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KITTEN AND BEAR.

Pussy Frightened Bruin Up a Tree
and Kept Him There.
Chris Burns, the veteran first SER
yeant of troop d, has kitten which
turing the summer camping OF the
troop at the Lower Geyser basin made
her home within the sergeant's tent
Here. curled up OH pair of army blan-
kets. she detied the world in general
and dogs in particular. When the lat
ter approached she would elevate every
bristle on her brave little back, her
Eyes would glow like live Goals and her
tail would swell up threateningly. If
The dogs approached too near. she would
hiss and exhibit the usual signs of hos
tility until the intruders had vanished
from her Eeighborhood.
One day. when the camp was bathed
in sunshine and every soldier in camp
felt lazy. an inquisitive black bear came
down the mountain side and. whether
because he was in search of adventure
or because attracted by savory smell
from the cooks fire, began to walk
about among the white tents of the
cavalry command.
Suddenly the kitten caught sight of
him. Dogs by the score she had seen.
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NOT THAT KIND.

WHEN Mr.. John Graham, of Chi
w cago. arrived here last week to
see about introducing electric light
ing for the public streets we plainly
told him that we didn't believe our peo-
pie would stand it. Tallow candles and
kerosene oil have been used ever since
the first light was hung out, and no
one has ever heard any complaints.
Mr.. Graham decided to give an exhibit
ton of his arc light and let the people
judge for themselves, and the display
took place Wednesday evening in front
of the city hall. The boys were so quiet
for the first five minutes that we began
to be hopeful. but then old Jim Hew-
son began to yell and away she went.
1t seemed as if so pistols were popping
at once, and of course it didn't take
long for that arc light to grow wings
and fly away. When it had disappeared
the boys turned their attention to Mr..
Graham, and the last we heard of him
he was seven miles west of the town
and still on the go. We trust he is sat
isfied with his experiment. Our peo-
pie didn't mean him any harm. but
it's just their way. Well be in the
swim with Chicago some day, but just
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ton crop seems to be all right, majah. g
HAS the state of Alabama repudi-
ated her state obligations?"
Not that l know of
Anything wrong with corn, oats,
peanuts and tobacco?" continued the
major.
Nothing wrong, sah-not that I've
heard Of" answered the captain. do
20. suspect anything wrong, majah?'
Eyes. sab, / do"
"And will yo' kindly explain?"
II will. sab. When l find Capt. CHS
holm, true son of the south, drinking
plain water, out OF plain glass, SUR
rounded by a mob who are also drink
ing plain water, out of plain glasses, it
strikes me that the glorious south is
On the eve of great calamity or had
better get along to the compress and do
my business with Kurnel Skellings!
Gentlemen, excuse my abrupt depar-
ture. and yo' can divide the contents of
this glass between YOU"
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but this particular dog" was the larg-
est and the hair,est dog she had ever
seen. But she did not hesitate. 1t was
enough for her that an enemy had
invaded her special domain. Kissing
forth her spite. while her little body
quivcred with rage. she darted forth at
the bear. The onslaught was sudden.
ard one glance was enough for Bruln.
With snort of fear, Bruin made for
the nearest tree, a short distance away.
and did not pause until he was safely
perched among the upper branches.
Meanwhile the kitten stalked proudly
about on the ground beneath, keeping
close guard over her huge captive. her
back still curved into IA bow, and her
hair still bristling with righteous in
dignation. while her tail would now and
then give significant little wave, as if
to say: That's the way l settle i'm
pertinent bears"
The soldiers. who meanwhile had
pour ed forth from their tents. could
scarcely believe their eyes; hut there
was the bear in the tree and the kitten
below, and there were those who had
seen the affair from beginning to end.
Aud perhaps the strangest part of il
ell was that the bear would not stir
from his safe position in the branches
until the kitten had been persuaded to
leave her huge enemy a clear means OF
retreat! Then he slid shamefacedly
down from his perch, and ambled hasti
~ off towards the mountain.-Lieut
Charles D. Rhodes. U. s. A.. in st. Mich.
OlaS.
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WITHOUT ANY OBJECT.

NTHEN the stage stopped at the
w hotel in Wolf Run after a long
days drive every passenger of us was
confronted by the spectacle of a man
hanging to the limb of tree on the
public square. 1t wasn't considered
good form" to ask any questions in
regard to the affair, but after supper I
strolled out and met citizen who
seemed SO courteous that ventured to
observe:
"You appear to have had hanging
terc to-day?"
Eyes. we hung a man." was the re-
ply. 81 expect he ought to be taken
down and buried tonight, but don't
see any of the boys around"
You had an object in hanging him.
l suppose?"
81 expect we did. sir. but was lit
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LOOKED LIKE A CALAMITY.


THERE were five or six of us on the
hotel veranda, and when Mai. Hill
son was seen coming up the street a
boy was ordered TO bring out glass
of water for every sitter. We were sip
ping the beverage when the ma or halt
ed at the steps and looked up, and
Capt. Chisholm, who was the only one
who knew him, called out:
"Mawnin' to yo'. majah-I hope 1 see
yo' well?'
''Mawnin', captain" was the reply
"mawnin' to ALL
Its hottish day, majah," continued
the captain as he raised his glass.
Eyes. rather hottish," replied the
major, as he peered at the glasses and a
puzzled look came over his face.
Wont yo' come up and join us?"
~ was going over to the compress,
but am in no powerful hurry"
The major came up the steps, was
introduced to each of us in turn, and
as he sat down the captain said to the
young negro:
"Heah. boy. bring Majah Hillson a
glass;
glass of water was brought out and
placed on the table at the majors elbow.
He carefully inspected it for long
minute, and then looked around at the
other glasses. Then he lifted his glass
and said:
Capt. Chisholm, the contents of this
glass seem to me to be water-nothing
but water"
Jest plain water, sah," replied cap
tain.
And yo' ar drinking plain water
yu'rself?"
II am. sah."
''And these other gentlemen-they
are drinking plain water?"
jest plain water, majah."
Capt. Chisholm" said the major,
as he put down his glass and rose to
his feet, lis there a report to the eff
feet that the cotton crop has failed?"
Not that have heard of. sab. Cot
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TAMEST ZEBRA EVER TRAINED

crowded streets of great city. obedi-
ent to the slightest touch of the rein
for all the world like pony that has
been used to children"-to quote the
familiar words of an advertisement. 1t
must, indeed. be a novelty to take ones
rides abroad on the brilliant back of u
real live zebra, and quite apart from
being capital lad" for MIR. Gross Won
derful establishment. this docile speci-
men is something of an achievement,
representing as it does many weary
months of patient and unremitting
labor. At first. the appearance of this
lady, mounted. caused some excitement,
but the novelty soon wore off. The AMI
NAL will actually lie down and get up al
the word of command.-Strand Nigga.
zine.
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tie late and didn't ask no questions.
Yes. we must have had an object"
Ibid he shoot anybody, steal horse
OR anything of that sort?"
Cant say sir. He was about done
kicking when 1 got here, and 1 didn't
ask anybody what he had done. They
must have had an object, though. They
always do have an object when they
hang a man. I'll find out what it was
ii you say So"
"Oh, it makes no difference. 1t was
all right to hang him, of course, but 1
had passing curiosity to know what
crime he had committed. You needn't
20 to any trouble on my account"
But he did. 1 had just gone to bed
when the landlord came up with a
tcugh-looking stranger, whom he intro
duced as Pete Mccoy. Pete sat down on
the side of the bed and began:
stranger, Bill Harper was a-tellin'
me that you was akin about the man
we hung to-day"
what he had done to deserve hanging"
"You wanted to know our object?"
well, I just asked. you know"
Might the IctIer new DIN yer OrOtn-
er?" asked Mr.. Mccoy. after q long
look at me.
"Oh. no."
"No friend of yours, eh?''
mo, sir"
"And you are not here to spy around
and make any trubble over the hang
imp"
81 am not. 1 am on my way over the
divide"
wall, them" said Mr. Mccoy, as he
looked considerably relieved and rose
up to go. "I'd jest as lief tell you all
about it. I was the man who led the
crowd. and we didn't hev no object
tall"
Jest hung him. eh?"
jest hung him, sir. and we didn't
need any object. didn't hev any and
don't want none, and if l was you /
wouldn't AK no more questions about it.
II you do, we might hev an object in
SEEM how you would look in his
p,ace!"
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major was SO frightened that he made
no effort to get away, and yet there
was no tragedy. The bear sized him
up, rolled him over two or three times,
and then walked off in disgust. He
didn't propose to lower the reputation
of the Bruin family by eating any
such specimen of humanity. We have
been told that the major took it as a
snub and feels very much cut up over
it, and we are glad of it. He is sleek.
slick liar, professional dead-beat. and
no decent coyote would howl over his
grave if he were dead.
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weLL-TRA,NED ZEBRA.

To BE Seen Any Day In the streets 0i
Liverpool. England.
Liverpool boasts one of the biggest
wild beast emporiums-if not the big
gest-in the world. 1t is the famous
house of Cross. Mr.. William Cross. of
Liverpool. is known at the ends of the
earth. He always has some queer
argosies on the sea consigned to him
perhaps shipload of reptiles. dozen
elephants. or a few thousand parrots
The above photograph represents some
of Mr.. Cross marvellous ability in train
ing animals The zebra is VIGOROUSLY
hard to tame. yet here is one that will
actually carry lady through the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-12-17
AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.

A WEEK or SO ago an old critter
~ named Carson came down from
t he mountains to get drunk and have a
good time. We happened to meet him
as he was filling up, and as mayor. gave
him word of caution about making a
nuisance of himself. He agreed to go
on quiet spree. and exhibited his guns
tc us to show that they were unloaded.
L: appears that he did get drunk and
was quiet enough for several days. but
last Wednesday night he broke loose.
At about midnight he left the Big Injun
saloon, where he had his headquarters,
and going down to the public square
he began shooting and yelling. The
city marshal soon got after him, but
the old man was so lively with his guns
that the officer hesitated to tackle him,
and came and reused us from Sleep
AS editor of the Kicker, which has
tie largest circulation of any family
weekly paper in the known world-as
mayor of Giveadam Gulch, deputy
United States marshal, postmaster and
state senator, we carry the chip on our
shoulder and go around feeling as big
as house. Up to the hour we rushed in
could down any living thing in this ter
ritory, either with the gun OF a rough
and-tumble. We frankly admit that we
were an ass. We rushed in with the
| idea OF picking the old man up and
twisting his neck around about seven
times, but we didn't know his gait. As
he saw us coming he threw down his
guns and made ready for a shindy, and
| in the course of five minutes we were
| licked man. Notwithstanding his age.
which is nearly 65, the cid man proved
t. be cyclone surrounded with d
barbed wire fence. He simply toyed
with us. He stood us on our head,
rolled us in the dust and used us as a
| club to slam billboard, and when the
marshal came to our assistance, he was
| turned down in mannes to excite adj
miration.
We know when we are licked. We
were licked that night inside of three
minutes, but for the sake of dignity we
let the affair go on for two minutes
more. Then we intimated in seven diff
ferent languages that we had had
enough and to spare, and MIR. Carson
gave us few extra thumps and sent
us back to our bed. The town was his
for the next hour, and he used up 200
cartridges and yelled until his voice
gradually faded away into a croak.
Next morning he surrendered himself
and was fined ten dollars and costs, but
that fact didn't console us to any great
extent. We feel that we have lost at
least so per cent. of our personal pres
tige, and we are sure to have at least
200 stops on the Kicker, but we must
accept the situation in philosophical
way. We thought we were a thunder
storm on wheels and weighed ton. but
have had the conceit taken out of us
in the most thorough manner. and have
no excuses to urge. M. QUAD.
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An indian. Fatal Blunder.

John Duck. an old Indian. objected to
a bicycle on the historic Cariboo stage
road across the mountains, mistsking
il for a devilish contrivance. Az the
rider was Sitting down the garden moun-
tain side he shot at him with rife,
bringing him down. but not killing him
outright. Duck has been sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary for his
criminal ignorance.
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Diagnosi. All Wrong.

"Your husband seems to be a pretty
easy-going sort, eh?''
Don't you believe nothin' of the
kind. 1t is the hardest work in the
world to start him goin' at all."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
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Understood the Bu.ine...

Merchant-Have you had any expert
ence in chinaware?
Appicant-Years Of it, sir.
Merchant-Whatd do you do when you
break a valuable piece?
Applicant-Well-er- usually set it
together again and put it where some
customer will knock it over.
Merchant-Youll do.-Tit-Bits.
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TOO MUCH COLUMBUS.

MONDAY last, when Col. Sage Green.
m OF this town, departed for Pilot
Hill to deliver a speech to the citizens
OF that town in the interests of new
railroad, we warned him to begin and
end with the railroad and not wander
off to Christopher Columbus, as we
knew he would be quite apt to do. The
colonel has a lecture on Columbus, and
while never yet invited to deliver it as
a whole he is always seeking to work
in few chapters under some other
head. We know the Pilot Hill people
like book. They can stand a good
deal of Gen. Jackson and William
Shakespeare, but they are down on
Washington. The colonel thanked us
for our caution and rode gayly away,
and that evening he had an audience to
make him proud. He began on the
railroad all right, but vanity soon
switched him of on Columbus. and
three minutes later he was flying for
his life. He reached here Wednesday.
after lying in the woods SO hours.
and more lonesome and bedraggled
object was never seen. His first act
was to tear up his address on Columbus.
and his next to get drunk, and we have
strong hopes that he will get some
sense into his head as he sobers up
Every town has its idioms, and they
should be respected. Here at Givea-
dam Gulch we are down on Shake
speare and up on Columbus. but if the
Pilot Hill people are the other way
their feelings should be consulted in
stead of outraged.
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MAI. SHOTWELL is SNUBBED BY A
BEAR.

WE HAVE on several occasions an
- w nounced our belief that Mai.
Shotwell was the meanest critter in all
Arizona, and something happened the
other day to corroborate all we have
said. The major was on his way to
Lone Pine, to dodge his creditors in
this town for awhile, when he ran slap
up against a cinnamon bear at the
crossing Of Dog Creek. The bear was
hungry enough to eat grass, and the
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The ArizoDd Kicker.
ComDents op Various Subjects by the
Breezy Editor.
Copyright. 1917

at present our affection for candles ant
kerosene is too strong to be broken b.
any sudden wrench.
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Has many Member..

did you know that there is Silent
Thought brotherhood %
Eyes; every married man belongs to
it."-Chicago Record
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-04

green garlands and brlght-colored sym
bolicsl shields. In all the decorations an
effort was made TO symbolic the history
and traditions OF the church"
Tho chief service OF the week VIII De
held tomorrow morning. aud especial
preparations have been made to render ~
remarkable IN more than one respect.
Bishop Potter. OF New York, WIN de-
livcr an address. and most OF the bishops
OF the Episcopal diocesos within the state
OF New York and in adjacent States have
been invited and will be present.
Trlnitys history has been one OF
growth. It's financial foundation was IN
a grant OF land from the queen :
Farm" which has become one or the
most valuable real estate holdings in the
city OF New York. and Is constantly IN
crcasing In value The income there
from has been largely used In city
evangelical work, and Trinity now has
channels for English, French. Germans,
Italians. colored people, Spaniards. sea-
men. soldiers. prisoners, and deaf mutes.
The activities of the parish. indeed.
cover almost every sort OF evangelistic
and charitable endeavor Its communi-
cants number about 1000 and include
many of the wealthiest and 0est-known
families of New York. -.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-04
Fai.ings of Great Men.
Now York WorldD

-
professor William Y. Trent. of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin. mas dlscoNei.'
that Thomas Jefferson was visionary
suspicious, easy-going sensitive auip'
tious. and careless" besides NUMBER OF
other things which Professor Trent hdS
felt conscientiously bound TO pu' mo
book for the American market
Perhaps II Is all true. but 1t Is not the
whole of il. 1t would be easy to go on
and say that Washington was not
tempered and a slaveowner; that Johh
Adams WIS fat. vain. and moved by a
silly desire 10 initiate English royalty;
that John Quincy Adams had many de-
lrsions about himself ard wrote eX-
tremely bad poetry; that Andrew jack
son fought duels, had street brawls, ana
was obstinate to the last degree; tha'
Webster drank; that Clay gambled, and
that the very greatest men since neil
times have had habits as bad as the!.s'
or worse.
If all this were told in detail IL would
merely mean that great men are not
demi-gods, but merely men with human
infirmities. many Of which they never
thoroughly master.
The difference between them and some
other men is that they have done some
thing. After doing badly they tried again
and did better. Instead of setting TO
work to find out and expose the inhrmi-
ties of their betters they did their best
to initiate their good qualities. They
never ceased to be human, but they ala
cease to be drones or mere critics OF
the class who fancy they are proving
their own superiority by demonstrating
the failings of others.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-04
A Tariff Revolution.
(New York World.)

Very important news came from Wash
ington late last night as TO the tarin
situation.
Senators Allison and Aldrich, who, In
effect, control the subcommittee, have
learned from Treasury experts that IN
stead of yielding a surplus the new tarif
bill, as rearranged in the Subcommittee,
would give a deficiency certainly OF $780,
10000, and probably of sl0o0O,0JO.
They have, therefore. decided to refuse
Jones's demand Tor an increase in the
wool schedules. They have also decided
TO accept. the Worlds oft-repeated adv
vice and secure SSO,Oo0.OOO of revenue by
adding TO the present tax on beer, which
will not add l penny. as the World has
shown, to the price the consumer pays.
They have under consideration n tax
on tea and coffee-the one 10 yield SO =
900, and the other $4,000. 000-without APP
preciably increasing the price OF either
commodity 10 consumers.
If such a tariff had been framed by a
Democratic committee IL would have
been denounced as a free-trade measure.
1t Is. in any case, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
measure, a practical and practicable one.
and the disposition OF the subcommittee
to adopt it is creditable TO the intelli-
gence Of the controlling members.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-04
THE CABOT CELEBRATION.

The Investigations into the career OF
John Cabot. which were stimulated by the
determination of the Canadians 10 cele-
brate the iOOth anniversary of his land
ing in America. have led TO some uncer-
tainty as to the exact date upon which
he sailed from Bristol, Eng. But there
Is no more uncertainty about that than
there is about his exact place Of land
ing. end in neither case is the uncertainty
calculated TO make much difference TO
John.
BY the way; it may be remarked that
the Investigations have, historically
speaking, put Sebastian Cabot's nose de-
cidedly out of joint. Largely owing 10
Sebastian's genius for putting himself
and getting himself pulled. the world
had come to regard him as bigger man
than his daddy. Now, however Sir
Clemments Markham, president of this
Royal Geographical Society, proves. we
are told, that the old man was much
the bigger man of the two. The Cana
dams are going TO honor Johns memory,
and dodge the issue OF his landfall by
erecting their memorial in the Legisla-
tive Hall at Halifax.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-04


The fight on American meats Is kept
up with great visor in Germany. They
must pay a heavy duty on arriving at
the port OF entry, run the risk of con-
fscation and immediate destruction If
they fail to pass the AUTOMATICALLY
scrutiny of examiners stationed at each
place of consumption, and, II they can
still compete with the costly home pro-
duct after paying the cost of this ex-
animation, they are likely to encounter
a local law which prevents their :ale
except as poor stuff 10 be eaten al the
purchasers peril. At Freidberg, for in
stance. no dealer in food can keep the
imported beef or pork unless he displays
prominently a sign on which is printed
the words, inferior American Meats for
Sale Here" That. says a contemporary,
is not a legend calculated 10 attract
profitable trade, and naturally 1t is never
seen except in shops supplying the
lowest class of patrons. The importa-
ton of live animals from America is
entirely prohibited in Germany. Picked,
sailed, and smoked meats are practically
excluded by repeated taxation as they
pass from hand to hand. or by regula-
tons like that Just described. Canned
meats and lard in small quantities man
age to make their way into some parts
of the country, and even these are sub
ject to constant attack on the ground of
imaginary defects in the quality OF the
preservatives used. Curiously enough.
says the New York Times, the restric-
tons imposed are most stringent in
Saxony. a State which is industrial. not
agricultural. and dsposes OF a large
amount OF its manufactures In the
United States.