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J. H. DEVEAUX. Maxaurf 1
VOL. 111.
Contentment.
I’m pleas’d with so little,
My wants are so few,
. That earth seems a pasture,
Where all things are new;
I feed on the blossoms
That welcome the spring,
As well as the fruitage
That summer will bring;
I revel in autumn,
That ripens the year,
And even the winter
Affords me some cheer.
I’m pleas’d with the shining
Os night’s silver moon,
As well as the glory
Which robes golden noon*
The light or the darkness
To me is the same,
For each has a beauty
To which I lay claim;
I wake in the morning
With thanks to the night
For winging me safely
Through Dreamland’s deligh
I'm pleas’d with my brother
(I’m speaking of man),
He’s loving or hating
As I choose to scan
His acting or speaking
For either has good
That outweighs the bad.
That’s nobody’s food;
So, feasting or fasting,
Asleep or awake,
The world contains treasure
Os which I partake.
—[George Reed Cromwell.
A Desperate Resistance.
Among the employes on Henry O.
Bteadman’s ranch in Oakland, Neb.,w’as
a Mexican cowboy, variously known as
Johnson, Anderson, and Allen Wright.
He was a type of his class—tall, bronzed,
with long black hair, piercing black
eyes, a fearless rider, and a dead shot.
Nothing particular was known of his
previous history. He came to Burt
county with a drove of cattle from a
New Mexican ranch. Ho was of a
sullen, taciturn disposition, and never
* engaged in conversation with anybody.
Although supposed to be a desperate
man, Steadman employed him on ac.
count of his skill in handling cattle.
He, however, became careless of his
duties, and on the 20th of March, 1886,
Steadman discharged him. High words
followed, and the Mexican, drawing a
42-calibre Colt’s revolver, shot Stead
man through the head, killing him in
stantly.
Calmly walking to the barn near at
hand, he selected the best horse, and
mounting, struck out in a southerly
direction. The intelligence of the
shooting was immediately carried to
Oakland, and a large posse of mounted
men at once started in pursuit. They
soon came in sight of the Mexican, and
when within rifle shot they opened a
fusilade on the fugitive, who, turning
in his saddle, returned the fire. His aim
proved deadly, two of his shots taking
1* effect. The leader of the party, M. P.
Johnson, fell from his horse, dead, with
a bullet in his brain, and Charles Was
sorman received a bullet in his leg.
The pursuers, however, still pursued
him closely. Seeing that escape was
impossible, the cowboy, on reaching the
k barn ot Charles Johnson, dismounted,
fc and before they could get in range was
BL safely inside. In this frail, but for the
I time impregnable, fortress, Wright
K, made one of the most desperate single-
fights on record. Knowing that
'•*' surrender meant instant and certain
death, and amply supplied with ammu
nition and arms, he held at bay a crowd
at times numbering 300 men.
Hardly had ho entered the barn when
his pursuers again camo within rifle
range, and, surrounding the structure,
a deadly fu iilade commenced. The
murderer was armed with a revolver and
* Winchester rifle, and the cracks bet ween
the boards served as loopholes, through
which he kept up a continuous and
deadly fire. From both outside and in
side the firing became furious. Ono of
Wright’s first shots brought down the
horse of F. F. Parlor. In quick suc
cession two other horses were shot from
under their riiers. In a rash moment
the imprisoned man exposed himself and
was shot through the leg. From 8 in
the evening until 12 o’clock the firing
w&s almost incessant. At midnight the
bombardment was suspended until
morning, but no one slept. All through
the night armed recruits from all parts
of the country camo to re-enforce the
besiegers. Tho crowd was under the
direction of tho sheriff, who disposed
them so that every avenuo of escape
from the barn was watched.
In tho mean time»telegrams had been
sent to Tekamah, thirty miles away, for
re-enforcements. Superintendent Mc-
Cabe of the Burlington placed a special
train at the service of tho sheriff, and
fifty men, armed to the teeth, arrived
on the scene of action at 7 o’clock in
the morning. Shortly after their ar
rival a man named Edgar Everett, one
of tho newcomers, volunteered to set the
barn on fire. Slipping along quietly
behind haystacks and outhouses, he suc
ceeded in reaching a point within a few
feet of the barn. Thinking the desper
ado was in tho upper story and would
not see him, ho mado an attempt to
enter. Hardly had ho advanced a foot
from behind his shelter when a rifle shot
rang out, and a third human victim of
the Mexican’s deadly aim fell shot
through the right lung. A number of
men at once made a rush toward the
barn, but the fusillade which greeted
this approach compelled them to turn
back, and Everett was left to die where
he fell.
A consultation was immediately held,
the folly of attempting to fire the barn
in tho day time was agreed to, and it
was decided to keep a close watch on
tho prisoner until night, when it was
believed that the barn could bo fired
without tho sacrifice of any moro lives.
To attempt to starve him out was
known to be a task of many days, as
tho barn contained, besides thirteen
head of horses and mules, a number of
milch cows and hundreds of chickens.
All day the crowds surged and circled
about the barn, but were careful to keep
beyond tho range of the Mexican’s
deadly rifle. A wagon load of provi
sions arrived during the morning, and
commissary headquarters were estab
lished at tho Johnson residence. Al
though the furious firing of tho previ
ous evening was not renewed, a number
of shots were exchanged and several of
the besiegers were slightly wounded.
Upon the approach of night, as there
was no moon and the sky cloudy, it was
decided, to prevent all chance of
Wright’s escape in the darkness, to fire
haystacks on three sides of the barn.
This it was believed would also furnish
an opportunity to ignite the barn on the
dark side in case the prisoner dil not
surrender. At 10 o’clock the stacks
were fired, and the crowd awaited de
velopments. The prisoner, however,
was still defiant, as was evidenced by
shots from the barn whenever any one
approached the structure in the of
the blazing haystacks. Several at
tempts were mado to ignite it,
but in every case the men were dis
covered by tho vigilant Mexican and
compelled to retreat under fire. Grad
ually tho light from the burning stacks
diminished, and by 2 o’clock shed a
comparatively feeble light.
Then it was that it was decided to
make the final and desperate attempt
to either capture or kill the prisoner. A
dozen volunteered to start the fire, but,
as it was considered highly desirable to
attract as little attention as possible, it
was agreed that only two should go.
Accordingly two of the shrewd
est men in the crowd, supplying them
selves with some hay, matches, and a
can of kerosene started on the perilous
mission. At first they went directly
opposite from the barn, in order to de
ceive the Mexican in case he should ob
serve them. To further distract his at
tention from them, just as tho men were
about to start the crowd began a rat
tling fusillade on the barn, and kept it
up so fiercely that it sound id as if a
pitched battle were in progress.
Reaching a point several yards beyond
the light of the burning haystacks tho
two men stole cautiously toward the
barn, pursuing much the same course
that Everett had done. It was consid
: cred too great a risk, however, to at
; tempt to reach the barn itself, and luv
j ing safely arrived at a long cowshed
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY. MAY 26,1888.
which joined it on tho dark side, they
poured kerosene on several spots in tho
structure, aud, laying bunches of hay
beneath each of them, touched them off
in quick succession.
The flames shot up instantly, and in a
moment the whole side of the cosvshed
was on fire. The two men then started
on a dead run back to the camp of the
besiegers. They had not a moment to
spare, for hardly had they applied the
matches when three shots, fired almost
simultaneously, struck tho shed. Tho
men, however, were in the dark, and
succeeded in safely rejoining their com
panions. Then tho firing ceased.
The Mexican was doomed. Presently
a shot was hoard within tho barn.
‘TIo has killed himself I” exclaimed
several in tho crowd.
The flames spread rapidly up one si lo
of the barn and along tho roof. The
bellowing of the cattle and tho neigh
ing and plunging of the horses could bo
heard above the roaring aud crackling
of their burning prison. But there
w r as no sound from tho Mexican. The
opinion rapidly gained ground that he
had shot himself, and several proposed
that an attempt bo made to enter the
barn and save some of the live stock.
Without taking the precaution to keep
out of tho light which the other two
had done, tho crowd made a rush to
ward the fire. They had proceeded
about half way when the side of the
barn which they were facing tottered
and fell.
“Como back! Come back! There’s
the Greaser!” shouted several men in
the rear.
Tho tableau revealed to the great
framework crashed to tho ground, for
a moment rooted the spectators to the
spot. On three sides and overhead were
the roaring flames, and in the centre
lay, or half reclined, the Mexican.
Grasped in his right hand was tho riflo
which had dono such deadly work. His
long, matted hair hung across his face.
He seemed in the last agonies of suffo
cation. Simultaneously with the shouts
of tho crow 1 ho raised his head. With
a dazed, uncertain movement his left
hand swept tho hair from his face.
Then, as if suddenly realizing his sur
roundings, riflo in hand, ho struggled
to his feet. But as ho brought tho
weapon to his shoulder his wounded
leg gave way. Raising on his knees ho
once more lifted his riflo, steadied him
self for an instant, and fired. Even
in the death throes his aim proved un
erring, and as he fell forward on his
funeral pyre one of tho besieging party
dropped to the earth.
A hundred bullets answered the part
ing shot from tho Mexican’s rifle, but
the flames quickly hid his body from
view. The tragedy was ended. Soon
the barn was but a heap of smouldering
ruins. The last victim of the despera
do’s aim, Charles Wise, was carried to
the farmhouse in a dying condition. It
was now daylight, and a search was im
mediately made for the Mexican’s body.
It was found in a large pile of oats.
Both arms were burned off, and a part
of both legs. The crowd was bent on
taking tho corpse and feeding it to the
hogs, but tho sheriff finally prevailed
on them to give up the idea, and it
was buried in a contiguous cornfield.-
The Sailor and the Anthem.
People who know very little about a
certain subject often succeed in ex
plaining it more clearly than those who
know all about it. An old sailor had
heard in church a fine anthem, which
greatly pleased him. He was descant
ing at length upon it to a shipmate,
who, after listening a while, said:
“I say, Bill, what’s an anthem?”
“What? ’ replied Bill, “do you mean to
say that you don’t know what a han
them is?” “Not me.” “Well, I’ll tell
yer. If I was to say to yer, ‘ ’Ere, Bill,
give me that ’ andspike,’ that wouldn’t
be a han them. But was Ito say, ‘Bill—
Bill—Bill—giv—giv—giv---giv me, giv
me that—-Bill, giv me, giv me that
hand, giv me that hand, handspike,
spike—spike—-Bill"-give me that—that
hand—handspike, handspike—spike,
spike—spike, ah—men, ah—men; Bill,-
givmethathandspike- spike, ah— men I
why, that would be a hanthem.”
How Giraffes Are Captured.
Mr. Lohse, a hunter* of wild animals
in tho employ of a Now York firm, told
a Sun reporter how giraffes are cap
tured. It takes only about four to six
horsemen ami about twelve or fifteen
footmen for a giraffe hunt. Tho long
necked animals on stilts go in herds of
50 to 100 head. When tho hunting
party discover tho spoor of a herd of
giraffes they creep up on them and wait
until tho mid-day heat when tho ani
mals aro in the shade of the thickets.
Then tho horseinon run in on them and
drive thorn out into tho open country
under tho scorching rays of tho sun.
An hour’s chase in tho desert exhausts
tho giraffes so that tho young ones drop
in their tracks unable to go any further.
The old giraffes aro killed for their
meat, which is considered a great deli
cacy. It tastes something liko veal.
Tho young, as soon as they fall down in
an exhausted state, aro secured with a
halter, to which is fastened two long
ropes. As soon as it is sufficiently re
covered to walk it is driven between
two hunters to the nearest shade. Thon
it is allowed to rest aud is fed on goats’
milk, A dozen or so goats aro always
taken on a giraffe hunt for this purpose.
After tho young giraffe becomes used
to the goats’ milk it is driven to tho
camp, and then co by easy stages to tho
main camp, or seriff t. Tho giraffes
that are so captured are never moro than
two to four months old. They grow
very fast and reach Europe
when they aro nbqpt a
year old and Bor 9 foot high. I have
had over forty of thorn at a time run
ning loose in tho seriffa.
A Useful Society’s Origin.
Tho Society for tho Prevention of
Cruelty to Children was first organized
about tho year 1873. It originated in
the visit of a lady to a dying woman in
a tenement house, who wished tho lady
to caro for her child. The lady applied
to the police, who replied that unless
tho child was legally brought before
them they could do nothing for her.
Sho then consulted several excellent
charitable gentlemen as to what sho
should do. They replied: “It is a
dangerous thing to interfere between
parent and child, and you might get
yourself into trouble if you did so, as
parents arc proverbially tho best
guardians of their own children.”
Finally, in despair, she applied to the
late Henry Bergh, who found that his
society could not do justice to the in
creasing demands upon it. According
ly, he laid the matter before his counsel,
and the result was tho creation and
subsequent incorporation of the society
as a distinct institution.—[New York
Dispatch.
Barnum and the Preacher.
P. T. Barnum declares that the best
circus of today is not a fair mark for the
church’s hostility, and in the conclud
ing chapter of a new edition of hi* au
tobiography gives this droll story:
“On Sunday evening, May 21, 1882,
I entered the Church of the Messiah,
Rev. Robert Collyer, pastor, and qui
etly took a back seat, only to find the
keen, clear eyes of the preacher fixed
upon me, and to hear his resonant voice
announce, ‘I see P. T. Barnum in aback
pew' of this church, and I invite him to
come forward and take a seat in my
family pew. Mr. Birnum always gives
me a good seat in his circus and I want
to give him as good in my church.’”
Mr. Barnum adds: “I thought the rev
erend gentleman had the courage of his
convictions, aud I was grateful to his
congregation for the gravity with which
they listened to thia pulpit notice and
made way for mo as with some embar
rassment I took the prominent scat in
dicated.”
Didn't Work for Once.
“Will you be kin 1 enough, pa,” said
Bob y, in a low, wel-modulated tone
of voice, “to give mi another pieci of
pie ?”
“No, ki r ,” replied the old man
“you’ve had enough."
“Mu,” sail Bobby, with a dubiom
air, “you told mi th it politeness aiwiys
pays. 1 ’
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
May tomorrow be all you wish.
Modesty is a maiden’s necklace.
The work of youth is tho caso of old
nge.
That man who is always looking for
sympathy needs it.
Be a man first, and then you can boa
gentleman at your leisure.
Tho fruit of ambition is se’dora so
sweet when tasted as it had been pleas
ing to tho eye.
Promises made in thotime of affliction
require a better memory than people
commonly possess.
Always listen to advice. It’s away
other people have of disclosing their
own mistakes.
Men in general do not live as they
looked to die, and therefore do not die
us they looked to live.
To toll what a man says pay attention
to tho tongue. To ascertain what ho
means pay attention to the eye.
The law cannot inako a man moral,
but it can mako him dreadfully un
comfortable when ho is Immoral.
To excel others is a proof of talent,
but to know when to conceal that su
pciiority is a greater proof of pru
dence.
Merit and good works is tho end of
man’s motion, and conscience of tho
same is tho accomplishment of man’s
rest -
Envy feeds upon tho living; after
death it censes; then every man’s well
earned honors defend him against
calumny.
The chief ingredients in the compo
sition of those qualities Uiat gain es
teem and praise aro good nature, truth,
good sense and good breeding.
Consume little time in regret. Tho
best repentance is reformation. What
tears of contrition aro powerless to ef
fect, an altered life easily tccomplishca.
The Famous Carthusian Table.
Not a great way from Monterey,
eighteen milos northeast of Tampazos,
is tho far-famed Carthusian table, ono
of the greatest natural curiosities on tho
continent. It is a table land 1100 feet
high and 2500 abovo sea level. Tho
figure of tho table-land is an almost per
fect crescent, running cast and west,
and on its summit aro moro than eighty
thousand acres of perfectly level land,
abounding in running water. The only
way to reach the top is by a perilous
road, five feet wileand three miles long.
This singular mountain was named for
the Carthusian monks by a former tribo
of Indians who occupied it and were
taught by the fathers. In the year 1695
i sergeant in the Spanish army learned
I the secret of its existence, and the king
of Spain gave him a title to the whole of
it. It is now owned as a summer re
treat by Honor don Patrica Mi Imo, the
rich banker of Monterey.—[Philadel
phia Record.
He Had Eighty Nurses.
Tho present emperor of Chins, when
ho was a balsy, had eighty nurses,
twenty-five fanners, twenty-five bearers
for his palanquin, ten umbrella holders,
thirty physicians and surgeons, seven
chief and twenty-three inferior cooks,
fifty waiters and messengers, fifty
dressers and other servants aud attend
ants to the number of over four hundred
or more. His spiritual wollfare was
looked after by a corps of seventy-five
astrologers, sixteen tutors (all of high
rank; aud sixty priests.—[St. Stephen’s
Gazette.
A Forty-Foot Monster.
Tho petrified remains cf a huge ani
mal have been discovered lying beneath
the earth's surface, on tin bunk .of tho
Des Moines River, near Percy, lowa.
The length of the monster, without the
head, which was detached from the
body, measures over forty feet. The
remains were in a bed of dark blue stone
surrounded by petrified insects an 1 rc-
I main* of other animals. It i« supposed
tint the animal bjlongod to tho carbju-
I ’l«rw» ano.
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