Evening star., 1896-09-26
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

Tenn, at the Metropolitan. "In no |
section of the country can more re-
fined, cultured people be found, and many |
of the schools. public and private, are mod
els. The iiliterate districts are the
mountains, and in some such sections strong
prejudice exists against education. 1 found
one CT these ncighborhoods in the Great
Smoky mountains Sewer county, Tenn.
asked my host If they had any school,
and he answered, NO, and we dom want
nary. nuther. We he'd one. Larned a lot
o youngsters how to read an write. All
Of EN- war too smart fer their folks an
ler soon's they got big enough. Two of
'em seEt around the mounting fer writin'
other peoples names an gettin' money.
Nobody hyar can read or write. an
an soon's they larned somethin' they'd go
way an git in jail -"
1.-The typical cowboy, as he is seen in
| newspaper cuts and depicted by humorists
| or SCI sational writer's. cannot now be found
| in Arizona" said T. F. Hughes Of Tucson
| at the National 1T would scarcely be
credited that the cowboys as a rule, are
better educated than eastern young men
| or The same age, and yet it is true. Most
OF The cowboys of today from two
| classes They are either men who have
| hroken down their health studying in uni
versitfes or younger sons of wealthy En-
| glish h. l know a lawyer who had to resign
| frem the bench on account of ill health.
| VINO Is now cowboy. He was nearly dead
| with consumption and went west. At first
| lie bought ranch, but found what he re-
quired was constant riding and no care.
| He sold his ranch and hired out as a cow
| boy. There are graduates of leading uni
| Ferslties punching cattle the plains
| n few of the old-lime, rollicking, reckless
| n en- are left, but there is larger proper
| tlon OF college-bred men among cowboys
thGn among calling | know of
| "A misunderstanding as to the meaning
OF word sometimes leads to peculiar situa-
| tions." said Rev. A. l.. Smith of Chicago
| at the Arlington. I'm company with sew
| eral other ministers 1 was riding in a stage
CT hack, which served the purpose of
stage. en- route to a camp meeting The
road wound among the mountains and the
air was delightful, while the scenery was
almost sublime. I was invigorated as
though by powerful tonic, and several
| times remarked upon the ozone in the air
| After one of these observations the driver
| stopped the horses, and beckoning TO me
| slyly, climbed from the seat. Wondering
what he could want. / followed him. and
| soon We were behind large tree out of
view from the wagon. 'Parson,' said the
| driver. i couldn't bear to see you suffer
| The ozone you smeled was in my pocket
With these words he drew forth a large
| bottle OF whisky, which he offered to me.
| IL took several minutes to convince him
that ii was not whisky l had referred to
| as ozone"
"One of the most honest men who ever
lived was Judge Arthur Shields" said c. K
Markham of Cheyenne, at the Riggs He
was on the bench In the early days of Kan
: | sas, and / was one of the lawyers who
. rracticeo in his court. Upon cne occasion
| was conducting a case in which 1 had
: perfect confidence when the trial began
| but before il had progressed far the eyi.
dence against my clients side of the con.
troversy was SO strong and so unexpected
that saw the cause w8s hopeless. / fully
, believed the witnesses lied, but could no,
! shake them by cross-examina ton, and i,
! | locked as though my client would lose his
| property Judge Shields had decided ever,
! | question with perfect fairness, and it could
: | not be seen that he was in any way in.
!. | terested until sudde My he called to an at.
'orney. Mr.. Black, take the bench for tn,
: rest OF this case then turning to me h.
| SAID, nave me sworn as a witness. / viii
: Eot see man robbed in this court in mat
| lcrs Oh winch 1 am personally cognZant
He took the stand, and his testimony sayec
. | the case for me- The other side appealed
. but the judge was sustained, the only cas-,
OF the kind in the books
q The stories told of the free and cas-,
. way that obtains in newly organized west
: | ern communities are scarcely oyerdrawn
o | said Ed. Pearce of Boise City, Idaho at tn
t Shoreham. "A few weeks ago / was a
Bowden's Gap. camp not far from TIL
. Bay Horse mines. and 1 was very mucl
l. | amused to find a placard posted on tn
r door Of the leading saloon and gambling
e | room:
- "Gents-Whereas, This place has a ba
e name owing to too promiscuous shootin
4 iS lralx- i1o,l
e tenderfeet who would otherwise plant thei
j. coin here, it is resolved that no more shoot
lr ing will be allowed, except in the folown
s cases: l. For cheating at cards > For r.
n fuSirg a drink when such refusal is mad
If | for the purpose of insulting the offerel
3. For calling man liar a horse thiei
d 4. For dancing with a girl that belongs I
,r the shooter after warning. D. For stea
l. ing horse. saddle. bride or blanket G
If | For jumping a claim. Usual penalty. B
d | order of committee.
1t And the notice, which was we'll write
l. | in every way, meant just what il said
IL Il have never believed the stories abol
| the great age of turtles and the findin
N of them many years after they have bee
IA marked said r. p. Johnson of Mobile
n Wizards. But a circumstance happene
S. to me a few days ago that either beal
m out the stories or is remarkable coinc
lie dence. About thirty years ago, when 1 W;
| d DOS, L went iSIliHS OIL 81
a. | near Brunswick. Ga While there caugl
ar a sea turtle, and to try to overpower hi
ID L stabbed him with a knife. l missed h
to head and the blade entered his shell al
So broke Off The turtle then escaped.
er "A few days ago a friend of mine ga
to me a large turtle, which 1 killed al
Sc cleaned in order to preserve the shell.
at knife blade was imbedded in SO far
l can remember the position that mine hs
to | struck in thirty years ago. 1 could n
ne | swear that he was the same turtle, but
certainly looked like 1t"
"I have met a very large number Of 1
dians although / am wholly unacquaint
with the noble red man of the forest,
said H. D. Dayton of Wichita, Kan.
the Raleigh. There seems to be a bell
prevalent that Indians brave. Up
the contrary, as a rule, they are the mo
eowardly people 1 know anything abol
An In1ian never forgives and Will alwa
avenge injury done him. but this do
not m can that he will seek his reven
upon the man who did the injury. In fa
he is apt to be afraid of him. If VIII
storekeeper takes the advantage of an
| dian. for example, he is afraid of the SOL