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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29
The LiOn.Tamer's Secret.

The boldest individuals, says Lon
don paper, who put their heads two or
three times day into the lions mouth,
have told me that the best way to with
draw it from the gulf is, first of all, not
not to open the cquaintanceship with
this experiment; and, secondly, to per-
form it with great nerve. Nerve, that
is the great secret of the lion tanner
the sole cause of his authority over his
beasts. When he has studied subject
for some time, endeavoring to master
its character-and among the higher
animals the character is very individ-
ual, very accentuated-one morning the
man walks quietly into the cage. He
must astonish the beast and overawe
him at once. As to the training, it
consists-and here 1 quote the words
of an expert in such matters-in COM
manding the lion to perform the exer-
cises which please him-that is to say,
make him execute from fear of the whip
those leaps which he would naturally
take in his wild state.
There is one fact which no one would
suspect-that it is easier to train an
adult lion taken in snare than an ami
NAL born in menagerie. The lion Of
the booth is in the same position as
sporting dogs which play much with
children. They are soon spoiled for
work. Pezon possesses five or six lions
which he has brought up by hand. As
rule they live with the staff of the
menagerie on terms of perfect familiar
ity, but this frequently leads to tragic
accidents. Lions, even lions in fair,
will devour man in fine style. Can I
say that the fear of such an accident is
ever sufficiently strong to make me
pause on the threshold of menagerie
No. 1 cherish, and, like me, you also
cherish the hope that some day, per-
haps, you will see lion tanner eaten.
This contingency sometimes occurs, in
fact more often than is usually sup
posed. For instance, without leaving
the Pezon menagerie, it is not year
since the proprietor narrowly escaped
being devoured by his bear, Groom, at
Chalons-sur Marne He would have
perished if his son, Adrian Pezon, had
not thrown himself, saber in hand, be-
tween the two combatants and killed
the bear on the spot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

Baxter had been sent to help Mr.. Straight
way in the East End, why he worked sc
hard in the parish, and why he was sc
desperately anxious to stand high in his
wears opinion.
When Tom read the letter his first i'm
pulse, unclerical though it may appear,
was to use strong language. But he re-
strained himself and fell to thinking over
the various means of escaping his duties.
A fresh appeal to Mr.. Straightway he
knew to be hopeless. That worthy ascetic
did not only look upon cricket as friy-
olous waste of time, but he was a strong
advocate of the celibacy of the clergy.
Moreover, by merely asking the question
Tom might offend him, and this he Ger
tainly could not afford to do under the
circumstances.
There was nothing for it then but q
pious fraud, and although Toms con-
science rebelled against the idea of de-
ceiving his vicar, who trusted him i'm
plicitly, he could not make up his mind
to disappoint Alice or to deny himself
the pleasure of seeing her. He might,
under more favorable circumstances, have
dined at her uncle's house in Portman
Square, but as luck would have it he had
undertaken to conduct an evening class
on both nights of her stay in town. So
he wrote a very affectionate answer,
promising that nothing short of an earth
quake should prevent him from appearing
at Lord s, and he at once set to work to
arrange plot for the deception of Mr.
Straightway.
The day before that on which he had
promised to meet his intended, Tom told
his vicar that he was passing the night
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29
Spring Planning.

Petted Daughter-Mamma, saw
such beautiful set of diamonds down
town at Stoneking & Co.'s this morn
ing! And they are marked only 50, 500
Pm sure papa will buy them for me if
you say so.
Doting Mamma-Ethel, your papa
does not expect to fail in business till
the 1st of May. You'll have to wait
till after he has compromised with his
creditors. If he gets them for you
when we start for the seaside in June
that will be soon enough, won't it,
darling?
The word cyclone was first proposed
by Piddington in 1S4S, to describe the
violent hurricanes of the tropics, in
which the wind rotates, in the northern
hemisphere, opposite to the hands of a
watch. The term anticyclone was first
used by Mr. f. Galton in 1868 to repre-
sent wind motion in the opposite direc'
ton,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

was piloted by Hill to The old cabins
which he had himself used the year be-
fore. Here the rations gave out and
the raiders were in distress.
Captain Huffbar had heavy insur-
anee on his life, and made up scheme
to throw out the impression that he
was dead. For this reason he stranded
his wagon in the quicksands of the
South Canadian River, and leaving his
shoes and some other distinguishing
marks he fled to Texas, while the man
with him came on back to Wichita and
reported him dead. This man gave
such sensational account of the af-
fair that many of the people began to
look on Hill as his murderer. Not be-
ieving that the man was dead, and not
liking to live under cloud of suspi-
cion, Hill took Marshal James Cairns
into his confidence, and together they
hung Huffbar's friend up by the
thumbs in lonely spot on the Arkan.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29
The Fmnnel-Shaped Cloud.

When the colonel reached home the
hour was late, or early, rather. The
colonel's wife, who excuses none of the
foibles which men inculcate, met the
colonel with freezing look. The
colonel, who is usually skillfully in.
ventive. "lost his head" when he saw
his wife's face.
Wife-"What made you so late?"
Colonel (after embarrassing hesita-
tion)-"I was detained"
"What detained you?"
"Tell you what's a fact. Yesterday
evening a funnel-shaped cloud came
along and blew me against wall
'gainst wall-and the doctor worked
five hours in trying to bring me around
all right"
"a funnel-shaped cloud?"
Eyes"
"Are you sure it was a cloud?"
"Course am"
IL didn't know. thought that prob
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29
A MODERN DIANA,

in flesh. Learn to mount the wheel:
yes, its hard work for some, but a pretty
trick after you master it, If you are
sensitive, take moonlight light and
a broad side street; be sure the street
is broad; riding-schools are rather
cramped for exercise of this sort.
Don't be discouraged if you fail ninety
nine times, for the next time it may
come to you, and then you will wonder
how you ever could have been SO stu
pid as not to understand at once. Some
ladies readily conquer all the require
ments of good riding, while I know of
one young woman who has been riding
three years, yet her husband holds the
wheel until she is safely seated. Have
the saddle as high as you can reach;
don't let your knees bump your chin,
as many do. By the way, there is a
fortune for the man who will invent q
comfortable saddle for lady's wheel.
Some will advise no corsets; I think
that great mistake, for a corset loose
ly worn is great support to the back,
and gives neatness to the figure, which
latter is so essential to o woman in so
conspicuous position. Chicago Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

sas River until he divulged the whole
plot Captain Huffbar afterward re.
turned, and now lives in Sedgwick
County, Kansas, on a ranch.
When Oklahoma Hill and his supply
train reached Ewing City they found
that the soldiers had been before them
and captured the boomers Captain
Payne had left note in a secret hol,
low, as agreed on between himself and
the scout.
The boomers returned again, how.
ever, and they were not disturbed for
months.
Captain Francis Moore, at the head
of four companies of cavalry, rode into
camp the morning of August 7, 1884,
and arrested Captain Payne, his then
chief of scouts, "Doc" Worrel, and
several other leading men.
Captain Payne was only held short
time after his capture and made to take
forced marches behind prairie
schooner. At last he was once more
turned loose on the Kansas line with a
warning not to return, and he never
did, but it was death, and not the sol.
diers, that prevented the old "Cimarron
scout" from another raid.
He consulted with the Wichita Town
Site Company, of which he was the
champion, and then took up headquar.
ters at the Hotel Barnard, Wellington,
Kan. He had raised another large col.
ony and was once more ready to invade
the promised land at the head of o
larger colony than ever. The morning
of Nov. %, 1884, Payne came down to
breakfast and sat down to his meal
His first act was to drink glass OF
milk. AS he did so he seemed to be
seized with spasm, and hastily grasp.
ing a cream pitcher he emptied it and
fell back dead. No inquest was ever
held, but the leading friends of the dead
patriot are sure in their own minds that
he was poisoned.
Then Captain W. l.. Couch assumed
command of the forces of the boomers.
Late in the fall of 1884 Captain Couch
at the head of four hundred and fifty
men, entered the Territory from Ar
kansas City. They called their new
city Saltwater.
The 10Th day of January, 1885, de-
tachment of soldiers from General
Hatch's command surprised the set
tiers and ordered their surrender, but
Couch refused to accede to their de-
mand.
Then Saltwater was surrounded with
the military and the settlers were lit
orally starved and frozen out.
The boomers reluctantly abandoned
their position, repairing to Arkansas
City. Five of the leaders were releas
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

trip to Oklahoma. Hill fitted up a
wagon for her and the children, and
the first Oklahoma expedition left
Texas in 1878.
There were just fifteen in the party,
and all went well until the Red River
was reached, Here desperate gang
of thieves lived and had head
quarters. The boomers camped there
all night, and at all hours the cries of
owls and wolves could be heard in the
woods. These cries were signals ut
tered by the horse-thieves. The men
in the camp had to remain awake all
night and guard the horses, and the
next morning, rather than face the
hardships and dangers of the raid, five
of the party went back, while Hill,
with the rest of his train, went on,
confidently expecting to find Carpen-
ter on his arrival at the North Cana
dian country.
As the party moved north they en-
countered many hardships and dan
gers. Indians and desperadoes flooded
the country, and several more of the
Texas contingent dropped out and took
the back track for home. BY the time
Oklahoma Hill reached the old Jack
Wantland ranch, three miles southeast
of the present site of Oklahoma City,
his party consisted of himself, wife,
two children, and three men.
They rebuilt the old ruined cabins
about the Wantland ranch and settled
down to await Carpenters arrival into
the country. The old pony express
route ran close to the ranch on the old
Arbuckle trail, and from q man who
passed along several days after theii
first advent into the country it was
learned that Carpenter would be along
soon, and they were advised to hold
the fort. Long, weary months passed
away, and the raiders failing to appear,
Hills three Texas companions deserted
him and went back home, leaving the
plucky leader alone in his glory, sur
rounded by Indians and horse thieves.
About this time Captain David l..
Payne was just beginning his Okla.
homa talk and gaining reputation,
while Carpenter had dropped out Of
sight forever.
1t was at this time that Harry Hill
returned from Pratt County financially
ruined and desperate He said that
he was not in circumstances to make
a boomer, but that if paid for it he
would agree to pilot Payne and his
party through the soldiers lines and
land the colony safe in Oklahoma. II
he did this he was to receive a certain
stated sum and if he failed he was to get
nothing. Judge Locke of Wichita was
to be paymaster.
The little band left Arkansas City,
Kan, in April, 1880, and, guided by
Harry Hill and Fl. H. Stafford, slowly
entered the forbidden country. After
many adventures with soldiers and
Indian scouts they landed near the
present site of Oklahoma City and be-
gan to build town in Il jack oak for
est, calling the place Ewing City, after
General Tom Ewing. 1t rained inces-
sanity. and. Payne being taken sick.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

ably It was clearer than a cloud. Oh
yes, now see! A man took the thing
that looked like funnel, put the small
end of it into bottle and poured some
thing into it. Those funnel-shaped
clouds are very dangerous. They
throw men against walls and not infre-
quently throw them on the ground"
"There you go! Most suspicious
woman l ever saw. Got no sympathy
man works himself to death and woman
suspects him. Never saw the like in
my life. Haven't taken drink in
three weeks. Never saw the like in
my life. Nobody to sympathize with
me. Used to think you cared some
thing for me. Now l know you don't.
Never saw the like in my life. Haven't
taken drink in three weeks"
IL didn't say that you had been
drinking"
"No, but you might as well. Keep
limiting around. Never saw the like
in my life. Nobody to sympahize with
me. Used to think you cared some
thing for me, but now I know you
don't"
"If you haven't been drinking any
thing why is it you are so drunk"
"Who's so drunk?"
"You are"
"There you go! Never saw the like
in my life. No use for man to try to
do anything when his wife is against
him. Well, L must go to bed now.
Never saw the like in my life. ."-Arka1a-
saa1 Traveler.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

ed by the courts. Couch next went to
Washington, secured the services OF
the Hon. Sidney Clarke, and the two
drafted the original bill for the forma-
tion of the Oklahoma Territory, which
was passed by the Fiftieth Congress,
in 1889. Capt. Couch was elected
Mayor of the town of Guthrie. His
claim was contested by another "soon.
er, j. G. Adams, who secured the fiji.
ing from the Guthrie land-otfice.
Couch again went to Washington in
the interest of the "sooners." He met
with no success and returned. Having
resigned the Mayoralty, Capt. Couch
settled upon his claim upon his return.
In fighting for the possession of this HI
was shot by >. U. Adams, ana dleu
from the effects of the wound on the
23d of last April. Capt. Couch was
born in Wilkes County, N. c., Nov. 2,
1850, and was consequently less than
40 years old. He was brave, honor
able man, greatly respected by all who
came in contact with him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

with MS ctrares. So, with wave OF n1s
hand, he dismissed the subject, and Tom
knew that further appeal was useless.
Its rather too bad" grumbled Mr..
Baxter, as he walked home to mis- humble
lodgings. But it's no use talking to him
about cricket, and he doesn't know bat
from ball" And with heavy heart he
tried to resign himself to the inevitable.
But two days later a circumstance oc-
Cured which entirely routed Toms virtu-
Gus resolutions. A letter arrived at the
reverend gentleman's lodgings which was
couched In the blowing terms:
go HEArHCo1E HALL, Loamshire.
DEAREST ToM-We actually coming to
town only Tor Two days, though, and we are
gong to LORD TO see the match. Uncle has got
drag there, Block b. OF course l shall never
forgive You il you don't come and see me {,
Wednesday afternoon 90 to Essex To sInr,
with tho Chivertons, so this Is our only chance
OF meeting Do come; in terrible haste Yours
lovingly, A1IcE
From the foregoing it may be gathered
that Miss Alice Heathcote and Tom Bax
ter were on to o'erably intimate terms. As
matter of fact, they had been engaged
for six months, during which time they
very rarely met Baxter's people were
we'll off, and he had q very rich uncle
among whose possessions was an excel.
lent family living, destined in the future
for Tom and his bride. But the uncle
was a stern and conscientious gentleman,
and he was determined, before he definite
ly agreed to give Tom the vacancy-when
1t occurred-to see what the Young gem
tleman was made of. And this was why
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

On the tops of these huge pillars are
laid other stones which formerly
touched, making continuous circle.
Not half of the ancient one hundred
and fifty stones are now standing. In
side these circles are two ovals, and
innermost of all an "altar stone," built
open to heaven like the pantheon.
Surrounding these stone circles are
acres of small burial grounds, where
the early chiefs of Britain were inter.
red. Some skeletons have been found
with the knees gathered up to the head,
some extended at full length, others
burned to ashes and collected in urns.
Half mile away, between two banks,
is a race-course $50 feet broad and over
a mile long.
The question is, Who built this mys-
terious temple and others of its like in
Great Britain Chicago Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

rangements with the Indian owners
whereby this country can be thrown
open to settlement.
The adventurous raids made into
Oklahoma will always be interesting
history, and correct and accurate ac-
count of these forcible raids at this
time will prove of interest, as they
were all made across the Cherokee
Strip, the present land in dispute.
+. X. Albright, of Caldwell, Kan,
writing to the Chicago Times, gives an
interesting history Of the various raids.
Back in the '70s, he says, when good
Government land was still to be found
in large lots, Oklahoma began to at.
tract attention and be coveted by those
who had visited it, because of its great
richness and splendid location.
1t was in 1879 David l.. Payne, an old
soldier and scout, better known under
the title of the "Cimarron Scout" be-
gan to make speeches ON the Oklahoma
question at Wichita, Kan. Payne had
been doorkeeper at the National House
of Representative and had there learn.
ed that the Indians had no clear title
to the land known as Oklahoma, and
returning to the West infamed with the
spirit of the adventurer had begun his
lifework.
G. @. Carpenter started to boom the
opening of Oklahoma several years be-
fore Captain Payne formed his Wichita
colony. He had headquarters at Cof-
feyville, Kan, and from there issued
circulars, setting day in 1879 for q
grand raid, and telling of the beauty of
location and fertility of soil in the
Oklahoma country.
These circulars created great excite
ment in parts of Kansas, Texas, Mis-
souri, and Texas.
Among those who received and read
one of these Carpenter circulars was
Harry Hill, then young man stopping
at Fort Worth, Tex. Hill is Ken
tuckian by birth and natural-born
trader and adventurer. After reading
this circular issued by Carpenter he
conceived the idea of joining him with
a Texas colony, and gathering crowd
of fifteen together, he telegraphed his
wife at st. Louis that if she wished to
see him again soon, to come to Fort
Worth at once.
AS soon as steam could bring her
Mrs. Hill joined her husband and in
sisted on accompanying him on his
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

ride bicycles the doctors would have
less to do. 1t will tire you at first, but
about two weeks practice will do away
with all that. After the first distance
rode upon alighting my knees were
powerless and absolutely had no con-
trol over my limbs, but now, well, I
never tire. You will be as thin and
black but as strong and well as though
reared on a farm, and, when winter
comes, you will reap the benefit Of the
riding; Your muscles will strengthen,
your skin will clear, and YOU will gain
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

PROSTATE slab, bearing The marks Of
tools.
This is called the Strengthening
stone," as here it is supposed the vic
Tins were offered to the gods.
Beyond these are two great circles
of upright stones from eighteen to
twenty feet high, some weighing thirty
tons each. The outer circle is 800
feet in circumference.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29
What She Told Jack.

She was little bit of blue-eyed
woman with the innocent face of a
child. The horse-car in which she
sat with a female companion stopped
suddenly. but the mild-faced little
woman went right on talking in her
natural key, SO that everybody heard
her say:
"The man never walked the earth
who could boss me, and L just told Jack
so, and he hasn't peeped once since. /
didn't marry to have any man lead me
around by the nose-I guess notl"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29
STONEHENGE.
BY o. s. MATTESoN.

HIS strange relic Of a
forgotten people is sit
uated nine miles from
Salisbury, England, in
a great plain which ex-
tends as far as the eye
can reach. The drive
way was once q broad
avenue, one-third of a
mile long, with a bank
on either side, and q
ditch, out of which the
earth was thrown, now
all overgrown with sod.
At the end is a mono
lith rising sixteen feet
high, and beyond is a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-05-29

spring theme. Perhaps these jokes,
on account of their insipidity, are
harmless, and do not deserve the dig
nifty of remonstrance, but, neverthe-
less, we enter our protest against any
attempt to place in ridiculous or inn
proper light the honest and worthy oc-
cupation of woman. All honor to the
girl who has the energy, pluck and de-
termination to qualify herself to be
self-sustaining and make herself use
full in the great world of business, and
blighting, whitening shame be his por-
tion who would place the lightest
straw in her way. There are enough
actual follies, weaknesses and foibles
of men to laugh about without making
innocent women the subject of ridicule
by making them figure in incidents en-
tirely the product of an impure i'm
agination. The shafts of ridicule
should be aimed only at those who de-
serve punishment, and there are
enough of this class, God knows; and
wit and humor lose their charm when
indulged in at the expense of anything
that is good and useful. A woman's
reputation is too delicate to be roughly
handled, and any light treatment Of
her occupation Injuries her who is iden-
titled with it."