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The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

circumstances. Ills tavorIJe uisn ilvH
jack rabbit, and moonlight race between
coyote and jack rabbit is an interest
ing affair It is conducted on the strict
est Of busint IS principles, and no time is
lost in arranging prelininaries. There is
no hippodroming or selling out in that
race. 1t is q square deal and fair play. II
the jack rabbit comes out ahead, it Is a
new lease of life for him. If the coyote
scores in that inning, it means Thanks.
giving dinner for him. But fond as he is
OF jack rabbit he will not disdain a lunch.
con of dead mule when he is playing in
hard luck. He sometimes eats prairie
dog, but not often, for prairie dog Is not
good eating even for coyote. Once in
awhile hungry coyote will prolong his
nightly revels till comparatively late
hour in the morning. In that case he
may steal up to the hole of prairie dog
before the latter is up and conceal himself
within easy springing distance, and the
first time the prairie dog energies from his
house to take look at the rising sun the
coyote will pounce upon him and carry
him off to quiet spot somewhere In the
recesses of the foothills and make break
fast of him
Frontiersmen often wonder what be-.
comes of coyotes, for nobody ever saw a
dead one. A mountain lion may get one
occasionally, but it is not common oc-
currence Sometimes coyote is acciden-
tally started from his rest by hunter, but
if he can once get a tree between himself
and the huntsr, no matter if there is not
another tree within five miles, tho hunter
will never see the coyote again. To call
him an artful dodger would but feebly
L.. Ia
He is never to be depended on to follow
any given line of conduct The only way
to arrive at even an approximate conclu-
sion as to what action coyote will take
under certain conditions is to decide what
he is most likely to do and then wait pa
tiently for him to do just the opposite
thing.
TO lover Of natures music coyote
concert is rare treat. It may not be oil
together the music in itself; the environ
ments help a good deal. You should lie
on q grassy knoll away up somewhere
near the headwaters of the Arkansas river,
IN the still moonlight on warm summer
night, when there is not sound to break
the silence, and wait for developments.
Suddenly there arises from foothill over
across the guloh a low, grooming sound
like the moan of the wind when the leaves
are falling 1t ceases when an answering
wall, only little louder, floats over the
still night air from the opposite direction.
A third voice breaks in from still another
direction; another and another from other
points of the compass until the shadow Of
every sagebrush seems to conceal a singer,
and hundred tuneful threats are joining
in that wild, weird melody that gradually
grows in volume till the great plateau is
vocal with the music of this improvised
band Of natures musicians. This may
continue for an hour, when voice will
drop ont here, another there, and SO on,
until the cresoendo has turned into di- |
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

Making his supplication, rose AdAm-zad
the beari
Il looked at the swaying shoulders, at the
paunch's swag and swing,
sAnd my heart was to uohed with pity fol
the monstrous, pie aiding thing.
Touched with pity and wonder, die
not fire then i.
Il have looked no more on women
have walked no more with men.
Nearer he tottered and nearer, with paws
like hands that pray
From brow TO jaw the steel-shod paw,
it ripped my face away!
Sudden, silent, and savage, soaring a:
flame the blow
sFaceless I fell before his feet fifty sum.
Iners ago.
Il heard him grunt and chuckle-I heard
him pass to his den.
He left me blind to the iarkling years
and the little mercy of men.
sNow ye go down in the morning with
guns of the newer style.
! That load (I have felt) in the middle aud
range q have heard) mile?
Luck to the white mans rifle, that shoots
SO fast and true,
sBut-pay, and lift my bandage and
show what the bear can dot
(Flesh like Stag in the furnace, knobbed
and withered and grey
Az, ,I.j t.IiY5 bar1or H. ,
worth for his pay.)
Rouse him at noon in the bushes, follow
and press him hard
Not for his raging and rosrings finch We
from Adam.zad.
But (pay and put back the bandage)
this is the time to fear.
when he stands up like tired man,
totfering near and near;
When he stands up as pleading, in mon
strous. man-brute guise.
When he wells the hate and cunning of
the little swinish eyes.
when he shows as seeking quarter, with
paws like hands in prayer,
That is the time of peril--tfe time Of the
Truce of the Bearl
Eyeless, noseless, and lipleSs, asking q
dole at the door,
Matun, the old blind beggar, he tells it
Ger and DER:
Fumbling ana feeling the rifles, warming
his hands at the flame
Hearing our careless white men taIk of
the morrow's game;
Over and over the story, ending as he
began:-
There is no truce with Adanl-zad, the
bear that looks like q mani
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
THE ARJFUL COYOTE.
Hh is Ugly, cowardly, Smart, Rascal
~ and Tricky.

In the Art OF Disappearing From View
Like a Streak of Fading Light He Is
Unusually Proficiont-Eis Peculiar AbiI-
ity as Musician.
What is coyote2 A coyote is little
animal of the wolf species that inhabits
the foothills of the Rocky mountains. He
is about IS inches high and long in pro-
portion, and Is the embodiment of duplic-
ity. His color is Understandable. He is
neither white nor black nor yellow, nor
any other we'll defined color, but sort of
blending Of all, producing a hue shat can
best be described as coyote. He is not
beautiful either in appearance or charac-
ter There is nothing attractive about
him. He is not troubled with conscien-
tious scruples. Neither is he brave, and
he won't fight unless he is compelled to.
He is scrub wolf in every sense of the
word.
His physical beauty is about on par
with his moral aspect. He has little
peak shaped head, in the front OF which,
very cleso together, is pair OF the bright
est, BLACKLIST, wickedest little eyes that
ever shone in thamoonlight. He does not
appear to be possessed of any great amount
of brains, but there is more unadulterated
cunning wrapped up in his hide than can
be found in the same amount of space
anywhere else in creation. The man who
i1nagines that coyote does not under
stand his business just because he has not
a high forehead will soon learn that the
principles of phrenology do not apply to
this epitome of everything that is smart,
rascally, tricky and impudent.
In regard TO his ability to get over
ground-in other words, to change his
spots-too much cannot be said. 1t is a
good deal like the wind. You cannot tell
whence he cometh nor whittier he goeth.
When be makes up his mind to place
certain amount of space between himself
and given Jcality, he does not stand on
the order of going. He does not run in
the common accepJation of the term, but
he suddenly transforms himself into a
dinly defined streak of gray light that
shimmers across the landscape for an in
slant and then sinks into oblivion SO far
as mortal view is concerned.
He is seldom seen in the daytime. The
glare OF the sun docs not seem to be suited
to his make up He prefers to waltz
around among the sagebrush in the soft
light of the moon. During the day he is
of a retiring disposition and recuperates
his exhausted vitality from the previous
nights debauch under the friendly shade
Of q projecting rock or in the deep seclu-
sion of clulnp of quaking asp away from
the busy haunts of men and remote from
any trail or road.
The coyote is not choice as to his diet
that is. he can accommodate himself to
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR.

By Rudayrd Kipling.
Yearly. with tent and rifle, our careless
white men go
By the Pass called Muttianee, to shoot in
the vale below.
Yearly by Muttianee he follows our white
men in
Matun, the cid blind heggar bandaged
from brow to chin.
Eyeless, noseless, and lipless-t
of broken speech,
Seeking dole at the doorway he mum
bles his tale to each
Over and over the story. ending as he
began:
Make re no truce with Adam -zad-the
bear that walks like mani
"There was flint in my musket-prfcked
and primed was the pan
When I went hunting Adam -zad-the
bear that stands like man.
Il looked my last on the timber, looked
my last on the snow
When went hunting Adam-zad fifty
summers ago!
i knew his times and seasons as he knew
mine that fed
By night in the rlpened maizefeld and
robbed my house of bread
I knew his strength and cunning, as he
knew mine that crept
AT dawn to the crowded goat pens and
plundered while slept.
Up from his stony playground-down
from his wen-digged lair
'Out on the naked ridges ran Adam-zad
the bear,
sGroaning, granting, and roaring, heavy
with stolen meals,
Two long marches to northard and | WAS
Mt his heels!
Two full marches to northward, at the
fall of the second night,
Il came on mine enemy Adam-zad, all
weary from his flight.
sThere was charge in the musket--
pricked and primed was the pan
My finger crooked on the trigger-when
he reared up like a man.
Horrible, hairy. human, with paws like
hands in prayer
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
M. REoLUs's GREAT GLOBE.
(New York Times. }

According TO Prof. Elisee Reclus's re.
cent paper read before the Royal Geo.
graphical Society, he is still bent on the
production of great globe. Cartography.
Prof Reclus says. has done fairly we'll,
but the globe as we have it amounts to
little or nothing. Make a globe six or
twelve feet in circumference, and the
loftiest peak in the Himalayas is repre-
sented by only one-twenty fifth of an
inch in height, mere nothing, hardly
perceptible. AS to other fairly tall eleva-
lions they would not be indicated at ALL
Pseudo relief maps. Reclus says, for the
major part are silly exaggerations, mag
nifying what are the acutal elevations
When globe is constructed largo enough
to show at least one millionth part of the
earth in real proportions, then we may
try to represent the heights and depths
as well as the pIanimetric dimensions.
Even then highlands of 5000 feet bare
~ would appear, but when we made
SUBMITS of 10, 00O or $4,000 feat these
would be distinctly visible. A huge
globe on the scale of to 100000 is what
NJ. Reclus wants. A skilled Swiss car
tographer and relief maker proposes ma
king such relief Of Switzerland, and it
is possible that it will be shown at the
coming Paris exhibition What the dis
tinguished gsographer wishes to bring
about is a cooperative plan for the con-
struction of such globe, each country to
produce its own section. keeping to the
proportions of the Swiss one. Then at
some time in the future all the parts are
to be joined in one harmonious whole.
Of course there will be many gaps. Look
ing over the reports of the Geographical
Society relative to this gigantic globe,
the exact size in feet of it is not men,
toned.
Mr.. Alfred Russell Wallace long ago
proposed hollow globe, but, as it would
have to be seen from the inside. we
think details would escape observers
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
THE HUMBLE BOY.
he Bfded His Time and Got Even
with His Tormentors.

With His Torn entOrs.
One midsummer term an unhedged,
weak kneed youngster presented himself
at a we'll known public school and was
Immediately bounced upon by the boys
and hauled off to be broken in. They prac-
ticed all the usual tricks upon him, and
he bore them meekly-so meekly, IN fact,
that the boys were contemptuous and
made scathing remarks about his efem-
macy and lack of spirit.
After this he was taken to the lumber
room and sternly commanded to black all
the boots for the following day. The boys
we're supposed to attend to their own foot
gear, but the task generally fell to the
lot of the weakest among them, and it
was favorite plan TO order newcomers to
do the work unaided. This particular new
boy received the order resignedly and said,
Thank you, sir, I" quite humbly, when
one Of the monitors kicked him and told
him to hurry along He seemed almost
overwhelmed with gratitude for the honor
done to him and promised to discharge
his duty manfully if he were only given
sufficient time
He was therefore left to himself, and
the boys went away in high feather,
thanking their stars that happy chance
had sent such willing slave to pander to
their needs. An hour passed, and then it
occurred to the monitor before mentioned
to go and see how the new boy was getting
on He threw open the door of the lumber
room, and sight met his eyes which al
most choked him.
The new boy had white buckskin
cricket boot in his hand and was busily
covering it with backing.
l.. xynT1 n n.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
GOWN OF NUT-BRowN LADIES' CLOTH HARPER's BAzAR
fronts and seamless back.

fronts and seamless back.
With the bolero is worn . dainty
French chemisette, formed of chenille
patterned net and a great bow, whose
ends are of the same chenille lace, and &C.
companied by fluffy boa velvet edged.
The long slesves end in funnel shape
low over the hand, and are banded their
entirs length with stitched folds. Car.
rant-red velvet composss the waist band.
The proper cut of this gown can be OBJ
taned only by the use of the cut paper
patterns furnished by Harper's Bazaar,
where the gown appears.
The rolling brim of the brown felt hat
is bordered with sable trimming, and the
decoration in front is an ornament of
brilliants, from which extend either side
brown Mercury wings.
QUANTITY of material: cloth. 81 inches
wide, yards; white cloth, 10 yard.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

minuendn, and finally the one lone voice
from the aagebrush where the first notes Of
the concert arose is the only one that can
be heard. 1t sinks into faint moan and
dies away SO gradually that it is difficult
to draw the line between the silence and
the sound.
When the coyote was turned loose from
the workshop of nature, he was perfect IN
his peculiar way There was no room for
improvement on the patent, and he bowls
today, or, rather, tonight, with the same
hnimpaired originality that he did when
ne sat on his pr1meyal foothills when the
morning stars first sang together. New
ork Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
BLAcKsD ETHAN ALIENS BOOTS.
a Halloween Prank at Montpelier-stu
dents of the Methodist Seminary Sup
posed to Have Boon the vandaIs.

The statue of Ethan Allen on the capt.
toI steps at Montpelier, was desecratsdain
shameful manner Monday night, says
the Argus. 1t was Halloween prank.
Shoedressing was used. The boots of old
Ethan were made as black az the ace of
8 AIDES from the toes to the knees. The
statue, which is of pure marble white
ness. looked in its ne- ornaments as II
Ethan had got on his old war paint again
fsrss TO Conquer. The dressing was
dorbsd on with en- ordinary sponge brush
which accompanies each bottle OF liquid
dressing. 1t was put on thick, SO that
there was not bit of the marble to
be sesn on the part representing tine
hoota On the left thigh, in 'front.'. were
thsse initials, IN S. in big black let
tsrz The same initials appeared on the
fsons OF one Of the immense center col
timnSon the portico. Nothing remained
behind 30 show who did the deed but the
cork. It was not the cork OF fresh bot
tie of blacking, but one that hal evident
ly been In use more than a month. The
natural Significance of the letters is
Montpelier seminary but whether or
net the prank was committed by stu
dents Of that institution is q matter that
viii remain to lie found out. In addition
to daubing the statue, the front portico
Of the building was covered with cabbage
of shoes in black were found at the base
Of the statue aud ON the steps, but most
of thase are said by Sergeant-at-Arms
Phinnsy to have been there some time
They are OF darker color and evidently
came from the tar walk. The desecra-
ton cf the statue has created q profound
sensation in both branches of the Legis-
lature. Coming as 1T does when the Leg
islature is in session, it brings more d.
rectly home the disgrace to the memory
of the great Vermonter. The acts are
not likely to escape notice, and no stone
will he left unturned to ascertain who
did tho deed.
The work of the vandals was discovered
by the ianitor, John Hill, after he had
o, ened the door and gone ont on the front
portico This was some time before Z
O'Clock. He was admiring the morning
when his eyes rested on the black boot
tops of Ethan Allen. He nearly tainted.
10 make sure that he was not dreaming
lie rubbed his bands against the boots,
ans. then started back into the State
House Chief j. L. Tuttle is night
watchnan at the State House He had
gone to breakfast, having left by the side
entrance. and consequently did not see
toe disgraceful work. AS soon as Mr..
Hill discovered the deed he summoned
Mr.. futile to the State House, and at
8 O'Clock G A. Smith, the marble deal.
er. WAS SAINT for. Re Immediately set
John Hurley. his marble GUTTER, at work
to clean the stetue before it became too
late. The steps to the State House is
place frequently occupied, and it is moth
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

How insignificant would be the Eiffel
tower aionsgide Of this huge ball if it is
wheel would be but as child's hoop.
Geography and photography have nota-
bly, improved since Dean Swift's time,
when he wrote:
photographers In Afric maps
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And DER inhabit8blv downs
Place elephants for want of towns
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
GOWN OF NUT-BROWN LADIES'
CLOTH


Ehspei bands and stitchings which are
at present lavished upon cloth as we'll as
silk and velvet gowns trim IN tunic effect
9 handsome Paris costume of nut brown
ladies' cloth. The circular overdress.
seamsd In front. is enoiroled with six
rows Of bias bands, meeting in points
and stitched on each edge.
Many lines Of stitching trim also IKE
shaped dounce, which lengthens the tn :.
mic. and rises In 'front.' to disclose a por-
ticn Of the under-skirt-a seven gored
silk foundation four yards Wide, faced in
front with the cloth. The back ful1ness
of the tunic is adjusted in q graduated
box-pleat.
The jacket, whose pointed revers ara
faced in white, has border of sable fur,
and pointed stitched bands trim alike the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20

Uncle Bill aside the other day and said:
well. Uncle, I've heard from the general
at last He wants all the colored troops he
can get. and is especially anxious to secure
old men"
"Wha' fo?"
"He wants a regiment Of them to lead
every charge. and the older they are the
better. They have no show to outrun the
Spaniards don't you see, ana must stand
their ground. It's a great scheme | was
just going to telegraph him that he could
count on you.
Say, boss, doan' you SEN no telegraph
/ done got lettah dis mawnin from nah
mothah up in Canda an she'm beh'y sick
woman boss; beh'y sick. l got to git up
dab on the mex train, shuah Soon's | git
back Use gwine to help lick de stuffin out
dem Spaniels.' Then. noting a look of in
credulity In the boss face, Uncle Bill add
ed: Dat mothah oh mine am Ill yeaths
old. sab
1t took an hour to convince the old ark
ey that he did not have to go to war. Then
he owned himself orphan and sailed in
to dem Spaniels" again.-Detroit Free
Press.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
The Judges Reputation.

Il reckon he has sand" said the Texan
as he pointed out the big and venerable
Judge of the county, who happened to be
passing.
Don't you know" asked the travelling
man addressed.
Just among ourselves, I'll be burned CT
jedge dropped down amongst us right fol-
lOWin the Wah. He was oveh six feet
straight gun bal and in the prime Of
life. Somehows it got whip'd round that
he was Nlighty handy with the gun and
they mad3 him shift. Jest afteh he was swo
In gang of cowboys raided the town while
he was oveh to the capital, and smas shed
things gently When he come back we look
ed for him to oganiZe posse and go afteh
EN-.
But he sits down and writes note tel
lin the boys to come in and answeh to the
cou't. He put big fancy cold seals on this
note and ribbon and sends it by depaty
burned eff them cowboys didn't worry Oveh
theh papeh, and talk bout 1t and get ner-
vous till they jest mounted theh ponies
and rode in heah and paid their fines. The
shelf jest stood round 'sthough nuthin
had took place, and not one of them cusses
even opened his yawp. Afteh two tehms as
shelf he was made jedge. and jedge he's
been even since. An I'll bet you. suh
they hain't man, woman o chile in Texas
knows whetheh he could put a bullet In
the side Of a ban. Nobody ever him un-
limbeh and shoot, and yet he's got repu-
tation TO the sandiest man in Texas. That's
a mighty strange thing in this country,
shO'."
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20

MultitudinOus Uses for Now Univer-
sally Popular Convenience.

at is surprising the number Of rubber
bands that are used in the mercantile bust
ness these days" said down town drug
giSt few nights ago, he quickly snapped
around a scent package Of sodium
bicarbonate for q woman customer. I'VE
use hundreds of them every day, whereas
formerly we used tWine. The manufacture
of rubber bands has become an enormous
industry in this country, particularly dur
ing the past few years. 1t is not half a
dozen years ago hardly that rubber bands
were used almost solely for filing papers
and documents. and you seldom saw them
used outside Of city hall or court house.
Now you will scarcely find a drug store or
grocery that does not use them more or less
in place Of Irvine in putting up the small
packages.
In the drug business the rubber band
has become almost an indispensable article
band may be adjusted about a package
is one-thrd Of the time that it takes to
wind the Irvine around and break it off, as
in the old way. And then the package can
be made more symmetrical than by the old
method. Often in using twine one gets the
package all out Of shape, and clerk who
is interested in his work does not like to
allow a package to leave his hands in such
a condition. Still it can't be avoided when
one is in a hurry Women particularly like
the rubber bands, and, as a rule, they save
them. 1t may not be generally known that
a rubber band Is the best known article for
cleaning the teeth. 1 mean for removing
the accommodations between the teeth and
where brush will not reach. Did you ever
ty it? No? Well, you do it, and see II
what I say is not the truth. The elasticity
Of rubber makes it much easier to penetrate
between teeth that the closest together
and 1t Is far superior to a silken thread,
which is used by many. Women also find
rubber bands handy for elastic mouths In
work bags and small pouches. Washing
ton Star.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
A Successful Rusc.

Some readers will recognize this as true
story of a man who is among the wealthest
and most prominent citizens Of Detroit.
1t will serve to call him Jones.
Jones arrived at a country hotel late one
night tired hungry and sleepy. After the
larder had been raided, Jones asked for a
bed and was informed that his only chance
was to bank with a man who had already
retired. Jones did not demur though he
promptly made up his mind to have bed
to himself. He carried a candle to his ROOM
put it on window sill. and when assured
that the occupant Of the bed was awake
watching him, prepared to retire AS final
lise, took out a savage looking pair of spurs
ankles.
Say stranger" came from the bed
twhat in creation are you dom, putin
them long pinted spurs yer heels?'
Always them at night. Can't pos
sibly sleep without them Habit, 1 sup
pose
Jones is a big man and after the other
had looked him over he crawled out and
began to dress
Getting up?" asked Jones.
Yep. Never sleep after midnight" Then
when he was in the doorway and felt safe
he said you doggOne varmnt, all 1 hope
is that you'll have the worst nightmare
ever was let loose. Thatl give you some
thin to try them there murderin' spurs OF
yourn on
But Jones kicked off the spurs and slept
a sleep that precisely as deep the
sleep of innocence.-Detroit Free Press.