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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
EAST LYNNE IN REAL LIFE.
Living as Servant In Her Former
Husbands Home.

By the death OF Mrs. Mary Keasey at
the Polytechnic Hospital recently Chi
cago learns of romantic and pathetic
real drama, the parallel of East
Lynne" The doctors pronounced hys-
terra as the cause of the woman's
death, but the assertions of friends.
and the circumstances of Mrs. Kea-
sey's previous life and surroundings
indicate that death resulted from a
broken heart. Mrs. Keasey was mar
ried in 1880 and divorced in 1890. Her
husband married again the following
year. For nearly eight years Mrs.
Keasey worked as a servant to sup
port herself, and finally, last August
had to go back to her former husband,
enter his household practically as a
servant, live with his second wife and
her own two children, and see the af-
fections that were formerly lavished
on her given to another and bear her
sorrow in silence, says the New York
Press. Mrs. Keasey was on her way
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
SHAFTER'S CHICKEN.
A LIVING REMINDER OF A DEED
OF MERCY.
Story of the Days of Starvation In
Cubs-A Little hoy Who Was Pick cd
Up by Brooke When Almost Dead
Showed His Gratitude.

In Gen. Skaters quarters at San
Francisco is a fine, glossy, BLACK
Spanish" pullet which, If 1t had the
power of speech, could tell thrilling
and pathetic story. Early in July.
1898. when the American army in Cuba
was supplying food to the starving
reconceptrados in Ell Caney, a terrific
storm wrought such havoc to the roads
that it became impossible to convey
further supplies to the town. Gen.
Shafter therefore issued an order that
all who were able might walk to his
camp. six miles away, and draw ra-
tions The order set in motion one OF
the saddest professions that ever fol-
lowed in the wake of war. Ragged.
hungry, weak, emaciated, a line OF
specters daily wound its awful length
through swamp and mud and Jungle
toward the blessed food. Lieut.
Brooke and an interpreter were return
ing to camp from Ell Caney one day,
when they Aaw a little band of the
reconcentrados ahead of them. Be-
hind the men and women Jagged six
year-old boy. He was evidently sick
and weary unto death, but still he tot
tered persistently on. At length, his
last ounce of strength gone he fell.
and lay there in the mud, unable to
rise. His father and mother glanced
back at him stolidly, and went on.
Their own strength would be hardly
sufficient to carry them to camp, and
suffering had dulled their sensibilities.
If he could not keep up he must die
where he fell. Lieut.. Brooke dropped
from his horse, picked the little fel-
low up, and galloped into camp with
him. There he fed him till he could
eat no more, wrapped him In warm
blankets, and left him to the long
dreamless sleep of exhausted child
hood. An old Cuban woman washed
his little cotton shirt and trousers
and after few days rest he was sent
back to Ell Caney with generous sup
ply OF provisions. Two days later the
little fellow, still weak and yale, again
appeared in camp. Going straight to
Lieut. Brooke, he took small chicken
from inside his little shirt, and with
tears in his eyes. presented 1t. 1t was
the only thing he could give hin. he
said. to show his appreciation of the
senor's kindness. He had walked all
the way from Ell Caney through the
deep mud and after he had made his
humble present. he walked back
Lieut.. Brooke took the chicken to Gen.
Shafter and told its story. The gen
eral tethered 1t to his tent-pole. When
he entered Santiago. he took the bird
with him. There her nightly roost
was a gilded chandelier in the gov
ernor's palace. When the army moved
out to camp again, the chicken went.
too. Later. she journeyed to Montauk
Point. thence to Governors Island.
and now she struts and scratches and
cackles contentedly in San Francisco.
a living reminder Of deed Of mercy.
a pathetic acknowledgment. and the
gratitude with which at least one little
reconcentrado will always recall loG
Americanos.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

with the father. bathe in the same
water. Sometimes women tub" them
selves and their children outside their
doors in the streets where sidewalks
should be. The first time a foreigner
falls over one of these bathing parties
and into the arms of the bather he
feels that the situation is unique; but
by the time he has tumbled over half
dozen he tires of the fun. rubs his
shins and makes some very uncompli-
mentary comments, while the polite
little woman underneath squeaks out:
"Sayonara." (Sir. please call again),
etc.-Baltimore Sun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Forests of Lea fless Trees.

Forests of leafless trees are to be
found in some parts of Australia. The
trees, known as the "Leafless Acacia"
have no leaf, and their respiration is
carried on through little stem which,
for this purpose. apparently acts the
same as the leaf. In this90pecies. in
consequence of the intense heat and
drought of Australia, where the trees
abound, the leaf blade entirely ceases
to be developed, and the leaf stalk be-
comes vertically fiattened into what
botanists term a 'phyllode," which
performs the same vegetative function
as the leaf, but presents only an edge
to direct sunshine and light; and is
thereby protected from excessive evap-
grafton. There are also forests of an
other leafless tree in Australia, the
Casuarina or beef-wood, tree with
rigid, dropping branchlets, something
like our "horsetails," their wood the
color of beef, (whence their name), and
as good as English oak. Leafless for
ests are also met with in Florida. In
the dry districts of Mexico an immense
area of country is covered with
species of mimosa trees which bear
nothing but thorns and blossoms; no
leaves ever appear. all growth and
progress taking place through the
thorns, which are shed at certain sea-
sons and replaced by new ones.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
One of the Methods of Transportation in
South Africa.

bottle while under water they would
cense made of old rags and bone under
his nose and worship him. Public
baths are numerous in which mixed
bathing" was practiced until lately;
but now bamboo fence separates the
sexes, though 1t does not screen them
from view. the fence being only two
feet high in bath-houses in the in
terror Of Japan. Some homes have a
wooden bathtub. circular shape, with a
stove built in one end. which heats the
water. The whole family. beginning
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
VELOCITY OF FALLING.
In = Vacuum All Fan Alike. Not So In
the AtmoAphers.

In = Vacuum All Fnu Alike, Not 30 In
the AtmoAphers.
The old-time query as to which OF
the two. q pound of lead or a pound OF
feathers. dropped from the same
height at the same time, would first
reach the ground. seems ever new.
Someone propounded 1t to the wise
man of the Scientific American recent
ly, using instead of lead and feathers
an ounce and ton of iron. And this
is how the wise man responded: This
matter was put to the test Of expert
ment by Calico at the Leaning Tower
of Pisa in the seventeenth century,
with two balls OF lead, weighing one
and ten pounds respectively. The fol-
lowers OF Aristotle had taught for GEN.
turtles that the balls would fall in pro-
portion to their weights, the heavier
one falling the faster. Calico point
ed out the fact that the lighter one
would reach the ground first, because
the air would resist the fall Of that OF
the larger one more than it would that
OF the smaller. He had previously
demonstrated the law of falling bodies
that the velocity under the action OF
gravity is independent OF the mass OF
the body. Experiment confirmed his
position. The small ball reached the
earth first. In a vacuum all bodies
fall with the same velocity through
any distanceSuAs practical state
ment, it may be taken as true that
small dense bodies will conform to the
theoretical laws. falling any distance
less than 200 feet, in the atmosphere.
But with an ounce and ton there
would be a perceptible difference. The
ounce ball would fall the faster. Facts
like this are nowadays demonstrated
by even elementary students In almost
every class in physics in the country"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

The Transvaal is essentially land
Of strange sights and odd customs. The
most unique institution of them all,
however, viewed from the standpoint
of the American visitor, is the mail
coach, which traverses it mountainous
roads from point to point. carrying
the mail. 1t resembles in general
typical old western stage coach, but it
Is drawn by team of five pairs of
horses. OF horses, did we say? No, it
Is much odder than that.
The leaders OF the team are two
sturdy. well-built, well-trained mules.
feet of foot and sure climbers of pre-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

cipitous mountain passes. Following
them comes a pair, consisting of DON
key and zebra. the latter a hybrid, a
trifie below the usual height OF the
wild zebra. The second, third and
fourth pairs are similarly mated, with
the animals usually harnessed alter
nately on the on and OF side. The
wheelers are somewhat heavier than
the others. unusually strong specimens
being secured for this duty.
The reason for the peculiar mating
Is that by this means the speed Of the
zebra and the sturdiness OF the donkey
can be combined to the best advantage
The zebra does not lend himself read
lily to the idea and contests the ground
inch by inch during his period of
training. Curiously enough this does
not arouse the obstinate spirit Of the
mule, unless 1t can be said to stimulate
him to oppose his mate. So he proves
the best teacher in the world for the
wild animal. ...a....
These teams make better time over
the mountain roads than can be made
by circuitous routes by rail. so that
until the railroads build over the range
the mail coach will be fixture.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
A HAULING THE MAIL GOA

an idea by costumer-that is, by
some one who has made or cut dresses
under some other costumer's tutelage.
Neither one has studied or cares aught
for art. proportion. harmony or the
other superfuities. They are costum-
ers. What have they to do with such
details? A wonderful assemblage of
ideas is the result. a confection in
silks, satins. chiffons and laces. These
ideas and materials are beautifully
and painfully drawn upon paper and
draped upon an alleged female figure
at least seven feet tall, with head
slightly turned, auburn hair sylph-
like waist, a stage smile and back
ground of palms and ferns. This
drawing being reproduced upon thou
sands and thousands of sheets, 10! a
fashion plate is born, with the name
of the great designer in the left-hand
corner. the password, the hall H-markl
Every woman, or, rather. nearly every
woman, studies 1t, admires it. and. be
she lean or fat. tall or short. her next
dress must be like that. Perchance
her dressmaker has not signed her soul
away entirely and protests feebly that
that special style is not adapted to her
patrons particular figure; but for her
effrontery she may lose a customer.
That dress has to be made in that way
and in none other.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

to flying machines. and a constant
speaker 1t the debates of the Aero
nautical Society, made his first expert
ments from the elevation Of hills, and
secured the initial velocity necessary
for giving himself and his machine q
short skim through the air by taking
a preliminary run. Later, however, he
secured the requisite start by an at
tachment Of two ropes. one Of which
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

from the home of her husband to call
on her physician when she fell in the
street. She was removed to the Poly
clinic Hospital and died an hour later.
Her former husband was informed at
once. and the body was removed to an
undertaking establishment. 1t was
taken to her old home. South Bend,
Ind, by her husbands second wife and
her own daughter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

to be able to alter the angle of the
aeroplane's fight while it YVES still in
motion. With the tail, of course. the
suspending rope was dispensed with.
On the occasion when he met his
death in Lord Brsye's park, no sus-
pending ropo was used, and the neces-
sarY- -Htart for the huge kite, for that
was what 1t was in effect, We, i'm
parted to 1t by a rope drawn by tx,s
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
BIRTH OF A FASHION PLATE.

Libel on Women's Taste Which All True
Men Must Resent.
All, for the good old time when
artists, real artists, could be persuaded
to design costume. One Of the prin-
cipal items Of expense to lady of old
Italy used to be the retainer" she
paid to Da Vinci, Bramante or
some other artist of note to furnish her
with design for her court and other
dresses Of ceremony, says Self-Culture.
Today some one who can draw is given
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

accident was the tail, the cord attach.
ment OF which had been saturated by
rain, and which suddenly refusing to
act, or perhaps suddenly coming into
action with a jerk, brought the ma
chine out of the wind. and down to
the ground with crash. The unfortu-
nate aeronaut, falling from height of
fifty feet. fractured his legs, and died
next day from shock.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

through the air. The idea was. that the
wings or aeroplanes of the gliding ma
chine would keep its body, together
with the weight of the experimenter,
suspended by the pressure OF the air
from underneath so long as the wings
had a sufficient velocity in forward
direction. Mr.. Pitcher, who was most
enthusiastic student of all that related
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
ZEBRA MULE OVERLAND MAIL COACH,

men who have accomplished something
to accept titles gives them an artificial
and undue advantage over others who.
although perhaps just as worthy, have
not secured such distinction. 1t is
simply by his works. not by mems
praises of him, that he wishes to be
known.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

was used to direct and hold up the ma
chine (and had the desirable advantage
of reducing the risk of accidenD, and
the other of which dragged the ma
chine forward and gave 1t its start. :"
During the last three years, however,
he gradually increased the size of his
machine, and added "tail''-very like
the tail of bird-by which he hoped
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

foolhardy feat, but one which he had
repeated, with varying notifications.
many times before. Mr.. Pitchers was
not flying machine, but, as he him
self used to call 1t. a gliding ma
chine"
The principle of its flight was that
of the aeroplane: more familiarly that
Of the kite, or Of the piece Of card
board which school boys send Scaling"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

H. L. Pitcher is the latest inventor
to give up his life in an effort to solve
the secret OF aerial navigation. Mr..
Pitcher was killed in London recently
while experimenting with his new glid-
ing machine.
The experiment, which took place at
Stanford Hall, near Market Harbor-
ough, and caused his death. was no
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
Mock Fights.

Mock fights are common in English
service, where troops are taught how
to march, charge. retreat, form in line
Of battle, and do all the things which
are likely to be required in actual war
fare, except to kill the supposed enemy.
The soldiers take great delight in 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
FLYING MACHINE KILLS ITS INVENTOR

horses. There was heavy wind blow
ing, but this would have not rendered
the experiment much more dangerous,
for 1t must be remembered that these
gliding experiments were always car
ried on against the wind. and the
greater its force the greater the chance
of success.
What does appear to have caused the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
The Japan csc Bath.

To their credit be 1t said, Japs are
regular whales at bathing, and usually
when not drinking tea are bathing.
Their only trouble in life seems to be
their inability to enjoy both these de-
lights at the same time. II some
American trick swimmer could teach
the Japs how to swallow tea out of a
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28

Proper height.
man should weigh 2S pounds for
every foot Of his height.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27
Ring up Telephone 63

only a few days, has aroused New Workers to a sense of the great respon- sibility that is placed in the servants of the average household. It is really on them that the duty of keeping, household in safety is placed. After a family in New York goes up to it's rooms" said a woman who has had charge of an employment agency for some time, there is nobody else left in charge of the home except the ser wants. It depends on their discretion how the affairs of their department are arranged. It is a question of their care and fidelity that decides the well being of their employers It is, Of course, impossible for persons to go down into the kitchens or cellars and see how the arrangements there have been attended to. The lights, the fur naces, and the fires must all be left to the eyes of the servants. Fortunately they have proved themselves in the great majority of cases worthy of the responsibility put on them. The nun
 Der of fires arising from their negli- gence is not large. One factor in the recent fires in the city seems to have been overlooked generally. Few per sons seem to have realized that the time was most favorable for them. The end of the winter found the houses dried to a crisp by the long exposure to steam heat and easily infiammable
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27
HOW THE GAME ENDED.
Being, Also, the Reason Why One Cat
 tleman Has Quit Playing Poker.

Seven cattlemen, whose combined ranch land represented about as many counties on the Colorado line Of Kan sas, ended the roundup of a successful season in Dix City. You will not find Dix City On the map of Kansas today, but in these times it was a division point of the railroad that had just come through. A cowboy with face tiOuS inc,inatiorS told the keeper of the principal saloon once that the three letters in the first part Of the name represented the houses of the town, one letter for each building, the capitalized one for the railway station. The saloon keeper was a conscientious citizen, who believed firmly in the greatness of Dix City, and he resented the cowboys slurs. The cowboy was taken to a hospital in Topeka on the next train east.
 Rut what Dix City lacked ID the houses it made up in business, which, though limited in character, was ex- ceedingly brisk. The depot was, in addition, hotel, with a bar room at tached, and a gambling room. A sec ond building was occupied by the sa- loon of the citizen with the honest pride. A few tables cn the floor rather cramped the quarters, but as neithe.' the bartender nor the guests objected this did not matter. At these tables one might secure such entertainment as he might wish in keno, faro or stud poker. The remaining building was that Of an enterprisirg freighter who had come with stock intended for cattle camp in the Panhandle cCun- try, and had stepped at Dix City, sec ing possibilities for trade. His supply of saddles, rope and plated spurs, rath- CT than the hard bread and canned goods, attracted the cattlemen. There was struggling line of sod and 'dobe houses, but few were occupied. They had belonged to the railroad men when the track was laid. The cow boys preferred to roll themselves in their blankets and lie on the platform of the depot when intOxicatiOn or sur felt demanded. The hotel was rather too noisy, because of the bar room and the gambling, to permit of much sleeping there.
 Every enc of the seven cattlemen had intended to go to Kansas City with the stock he shipped. Every one had been thinking in his five months Of riding over The prairie of a trip east, the sight of the big buildings, "op'ry and oysters. But when they met in Dix City it was only natural that they should defer the Journeys tli they had talked over the interests of the
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27

$50 ,OO0. I'd kind O like to go out of this blamed business, anyhow. an go an live in a house like a white man so if you don't mind I'll put the hull thirty in
 we all knew Lewis was good for what he said, so he didn't need no pa pers to make good Green, he kind o' looked at Lewis lwonderin', and then he picked up his cards and studied 'em and looked back at Lewis kind O over the tcp This was the first time he stopped to think much of 'thsi play, and this raisin' of $50, 900 seemed pretty nigh as good as knockout.
 "'Lewis,' he says, you're needed ont in this here country. You was the best sheriff that Stanton county ever had, even if you was the fust and they ain't been none after you. You've been good to the boys, and 1t wouldn | be fair to shove 'em all off on me with out TO warnin' to 'em. So don't you think you'd better split that pile, and I'll call you so as you can go home ant make up this here little dissipation in a year or two?'
 "But Lewis shook his head
 " Well, if you're tound to be stub born an contrary, I guess I ain't got TO cnOlce, Green WIoCe 9oV'VOV On d discard, signed his name and threw it in the pct
 ''Wa all stood up to lock at the hands an took off our hats to show our respect for 'em. Lewis turned his over a card at a time, and there was a queen, jack, ten, nine an eight, and every blamed enc of them clubs.
 -FWs-l-an' I guess you'll call me ' liar-but Green, he had the same hand in spades !!
 'oThen I quit poker. "-Kansas City Star
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27
prlvafa an6 Gl;ro1io Eisaasas of Eaan
J. W. AMBROSE.

Men s1Ioring from evil of.
 fHcts of youthful indiscre. tons, syphilis, gonorTiiuea. Glcct, strictare, sexual weakness, varicOcele, Un- natural dischargt s, lost vitality, failing memory, lnItness to marry. blood, sNiN, kidney orp vatc dis eases, arc speedily cured. DR. COOK has speat 70 years Of persistent study aad experience j;l lis own practice ard among tho lGrr, st EGStcrn hospitals in curing thIsclas $ of dis
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27
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 The final closing of Delmonico's at TWenty-siXth street will not make the place seem any more a thing Of the past than it has been since the open ing of the new Fifth avenue establish ment. The sight of the nearly empty dining rooms at dinner time was in almost pathetic contrast to what was formerly seen there. The luncheon hour is as little like ths previous bril- liant gatherings which the Fifth ay- enue side formerly contained every day. One feature of this Delmonlco establishment which has disappeared entirely was the group of young men who formerly gathered at the tables on the east side of the men's cafe When they disappeared from Delmon- ico's no other place sheltered them. Seemingly they went to thelr cluDS' which were the best in the city, for the group twas made up of young men we'll known in society. None of the up town restaurants has yet begun to en- tertain the crowds that are to be found further downtown. II they are we'll filled at luncheon or dinner they are likely to have little patronage at other times. It is the same way in re- gard to the days of She week Large crowds on Sunday are likely to be fol- lowed by small patronage during the rest of the week. The abandonment of the Broadway Delmi0nico's has left not a fashionable restaurant below Thirty-fourth street With the rapid advance uptown it is not unlikely that the restaurants so far up will some day enjoy patronage of the same regu- I-,- fnr "
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27
YOUNG MOTHERS.

Group is the terror of thousands of young mothers because its outbreak is so agonizing and frequently fatal. Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure acts like magic in cases of Group It has never been known to fail. The worst cases relieved immediately. Price 25 cents, 50 cents and $1. Dr. G. H. Keefer, Druggist.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-27
IN APRIL.

Not a breath to break the stiffness, Not cloud to fleck the blue, But the skylark in the sunshine, And the primrose in the dew. Buds are bursting in the hedges, Leaves are stirring in the lane, Everywhere the sap is stirring, Love returns to life again.
 John Dennis.