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them went mad and died. It was dur
ing this trip that employed Lee How
ard, the famous roping expert. came
across him late one afternoon, far out
on a prairie. I first thought he was an
Indian. He was also catching calves.
gave him $500 for the season. While
we were talking cow and a calf came
trotting by. Away went Howard at
bleak-neck speed. His horse was al
ready tired and soon gave out. Howard
pulled off the saddle and rode bare
back. He caught the calf and dis
mounted to tie it. His horse, while
nibbling grass, was bitten by a rattle
snake and died almost before we knew
what was the matter with it. That
one calf brought me $500, and is now
in the Golden Gate park in San Fran
cisco. am confident that those were
the last range buffalo outside the Vel
lowstcne park. Only three got away
from us. They were killed the follow
ing winter
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what this mischievous creature is or
OF what his work consists. Some day
they may pick up an apple, beautiful,
smooth and bright on the outside. It
is cut open and numerous dark lines
appear in it. These are what may be
called underground channels of this
pest. It would seem that tunnel
worm" would be better name for it.,
as it's progress is series of chambers
burrowed through the best part OF the
apple, sometimes going around and
around the core, and often approaching
the outside, but only occasionally
touching the skin. 1t is almost impos-
sible to find any amount of good IN
some Of the specimens examined, the
whole space between core and skin De'
ing traversed by the worm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-09
Tallest of Trees.

In the New South Wales, Victoria
and Tasmania grows a species of gum
tree-Eucalyptu amygdalina is it's
scientific name-which, Sir F. Won
Mueller says, probably represents '*the
tallest of all trees of the globe" The
Hottest specimen of this tree yet
measured towers to the height of All
feet. A PROSTATE tree, measured in
Victoria, was 420 feet long, and the
distance from the roots to the lowest
branch was 295 feet. At that point the
trunk was four feet in diameter, and
$50 feet from the butt the diameter
was still three feet. The wood of this
tree is hard and of good quality, it
grows quickly, and yields great guam
tity of volatile oil from it's leaves
which are very abundant.
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AN UPRIGHT CARRIAGE,
1t Adds to the Beauty Of Maid as Well
a. MatrOn.

1t Adds to the Beauty of Maid as Well
a. Matron.
There are many things in the lives
of women which tend to develop car
rage Of the body anything but upright,
says the Dietetic Gazette Girls who
tend the baby become one-sided be-
cause they carry the little one on one
arm more than on the other They
might be taught the better way by
their parents or teachers. There are
multitudes of little girls in all large
cities whose chief business is to tend
the baby while their mothers work. De-
formity is common among them. If a
girl has any pride in being upright in
body as well as in morals she can, even
if she has an occupation which tends
to make her crooked, do much herself
to prevent it. In the first place care
fully cultivate the sense which tells.
her when she is standing straight and
when she is not. By paying attention
to this muscular sense it becomes in
time very acute. BY neglecting it the.
sense becomes dull-is paralyZed. Cul--
tivate it daily or several times a day
by assuming the upright attitude,
Stand before the glass and see when
you are straight, or get friend to-
tell you, and then put yourself in this
attitude whenever you stand or walk
or sit at any labor in which you are
engaged. If you have only to walk
across the room do it in an upright at
titude. If you have only to stand and
converse with friend in the street,
! on the road, at a party, get yourself
| so accustomed to the upright attitude
| that you will feel uncomfortable in any
| other. In time an upright habit will
| be established and constant attention
| to it will not be required. .
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phan county. He settled upon claim
in Osborn county four years later, and
it was there that his buffalo hunting
began. His home was on the south
fork of the Solomon river, a region
that was black with herds of buffalo in
the grazing season. Jones soon aban-
doned farming, and followed the herds
for their hides Persons who skinned
the carcasses paid him for the killing.
He had many encounters with Indians,
who followed the hunters and destroy
ed the hides. Chief Big Bow Of the
Cheyennes, now at Fort Reno, once
came near getting Jones' scalp, in what
is now Beaver county, Oklahoma.
Jones was a good rifle shot, acquiring
his skill by shooting on horseback rum
ming antelope. He did most Of his
hunting between the Republican and
the Smoky Hill rivers.
81 saw in 1867 said Jones, chat
buffalo were being exterminated.
was not hunting them, but resolved to
atone for my past .cussedness by saw
ing as many as could I went on my
first expedition that year. I had a
complete camping outfit and carried q
large supply of condensed milk for the
calves. I made drive Of 200 miles
and struck the headquarters of the
North Canadian river, in No Mans
land. There were probably 1,5OO but
falo in that locality that year 1 saw
600 in one herd. It was impossible t
get anything except calves, OF which
Iroped fourteen. Only four were saw
ed, all over six months old dyint
| quickly. There is q strange thing abou
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tells many wonderful stories of his
trip to Europe, where he sold buffalOes
to kings and queens and saw the sights;
of Paris and Berlin. He has only a
remnant of the fortune which his ami
mails brought him. The bulk of it was
swallowed up in booming towns in
southwestern Kansas.
Jones wears an antique overcoat,
which resembles a coarse quality of
Turkish toweling The coat is not
worth much, but money couldn't buy
the collar. It was cut from buffalo
robe. When that collar is worn out
Jones' last buffalo relic will have dis
appeared.
Buffalo" Jones is growing old, but
denies it. His hair is yet unstreaked
with gray. His face shows the hard
lines of frontier life, but he is agile
and frolicsome and jumped over a
three-foot fence to show the CORE
| spondent that his 81 years did not in
terfere with his nimbleness. Said he:
II am as good a man now as I was
tobacco, never drank whisky, always
| averaged three square meals a day
steered clear of poker and breathed
the pure, fresh air of the Kansas prai-
ries for over thirty years" E-
| Jones was born in Illinois and was 3
schoolmate of Joe Fifer. He went tt
Kansas in 1866, going first to Doni
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The Worlds Supply of OXYGEN

Lord Kelvin showed in recent ad-
dress that all the oxygen in the at
mosphere probably came from the ac-
ton of sunlight on plants. When the
earth was a globe of hot liquid 1t con-
tanned no vegetable fuel, and probably
no free oxygen. But as it cooled OH
plants appeared on it's surface, and
these began to evolve oxygen through
the medium of the sunbeams. Upon
the oxygen thus derived we depend
for the maintenance of life by breath
ing. When we burn coal, or other veg
etable fuel, we use up oxygen, and 1t
is TO plants again that we owe the res
toration of the oxygen thus lost to the
air. If they failed to keep up sui"
ficient supply, the atmosphere would
gradually part with it's oxygen and the
inhabitants of the earth would dlsap'
pear in consequence of asphyxiatlon'
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a buhalo-they get so mad in captivity /
that they can actually will themselves
to die, and fall over rigid, and dead
as a door nail
The next year set out in the spring
for the South Canadian river in Texas,
and got on the trail of buffalo near
Tuscosa, which is where the Fort
Worth & Denver railway now crosses
the South Canadian river. l saw about
LOCO buffalo, got sixteen calves, and
saved eight I found that I had made
mistake in not taking milch cows
with me.
On my third trip in 1883 I had
nerd Of thirty domestic cows. This
time saw only about 600 buffalo. They
We're being rapidly killed by the hide
hunters. roamed over the same ter
rtory that had explored on my Sec
ono trip. I had good luck and caught
tn1rty-seven calves, saving thirty-two.
staked out two of them on the prairie
one dark night and had the misfortune
TO have them devoured by wolves.
MY last trip was in 1889. started
IN March and did not get home until
July. The buffalo had gone far down
on the Staked plains. 1t was a hot
wearisome journey over the sand hills.
I had kodaks and got many fine pict-
ures. There was mere handful of
buffalo. Only seven calves could be
found. These were captured and saw
ed. l determined to secure as many of
the old ones as possible. They were
ranged in a tract Of land about 100
miles square. We approached them
gradually and got them accustomed to
seeing us. They were never given an
opportunity to lie down if it could be
prevented. We had sixteen good
, horses and the herd was followed night
and day for forty-two days. They fin
ally became so tame that we could ride
alongside of them. I sent to my ranch
in Kansas and got my tame herd te
) toll the wild ones off the range, but
it was useless. They had strange in
) stinct Of locality. No sooner would W.
:. get them off the range than they would
/ wheel and rush back like the wind
= They would have blindly trampled u!
down had we stood in their way. Fin
a ally, in despair, We lassoed TWENTY-FIVE
D COWS, hobbled them and started home
: but it was simply lost time, as all =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-09
OLD VIOLINS.
! Carpenters Passion for Collecting

a = aeSAOH AOA OOAAoS1AAAs~
Them-He Was the Pioneer.
1t was about the beginning of the
present century that the craze for the:
possession of the works of the old 1talF-
ian masters set in, and England and
France We'd in the ardor of the strug-
gle to obtain them, says Household
Words. At that time many of the
famous Cremonese instruments, and
those Belonging to other Italian schools,
had passed into neglect and oblivion,
numbers OF them being scattered about
among Italian villages, in the hands OF
ignorant people, unconscious of their,
beauty and worth and incapable OF AIDE.
quately appreciating them. It was
Louis Tarisio who acted as pioneer in
this matter Born of humble parents,
wholly unconnected with the art of
music, he adopted the trade Of carpen-
ter, and in his leisure time learned to
play violin. He possessed no particu-
ed in the construction Of his instru-
ment, SO that the playing of it became
at length quite secondary matter
with him. A passion for the collect
ing of violins was aroused in him, and
| giving up his former employment, he
| Travelled far and wide in search of lost
Cremonas. Wandering about from vii
| lage to village throughout Italy in the
guise of a peddler, exchanging new
tlddles for old, be became possessed OF
treasures of the greatest value. He
then made his way to Paris, and sold
them to the best-known dealers in
violins of that city. His whole life af-
terward was spent in this fashion, and
| he amassed considerable wealth. He
came to love his violins, however, for
their own sake, apart from the riches
they brought him. and was often loath
to part with them. He was eccentric
and solitary in his habits, and at last
died alone in wretched lodgings in Mi
Ian, surrounded by numerous and
priceless specimens of the instruments
he had loved and lived for Through
his enthusiasm and that of others who
followed in his wake, England and
France, during the present century,
have become possessed of some of the
finest masterpieces of the old Italian
schools
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FACTS ABOUT FURS.
BETTER in Quality and Lover In Price
Have Than Ahrnafl.

Better In Quality and Lower In Price
Here Than Abroad.
Fur garments in this country are
lower in price and better in quality
than abroad, and their finish. as well
as style, is faultless, says Cloaks and
Furs. Fine furs, such as foxes, chin
chillas, sables, ermine, and sea otter,
are brought to this country Tree OF
duty so that Gwen if these furs are
purchased abroad no duty is saved.
These furs are dressed and prepared
by American workmen in SO superior
a manner that European furriers in
trust their curing to American firms.
Seal garments are cheaper today than
for long time, notwithstanding the
! tions and from all countries will form
an important part of the fur business
during the present season, and a lit
tie common sense. practical informa-
ton on this, the noblest Of furs, will
not come amiss. Stables lead for fash :
ionable fur trade. All is not sable
that is so-called. Stables from 81 to
$3.50 apiece are entitled to that name.
Japanese sable is of greenish gray COL
or and has a bright yellow throat.
It is worth about $3.50. The next in
price, Hudson Bay sables, are light
brown in color and have a pinkish-
brown throat. According to color and
luster and range in price from $3.50 &c
$50, and more for silvery specimens
The skin Of the Persian lamb is dyed
in this country as lustriously ans
we'll as abroad, and garments of it are
purchased cheaper in this country thar
anywhere else in the world. Persian
lamb for garment purposes began tt
find popularity with the appearance O
electric seal, or brown-dyed rabbit fur
from which the hair had been elimin
ated by machinery. It. takes a goo,
furrier to tell at a glance the differ
ence between the real seal and it's i'm
itation, whereas the real Persian lam
y garment is easily recognized by eve]
inexperienced eyes. The American
skunk, one Of the most reliable furs
; is sold under the name of Alaska sa
: BILE. The skin of the ordinary blac
, house cat, figuring under the cognc
men of genet, is humorously terme
| t<rOOf sable by the trade.
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Carried by Birds.

Doctor Howard, the new secretary
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, writing of
the manner in which seeds are carried
to great distances by birds, recited an
experiment of Darwin which had a
curious result. Adhering to the leg Of
wounded partridge, Darwin found a
ball Of earth weighing six and a half
ounces. From the seeds contained in
this ball he raised thirty-two plants
belonging to five distinct species.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-09
Dancing in a Bubble.

This is a soap bubble ballroom, with
orchestra complete, if you please. It
is made by stretching violin or harp
string lengthwise along rule. Put
metallic bridge underneath, and
here is your orchestra. Now for the
dancers. They are cut out of an old
cork and painted as gorgeously as pos
sible with oil colors. The dancers are
mounted on little block, of wood by
means of needle or piece Of wire.
After the figures are placed in posi-
Ion, as shown in the illustration, a
small round tin cover. such as comes
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tain that no evil effects can arise from
us use, but there are so many local.
Tues where one must take whatever
offers that the problem becomes a Sc
rlous one. The supply of the city OF
Denver is taken from underground gal
ler1es. These are located thirty feet or
more below the surface of the ground
Before the water reaches these reser-
Volrs it must pass through deep
bodies of sand, which act as filter.
AFTER the water works were finished,
there was complaint of an exceedingly
offensive odor from the water. Upon
investigation it was discovered that
this odor was caused by very ex-
tenslve growth of algae. It seemed to
flourish quite as luxuriantly as though
It were located upon the surface or the
earth. After many trials it was found
that covering the water would prevent
the growth, but in the course of the
trials curious fact came out that II
boards were laid east and west they
would scarcely Interfere with the de-
velopment of this form of vegetation.
ASS~~
that the light travelled from east to
west over the surface of the water.
When the boards were placed north
and south the alternate light and
shadow appeared to check it's develop
ment. It was furthermore learned
that when the boards were placed four
feet above the water, with one-and-a-
half-inch-wide spaces between, the al
gaze would not grow, but if put close
to the surface, say foot or so, their
presence did not seem to interfere with
the production of the plant. It is in
teresting to note that the presence OF
a certain form of vegetable growth is
indispensable to the proper keeping OF
water. 1t appears that without these
various forms of injurious bacilli -four
ish in great numbers. The growth is
a devouring element, and takes uI
from the water many Of those things
which would be deleteriOus if taker
into the human system.
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"A Remarkable Wildcat.

The geological garden in Paris has
recently acquired a specimen Of the
rare wildcat of Siam. Instead Of being
larger than it's domestic relatives, as
our wildcats are this animal is of about
the size Of common house cat. It is
surprisingly fierce and untamable, and
very beautiful, it's lustrous fur being
marked and banded with symmetrical
figures in black and white, as fine, ac-
cording to a Paris journal, as though
drawn with a pencil.
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The Gary home, in Washington,
which was formerly occupied by Phile-
tus Sawyer, Wisconsin's ex-senator, is
an exceedingly pretty place. The
hangings are especially odd. They are
shaped to the doors and fall without
fullness and are dull pink in color,
heavily embroidered in gold. Pink is
also the prevailing color in the draw
ing room. Satin damask covers the
walls as high as the frieze. The house
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Elevated Ceremony.

When lofty shaft is nearly COM
pleted and before the scaffolding is re-
moved and the chimney left to the Gle
ments little ceremony is held on lines
equivalent to those associated with the
launching of a ship or the laying OF
a corner stone. No wine is split, how
ever, and any liquid used at the chris
tening is not wasted on the chimney.
The workmen are particularly happy
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if they can secure a novice to lay the
last brick and pay for the privilege.
A flag is foated and there is accom-
panying jollifcation, but owing to the
altitude of the platform. the number
of guests is necessarily limited to the
few who can survive dizziness and no
handrailing.
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On pepper box, is fastened at one end
IF the rule with a screw over the
string. The bridge of the cover is
painted with soapy solution. The
dancers are covered with the same So
tuition. With straw this solution is
inflated into soap bubble that covers
The dancers. Then the string is touch
ID, giving music and setting the rule
n motion. This motion is commune
lated to the figures and the ball is on.
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The Football Player.

"Where am To- gasped the left
tackle, opening his eyes feebly. They
answered him with candor. Roughly
speaking, he was just back of the
twenty-yard line. His nose and the
back of his head, however, were not
definitely located as yet.
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revels in friezes. They are all hand
painted, and represent a formidable
quantity of work. That in the draw
ing room is a rose pattern, in the din
ing room there is one showing the pea
cock in all his glory, and the ceilings
are also painted in designs harmonic
ing with the friezes. Mrs. Gary has
chosen American beauty roses to be
the flower for this room, and large,
slim, vase full of those beautiful
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flowers always stands on an fnlaid ia
BILE beside a handsome lamp. The fur
rugs in this room are Of enormous size,
and there are several of them. on
from the drawing room opens a small
reception room in blue and dark wood.
The dining room is wainscoted in old
mahogany to within two feet OF the
ceiling, and all the furniture in the
room is OF the same wood. The side
board is inlaid,
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BY BUFFALO JONES,
ANIMALS HE CAPTURED SCAT
: TERED OVER THE WORLD,
Booming Towns In Kansas-Says He's
as Good Man Now as He Was
Twenty-Five Years Ago-Enthusiastic
over New Scheme.

IS photographs are
about all Buffalo
Jones has left Of
his prowess as a
buffalo a killer. His
buna ! are scat
t er d throughout
the W orld-from
San Francisco to
the hunting forests
Of the great. car
IF p1,Coio TonoS
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4 Dimcult Question.

cts hard problem, Z remarked the
man who can't be kept from getting in
terested in small matters. What's a
hard problem??' This question Of re-
inement. I'd like to see sombody who
is able to sit down and figure out just
how much fuss a man Of wealth can
make in his efforts to be exclusive be
fore he becomes ostentat ious.. Wash
ington Star.
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n -T777 = n q
Certainly.

"a Kentucky man has recovered i
ham which was stolen several years
ago. It had become petrifed. g pet
rif1ed? That's hard. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Tommy" said the teacher, what
is meant by nutritious food z" Some
thing that amt got no taste tnit,' re-
oiled Tommy Bits.
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Shrlnkage OF Metals.

The question is sometimes asked
how much do metal castings shrink?
The following table from Aluminium
World answers this question as far as
the finer metals are concerned: @
Inch to
the foot.
Pure aluminium 1884 inch). :. :. .0.2031
Nickel aluminium casting alloy -@~@
(3.16 inch) ...........".......O .1875
Special casting of alloy of the
Pittsburg Reduction Co. Q1-64
inch) O.1712
Thin brass castings ........... .O.167
Thick brass castings. .O150
Zinc ................ .O.3lz5
Lead .................... .O.3l25
copper ........ .V.lolo
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The, Split In the Party.

Have you heard about the split in
the prohibition party z" No; has:
there been a split?" Eyes; I've left!!'
The True Reform.
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The Railroad Worm.

The railroad worm has done a vast
Zeal Of damage to the apple crop. It
IS often mentioned but rarely de-
nribed. and many people are not aware
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SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DlSCOv-
cry AND INVENTION.
The Water Supply Problem In Large
Clties-The Foot Of the Reindeer
shrinkage of Metals-An Elevated
Ceremony.
The Water Supply of Cities.

OW TO SECURE
water which is free
f r o m Ontamina-
ton is one Of the
problems of the
hour. Where there
are sprin 8 or
lakes to draw from,
and the supply can
be properly exam
ined, one may feel
approximately GER
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horse has been known to jump
thirty -seyen feet in steeplechasing.
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The earliest American theaters were
at New York and Annapolis, 1853; Al
bany 1859; Baltimore, 1878.