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LASTING PERFUMES. BT MjLRT BHAW. A low bush laden with buds, and green leavet That curtain the blaib of the roie; A farm-bouae with xnaplea touching Its eavea? Hannte which the wild Bona bird knowa? Facing a field all fragrant with clover, And a path which leads to the spring; In fancy I tread it over and over, Dream the old dreams, the old songs I slog; X wonder now, when the leaves are falling, Do seed balls sway on the old rose trees? And if?but is It not vain recalling Buried hopes, dreams and lost melodiesArcadian days?Tooth's dear, happy day*? life's only real Arcadia? No. Wafted by mezn'ry'a magical breeze, Come the perfumes that sploed Life's spring, 80 softly soothing, from rose and heartsease? Withered, vet well Worth treasuring: Breathed on by Love that redeems ana uplifts, They're re-esseooed with joys of Jane; ScrengtfcMU) cross bravely item Winters wua Comes with the blessed balm of the boon In the Incense of Faith's holy heartsease; In the essence of Hope's sweet rose, Borne silently over Life's stormy eeas From my soul out to a soul which knows Hope's magic perfumes?pure heartsease perfumes, Wafted from fair Arcadia. Milwaukee, Wis. mmm m jumimuuu ui. uiu. A Story of Love, Intrigue, and Crime: BY DWIGHT BALDWIN. rwAPTKR XVIIL A FILE Off NEWSPAPERS. y* a^HEN our hero re' fl[ ,f/ vived again he 1 - j3^ 111 M found that the J^jYv !f\Jfi t*w,r* was^bathWuh^ffirorWiyNti. cold water and apf''TL^i/rL^yfl RM plying ammonia .his n?"tri{,*k tbem away!"cjiod *2Sb?Z^ \m} F'l he, a? Moore waa 'f-WT \W/ ~? In the act of ref tp. \<moving' the pa* * *7Zmw+~ - pers from the bed DiiiT.mjjViI)* Wpon which they lay scattered baae again^ I'm afraid.n "Oh. no!" "What frightened you?" Cole wu abont to make an evasive reply, when the thonght occurred to him that he might make an ally of the deranged, though dangerous man, who had not only spared his life but had been, no doubt, at very great pains to start him on the road toward health and strength. "Yon saw from the card," returned he, "that I was working on the St. Cyr case." "Yes." "That led me to the house of this Max Morris." "Hal I see!" "Before that I met the daughter of the murdered m"-." "Berenice f Exactly."* "And yon fell in love with her. Don't deny. It's a family failing. I did it my. elt once, and was never the samo man since." "I see. Well, you are right, and that largely accounts for my interest in the matter. Judge of my feelings, then, when I saw that she was dead!" "I'-xi sorry for it, Milty." "It wns she that l lowered irom me window in MorriB' house." "Then he and Sears have made away with her." "Undoubtedly." "And you'd like to be revenged?" "It's all that's left me now," "I'll help you. The scoundrels! Trying to get me to kill a blood relation! I'll help yon, and you'll find I'm of more nse than I look." Whereupon the dwarf bustled back to the stove, Jeaving our hero to examine the papers at his leisure. To his intense astonishment. Cole found that ten dayB had elapsed sinoe he had reoeived the injuries which so nearly resulted in his death. These, coupled with the worry and ex* oitement which for more than twentyfour hours had proceeded their infliction, had proved too much for numan nature to endnre, and brain fever had resulted. With absorbing Interest and as much composure and resignation as he could oommand, the invalid devoured so much of the file of papers as related to the St. Cyr case, taking them in the order of their appearance. Much that he read 'was, as he well knev, the invention of the reporter who wrote it, while almost everything was sadly jumbled np and distorted. He learned that the gnilt of himself was undisputed, that he was being eagerly sought after by the police, and that no one else was suspeoted, though he was known to have had an accomplice. Detective Hyland had survived the bullet wound; in fact, it was not nearly bo aevere as was at first supposed, but rexnained in a half dazed, passive condition from which it seemed impossible to arouse him. Physioally he was almost well, bat the hoRpital physicians held ?nt no hopes of his ultimate mental recovery. The house where Hyland had been ihot wes believed to have been fitted np tnd occupied by Cole Winters. Numerous disguises, together -with some burglars' tools and stolen property found there, bad served to still more firmly establish the guilt of the reader. As to Berenice St. Cyr, our hero read of her through eyes wet with tearR. The accounts stated that she had received a note on the evening after her father's death from Cole Winters, informing her that he was lying at the point or death, and asking her to come to him. She had maintained the innocence of the yonng man, and had Impulsively complied. She had been driven away in a hack, and did not return. All efforts to find the backman had failed, and she was believed to have been abdncted by the desperate criminal, Cole Winters. The note, said by experts to be in the handwriting of the young man. BOe bad left behind her. It "raB then in the hands of the police, and made another link in the already strong chain of evidence that was expected to bang our hero. The paper of next to the latest issue contained the article whose sensational head-lines had completely upset the loauor* It appeared that the body of a woman found floating in the Chicago River had been shown to be that of the missing heiress. The identification had been complete, though it rested mainly on the clonk and hat found on the body, as to the identity of which there was no shadow With an awlal sinking of the heart Cole learned, also, that bo was now accused of tue murder of ttie daughter as well as that of the father. Exactly what his motive hal been iD the v'omm'ssiou of this last crimc, no one seemed able to deiine, but the authorities were s iid to be confident that he was the guilty party. v The paper of that morning told of the immense fum.ralof the unfortunate young lady, nt which the elite of Chicago were present. n uu a groan of anguish the unhappy inva id learned that, in the absence of blood relatives, Almon Senrs, spoken of asajoungman whom Mr. St. Cyr had eduoated and to whom ho was much attached, had appeared as chief mourner. , "The double-dyed villain I" cried Cole, fairly tawing the paper in nis uncontrollable anger and intense disgust. Further down in the column he read that Paul St. Cyr had died intestate, leaving, by the operation of the law, his entire estate to bis daughter. Now a young lawyer had came forward and probated a will executed by the heiress,_ beque athin ? and devising all that she mignt aie possessed of "to Almon Bears, of Chicago." "That was tbe paper he forced her to sign, * commented Cole, bitterly. The young lawyer and a private banker named Max Morris, the article went on to state, were the witnesses. The will had been admitted to probate and letters testimtntary issned to Sears, the appointed executor. Whatever doubt of the deatb of his Deloved Berenice love and hope bad caused to linger in the breast of Cole Winters vanished as he read about the alleged will. "I have never heard or read of anything bo infamous!" said he, when he had mastered the entire account. "But I will tear the mask from hiB false, cruel face, deprive him of the fortune, and send him and hie diabolical accomplices to the gallows 1 I will, as true as my name is Cole Winters!" "Thunder!" Jerry Moore dropped the dish of food he had prepared to the floor and sprang to the bedside. "It's nothing." said Cole, who at once realized the mistake he had made. "Got 'em again, have you? I thought those papers would beat the idea out of yon, but it don't seem to." "Were you ever a newspaper reporter?" "I should hope not! I've done some pretty mean things for Morris and others, but I managed to keep out of that!" "Well, literary work develops the imagination. When I'm working or thinking on a esse, I assume?in my mind, understand?the identity of the injured nnrfv * "And that makes you think harder, and wickeder?" "Exactly." "And yon don't think yon're thia Cole Winters?" "Not at all. Don't I know that I'm Milton Moore, yonr nephew." "Goodl" shouted the dwarf, seising his band. "You're idea's a good one, and I'm going to try it on myself some time. You can call yourself what you please after this; I understand you now. We'll work up this matter together, and J guess the boys'U find Jerry and Milty Moore a pretty lively pair!" CHAPTER XIX. VALUABLE AID. This isn't visitors' day." "I'm very anxions to see " "Can't do it. You will have to come to-morrow." "But my business can't wait until tomorrow." rnv*. mab *Va nfflao nl f h ji PnnV J lilO DUOUO TTBO VUV VM*WW v? uvwaa Coanty Hospital, at Chicago^ the time, four days after the event* narrated in the previous ohapter. The colloquv was carried on between the severe-looking official in charge and a well-dressed young gentleman, wearing a black mustache, small side ?whiakers and a pair of gold-rimmed spectaoles. "Whom do yon wish to see?" asked the man in oharge, after having noted the gentlemanly appearanoe of his interlocutor. "Matthew Hyland." "The detective?" "Yes, Bir." "You can't do it." 'And why not, sir? It's a matter of considerable importance." "Don't you read the papers?" "Sometimes." "Don't you know that he's in the insane ward where nobody sees him except the doctors and attendants?" "I heard something of the kind." "Then why do you come here?" "To see Mr. Hyland." "Yooan't doit, it worn a ao yon no good anyway. He hasn't spoken a word since he was brought here two weeks ,ago." "I know it. Eis wife thinks that if I were to see him in private it might have the effect of recalling him to himself." The young man concluded by banding the other a letter. "She does Bay that," responded the official, when he had perused it. "Well, you can go up and state the matter to the physician in charge." Five minutes later the Dootor, a pleas, ant-faoed gentleman, was reading the note of Mrs. Hvland in which she requested that the bearer might be permitted to see her husband privately. "It's an unusual request," commented the medical man as he twirled the paper in his hand. "Do you know him personally?" "Yes, sir." "Intimately?" "Not very; but I know of matters which his wife is certain will interest him and, as ahe hopes, rouse him from the lethargy into which he has fallen." I've known a surprise to have that effect. Well, yon can see him. He's auit$ well, physically* now. and not at all violent. Indeed, in ordinary cases he would not be retained here." "Good evening, Hyland." Thus toe visitor greeted t&e aetecuve as he entered the small office to which the demented man had been previously conducted. The only answer was a vacant stare. The caller looked about to determine that the; were surely alone, and stepped closer to the detective, who had sunk heavily to a chair. "Don't you remember me?" he asked. Still no response. "Look at me now!" Simultaneously spectacles, mustaohe, and side-whiskers disappeared from the face of the visitor, and the face of oui hero, Cole Winters, presented itself. "Here he is! here he is!" Mat Hrland hid broken his long silence. He uttered the words in a loud, penetrating tone. There was a sound of Bkurrying foot steps in the apartment beyond, and i moment later the door was thrown opei and the attendant appeared. ThankB to his nimble fingers. Cole had been able to readjust bis artificial embellishments in time to esoape detection. " -- ?- - 1--1--/1 -i Tj -,1?_ J pLUwwer, ab no IUU&CU ni* ujiauu noted in hie eyes a look of intelligence that had been lacking a moment before, he feared that the detective might ptai and reveal bis identity. "What's wrong?" asked the attendant "Nothing. I've gotten him to speak, ?nd believe he will come to himself completely before long." Be made a quick gesture, which the other understood, and at once qt&tted the room. "Do you know me, Hyland?" aeked Cole, as the door closed. The other htared, but less vacantly ihan at lirst, aud this time he shook his bead. "I cams on a professional matter." coniinued our hero. The other nodded as if he understood the meaning of the remark. ?\l/k. L!? r?... ?? ueic aio mo 01, L/ji uuuuvi Cole asked this in what mav be oalled i stage whi?per, to which, by his manaer, he lent an great an air of mystery as possible. The effect upon the deranged man was wonderful. "That'H it! tbnt'n it!" he kept repeating. "Then you know?" "I know -nothing." "But you wiiil " "What bonds?" "The fct. C'yr bonds." "Oh! I've beofi trying?trying " "But you know whero you put them?" "Yes. yes, I'll go with you. Whcre'i my hat?" "You know me now, don't you, Hyland?" "Who are you?" "Cole Winters." "Never heard of you." "But the bonds. You??" "I'll get them! I must g*t them! I -jt win see them now!" M'Jr "Where?" "In ft building, Never mind, I'll how fou. Order a hack. I'll tell nim where A to drive, Mr. St. Cyr." "But will they let you leave here?" ?sked Cole, who saw confronting him the greatest difficult? yet. Ho< "Why not?" "You have been sick." "That's bo, and they watch me like I was a crook with a jimmy. You go out and I'll bo there soon enough." "Don't say where you're going?" "Don't try to give pointers to me, boy. ' I know my business! Go and do your part of it! Cole_ doubted whether the impression madtfapon the still disordered "mind of the cietective was strong enough to en- ^ dure, and cause him to find his way out /M of the hospital, but he had no other in| course to adopt but rely on the chances Mr of his doing so. Accordingly, he quietly quitted the place and entered a olose carriage in * which he had been driven from the center of the city, a distance of two miles and co? more. am The means for purchasing his new out- the fit and prosecuting his schemes for his vag own vindication, and the punishment of and the murderers of Paul St. Cyr and his Kn , fair daughter, had been supplied by "Uncle Jerry," as he still continued to ... call the rather wicked old lunatic, through whose fanoied relationship he mo1 had eBoaped death. cov His object in visiting Hvland had not of t been primarily the disoovery of the hid- ma^ ing place of the missing bonds, but the o q( -> restoration to his right mind of the ' brave officer, without whose aid he saw P88 plainly that he wrs not likely to succeed ext< in establishing hie innocence. to In accordance with his directions the Mj8 hackman drove his horses slowly up and 0f ^ down Harrison street, in front of the ? large oounty building. J Some time passed and the shadows of ^1B1 , evening were beginning to gather beside van ' lofty bnildings and in narrow pasaaga- the ways. Our hero had about abandoned fr0: hope, and was thinking of some other _* 1 way of aeoniing the oo-ope ration of Hylaud, when, suddenly, be heard a noise. cir( and saw the detective running toward ern the vehicle. wai An instant later he had thrown open croi the door, the officer had entered, and the gra carriage was being driven rapidly away. eve "To the South Side." said Hyland, rriT1 laconically. * When that splendid driveway, Michi- eve gan avenue, was reached, he gave more specific directions and indicated a build- tail I ing on a business Bireei omy two diocu nui from the house where he had received his wound, a fortnight before. Arriving there, they at once quitted the conveyance and ascended to the third floor which seemed to be rented out for living apartments. The deteotive produced a key, with with which he opened a door and ushered hie companion into a email room, fitted up for a sleeping apartment This was a room which the detective had rented for years. Ostensibly he A slept there, though he seldom U6ed it, fa except as a oonvenient place for disguis- K ing himself. H Hvland lit the gas, and turned toward g the bed. I At tbat instant a pair of eyes gleamed r down upon the detective and his ezpeot- J ant companion from a dirt-begrimed I tranBom above a door communicating > with an adjoining apartment. < They were the same evil orbs that had glared throngh the library window of the J St. Cvr mansion in Calumet avenue the night of the great fire in the Exposition Building. [TO BE CONTINUED.! 1 "La grippe." anc The resolution adopted by the Association of the Retail Grocers of the J* Second and Third Districts of the city, ?: to abolish the giving of "lagniappe," bl8( is a serious blow at one of the time- ? sl honored customs current in the Creole *ie? quarter of the city, -which is, indeed, the original and ancient city itself. It Por conaisted in giving to each customer 8?? j "who made a purchase some small gratuity. The recipients of this compli- 18 ? ment were chiefly children and colored Bcl] people, and it was composed commonly of a few cakes, a stick of candy, a hand- ~r? ful of nuts and the like. The custom probably does not exist ?. in any other quarter of the city, but _1C in the Second and Third Districts it is ? almost universal. Now it is to be abolished, mnch to the disappointment ^ of those who were accustomed to enjoy its benefits. Indeed, lagniappe is con- . sidered by many a proper and legal right to which they are entitled, and 1 they have heretofore been ready '6 enough to claim it when not promptly c, accorded. Any purchase, no matter , , how trivial, is considered as constitut- 0 j ing a right to the additional gratuity, and the Picayune lias heard of a case where a child sent to the store to inquire the time of day put in a claim ^ for lagniappe in consequence. exc Doubtless this additional fee to pur- rQu chasers costs something, but probably jiea it was not a serious draft on the profits. reft But since this is an age of progress, all j old landmarks will sooner or later be a?f( demolished, and old customs aband- c*a oned. The word 'lagniappe" is a transformation of the Spanish' phrase QW] "la nappa," which means a gratuity, a g sweetener, to make a purchaser pleased * rj with his bargain. The word "Nappa" ^,-pi 1 <? nni emailo/? with tlm wimmnn N. but *o *iv/w "*? ? anil the N with the reverse curve dash over fl^a it, which has the sound of "gn" in j French or of "n" in "pinion" in Eng- jjU1 liflh.?New Orleans Picayune. vefl Is Coffee Poisonous? j^,t The Royal Academy of Medicine of the Brussels has been making careful in- wh< quiry into the injurious effects of coffee sea drinking. The opinions of literary str< men have been especially sought after, of 1 Pierce Loti is one of the few literatrcurs ven who dislike coffee. He gives his opinion ?? as follows: "I despise coffee, the odor is even more offensive to me than the rtaste. The only place where it should jq take is in the East, where the dainty cups are accompanied by the narjilhe and by lazy repose. Every time I drink it I feel as if I were swallowing poison, and yet I never neglect to take it when I want to compose and write. Nothing facilitates work like that very poison." ?.Boston Herald. The Royal Aquarium, London, Is exhibiting Princess Topaze, born of French parents at Buenos Ayres, 10 years old, weighing lliteen pounds, and showing a height of only twenty inches. Her figure is symmetrical, rj; and, strat.ge to say, her father was a at giant, and her mother tall and ro- wit bust, while all her sisters and buf brothers are of full size. her ? yea "Mr. Gino/iam." said Taper, "I would like a fortnight's absencc to attend the wedding of a very dear ?or. friend." "It must be n very dear inB' friend, indeed, to maicc you want 8" that much time. Who is it?" "W?ll, sir. after the ceremony she will bo W1;j my wife."?Tit-BiU. * BW BUFFALO LEFT CAPTIVE HERD WILL B TAKEN TO THE FAIR. w the Bison Thrives In Captlvli -Good Draft Animals and a Source of Revenue In Many Ways?The Catalo. /^>^\ NE by one the lan ff^ Y\ marks and traditio: If 1) of aboriginal Amei JI ca disappear. T] deer, the antelop the elk and tl buffalo, once j/jr numerous as t] ffjljiT r leaves of the fores have dwindled awi il the private parks and menagen tain almost all that is left of the male. Few of this generation, sa Chicago Times, have more than tie conception of the appearan l habits of the American bison, on mmerons in this region that tb< ted the grassy ocean of the plai ? great black islands of life ai tion. The vast southern herdwhii ered the country south of the li he Union Pacific Railroad is es* led to have numbered betwei [>0,000 and 4,000,000 head. T ture field of this tremendous he: Bnded from Manitoba on the nor Texas on the south, and from t] isouri River on the east to the bo Jhe Rocky Mountains on the wet heee restless animals were co lally on the move, and from 1 guard to the stragglers at the re herd spread over a distanco m 200 to 800 miles. This vast arc ravines marched in one continuo rait, passing southward on the eai line of this great area and nort d on its western margin, but nev Bsing the Rocky Mountains. T1 nd migratory circuit Avas complet ry four ycait? and accounts for ;dition which often seemed stran n to plainsmen; that is, that buffa aid be found very plentiful in a ? i locality one year and the next t' iter would find only a few. WAITING THE LAST OPPORTUNITY. .Tie bison, popularly known as t Falo, is purely an American animi . ? 1 1? l tuners wiaeiy in iorm auu uaua m the true buffalo, which is a d 5 of Africa and India. The monar cur own plains is the Americi jn. He is a magnificent beast, wi laggy mane covering his massi d and shoulders, weighing wh grown sometimes over 20 indfi, and measuring from t! und to the top of his hump oft feet. His skin when first remov (o heavy that a strong man ci rcely lift it. Sison were once found all over 11 isissippi Valley as far east as tl ?ghany Mountains, and the battl ;lie red man are not the only co Kn t.Tiftf, nrrMirred neon the weste: ins. These monarch of the virg th often engaged in deadly co: t, and their loud bellowinge of raj . anger as they rushed to the fri ed like muttering thunder and ti ins trembled beneath the rock, lany of the earlier travelers aero plains have noticcd conical holes prairie, which were filled wi er after each rainstorm. The es are still to be found in the i tc portions of the Western State jy arc called bnffalo wallows ai e made by this animal pawing ti t out for a considerable space a] n deiiberately sitting down in t] avation and spinning round ai nd very rapidly, with heels ai ,d together, until he gradual ?-J ?x _ ?11? <rn,,-0 HJ"U Dill U ? Oiit; .Y. Xiiio uo iuui a very pleasant resort direct ;r a rain, when full of water, as i Id dislodge the troublesome ga 3 and at the same time scratch I i back in a land where rubbi] ts or treeB were unknown. ?Le history of the wanton destru 1 of these animals by hunters ai iteur sportsmen is a chapter me. d 1872 there were killed by whi iters nearly 1,500,000. The ne ,r more than this number. In t] co of three years 3,158,789 we chcred by white men, and half carcasses left to rot untoucbi ?n they lcii. xneir aoom w led when. the Union Pacil itched its iron trail Along the ban he lone Platte and the grasping a turer pre-empted their inheritanc ':AUL"' : .!; hose who have seen ths Jones hoi Benson, a suburb uf Omaha, lw nesst-d h picture of the Inst of tl falo th'it no pointer can rival. Tl d liii) a hers sixty, r.iid for about 01 r pa:-t ha'; bcou kept in an inclosu: 1 boarded up and resembling a Sla ground, located about five mil thwoet of the centre of Omaha. Ju ile too board fence ie a well bui plentifully barbed wire fenc eh is the only kind of fence th hold his lorddhip, the bnffalo buJ "wo of the largest males of the hej are named Sullivan and Corbett, re- sea ' apectively, because of their belligerant we qualities. The big buffalo Sullivan ra< E would as a calf rush out and knock a ! man over if he could, and now when sei full grown will go a mile to meet a man of on horseback. Jumbo, the monarch bit ty of the herd, weighs nearly 3000 pounds fai and is as fine a specimen as ever trod no the western wilds, with a crest like a of storm cloud through which flashes a Jo dangerous light from his eyes when in wi j anger. He has the beard of a prophet de Q8 and a back like old Atlas that might c& bear aloft a world upon its broad ex- ga panse, his horns measuring 14} inches ue in circumference at the base. Although an ^ it is not safe to trust the buffalo too ue ag far, viciousness is not a predominating T1 k trait of the animal. Many of them are fa< quite docile and will feed from the an ' hand. In his attempts to subjugate be / them Mr. Jones and his attendants had fcu es ^ CATAIiO HZTPKBS TW II e.r to use pitchforks to control them, mi u? adopting methods similar to those used a ] to subjugating elephants. The pitch- wi a forks were soon exchanged for brads bt or goads, which finally needed only to pi be shown to command a respectful pe jf~ obeyance from Mr. Buffalo. Gi The cunning brutes were quick to pi learn whether a person appearing ca among them was armed with the goad an or not, and no sooner did the intelli- Bp gent animal find that he was not than th he began at once an aggressive cam- te paign against the intruder. pi Many of the men carry a small goad sa i under their coats, which if shown is all th } sufficient. The females are almost as pi docile as domestic cows and are regu- ar larly milked by the attendants. One al thing that attracts the attention of the bt visitor to their winter quarters is the fr entire absence of any kind of shelter, pf Ihroughout the whole of the last severe winter the herd has not had a bl board to shelter them from the most ai rigorous days. They love the storm b< ^ and go wild with delight orer a driving, th t whirling blizzard. di This band of buffalo ksown as the re Jones herd is the largest nallection of ei these animals in the world, and is truly L< he the last hope for the perpetration of si il) this noble race. Its existence is almost ? ts wholly due to the energy, pluck, and ,a- patriotism of J. C. Jones?better known . ch as "Buffalo" Jones?an old time buffalo m m hunter and a contemporary of Buffalo ki th Bill, with whom he is entitled to divide ^ ve honors both in Europe and Amerim. en Mr. Jones is an experienced plainsman, 00 and made his home in the haunts of he these animals in the years gone by. en Always an admirer of this noble anied mal, their pitiless fate enlisted his -- I Wi+.Vi nn/*h a mfln aa Bnf Ill ?? A *** falo Jones to think was to act, and he be resolved to rescue the last of the buffalo, he To this end he established a ranch and a! es built corrals at Garden City, Kan., as , n- - base from which to paake excursions fc rn to their haunts in the far southwest, in in order to secure animals from which to ? q- perpetrate the race. On his first ex- dt ge cursion he and his assistants captured ti< iy grown animals, but these soon died, th he apparently determined not to live in captivity. In their fury they often sfr IBs broke their necks in frenzied charges ai in against the walls of the corral. Satis- wi th tied that the grown animals were a w] se failure, Mr. Jones resolved to capture cr e- young calves, but at first this plan too hi >s. was unsuccessful, as the condensed pa id milk upon which he was obliged to feed bt he them did not agree with them, and they th ad also died. cu ae All of these experiments took valua- li< id ble time, and the hunters and Indians -Lu id were driving the scattering herds of ca ly buffalo farther and farther into the fr< ad southwest. But such difficulties never ly daunted the spirit of "Buffalo" Jones, su be In 1888 he organized an expedition at qi d- Garden City, which he determined is lis should he and which was successful. T1 ag The expedition .started April 1 and re- ri< turned in July of the same year. They of c- captured thirty-seven calves and saved fa id thirty-two of them, all of them under a i of six months old. cr "Buffalo" Jones took with him on co te : this expedition twenty fresh milk cows th xt' to feed the captured calves. No per- bl be I sou who has not crossed these arid ar re I lands, stretching into the illimitable q* of ' distance with nothing but sky and ofl ?d | plain, without a tree or hill, no birds, on __ I ? ? oilo-nno /^PQPrt, Dll Q8 | liU iiUioc, umj iiuv ouvu\,v v?. ?Mv -7 5c can comprehend the terrors of such a a i ks journey. Weak men tremble and d- strong men grow mad in the presence is e. of this awful solitude. co ? to ..I. L si* 1 ' ^ ' | J J,' . AT OMAHA. , * ? sel ;d ! After traveling many days on the an .-e | great plains of Texas his men mutinied tei le j and refused to go farther. They were laj le ! terrified at the solitude and determined wa m ! to go back. Mr. Jones told them that Ro rc they could take the alternative of 6tay- wb to ing with him or perishing in a hope- otl en less attempt to reach home. The men st chose the lesser of the two evils, stayed ov< It j and lived to participate in an expedi- ves e, tion that wiJl go down to history, frc at Through all of these dangers for forty art 11. weary days the buffalo hunters rode bu :d I over these arid, treeless plains in an< irch of the "little brownies," who re to perpetuate an almost extinct ?e. rhe buffalo calf v6ry closely renblee in color the dry grass and soil the plains, and many an embryo ion king has been spared from the lgs of the wolf when its mother was t near by its resemblance to a tuft grass. On several occasions Mr. nes and his men had close encounters th these hungry scavengers of the sert. Once when having several Ives in his charge he took off one rment after another and tucked them der the collars of the different calves d thus preserved them from attack itil the wagon could be secured, teir escape was due to the well-known jt that prairie wolves will not molest ything that has the scent of a human ing about it. Mr. Jones killed his it buffalo on this trip. It was a re O YEAB8 OLD. arkable shot he made, bringing down hnge bison on the ran at 300 yard* thout a sight on his rifle. Thii iffalo was killed as a necessity to reenish the depleted larder of the exidition. These calves were taken tc ifden City, where they grew anc ospered. The first and also the lasl If captured are in the present here id are named Alpha and Omega re ectively. This band now consists oi irty head of full-blooded buffalo anc n head of catalo. It has been deeted by frequent sales, made neces ry to defray the expense of keeping em. The animals sold have gone t< -ivate collections all over the country id even to Europe. In fact, nearly 1 of the buffalo now in existence hav< :en sent out at one time and another om the animals captured on these ex iditions. Mr. Jones took a herd of ten ful oods to Europe in 1890. Thes< rimals, like most native Americans icame seasick on the voyage, placet eir noses on the deck and groaned ii stress, but soon recovered updi ftrtTiinor tbfl land. Thev awakened n( o ? - " J d of curiosity in Liverpool, and th| mdon Graphic sent a special artist t< etch them, while all of the grea FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA. lilies gave much space to a descrip Dn of these strange animals from ove: e sea. "Buffalo" Jones has made a thorougl ady of the habits of these animals id by careful experiments in crossinj ith native cattle has produced a rac tiich he calls the catalo, a magnificen eature. The head is less clumsy, th imp less prominent, and the hinde .rts more symmetrical than in th iffalo. The catalo is far superior v e domestic animal for beef. Steak it from its dressed carcass are de ;ious, and it has been proved tha 10 pounds more of porterhouse stea] n be cut from the dressed catalo thai om the ordinary steer. The females of this race are ver perior milkers, and, althoifgh thi lantity is not so abundant, the mill far richer than that of the Jersey le pure-blood buffalo cow gives th< :hest milk in the world. The rob the catalo is as far ahead of the buf lo robe as a buffalo robe is ahead o sheep pelt. The seal buffalo, as i oss between a buffalo and a Galwai w is called, is the finest animal o e cattle kind. The robe is nearly ack, as fine and glossy as a sealskin id would make a coat fit for an] teen. A Canadian lady of high rani Fered Mr. Jones $300 for the skin o: e of these animals from which t< ake a coat, saying she preferred it tc sealskin. A strange freak of the buffak that all calves Dorn in ciost nfinement are females, so thai perpetuate the race, room if solutely necessary. The present herd about equally divided as regarde s, a fact due to the freedom allowed em. Seven baby buffalo are expected a few weeks which will greatly add the interest of the herd, and ii ey live will very materially increase i value. This will be apparent when is remembered that each full grown .ffalo is worth fully 21000. Even the shaggy coat of these aniUs has been utilized by Mr. Jones d turned to profit. When the shedtig time arrives the animals are roped d the great mats of fine brown wool it lias protected them in winter are icked off them, carefully packed, and it east, to be made into rubes, hats, d cloth. The fabric from tins ma iftl brings $20 per yard. A splendid ) robe made from this buffalo hair s presented by Mr. Jones to his yal Highness the Prince of Wales, by 10m it is used in preference to all iers. "Buffalo" Jones himself is clothed. 2rcoat, underclothing, pants, coat, it, shirt, and hat, in garments made im this buffalo wool. Eveh his boots 5 made from buffalo hide, 8- d the ttons on his clothes from the horns 3 hoofs of this animal. His great % *i . . "'!*K . . . - * '' # brown buffalo sombrero, the only one of its kind, easily locates him in any crowd. This herd will be taken to the World's Fair and there be placed on exhibition by their owner, who will drive four of these hnge animals abreast, two of the largest weighing twenty-fonr hundred pounds apiece,, to an old-fashioned rustic Mexican. i cart with wooden wheels. He will i have forged iron bits in the mouths of i the monsters and guide them by wire; cables attached to a windlass. Bv this contrivance he has them under perfect oontrol and ca"- guide them as accurately as a driver can a well-broken carriage team, ; The training of these huge animals to ^ drive was a task that required great patience and plenty of help. They i were yoked to a cart, the driver holding wire cables for reins by means of a windless, and a cowboy with lariat fast to a buffalo on either Bide standing by to assist. But the task was accomplished and the bison has learned a new trade. They are very good travelers, in time become quite tractable, and their immense strength would make them valuable as draught animals. A four-year-old catalo dresses 1200 , pounds. This would mean at least .2600 pounds1 live weight. The buiblo is very easily kept, as is also the catalo, so that mnch less cost is incurred in raising either than in keeping domestic cattle. Added to this each ani- . mal will yield-wool enough each year to make a blanket and a taxidermist will pay from $100 to $600 for the head. Mr. Jones made the Government an offer some time ago to take this herd to Texas, where he would care for and protect them, allowing them to increase unmolested for twenty years if the Government would appropriate the ' land and means to defray the expense. 1 His request was heeded by Congress ' which went far enough to set aside > the land but failed to make an appro' priation for expense. > * I A.Curious Booking Stone. ; . j When the engineers were surveying I the Congo Railroad they found on the " bank of the river, says the New York < \ f 1 i ?? THE CONGO BOOKING STOIC. ' Sun, a curiously shaped stone, so poised on several smaller bits that it r rocked from one side to the other. The rock bore a striking resemblance to the remarkable monuments still . found in France and England which were used as altars by the Druids about the beginning of the Christian era. It was on such altars that the Druids offered their sacrifices. So on the banks of the Congo was found a counterpart* of the. Dolmens of North n. XiUrupc. The rock, a picture of which is here given, was in the way of the railroad track, and was therefore removed. It never was a,Dolmen. Its fantastic outI lines were never fashioned by human hands; nor was it placed upon the supporting stones by human agency, f At least the geologist, Mr. E. Dupont, ' who visited the Congo to make a study of its geology, says we have no proof of the existence among the people of the lower Congo or their ancestors of a state of civilization that would justify us in attributing to their handiwork even so rude and primitive a monur ment as a Dolmen. There are in this part of West Africa 3 a number of examples of tottering 1 rocks like that shown in the picture. * They are all of natural origin, and ? show the plainest evidence of erosionMost of them have been carved by the e elements out of mica schists. They r contain veins of amphibolitic gneiss or 6 quartz much harder than the schists, 0 and here aud there some of the softer 9 rock above the hard quartz veins have ' been worn away, completely severing the connection between the once united 1 upper and lower parts of the mass, and 1 so the upper part is left to balance and teeter on the rock or rocks beneath. f c Cannon Used bj Columbus. In an article on the "Reproductions e of Columbus's Ships" the New York B Herald says: "All three vessels carry guns like their orignals. On the main deck of the Santa Maria and Pinta are two iron guns about four feet long and two and a half inches calibre, lashed on wooden blocks mounted on rollers. There are broadside guns pointing through small round port holes and are called lombardas. A CANNON ON THE SANTA MABIA. . Mounted in pivot sockets on their rails; I like the rapid firing guns of to-day, I these two vessels also carry two smaller I iron g-uns called falconetas. The Pinta i has no lombardas, but four falconetas. , One of the lombardas on the Santa. Maria was carried on Columbus's voy| age of discovery; all the other guns arereproductions. i Very Poor Taste. Lion?"This business makes mo most awful sick lately." Lioness?"What's the matter?" Lion?"Oh, the man who puts his i head in my mouth has struck a new brand of hair oil!"?Puck.