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EXTINCTION OF THE BISON.
Only Two Hundred Wild Buffalo Still
In America.

In wild state the American bison,
or buffalo, Is practically, though not
quite wholly, extinct. At the pres
ent moment there are about 200 wild
buffaloes alive and on foot in the
United States. To obtain these high
figures we include the $50 individ-
ais that the white head hunters and
the red meat hunters have thus far
left alive in the Yellowstone Park,
where the buffaloes are fondly sup
posed ts be protected from slaughter.
Beside these there are only two other
bunches-one OF about 20 head in
Lost Park, COL, protected by State
laws, and another. containing be-
tween 30 and 40 head. in Val Verde
County, Texas, between DEVILS River
and the Rio Grande.
Four years ago there were over 300
head in the Yellowstone Park, thriv-
ing and increasing quite satisfacto-
rily. Through them we fondly hoped
The species would even yet be saved
from absolute extinction. But, alas
we were reckoning without the poach-
ers. Congress provides pay for just
one solitary scout to guard in winter
3, 575 square miles of rugged noun
tain country against the horde OF
lawless white men and Indians who
surround the park on oil sides, eager
to kill che last buffalo, The poach-
ers have been hard at work, and as
result our park herd has recently de-
creased more than one-ha.f in num-
Der. 1t is a brutal burning shame
that formerly, through lack OF con-
gressional law adequately to punish
such poachers as the wretch who was
actually caught red handed in jan
uary. 1894, while skinning seven dead
buffaloes and now, through lack of
paltry 81, 800 year to pay four
more scouts. the park buffaloes are
all doomed to certain and speedy de-
struction.
Beside the places mentioned,
there Is only one other spot in all
North America that contains wild
buffaloes.
Immediately southwestward Of
Great Slave Lake there lies vast
wilderness OF swamps and stunted
pines into which no white man has
ever penetrated fur. and where the
red man still reigns supreme. 1t is
bounded on the. north by the Lizard
and Mackenzie Rivers, on the east by
the Slave River, on the south by the
Peace River, and on the west by the
Rocky Mountains. Mr.. Warburton
Fike says it is now the greatest beaver
country in the world, and that it also
contains a few bands OF the So called
wood buffalo. Sometimes they are
heard OF at Forts Smith and Ver-
million, sometimes at Fort St. John,
on the Peace River, and occasionally
at Fort Nelson, on the Lizard;
but it is impossible to say anything
about their numbers" At all events.
in February. 1890, Mr.. Pike found
eight buffaloes only four day s. travel
from Fort Resolution, on Great Slave
Lake. and succeeded in killing one.
The Canadian authorities estimate
the total number in that region at
900
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An Old Army Horse.

We are not aware that the Gov
ernment has any old horse in it's
keeping such as Ernst describes.
There was horse named Comanche,
the most celebrated in the United
States, which was kept for long
time after he ceased to be useful. but
he died Thursday, November 5, 1891,
at Fort Riley, Mo. He had been long
useful in the cavalry service. He
was 45 years old, and was the only
living thing that escaped the mas
sacre at the battle OF Little Big
Horn, where General Custer and his
command were killed. He was one
Of the original mount OF the Seventh
Cavalry, which regiment was organ
lied in 1866, and had been in almost
every battle with the Indian service.
After the battle Of Little Big Horn
he was found covered with wounds,
riderless and saddleless, some dis
tance from the scene Of the massa-
ere. He was taken taken in charge
by Captain Rowlan and sent TO Fort
Riley, where for fourteen yoars he
was not subject to bride, and was in
charge OF the Seventh Cavalry. He
died OF aid age. His skin. it liz un-
derstood, was stuffed and mounted,
and kept In the museum OF the
Kansas State University.-Brooklyn
Eagle
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resting was placed on the platform
right out In the broiling sun. l
think / must have remained there
for several hours Finally q guard
of our troops brought wooden coffin
and placed 1t beside my stretcher.
/ observed that the officer In charge
Of the guard was member Of Nc
Pherson's personal staff. Iknew the
box contained dead body, aud ]
asked the officer in charge the name
Of the dead soldier. 1T is all that Is
left OF McPherson, he responded
sadly. ! could hardly believe that
such thing could be, for left him
on the field but few hours previous,
evidently In perfect health and con-
fident OF ultimate victory. 1t was
terrible shock to me to have the dead
body OF my friend and comrade thus
brought to me. thought would
60 wild with anguish, and the pain
from my wounds increased with the
excitement under which was labor
ing.
Finally the train came along and
/ was placed in box-car with the
dead body of Mcpherson. The only
other occupants of the car were the
officer in charge of the body and an
Irish soldier. The only light in the
car was from tallow candle stuck
up in q corner. The surroundings
were intensely gloomy, and / did
not much care whether survived or
not, / felt as though / wanted to
60 into eternity, side by side with
my old commander aud friend. The
solemnity OF the surroundings was
only relieved by the constant efforts
OF the officer in charge to try and
keep the sentry from going to sleep.
The poor fellow nodded and nodded.
until the officer became so enraged
that he cuffed HIM over the head
quite sharply. In spite Of my pain
and anguish, l could not refrain
from laughing moment later.
when the sentry received another
rap over the head and fell against
the solitary candle and extinguished
the light, leaving the car in total
darkness"
Secretary Gresham always con-
tended that the humor Of the Incl
dent saved his life, for up to that
moment he was in such q morbid
state that it is doubtful IL he could
have lived through another hour.
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A DEATH BED CONFESSION.

They needed only the headlines to
tell them the blessed meaning; then
the paper fluttered to the floor and
Mrs. Norton lay unconscious in her
daughters arms.
my heavens! she hain't dead, is
she?" cried Miss Cover in alright as
she helped Bessie to lay the uncon-
scious form upon the couch.
20, no God have mercy upon us.
He cannot take her now. She has
just begun to have something to live
for" exclaimed Bessie.
.'Run fer the doctor; faint no COM
mon faintin' fit," urged Miss Cover,
working over the still insensible
woman.
Bessie ran for their physician, who
fortunately happened to be just
down the street with his horse and
carriage. When they reached the
cottage his professional services were
not required, for Mrs. Norton was up
and almost ready to 60 out; she was
just tying her bonnet strings, under
very flushed face with trembling
fingers.
But the carriage was needed.
Get on your cloak, Bess, and I'll
drive you and your mother right
down. was on my way there, and
IL saw him first I'd have to tell the
news, and you two must do that, +"
said the CHEEKY doctor.
''Yes. my darling, come with me !;
I tried not to let you share my grief,
but all my joys are yours" said
Bessie's mother.
"And it was my father that you
have been going to see; papa in
prison?" Bessie asked. hardly under
standing the mystery yet.
"Yes, every Friday for twelve
years"
''Can my husband bear this excite
ment, doctor!" inquired Mrs. Nor
ton. anxiously, as the three went
flying over the road toward the
prison. For Herbert Norton lay at
Deaths door OF typhoid fever in the
prison hospital.
10Y seldom kills, madam, and
think this Joy Will cure. The worst
feature of the case has been that he
did not want to live. Wait till you
and Bessie get him out OF that place."
said DIR. Morgan.
"And may we take him home very
soon?"
THE sooner the better. Here we
are. Whoa, Billie. Now, not too
much excitement. my dear ladies'. I"
God bless you."
None witnessed the meeting be-
tween the three souls united after
many sad years; therefore no one can
tell what they did or what they
said.
At last when the doctor came into
the room he thought he heard Her.
bert Norton saying-though he could
hardly recognize the voice, for the
Joy there was in 1t:
WAS ever prayer answered like
thisf How / have prayed for liberty.
thinking only death cc1ld bring it
and now--well, heaven has dawned
for me on earth. Justice, the future
before me and my guardian angels.
May God grant me power to make
for you the crown OF glory you de-
serve, my little martyr, my wife,"
Crawford avalanche., 1895-07-11
Lemonade HysisnieaIiy Approved.

Lemonade drinking is to. be en-
couraged, according to the Journal
of Hygiene, which asserts that it is
the most perfect OF drinks, and
should be substituted for tea, coffee
and alcohol. To, make it properly
and hygienically this method should
be followed: For quart, take the
juice of three lemons, using the rind
OF one OF them. Carefully peel the
rind very thin. getting just the yell
low outside. This cut into pieces
and put with the julie and powdered
sugar, OF which use two ounces to
the quart, in jug or jar with a
cover. When the water is at boiling
point pour it over the lemon and
sugar; cover at once and allow to
cool.
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MePHERsoN'S DEATH.
Secretary Gresham's . Account While
Seated Before the Generals
Statue,

Mcpherson square, in Washington.
the government reservation that
contains the statue of the brave SOL
dier who lost his life at the battle of
Atlanta, was always favorite spot
with the late Secretary Gresham, who
was also badly wounded in that en-
gagement. The square is near the
hotel where he lived. and nearly every
pleasant evening he would sit for
while before the statue OF his dear
friend and comrade, recalling MEM
cries OF the past. On the evening OF
the day before he was stricken with
his fatal illness Mr.. Gresham and
Private Secretary Thurber occupied
the bench near the McPherson statue
together. While seated there the
Secretary recalled the incidents OF
McPherson's death.
Mcpherson, said Secretary
Gresham, had a nature M gentle
and kind as that OF lovely woman.
! shall never forget the last conver-
sation had with him, just sitter /
was wounded ut Atlanta. l was in
command OF division, and he was
the commanding General. / was
lying upon the ground wounded
when Mcpherson came up to me and
inquired the extent OF my injury,
AS soon as he discovered how badly
/ was hurt he ordered his own sur
geon to take charge Of my case, and
he superintended the arrangements
for removing me from the field and
conveying me to the hospital. / was
always very fond OF hin, and he was
like big brother to me. With his
own hands he helped to place me on
the stretcher. and as we parted he
grasped my hands and said he would
look for my speedy recovery.
II was carried down the road to q
little railway station, where the train
was to come along and take me to
tho hospital. was In terrible agony,
and the stretcher on which was
Crawford avalanche., 1895-07-11


A NOVEL cooperative system has
lately been started among the car
penters and painters Of San Francisco
through which the individual work
men are becoming owners OF homes
OF their own without any cost for
construction. AS soon as any MEM
Der OF the local organization has
saved enough money to buy lot ard
the necessary lumber all his fellow
workmen turn to the next Sunday
and build the house for him. In one
Of the suburban additions Of the city
little colony Of these Sunday
homes" has already grown up. The
houses are not pretentious. but are
solidly built and comfortable. There
are ten houses in this colony that
have been thus built by the carpen-
ters and painters for their fellow
workmen. and it Is expected that
during this summer as many more
will be put up at similar Sunday
building bees" But for this help
full system the workmen would prob
ably never be able to own homes,
while through 1t almost every indus
trious man may have house Of his
own.
DIR. LoMBRoso, the Italian special
ist in criminology, has written q
book on 1.-THE Female Offender" in
which he says: "The female born
criminal is far more terrible than the
male. She combines the worst quail
tiles of both sexes-the woman's ex-
cessive desire for revenge, cunning,
cruelty, love OF dress and untruthful-
ness; the mans vices. fickleness,
fearlessness, audacity and often mus
cular strength. Celtic wrote in the
fifteenth century: No possible pun
ishments can deter women from
heaping up crime upon crime. Their
perversity of mind Is more fertile in
new crimes than the imagination of
q judge in new punishments. Rykise
said: Feminine criminality is more
cynical, more depraved and more
terrible than the criminality of the
male. Rarely, says the Italian
proverb, is a woman wicked, but
when she is she surpasses the man.
Then comes Euripides with this
crusher: The violence of the ocean
waves or Of devouring flames is terri
BILE. Terrible is poverty, but woman
is more terrible than all else.'"
IT is noticed that even short resi-
dence in the United States makes a
marked change in the conditions and
standards OF the immigrant. Scan
dinavian immigrants sometimes re-
visit their old homes after sojourn
in this country. They usually take
the Storage passage on the eastward
voyage, but the second cabin on
the return westward voyage. The
eastward steerage passage they find
clean and comfortable, but the re-
collection OF the i'll smelling steerage
Of their first trip to America drives
them to the second cabin. These
people ascribe the difference between
the eastward and the westward steer
age passage to the difference in the
cleanliness Of the immigrants that
have lived in the United States. 1t
is to be added, however. that in days
not long ago the number of west
ward bound passengers greatly ex-
ceeded the number of eastward
bound, and doubtless it is the cleanli-
est and the most intelligent Of origi-
nal immigrants that are able to re-
visit their old homes. The condition
of human beings shipped like cattle
is not the same as those who t.avel
for pleasure.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-07-11

What every man who goes to q
barber daily fears may happen has
happened at last In England. A
schoolmaster was being shaved, when
the barber drew the razor across his
throat, nearly cutting Of his head.
He missed the main arteries, how
ever, and the victim may recover.
No cause can be found for the act
Crawford avalanche., 1895-07-11

One evening her mother did very
strange thing; she left Bessie oil
alone and went to SEQ her friends.
The next night she went again.
Forgive me, derr. for leaving you;
and / may be gone until very late. as
one Of the family Is dangerously Ill.
Shall not get some one to stay with
your / cannot bear to leave you
alone" she said. when she kissed
her good bye.
mo, no, mamma, I'm not afraid,
and Tabby is company for me-" said
Bessie, and then burst out impetu-
ously: ''But 0, mamma. do let me
60 with you. do, do. know should
not be in the way, and perhaps I'd
be help" -
Another kiss and tender embrace
was the answer and the mother has
tened away.
The third evening Bessie's curios-
ity mastered her. As soon as her
mother left the cottage, she threw on
wrap and followed.
II shall die IL I do not find out
what this secret is that is Weighing
on my poor mothers mind and wor-
rying away her life, she cried, and
hurried on block after block until
the destination was reached, and
Bessie saw where the poor family
lived.
The surprise was complete, and
turning she fed home sobbiny aloud.
The only information she had
gained was that her trusted and hon.
ored mother had deceived her.
What mystery lay beyond the gate
which her mother entered che knew
not. She had not dared to pass in
after her.
When the mother returned the
little clock on the kitchen shelf was
striking twelve, but Bessie did not
hear it and the mother did not heed
it. The former lay prone upon the
bed, deep in troubled sleep; dressed,
even to the dusty shoes which had
carried her on her errand, the latter
knelt by the bedside and pressed her
cold face to her daughters fevered
cheek. In Bessie's hand was clutched
an old-fashioned case containing a
photograph.
Her fathers likeness. Poor little
girl" exclaimed the mother.
Neither Bessie nor her mother read
the newspapers much; in fact they
seldom bought one. Miss Cover
must have known this, too, for one
morning she came running across
the garden, waving the morning
paper in her hand. Bursting into
the kitchen like whirlwind, she
painted: 20, Bessie, where's your
ma? Hev you read the paper?'
"What do you mean. Miss Cover,
what paper?" questioned Bessie's
mother.
Here, look" cried Miss Cover,
pointing to an item at the head OF
one of the columns.
Bessie glanced over her mothers
shoulder, and this is what she read:
AFTER MANY YEARS.
HERBERT NORTON, SENTENCED FOR FOR
gerry, PROVED INNOCENT.
ALREADY SERVED TWELVE YEARS OF
HIS FIFTEEN YEAR SENTENCE.
GEORGE GRAHAM, AN Ex-TELLER OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, THE
GUILTY MAN.
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The most sasterly point OF the
United States 10 Quoddy Head. Me.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-07-11

Lord Napier won the Abyssinian
War In 1867 without q single rever>n.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-03-15
e.. n. Haven'S Saw Mill and
Gin the Scene of Active
Manufacturing.

Not great many persons in Forrest
City know the extent and vastness of
Capt. G. III. Ravens enterprises in the
northern part of town. Happening
over in that neighborhood yesterday
the relator was struck with the i'm
mense structures, under the roof of
which men earn their bread by the
sweat of their face. A gracious invi-
tation from the lord of allihe SURVEYS
to ''come in and look around" was
accepted. and we will try to state
what we saw. In the first place we
entered the engine room and sawmill
department. There was nothing un-
usual there. That is to say, un-
usual in any first-class place of
its kind. He has fine 4O-hcrsepower
engine and 60-inch saw, and rapidly
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-03-15
Don't Make Him Mad!

That 1.-The plans of mice aud men
oft gang awray" is aptly illustrated by
a storm" party that left thiscity last
Monday night for ''home on the bill,
under the chaperonage of Messrs. En-
nest Beck. Jas. Clark and Rush Stock
ard. Some of The party claimed that ii
was by invitation, while others said 1t
WAS storm" However that may be.
it cut no figure in the dance.
The joyous crowd in surries, bnggies.
wagons, horseback and go as-you-please
MADE the welkin ring as they cantered
Der the hills and far away" Arriv-
ing at their intended destination, in
full confidence of having good time.
they all made ready for the dance.
The echo of get your partners for 4
uuadrille," had hardly been re echoed
over the hill, when it WAS followed by
what seemed to some AS one of JOve's
thunderbolts The Lord of the house
came forth from adjoining room and
exclaimed boys have ali the fun you
want, but don't start no dance here. u
MN led in tones of thunder with tie
echo which had just preceeded it. as
if turned into statues by fairy's
wand, stood the anxious walters. only
to be awakened into life by Don't
make him mad, | wouldn't have him
to get mad for all the dances in the
werld" came in tones of sweetest sad
ness floating DER them. from the lady.
At this admOnition, the call to boots
md saddles" brought them to "A reali-
cations of the words of the scottis n
bard. that the plans of mice and men
oft gang awray."
They wandered around the hill until
they found warm welcome ut the
house of Geo. w. Kirby. where they
spent the evening and went home
with the girls in the morning." better
if not wiser boys and girls.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-03-15

CONGRESSMAN Bryan's speech in
Little Rock Monday night was con-
vinejag argument in favor of the free
coinage of silver at the present ratio of
l6 to |. This is the all-important ques-
ton now before the American people
and especially endorsed by ii majority of
the members of all parties in the South
and West. The approaching value of
gold, as single standard of money.
is trebling the debts of the millions of
nortgagors throughout the states, aud
as rule they are the producers, the bone
and sinew of our country, and they
deserve to be protected, and must be.
A policy which continues tn reduce the
price labor. will eventually bankrupt
the nation. The policy of a single
standard of money is rapidly accom-
plishing this end.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-03-15

The business men of the live town of
Imboden, in Lawrence county. are
moving in the right direction by organ
izing commercial club to look after
the manufacturing aud other material
interests of the place. So it is all over
Arkansas in every wide-awake COM
munity, be it city, town or rural. the
people are aroused to the necessity of
organized effort for the furtherapce of
their interests and the betterment of
their condition. A commercial club
composed of up-to- date men is potent
factor in the building and PROCESS of
the community in which it has its abid
ing place.-Arkansas Developer.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-03-15

WE don't want any small pox in
Forrest City, and. if care on the part
of the efficient Board of Health, backed
by the town council officially, and by
all good citizens, viii keep it out, we
will not be plagued. The quarantine
regulations may Inconvenience some,
ard to some there may be no appar-
ent necessity for such strict regula-
rlons, bnt should one Case occur here
it would cause untold damage to the
city, and it is wise to employ every
precaution. An ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure.