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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19
A WRITING TELEGRAPH.
It por@ Not frInt on Il Tape and Works
Automatically Also.

It Does Not Print On II ra;'c ""d Works
Automatically Al>o
One Of the principal objections to
tho printing telegru1:hs III the past
has ncen the form OF delivery.
They have alI printed their messages
OH narrow band Of lmptr " tape
unl Il press dispatch Ut " few hun
dlpd words would l,t> many feet III
length unl lIublc to kinks, breaks
anl ENHANCEMENT. l>,'l% "l TIE ~
egr,.ph haze never been r"n{u1tt"
receive their dispatches Ut, Il ribbon,
und have always protested against
that form Of record, a%prtlng that to
file it was impossible, AID even tn
preserve it :nract III ANY Way WAS !;
constant source Ut haE:@>ltltrt. y
compromise I,as lur. effected in E'1~
ropcun practice 10y tc:':''nE "lt alI
dispatches received by printing ttle:
graph into short lengths and FASTING
them OH ordinary delivery hlaiks.
Thi, is clumsy makrsll;ft. ard the
annoyance Of making IL backward
search for II particular item of news
in the tun4;rof III ordinary ticker
basket is familiar to all,
With q view to overcoming THESE
and other objections to the printing
tclcgrupl>s hitherto known, III Amer
lean typo telegraph machine hnS
been designed, Ivy means Of which
the delivery is in the form OF IL print
ell paper. eight inches wide. All tho
letters. numerals. fractions aud o':n1
signs used oil tile ordinary typewriter
are provided. Thu receiving in>t1u
mtnt iS entirely automatic in its nc'
ton. requiring no skilled operator t"
watch Or adjust it. The tri1n>1n1;tt'
il similar III form, IN tar :ts the III
ran4tlncnt Of the keys il concerned.
to thu typewriter. and can be worked
by any m.l'>tn familiar with that IN
strumcnt
Tho transmitting operator ny
means Of lis krytnoarl has t>1ll t:on
troll III the ,n;lt:l!l"c ut the distant
c1ll Vi the tint. ult,' cal, vary ttt<
length Ut Il printed line on sp"cc IT,
tween two items Ut n,'ws or two tel
e!1ynss at win. Tyrvwrit;nE by var<
and hy ordinary typcwritinS 1nethUt'
have been thu objects sought to 1T
obtained in the American type tt>lc
graph The width OF the paper. thu
| form ami action ut the Keyboard, Il
we'll US the manipulation of the INA
chine generally, are made to co1slnr1I
as nearly Il. possible TO the pr:''tlr'
with which II tyWw1lting "i~1:1i"ri
familiar. D.Ston TRANSCRIPT.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Had ever Il preacher If tao l11cv1~
tu|,ilty If t1c.;:l1. IN ::ny n.y. 81. cline.
a more poetic: or striking It'esa,,,ta"
tiun of the Y1*i,l1 theme tIil,1!* II the
following lt"ttn1. From untiont
prophet 10 thu 1tnr}pl7' Wnri:t*r 1T tue
iltr insurance v,,ry"r' ,u:H* cv.:
male Il intu vivid showing Of t!it
i1npot,.nry Ut seeking IT, .~:aln' the
dread messenger -! umnil"'..:N'n.
Thu story II vi King >,:'losncn. who
figures ln:gHly in oriental tisu'it:u1:
outside ct 1irhr:lit' lor*. It ii told IL
him that. wulkin. one Cay IN il >:1t'a.
city, accompanied by Il FREUD. hi;
uwt.st,1ne figure WAS peri elvt4l ny
them ut the bread 1T t!.c street.
"Who il that" inquired 1i>e frj"n'l
in terror.
Solomon luokc1 an'l answered. 1T
is the &,ngel ct .t,t*1t!1. N" .:.. :. -
Then tlit:: GEicld 1h::<:tii nf <>n1o
mon. who hid TIT. !>o':c,' ci in.t"al,
tun.ol1s transportation. IL s"na him
1T u1lvt. to -t,,nt' f41utI s'At. untl sol
o1non dispatched him Ia & n1oln~nt
to India. thu;tau$l> III Ii lies away.
The angel ct death meanwhile RI,
preached solomon a1tl "Hkal. '"'VE'
was that man with ilol4 you Wt1>
Just talki,11:::' :::>>
Solomon Earc t!n. nu1rc a:,.1 thu
angel 1T tlcazIl ::::;t1 "*!I*1,:;e that II:
should have 1u.tn l4c,t. f'r I'm ur
tle1t1 to ss>lt Ior hin, Tonight in III
lila. "-~. Cincinnati Commercial Iii.
! ztaf1p -. 1884, 49,:
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19


What z1tu% it u>St to 20 to law2 It
costs Sums widely varying in size.
We make the rich l'ay tor the poor.
Many pfut!r lnu~t celebrated criminal
suits are entirely for sweet cjarity's
sake. 1.ccausc the client III unable to,
pay cent. We take them b.t;tnse
we feel that VIC tan ;tc1uit them and
score 4 victory where others have
failed, Where nur clients IRE. rich
VIC charge .tlAx:n t"1*o H'tto. antl
make them ply Ill in Il ln1np. THE
lowest fee for divorce suit Ii $2'n
where we charge anything at all.
The highest we have over received
for conducting such Il E11it il .::;I:3' >too:
the average III about >:A'o, :=::. :=<#=: z==.
Pcur!e: who ilavn onctt=111lat>n our
clients MI f{?z1.tI:lt ;>ireutj )Afo1: III
n, ins':!ed ha.I' ~, fVr: st,l 1'<tVt>er
WIG hfl=1;1;==< t1>;tln- osat s$lIz1l<.*:" AMI
81, II Ill t*>:;tc,d ot being
filled with srt>rit,s of L gratitude nnd
falsity. very often has nl.zj1 y Chip
ter crowded into II pf f7f*t:: tf<t:tt~
t'1do TOWN f*S1 u.
nf1e1t@1a>z#ts out u
evil ac{.tlHst1lt,1l tt,,tts t,j:. tht'
guilty tO takc nt|v:s1: +: y every
n1cuns offered by the law Of the
country. Abe Hun4nlel in New York
Press =.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Recently IL brilliant parag1npher
made II little item to the effect that
Mayor Mostly and II party Ut friends
had Il little .linncr 1T the Burl.et
House, and that the mayor had quite
a tussl, with Lilullty Murray. Ills
honor s;>w the paragraph, und on
meeting the writer ii few days after,
said; by the way. what did you
mem ny sssying had tus,;slc the
other II gilt with Lindley Murray:
Why. | don't know Murray" IT.
which tho answer t;llne ut u1lt:e. Il
know you don't" Cincinnati Times
Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19
NutnrHlizH4t Eotrr& in Four >;tntre.

The fur states III which II 1najnri
ty ut tho voters are foreign born u1p
Wisconsin. Minnesota. Nevada, :.1tl
California. III Wisconsin the tor
ei@r born voters mostly Gerlnn1.5.
Sc,niiuavians. aud Be!Gians. out
number the nutive born voters Ivy
27,UUU, In Minnesota the natrralsZed
foreign born voters, mostly St"lnttl-
navians, outnu1nl,cr the native born
voters by C7.VUU. LII Nevada thu OK
GERS is but GOO votes nntl III California
it is 2. ft}D, New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

~ FI5 HFE'E i4*t3 Ht: l - 49, ''f*4
Wa, it*s>4' .,ttl his :r;Ir',
liz he'd = i. : III: s1::::::lts lsn'k.
His ,tct, II, III 4'i>tltl In il .trUpk !:
J+~t I.|| Il .ul1nt Ri n I; M: : : ::==:
His t,stti & f1i| 3;f e St:
h,.*itles* WIKI: ,'ftt "
<ceft4@ :=E< ;Eett* IT, L.. i ziE } fl
Wen t=Hz= t4=z NV ). ill.,
Wen ..E:t=t }:*:1 hi. :'s<!,&r -: ::..~.:
Wen peer !lt., It's pit':ur' tt,t,k,,
Wen Peter 11ed l,s~ r!rtHr*.
He ~nitl si,sit IL. p*, it'>'t t" look
Jest Hike .lIt,n lsietHr'~ III !. tn"'E~~
.1e-, Iik%, Euf1tu vis'tnr. T..
Hut ll1> III w!1i>kt ~ stut'u NIT straight
WI straight a for S.esven pound WtIgEt
Coulln' pail TN slown~ltn tht'r.. he stt
With one csc u s:n. 'tntl her .}!s't.
WEN Peter hes li!~ rit:'ls' tstoE.
Win TttHer ID his 1'hfnr'*
Wen l't.ttr h. i his lictur' t.eoE.
WEN 1'ettr 1etl hi~ 1,lttilr',
HI lnol,e.l -, sic>n'rit All ioT:sa'k.
1I.sl +i.:l. /. FRAN 4 lin. cInk;u l,nok
lust tlk=t bnn cun>t1ieter+
An wen IL :funn showed him the proof.
thought t.:4t t'e:tr'd rniee tltt roof...
H. t,n4ltflx eesutrf,l hi, .tlf 1T I'LL. ~
E.1t hrtl t. ret right dawn an a'awl.
Wen Ia: i!rd hi, ri%tur' tu>k.
Wen -"."- lict! l& Ii::"t'.
-. ". Fn.. II. Itu!sr:' Blade.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

In Spain. ;,nGut 1850, the Iauulr
skirts became 10 mo>lntrous That un
ctlict was iss1aet1 commanding their
reduction :.1lt1 ordering the confiacst
ton Of ll1r1I~kirts n}N>ve the rezz5}t1]a
tit,,n sizt:: I=lic attempts To carry out
the cdMt t:ut,std ialn>lncrable riots
anil ws.sx' ii:1nlly ulranloned. '~: sS'tt
Louis Glt;iu Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Have son never seen dogs wrcs
fling? have watched them with their
fore paws upon cnch Others shou|
tlcrs, standing upon their hind legs,
painting and struinaug. each u1,}1ar
emily t>11<leuvming to throw the other.
until 10Th fell in Il close embrace and
rolled tt>:rfEl:t1 90: :" The one which
t:1uliy :*>1x*,4:ec;;::<.ti IL remaining upper
most WIZ. ula1nly proud VI :ltH viz
tory. esq., Youf1a's C},'llH|u!u1l ..:
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Kind 1-Ht1j: i 1hou$ht / >aw you
just NOW getting something to e:4t
ncxt door, A.. :*:.":.
Tr.!tnp H., madam. ! tiHlEetl lur
snlnctl1ing#+lo e'4t> Int thf Non,.:r
who came 10 tl1e A;or tA>s&l onrllt.E1:i il
honoly <he44 thut tt1i1tet tN*s1> III
Kind Lady ~Come IN. WhAt'll yua
havcy-- Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Syrup %
Asthma.

"I1,avc bccn a great
Aethna sufferer from 4\stll-
MA and severe Colds
every Winter, aud last Fall MY
friends as we'll ~ myself thought
BECAUSE Of my feeble condition, and
great distress from constant cough
ing, and inability to raise any Of the
accumulated matter from my lungs,
that thy time was close at hand:
When nearly worn out for want OF
sleep and rest, a friend recommend
ed me to try thy valuable medicine,
Doschce's German
Gentle, Syrup. am coll
~ fitlert it saved my
Ho'Eos''''s life. Almost the first
Sleep. dose gave tic great
relief anda gentle re-
iresl,ing sleep, such as l had not had
for weeks. Ny cough began iinmedl.
atcly to loosen and pass away, and
found myself rapidly gaining III
l,caltl, aud weight. am pleased
10 inform tl1cc-unsolicitcd- that l
I'M in excellent health and do Ger
tainly attribute it to thy Boscl'ec's
German Syrup. G. B. ST1cEEEY,
picton. Ontario.' .
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

An instance Ut I'LL interested Jury
man was r*lnl'ted not long ugo. A
jury hal 1.rn cmmnclt1, when ii
mum stepped forward and rxn1aillts1
that, having been summoned IT,
serve, ht wished to le allowed tn tlo
so ut QUITE. ~ he he'd to attend Il
funeral at Il distant place in the lat
ter portion Of the week
A place was therefore mat}c fo1
him in lilo jury box; the care r'::s
tried, and owing to this mans obsti
macy ii verdict Ut acqnitta1 WIS -
cured. Tt was subsequently, tIEcov
cred that Til. mum hi,l never h2c1l
summoned to serve at I'll. i}i11 t}1"t
the l,ri:~t>*:{,r WH@ ltis friend. ~~ l.o,nit:1'
Tit. h;~,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Tra.l:.,; an ,l'@ Frtnse u: N'nlt*'@ h+M".
Ills royal Iai"l1,1et. ";.s o11t:<> :o'1 II
visit to Lord <,uhlel1 to open tho new
town hall, ind Il "Mnetut' col4Ilny
was doing very poor b1s5ice2{' n Il:
local thent,:r.. Suddenly i: r::E":~*: p,
WAS tloated That tie prince N*5:::>.
pAtgonize tho performance Oil Fri
thy Might 4 ktn<|,n14co Of. trutl
wnH Hjvc1t= 1u:t1tc 1&tl=lor by the man-
str'r ol4!urin I'll; ;&n 'tw,'jng II l>e er<<:1f*1
ul We'1u5a=$dsstsY; l3y Trit|Hy@. nt0t4t-
Ing every ta;lt ht>tl leo11 booked, bit
of course IT'D royalty arrived. nv>r
having intended to go. ~- London
Morning
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

CUSTOMER 1t) tetr. lstutsAtt,i1i 1.-The
coat is about three sizes too bil55..@ NJ.
Mr.. 1stlzNt'tstt:i1l litnp1vssivoly) Min"
f:i<',l1, dat >cont make you 10 l''""|
yo.' will grow into ii. ES<''':u::4t'.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19
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Il: :=:Ttt>f,1t,1.Ht1 '.i{sttl.

14itt]e#GItl docking oven 4aVe1t's'
ing 1m<Gyc) Mamma, why ao:atl these
boarding HOUSES object to children?
Fond Mamma tim sure don t
know, 90 See what the baby is yell.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

S,1r1, Il Il: ;tt.e IN ;tii uncln1 l.. n:'+'>>>:
seen ~. Il Cazin<.se river, Su:ntti1l*::
IL pole Ii driven tlnWl: through Il li"1,'
IN t,4.> .A<;r1>= hit Usually Il rol" tn t1.a%
ro1lnl a=ljt,uhior ~ stake TIL nlAurc,
or. III tt..inu|t Vt tlr'S4'. round Il lieut.
of small >tt1lt> :>utlle1tt! fur tile put
post. Cor. Montreal Witness.
ruhl&c HnI4t:a1-@, t'.lt tt> If .T:,
II cur govelnil! ut tutl}l place til;
designing of its buildings III tho llu1.Eis
Of architects who have proved their
ability to ito justices 10 such great ol,'
port,lnitlta: fu. pruIt .,slt'n;tl tll>t'hc-
ton. tic art TT architecture would
not only receive the encouragement
which il due Ia II from nNr Of the
nlt,:,t enlightened nations ut tic
world. btlt our public monuments
would ut |a*t adequately express ON
civilization. In England IN France.
in Germany, and indeed IN oil the
great European countries, the p11blic
buildings nle their highest and most
characteristic efforts in urt. 1t Is the
ambition Ut every architect to max:
himself worthy to lc employed upon
them. They constitute the great
prizes IF the profession.
We cross the Atlantic to wee the
cities which they have made beauti'
full. III ouE own country enough ut
treasure has been appropriated for
: national buildings and Spent TN them
to make o1r cities equally noble aud
attractive. But under the present
system tl,c=e opportunitic, have bten
WORST thar Inst, for they l:uve EN-
; couroYCl un unnecessary ext,ursl-
gunce Ut expenditure without AIDE
qua1c return. anil they offer higher
type to hc accepted az the expression
Of our civilization than respectable
convcntionality and organized COM
munp1acc. ->Ccntury.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

iii. itn,a.>. ;,t.>. -. :>.:n14.' "a .,.',i'
throwing: things ut l"ul'4s' i'll tlh
street. ami 1llss!z,. George and Kat
stop lighting. :sn.l tell Dick II H.
doesn't stop ]a1l-4!l::> III, {illll,>e
gong ~ hatd@!i! 1::,.t,eat :t|y;;:}= 'l,''n
linn, i.:'ltlltt1t ,l'l!4lt{t1: . :
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19
The United States Official
Investigation of Baking Powders,

Made under authority Congress by the Chemical Division OF the
Dept of Agriculture, Washington D. c. and recently completed
Shows the Royal Baking Powder
to be cream of tartar baking poW=
der of the highest quality, superior
to all others i'm strength, leaVen=
ing power, and general usefulness.
The ROYAL Baking distinguished by the highest
expert official authority the leading Baking owder OF the woa
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Tic E1%l:::;lltii r'ttery t'tt.tIJtttt.il:>
such Il l.41lt> <4.&u;.r rf silica H.. H.
make liz :l@ll..-, i, <;,14>s: III. n::l<ststr:
III politely ,l1tt.si4s". Ntll"n green H.:
wusal t::t- like eu1l sandstone. IT,.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

Tlsrr,+ $tl'e 9itt,, GO u<l'llt:1nt<l,'
white i1ll>:ll,i1.;41ii Ut Il t{t***=t '1lla$t:
>tu;>> ::1.t <'t){ {,::}> t1l..t*'$' {tll1t:*'
and l..tIatti1 ttl<.< Ez4ttttlt>
1T tWciltvr:t144t, ~*,*. :* ."*
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

1t is .;as1t&n tls&:1 sn.t t>f III: ::, <tl.:{st*
pail ycst,4y i:n' 1I>y'| I.s IN TIL,
building II :t= NH =t3 !:
le~s ti.a1l III, i ,..a&
inln nlt:Il. :.: =. ~" "= ::**=:.
x~*<*:= !: H.. : :::*=*.:
At 1:at. Exhibition, 1T III. ,,1utr
graphic *e.tlrty III Great b''itaiis / l4t.r*
Is photograph of Mint l;lit:7r t$t.:t'n
ut q s|i::tt,2rx.tf fifty six nii:t.,s.
Drinking *<ssr's:- u by MIt:llt :>t*,
1nu.lte from n1etnl no. ::t:.: lt$t<. iz1t
cio,1<~- e. tlitr. trtuil ttllftt.
,nt.tt>t ;.1at<{f,jit Il. .. :"..: d
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-19

" I have been a great
sufferer. from xAstll-
ma and severe Colds
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-26
VIRGINIA NOTES.

The Natural Bridge Company is on
gagged in opening large cave. which is
situated not over half mile from the
hotel. l t is in the same geological for
nation as the famous Luray cave and
the grottoes of the Shenandoah, and is
OF large dimensions, one chamber in it
being 600 feet long and 100 feet high
One hundred years ago last Sunday
week the first religious services ever
held in Salem, Harrison county, were
conducted by the Seventh Day people
in the old fort built by the early set
tiers for protection against Indians
Mrs. Noah Rexford, residing a short
distance east of Huntsville, fell from a
porch in the rear OF her residence on
Tuesday Of last week. and broke her
hip in two places. She lives by herself,
and it was some time before she was
able to make her condition known.
West Virginia has log new spapers.
Harrisonburg is getting TO be popu-
lar summer resort.
Mr.. r. q. Marick, of Page county, is
dying of cancer.
Major John A. Shaw died at his resi-
dence near Rockbridge Baths on Tues
day morning in the nth year of his
age.
Samuel Medley, of Sage, met with a
sudden and tragic death near Pickens
last week. He was hauling logs and in
some way was ceught between two logs
and instantly killed
The receipt of Southern wheat at
Baltimore was 6s bushels which arriv. d
on Saturday from Lancaster county
The grain was plump and we'll de-
veloped, of very bright amber aud f
the Fultz variety. 1t was clean, but its
condition soft and milky. 1t brought 81
per bushel. Last year the first now
wheat, $50 bushels, was received on
June IL, also from Lancaster county,
and it brought Sl.50 per bushel.
A meeting of leading Republicans of
tho Second district was held in Norfolk
Friday night TO discuss politics in gen
eral and the nomination of a candidate
for Congress in particular. he Vir-
| ginian says: while, os ,nsibly, it was
meeting for the general good of Re-
puolicanism, in fact, it was an anti.
Bowden gathering, assembled for tho
purpose, if possible, OF defeating the ex-
Congressman and nominating someone
who could secure the undivided support
OF the Republicans in the district II is
urged that Mr. Bowden made so many
promises while in Congress that he
was unable to keep that a very large
dissatisfied element will fight him to
| the last"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-26

attempt to crowd past the horse, we
could not tell; but he made bold and
desperate charge.
"Now, look ter yer standn', Mr..
Man" exclaimed the guide.
l expected that the next moment
would reveal the horrible spectacle of
the man plunging down the precipice as
his courageous horse had done few
seconds before.
But again we had miscalculated on
"horse grit" as the guide character
lied it.
AS the elk had almost succeeded in
crowding past in front of the horse,
which was butted into the crevice of
the rock, the head of the cayouse was
suddenly visible above the launches. j..
The next instant the maddencyl
strokes of the horse with its fore feet
pushed the clks launches over the
brink ::
For moment the animal hung by it's
fore feet paving furiously with its
rear hoofs to regain it's lost footing
But its struggle was short, and after
brief suspense its powers gave out
and it fell backward down the steep
slope.
We fired gun to attract the atten-
ton of the man, who remained in his
position until we arrived within hail
ing distance, when we learned where
his cabin was located and agreed to
gather up the contents of his pack, at
the foot of the cliff, if it contained any
thing not ruined in the fall.
The horse which had saved his life
had become sufficiently Gained to be
controlled. and the prospector resumed
his dangerous journey along the mar.
row trail. 1t is safe to say that there
after he left it to the mountain animals
and took the safer and longer trail
along the bottom of the canyon.
The elk had been lacerated in his
fall sufficiently to cause II free flow of
blood. and we Toasted upon flesh which
was perhaps all the more tender for it's
bruising. FORREST CRIssEY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-26
Tho Most Costly Eur.

No, scalsllin is not the most costly
fur, nor nearly so. A skin of sea otter,
SO small that you might carry it away
in your hat, is worth two hundred and
fifty dollars if it is good specimen.
One very seldom sees this beautiful fur,
which is of the deepest black, studded
with silver hairs, rs Russians, who have
n great admiration for it, absorb all the
best specimens. The sea otter is caught
scarcely anywhere except on the coast of
Alaska, and only few thousand of
them are killed every year.-Philadel-
phia Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-26

|
'nothin' else. You couldn't git thar t
do any good if 'twar yer own brother.
It's jes' like standing off scein' n couple
of engines that y can't stop nohow
come t'gethcr," replied the philosophic
guide.
We recognized tho force of his logic
and settled down to watch tho en-
counter, if there should be one, with
the most intense but powcrlcss interest.
Both of the horses, the man and the
elk stood still. Would the elk retreat
or give battle? That was the question OF
supreme interest to us all ut that mo.
mcnt.
But we were destined to have our
curiosity regarding the aggressive cour.
age of the elk remain unsatisfied, for
we suddenly found that we had under
estimated one element in the case.
The leading pack horse suddenly
arched it's neck like striking adder,
swished its tail and made fierce dive
for the elk with its glistcning teeth.
"See the gamey leetlc brute?" shout
ed the guide, in admiration at the un-
expected display of courage on the part
of the burdcned horse.
The buck elk duclled his head to re-
ceive the charge.
For an instant there was a confused
blending, from our distance, of the fig
lures of the elk and horse. Then the
canyon echoed with shrill piercing
cry, like a human scream, and the
horse went rolling, pitching and floun-
dering down the steep face of the bluff
Mr.. Buck got the inside holt in that
f1,n
seemed to view the affair more as an
an actual tragedy.
The other spectators held their
breath in anticipation of the scene; but
the guide muttered:
II reckon he'll known 'nough It keep
his role somewhat in reach, next time,
if the oil Teller don't pitch i'm down af-
ter it."
The man had drawn from his belt a
hunting knife, which was evidently his
only weapon, and was backed against
the wall of rock behind him, awaiting
the result of the contest between the
second horse and the elk with passive
helplessness.
The elk had evidently become thor
oughly Infatuated by the onslaught of
the first horse, and was on the often
sive.
Meantime the remaining horse had
backed into small perpendicular
niche which permitted it to leave a mar
row margin of the trail free, and gave it
more safe and extended footing.
AT first the elk made an attack upon
the ''cornered" horse, but was unable to
dislodge his contestant as he had the
first.
Whether the forward rush which the
buck next made toward the man was
intended as an attack, or simply as an