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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-16

was she with the fact that whenever the bell rang she darted into the room,
 exclaiming, "Oh; the kittle!' At the
 sound of the dreaded accent Shelley in-
 continently fled into a corner Of the
 room and covered his ears with his
 hands. "Send her away, Harriet he
 would groan; "oh, send her away; for
 Gods sake, send her away" This, of
 course, was a source of unbounded
 amusement to Harriet and Hogg. They
 schemed and planned to entice Chris-
 tie into conversation. Have you had
 your dinner to-day, Christie?" was a
 common question. "Yes." And what
 did you get?' a question usually evok
 ing the reply, "Sengit heed and bon
 nocks." Apart from Christie, what i'm
 pressed the party most was the Scots
 Sabbath. They noted with curiosity
 ''the grave Presbyterians, with down.
 cast looks, like conscience-stricken sim
 ners, slowly crawling toward their
 place of gathering" Only once did Shel-
 ley venture to church. The sermon had
 not an exhilarating effect on him. T never saw Shelley so dejected, so des-
 bonding, so despairing," says his friend. The poet never returned to church, save
 on one occasion. One Sunday evening
 their landlord announced: "They are
 drawing nigh unto the catechist-chil-
 dren and domestics must attend" For some strange reason Shelley obeyed this summoned and followed the childrenand
 domestics to building hard by. Here they found the catechist standing in the middle of the floor, with children group ed around him. "Wha was Adam?" shouted the catechst. There was no answer. Again the question was urged,
 "Wha was Adam?" Still no response came. Indignant at this silence, the catechist, raising his voice to a higher pitch, shouted, 'Wha's the De-il?" At this point Shelley's gravity gave way, and with wild burst of laughter he made for the door, As regards the city, the Shelleys seem not to have fall en under it's spell. They observed that it was a city of extremes, adorned with "triumphs of art and nature,' but, at the same time, abounding with many "odious and revolting objects" Holy rood house appeared to them "a beggar- ly palace,' and the pictures they con- sidered, perhaps with truth, the pro- duction of some very inferior artist, who could not get employment as a signpainter" Beyond this visit to Holy rood and an excursion to Arthur's Seat, they went little abroad At the end of five weeks the Shelleys tired of the Scots capital, and made their way south. Three years later-in October, 1S19-the poet again found his way north. In the mean time his first child had been born. This time the party lodged at No. 36 Frederick street. MT. Rossetti says that Shelley's first act was to marry Harriet over again" in an Episcopal chapel. This statement has been called in question by Professor Dowden, and it would seem, with good reason. What is certain is that Shelley here made the acquaintance of a gen. tleman named Baptista, Baptista was a young Brazilian studying medicine at Edinburgh university.-From The Scotsman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-16
A BLACK LEOPARD IN T,ONDO>

A BLACK LEOPARD IN LONDON.
 leopard can never change it's spots it is true. but it can sometimes be per- fectly black, or-in far rarer cases- perfectly white. One of the black speci- mems has been at the Zoo for the last week or so, though comparatively few visitors have been aware of the fact
 They have passed his cage in the lions
 house and found it seemingly empty
 But if they had looked closely at the top of the tree trunk in the far right hand corner they would have discov- cred the crouching and apparently jet black animal, with it's black toward the bars of the cage; and its head, out stretched and motionless, fixed against grating in the wall There he stays the whole day long and all through the week, never moving a hair save when the keeper brings his iron rod into play. TThen the head is swung around with a snarl, and the leopard looking the very incarnation of evil, shows its gleaming white teeth. Ordinarily it might we'll be taken for dead. It comes down only in the night time to devour it's food The animal in all probability will not be at the Zoo much longer. Like many other new arrivals, it was sent there lon approval and in com- pany of another black leopard. One of the pair died before it could be turned out of the cage in which it came, while it's fellow was found to be not only lame but so fierce and unmanageabe as to be more bother than it was worth. So it will doubtless be returned.
 The black leopard is nothing more than q variety of the better-known spe- cies, as is proved by instances in which a female of the ordinary color has given birth to litter among which was black cub. It has been remarked, how ever that these black leopards are usu- ally met with in the hill jungles, and it is reasonably supposed that such dis tricts are more or less associated with the abnormal development of color, The London Graphic.
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should be formed. Two years later, having contided the secret of his pfos- poets to Sonora R., and she, true to her religion, having in her turn betray- ed it to her father confessor, Spanish priest, my genial old host and friend was arrested, tried and finally shot by the Spaniards at or near the very spot where he and I had held our last con versation.-Corespondence of the Bos- ton Transcript.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

Chicago Record: The late Charles
Osborn, the New York broker, and
General Custer we're intimate friends,
and Osborn annually visited the gen.
eral at his camp on the plains Dur
ing one of the Indian campaigns he in
vited Osborn and q party of friends out
to Kansas. and after giving them
buffalo hunt arranged novel expe-
rience In the way Of an Indian scare.
AS Osborn was lying In his tent one
night firing was heard at the outposts
and the rapid riding OF pickets. Boots
and saddles" was the order In the dis
turbed atmosphere Of the night. and
Custer appeared to Osborn loaded with
rife, two revolvers, saber and q
scalping knife. Charley" he said. in
his quick, nervous way, you must de-
fend yourself. Sitting Bull and Flea
in-Your- Boots. with Wiggle-Tail-Jim
In force. / didn't want to alarm you
before, but the safety Of my command
Is my first duty. Things look serious.
II we don't meet again, God bless you"
The broker fell on his knees. my
God, Custer" he cried. only get me
out of this! I'll carry 100000 shares
Of Western Union for you into the
firm to get me home. Only save me.
But Custer was gone. and the camp by
shrewd arrangement burst into blaze,
and shots, oaths and war-whoops were
1ntermixed, until suddenly a painted
object doomed on Osborn's sight, and
something was flung into his face-a
human scalp. He dropped to the
ground, said the Lords prayer. back
ward, forward and sideways. until the
noise died away, and there was ex-
posed lighted supper table. with this
explanation on transparency:
"Osborn's treat!"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

From the Philadelphia Times: A
strange story is told Of how child's
plaything once had soothing influence
the means of avoiding = serious war.
It happened when Mr.. Bourke was in
Arizona with General Crook. The gen.
eral was trying to put band of Apach-
es back on the reserve, but could not
catch them without killing them, and
that he did not want to do. One day
his men captured little Indian girl
and took her to the fort. She was
quiet all day. saying not word. but
her black beads of eyes watched every
thing. When night came. however. she
broke down and sobbed just as any
white child would have done. They
tried In vain to comfort her, and then
Mr.. Bourke had an idea. From the
ad1utants wife he borrowed q pretty
doll that belonged to her little daugh-
ter. and when the young Apache was
made to understand that It was hers to
keep, her sobs ceased and she fell
asleep. When morning came the doll
was still clasped In her arms. She
played with 1t all day. and apparently
all thought Of ever getting back to her
tribe had left her. Several days passed
and as no overtures about the return Of
the papoose had been made by the
tribe, they sent her. with the doll still I
In her possession, back to her people.
Mr.. Bourke had NO idea Of the effect
his benevolent act would have upon
the Indians. When the child reached
them. with the pretty doll in its chubby
hands. It made great sensation among
them. and later on its mother came
back to the post with 1t. She was kind
" received and Hospitality treated. and
through her the tribe was soon after
ward persuaded to move back to the
reserve.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18
SUICIDE OF a cHINAMAN.
ssgsrdsd BY Hls v-Csisstials - >
Great Crime

Rssardsd By His gslIow-Cslsstials -
| Great Crime.
| The murderous assault upon Ges
| Chung Yung, Chinese farmer, who
| lived on the Franklin road, by his
partner. Chin Fook, who afterward
hanged himself In . barn, has stirred
local Cinnamon to . high pitch OF ex-
eitement. says the Baltimore Sun. The
feeling among the Chinese is that Chin
Fook, by hanging himself. has been
much disgraced and will be condemned
to terrible punishment for his crime.
His soul, 1t is believed, will enter some
animal of low order, such az pig,
and he will suffer greatly. Chin Fook
was Mason, and under ordinary cir
substances his funeral would be large
" attended and accompanied by many
Masonic and Chinese rites 1t is stated
by several Cinnamon that owing to his
suicide not much notice will be taken
Of his burial and he will be inferred
without much ceremony Ordinarily the
nearest relative of the deceased sits on
the box Of the hearse with the driver
and scatters pits Of paper along the
route from the undertaker's rooms to
the grave. In order that the dead man
may ind his way back when he re-
turns &C life. Fried chicken and rice
Are placed in the grave for him to sub
Iist upon during the time he is sup
posed to remain in his comm. Chin
Fook, however. is not expected to come
back, because of his crime, and no
chicken or rice will be placed In his
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

0sosss H. Magoon. the brilliant
shortstop traded recently by the Balti-
more club TO the Chicago club for Eu-
gsns De9ontroviIle. was born on March
~. 1875, 1t st. Adams. Me. He learned
TO play ball 1t East Rochester, N. H.
His professional debut was made In
1885 with the Portland. Me-, club OF the
New England league, and he remained
with that club the following season.
He signed with the Brockton club OF
the same league In 1897. and was =
member OF that team until Aug. ~.
lese. when he was purchased by tho
Brooklyn club and assigned to short
stop. Prior to his joining the Brook
Ign club he had bssn third baseman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

When l was 16 years old l ran away
from school and enlisted In Garneldis
regiment, the Forty-second Ohio. Down
in eastern Kentucky, GARFIELD, who. al
though only = colonel. was brigade COM
mander, organized a raid on Pound
Gap, q strong position, and personally
selected . detachment from each COM
pany in the regiment to take part in
the attack. wasn't lucky enough to
be selected for the work, but was
crazy to go, and when the cavalry
started out borrowed mule from the
quartermaster when he wasn't looking.
and went with the mounted troops,
who hid me. In due season l found my
regiment, tied my mule, and joined the
ranks. Well, we took the place. Then
went back to my mule and made
tracks for the camp. 1t was dark, and
lost my way, and remained missing
for I'VE days After I returned l was
marched up to Garfield, who examined
me, listened to what l had to say,
and then sent me to my tent under ar
rest, telling me l would be cOurt-mar-
tailed. Five minutes later boat came
down the river. carrying Garfield's
commission as brigadier general, and
ordering him to join Thomas with his
command, and In the furry my case
was forgotten. Years after the war
attended reunion of my regiment in
Ashland, and the first thing Garfield
said when he saw me was: Look here,
Fasig. you never had that court-mar-
tial promised you
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

Ger the breadth OF great republic,
From ocean to ocean borne,
Whatever the stars OF her banner
CLEAN cut to the light OF morn;
From the depth OF her grsin-sown val
1eys,
The slopes OF her wooded hills.
| In the song OF her wind-swept prairies.
| The rhyme OF her peaceful rills,
! Comes the noiseiess tramp OF an army,
| ehadowy, silent and gray
| An army. though vanished It's legions.
| Yet lives In our hearts to-day
| To the men who from field and forum
| Uprose at the country's cry,
! Their lives II their need. for the honor.
| Their honor for her to die;
Who. seizing the gun for the plowshare,
And grasping the sword for the pen.
Went forth an army OF patriots,
OF noble and free-born men:
Tia to these hand of a nation
Its tributes Of love will pay,
Wherever the grave Of soldier
Shall hollow Its soil to-day.
Not with branches of yew nor cypress.
But with roses and blossoms sweet;
With amaranth and laurel above them,
And heart s-ease fair at their feet,
While softer than the winds of the Sum-
mer
And sweeter than roses' bloom,
Are the memories and love which gather
And brighten each silent tomb;
And though Time in his march triumph
ant
Bends all to his final sway,
Yet the touch of the Great Eternal
II nearer than he to-day.
Ger these graves where all strife IL
ended,
Where the past and its memories lie.
Rise the grateful hearts of the people
In prayer to the Lord Most High
For the hope OF a prosperous future.
Tho gracious gift of His hand;
For . great and united nation,
A free and a fruitful land:
For His angel OF Peace. whose pinions
Stretch over that land to-day;
FOR the love that ciaspeth a. brothers
The hands OF the blue and gray.
beatrice Harlowe in the ''Women's
Home Companion"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18
GENEROUS WOMAN.

3nsrs Fifty Cents for Recovery of o17B
New York Tribune: While standing
N the pier at Bay Twenty-first street,
Bath Beach yesterday afternoon watch
ng the bathers, he wife of Manhat-
an silk dealer dropped purse into
he water. As soon as the purse dis
appeared she shrieked and tainted.
aestoratives were mediately given
% the woman, and re soon opened her
,yes. On being assisted to her feet she
Iried to jump overheard after, her
purse. She became SO excited over her
oss that Martin Cahill, of No. 246
Bath avenue, Bath Beach, said he
would dive into the water for her purse
she would point out the spot where IL
vent down. She did 80, and after four
unsuccessful dives Cahill finally hand
I'd the purse to the owner. On open
ing the purse the woman counted out
SITS in bills, and also showed two
beautiful diamond rings. Finding
everything intact and the bills only
slightly moistened, she took i've ten
cent piEes and offered them to Cahill
for re covering the purse. Cahill
laughed at the amount, and told her
to keep 1t for car fare. At this the by
ISLANDERS laughed 80 heartily that she
was forced to leave the pier. AS she
went away a man who had witnessed
The recovery of the purse and the re-
ward offered, said as parting salute:
Honesty may be the best policy. but
n this case have nv doubts"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

Louisvills's luck In developing stat
piaysrs should hsvs made the team {
factor IN ~ psnnant yscs. but mis-
management has more than onset the
fnvors Of fortune. Leach. whose show
Ing It short was 70 unsatisfactory that
h was sent 70 the farm. had to b. ~
called On account Of accidents 70 other
piAysrs- Nov his third base playing
hAs attracted tn attention and Ad-
niFatton q critics and experts. He II
such Z success that Hans Wagner has
ben relegatsd 70 The outnold. Accord
ing 70 reports Boston and Brooklyn
are after him. the former Offering 81
90 In cash, and the latter, Casey and
u ~ Tor him. Rube Waddell. the best
pitcher II the Western league. was not
good enough for Louisville In Manager
Clarks's opinion, and the great south
paw, for whom many National league
clubs are bidding. was loaned to the
Columbus club. From source deemed
reliable II u learned that the Brook
Ign club has made deal for him. but
~ Prssidsnt Lotus refuses to part
with him before the close of the sea-
son. the Louisville club can't deliver
the goods. The friends Of Fred Clarke
claim that Il II unfair 70 hold him re-
sponsibls for the managerial mistakes
that have handicapped tho Colonies ON
the ground that President Dreyfus In
tsrtsrss with and hampers him. How
ever trus this may BE-. II II certain
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

The deluded followers OF Aguinaldc
are running w. against lot Of marks
manship that would be the wonder OF
the world we're It accomplished by any
except American troops. Generally
speaking. the entire civilized world
knows how we'll the men who wear
the United States uniform can shoot.
but In the array of accurate nre there
are exceptions, and an oficer just re-
turned from Manila tells OF one of
these. With American advance Is an
individual known as Edwards. He Is
4 corporal In the Third United States
artillery, now serving as infantry, and
beyond the fact that he gave Kentucky
~ his home, nothing Is known of him.
Yet the blood Of Daniel Boone, Nor
gan, Ballard. Dave Bowie and host
of others famous on the pages OF from
tier history must now In his veins. or
else there IL something In the Blue
Grass country that still makes marks
men. Edwards Is = regular. not hero.
hence his little exploit with q covey
OF the dusky-skinned natives Of Luzon
has not been previously reported. He
was sent on the advance to scout. and
with three companions was carefully
moving through . country all swamps
and bamboo thickets. when he was
fired on BY hidden foe. OWNING that
the shots came from q clump OF bushes
. hundred yards away. Edwards
charged the clump. He was al alone
in the charge, but he did not mind
that. At his nrst rush four natives
broke cover and made dash to get
away. They had full 100 yards start
and had only $50 yards to 20 across
open country before reaching = dense
swamp Right here Edwards showed
how he could shoot. He carried the
regular Krag service piece and had
i've shells In the magazine. with one
In the barrel. He opened nre and fve
times the KrAg spit flame and steel
3acksted bullets. Then all the natives
were down. An examination Of their
bodies showed that the nrst was hit |
In the nape Of the neck; his spine was
splintered and he fell dead. The Sec
ond was hit full between the shout |
ders, his spine cut In twain. and he was |
dead. The third WAS shot plumb |
through the small Of the back. the
spine being shattered to flinders. The
fourth man alone escaped instant
death, and At him Edwards fired twice.
The hrst ball crashed through one Of
his hips and crushed the joint. and ere
be could fall another tore through his
Jaw about ON = line with biz wisdom
teeth. II he had any. and from the
two wounds he died In ten minutes
Edwards still had = shell In his gun.
but there were NO more Filipinos in
sight.-Philadelphia Press.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

The fact that Ted Sullivan. the OK
manager. y touring the Western league
In search Of young players for National
league clubs, has started the managers
at the various clubs In the league talk
ing about the players Who an really
fast enough for the major league.
There are not : great many youngsters
ready for The draft yst. although the
total number 1t the end of the season
win b found to reach about twelve or
nftsen. TIE season u over half past.
and a excellent opportunity has been
had = judge the different players.
The best pitcher are Waddell. Frisk.
Croain and Rs<tger. Waddell has pitch
- great hall for Columbus. but he does
not Geld HI posl.i0n any too fine. He
y errAtio - times. but II handled right
ah0uld make valuable man in tho big
leaGas. Frtsk d one Of the most prom
tsinx players In the country. being .
splendid pitcher and also q star fielder
and batter. George Rettger has been
n The btg league before. but for all
that hs = one OF the best twirlsrs in.
IL wet today. His work against the
Glruas Western league teams has been
pAeaomenal at times. Cronin belongs
y pittsburg and will b. returned In the
tAll. 'lid'' Kslium. OF the Indianapo-
IL elua. b fast. but not quite ripe for
tooguo company. The League clubs
~ bo<tsr watch tho work OF third
1aonnan Andrews. Of the Minneapolis
chit. 40 thlrd basoman Geier, Of 81.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

When an engaged girl plans how shs
will act after she is married she thinks
Of herself. Queenly and stately. de-
scending to the hall to greet her hus-
band when he comes homo and lestins
him kiss her on the forehead; what
she docs Ii to fall downstairs and then
cry on his waistcoat. New York Press
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18
OSTRICH TIPS.


4 Bird which = Woman Thinks Has
No Conseisnce.
II really think that an ostrich has
more brains than an Arab" declared
woman writer in the Woman's Home
Companion, when describing a visit to
an ostrich farm near Cairo. They
have the most curious agate colored
syss-colorless, cold, yet intelligent
eyes. But they are the eyes of q bird
without Z conscience. An ostrich looks
- II he would really enjoy villainy, a.
II he could commit crime after crime
from pure love of 1t and never know
rsmorse; yet there is fascination
about the old birds. and they have
their good points. The father IL do
mestic in spite Of looking as II he be-
longed to all the clubs, and, much to
my delight, saw one sitting on the
eggs while the mother walked out and
took the air. Ostriches and Arabs do
women's work with an admirable dis
regard Of Mrs. Grundy. Ostriches haye
an irrssistible way of waving their
lovely plumy wings, and ono old fellow
IS years old actually initiates the der
wishes. Tho keeper says to him.
'Dance.' and although he il about ten
feet tall. he sits down with his scaly
legs spread out on each aide of him,
and. shutting his eyes, he, throws his
long. ugly red neck from side to side.
making curious grunting noise, and
waving his wings IN billowy line like .
lkirt dancer"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18

Aago0n was bone OF contention last
spring between Managers Hanlon and
H0raw. The former insisted on his
remaining with Brooklyn. and the lat
ter. realizing Magoon's ability. de-
manded his transfer to Baltimore Nc
Graw was successful. and Hanlon has
often regretted that he consented.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-18
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT eToRIEs ron
THE VETERANS.
GOOD

4 0arnsld Anscdots-C Corporal Edwards
Not Hero, He IL Only n Ordinary
Regular = CASTERS Joke on Osborn
Contrary to Regulations.