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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
The Last of the Buffa1os.

A recent estimate places the number of
American bison remaining alive in the
world at 1924, of which ga are captive.
But it is not possible to be exact in such
vivors cannot be rounded up and count
ed. In the densely-wooded region be-
tween the Saskatchewan and Peace
rivers, in British Columbia, are several
hundred buffaloes; there are twenty or
so perhaps in the desert Panhandle re-
gion of Northwest Texas, and in the Vel
lowstone National Park there are fifty or
sixty more, it is believed. There are
none at liberty anywhere else.
These few remaining wild bison are be-
ing steadily reduced in number. In Brit
ish Columbia they are being killed off
gradually by the Indians, while those in
the Yellowstone Park are potted by
poachers whenever chance offers. A
mounted head of one of these animals is
to-day worth from $3.50 to $780, and a
skin brings a good price. Ten years ago
there were nearly four hundred buffaloes
in the Park, and it is thought that the
survivors can be preserved only by cor
railing them and reducing them to cap
tivity
Mr.. c. ]. Jones, better known as Buff
falo Jones, of Oklahoma, has a herd of
over one hundred full-bred buffalo,
which he wishes to sell to the govern
ment. Mr.. Austin Corbn was the pos
SCISSOR of ninety bison, which have been
more or less scattered since his death,
some of them having been presented to
New York City. The animals, when
kept in captivity, show tendency to
increase in numbers, and Buffalo Jones
has produced thousands of desirable
cross-breeds from his herd.
1t is stated that there are now one
hundred and ten pure-bred American
bison outside of this country. The Duke
of Bedford owns twelve, and there are
fourteen others in England This val
liable species must become entirely ex-
tinct sooner or later, but judging from
the success obtained in preserving the
small remainder of the vanishing Euro
pean bison in Lithuania, there is no rea-
son why the disappearance of the last
existing specimen of the American buff
falo should not be deferred for centuries
-ExchdHge.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
The Game of the Trees.
-EFchdHge.
AN EVENING ENTERTAINMENT.

AN EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
Furnish the company with slips of pa
per and pencils. Let each one write tn
answers. Then the slips may be gath
cred and compared.
l. What is the social tree?
?, The dancing tree?
3. Nearest the sea?
4. The dandiest tree?
5. The most kissable tree?
6. Warmest clad?
7. Languishing tree?
g. Chronologist's tree?
9. Makes one sad?
10. Unhealthiest tree?
IL. Egyptian plague tree?
II. Schoolmaster' tree?
10. Passed through fiery heat?
IA. Offer friends we meet?
IS. The traitors tree?
10. Editors tree?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
Facllt!y Against f1azing.

The Principal and Faculty Of Bingham
School, near Mebane, N. c., are strongly
opposed to hazing in any form, and the
penalty for that offence is very heavy.
By addressing Principal Gray, Mebane,
N. c., the beautiful school catalogue for
1902 will be sent free of charge.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
Week Days.
The Railroad Train.

Last week | took a long, long ride
Upon the railroad train;
| wore my new lrass-buttoned coat,
And had truly cane.
The engine made lot of noise,
And whistled, oh, so loud!
And all the white and puffy smoke
Went up and made a cloud
The wheels played funny little tunes,
And went so fast around
That | could hardly see the flowers
That grew upon the ground.
We went by houses, trees, and barns,
And churches. now and then,
And children playing out of doors.
And lots and lots of menl
And when the boys and girls saw me
As / was looking out,
They waved their hands, and so did 1;
And once had to shout
We rode until it was quite dark,
And stars began to peep;
And when we got to grandma's house,
They said I'd been asleep.
Harriet J. Mcclellan.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
RICHMOND, FREDERICKS-
X BURG S POTOrIAC X. r.
Schedule In Effect May 70, 1901.
LEAVE RD-STREET STATION


$50 A. NJ, daily, for Washington and
points North Stops at Milford, FrederIcks-
burg and Quantico. Sleepers to Washing
.n $50 49, 4; NJ Sunday only, 70, 1z,b ssngtOn
Allen and To- stations Ashland to Guam
$50 A. NJ, daily, except Sunday, for
Washington and points North. Stops at
land to Quantico inclusive. Buffet Parlor
lngton and points North stops at Eiba,
Glen Allen, Ashland, boswell, Milford, Fred
ericksburg, and Quantico. Buffet Parlor
Car. Connects with Congressional Limited
7.42 P. NJ, daily. for Washington and
points North. Stops at Elba, Ashland, Dos
water and Quantico. Stops other stations
Sundays. sIeepers Richmond to New York
and Washington to Philadelphia.
ARRIVE BYRD STREET STATION.
$40 A; NJ, daily. Stops at Whitewater,
Ashland, and Elba;. Stops other stations
Sundays. Sleeper New York to Richmond.
at local stations, Quantico to Ashland din in
elusive, Glen Allen and Elba. Buffet Parlor
2.42 P. NJ, daily. Stops at Fredericks-
burg, boswell, Ashland, and Eiba.
s. 6:S1 r: M daily Stops at at FredeTicks-
$40 z. NJ, daily. Stops at local stations,
Quantico to Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen
and Elba. Buffet Parlor Car.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
7.15 A. NJ. Leaves ELLA for Ashland.
400 Z. NJ. Leaves BYRD STREET Sta
ton for Fredericksburg.
$50 Z. M. Leaves ELLA for Ashland.
GAO A. NJ. Arrives ELLA from Ashland
S.25 A. NJ. Arrives BYRD STREET Sta
tion from Fredericksburg.
5.52 Z. NJ. Arrives ELBA from Ashland
S. A. L. THROUGH TRAINS VIA S. A. L.
JUNCTION AND r., Il. &. p. Il. Il.
LEAVE s. A. L. STATION.
$40 A. NJ, daily, for Washington and
points North. Stops at Fredericksburg and
Quantico. Seepers to New York.
3.35 +. NJ, daily, for Washington and
points North. Stops at boswell, Fredericks-
burg, and Quantico Sleepers to New York.
ARRIVE s. A. L. STATION.
2.35 z. NJ, daily. Stops at Fredercks.
burg, boswell, and Ashland. Sleepers from
New York.
1890 T. NJ, daily. Stops at FrederIcks.
burg, boswell, and Ashland. Sleepers from
New York
w. p. TAYLOR, Traffic Mgr.
e. It. ID. MYERS President.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY.

FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of Il. J. CHE
NEY & O.. doing business in the City of
Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot he cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December. A. D.
1885,
(SEAL.) A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimon-
ials. free.
r. ]. CHENEY & co, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1901-08-21
A Wholesome Tonic
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

Dr. S. L. WILLIAMS, Clarence, Iowa,
says: Il have used it to grand effect in
cases where a general tonic was needed.
For a nerve tonic / think it the best
have ever used"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
DIED IN ALASKA.
Near Cape RomnnOn-Perished
In a storm.

Nome. July 10, via Seattle, Wash,
July GA tragic story comes from
st. Michael. a party of men en- route
to Nome recently found the bodies Of
six men at point near Cape Roman
off. 1t is presumed they all froze to
death during some one of the terrible
billiards. that prevailed last winter.
The bodies were scattered at inter
vals-fve of them about a quarter OF
a mile apart. They were outstretched
upon the tundra and each was found
wrapped in blankets. Each had some
camp equipment near him, but no
food. One of the dead men evidently
had been either wounded or sick, az
he laid on n cot, constructed of pair
Of oars and canvass sheet. 1t would
seem that storm must have over
taken the men carrying him. EVIDENT
~ becoming exhausted, they ADAM
dOned and wandered off and each for
himself, TO perish where found.
Gen. Randall was notified and has
ordered out party of soldiers to
bring in the bodies, and every effort
will be made to identify them. Gen.
Randall thinks that they were par
ty of prospectors who, in an effort to
reach st. Michael, had run out Of pro-
visions and persisted from eXhaus-
ton and exposure.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
PORTO RICAN DUTIES.
The Attorney General Refuses to
Render an Opinion on Certain
Porto Rican Duties.

Washington, July 22.-Attorney-
General Knox has declined to render
an opinion. which was asked for by
the secretary of the treasury, on the
question whether or not, under exist
ing laws, the secretary is authorized
to fund the duties collected on
goods imported from Porto Rico be-
tween the date of the ratification of
the Spanish treaty and the date that
the Foraker act went into operation.
The attorney general says that mas
much as the comptroller of the treas
ury has given his decision on the sub
ject it is a matter for him (the comp
troller) alone, and he therefore can
not give n decision as requested.
1t is authoritatively stated at the
treasury department that the govern
ment will proceed Immediately to re-
fund these duties, acting upon the
decision of the comptroller of the
treasury, which was to the effect that
the treasury department had authori-
ty under existing law. The duties
amount approximately to 100000.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
THE DEADLY OIL CAN.
The Breakfast Was Late, and q
Mother Poured Oil on the
Fire to Hurry Up.
SHE AND THREE CHILDREN KILLED.
the Hospital Badly Burned-The
Incident Occurred In "A Tenement
House, md the Explosion Was
Heard Throughout the Structure.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 22.-An entire
family was burned in a Penn avenue
tenement fire shortly before eight
o'clock this morning. The mother
and three children are dead, and the
husband is badly burned, and is now
at the hospital. The explosion of an
oil can was the cause of the fire. The
dead are:
Mrs. Sophia RATA, aged 80 years,
mother of the children.
Viola RATA, aged s years. oldest
daughter.
Kashner Rata, a boy, aged year.
Wabocll, a boy, aged years.
Poured OIL on the Fire.
From what can be learned. Mrs.
RATA was preparing breakfast in her
apartments on the third floor of the
tenement house. in the rear of 27l6
Penn avenue, shortly before eight
o'clock. The fire in the kitchen stove
was not burning as quickly as she
wanted it to, and she took an oil
can and poured some of the oil on
the fire. In a moment blaze from
the CRATE of the stove ignited the
oil in the can, and an explosion, which
was heard throughout the house, fol-
lowed.
Burning OIL Scattered over Room.
The burning oil was scattered over
the room, setting fire to the clothes
of Mrs. RATA and the children.
The husband was in an adjoining
room. and his injuries were sustained
while trying to save his wife and chill
dren.
The house in which the fire oc-
Cured was a two and one-half story
frame. 1t was owned by Mrs. Bar
bara Zankle, who conducted a bake
shop on the first floor The loss is
placed at $500, partly insured. The
house was occupied by three families,
but the only persons injured were
the RatZas. The bodies of the four
victims were removed to the morgue.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
AN INTERRUPTED
Do VACATION @l

TLLlOTT and Edwards are already
back from their vacation. They
did not stay as long as they expected
and they had one adventure which
they have sworn to keep a secret. 1t
happened the first night after they
reached the lake.
Though Elliott and Edwards have
lived on the shores of Lake Michigan
all their lives, they had never until
this spring been out on the water.
When they decided to go to the Wis
consin lake for their vacation trip
they decided that they must at least
learn how to row boat. So they
went up to Lincoln park after office
hours and practiced until they felt
that they were finished oarsmen.
When they reached the summer re-
sort at which they had engaged a cot
tage they wore blue yachting suits
and white yachting caps, and were
'madc up" in every way like a couple
of sad sea dogs. Outside of vacation
days they were bookkeepers in an in
surance Office on La Sale street. They
were only a few years over 20, how
ever, and it was natural they should
want TO cut adash. Elliott had downy
red mustache, and both youths wore
gold-rimmed pinch nose eyeglasses.
After dinner in the big dining-room
they decided il was Cup to them" to
give an exhibition of their seamanship.
Old "Tom." the man in charge of the
boats, smiled when he saw them bare
two pairs of arms which ii would take
a wholesale poetic license to call
brawny. lie tried to give them a
broad-beamed, flat-bottomed old skiff
which could hardly be tipped over, but
they were too knowing for him. They
insisted on having a cranky little
thing, pointed at both ends, and too
narrow for either comfort or safety.
AS the lake was perfectly calm
tom" let them have 1t, and they start
ed out. Some one had told them of a
log-cabin resort across the lake where
the beer was good and there was a
mice little poker game" in operation.
The boys went across in fine style
and made a dashing landing on the
sandy beach of the log-cabin resort.
The beer, they found, was cool and
good, and, after three stems apiece,
they "sat in" the poker game. Before
they knew it both boys had made dan
gerous holes in their vacation money.
That was bad enough. When they
started to go home they found that a
heavy sea was running. 1t was also
true that the beer they had drank had
the effect of making the sea look even
more tempestuous and terrifying than
it really was.
But the sad sea dogs from the Lin
coin park lagoon were not to be cas-
fly daunted They got into their
cranky little skiff and pushed boldly
off, encouraged by the cheers of the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
OBITU AIRY.
Col. Albert Jenks. Artist.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 22.-Col. Al
bert jerks, well known artist,
dropped dead on the street in front
of the residence of his friend, Mrs.
{. b. Bruhn. Heart disease was the
cause of death. Col. jenkins was born
in New York n years ago. Early in
life he removed to Aurora, ILL.,, and
embarked in the banking business. He
also studied painting, but at the out
break of the civil war entered the
army. In the army he had attained
the rank of lieutenant colonel. He de-
voted himself to portrait painting
after the war. Among the distin-
guished persons whose portraits he
painted were President Abraham Lin
coin, Gen. Phil. Sheridan and Gen.
John \. Logan.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25

row over for the boat. Nobody need
ever know"
Now, as some people know, and as
Edwards and Elliott discovered that
night, there are few things more de-
ceptive than the difference between
point and point on a lake by water
and by land. \ journey which may be
made in half an hour by boat may
take three or four hours when one
must follow the ms and outs of a
tortuous shore line. But the Lincoln
park sailors had no suspicion of this
interesting fact in physical geography
when they started on their trip.
1t was 1890 o'clock and the moon
was full when they started. For the
first mile the walking was along a
high grassy shore, with nothing to inn
pede their progress. Then suddenly
everything seemed to happen at once.
The moon went under a black cloud,
and presently it began to rain. The
open shore gave way to tangle OF
underbrush, and presently the boys
pitched down into a swamp which in
quilted them half way up to their
knees. In the darkness they waded
around for a few minutes until sud
denly Elliott plunged at full speed into
barbed wire fence. The rebound
sent him down backwards into the
slime, while his gold nose-glasses went
into the darkness as if they had been
shot from a gun. Presently Edwards
had the same experience. His glasses
flew off his nose as he tripped over
root. and the next half hour was spent
by both young men in looking for the
treasure they had lost. After cropping
around in vain for IS minutes Elliott
became desperate, for without his
glasses he was next to a blind man.
lie went down on his knees in the
swamp and clutched fiercely at the tall
clumps of swamp grass. Meanwhile it
was pouring rain, and the new yacht
ing suits of both were soaked. BY the
light of a fash Of lightning Elliott
finally miraculously found his glasses
hanging on the tall leaf of flag.
Edwards was a little less dependent
on his glasses, and he agreed to give
up the search when Elliott was once
more ready to start.
Soaked and dirty, dripping with
rain, and covered with slime up to
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
SHOT 1T OUT.
Country Youths. stirred Up over Re-
marks Made Against Young Wom-
en-, Have Lively Fight.

Clinton, Ill.,, July 22.-At Dewitt, q
small town ten miles east of here,
Warren Brewster shot Ed. Taylor,
who died instantly, and Clay Gender,
Brewster's partner, shot Fred Taylor,
brother of the murdered man, in the
arm. Fred Taylor, Fred Wilson and
others were badly cut.
\ few weeks ago Brewster and Con-
dor had trouble with the Taylor
brothers, who resented remarks they
had made about some of the young
ladies of Dewitt, and Brewster was
knocked down by Ed. Taylor, They
met the Taylor brothers and began
shooting. Brewster and Gender ara
in Jail.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Vt Carthage, Mo-, DIR. Edmonston
has brought suit for $4,000 against
former Mayor W. w. Calhoon, for
alternating the affections of the doc
tors wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob =. Klein, of Car
linville, H., celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary.
Martin Kairns. an aged citizen of
Edwardsvillc, ILL.,, died from the eff
fects of fall.
Tar melted and run from roofs in
st. Louis Sunday.
IT is refreshing this weather to
know that the coast of Labrador is
blocked with ice.
The death of Mrs Kruger may have
Mr.. Kruger is reported to be very
Respondent.
Oil is reported struck at Bearden,
Ark. at depth of 1850 feet.
The livery barn of j. c. Sparks, at
Versailles, Mo-, was burned, IL horses
burned.
The finding OF pearls in the Usage
river has stirred up pearl-hunting
craze in Miller county, Mo.
Mrs. Alice Smith, aged "a, killed
herself by taking paris green at La
porte, Ind. Domestic trouble.
Gov. Allen of Porto Rico spent Sun
day with President Mckinley.
\ riot broke out at indianapolis
between crowd of white boys and n
crowd of colored boys. The negroes
retreated, and several people, by
ISLANDERS, were injured. Fifteen po-
licemen were called out.
Miss Ora j. Tallman, of Valparaiso,
Ind, died at University hospital, Kan
sas City, being the twenty-third victim
of the Chicago & Alton train wreck to
succumb. She was on her way to the
Epworth league convention at San
Francisco when injured.
a heavy freight train on the Big
Four road ran into heavily-loaded
passenger train at Columbia station,
IS miles west of Cleveland. Five train
men were nurt, but not seriously.
John ROLAND, aged 80, of 2630 Glas-
gov avenue. st. Louis, fireman at
Fairbanks Soap Co., fell 40 feet,
breaking his neck and dying instantly.
Dot Black. who says she was en-
ployed, until recently, in the wrap
ping department of a St. Louis dry
goods house. swallowed morphine, at
Chicago. with suicidal intent. She is
not expected to recover.
Washington university, St. Louis,
has been bequeathed $4,000 by the
late Geo. +. Leighton.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
SAY BERT GLENN WAS A MAN.
A Doctor, who Treated bert Glen,
Testifics that He Knew Bert
Glen Was n Man.

Parkersburg, W. Va, July 22.-In
the Glenn case, DR.. w. A. Howard tes-
ed by him, and that he knew he was
man.
Isaiah Tucker also testified that
he knew that Bert Glenn was a man.
Other witnesses stated that there
was no doubt in their minds of the
genunineness OF the limp of the de.
PENDANT, as they had seen her i'm
mediately upon her arrival in the
city. The case will proba bly, not close
before the last of this week.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
ENGLISH WHEAT HARVEST.
The Tropical Heat RIpened the
Grain Earlier Then Usual
Condition of the Grain.

London, July 22.-rhe weather har-
vest has begun in eastern Kent. This
is an earlier commencement than
usual, the tropical heat having rapid
ly developed the grain.
Estimating the wheat prospects,
the Mark Lane Express says the
wheat will be fine, both in quantity
and quality on five per cent. of the
area sown; average on 25 per cent,
but the remaining 20 per cent. of
area sown will inevitably produce a
short crop. The straw crop will be
the smallest since 1893.
In it's preliminary trade estimate
the Mark Lane Express puts the Rus
sian wheat crop at 5s,ooo,OOO quarters,
against 56,0OO,0OO in 1900. On this
basis the export surplus should be 49,
100000 quarters.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
River News.
- Fall. Trace.
THE MARKETS.
-==H=-
MONDAY, July %
Grain and Provisions.

ST. Louis 90 Flour Patents, S3.30G9. 45
other grades 81 40st3.3O. Wheat-No. 2 red,
66l6G67c. Corn-No. mixed, 54l2q55c,
Oats-No. 2, 3OaS712c. Hay-Timothy, $6W
m17OO; new timothy, 81 iJ1tI;',; prairie,
ter-Creamery, lia2Olac dairy, l3QlCLsc.
EGgs-Fresh, Gaze. Lard-Choice steam.
S47i2. Pork 90 New mess, $li'75. Bacon
Clear rib 9Lc Wool-Tub- washed, l5GI
"a: Missouri ana Illinois medium combing
lm2ul7c other grades, l4ql5lac; angora
goat hair, Sdl5c.
Chicago Closing quotations.: Wheat
July 7lAc; September, 722sd72lsc; October,
seize Oats--July, use; September, 3Sls0i
3S4c. Pork-July. SliSi12; September,
$l457i2; January, Sl5.O5. Lard-July, S.65;
September, $50; October, SS721a; Novem-
Der. $50; December. 8. 65; January SS67h
aS.7O; year, $500 Short ribs-July, S.92ls;
September, $500; October, sS.O212; January.
81 S.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-25
IN COUNTRY LANES.

o country lanes, white-starred with bloom,
Where wild things nestle. shy and sweet,
Where all your waving grasses laugh
And part before my eager feet
Could forever dwell with you
Letting the mad old world rush by.
And just be glad of wind and sun,
or rocking nest and brooding sky!
How often in the crowded streets,
dream of you, sweet country lane.
And feel once more your soft breeze soothe
My sordid breast and weary brain.
Ever above the city's din,
Above the clink of yellow gold
l hear a wild birds ringing call
l catch the scent of leaf-strewn mold.
Your grasses kiss my fevered cheek,
Your hawthorn drops her scented rain,
I am a child again. and dream
That Heaven bides here, o nower-starred
lane!
Florence a. Jones. In Criterion.