Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1890, Page 6

al THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, RA LIFE THE WEST. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt's Entertaining Talk on the Subject. ADDRESS AT THE MEETING AT CONGREGA- )NAL CHURCH HELD BY THE LADIES INTER- ESTED IN THE CURRENT MOVEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEWSBOYS AND POOR CHILDREN. Atthe open meeting held Tuesday night in the Congregational Church in the interest of the Newsbors’ Aid Society, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, civil service commissioner, gave an interesting talk on ranch hfe. Mr. Roosevelt said that he agreed that there was little connection between his subject and the purposes of the association, except that he took a great interestin both. Then, after a word of commendation for the practical work that is being done for the newsboys, he started in to describe “Ranch life in the far west,” with an earnestness and enthusiasm that car- ried his audience along with him. He spoke without notes of any kind and very rapidly. He said that he had spent about EIGHT YEARS ON THE RANCHES of the west and had seen the gradual disap- pearance of the frontier. The frontier, he rather sorrowfully told the audience, is gone absolutely. So are the buffalo and all the other marks of the plains of the west. A man, unless he comes immediately from the atmos- phere of cities. cannot get lost in the west as it is today. He may strike a stream and go down ita couple of days and he will come across a house. There is just about room left to halt and thatisall. For the next two decades the life on the ranches, with all its picturesqueness, will be most interesting, but not beyond that period. The buckskin-shirted trapper, with all his equipment for the hunting of animals in the wilderness, was formerly the type of the great west, but now the cowboy stands as the typical figure of thatregion. The suddenness with which THE BUFFALOES HAVE VANISHED is appalling. Ther made their last stand in "$1, and since then there have been scarcely 200 animals or the plains. All sorts of people find their way out into the western country and som: do not find their way back again. There was a tin peddier, said the speaker, who wandered to his ranch and was trying with indifferent suc to sell his wares when he fell into the h: s of the Indians and he was killed. The Indians thought that his tins were some kind of bad medicine and scattered them all over the piain over a tract of country cov- ering two square miles. The year that saw the end of the buffalo scwalso the beginning of ranch life proper, for the cattle raisers began to come into the country over which the buffalo used to roam and staked out their claims. A COW OUTFIT, as itis catled, is started by two men going ahead of the main party to cruise, or to pick outa favorable spot for the grazing of cattle. ‘They find bad traveling, and it sometimes takes them days to make any visible progress atall. When they have lighted upon a spot that looks well for the future they halt, and in ashort time the main body of the outfit has up and work begins. A “cow,” in the nee of the plains, is anything of a suitable size that has four legs and two horns and has ‘ence to sex whatever. Everything of description is either a “cow” or a “critter.” The ranch consists of a hut, either built of adobe or logs, and each one has, on an average, two rooms, in one of which everybody sleeps and in the other the cooking is done. As soon as the hut is built the herds are staked out into the plairs loose for pasture, with men on the outer edge of the herd to keep the cows from wandering away. They have a habit of growing homesick and drifting southward if they have been driven to the north or to the north if they have come from that point. It is quite embarrassing to the owner if his cattle drift anywhere near an Indian reservatior, When the cattle have been herded in this way there is held what is called THE “ROUND-UP,” which is simply a general pasturage, where cach owner picks out his cattle from the mass. This is necessary in the region where the cow- boy and the branding iron take the place of the fence. The round-up often covers territory over forty miles long. It is done in the spring, and the first preparation is to get in the horses, which have run wild all winter. They are very rough, in coats as well as temper. and the process of reducing them to civilization again after weeks of freedom is one of the most difficult tasks of the cowboys’ work. Each outfit bas from six to eight men, and each man has from eight to twelve horses, so that an ordinary outfit would have a herd of half a hundred horses. It is during this pro- cess of breaking the horses to saddle again that THE “UCKING HORSE gets in its work. He either bucks or plays the game of “sun fish,” which is done by going up into the air with his feet ir one direction and coming down on them when he has changed them into another position. This horse is the past grand master of bucking horses and the owner of one would much rather have someone else who likes that sort of thing do the breaking for him. It takes a week to get the horses in order, and then the start is made for the round-up, in which all the ranches join. Each outfit travels on horseback, with a hugh prairie schooner to carry the traps. The extra horses are herded and driven along together. The teamster is the cook and every man has plenty to do of the roughest sort of work. It is very interesting, but tiresome, for there are nights when one gets no sleep at all, and under the best circumstances a few hours’ rest is alla man can obtain. The work begins at three in the morning, and after breakfast has been bolted in the quickest possible order the horses are driven in and each man goes into the rope corrall and gets his own. He is ermed with a lariat, and it is 4 TRYING TIME FOR THE TYRO. It is very unhappy work for the young and inexperienced man who thinks that it is all fun on the plains. When the horse is saddieda start is made at about dawn, all the riders going forward in the shape of a fan, taking up the cattle that are to be found on the plains, ‘There may be 300 or there may be 3,000 taken up in aday, and when they have been driven into a corner then comes the time to “work the herd.” This is the process of picking out from the mass of cows each man's property. the brands distingui The riders ae horses, from the heavy, lond-winded anim: that can go for days ata time, to the smaller, quicker, ' spirited horses that are trained itting cattle out from a herd, e of each ranch goes into the |. with his horse at a walk, and walks out the first cow he sees that belongs to him. This is done by moving the horse so as to head off the animal when it starts to dodge. WHERE THE TROUBLE ComES. The trouble comes when the cow gets out of the herd, for then it its to get back again very bad. It will rush hither and thither ina frantic effort to get away from the horse, which, if well trained, sticks to the cow like grim death. At last the cow is taken away from the herd, and then there is more trouble to “hold the cut.” This 1s not difficult after more than one cow has been cut out, but the first one is apt to create trouble. n the cows have been separated the calves are branded, this being as dangerous a piece of work as any onthe ranch. At first sight it looks like an outrage that a great big man should try to throw one poor weak little calf, and one’s sym- pathies are all with the animal, until it be- comes very plain that the man has more than his hands fuil, and one feels that it is a shame that there should be only one small man pitted against that great big calf. ALL SORTS OF HARD KNOCKS, There is difficulty at night in keeping the | cattle still and trying to make them lie down, | for they will stampede on the slightest provo- | cation. In bad weather this difficulty is in- | creased, for lightning frightens them badly. In winter the work is terribly rough, and man! man is frozen to death, besides hundreds that have fingers, noses and fect frozen. The cat- tle have all sorts of foes, including grangers, bears, wolves, panthers and rattlesnakes, al- though the prowess of this reptile is very much poser! | by easterners. In some parts of the west the skunk is poisonous, giving hydro- phobia by its bite, and at one time there was a regular epidemic of deaths from skunk bites. In conclusion the speaker said he wanted to give one word of warning to young gentlemen who might be imbued with the idea that they would like to go west and become a cowboy. He had never talked in public on the subject of { ranch life, but he had received from a dozen to fifty letters during the past week asking d- vice as to the chances for a poms man, He wanted them to understand that the cow work was a regular trade, as well as any other, and would have to be learned by slow aud tedious steps, and the chances ere all against any but the strongest and hardiest men, If a man fails iu the east the chances are three to one against him if he goes west to take up the cow busi- ness, He must live on unleavened bread, bad salt pork and alkali water, with other little simi- lar luxuries, and take all sorts of hard knocks. There is no sympathy for a failure, and one must not look to the cowboys for much encour- agement to the tenderfoot. — No Suppiviston recently placed upon the market can offer such inducements as to loca- tion. price, terms and accessibility as the sub- | division of Holmead Manor, located near the | 7th and 14th streetcars, Plats at office of Wm. H, Saunders & Co., 1407 F street, meget = _ Good Templar Elections. John B. Finch Lodge: Lee Scott. C.T.; Mag- gie Bray, V.T.; John McCann, $.; Carrie T. Sherwood, Howard Mitchell, T.; B.S. Warren, C.; Frank A. Riley, M.; Jane Sher- wood, G.; Harry Gobert, sentinel, and Abra AMUSEMENTS. ALBAvon's—Tue Mrxapo.—Next week the Carleton Company will it The Mikado” 's and with it will atyAlbar continue and in- crease emg vious = in less ge; Operas. e cast o! com: Pen be oe loyed, and with Miss Carle, Vincent, Mise Langdon, Miss Wisdom, Mr. Carle’ Mr. Murray, Mr. Bigelow and the others of the company only the very best per- formance may be expected. Harri’ o— 4 Nuoorr"—At Har- ris’ Bijounext week Herbert and Joe Cawthorn, assisted by the bright soubrette, Miss Gold- thwait, anda good com, , will present ‘*Lit- tle Nugget” =2 with a strong and in- termingled with it some very fine singing, — and other features of a vaudeville char- acter, Bott Row Panonama—Venermax Trovsa- pours.—The Venetian Troubadours, who re- cently attracted much attention at the New York Eden Musee during the orchid show, both by their fine playing and costumes, will begin an engagement at the Bull Run pano- rama building Monday at 2:30 o'elock. Kenwan's—Dnama xp Boxixo.—The Balti- more favorites, George E. Atkins and Edith Crolins, in their original and successful comedy dramas, make their first appearance at Ker- nan’s next week. In addition there will be every night a boxing tournament, in which Jack Fogarty and Jimmy Ryan, the famous ugilists, will appear, and asa special attrac- ion Friday night a scientific exhibition be- tween George Northedge and Billy McMillan, Lixcoty Music Hatt—“A Kyigut or La- zor.”—Mr. D. C, Bangs, supported by Mr. J. M. Lackey and Alice Henderson, will produce next Tuesday evening at Lincoln Music Hall Mr. Lawrence Eddinger's industrial drama en- titled “A Knight of Labor,” for the benefit of the Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Local Assem- bly, ‘No. 3,456, Witueims Ciur.—The closing concert of the ee will be given at Lincoln Hall next 'riday, a CLAYTON’S MURDER. The Dead Man’s Brother Accuses Demo- cratic Politicians of the Crime. W. H. H. Clayton, United States district at- torney for Western Arkansas and brother of John M. Clayton, in his testimony at Little Rock yesterday accused Deputy Sheriff Bentley and Bob Pate of the murder of his brother. He said Bentley came to Mrs, McCraven’s house in Plummersville, where his brother was killed, and he questioned him about the deed. Bent- ley said he suspected the murderers were in the town, but would take no steps to find them, To @ question he said the sheriff was engaged in more important business, i.e., collecting taxes in the northern part of the county. Mrs. McCraven presented a bill of $30 for the dam- age to her carpet from blood. Judge Clayton then learned that his brother's body had Jain all night where it had fallen. Clayton said to Bentley that the murderers would be found out, At this Bentley threw up his hands and said: “Dll swear to God I ‘didn't kill your brother.” A few minutes iater he again said he didn’t do it and began tocry. Judge Clayton said he be- lieved twenty-five or thirty political leaders in Conway county are implicated in the murder. Addressing Major cect nicitgee he said: “When I entered the court room and saw sit- ting on your right O. T. Bently and to your left Bob Pate, the two men suspected of asvassinat- Sherwood, S.J.T. Clements Lodge: R. A. Dinsmore, C.T.; Mrs. Hibbett, V.T.: Louis Yeager, 8.; Mr. Hibbett, F.S.; Mrs. Mahoney, T.; Mra. Emma Zurhorst, ; Willie Pierce, M.; Mrs. De Neal, G.; Will | Clark, sentinel . Martin, P.C.T., and Julia | E. Hodges, 8.J.T. Washington Juvenile Temple: John Pierce, C.T.; Hattie Berkley, V.T.; Florence Burgess, | R.S.; Hattie Betts, A.S.; Julia Andre, F.S.; The- | odore Sloat, T.: P artin, M.; M.; Etta Sanford, C.; Nettie Jones. ‘Thomas, Bertha Roderic, L.S. to C.T.; Hi T.; Elmer Martin, L.& to V.T. horst, P.C.T. | eens A Reception to Young Men. The third of a series of receptions by the | stranger's committee to the young men of the | churck and congregation was given in the par- | lors of the Calvary Baptist Church last even- | ing. The pastor. Dr. Greene, and Mr. Earll, | superintendent of the adult department of the Sunday school, spoke briefly. The principal addressef the evening wus délivered by Col. Robert, Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- trict. es 125 Lots, from 4,000 feet upward, to be for | sale May 5 by Wm, H. Saunders & Co., 1407 F street, > pases Eat Two Broken Arm-. Yesterday afternoon Wm. Coleman, a colored hod carrier at work oa a building on R street near New Hampshire avenue, fell from the scaffolding and his left arm was broken. ing my brother, and you frequently whispering , in their ears, I was compelled to believe that the interest you have seemingly manifested in the capture of the assassins was very in- sincere,” “Do you convict every man who is charged | with crime?” replied Major Breckenridge. “No, but I certainly do not consort with them,” said Clayton. Another Congress of Colored Catholics. The executive committee appointed by the Congress of colored Catholics of the Unitea States, held in this city January 1, 1889, have issued a call for another congress to meet in Cincinnati, Ohio, July & W. H. Smith and Charles H. Butler, members _of the executive committee for the’ District of Columbia, have requested that the parishes in the four sections | of the city elect delegates to this convention, ee Criminal Court Business Today. In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bing- ham, this morning Edward L. McClelland was arraigned and plead not guilty to the indict- ment charging him with manslaughter. The charge is that on the 20th of January last he shot and inflicted four wounds on John H. Benton, causing his death. Mr. C. Maurice Smith appears for the defendant. | _ The recognizance in the case of Lee Grand | 'T. Smalley, charged with the embezzlement of | $65 from J.T. Varnell & Sons on February :5 | lust, was forfeited. Inthe cases of the District against Gallegher, Mehler, Winfield, Thompson and others, whict: were appealed from the Police Court and sent D. C.. SATURDAY, MAY 3,-1890—TWELVE PAGES. <<<4 r L THE MOST VALUABLE AND ATTRACTIVE SUBDIVISION OF SUBURBAN PROPERTY EVER YET PLACED BEFORE THE wy AG PEE Ede 2 88 AG FUE Ef : HAVING INTRINSIC VALUE AS TO LOCATION, SURROUNDINGS AND SIZE oF LOTS, WHICH COMMENDS THIS NEW ADDITION TO THE THRIVING CITY OF ROCKVILLE, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, TO THE THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION OF ALL PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THE MONEY INVESTED. THE SUBDIVISION OF THE “CARTER FARM” AT ROCKVILLE HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED, SHOWING ABOUT 400 OF THE HANDSOMEST HOME SITES EVER SEEN, THIS TRACT CONTAINS 270 ACRES, AND MUCH OF IT LIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ROCKVILLE, RUNNING OUT IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. CLOSE BY THE DEPOT, COURT HOUSE, CHURCHES, ACADEMY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FAIR GROUNDS, AND BUT ABOUT ONE-HALF HOUR'S RIDE FROM WASHINGTON, WITH AN ACCOMMODATION OF TWENTY-THREE TRAINS DAILY. NO BETTER SELECTION OF A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE COULD POSSIBLY BE MADE THAN RIGHT HERE m coo S83, 9853 11 coo R 00. cco EI gs £ an f* @£§ Oo Eh O% 8S EX YY E en fet. As hh BE ES be BOY 3 Gos Huu, 2S S553 Mu Gcd EE “oo Soo EX V iu eR OS WHOSE NATIVE INHABITANTS ARE CULTURED, THRIFTY, SOCIAL, AND POSSESS ALL THE PERSONAL ATTRACTIONS THAT MAKE HOME-LIFE 80 ENJOYABLE TO THE 1,000 ‘OB MORE “TRANSIENTS” WHO SUMMER IN THEIR MIDST. 0 vou — DD ppp rrr 00. x ThRLTC BeEeEVTIEET EF ARRET 3 Fe 7 HR OT fy 5 83 3 Aaa D Dp i ° : x $ EE 2 sys BE SO? SS E%& Woo tu tu tee 244 io. ‘00 & kn About 10 o'clock last night Matilda Bryan, | back because the fees were not paid and the living at 431 Delaware avenue, fell from’ car | cases docketed. the chief justice denied the 157 of the Washington and Georgetownrailroad motions to rescin.t the orders remanding the at Istand B streets southwest and fractured cases, The court said the rule to file the ap- her left arm near the elbow. | peal in five days and have the case docketed in naa ten days was a reasonable one in the interest Miss Josie Lee Wins a Silver Medal. of prompt trials of the cases, and he had con- An oratorical contest took place last night at | ferred with his colleagues in the General Term Congregational Church for a silver medal given | and they concurred with him, under the anspices of the W.C.T.U. Mrs. Alfred | Taose Looxixo, as many do for a summering Wood presided. The judges were Rev. Dr. | place which combines all the advantages of a Scott, F. Hersher, Prof, Webster Edgerley and | gea yoyage without its attendant discomforts, Mrs. Dr. Walton, Prof. Bischoff renderedsev- | wilt do ‘well to bear the Isles of Shoals in eral selections or the organ before the contest | mind, It is a spot of many and rare attrac- began. The contestants were Misses uth Her- tions, not the least of which is the famous riott. Bessie Dutrow. Alice Gardner, Josie Lee. | Qcennic Hotel on Star Isiand. See its adver- Lizzie Harbaugh and Masters Elza Johns, Paul | tisement in another colum: Stephenson and Ernest Fisher. The prize was awarded to Josie Lee, who recited “The Two secede war de: Improving Rockville Park. Fires.” Dr. Hershey presented the medal in a) ‘The improvementa begun in Rockville Park, brief speech of congratulation. — the new subdivision of Rockville, by Mr.Wash- Cross, the Convicted Wife Murderer. ington Danenhower are nearly completed. In the Criminal Court today Chief Justice | Streets have been graded and sidewalks laid, Bingham resumed the hearing on the motion | Every lot in the subdivision was sold by Mr. | for a new trial in the case of the colored man, | Daneuhower within two days after the adver- Wm. Douglas Cross, convicted March 29 of the | “isement appeared in THe Stan. murder of his wife, Hattie Cross, by shooting | Fire in Hillsdale. betober lait” Messrs CME sith and Joseph | _ Tast night the house of Edward Winfteld in Shillington ‘appeared for the defendant and | Hillsdale took fire, it is supposed, from a de- Messrs. A. A. Lipscomb and C. H. Armes for | fective flue, and with its contents was entirely destroyed, the loss being about $400. Avoid all Substitutes for Royal Baking Powder. No other Baking Powder is “just as good as the ‘Royal purity or wholesomene: ” either in strength, ss. The “Royal” is superior to all others in all ways. Most housekeepers know this from their practical experience, and the reports of the U. S. Government investigations show it officially. The Government chemist says the “Royal” is “undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public.” If some grocers try to sell another baking powder in place of the “ Royal” they do so because they can make a greater profit upon the other; good evi- dence of the superiority of the “Royal.” To give greater profit the other must be a lower-cost powder, and to cost less it must be made with alum or cheaper and inferior materials. Because the “Royal” uses more highly refined and expensive materials it costs more to manufacture than any other baking powder, but it is correspond- ingly purer and higher in leavening strength, and accordingly of greater money value to consumers, although the retail price to them is generally the same. Consumers are entitled to full value for their money, and therefore will not, if wise, accept any substi tute for the “ Royal.” Unfortunately, not only are many of these would-be substitute powdess made from inferior and unwholesome materials, but they are placed before the public with advertisements intended to mislead as to their true character. A powder advertised by its manu facturers to have printed upon its label all the ingredients used in it, proves upon analysis to have in its composition four substances not named upon its label, two of which are lime and sulphuric acid. Most of the alum powders are fraudulently sold as pure cream of tartar goods. The danger incurred, should such powders be substituted for the “Royal,” will be apparent to every consumer, — 18 ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE IN ITSELF AND OFFERS EVERY INDUCEMENT TIT ss, H H TT NNR GG TIT T it it - wwww A HH iH ONNN G@ @ Tr . fie e: Ywiw 2 su" HO RRS & t f i i kee we'w a“ A Sus8 HOD NY ‘G6S) 7 18 PLAINLY VISIBLE FROM ONE OF ITS HIGHEST AND MOST ELIGIBLE POINTS. THE EXTREMF. THE NATURAL FORMATION OF THE LAND HAS GREATLY AIDED HUMAN ALL ARE DESIRABLE, BUT OF COURSE SOME MORE DESIRABLE THAN OTHERS, THE COMPARATIVE INEQUALITIES. FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE ALREADY LARGE AND PROSPEROUS CITY, 00 NNN MM 00 ISN OT MMMM FEE NNN TTT go i RAE Ss FRG gE BE’ REF “oo BX Rit M “oo Ras ‘ut MM Eee NR OF VALLEY VIEW IN THE DIRECTION OF THE “BLUE RIDGE” 18 PICTURESQUE IX THE SKILL IN SO SUBDIVIDING THE ENTIRE TRACT THAT NO POOR LOTS CAN BE FOUND PRICES OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN FIXED WITH A VIEW TO MAKING UP FOR ANY THE STREETS, ALREADY MADE AND OPEN TO TRAVEL, ARE BROAD, MANY AND EXTENSIVE, WINDING THROUGH OAK AND CHESTNUT GROVES, AROUND CIRCLED PARKS AND PROPOSED LAKES. SIDEWALKS ARE TO BE LAID ON ALL THOROUGHFARES, AN CONTEMPLATION, TTT A AH EEF Ss 11 ZZZ FER $ Hull Fe Bo Hot ie POPE EL ost H de ke VARY FROM FIFTY TO. UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED FEET FRONT TTTT H H FEE PPP. coo EEE rr PTS E WE oF FR H&S Ee ARE GRADED FROM $1,100 FOR THE CHOICEST CORNERS DOWN TO $450, LOCATION AND SURROUNDINGS BEING T TIIT T i g E RRS ELECTRIC PLANT FORK LIGHTING IS PROPOSED, AND AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY is i S OF LOTS BY DIFFERENT DEPTHS UP TO TWO HUNDRED OR MORE FELE, S GF LOTS AKEM INTO CONSIDERATION, GF SALE. aa CENT FOR CASH, $100 CASH; BALANCE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY, WITH 6 PER CENT INTEREST, 70 SUIT PURC H SERS, WITH A DISCOUNT OF 10 PER THE SALE OF THE ABOVE ATTRACTIVE PROPERTY COMMENCES AT THE REAL ING, ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1890. r CoME EARLY FOR THE CHOICE OF SITES. DESCRIPTIVE PLATS AT OFFICE, WHERE ALL NEEDED INFORMATION TION CAN VISIT ROCKVILLE ANY TIME BEFORE DAY OF SALE, tre 4 NORTHWEST, ESTATE OFFICE OF JOHN A PRESCOTT, 1416 F STREET KELLOGG BUILD MAY BE OBTAINED, PERSONS DESIRING TO MAKE A SELEO A: FRESCOTT: REAL ESTATE BROKER, KELLOGG BUILDING, 1416 F ST. XW.