE IN THE MOST FAMOUS
FAMILY IN ALL FAR-FAM-
ED DETROIT.
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distress, l was asking for her street
and number when Mr.. 3owser came
in.
"Do you mean to insult the wo-
man n he brusquely demanded as |
wrote down the information.
81 am going to help her if she has
told me straight.story.'
Straight? Do you think she has
sat here and lied to your
"Heaven forbidin exclaimed the
woman as she rolled her eyes to the
ceiling.
"My good woman, said Mr.. Bows
er, as he turned to her. "you have
no doubt spoken the truth. Any one
can see that you are frail and deli
cate and greatly worried. Expect
no sympathy from my wife. She'd
demand certificate of character
from an angel. Here are couple
of dollars, and if you will call again
I'll do something further"
Heaven bless you sir! You have
a heart, indeed"
When she had gone Mr.. Bowser
said to me:
you'll get your pay .or such con-
duct, old lady No wonder you are
in such mortal terror of thunder
storms p.
"I'll bet the woman is fraud p l
holly replied.
"That's poor way to sneak out
of it. ! haven't doubt every word
she has spoken has been the solemn
truth"
That afternoon / rode over to, the
street and number she had given me,
but could find nothing of her. l
made persistent inquiry for blocks
around, but she was not to be heard
Of I had just returned home when
she came along and sat down on the
front steps to wait for Mr.. Bowser.
thought she acted rather singular,
and when Mr.. Bowser came up the
suspicion was verified.
"Whoop! Hooray she shouted
as he came near. SHAY, old man,
you're daisy y
"W- what's this ~ demanded Mr..
Bowser, as he stopped short.
"Ole gals zhrunk again-zhat's
all ~ she replied, as she tried to
throw her arms about him.
"Are you the-the woman who
called here this forenoon3" he ask
ed.
"You bez | am %
"And / gave you $2?"
Sho you did, ole boy, and I've
come back for two more I'll bez
on you every time ole lily of Che val
ley"
"Woman did you spend any of
that money for drink p he demand
ed.
"Did II ShertinglyI did! Shay
ole man, there amt no flies on you I
Let me kiss you for your muzzer !"
$50 way, woman p
"Who's 60 away womanI Dont
talk THAT way to mel I'm muzzer
of five lizzee children, / am, and they
hain't got nothing to eat or wear"
~ believe you are an imposter !"
"Whaz That? Don't shass me, you
ole reprobate or I'll make it sad for
you'll I want 50 right away"
He got by her and got into the
house, probably hoping that hadn't
seen or heard anything. But I said !:
"Mr. Bowser, do you want to in
suit the woman?
He didn't reply.
~ called at the address she gave,
but no one in the neighborhood ever
heard of her. However, | don't want
to prejudice you against"
Her troubles have made her luny,
l think" he interrupted.
"Poor thingl Then you will see
that she is sent to an asylum ?"
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Fl. A RIDDLE, Gen'l. Passenp er Agent,
w. A. GARD, 49,
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
Wabuska Perfume.

The last issue Of the Wabuska
Mlngler contains the following: LAST
evening as we were setting up the
funeral notice Of Hezekiah Dobson,
we thought we detected the garlic
and Pizen Switch whiskey combina-
ton which constitutes the breath of
Hank Snaggs stealing through the
west window with the evening wind.
A few moments later Hank threw a
brace of polecats into the Office and
went away.
ave are glad Hank is considerats
enough Of our finer feelings to carry
disinfectants along with him when he
travels past our Office. These little
animals have a good deal better
effect on him than few handfuls Of
last years cloves, which lack the
neutralizing and penetrating qualities
to enable him to move in good society
in this locality"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
The Apache War.

Apparently we are to have another
Apache "war." A gang related to the
filthy ssvages with whom tourists are
familiar ut the Needles is preparing
to begin hostilities. The White
Mountain Apaches at the San Carlos
reservation are thought to be abetting
the discontented braves.
II this outbreak can be suppressed
before blood is shed there ought to
be no delay for the sake of a technical
justification. The Government should
not wait for outrages to be COM
mitted; it should strike the first blow.
The Huslapais should be captured
and disarmed, and then their griev-
ances should be investigated. If the
cattlemen have really encroached on
the land Of the Indians, they should
be promptly compelled to vacate.
Even Apaches have rights. But there
should be no hesitation about depriv-
ing the savages of the power to do
mischief.-[E Examiner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
A Murdered Pugilist.

At prize fight in st. Louis Tuer-
day night, between John Ahearn and
Thomas Jackson, the latter was
killed. Ahearn was hold without
bail to answer to charge of murder,
while the referee, seconds and time
keepers are held as accessories. The
body Of jackson presented disgust
ing appearance as it lay in the
morgue, the face being disfgurcd
almost beyond recognition by the
punishment which he had received.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
Lake Erie Victims.

A dispatch dated Cleveland, Sept.
IL, says:
Nothing definite was heard of the
yacht Leo, which left Detroit for
Cleveland last night with party Of
nine on board, until this morning,
when the bodies Of Ritter and Law
Their were found by the life saving
Grew floating in the lake. The re-
naming bodies are being searched
for, but the work is slow and danger
Gus on account Of the roughness Of
Lake Erie.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
THE EARTH.s MODEL


One q the Most Interesting EnhIbatU ~
the PAris Exp0OitaGA.
One Of the novel and interesting
exhibits at the Paris Exposition is
model OF the earth accurately made
to q scale of one millimeter to the
kilometer. or the one-millionth part
ofits natural size It L. sphere H.
732 m. or nearly AZ feet in
diameter. having painted on It's sur
face all the details Of the earth's sur
face This globe Is built up on q
skeleton Of wrought iron, with the
outside surface covered with wood; to
which are affixed the cardboard
panels covered with hard varnish.
This great work was conceived and
elaborated by N. Thomas Willard and
M. Charles Cotard. and it was carried
out by M. T. SeyriH (engineer) and
M. Albert Tissandier (architect). A
twelve-sided iron and glass structure
with dome covers the globe; in this
building an elevator lifts the visitor
to platform. near the top, and from
this point he descends by a spiral
gallery OF almost imperceptible slope,
which reaches the ground after a
great many turns. Though. the globe
weighs nearly thirteen tons, IT. can be
easily rotated by q hand-wheel.
The surface Is 30 great (525 square
feet) that very considerable detail can
be shown, and large cities. like Paris,
even show a few OF the main thorough
fares As an educational feature It is
especially useful in permitting the eye
to more accurately estimate the rela-
tive position and size Of seas and con-
tinents than is possible with any
plane-surface map. AN exceedingly
interesting series Of statistical and
geographical information is A!so
painted on the panels in the shape Of
the population of continents, cities,
etc; sections of the earth's crust; the
comparative heights of mountains;
lengths Of rivers, railways, telegraph
lines, etc.
In the matter Of kilograms received
per loo of inhabitants. it seems that
Australia comes fret (250 per 1907,
and Belgium and Switzerland next,
with $50 per 100. The United States
comes in with 80. Great Britain with
80, and Germany ends the list with 40
The number of letters passing
through the post-off1ces of the different
countries per inhabitant Is given as
follows in Engineering In describing
the globe:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
Misadventures of Two Sharks:

Captain Travers, OF the schooner
Hester A Stewart, that Just arrived
from the Bahamas, told reporter that
just before he left the islands the
natives captured shark eighteen feet
long. When 1t was cut open O half
barrel OF salt pork was found intact
in its stomach, besides number of
other articles which the monster had
swallowed. Mr.. Miller also had q
shark story. Two months ago tho
dead body Of monster shark wa,
washed up on the beach at Abaco. In
side the hugo mouth was found small
barrel. 1t was wedged so tightly that
1t would neither go up nor down. In
the barrel, the head OF which was of.
was found all the food the fish had
managed to get inside its teeth. The
barrel caughtall the food and the Ash
starved TO death. Baltimore Amor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20

In the summary of ocean surface, as
compared with the land. we find that
the five oceans cover 221, 900. 900
square miles. or 744 per cent. of the
earth's surface. while the five con-
tinents cover $500. 900 square miles.
or the remaining 26.6 per cent. of the
total AS the highest mountain on the
scale used would be only five-six-
teenths of an inch high, no attempt
has been made to show these in re-
lief. but they are shaded in the paint
ing to appear in relief. The coloring
Of the ocean represents by its intensity
the depth in five shades, ranging from
pale to a dark blue. Steamer routes
are shown by various colors for the
different nations. Science.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
strayed or stolen.

From our pastures near HALLE
some time in April, 1889, one lis
bay horse, branded JILL, connect
(the stems of the j and L forming '
H. on left thigh, s on left should
and 20 on left hip.
A suitable reward will be paid
the return of tho horses TO Halleck'
for information whore they may
found.
KELLY d Mccain,
Halleck, Neysda
May 8, 1889. tt
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20

nEPUTY U. &. LAND AND MtHfBAI
Surveyor for NeVsdA, Nines laid oat
and Surveyed fer Patent. Land surveyed, ap.
plications, contracts. payments. en- land. and
appsrtaining to taking up or holding land Of
tho state or Government att'ndsA 70. bhaii
kssp fully psstsd as to all lands taken up and
vacant in tAe eastern part u kevAda. a.
dress. ME-, Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-20
Trials Of Speed to be Conducted Under the Auspices of Tx
Directors of the State Agricultural Society

THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY WAS ESTABLISHED n
accordance with Act the Legislature Nevada euh
Act to provide for tho Ageu
Society Of the State" approved March T. 1885. 1872
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-12
INDIAN ALLIGATORS.
Facts Showing That They Sometimes Pre-
Upon Human Beings.

The curator of Riddell Museum, Agra,
reported that the following had bcCl
found in the stomach of large gharia'.
taken near the city: about dozod
large punches of hair probably human),
sixty-eight pebbles, averaging in size
from nearly three inches to one inch in
diameter, one large bangle, twenty-four
fragments of vitreous armlets, five
bronze finger-rings, one small silver
neck-charm "a small defaced coin with
q metal loop), one gold bead, one largish
bead of black stone, thirty small rcd
necklace beads" These things, says the
reporter, must have been on the body of
some woman, if not more than one, who
had been devoured. These facts prove
that the gharial sometimes preys upon
human beings.
Crocodiles attain a great size, up to
fifteen, eighteen, twenty feet or more in
length, and are found in many Indian
rivers, estuaries, lakes and tanks, or
marshes. All are bloodthirsty creatures;
but they are said to be fonder of carrion
than of fresh food.
The returns of 1887, when compared
with those of past years, do not show
much improvement, for wild animals
still abound in many localities, and hui
man beings are killed by them at the
same rate as during former years. IT
would be difficult to estimate the value
of property destroyed, for that of $4,000
head of cattle is not the mere money
value alone, but represents food lost and
tillage prevented; and who can pretend
to formulate the money equivalent
albeit life has never been set very high
in India-of 25, 900 human lives? But
one may imagine the dependency and
desolation of the survivors, the deteri-
Grating effect on cultivation, and the i'm
dustrial energy of the communities
which sustain these losses, as we'll as
the paralyzing effects on progress, COM
fort and prosperity Standard.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-12
RINGING THE cuRFEW.
The Probable origin OF . Time-Honored
English Custom.

Erroneous notions have long prevailed
concerning original object Of the cur
few. The custom of covering up fires
about sunset in summer, and about eight
at night in winter, is supposed to have
been introduced by William l., and to
have been imposed upon the English as
a badge of servitude; and it has often
been quoted to show with what severity
the Conqueror sought to press his cruel
governments even to the very firesides OF
his subject. But this opinion does not
seem to be we'll founded, for there is
evidence that the same custom prevailed
in France, Spain, Italy, Scotland, and
probably all the other coun-
tries OF Europe, at this period.
The curfew was intended as
caution against fires, which were
then very frequent and very destructive,
as so many houses were built of wood;
and of such fires the ''Savon Chronicle"
makes frequent mention. Again, the
curfew is said to have been used in En-
gland at much earlier date than the
Conqueror's reign, and by so good a
monarch as Alfred the Great. lie or
dained that all the inhabitants of Ok
ford should, at the ringing of the curfcw
at Carfax, cover up their fires and go to
bed; which custom, it is stated in Pesh-
all's History of Oxford" is observed to
this day, and the bell as constantly
rings at eight as Great Tom tolls at
nine" 1t is reasonable to conclude that
the Conqueror revived or continued tho
custom, which was previously estab-
lished in Normandy.
The curfew is mentioned to q late
period as a common and approved regu-
lation, which would not have been tho
case had it been originally imposed as a
badge of servitude or law to prevent
the people from meeting at their fire.
sides and conspiring against an OPP
pressive rule. We even find the ring
ing of the curfew-bell provided for by
requests of tracts of land, or other prop
erty, although this ringing was but the
relic of the custom; for the people are
not supposed to have put out their fires
and lights beyond the reign of William
ii. Henry |. restored the use of lamps
and candles at court after the ringing Of
the curfcw.-Christian Union.