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station on the parade ground! A del
egation of anxious villagers went to
Trumpeter Browns sleeping quarters
under the band stand in order to ascer
tain the reason for the cessation of the
usual bugle calls. There, on a couch,
cold in death, lay the object of their
search. True to his military training,
and in accordance with the military
regulations" the veteran soldier was
dressed In his uniform, a medal Of hon
or was pinned on his breast, and in his
stiffened fingers was grasped his con-
slant companion and choicest treasure
"a battered brass cavalry bugle! Trum-
peter Brown had blown his last call.
Trumpeter Brown was given grand
funeral by the villagers, although it
was not conducted in accordance with
military regulations" The death of
Trumpeter Brown cast a deep gloom
over the entire village, as aside from
his too strict adherence to military
regulations" and his persistency, in
sounding bugle calls at an sabandoned
post, he was q popular and well-llked
old man.
The cessation of Trumpeter Browns
bugle calls caused great confusion in
the village. Mexican people oversight,
missed mass and also breakfast. Span
ish merchants We're late in opening
their stores and thus lost trade; small
boys prayed III Inc streets at nllullblt
hours and were run in by the police for
disobeying the "curfew ordinance
and even the sun fell into irregular
ways in its rising and setting. An en-
terprising American jeweler took adj
tage of this confusion regarding time
in the village and laid in a supply
of alarm clocks and Waterbury
watches and for a few weeks did a
lively trade. Gradually the villagers
became accustomed to computing time
by time pieces, instead of bugle calls
and soon Trumpeter Brown was for
gotten. SID.
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and by Waterbury watches that were
always wrong; but after the establish
ment of the post they depended solely
upon Trumpeter Browns half-hourly
bugle calls.
Aside from indicating the duties of
the soldiers at the post and regulating
the movements of the sun, it appeared
calls regulated every action Of the
Mexican villagers They were awak-
ened by the sound of this bugle, got up
by the bugle, dressed by the bugle,
went to early mass by the bugle, ate
breakfast by the bugie, worked by
the bugle, walked by the bugle, talked
by the bugle, ate their evening meals
by the bugle, said their "Angelus"
prayers by the bugle, went to bed by
the bugle, went to sleep by the buglc---
and, alas, they even snored by the
bugle! While the irrepressble and
ever-sounding garrison bucle was
a source of delight to the Mexican chill
dren, yet at times it was the object of
their deepest detestations, as it served to
curtail their evening pleasures. Prompt
ly at $3.50 Trumpeter Brown would
mount the bandstand and sound the
call lights out" This was the village
"curfew." and the warning signal for
small boys to scurry home.
For over two years Post Albuquerque
had been thus efficiently garrsoned by
this small detachment of soldiers, and
the utmost harmony prevailed between
the military and civilians. The soldiers
were gentlemanly and courteous in
their demeanor and loyal to the gov
eminent. Occasionally private would
desert--not from motives of disloyalty,
but solely to get away from Trumpeter
Brown and his ever-solnding bugle
calls. When one of these deserters was
recaptured he was not returned to Post
Albuquerque, but was turned over to
the tendereer care of military prison,
where bugle calls were unknown. The
war department shamefully neglected
Post Albuquerque and never sent any
recruits to fill the vacancies. The sec
ond lieutenant, however, wasauthorzad
to open q recruiting Office at ti. nos5,
but the fame of Trumpeter Brown and
his ever-sounding bugle had spread
throughout the territory and no one
would enlist.
Three years after the establishmentof
Post Albuquerque its original garrison
was depleted by honorable discharges
and excusable assertions until it was
composed of the second lieutenant.
Trumpeter Brown, the company cook
and seven privates. Shortly aftcrwrrd
an INDIAN outbreak occurred and the
second lieutenant, company cook and
six priVates were sent out to quell the
hostile Indians. Trumpeter Brown and
one private remaining to garrison the
post
BY reason OF his long years of serv-
ice, his devotion to military regula-
tons" and his musical accomplish
ments, Trumpeter Brown became act
ing post commander, and in addition to
blowing all the bugle calls, he per-
formed the duties devolving upon
post commander. In a few days the
garrison" composed of one private)
showed marked signs of insuboriira-
ton by paying but little attention to
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other. and blow a loud blast. This was
his signal for next" At 5 o'clock
sharp Trumpeter Brown would emerge
from his shop and blow three long
blasts on his bugle--this was the sig
nal that his barber shop was closed for
the day.
While Trumpeter Brown was a great
favorite with the Mexican residents of
the village, American residents said he
was insane on military matters and
confirmed old musical crank. They OBJ
jected to his firing of the sunrise gun,
kicked at his hourly sounding Of bugle
calls, declared his cozy little barber
shop to be slaughter house and as
serted that he shaved his customers
with a dull cavalry sabre! These cruel
assertions, however, were unjust to
kind and pleasant old man. who had
gallantly served 80 years in the regu-
lar army, and whose every act was in
perfect accord with military regula-
tons"
Trumpeter Brown was a great favor
lite with the village children and he al
lowed them to use the post parade
ground as play ground. But even the
sports of the children seemed to have
martial tendency, and were controll-
ed by military regulations" Trum-
peter Brown organized the small boys
into military company, armed them
with broomsticks and daily put them
through the evolutions of the Revised
Tactics" while to a few of the larger
boys he gave lessons in footing on tin
whistles, and taught them to sound bu-
gle calls. With sounding the bugle calls,
acting as post custodian, running his
barber shop. putting the village boys
through the drill and giving instruc-
tions in footing on tin whistles, and in
sounding the "curfews" Trumpeter
Brown was very busy man and the
time passed swiftly by,
Two years rolled on, lively Ameri-
can city had grown up adjacent to the
post; Indian wars were thing OF the
past; the soldiers stationed throughout
New Mexico were ordered to Eastern
posts, and the war department had
completely forgotten the existence of
Post Albuquerque and Trumpeter
Brown. All that remained of this once
f1ourishing cavalry post" was parade
ground, overrrown with grass, a brass
cannon covered with verdigris, dilap-
dated bandstand. a creaking, rotten
flag pole, from its top daily floated a
garrison flag tattered, frayed and
faded by the elements and ravages of
time until in size and color this flag"
resembled a bandanna handkerchief
more than the national ensign. Trum-
peter Brown also showed signs of old
age and physical dilapidation, as he
walked with a slow and unmilitary
step, he mounted the bandstand with
difficulty, blew the bugle calls in trem-
bling tones, and on many occasion was
late in opening up his barber ship.
Even business at the barber shop was
affected, as most of his old-tilGe GUS
toners had Joined the populst party
and were wearing boards that a billy
goat we'll might envy, but never hope
to surpass.
One pleasant morning in June 80,
no one in the village heard the bugle
reVeille call, no one heard the sunrise
gun, no one saw the garrison flag float
ing at the top of the post flag staff; the
sun was Is minutes late in it's scheduled
time for rising-and no one had even
seen Trumpeter Brown at his usual
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three of the members have departed
this life. They were ]. NJ. Andrews,
Julius Reinhart and H. A Niedenhofen.
There were no deaths during the past
year. The officers of the lodge are:
Exalted ruler, DR.. w. H. Haviland:
esteemed leading knight, Archibald
Gray; esteemed loyal knight, Major j.
e. Dawson; esteemed lecturing knight,
John F. Logan; secretary, Charles N.
Gosman; tyler M. S. Burns; haplaln,
j. G. Dawson: inner guard, Ernest
Lange; organist, DR.. G. D. Bryant;
treasurer D. j. Giard; trustees, F.
August Heinze, NJ. l.. Holland and
Thomas Kigallon; district deputy CT
Montana, Ben E. Harris.
Il am glad to say" remarked Elk
allied Ruler DR.. Haviland yesterday to
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SLANG IN HOLY WRIT.
Many Colloquinlisms of the Present Day
Have Biblical Sanction.

From the Boston Transcript
There are many pictorial expressions
In constant and everyday use. and IA
milar as household words, having their
origin in passages to be. found IN me
matchless English Of the grand old
King James version" of the Bible.
One who did not know might hesitate
to believe that they are supported oy
such high authority and our modern
oversensitive might be tempted even 10
designate them as slang, but they are
really word-pictures.
Nearly one-half of these here quoted
with reference to chapter and verse, 1t
will be noticed, are from the Psalms,
but David, the sweet singer, was what
we would call a familiar poet.
| have stuck unto thy testimonies,
O Lord, put me not to shame,-Ps.,
cxix 81.
Their heart is as fat as grease, but l
delight in thy law.-Ps., cxix.,31.
am escaped with the skin of my
teeth-Job, xix, 20.
/ may tell all my bones; they look
and stare upon me.-Ps., xxi, II.
Spreading himself like a green bay
tree.-Ps, Xxxvii, So.
Is his mercy clean gone forever?-Ps.,
lxxvii, s.
The words of his mouth were smooth
err than butter but war was in his
heart.-Ps., w., 21
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WEIRD STORY OF cANn,sALIsM
Horrible Evidence of Barbarism stiu Ell.
tant in the World.

Horrible Evidence of Barbarism stin Ex.
tant in the World.
Cannibalism is still a part of the
savagery Of the world and a remark
able story of cannibalism was brought
to Sydney, Australia, few days ago
before the sailing Of the steamer Aoran-
81 to Vancouver, b. c., by the French
steamer Jeanette. The victim of the
display of savagery was a native of
Hawaii named Amaru, who acted as
orderly to the immigration department
at Noumea, In the New Hebrides.
About six months ago Anaru married
a native woman of Aoba, in the New
Hebrldes group, and on passing that
island on the second voyage of the
Jeanette to one Of the outlying islands
he decided to visit his wifes tribe. Ac-
eordingly the couple was put off in a
small boat and 1t was only a few weeks
ago that the steamer made a second
call and learned their fate. By mistake
they had landed on an unfriendly shore
and were taken prisoners. The man
was tied to stake and his torture be-
gun. This consisted first In allowing
vicious jungle snakes from which the
poison fangs had been removed to at
tack the mans legs. Then a fire was
made at his feet and his legs were hor-
ribly burned, though the injury was
superficial, so that the victim would
not die under the treatment. Then he
was made a target for the spears of the
tribesmen, who finally killed him. He
was torn to pieces and placed over
fire with two sheep. In fact, according
TO the story, he was eaten with the
sheep.
In the meantime Aramu's wife had
been provided with a second husband.
The matter was reported to a British
man-of-war, but it is thought no action
has been taken.
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Written for the Sunday Standard
In the early SOS the war department
established a series of posts through
out the southwest; one of these posts
being located at Old Albuquerque,
fourishing village in New Mexico; and
upon the Establishment of the post con-
gress promptly set aside 200 square
varas of land situated in the center Of
the village. for military purposes"
The location of this post was an ideal
one from military standpoint, the
post grounds being bounded on the west
by the wide, shallow river, on the east
by deep and narrow Irrigation ditch,
on the north by a dilapidated-look
adobe-built church, and on the south
by a peach orchard and watermelon
patch, owned by the parish priest;
while the country for miles around was
inhabited by peace-loving and peace
able Mexican ranchers.
This newly established post, though
designated by the war department as
cavalry post" was always garrisoned
by "dismounted" cavalrymen-the
being kept at Fort Riley, Kas., as
matter of economy in forage bills Aside
from the garrison of "dismounted"
cavalrymen, and as an additional
means of defense Post Albuoueruue
was supplied with a small brass can
mona relic of the Mexican war and of
the vintage of 1815-but this cannon
was only used for firing salutes.
The first garrison Of Post Albuuuer-
que consisted of second lieutenant. n
company Irumpeter, company cook
and 10 t'dismounted" caValrymen. The
second lieutenant being a strict dis
ciplinarian as we'll as a lover of land
scape art, promptly set the privates 10
work at identifying the post grounds
by leveling off the parade ground, set
ting out shade trees digging wells,
making adobes, building a band stand
and erecting a garrison fiagpole. When
there was nothing to do in the land
scape line" the second lieutenant put
the privates through the usual mill
tary drills.
Next in authority to the second lieu
tenant at the post (but first in the esti-
nation of the Mexican villagers) was
the company trumpeter-a veteran SOL
der named Brown. Trumpeter Brown
was grizzled son of Mars, the profess
sion of arms his avocation, his daily
life was patterned after the ARTICLES Of
war" every move made was in ac-
cordance with the revised tactics" He
was perfect slave TO military regu-
lations' and the sounding of calls On
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I battered brass cavalry bugle his only
solace and joy But aside from his
| methodical, military and musical man.
ners, Trumpeter Brown was gentle
manly man, courteous soldier and
| bore with modest and becoming dignity
his 80 years service stripes.
! Under the guidance OF the second
lieutenant, and zealously aided by his
military coadjutor, Trumpeter Brown,
! the raw privates were soon transform
/ cd into veteran soldiers; they were per
! tect in military drill, We're we'll versed
IN hugle calls, and in addition a few Of
| the brightest privates were expert
! landscape gardeners" passable we'll
| diggers and fair adobe makers.
The second lieutenant was too strict
| disciplnarian 20 relax any of the regu-
lations prevailing in military posts and
Irumpeter Brown was too fond of
blowing his bugle to omit any of the
lations,' therefore, he sounded the
reveille, the stable CALL water call, sicl;
call and all other calls at their proper
time. When there were no regular
calls to sound 1t appeared to me that
he would mount the band stand and
blow a few unauthorized and impro-
vised calls from mere force Of habit.
But 1t was at sunrise when Trumpet
err Brown was In his glory. Just as the
sun showed faint signs Of rising,
TrumDeter Brown would mount the
bandstand with bugle in hand, the sec
ond lieutenant, company cook and II
privates would line UP company 'front.'
on the parade ground, "bang!" would
go the small brass cannon. making a
report equal to that of a firecracker,
foot, toot," would sound the bugie, up
the flagpole would rapidly ascend the
ha fol.
tops would appear the rising sun-and
thus another day would be ushered in
in due accordance with military
regulations" This early morning mill
tary ceremony greatly interested the
Mexican residents of the village, and
the post parade ground was generally
surrounded with a crowd of scantily-
dressed spectators, who, in their eager
ness to witness the imposing spectacle,
had hastily crawled out of bed and
Iailed to complete their toilets. Among
the Mexican children the belief was
very prevalent that the rising and set
ting of the sun was solely due to the
fring of the small brass cannon and
the sounding of Trumpeter Browns
pogle. At sunset the same military
programme was carried out, but upon
a more elaborate scale. as the cannon
was doubly charged with powder, the
( garrison nag came dv%n more slowly,
the sun rapidly sank below the horizon,
! Trumpeter Brown performed two bugle
solos and the crowd of spectators were
more numerous and more completely
dressed.
In few months Trumpeter Brown
and his ever-sounding bugle seemed to
exercise regenerating and regulating
influence upon the Mexican residents
of the village. Previous to the estab-
lishment of the post, staid old Spanish
merchants had timed their business ap-
pointmentS by the aid of the parish
church clock, which was never right,
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suitable temple. The committee will
be composed of five of our members.
1.-THE order of Elks number more then
10000 and has 564 lodges in as many
cities and town. Only one lodge is or
ganized in any one city or town. Since
the beginning of the present local lodge
year, March 81, there have been "a
new members initiated, u elected ana
II applications are pending, of which
IL are from Deer Lodge. This will be
the most successful year in the history
of the lodge. go
IN. G. Riley of this city was the first
exalted ruler of the local lodge, and to
his efforts much of the success Of the
lodge Is due. He is what we should
call the father of the lodge. He de-
serves great credit for his part of the
work of organization.
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committee under whose direction the
arrangements for the exercises have
been perfected is composed of Messrs.
w. J. Naughten, chairman: ]. II.
Lynch, B. e. Calkins J. T. Sidley and
Henry Kroger.
Silver Bow lodge No. 24O was organ
lied May IA, 1892, with So charter menu
bers. To-day there are nearly 800 active
members. The lodge holds weekly
meetings in Muntzer hall and is che
of the foremost societies Of the city.
Its membership, as the name implies,
Is composed of the best class of citizens
and while 1t is essentially a gathering
OF joVlal spirits, still the weather eye
Is always open for the good and well
fare of the order and it's members.
Since organization, seven years ago,
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a reporter for the Standard, that the
order Of Elks is in flourishing condi-
ton. We have nearly 800 active mem
bers and are progressing rapidly to-
ward the largest membership iii the
northwest l was recently in Deer
Lodge, and there will be u candidates
for initiation from that city at our
meeting on December 7. On that day
we are going to give smoker in honor
of the return of the Elk members of the
Montana regiment who went to. the
Philippines. This will be exclusively
for members and visiting Elks. At this
meeting a committee will be appointed
to devise ways and means for incor-
porating the order. 1t is the plan of the
lodge to incorporate on the plan of the
Masons and to purchase a lot and build
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Prelude .... .Bergstrom's orchestra
Vacant Chair (RooD. ..........
ADMINISTRATIONS. Silver Bow Glee club
Opening ceremonies ............ Officers
Ode. ......... Lodge, glee club, audience
Great Ruler of the Universe,
All seeing and benign,
Look down upon and bless our work
And be all glory thine.
Oh, hear our prayers for the honored
dead,
While soaring on our minds
The memories craven in each heart
For Aud Lang Syne."
Remarks ........W. H. Haviland, E. r
Trust in the Lord" (StigellD -.
................. Miss M. E.. Finnigan
Selection ........ Bergstroms orchestra
Fear Not, Ye o Israep' (Buck)..
Mrs. T. J. Flavin
Eulogy. f. d. Weed, P. e. r., Helena
The Lost Chord" (Sullivan) 49,.
..................M Mrs. H. v. Wincheal
Banjo selection .......... Hyde GoWan
There Is Green Hill (Gounod
Mrs. George Haldorn
Parting" (Mendelsohn) ..........
..................S Silver Bow Glee club
Closing ceremonies ................
...........W. H. Haviland and lodge
Praise God, from whom all blessings
flow.
Praise Him, all creatures here below,
Praise Him above for all that's good,
Praise God for our true brotherhood"
Benediction. ......... Rev. J. r. Russell
cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend the exercises. The
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with the devotional exercises of the
afternoon. Hon e. D. Weed, past ex-
allied ruler of Helena lodge No. 1879,
will deliver the eulogy, and Exalted
Ruler DR.. w. II. Haviland of the local
lodge will make appropriate remarks.
The invocation and benedictton will
be said by Rev j. r. Russell The de-
tailed program is to be as follows:
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This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the
Benevolent and Protective Order Of
Elks will meet in solemn conclave in
the Grand opera house at Butte to pay
homage to the memory of the departed
members of the order. Elaborate ar
rangements have been perfected to
make the occasion memorable and eu-
iogy and song will blend in harmony
The Forrest City times., 1899-07-21
THE BATTLE AT lCIMARRON
Latest and Most Authentic Account of the Desperate Battle
 with Outlaws.

Springer, N. M., July 19.-The latest and most authentic account of the fight between officers and train rob- bers at Cimarron shows that only one man, Sheriff Farr, was killed. His body was taken to Walsenburg yester- day.
 Deputy Marshal Love was critically wounded, steel bullet striking a pocket knife in his pocket and driving it through his leg. near the hip, in fiicting ghastly wound.
 John Smith, who volunteered his services to Marshal Foraker, was shot through the fieshy portion of the calf of the left leg.
 The wounded men were brought to Cimarron Monday. A posse visited the camp of the outlaws, which appears to have been their headquarters for two months past, and found one of the outlaws horses killed. and another so badly injured that they shot it.
 The body of the outlaw, McGinnis, who was supposed to have been killed. cannot be found
The Forrest City times., 1899-07-21
Temperature. Rainfall

The hot days and cool night were not favorable for the growth of crops, and they suffered further injury by the dry weather the last of the week. Most of the early corn is made. Rains of the 1Tth, 18th and 18th were beneficial, though some sections need more rain. Chinch bugs are reported as dcing dam. age to corn. Cotton, as a rule, is doing well. especially that which has been thoroughly cultivated; it is growing we'll and fraiting nicely in most sec. tions, while in few localities it is be- ginning to feel the want of rain, and is being injured by sharpshooters Wheat and oat thrashing continues; reports vary as to the yield; in some sections the yield of both will be below the av- craze, while in others it will be fair to good. Second crop of potatoes coming up.
The Forrest City times., 1899-07-21
ON AND OFF THE STAGE.

Sardou designs his own scenery and the costumes of the actresses in his plays.
 Sarah Bernhardt's first application to theatrical manager was denied be- cause of the length and thinness of her Eeck.
 The inhabitants of Bischofsburg in Prussia had never seen a ballet until re- gently when travelling company intro duced one. As soon as the dancers ap- peared on the stage all the women in the audience left the house.
 "She is America's greatest actress" said Mrs. Tenspot. speaking of a tragedienne whose name came up in conversation. Indeed! Who says so? asked. Mir. Tenspot. 'The man who makes the pills that cured her of indi- gestion. n."-Detroit Jonrnat