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A TALE OF BLOOD, A TRAGEDY OE THE PLAINS RE LATED BY AN ULD RANCHER. A "nn UHIK lirr Ha jr. I to a fret- hy a lisas: ot (alii. Urn Wko Had II In for HIM aprrdy traieaiirr. After the war closed 1 wsnt back home ter Ohio, hut I wuz no good ter mytelf ur anybody else," said "Buckeye." " Like thousands ov others ov the boyi four years of aoldierin' had knocked ail the taste fer farmin' out ov me. I wuz sort broke down an'ev'rybody thought I bed c'nsumption, an I thought I bed, too, so I thought I'd try the southwest an' come out ter Arizony. After while 1 got so ez 1 couldn't keer fer my mules, 10 1 tuk what money I'd save. I, bought a couple ov burros ar a camp outfit an' itarted ou>. prospect- in'. I 'lowed mebbe I'd pick up enough trr keep me agoin' nil I went into camp fer ths last time. Well, I prospected aroun' fer a while an' kept a-growin' weaker 'n weaker. 1 never tied my burros at night fsr fear I wouldn't be able ter git up in the mornin' i>n' they'd starve. Sure enough one mornin' I wuzn't able ter move. I'd made a dry camp the night before, not bein' able ter reach water, 10 'long the next day the burros moseyed off dowu the ken yon. I felt awful lonely then, but I tried Mr quiet myself an wait fer the end. Ciod ! How hot it wuz in that kenyon ! "The nex ' thing I'remembsr wuz somebody noldin' my head up an' tryiu' ter git some whiskey an' water in my mouth. I opened my eyea an' a young teller wuz a bendin' ever me an' near by wuz a saddls boss. He managed ter git me intor the aaddle an' by boldin' me on got me down ter hi> cabin 'boat lour mile down the kenyon. "Well, he tuk me in an' nussed me fer a few day* till I begin u-r pick up an' wuz able ter wait on myself. 1 wuz jest run down, thet's all, needed a good long rest. quinine, fresh meat, ai>' good water He bed theae in plenty, aa' Vwu/.n'i long till I wu/ right peart. He hed come out from I'eiiiylvauny a year or so before an' hed located a stock ranch in the valley an' hed through him. Two uv 'em wuz by my door an' tothers wuz over nigh the bed. " I TltlED TIR PIN' A ODM, but they hid luk ev'ry dern one uv 'em, 10 I went back t*r the cotlonwood* an* to d ntr I'd go fer help, that I thought they'd take him ter camp and hold him fer pay. The bosses wuz all gone, so I tuk afoot acrost the mount'iris three miles ler the nighest nahor't. When I'd got purty nigh thai-' I thought I heerd suihin' like a Intuv shoolin' way down the valley, but I wuzn't sure. Y.I. luck 'ml hev it, thar wuz s mm kind uv' doin's at the nex' ranch, an 'twuzn't more'n rifteen minus fll I had a I../. MI ur tiflees3 men, all well armed, an' agoio' fer the house like hell a beaiin' tan bark. They wanted tor leave me behin', aeem' I wuz jest gettin' over a spell uv sickness, but I'd a gone if i'd aknowed I'd a died in the saddle. But many's the lime since thet I've wished I'd a stayed. "It wuz day when we galloped up ter the cottonwnods, but the woman an' babien waz gone. \\ e went ter the house an' they wu/.n't thar. Then thar uz some mighty tall swearin' done ez we luk the trail. About a quarter down the valley we come outer a sight that I never want Ur see the likes uv agin; a sight that burned itself inter my brain, an' I've seed it ev'ry day sence. Thsr A IKS' .is' TKK TUK LIMB uv a cottonwood wuz his body, riddled with bullets. Almost under him, an' a layin' in his blood thet bed run down, wuz his wife in a dead faint. The little girl wuz a layin' down by her side, a pat tin' her on the cheek an' a cry in' 'mamma ! mam- ma :' The little boy wuz a stan'm' up, a tuggin' at his father's fsel, and sayin' in a ooaxin' kind o' a way: 'Turn down, papa; turn down !' His face well, I reckon we've all seed men hung. Agin the tree wuz a po'a and nigh the woman wuz a knife. The poor thing had be'n a tryiu' ter climb the tree ter cut hi<n down. " Some uv us carried the woman an balnea' back ter the house, an' some uv the wimmin havic' come over from the nabors" we left 'em with 'em. Others uv the boys cut him down, carried him up ter my room, n' hurried up an' washed an' drest him an' laid him out. Then WCTCK Tlir. TKAII., an' follered it without eaun' or sleepin. We ketched up with them in a narrer ken- yon an' wall, the most uv 'em air thisr yit. Them thet we got alive we tuk back ter the tr<e an' sarved 'em the same way they did him, an' on the same limb. Thar wuz quite a row of 'em an' it kinder offset the t'other sight. When his wife came to she wuz wild, onten her head fer two ur three days, so' so*ne uv the wimnmn bed ter watch her all the time. Then slie got quieted down like an' wanted ter lake bis body back ter I'ennaylvanny, but, Lord, it wuz twenty miles ter the svage station alone, to say nothin uv 1 00 ter the railroad, so ws hewed a nice cofb'n fer him outen cedar an' buried him thar in the lotton- woods. The stockmen 'roun thar chipped in an' brought all the stock an' everything at a big price an' give her the money. Then she started back east, soms uv us going *z fer sz the railroad with her. The gang thet hung him way. cattle rustlers who had it in fer him. They wuz three or four got away, an' if I ever meet up with 'em an I know it thar'll be another killin'." A 8ICJIIT I JI1VIR WANT TR NIK AIII*. ' filed on th* springs thet made quite a stream f rom thsr on . He hed fixed up a old doby somebody had deserted an' with pine an' cedar log* had built a purty respectable addition an' hed quite a bunch ov cattle, with proepecti fer a purty c'nsiderable in- crease the nex' spring. He'd left a wife an' two babies, a boy in' girl, back in Pensyl vanny, an' hod come out ter git a start, an' ei he wu/. purty well fixed ez things went thar in them day* he'd sent fer them Ur come on. A BAITY HI'S BAND. "The day before his wife an' babies wuz ter gll ter the stage station, twenly mile away, we cleaned up everything alwut the house, an' he slicked up his team, filled the wagon box with urass. throwed in blankets an' grub, an' started. They got back the nei night an' a happier man I never seed. Hit wife wu/. a cheery, black-eyed, brave little woman an' juit fairly wushipprd him. The girl baby wuz the youngest 'bout ;< years old, an' the boy mebbe 4. I wuz gittin' right smart >hen, *o 'iwus decided I b'd itay an' puller 'round the house, helpin' her put things ter tight* an' feu-Inn' wood an' water an' sich. The next day he rode away off down the valley, where he hail two vaqueros lookm 1 after his cattle, an' gut back jell before night. "Jest before day" Uuckaye paused. pass- ed his hand ovsr his face, cleared his throat of a (uspicious lump and continued : "Jsst before day the nex mornin' I wur. waked up by a terrible row in their sleepin' room. 'I he womsn wu/ a sorcamin' an' men were a yelliu' an* a oussin. ' I jumped out o' bed, grabbed my gun an' run inter their room. The mom wu/ >hinin' bright an' il IK-HI' cummer all the doors an'wmdert hed been left open. 1 could tee the room wnz full of riglitu' men. He wuz aslandin' between the gang an' the bed whar hit wife an' babis* wuz, 4 riOHTlN 1 I.IKK Till HKVIL. I clubbed my gun, let out a yell an' waded in but hedn't made mora'n two ur three swipes till miilnii' struck ms on the head an' I went down. When I come to, the room wuz quiet cept fer ths cryin' uv the children. 1 staggsied up on my feet, wip- ed the blood outen my eyes an' wsnt to the door, .she wui a layin' outside on the groun' in a dead faint. I picked her up, carried her inter the bed aa' lit a lamp. She came <<> iu a ininit, but lookin' awful wild. She tried ler git up, but I told her ter Isy mill an' tell me w'lich way they went. Sh*> said ' Down the valley ; they took him along.' She said the tried ter foller them, but fainted when she got out- side. 1 took a glimpse aroun' the room an' blawsd out the light quick, aayin they might shoot through th* winder*, but they wu/ tuthin' in thar th*t '(wouldn't do fer her to see. I hustled her an' the babies outen the house down ter a clump o' cot- ton-woods by the tprmg an' told 'em ter stay thai till I got back, ei I feared the gang might burn the house. Then I went back an' lit the lamp agin'. Thar wus four deadgreaaes in lhar; three wilh ther heads butted opin an' one with a knife o!ean SIZE OF A THUNDERBOLT. .r,>li>itl.i. Hsvr > -. .i.in l.i WFilrh m-h Measure* Ar* Taken. " Did you ever sec the diameter of a lightning flash measured ?" asked a geolo gist. " Well, here is the csse which once inclosed a flash of lightning, fitted it ex actly, so that you can see how big it was. This is called a ' fulgarite,' or ' lightning hole,' and the material il is mad* of is glass. " When a bolt of lightning strikss a bsd of saml it pluni(ea downward into the sand for a distance less or greater, traaitormmg siiiiultani outly into giant the silica in the material through which it passes. Thus by its great heat, it forms a glass tub* of percisely its own size. " Now and then such a tube, known as a ' fulgarile.'is fonntl aud dug up. r'ul- games have been followed into the sand by excavations for uearly thirty feet. They vary in interior diameter from the si/e of a quill to three inchei or more, according lo the ' l.orr' of the flash . Hut f ulgarites are not produced alone in land. They are found alto in solid rock, though vary nat- urally of slight depth, and frequently ex- isting as a thin, glassy covering on the sur- face. " Such fulgarites occur in aatoniihinp abundance on the summit of Little Ararat, in Armenia. The rock is so soft and por- ous, that blocks a foot long can be obtained, perforated in all airectiont by little lubes filled with bol lie-green glats formed from the fused rook. " Some wonderful fulgarites were found Humboldt on the high Nevada de Toluca in Mexico. Masses of the rook were covered with a thin layer of green glass. Its peculiar shimmer iu the sun led Humboldt to asoend the precipitous peak at the risk of his life." Expensive Ignorance. Chappy "Do yoi; think your tailor would trust me for a suit of clothe* t" ( 'holly" Does he know you :" happy "No." Cholly- right." Oh, thin he'd trust you all AGRICULTURAL -^-X^S^i^>i^>*rf^i -N^-^^^^^-^-NX-^*^W^Hrf^.^*^sX*^ A Quickly Made Stable Pen It frequently happens that one itetirei to make UK, for an emergency, of a itall or pen iu the liable which it not at hand, and for which there may not be convenient room as a permanent structure. Our il lustration show* how nuch a pen may be made in a moment's time, in a corner that ordinarily may be used for other purpose*. Two Rstrs are m*><i and hinged against the walls .n the manner shown. Ordinarily they are folded back tnugly againtt either wall, but when a pen or " box stall" is suddenly needed the two end* are swung together and locked with hooks, and the needed accommodation is secured. Such gates should have slats quite uear together, and should be of good height to accommo- date both large and small animals. Method of Feeding- Wheat. Feeding wheat i* all right if the feeder understands it and hat the mean* to do it, but a great many are not fixed for it. Wheat should never be fed -lone, nor ground too fine when fed to cattle. It should be fed mixed with cornmeal, cut fodder, hay or straw. To those who have not got the corn-meal, fodder or hay cutter, an excellent substitute would be to take a stack of alfalfa, thresh it with a threshing machine as fine a* possible, run it into a building where it can be kept dry and con- venient, mix a reasonable share wilh ihe wheat meal and feed dry. But the best feed I have ever used wsi two- thirds corn- meal and one-third when meal. For feeding hog* th* wheat meal may b ground finer, soaked fifteen or twenty noun, fed in a thick tlop in flat troughs. Mix well before being poured into the trough. Feed a small teed, ami often hog* fed in this way will do real well and make very sweet meat, and the owner will feel satisfied inat he has gotsll the profit lhat is in feeding out of il bv being canful and feeding in ihis way. No certain rule can be laid down for any two bunches of cattle or hi gs. The feeder has to lea*-n for him- self by observation, and never put either cattle or hogs on the market before they are fully finished, Wm. fbirley in 1. S. Bulletin. Feeding: Throug'h the Winter. The question of economical stock feeding will be brought to th* front this winter. Stockmen who have hitherto been accus- tomed to haphazard methods in feeding will figure more closely. Cornstalk* can be re- lied upon when properly ground with a minimum of sofv grain mixed wilh ihem, and the nutritive valne will be equal to a great deal of the poor grain that tome farmer* give to their stock regularly. While the tulk* may not have a great amount of nutriment in them, they do, when fed with grain ia a ground state, furnish flesh-forming material that can not be equaled by any other food of th* tarn* coat. In peri* of the corn belt, where feed will be high, stalk* may be purchased at a mere song, often for the labor of carting them off the field, and with good economy animals could be wintered on them without much otbtr expenditure for food. Wilh animal* purchased at a sacrifice tale an enterprising farmer may see his way to make money next spring. There will un- doubtedly be a great reduction in stock by spring, and if business revives this winter, as one may reasonably expect, a oorretpond ing increase in the demand for good meat will follow. With depleted stock-yards the farmers who sold most of their animals this fall will not be able to t .ke advantage of ths high prices, bin will find themielve* placed in the condition of purchassra rather than sellers of stock. There was never a dep- ressed condition of the farming industry without itt corresponding lesson to be learned. The whole hay crop will be needed to take the place of grain that la generally given to stock. O ood hay it almost a com- plete food of itnelf for animals that are not being worked much, and il should be made a point to secure only the finest quality. There is tuoh a diHerence in the quality of bay that one may be starving hi* rattle off liberal supplies while another may be mak- ing them strong and healthy off a tmaller bulk, (iround hay likewise mixed with some fine grain or meal gives all the feed- ing value that animals require, especially if thf can be supplemented by a few root* occasionally. When to Apply Manure. There is much difference of opinion be- tween farmers as to the best time aud best methods of applying manures. No given rule will apply to all farmi or all localities. Much depends upon the lay of the land and bow much tune one ha* for hauling. Highly at manure is valued, it* cost in Hauling is sometimes* greater than the value of its plant food, and the hauling and apreading i* therefore the moat cottly and important it. m connected with it, the distance, kind of manure, actual value of the manure aud facilities for hand- ling it having their effeot on th* value of the whole, and affecting the result! to be derived from it. It has been demon- strated however, that ths majority of farmers can handle rranure and spread it 0*1 their fields in the fall al leu o<Mt Ihtn any other isaion of the year. Manure oan deteriorate in quality while in a heap a* wall at when washed by rains or dried by the sun. Some farmers prefer to plough their land and harrow the manure in, but this necessitate*) the hauling over plowed land. Others spread the manure and then plow with a ons-horse plow, while many simply tnread the manure on the turfaoe and allow it to remain. If there is no danger of rain* carrying away the soluble material the apreadmg on the surface will be satisfactory, but it ia a risk. Manure can be used on wheat land in the fall, for next year'* crop, to the beat advantage, but if it i* to be applied else- where it will pay to work it into the top oil in some manner, even if wilh only a cultivator, a* there is sure to be a lose of soluble and volatile matter if exposed on t he turface throughout the winter, and until the land is plowed in the spring. The practice that many Western farmers follow, of throwing out the barnyard manure in a heap, and leaving it expoaed for a greater part of the year, should be severely condemned. It was shown by ex- periments conducted at the Cornell Station, that horst manure thrown in a loose pile, id inbjfccted to the action of the element*, will lose nearly one-half of its fertilizing valne in six month. It was alto shown that mixed horse and cow manure, placed in a compact mass so that water falling up- MI it will ruii off qmckly, suffer considerable loss. Prof. Shehon taya that farmyard manure should b* hauled to the field m the spring. ITEMS OF INTEREST. In New York city the annual average of homicides ia 90 ; of tnicides, 250 ; aad of accidental deaths, 1,-JOO. A charitable institution, in Philadelphia, supplies to the poor, at coat, ioe, sterilized milk, and prepared food for infants. Un Christmas every policeman in the city of London receive* from Lord Koths- cnild a brierwood pipe and an ounce of tobacco. A type-writer for making entries in booki of record, has been invent d. It u chiefly designed for the use of book-keeper*. The French system of anlhrcpometric measurement* of criminal*, u> iaaur* their identification, has been adopted m Eng- land. A carriage propelled by a treadmill has been invented in France. A horst works the treadmill, and of course rides while he it at work. lo ths Belgium Parliament, when a member is making a long spesch, brandy and water la supplied him, at ihe expense of the government, All the railway station* in Sweden at which meal* are served are known by a sign bearing the suggeiuvt emblem of a croeaed knife and fork. The farmers of Gloucester, N. .)., kill crowt by stringing corn on horse-hair*. The crows swallow th* corn, and the hair, and toon fall into a fatal fit. An emetic given to a Scotch terrier be- longing lo CoL T. C. Wildman, of Arling- ton, N. J., cau*ed the dog to throw up a live frog, which at once hopped away. A snail ranch has been started by a farmer of Anet, France. He has already lso,i wo of the interesting creatures, and they eat as much green fodder as two cow*. A portrait of Charles L, in aa art gallery at Oxford, i* composed entirely ot small letters. The head and ruff c( ntam the Lord'i Prayer, the Apostle's Creed, and the book o f Psalms. In the forty years between 179? and 1S.TJ there were outstanding, supposed to have been lott or destroyed, Bank of England notes to the value of fl,:'-JO,UUO. This sum 'as clsar profit to the bank. John and Alexander Tyler, of North port, Ala., had a dispute about some real estate, and fuught a duel John received three bullets, and died intlantly, and the other was also thought to be fatally wounded. .Tohn't two little tont witnessed the duel from a buggy. A quick and novel method of engraving on stetl haa been discovered. Plaie freshly plucked leave* between two plates of panel steel, and then explode a dynamite cartridge on tht upper plate. An exact impression of the leave* will be found on the upper plat*. A Red Sea Phenomenon. A singular phenomenon occurs on the borden of the Red Sea at a place called Nakout, where the intermittent under ground (ounda have been heard for an un. mown number of centuries. It it tituated at about half a mile't distance from the shore, whence a long reach of land ascend* rapidly to a height of almost 300 feet. This reach is eighty feet wide and resemble* n amphitheater, being railed in by low rocks. The sounds coming up from the ground at tins place recur at interval* of about an hour. They at first resemble a low murmur, but before long there is heard a loud knocking, somewhat like the stroke* of a bell, and which, st the end of five min- utes, become* *o strong a* to agitate the hand. The explanation of t his curious phe- nomenon given by th* Arab* i* that there i* a convent under the ground, and theae are sounds of the bell which the inonka ring for prayer*. 80 they call it Nakou*, which means a bell. The Arabsarnrm that the none so frightens their camels when they hear it a* to render them furiou*. Scienliita attribute ths sound* to suppre**- ed volcanic action probably to the bubbl- ing of gat or vaport underground. A Stevedore Becomes a Millionaire. A despatch from Victoria, B.C., says : James M. Morrison, stevedore, of ihis city, with three brothers, hive recently fallen heirs to an estate worth fifteen million*. Two brother* are in California, and one in St. John, N. B. Tho estate was left by a bachelor uncle, Mr. William McKay, re- cently deceased at Kimberley. Mr. McKay drifted to South Africa many years ago, where ht amasaed Ins fortune. Th* infor- mation came through adsrpalch from South Africa published iu ths Kastern paper*. Mr. McKay left about a million and a half to defray any possible Isgal expense* for those connecter! with the search for the heirs. Mr. Morrison expect* to go to St. John, X.B., shortly. f M j HEALTH. Pain and Rest. We are told that pain is nothing more than a nerve-irritation. It u experienced when any destructive process goes on in any part of the body, and may be felt in one part of *he body while the source of it i* in another. Thus headache may have it* source in the muscles of the eye. Pain, strange as it may seem, i* really a protective and beneficial sensation. In the case of a brok en limb, ex treme pain is caused by motion in that limb. There- fore, the sufferer, whether man or animal, tries to keep the limD at rest, which is the very condition requisite for it* healing. Surgeons, indeed, have taken hint* from nature in this regard, and incasesof tuber- culosis affecting joints find that the best results are obtained by rendering the joint motion leas by mean of splints, though th* affection itaelf is often not very painful. Pain from indigestion is relieved by tem- porarily lightening the diet, and giving th* digestive organs lea* work to do. Even headache usually indicates a call for rest. Pain due to an overtaxing of the nerve centre, that is, the brain, is usually the most difficult to combat, since here the cause is often obscure. In this state neur- algia nerve pain affects first onn part of the body, then another. Nature's restorer, sleep, is courted with difficulty, and life's ordinary duties become burdens almost too heavy to be borne. In this condition, nature's call for rest i* bent heeded by a complete change of sur- rounding*. If the call ia disregarded, lenous consequence* are likely to en- sue. A vacation offer* on* of the best chance* of recuperation. In fact, a regular indulgence in such form* of recreation i* the brst mean* of preventing this very condi- tion, and should be looked upon not aa the indulgence of a weakneaa but as the perfor- mance of a duty. In the natural course of event* one adds to, rather than detract* from, the years which may be given to active labor* by de- voting regular period* to rest. Treat the body not a* a mere machine, which wear* out in any case after a certain number of years or months of work, but as a vita', organism having the power of revivi- fying iUelf capable of being hard worked, but deman iing, too, times of recuperation. Excessive Smoking-. Discussing smoking from a medical standpoint. Dr. Andrew Wilson say* : Tobacco is a sedative or soother. It acts on the heart and depresses and slows it* action. This is why excessive tobacco- smoking will produce "smokers' heart," and cause pain and irregularity of the heart'* action, which are cured by giving up or moderating the habit. So, also, ex- cessive smoking will produce a temporary blindness, which disappears when the to- bacco is limited and consumed within proper limit*. Doubtless, also, excessive amoving i* a frequent cause of heartburn, indigestion and other stomach ailment* note, I say ' excessive " use of the weed and if anybody asks me, "What is excess'" I havs my answer ready : Excess is that which make* ths individual in any way un- healthy or indisposed. I say "individual," because what may be a fair quantity for A may be an excsss for hi* neighbor B, or not enough for neighbor C ; you cannot lay down any one law here for everybody. What 1 always contend about tobacco (aud other things I is that it ia tb wue, educated intelligence of the individual which alone can and ought to gui le him in all hia habits. If he does not know when excess ii reached (and he muat be very stupid if he remains ignorant of this), or if he is un able to keep his taste* and desires within itisonable bounds in the matter of tobacco (or anything else), hi* only wise course is to abstain altogether. I cannot see that reason and common renae require us to go beyond thia plain rule of life. As regards the young, I sav tobacco-smoking is injuri- ous. It i* the same with alcohol I'.otli things are injurious to tho young and growing body. They interfere with the body's nutrition and stunt growth. There- fore, 1 say to parents, don't allow your boys to smoke ; and to boys themselvei 1 *ay, don't smoke at all, because it can only lead to ill health. If you are to imoke at all, exercise your discretion when you attain to manhood. Dark Houses. People who keep their houses dark for fear of the sunlight spoiling their carpets and furniture have no idea of the disease deelroying influence of flunlight and air. Recent experiments nutde in the Pasteur Institute have shown tha" bacilli expose I to the sun and air were destroyed in two hours, while those expoaed to the sun, the air being excluded, were alive after fifty hour* of exposure. Dr. Palermo.of Naples, made an interesting experiment with chol era bacilli \\ hile he found those protected from the sun killed guinea pigs in eighteen hours, ax usual, those exposed to the sun, though not killed, were rendered entirely harmless. As to the influence of sun and air on bacilli, it was ascertained that the oxygen of the air had a marked effect in assitting the sun's ray*, and that the bac- teria suffered more from the sun's rays if th* supply of oxygen wan increased than if it was diminished. Certain liquids, too, which will undergo putrefaction in the dark will remain sweet and free from bac- teria when exposed to the nun's rays. Air and sun are Nature's great purifiers. A Reasonable Find. " I alway* enjoy the fall of th* year," laid Mr*. UptodaM, " for there it al way a pleasant surprise in (tore for me then." " In what way " asked her friend. "Oh, when I unpack my winter cloak I am lure to find a handkerchief that I thought 1 had lost, lucked away in the in sids pocket, and I am just thatmuch ahead you know.''