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The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-04


 scious of his own clumsy movements and the disagreeable ideas his presence suggests. But he is not altogether un- appreciated, depressing as he is; and of him may be said, with truth, that he does no injury to any living creature. 7Ie lives his harmless life and does his grew some duty.
 What more need he said Of anybody? Mankind may not love or admire lirrr Tgyzasd, but they are forced to accord him respect and protection. lln' naA who kills him breaks the law and oi- lends his fellow men.
 But there arc many !atCIe-,! ms things about this undertaken in feathers that have never been described, probably because the general tendency has al- ways been to let him alone; and of all the larger birds of this country there is not one which is less intimately known than this.
 He can be seen on almost any day in the southern states, soaring high in the blue sky or flashing slantwise in wind and storm, a majestic and graceful ob- feet, This is as near as most people care to see him.
 In his home life he is, it must be ac- linowledged, mean and unpleasant creature; and yet, even there, he is not without interest to the lover of all things which infinite wisdom has placed upon the earth. Two species of this vulture, improperly called buzzard, in- habit the United States east of the 1tocky mountains, one of which ranges from New England to the Gulf of Mex ico, and is familiarly known as the tur- key buzzard. His scientific name is Cathartes Aura, and he is a very diff cousin, whose closer acquaintance we arc now making.
 The turkey buzzard is somewhat larger bird than the blaclovulture, and is not black in color, but mixture of black and reddish brown, the latter being the prevailing color in his plumage. His beak, feet and head, where the skin is bare, are of bright red color, and he is much less grotesquc- ly repulsive in appearance than the black vulture of the south.
 He also moves, when on the ground, with a sort of dignified deliberation very different from the clumsy hopping and "teetering" stride of his black cousin. The latter-Catharist Atrata, the scientists call him-is the common scavenger of the far south, where he becomes as familiar almost as the chick ems in the small towns, when cold weather or scarcity of food drives him from the woods and fields to the haunts of men. He has absolutely no redeem ing feature of personal appearance. Ex- cept when sailing high in air, he is de- jected, wretched, hopeless and revolt ing object. His color is sooty black, ex- cept the tips of the wings, which are of dingy, grayish white, this color be- ing visible only when the wings are expanded. His beak, head and bare, wrinkled neck are dull black, and his whole aspect and demeanor is ludic- rously appropriate to his ghastly call ing.
 He is a bird of the semi-tropics, and can but ill endure the degree of cold which is often felt in the Gulf states in January.
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 What more need he said Of anybody? Mankind may not love or admire lirer Tgzza'd, but they are forced to accord him respect and protection. Il" man who kills him breaks the law and of. ianGs his fellow men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

90 extreme fatigue for any limited
period. At this time, however, the
trail was so bad, on account of the soft
ening of the SHOWS in the hot June
sun, that they concluded to strike for
higher wages. This was the cause of
some little delay for us.
Once we saw the Siwash safely start
ed with their packs, we set out our
selves, at about 6 o'clock in the after
noon. At this time of year the trip
is usually timed by the Indians. so
that the deepest snow will be crossed
between IL o'clock at midnight and 3
in the morning; for in these hours a
crust forms, which in daytime is soft
ened by the warm sun. Our way soon
led us on to glacier-like fed OF snow,
which often sounded hollow to our
feet as we trod, and at intervals we
could hear the water rushing beneath.
The grade became steep, and the fog
closed around us thickly, joining with
the twilight of the Alaska June night
to make a peculiar oblc lrity which
gave things a weird, ghostly appear
ance. AS we toiled up the steep in
cline of hardened snow, those ahead of
us looked like huge giants; while those
on whom we looked down were ugly,
sprawling dwarfs.
All the rest of the climb was over
snow, the ascent being very steep,
with cliffs on all sides, which doomed
up gigantic and ghostly. 1t is i'm
possible to describe the effect pro-
duced by these bare, jagged rocks ris-
ing out Of the snow field, in the silence,
the fog and the twilight. We were
fore bly, reminded of some OF Dore's
imaginative drawings.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

mo, mamma. I want to see him."
But she made no explanation. She
met him in the evening promenade.
when, leaning upon her stepfather's
arm, she slowly walked on the beach
Her smile. her soft words of welcome,
invited him to remain beside her. ana
soon he was alone with her, the older
gentleman pleading fatigue.
They were alone, though hundreds
passed and repassed in the public
promenade. Her voice was low, yet
he heard II above the roar of the break
ers, when she said:
Robert. I am afraid was yer, un-
kind to you, last MONTH"
Very unkind. my darling!" he said,
all his love in his eyes, as he looked
into her face.
'Will you forgive me?"
ION one condition only; that you are
kind now, and will promise to be my
Wife"
II win" she said, gently, ''your true.
loving wife. Robert, for love you with
all my heart"
LAS love yOu!" he answered.
But he never knew that she had
heard that hours chat In which he laid
his heart hare for his friend, little
guessing who was listening so near to
him.-Ex.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
FLOATING FACTS.

Only per cent of cases of amputa-
ton are fatal.
Australia harbors one species of KAN
CARGO no larger than rat.
One pound of sleeps wool is capabls
of producing one yard of cloth.
Down to the Norman conquest tho
Britons had living money" and dead
money" the former being slaves ana
cattle, the latter metal.
Alexander the Great had a lage num-
Der Of wives, and was accustomed to re
duce them to obedience by using tho
fiat of his sword as a corrective.
When old coins are worn so that II
is hard to make out the inscription.
gradually heat the coin, and In almost
all cases the inscription will appear.
A Dakota man has. after 20 years
efforts, succeeded In collecting $75 from
the government for supplies furnished
Clusters army on its way to the Little
Big Horn.
Alexander McIlroy, who died the 9TH
err day at his home in Philadelphia, was
a delegate to- the national Wing con-
vention that nominated Gen. William
Henry Harrison.
Sidney Smiths wife was such a good
cook that he calculated that during the
course of his life he had eaten forty
eight four-horse wagon loads more
than was good for him.
The longest continued cataleptic
sleep known to science was reported
from Germany in 1892. the patient hay-
ing remained absolutely unconscious
for four and half months.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

return to nv home. renewed my
self-exacted vows to devote my life to
May, but-do not despise me. Roy-it
was with an "dded misery and pain.
Remember, / had not once seen her
since the day when / carried her home,
after my no. ruined her young
life, but | knew that she was deformed.
/ was young man. in the full vigor Of
health and. while my conscience told
me very plainly that owed my life to
May Talbot. my heart shrank from the
only way In which could offer It.
Common sense spoke very plainly. On
ly as my wife could l give to May the
tender care, the love, that might throw
some gladness into her life. And l, like
coward, thought of the long misery or
my own life tied to q deformed woman
that | did not love. So came home,
q slave In my own idea to my duty,
and resolved to wear my chains brave
ly. 1t was summer weather again when
l went to Owls Nest, and. to my sur
prise, the house was full of guests,
most of them young people. | think
that May must have gathered some
thing of my intention from my letters,
for she was no longer child, and sur
fering had made her womanly even be-
yond her years. | only guessed this
from her manner. l had expected to
meet a frank. cousnly welcome, for
our correspondence had been like that
of an affectionate brother and sister,
but May was dignified and even chill
ing in her greeting. 1t was soon evil
dent to me that she was trying to
thrust other ladies who were her guests
upon my care, and to avoid me az far
! as possible"
But was she repulsive, Bob?"
"Repulsive! She was far from that,
my poor darling. Feeling her deiorm-
ity, as such sensitive natures do feel
any personal defect, she had a morbid
idea that she was hideous. and yet a
craving TO be loved. If she could not
be admired. Governed by this wish,
she had cultivated a naturally fine in
tellect by constant study, porting over
books when other girls of her age
would have been seeking pleasure in
hirtations or amusements. With a
sweet, pleasant voice and a good ear
for music. She had cultivated a mu-
steal taste till she was wonderfully pro-
ficient. and her singing was a pure de-
! light to her friends But for me she
never sang; she never played; never
chatted as she did with her other
| friends, and avoided me so persistently
that at last horrible fear took posses
| sion of me. In spite of her natural
sweetness of disposition, her affection
ate letters, feared she had never real
| ly forgiven me, but was too generous
to let me know the truth"
HIN! Not an unnatural fear. But,
my dear fellow, when you found your
self so persistently snubbed. why did
| you not leave her? You had done all
| your conscience required"
But not all my heart desired! One
| day, when she was more gracious than
usual, made her a downright offer of
marriage. She was furious She said
l insulted her! Nothing could con-
vince her that was not trying to make
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
dl&m
e DWARD SPURR
IN "OUTlNG.

fore we had tasted the tempting liver
and coffee Ito say nothing OF the
beans), we would be summarily elected
by the dish-washer, who was very
Young man of dashing exterior and pc
epliar vocabulary, and who would dis
pcrse us with the assertion that by
-, the crew is going to eat now"
Crossing the Now Famous ChiIkoot Pass.
THE trip from salt water to the head
of the navigable waters of the Yukon
Is usually made in two stages, of each
about fifteen miles. The trader at
Dyea had brought in a few horses, and
We engaged him to transport our emp
outfit and provisions over the first
stage, where the trail, though rough,
can be gone over by pack-animals.
Some of the miners, however, engaged
Indians Immediately at Dyea to pack
the whole distance and, as it afterward
proved, this was the wiser plan. We
could also have obtained saddle ami
mails, but our little party preferred to
walk for the sake OF getting toughened
lOT the HdIucI journeys ludI NSlo W
follow.
"The trip turned out to be exception
ally fatiguing, a large part of the dis
lance being through sand and loose
gravels in the bed of a stream, where
it was impossible to find firm footing;
several times also we had to wade the
stream. The valley along whose bot
tom we were thus travelling was narrow
and canyon-like, with steep bare
mountains rising high on either side.
The tops of these mountains, so far as
we could see, were capped with ice;
and this great 81. C er stretched out
long fingers down into the valley along
each OF the gulches or recesses in the
mountain wall. Finally, crossing the
river a last time on a fallen tree, we
followed the trail up into the more
rocky and difficult portion of the val
ley; and some miles Of this brought
us, thoroughly tired, to our hating
place.
From Sheep Camp, where We were,
the only way to get our supplies over
the pass was to get Indians to carry
them. Although these Indians are no
stronger than average white men, yet
they greatly excel them in point of
endurance, and they willingly under
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

After awhile the we.l-beaten trail
faded to almost nothing, and at the
same time the snow-slope became of
excessive steepness. We were obliged
to kick footholds for every step, on
surface so smooth and steep that slip
would have sent us sliding into depths
which We could not see. Looking down
II seemed a bottomless pit, shapeiess
and fathomless, in the eddying fog.
On the other side of the summit a
short but steep declivity led down to
a small frozen lake, named by the
miners Crater Lake, on account OF the
steep, crater-like walls which sur
round Il on three sides. On one .cJe
however, tits wall opens out ina n
valley, tNrc4;gh which a small strs-In
runs; the lake is, therefore one OF the
ultimate sources of the Yukon, and II
was with q feeling of relief that we
stepped upon it's frozen surface.
The ChIIkoot Indian Packers.
AT Dyea is a small trading-post,
Kept by white man, around which Is
gathered village of Indians or Siwash,
belonging to the Chilkoot tribe. They
are by no means Unlocking people.
The men are strong and well-formed;
the women (naturally. when one con-
siders their mode of life) are inferior
TO the men in good looks. These wo-
men have habit of painting their
! c,s uniformly black with a mixture
of SCOT and grease, covering VIII oh is
said to prevent snow-blindness in the
winter and to be a protection in sum-
mer against the mosquitoes. Some
have only the upper part of their faces
painted, and the black part terminates
in a straight lire, giving the effect OF
/ a half-mask. At the time of our ar
rival the Indians were engaged very
busily in ca aching and drying a small
fish. This fish is very oily, and when
dried can be lighted at one end and
used as a candle; and for this purpose
II is stored away against the long win.
ter night.
Graves of tho Klondlke.
although there are very few PEG.
pie in the country, one is continually
surprised at first by perceiving a soli-
tGry white tent standing on some prom
inent point or cliff which overlooks
the river. At first this looks cheerful.
and we sent many hearty hail across
the water to such habitations; but our
calls were never answered, for these
are not dwellings of the living but OF
the dead Inside each of these tents
which are ordinarily made of white
Goth, though sometimes of woven
mating, is a dead Indian, and nea'
him are laid his rifle. snowshoes, orna-
ments and other personal effects. l do
not think the custom of leaving these
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

amends for the past at the price of my
own happiness. From hot Indignation
she became pathetic, asking me how l
could so wound her. finally leaving me
in tears. To say that felt like a
brute gives but faint idea of my sem
sations. / left Owls Nest the same
day, trying to comfort myself by my
own virtuous intentions. But, Roy,
love her. l loye her with all the
strength of my heart. Her deformity to
me is but touching Renaissance of
the tenderness l owe her. and which
long, unutterably. to pour out upon
her. To me she is the one woman in
the world, and l cannot imagine deep
er, purer happiness than mine would
be could l call her my wife. How to
convince her of this, how to overcome
her morbid horror that am unwilling
ly devoting myself to her service. do
not yet know. But l am resolved to
try. Surely such deep, sincere love as
mine must at last win its way and force
her to believe in it's truth"
you have my best wishes. Come,
shall we rider"
So they strolled away to order their
horses, and May Talbot threw off the
Afghan, to stand before her mirror,
and once more compare her little
crooked figure with the thought Of 9TH
er women's symmetry.
But into the blue eyes had come ra-
dance that made her whole face joy
GUS Over the sweet, sensitive lips how
cred a smile born of love and such hap
piness as her life had never known
before. For she loved her knight well,
this fair maiden who would not accept
his pity. To have been his wife, doubt
ing his motive in seeking her, to have
thought every tender word duty
wrung from his remorse. would have
been torture. To be his wife because
he loved her. had won her love. was
such happiness that the truth made
her dizzy, and she sank into a deep
arm chair. sobbing for pure Joy.
my dear" said a matronly lady.
presently entering the room, who do
you think is here? Robert Blakel !
met him as we drove up to the psrch
steps. Tell me. darling, will II be
painful for you to see him? We can
20 away II Il is"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
A Ballot Box That Counts.

Something novel in the way of voting
machinery has recently been patented
in England by Arthur E. Collins, city
engineer of Norwich. The ballots are
printed on stiff paper or card, bound
up in books, each leaf being so perfor.
ated that it can be torn off like checl
from its stub. The voter goes into &
screened room, where he sees row o.
boxes supported on frame.
Each box bears the name and othei
insignia of a party or candidate. A
conspicuous indicator points the voter
lot is thurst without any marking or
folding, and after a few seconds /
falls through to glass box, into which
all the other boxes discharge. An cleo
ton official, on one side, and the voter
on the other, can both see the ballot
and be sure that it is all right but the
official cannot tell by which route II
entered the glass-valled receptacle, and
therefore cannot tell how the man has
voted
just Wllnln the siOt, III edcn DallOt
box there is an linked roller and some
type, which print number on the back
OF the ballot. These numbers run ir
succession. Consequently, they count
each party's vote as 1t is cast. Both
the type and the highest number on
the ballots, finally taken out, record
this, and, therefore, must agree when
the polls close. Each ballot, after re-
naming an instant in the glass box for
inspection, drops still further, and goes
into a much bigger reservoir that Is
sealed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
Princes. onimay Making Hu,..r

The Princess Chimay and Rigo, her
gypsy lover, are, it is said, living on n
small farm in the Tyrol, where the
princess superintends the making OF
butter. She gets small income from
her photographs in the nude, but be-
yond tha. and the farm her inco me does
not extend.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

articles at the graves implies any be-
lief that they will be used by the dead
man in another world, but simply sig
nifies that he will have no more use
for the things which were so dear and
necessary to him in life-just ss,
among ourselves, articles VIII CT have
been used by some dead friend are
henceforth laid aside and used no long
er.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
Deaf-Mute M,sers.

In the house of deaf mute brother
and sister, William and Julia Barnes,
who have lived alone on a farm near
Columbus, Mo-, an investigation COM
mittee of neighbors found after the
death of the brother at n years, money
to the amount of $4,000 hidden ahoct
in all sorts Of places.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
ONE HOURS CHAT.
BY Helen Beekman.

WO young men
were seated upon
the wide porch of
a seaside hotel
chatting of things
past and present,
and finally gliding
into confidential in
terchange OF expe-
riences, unmindful
of the fact that
they were within
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10

The horses of German cavalry regi-
ments are to be shod with paper shoes,
recent experiments having proved
their durability and lightness desirA-
BILE.
In some of the great department.
stores Of Paris there Is in operation
for the convenience of customers n
moving staircase in the shape OF An
endless leather belt transferring hem
| from one story to another. II is called
transporting carpet. Endless belts
of canvas have been us>1 for some
time for conveying packages from one
part of store to another.
When the cowboy of Venezuela
wishes to catch a bull OF COW for
branding he rides alongside 1t and with
horse and bovine on the dead run
stoops from the saddle, grasps ttis
creatures tail with sharp and pecu-
liar twist and sends the animal rolling
on its back. From the force with
which 1t falls the animals horns al
most invariably pin ii to the ground.
giving the cowboy time to dismount
and sit on its head while a companion
ties its legs.
In the kingdom of Poland there was
| formerly a law that a person convict
ed of SANDER must walk on all fours
through the streets of the town, ac-
companied by the beadle, as a sign
he was dlsgraced. At the next public
festival the delinquent had to crawl on
hands and knees under the banquet
table and bark like dog. Each guest
was at liberty to give him as many
kicks as he chose and he who had been,
slandered must at the end of the BAN
qnet throw a picked bone at the cul--
prit, who, picking 1t up in mouth, would.
| leave the room on all fours.
Kentucky has $500 miles of turn
movement against these which devel-
pike controlled by pfivate companies
Several months ago. there began a.
oped into general uprising In mobs
of forty to one hundred, armed with
shotguns and axes, citizens rode FROM
town to town leaving trail OF broken
toll gates in their wake. Gate keep
ers were warned not to repair gates
nor to collect more toll under penalty
OF being burned out. The gates de-
stroyed represented 1900 miles OF turn
pike, valued at 100000. Public SEN
timent largely sustained the raiders.
The cost of six-tenths of the toll-roads
in their construction was borne by the
state or by the county through which
the road runs. Under the enabling
act of 1890 the counties are gradually
acquiring the roads. The chief difi-
Guilty in the way is the high price at
| which they are held by the companies-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-09-10
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

The horses Of German cavalry regi-
ments are to be shod with paper shoes.
recent experiments having proved
their durability and lightness desirA-
BILE.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-11
DISHONEST BOOKKEEPER.


Herbert BumfOrd of Portsmouth Padded
the Payroll and Kept Money.
Manchester, N. H, June "a special
to The Union from Portsmouth, ~ H.,
says: Herbert Bumford, who for three
years past has been the trusted book
keeper at the Morley button factory, is
said to be a defauter in what sum it is
not at present known, but it is thought
to be in the thousands.
Bumford is % years of age, and is a
native Of Rochester. The books of the
company are kept at the Boston office,
through which all business is tran
sacted. Bumford collected the time
slips of all the employees of the factory
and forwarded them to Boston and re-
ceived the pay envelopes. It is claimed
that he kept on the payroll names of
employees who had been discharged, or
had left and pocketed the money.
On Friday last he was taken sick and
was forced to remain at home Saturday.
The money came down from Boston as
usual. and after everybody had re-
cetved his money three envelopes for
girls who We're no longer in the employ
of the company were left uncalled for.
This led to the discovery of Bumford's
alleged crookedness