New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-14
THE PASSING THRONG

group Of men in an uptown cafe The o,bs,
evening were discussing slang terms, and thar
peculiarly expressive phrase rub
PENN Der neck" the tapis To
StLARS" the query 10 where Il had orfvs
THAT REACH mated. OreEonian who was u-..
OUT ITO en-. claimed the West as its na.,f
SEE" place Originally and for vear,
the phrase has been in use =,
Western States" said he. and there Il was used
as descriptive OF any outsider who tried % push Or
for example a has piece 81 property % seIi
men - Wishfs 70 buy and = Is aware q his g
Ing about 10 buy. Now. I know h mighty we'll az
Then he ms roa % on mi I"'s 9nd ~, yo1 next p
Then 4 and II set together and compare notes ana
IND OFT that g Is a rubber neck When the word
was In local use among US 20 used % corfuse ths
avtraSe stranger. who Invariably asked an ex-
plantation / remember such who went "a -
Governor 81 ore Of the Far Western States wlth bs
wish vo,,'i IN re Re NH 'e- -I ue-N
ernor. barking back to his New England ancestry
know Richard Roe And upon The seeker FOR S ,1l
without further remark ianntilv vvirgi ,Vesnor
went on about his business. hoe never for[avs
the slur. and has ever since been seeking 10 20
THAT may be a good description OF The term =.
Eastern man as hts Western brother paused for
heard given 81 n in ia rTsso9f &C.,. ave eyer
among US Maurice Barrymore. the actor rer -s
were no longer called rubber neef g n ' ,S hey
fesh bet 'peninsulaTs.' because they reached on,
r. c. CaIthorpe. Of Chicago went % the csrv-
d'Aiene shortly after the first discoveries In ia,
wonderful mining coin-rv us-,
PUNISH made. and last evening" AZ ~,
MENT OF Waldorf-Astoria. On taking ~ ht,
PRISONERS. experiences there. De toIi he -
lowing story AT thar time ,vr,-
TO lack OF money. there no jail in shosho-e
County and no method OF carrying on the bushes.
OF the county save through the issuance q war.
rants. which We're then regarded wiki sgch ~
80 t-tla On tie
financial stage man was sentenced flr s0rs
who was supposed TO see TO e. that the ssstescs,
vas Iaithfuly carried ont HavinE no ian he
prisoner AZ CortriEht.s Hotel an ven WI ~
The second day. wnen COTtright went 90 the Sherf-
and asked him who would settle for The rrisoner's
warrant for the amount 81 his 5i would se I Ey.s
70 him. fatty refused 70 have anything more 70 20
away forthwith. But look here. CortriEht renaon-
him what am I 70 DO with him any way-' WV
don't you tie him 20 that wagon by The barn.
done. and the unfortunate criminal actually re-
NAMED tied there. without anything . eat, t0r
released him"
Along about that time continued Mr. Cal
thorpe. "one OF the alleged bad men OF The camp
filled up with forty rod whisksy
THE ARREST and ambition 20 slay
BAD MAN" way and particular damage
done. Whether from disappoint-
ment at not having attained his bloody ambition
from the working OF the poison he had swallowed.
me desperate was overcome by his feelings that
he retired 10 ledge the outskirts OF the camp.
where he sat him WEAKLY and moCdlly down. In
the mean time a council % had been held In
the camp, and u decided that f0r the safety %
all concerned the desperate must % arrested. bat
the great question was VINO should 10 the arrest
tng2 Finally the cook allowed thar - would he
hero and do the trick and away ne started for the
ledge. the crowd trailing along a safe distance
In the rear The ledge was hrally reached. but. al
though had made plenty of noise en- adj
vance, the desperate one paid nor particle Of al
tentiOn. He too far gone ia rum Tor that. and
50 perfOrce. albeit unwilliugly. the cook had 70
perform his part Of the contract. for We were all
there that ne did e. So. advancing toward
his man, whom he took a careful bead with a
Colts ~. the cook yelled 10 him throw up his
hands. at the time turning his young cannon
loose. His first shot winged his man, who, IN re-
Spouse 10 the second order from the cook 70 ra!ss
his digits seemingly tried TO- but failed. AL
right. then remarked the gallant cook stay where
you are We went over. and found that the man
had been shot that the shoulder tenious were
cut and he powerless to raise his arms Ia got
well afterward."