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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

oonoealment and oblivion are regarded -
preferable. In Europe the people Of the
middle n b lower grades Of society
show such a readiness and anxiety to fol-
low blindly in the lead Of those whom they
regard as their supefiors in rank, mot alone
In dress, manner and speech, but oven In
conduct, that it is argued even by crimi-
nologists exercising magisterial and judi
ciaf authority that any publicity accorded
to the misdeeds Of q person of rank and So
cial position affects injuriously the moral
tone OF h masses INT becomes not only .
cause, hut also an Indictment to crime.
1t Is on the strength Of these arguments
that Sir George Lewis and not only dis
tinguished lawyers like himself, but like
wise tive officials intrusted with the ad-
ministratiOn of justice, n even the royal
afbiters Of the great world Of London,
unite in an endeavor to hush up crime to
an extent of which the people in this
country have little conception. It is q
member of the aristocracy, the Hon. Ham,
ilton Ouffe, younger brother ard heir to
h Eara of Desart, who holds the impor-
tant Office of crown prosecutor. This func-
tionary is charged with the duty Of decid-
ing what cases shall be prosecuted in be-
nan OF the people, duty analogous to
That OF the district attorney of New York
and it depends upon him to q great ex-
tent whether a criminal Of high degree es-
capes or receives the punishment Of his
crime. In a number of instances no pro-
ceed1ngs for prosecution have been insti-
tuted until the offender was well beyond
b reach of the authorities, and this prac-
tice is even carried to such q point that in
some notable instances the police have
actually warned titled criminals that war
rants had been issued for their arrest,
which would be held back for "a hours in
order to enable them to get out of the coun-
try. Many cases of this kind could be
cited. But it is only fair to add that in
acting thus the judicial, the magisterial
and the police officials concerned are
prompted entirely by considerations of
public veal and morality, and that not
even the most bitter opponents Of the sys-
tenn have ever imputed TO any of them dis
honesty, corruption, or even family con-
siderations in the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
A TOUGH TENDERF0OT.
How q Cfecnhoru Got the Best
Of . Wild Westerner.
HE NEATLY TURNED TIE TABLES.

minated Amid Popping fistols-Took .
Drink at the Point ofs Gun-Then Forced
HIS Adversary to AXE Another-ALavely
"Reminiscences.
Young men who go west nowadays in
search OF adventure usually find that they
arc on q very cold trail, for the genuine
old time article is scarce. But it was only
. matter Of a dozen years ago when COW.
boy raids and hold ups were as thick
~ ~blackberries and the tenderfoot from
b east led a life that was literally stuffed
with excitement. I know about this, for I
went west near that time and, being of a
speculative turn, staid there several years
to see whether / would live on or get kill
%. 1t was my luck to hang on and win
out, though l have always regarded the
performance n go to / shot.
AS q tenderfoot I suffered keen1y, but
not for long. My promotion to the ranks
OF the initiated was swift. I won my spurs
ut q single joust n wore them janglingly
thereafter. Here is how it came about: 1t
was carly In the eighties. i was in charge
OF q government surveying party. At a
point a few miles south Of Soledad pass in
New Mexico we had taken up the fifth cor.
rection line south and carried it across bar
rem plains and alkali flats aud over the
precipitous Guadalupe mountains to the
Pecos river, In the southeastern part Of the
territory. In order to carry the line to its
proper connection with the Texas bound.
airy, 1t would be necessary to cross the desc.
late Staked plain, where sand and wind
abound, but water IS unknown.
We were short of water kegs, and our
supply Of provisions had .dwindled to q
few pounds Of 1our and one small strip of
bacon. These tidings the cook impaired
TO me with sadness. I was young-just
out OF my teens-and the responsibilities
OF my position began to weigh on me. We
had brought a light burro outfit over the
mountains and expected to be met ut the
river by the trainload of provisions sent
down from Las Vegas. 300 miles north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

But the team had not come. and there we
were. Not n ranch nor a human being had
come Into u range Of vision since the
start two months before.
There were plenty Of cattle grazing
around, but these animals are unhappy
until they have put 90 or 80 miles between
them and their rightful homes, and SO it
was not worth while to follow their trails
up and down the river in the expectation
Of finding n ranch. One Of the boys. who
was profane and hungry, cried out to a
large, inquisitivc steer which came near our
camp and demanded to know where in
blazes he came from anyhow. But the
benst walked off, twisting his tail indifrer-
emily, as II he said: Don't worry about
M. We don't live anywhere in particular"
But there was n place on the map mark
cd Seven Rivers which 1 made out to he
some Is miles up the river. And so early on
tho following morning I started out on a
rapid walk, telling the men to pull up
stakes and follow after. ] was determined
that VIC should not be kept on half rations
another day longer. I figured that Seven
Rivers must bc n little town, and that ut
some of the stores I could find what I
wanted. ! put in about three hours of hard
walking before I began to hope for n sight
Of tho place. After that I walked and
hoped and gazed and walked until half the
afternoon wore away. I had evidently
m~iscalculated the distance. Just as I was
about to give up and wait for my camp
outfit, which was travelling slowly five or
six miles behind, ] came squarely uron
Seven Rivers. But It wasn't q town mt all
lit was only M low, heavy set adobe
house, with half n dozen Rrnvestoncs behind
1t n n horse rack in front Of 1t, to which
~ or IS horses were tcthered. 1t was on
the barest knon you ever saw, and the
plain all around was borc. The Pecos was
near BY, running between low dirt hanks,
but one would almost stumble into It be.
1oce he discovered it was there. Not a tree
was In sight. 1t was n place of house,
Gxavcstones and horses, nothing else. Wait
there was something elsa sound Of
1unied popping. as Of pistol shots. miles
away. i hcard this noise as / trudRcd up
20 tho door Of the house, wondering what
- could he. I found put instantly. I
opened he door and knew more in q min.
ute than / could have guessed in years.
Tia 3ring was going on inside that thick
walled adobe. As an instance Of the liber.
atty Of youth ] will state that, poor boy
- / was, I would willingly have donated
TO some charitable object q years salary II
I could have got that door shut again and
tEansfGred mySelf invisibly to parts re-
mod.
But that was impossible. A ponderous
~ held 1t open; then a mighty hand
5eFked 1t wide, and . wild pan 1emonium
q pistol shots, yells, songs and curses
ssercat, 60 I thought . few words Of good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

BY to my mother and friends and stepped
over the threshold. Immediately I was
seized By both shoulders and the back and
slammed against a bar or counter, I have
never been able to tell which, while these
words and noises filled the air:
Come in here, you -"
Bang, bang, bang! "who the --
are u"-bang!-"anyw Shoot the
bang, bang!-''tenderfoot! Fill 'em full
o holesv" Bang, bang!
The room was full of smoke as well as
noise, and there was only one window, so
1t took me q full minute to get even a
blinking view of my surroundings. What
! could see, besides the inflamed eyeso Of the
drunken cowboys who held me, was a lit
tie old man with thin, gray whiskers, who
was lodging about behind the counter,
handing over decanters and glasses in an
swer to demands for drink and occasion
ally ducking clear out of sight to avoid
some particularly reckless pistol shot.
This was old Cap Sansome, whom I after
ward came to know well. How he ever
lived to be old in an air SO full of flying
bullets was one of the charming mysteries
Of his history. Every now and then a hot
ball would ping into q full tomato can
right by his head. As he moved to fill an
other order a pot Of preserves crashed just
back Of where he had stood.
Perhaps you have guessed that I was
scared. II SO, guess M more. 1t is a bulls
eye. / lost my mind-stood there q driv-
cling idiot for a full minute and came to
when the youngest cowboy in the lot, a
mere youth of my own age, placed the cold
nose of a six shooter to my forehead and
said, Take a driak, you ---
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

By to my mother and friends and stepped
over the threshold. Immediately I was
seized By both shoulders and the back and
slammed against a bar or counter, I have
never been able to tell which, while these
words and noises filled the air:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
WITH A 10 POKER.

How . Pennsylvania Blacksmith vanquish-
ed . Bear
When turning a switch at Natalie, Pa,
. few days ago, a Lehigh Valley railroad
brakeman named Martz was attacked by q
bear which leaped out from a thicket.
The brakeman had no weapon except q
pocketknife. With this he defended him
self as best he could, yelling Justify all tho
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

In Greece, in the third century b. C.,
the wearing Of silk wa forbidden to wom-
en-, tho husbands of those who violated this
law being heavily fined, on the theory that
q husband ought 4 be able to control his
wife's taste for finery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

BRUrN, BRAKEMAN AND BLACKSMITH.
time to q blacksmith named McCauley,
who was at work in his little shop near by.
McCauley rushed to the Trademarks as
sistance. The bear had overpowered the
brakeman, but McCauley thrust a redhot
iron into the bears side, and it soon roll
ed over and died. Martz escaped with sew
eral broken ribs and q crushed arm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

The mosquitoes found in swamps and
damp woods are generally more brill
liantly colored than those varieties
which frequent human h~abitations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
A Bsy,s Eaeal Exp.rine,t.

While leading y COW to water at Denton.
vile, Kan, = boy tied the rope to the bit
OF . bride which he was carrying and slip
ped the birdie over his head The COW ran
away, q he was dragged and fatally in
jured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
A Reflection on Her Ara.

A Reflection on Her 3
"That prim Miss Passay is mad
enough to bite me-"
whats the NATTER"
why, she has just Joined the new
society that believes that human i'm
pressions are mainly derived through
the sense of smell"
"Well?"
"Well, I suggested that she was q
scentenarian. cleveland Plain Deal
ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30
HU(SHING Up SCANDALS
How English Officials Unite to
Protect Titled Criminals
SKELETONS KEPT OUT OF SIGHT.

LEFTY In Order 70 Protect the Social Fab
ric From Contempt-sir George Lewis
and His Dangerous Secrets.
The recent suit for criminal libel brought
by Earl Russell against his mother-inlaw,
Selma, Lady Scott, which resulted in her
being sentenced to eight months deten-
ton in the anne prison in which the dow
ager Duchess Of Sutherland was confined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-30

The Canary islands have a peculiar
plant known as the fountain tree, which
contains receptacles for the collection of
rain. Several gallons of water are often
found in one of these natural pitchers.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08
A Bit of Washington Gossip.

Representative Hit, of Illinois,
has been telling some tales out OF
school, says our Washington CORES
pendent, which he thinks account
for the enormous number of appli
cations for consulships at the begin
ming of every new administration.
He said: ut is the women. You
know how it is. Brown or Jones
or Smith, when he has means and
leisure, likes to take his family
abroad. When they come back
his wife and daughters are filled
with their experiences. The whole
town is filled with emulation. Now,
John Jones may not have the
means to take his family to Europe,
but he has influence in politics.
When the political wheel turns and
his party is up. he looks around
to see what the reward for his SER
vices shall be. Left to himself, he
would probably be content with
the postoffice. But his wife and
daughters have had to listen to
what the Brown women or the
Smith women say of life abroad,
and, woman-like, they have listened
with envy and a fixed purpose to
some day enjoy the experiences for
themselves. So, instead Of letting
John Jones ask for the postoffice,
they insist that he must be a consul
somewhere. Their ideas may be
little indefinite about the nature
and duties of a consul's office, but
they know it means going abroad,
and that is enough for them. So
John Jones makes out his applica
cation to be Consul General to
Paris, and writes his Congressman
that, while Paris is his first choice,
he will take something equally as
good, but it must be abroad. And
thus are the lives of Congressman
made a burden for the first six
after a new administration
comes into power. By that time
the consulates are all disposed of.
and the disappointed applicants
can return to the postoffices." Mr..
Hit ought to know, as in addition
to his extended service in the House
he has been Assistant Secretary of
State and also abroad as diplomat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Greenhow & Rumsey and T. W. Gillette,
their heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of two hundred 2O dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
Dream
lode mining claim, situate in Bassett gulch,
about eight miles from ketchum in W arm
Springs Greek mining district, Blaine coun-
ty, sta te of Idaho. AS required by section
1924, Revised Statutes of the United States,
being the amount reQuir ed to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1895 and
1895; that your proportion of the same is
as follows. to-wit: for the said Greenhow &
Rumsey, $25, being onc-eighth; and for the
said T. W. Gillette, SIS, being one-eighth
and it within ninety days from the service
of this notice, or within ninety days alter
this notice by publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such ex-
penditure as cO-owner, including costs OF
publication, your interests in said claim
will become the property of the under
signed under the provisions of said section
1924. JAMES "A SLOWER.
kctchum. Idaho. Jan. 81. 1897.
first publication, jan. =, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08
sEWALL STANDS BY SILVER,
The Late Candidate Talks of the
Next Campaign.

Arthur J. Sewall, late democratic
candidate for vice-president, is max
ing tour of California. In a recent
interview at Stockton Mr.. Sewall
was asked bis opinion of the politi-
cal situation. He said:
"Well, we accept it. If they can
redeem their paper it will be a happy
day for the American people. I'm
fortunately, we do not believe they
can. These attempts and this talk
Of international bimetsllism are
only straws."
do you believe that the silver
question will be as strong four years
hence as it was last fall?" be was
asked.
Eyes. l do" replied Mr.. Sewall.
1T viii. stronger. We are content
to wait 1t will be the principal
issue in 1900, and, l hope, the only
issue. They say that it took many
years to bring on the present condi-
tons and that it will require time to
undo them, which is partially true !;
but l believe some start should be
made. We are going to give the Adj
ministration every chance to carry
out it's pledges.
What do | think of the present
Congress and its present extra ses-
sion? 1t will be high tariff Leg
islature all through. There is no
desire on the part of the Democrats
to act as obstructionists. We want
to give the party in power all posi-
bic chance to redeem the country"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08
Appalling Calamity at Paris.

A horrible holocaust occurred al
Paris, France. Tuesday afternoon
A fire broke out suddenly in a char.
liable bazaar presided over by the
leading society women of the
French capital, many of them being
members of royalty, and before the
panic stricken people could effect
their escape the roof of the build
ing fell in and nearly three hundred
persons were literally roasted to
death in the roaring furnace. The
lady managers of the bazaar had
arranged the stalls so as to repre-
sent street of old Paris, the open
ing taking place only the day be-
fore the terrible disaster. The
bazaar was 800 feet long and 1870
feet wide. The building was erected
in the tlimsiest manner, the nudity
of the inside being concealed BY
light tapestry. There was only
one means of exit. The fire arose
in the quarter where a kinetoma.
graph was being exhibited, the il
Illuminating apparatus of the ma
chine having exploded and set fire
to the tapestries overhead. The
building burnt like flash, giving
the people no chance to make their
escape. Several hundred who es,
capped death in the flames, were hor-
riLly burnt, many of them will die
from their injuries.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08
IN Memory of the Confederate Dead

The Confederate monument which
was erected through the efforts OF
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Of Dallas, Texas, was unveiled at
that city April 29th. The monu-
ment is of Texas granite, the shaft
being 80 feet high and it honors
both the private and the chief. On
the top Of the column stands the
private and at the base are four
pedestals on which are life-size stat
ues of Jefferson Davis, R. E. Lee,
Stonewall Jackson and Albert Sid
ney Johnston.
jeff Davis pulled the cord that
unveiled the form of his grand,
father; Lucy Hayes, granddaughter
of the late ex-President, did the
same for Robert +. Lee, while a
little granddaughter of Stonewall
jackson completed the unwilling
by pulling the cords which removed
the wells from the statues of Jack
son and Johnston. After a number
OF young women representing the
different Southern states had decor
ated the monument with flowers,
Hon. John H. Reagan, the only
surviving member of the Confed-
crate Cabinet, delivered eulogy
on President Davis. The speaker
closed his address with the follow
ing tribute to the distinguished
leader of the lost cause: President
Davis had the chivalrous courage
Of a Richard Occur de Leon, and
the Roman virtue. constancy and
the love of liberty of Cato. God
bless his memory. Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, and the widow of General
"Stonewall" Jackson were among
the distinguished guests on the
NQtable OCCASION. -,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08

nothing more than to prove myself man.
There is something of the han within
me, some of the traits which the world
will never credit me with having, and if
could live l would show from this time
nv purer traits of character, my nobler
inn pulses and my better nature. instead
of my weaker traits and my wayward
and wicked ways Of earlier life. My de-
sire to lead a purer and better life and to
show to the world that I am honest
prompts me to long for continued life.
WORD TO YOUNG MEN.
want to speak word of warning to
the young men who may read what |
have to say in the face Of the death which
is so near ME and which / am tn die be-
fore my words are given to the public:
You see in me the results of whisky
drinking and of general dissipation, OF
the fate that has ovrrtaken me and OF the
ignomini"us death am to die. You may
say: Il am strong, l can govern myself,
| have no fears of disgracetul end, l
said the same thing in early life, l felt
strong, had confidence IN myself, hut
yielded aud fell, stronger men than you
or | have fallen under similar circum-
stances. -
There was a time when no man was
prouder of his honorable upright course
than |, no one thought more OF principle,
but social indulgences cnltivated aud en-
couraged led me on and on to shame, dls.
grace and ruin. Now you see me as l
am. The hours given me in my lonely
cell for reflection, tor remorse and for re-
oh fhl4
misspent life. They appeal to me now
to speak these words OF warning to you.
Whatever You may have to say OF me,
you cannot charge me with being hypo-
cite, and trust you will flee from whisky
drinking, bad women, game and deceit.
These all lead along the same road to
ruin. l was led by them, l was ruined
by them. beg you young men, as you
would fec from sudden death flee from
them. Respect and obey at all times yonr
parents. The grief l have brought upon
my aged father makes my heart bleed
day and night. The remorse that comes
to me for the pain and sleepless hours
have brought to him is the most singing
have to bear. If you would escape the
heart aches, the pangs, the anguish aud
remorse of conscience / suffer you will
try never to give unnecessary trouble t"
those who loved you in infancy, boyhood
and manhood and who will not cease to
love yea in old age. Young men. one
and all, my parting words to you are:
Be better than have been, lead a purer
life than have led, and most of all honor
your. father and mother all the days of
your life.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08


TO {. A. Tush. his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that / haze eE-
pended the sum of two hundred { 2 0 COL
lars in labor and improvements upon the
Bland
mining claim, situate ab"ut three quarters
Of mile northeast of the Washington
mine, in Washington Basin, East FORK
mining district. Custer county, Idaho, III
order to hold said premises under the pro.
visions of section 2324. Revised Statutes OF
the United States, being the amount re-
quired to hold the same for the years end
ing December 81. 1885 and 1885, that your
proportion OF the same is $50 being one
fourth; and if within ninety days from NO
service of this notice Cor within ninety
days after this notice by publication }. you
tail or refuse to contribute your proportioh
Of such expenditure as co-owner, inciuo-
ing legal costs OF this publication. your III
terest i'll said claim will become the prop
erty Of the subscriber under the PROVISIONS
of said section 1894.
DAVID FAYLE.
ketchum. Idaho. Jan. I, 1897.
hurst lituc alton. J ~. :. le57.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-08
Notice Of Forfeiture

To e. A. Tush, his heirs and ASSIGNS.
You are hereby notified that I L,ro 80
pended the sum of two hundred AM III
lars III labor and improvements upYu tho
Good Enough
lode mining claim, situated abnut tbr.,
quarters OF mile northeast Of the W.sI.
ington mine, in Washington Basin Fn.t
Fork mining district, Custer county Ida.
no, IN order to hold said premises under
the provisions of section 1924 Pevisrd
Statutes OF the United States. being tb..
amount required to hold the same for tIc
years ending December 81, ls95 and ISL.
that your proportion OF the sarne is S-n
being one-fourth; and if within NINETY da,t
from the service OF this notice or witLin
ninety days after this notice bv ruI,li,a.
nOn you fail or refuse To cnntribut. ynur
proportion OF such expenditure as a rn.
owner, including legal costs of this pub,i.
cation. your interest in said claim will he.
come the property OF the subscriber under
the provisions OF said section 2:;24.
DAVID FAYLE.
kctcllum, Idaho, Jan. !. 1891.
First publication, Jan. ,. lSj7.