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lay 50 lat On the prairie you could hardly
see him. Bud leaped from the saddle 10 tse
nirn down. leaving Possun TO hold him:
D0s ne had no sooner reached the ground
than the animal made a sudden effort and
rose 70 his feet But Possnm's eve was on
MN; be instantly ran backwa ard and ierked
nm nat again Bud jumped upon him.
ted bis feet, and the JOB was done
the next steer vas big white one. 50
Wild and frantic that he burst out the end
Of the small pen, and before the bars could
De taken down dashed into the open with
blood in his eye Pennsylvania Mack on
Ms famous cutting pony, Captain Kid.
vas after him They overhauled him
promptly, the throw was made. the rope
fastened, and then the great brute bolted
sideways, and the pony and rider went
over together IN heap.
But the captain had won his rank dearly
on many 3 well fought acid. He was I'D
and Of Now II was nip and tuck be-
tween the little ciay-bank and the big
white steer. and there were shouts and
roars OF laughter and applause as the
plocky little. fellow ran and lodged and
doubled and tackled, jerking the big ami
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THE COWBOYS ROPE.
How Little Ponies Wipe the
Ground With Big Cattle.
MINDS TRIUMPH OVER MATTER.
steer Lassoed, Thrown and Tied Up in
forfy-Eixht Seconds-The Cham
pionship OF the Panhandle.

Last IaA was down in Southwest Texas:
away DOWN close 10 the Rio Pecos. in the
sneep ana cattle country. There saw a
roping match. within the classic precincts
OF hed Blanket, a town which would
be cos town If il we're not
. good oeal Of 8 sheep town too.
IL was Just after the spring round
ups ana shearings; everybody was
nusn' WORK was no more and gaieties not
much. so when some inspired genius
norse-russler or w-Puncher-suggested
the IDEA OF roping match he achieved in
slant popularity. 1t was determined TO
make the affair . brilliant and memorable
one. everybody Clipped in literally, and
. couple OF gorgeous premiums were Eur
chased; the first beautiful cowboy sad
ole OF superb and ornate Mexican work
manship, and the second big white SOM
brero, gorgeous with gold and silver.
No pains or money was spared. The
iair grounds were secured for the occasion.
and every herd and cattle ranch within
sixty miles were laid under tribute 70 fur
nish Wild and vicious steers. These were
gathered up and brought, fighting. below
ing and protesting, TO the fair grounds. and
there put in pen. Every man was To
have but one trial. so if any little accident
beiel himself or his horse or rope-a failure
at the first throw, stumble In a prairie
dog hole, flaw in the fber-his chance
was gone. and so, after all. II was bound 10
De almost as mucn luck IS skill that de-
cided the contest
they were fine looking lot of fellows
that rode out in front OF the judges stand !:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05
strange scenes in Boston.

When q New Yorker OF long standing
goes TO Boston, as did the other day, he
feels SIS if he were penetrating far coun-
t-v and were expected 70 bring back n
report Of the place and It's inhabitants. l
found that The new paper, the Boston
Meas. IS making quite biz. rs managers
are irving 20 interest the public by OFFER
ing for sale $40 shares Of stock 70 IT'S read
ers. The idea seems 20 be thai 5 large
number OF stockholders means large
number Of readers, and perhaps u does.
It's = queer idea Bat Boston IS queer
place. The trolley electric motor system
is almost universal about Boston now.
one can ride N street cars fuh twenty
miles from Boston nov, N almost any
direction. Taking street car ride seems
70 De the fsvo-ite nos weather diversion
heard German spoken n Boston and
Springfield l saw negroes II numbers
ana listened 20 good est Of IRISH nrogae
and saw Italian navyies along the railroad.
The typical New Highlander | hardly S2S
81 all.
The most frivolous part OF the Union
lies east Of the BSrkshlreS. The nexspa-
pers in Eastern Massachusetts, publish two
columns about baseball whore one would
Re published IN chicago. Plcnlcs and ex-
cursIons are al the rage Most OF the
men have gone West owEs LASeDoS.
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NAL about until some of the boys could get
70 the rope and cut il and drive the steer
into the outer regions
Again. amid shouts and yells and the
brandisbing of clubs. steer shot forth
with glazing eyes and rigid. horizontal
tall He went ike mad and when, after
some time and much hard running. he
was finally roped, he made frightfnl
Iunge; the cinch, the rope or the saddle
bow gave way. the beast rolled over about
fourteen times one way. and pony and
rider as many times the other way! The
fellow with horns was up nrst, good deal
dlsagured, but still ready TO try conclu-
ousiy hurt, but the poor little pony's de-
me2nor touched my heart, he looked so
sheepish and pitiful.
Out tore the next candidate for the
rope, and after him the favoriie. Jimmie
Blair on his black pony Snapper. on they
went. the fiery little black fairly dying
over the ground. The steer was roped and
thrown very quickly, but with a sharp
struggle, and only the Tving remained
But the moment the animal felt Jim's
weight on him he hoped up ike light
ming. everybody was breathlesS-Ee
hardly knew whether 70 laugh or be
scared But Snapper didn't DEBATE. He
promptly and emphaticaily hauled the
animal down with a backward plunge.
and kept on dragging him as he struggled
10 rise until Jim had him safely tied and
threw up his hands. Snspper's perform
ance was accompanied with little snorts,
tossing of his pretty head. kicking out OF
the little slim heels, sharp neighs and
airtings Of his tail. which were ali
the world like articulated speech.
Snapper was the very pretfiesf and cutest
pony of all, and when Jim jumped on
him-after finishing his steer in sixty
three seconds-Snapper. swelling with
visible pride, carried his master OF
the field amid loud applause. There was
miss or two after this. Then man roped
his steer and tried 10 throw IL; but il was
biff. his pony light, and il made a plunge
ahead, jerking horse and rider over for
ward, the man striking on the top and
back of his head. The pony and the steer
seemed TO be struggling all around and
over him II was horrible We ali
groaned- Some Of the men gaIloped out
and brought him IN, when ne was found
10 be only stunned by the fall. Curiously
enough. he hadn't been touched in the
scuffie afterwards.
Everybody gasped with relief. and Just
then the pony, 10 our establishment and
probably 20 the steers. succeeded IN throw
ing him. And the game little fellows
though 10 make assurance doubiy sure and
leave no room for defeat after all his en-
glneering and hard work-never let up
dragging ms Struggling enemy tAAA tAc lat
ter was safely tied. and az the same time
shaking MS head and jswing back in the
piainest kind Of horse talk, Just as Snapper
had done.
Out came an unusually wild and vicious
steer. and the Misunderstanding pair you
eyerssw 10 rope him. The pony was lit
tie rarty paint" with q pole neck, and
one hop esr; the man big, heavy and awk-
ward-looking. This mus; be the unknown
champion. the creased lightning roper of
the Panhandle" Everybody yelled with
laughter as the pair sailed in close on the
heels of the ramosing buckskin-coIored
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with bright, knowing eyes. which seemed 10
saw. Yes, III get myself disiiked II let
you Up, and I've no intention OF doing 50. F"
The contestant who made the shortest
time from the loosing OF the steer and the
throwing up Of his own hands ~ signal
that the steers feet were tied and the job
completed, was 10 get the saddle; the next
best the sombrero. Jimmie Blair vas the
favorite. " lille his most dangerous rival was
a stranger in the county, an unknown
champion from away up in the Panhandle,
who was said 10 be creased lightning with
rope.
The pen in which the cattle were was
connected 20 small one opening out OF
il By means of bars. snd the further end OF
this second one also consisted Of bars.
When Colonel Jake kilorezih an
nounesd that the contest would now open
steer was run into the second pen. Ii
dashed fuIiousiy 20 the end. and finding L
closed turned 10 rush back as he came.
Here he was met by mounted man who
fought him back with big whip, while 3
second nnsshed putting up the bars. The
enrage2 steer tore frantIcaily back and
forth. and Was driven about with
sticks and clubs. whoops and yells until
he was perfectly maddened, when tue
outer bars were Suddenly Withdrawn
and he leaPsd cut into tne open.
where Bud Walker was waiting FOR
him on Postum, and was after him IKE
shot Bud was tine, well made, Keep
looking fellow. and PosSurn. little y bite
chap, with big, bright, black eyes, was one
OF the best COW ponies N the country ana
as quick and agile IS cat ne steer vas
big. lean, sorrel-colored one that ran IKE
= deer Bud and PoSsum got fa1r start
with him and the throw was made sue
csssfully. Then came the exciting mo
menf when the pony was doing ms utmost
20 keep up with the steer while hls rlder
watched every turn 10 throw him on an
enliwise JERK. Suddenly Possum stopped
and h-acei rlgialy; the steers nose wens
70 the ground. his heels described ire
uaendoas curve through the ar and ne
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steerl But that little heetle-bug OF pony,
whose whole architecture was an outrage
on the laws of horse anatomy. Just caught
up with the great. long-Iegged creature IN
good shape. the clumsy looking man threw
the rope ike streak OF the genuine, lGert-
Gated electric fiaid over his horns. threw
him endwise till thought 10 hear bis
neck crack. lit out Of the saddle and few
up 10 him like ballet dancer, tied him
like a presiidigitateur, then threw up his
hands and the Judge shouted "4s sec
onds,'
50 Jimmie only got the somerero. That
was Two wears ago. and. II / remember
rightly, the Panhandle champions Work
vas the best record ever made.
ALICE MACGowAN
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Professor Lee, who i the leader OF the
Labrador exploring expedition. is s sin
gularly youthful-looking man for one rho
has been professor OF biology Tor nearly
twenty years. For long time his chief
grievance 81 Bowdoin college was that the
students and townsmen took him for q
boy. He had face smooth except for a
slight uustache. = head Of light curly hair
ana 4 slender figure. He looks much the
same yet, but has dredged for queer nsh IN
the Pacific and Atlantic and won q big
reputation among scientists. His father
is professor, and 50 are his two younger
brothers and one sister. i; runs IN the
family.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05
Ill YYE NEEDS SEED
Z Calls Upon Hon. Jeremiah
Rusk for Assistance.
. NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE.
w..ts to Raise seedIess watermel-
Accident to . Hillside Farmer
whue summer Following.
1901. by Edgar W. sye.l
sxrIAxp. Buncombe Co. n. C.
Juiv 4 1901

sKYlaxD. Buncombe Co. y. C.,l
July 4, 1891.
xr.n~uble Jeremiah II. Rusk, Secretary
= srxslsure, Washington. D. C.-Sir:
800 4 bother you too much 10
80 - few seeds for my place here in
~ csrolina for use another season
= k.ve climate here that IS peculiarly
'x..srd to the growing of fruit. but not
....sr;elIy good for cereals. 1t is about the
-. elinssfe as that of France and Italy,
= ,bsre are not so many foreigners here.
- .atices while travelling in France that
: ...ms 70 be largely oyerrun by Canucks.
60 i, not the case here. We have a
s,oa caiet class of residents, mostly
49,. nth black polka dots. of course,
~, beng where slavery used 10 spawn in
the Early days.
BIT the country is settled by peace
.he clsss of agriculturists, who have ac-
sr;rsd from the summer boarder an air of
hing on q perpetual vacation. Many
hrzpess in Western North Carolina, by
.nching their chances, are enabled to sell
Orr corn at forty cents in the fall and buy
l.ck : portion of it in the spring at one
Aulisr per bushel to plant and feed to
ri. This builds up traffic in cereals,
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61A2 w
The Actors Colony.

NEW YoRK. June 22.-It is = strange
vicissitGde of fate which has overtaken
New Rochelle. As its name would indi-
cate, the town was founded by religious
refugees from France-Huguenots driven
out after the revocation of the edict OF
Nantes. Even Vet the descendants OF the
Frenchmen and Wslloons, who came there
for ccnscience's sake, cling 70 the old town
and TO their faith in Calvin. But the HUI
guenot blood isn't what shows on the sur
face For some occult reason. perhaps the
mysterious attraction Of opposites, New
Rochelle has been pitched upon by the ar
lists and sectors for their summer homes.
When the theaters close. or when the wea-
theirs fine, whether the the2ters are closed
or not, the town Is full OF gay soubrettes
and thin-faeed coInic opera clowns, and
stars in the Legitimate" holding some
what aloof Francis Wilson's home ST
Pelham. with its thTee~story fhesfer, Is
only little way on. Frederic Remington
heads q little colony Of artists who live
there. and Mrs. Jennie june Croly, Of the
E0we Maker, expects 10 blild home
there for present and futU e occupancy.
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Up on il and sc: better view of the situ-
alton.
Crops are all looking well. Rye is now
ali harvested and is being slid down In
shutes TO the stack by those who live on
the more perpendicular farms.
Mr.. Clay Williams, a eolored man, met
up with 8 frightful accident while summer
following on one of the hillside farms be-
low Homing township last week The
scaffold, IL seems, gave way and he fell the
entire distance 10 the foot OF the farm,
striking the earth twice on his way down
aud completely disemboweling l..
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Ace Ynr srrEERING

FToE bark ache. Inflammation o. the 5l&63eT.
er1cE dust deposit or ssone IN the t2aeaer. OF IN
1set &nF arrangement Of The kidneys 90 urinary
@FxsEss II Ia9s afflicted DO LIST lose sIsae and
waste Zouey on worthless AEi1sots an1 wozse
ElASsSFs bat strike al TIE seal % the disease at
once D using the greatest x all knoxD renee
AT 10 taks, purely vegetable satisfaction every
tina.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05
BALL PLAYER ANSON.
Greatest Captain and First
Baseman That Ever Lived.
He WAS DISCOVERED IN IOWA.
"reminiscences Of the National Game n
Seen in the West Long Ago
Players in Bare Feet.

OW A. G. Spald-
ing, of the Chica-
go Baseball Club,
first met A C.
Arson, the great
baseball captain
and first baseman,
has never been
printed, although
the name OF the
mighty player is
as familiar 10 the
the youth of
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wIsDoN's HOBERTISE
Is meeting with great szccesx everywhere and
IS rapidly sapplkasing every esher preparation
Of like ragu c.
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We ALWAYS HA MONEY
To loan on city and farm ,.erty. D. =. NC
Connaushey. ia0 WasAinx-Suilding.
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President Disz was one OF the leading
generals in the battle Of PRebla. and be-
fore the parade began lie, IN com pzay with
the most prominent men OF the republic,
went 20 the cemetery Of Fernando and
placed a wreath on the tomb Of Geaersl
Zzragosa- This scene vas very impres-
siys The great men OF Mexico stood
about the tomb with uncovered heads and
they bowed as the nowe-s we're laid on the
grave The crowd aboa, them VAS also
silent and the scene as iail Of the soien-
nify OF sorrow. After il Sas over Press-
dent piaz returned 20 the place whore be
changed ais citizens dress Tor his uniform
and came oar in the full military costume
OF general OF the army. his breast covered
wish she silver medals he has Won IN hls
many campaigns. As he came out OF the
national p2lscs on the same spot where
Cortes stood with Montezuna more than
so years ago the met his fsvorite troops OF
the Mexican army 10 the nlmner
OF at east 1900 and with these
as his escor; marched % the beau
tiful PARK IN the center s Of the
city known as the Alameda This pros
eession vas = grand sight. The senator
ard representatives Nho constitute the
Mexican congress preceded the president,
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Long before the time for the procession
the roofs and the balconies along
the line Of march were hlled with
the upper tendon OF Mexico C3ty.
Dzrk-eyed senoTitas looked out Of
black mantillas down upon the surg.
ing masses below. Fat old duennas s2t BY
their sides and watched that TIE gar Mex
lean dudes who were IL the same o. ad-
joining balconies whispered only sweet
no.hiags IN their little ears, and grave old
seniors formed part OF the crowd, There
we're children BY the hundreds and the
pra.tIe Of spanish was mixed wltn the
ain OF the masses belo~. ghe nrecrack ers
and the cannon. The sight al. told was
the gayest you viii see in lifetime, and
the people were Is merry ana goo1-aa-
tured crowd. from the peon or the
streets - the millionaire in the balconies,
IS Won viii ana il any city IN ChTisten-
dom.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-02
THE COLLECTORSHIP.
Those Who Would Like to Sue
CGGd Sears.
Meeting Of the California Delegation TO Con-
slider Claims Of Applicants.
The Closing Hours Of the SeSSiOn-StatuS Of
the Appropriation Bills-The
Elections Bill.
Special to THE MORNING GAIL

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Republi-
can Representatives from California are
bel ne besieged by messages concerning the
appointment to the vacancy caused by the
death of the Collector of Internal Revenue
for the District of San Francisco. The
friends of number Of prominent Republi-
cans are being heard from, and some warm
friends of the various applicants neglect to
pay telegraph tolls. This embarrassing
duty falls upon the member who is unfortu-
nate enough to receive the messages, and
one member to-day paid out over So on
collect messages concerning this matter.
The last one received called for 81 80, and
the Congressman was in such frame of
mind that he at first told the messenger-boy
to leave with it. but he reconsidered the
matter and paid the charges under protest.
The Republican members held a meeting
to-day and spent some time discussing the
The names most prominently mentioned in
connection with the appointment are: John
c Quinn, Assistant Postmaster of San
Francisco; Ii. L. Osborne of Los Angeles
r. NJ. Mckusick and F. c. FRANKIE Of Santa
Clara. 1t is un derstood. also. that General
Vandeyer is an applicant. The delegation
will hold another meeting tomorrow, at
which time, it is thought, an agreement will
be reached and the selection made known
to the President. 1t is believed the Cali
fornia delegation will rush the matter in
order TO shut off collect messages.
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THE LAST WEEK.
Bills to Be Disposed of in Congress Before


Adjournment.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The Appropria-
tions Committee of the Senate has been at
work the whole day getting the appropra-
tion bills in shape. 1t is believed that the
condition of business is such as to make an
extra session very probable. Thres appro-
priation bills, viz, the Postoffice, Agrlcul-
ture and General Deficiency, have not yet
passed the Senate, but the first named is
well advanced toward final action aud the
other two will be reported tomorrow. The
condition Of the other appropriation bills is
as follows: The Army, Military Academy.
FortifcationS and Naval have either become
laws or merely await the Presidents sigma
ture to become laws. the Consular and DiplO-
matte, Pension, Indian, District of Columbia,
Suudry Civil and Legislative, Executive and
Judicial bills are in conference, land on some
~ them the conference has made substan-
tai progress toward agreement On sew
eIai o. the appropriation bai5 ia cOui r
enee there are several radical differences of
0piGiup between the Senate ard III 81,
but shera ls nc reason &c appTeueu0 that
one sue or the other VIII not yield NJ .er it
has made n stubborn rEslEttucs and taNs it
neeessary TO give way IN order 90 avoid an
extra EessiOn. The C0pyr GIT aHd Postal
Subsidy bills are IN the conference stage OF
procedure and vigorous Efforts VII be nlte
TO euzct chem into laws IN some shape be-
fore final adjourn uent.
Friends Of the Subsidy Bill 10 Is Ter
stood, will accept The measure passed Dy
the House on the luo4ou OF Canln1, II 1t be
found impractlc3bie 70 secure O. nor5 lib
erai lazy. Action or the diminished appro-
priaHQu bi. and 1Ju.aIeucs reports ana
on tie questions OF copyright aId subsidy
will consume substantially all the time uf
the Senate between now and noon OF
Wednesday,.
The work of the House Is considerably
fu-tba- aIyapra1 that pf Senate
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

: Sixty thousand. tons of cofks are used for
the bottled beer consumed annually III En-
gland: =: -.
:. Waterproof rouge:is"the- latest Invention
|: for the toret table. '.,-.:.+s =.
Miss Aimee Rapn:.is an; armless Swiss
..nrtist. WHO is beginning to achieve fame.
She paints with her toes: =: = S. E. :: &C.
e-sister-in-law.o of "A paupa.~ ia the Poor;
house at Glasgow. Sc0tlai4u, has bequeathed
$4,000 for Church purposes. ~ =.
T.. Tile wills filed in 1890 show that Lam
eashire and: y nrkshre are the great money
making districts of England. e..
In German East Africa there have been
discovered numerous stalactite caverns, sur
passing anything of the kind known in
Europe. = -. -. =: +,
The population of Toxic, the capital Of
Japan, is rapidly increasing, while that of
other cities and towns in the empire is=de-
/ creasing. :, -: r.: - -; -.
Prussia viii probably never get out of
debt She now: owes Sl.450, 100000. Wars
aud large standing army are expensive in-
stituti0nS. ! =, :.
What we now consider the best seats in
chufch-thOSe in the mlddle-were in olden
time the free seats, and given over to the
use of the poor. - ~ .-'--:. - -.
.: A Washington widow is reported to have
doffed her weeds and achieved a, second
| marriage in ler wedding dress before it
wentout of fashion. -. - /:@>..
WestyflIe, Ind, has COW which quenches
her thirst at the village pump, tossing the
| handle OF the pump with her. horns until
| sufficient water flows for her needs -
T. A Western newspaper introduces a.nov-
| city in journalism and runs adog column
| devo ted exclusively to accidents and Incl
| dents with which CANNES are connected.
t. The. alligators of 0rinoceo, previous to
going in search Of prey, always swallow
large stones that they may acquire addl-
|; tional weight to aid them in dragging their
prey under water. r. j r.. -
:: A Mrs. Zook of Kansas City, who died
recently, left S10O, eco ITO. distant relatives
/ :and cut off her husband with a So legacy
/ and request that he wouldn't make fool
| of himself by spending it recklessly. -, -