New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

George Thompson. of Chicago. is called abroad
annually by his business and in consequence en-
joys wide acquaintance upon the
HOW 800 Continent. He told the following
BROUGHT story about friend Of his in Lon
100000 don yesterday at the Hoffman
House. to illustrate the possibilities
of mining. My friend" said Mr. Thompson. was
and is a bowling swell in London. but during his
former career there he succeeded in getting away
with almost all Of small but respectable fortune
which had come TO him by inheritance. When the
crash came he turned naturally, as so many Eng
determined to try and rehabitate himself by going
into sheep raising in Australia. With the few nun
dred pounds he had saved from the wreck ne naue
his way to Melbourne and finally purchased an IN
terest in and located on snteP rncn &DoT Two % oT
three years life dragged along; ne dldh 90 VEL j
but he didn't do i'll, and the third year found MN
manager well part owner OF the ranch
To him at this period came man. whom he knew
he believed 10 be rich but which he lacked money
to develop. and so he wished to sell quarter OF "
to my friend for $50. At first my frRnd would
have none of it, but his interest becoming aroused
pIav i'i game Of cards TO See whether he should
purchase a quarter interest for tlOO or t20. he
about, received a receipt for his quarter interest
Another three years passed by, and by TINS tiIhe
the incident had slipped my friends memory Wheh
whom he was acquainted arrived al the rahch anu anu
put up there for the night. After supper; IN the
BY the way, you have an interest In the Broken
Hill Mine, haven't YOU Not that know Oh, my
ton the Incident came back to him. and pro-
the receipt When they We're once more settled
down my friend asked the broker II he thought u
don't think it is but there considerable excite
ment about mines just now, and by m3niPuatlne;
the stock | think | could make a good thing out
of it. but I don't believe the mine will ever pay, or
out Of it After some more blarney of the same
kind he wound up with an oner or tZVN LOT my
dead from surprise, he had been expecting
f10o, or possibly goo offer and had about made up
m q sell a hat hpIlTa
ferent, so he told the broker that ne would sleep
one for 900 and another for 10000 that quickly
followed telling the man that he would sen no pig
bourne personally to Investigate the matter To
cut a long story short he was in on one OF the
no less sum than $1,000 OOo, upon which he Is to-
| that sheep ranch again"
John Reading. of Denver was speaking of the
| changes In Western life In few decades and in
| the course OF his remarks said
HOW 1T Is a popular form of amusement
' BUFFALO to manufacture Jokes about the
! BILL" GOT dime novel and to poke fun at the
| HIS NAME. Deadwood Dicks and Calamity
James who riot through their pages
hut the dotngs OF those fantastic heroes and hero
! ines Calamity Jane. by the way character
| in real life a camp follower with face that would
curdle milk and flow OF bilngsgate that would
| have turned a London fshwife deep sea greer
from pure envy, diffuse and Widespread was ~
when they single handed stood up barrooms tull o.
| Infatuated men, alone rode IN and rescued Dedu
! tiful naidens from the clutches Of bloodthlrstN
| savages were not more wonderful than some o
the things that did happen in the checkered careS
of many frontier bad man Of real life Take WI,
| Bill for example, of his escapades read llK'
| fairy legends. yet reliable men have told me ina
| they were not exaggerated. and man knew VIZ
| present in a barrOOm when Bill was playing car "a
/ with a man who with another. had resolved 70 MI
| him. The other behind Bill but when IN
trap sprung he killed both, shooting the o{he
! man his shoulder. with only a looking gas
| some distance away 10 assist his aim A. anot ne
time, after having been given the customary motto
| that he would be shot sight. Wild Bill wake
| into the square of the town, 10 ind himself be
| tween the man who had served the notice ana
| crowd his friends SO short was his time and s
| dangerous his position that he was compelled L
| glance he swung around and covered the crow
with his guns before they could take action agains
| him: but he knew his skill and his opponent wa
I dead even before he began TO turn.
| Cody while never a killer like Wild Bill and nj
| prototypes earned fairly his name of Buffalo Bill
| Nv brot her-in-law who is an army officer, toll
| me that Cody was once the scout of an army pos
! reported buffalo in the vicinity and asked for
| detail TO go ana kill some, IN order to suppl
| the post with fresh meat. For some reason tn
| officer I'm command refused. and. Cody being i'm
Fortunate finallyS testify said, oh well. II your
as great a buffalo hunter they say you are. whl
| don't you drive them down this way. and thel
We'll kill them for YOU BIZ left at that IN htgi
| OF hoofs announced the coming OF a buffalo herd
and in great excitement the garrison rushed out L
| the game there was Cody riding behln'
! them like a demon. and he had actually ROUNDED
| that herd and driven II down on The fort, as III
| cOmmandant had sarcasti'aiIy told him to-