Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 9, 1890, Page 22

m—— R RS i { i THE OMAHA DAILY BE . Y. SUNDAY, . DODD, MARCH 9, 1890.~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. DODD & CORAY DON R. CORAY. The Pioneer Real Estate Firm of Provo We have large lists of city and country property Proprietors of OAK DELL ADDITION COMPANY. We have handled over $1,000,000 worth of real estate in 1889. Parties visitin CORRESPONDENC Martin & Drake Are the largest Importers and Breeders In the west of Suffolk Punch, English Shire and Gleveland Bay Horses. Shetland Ponies. v ¢ Horn and Holstein Cattle, welcomed . Correspondence iny atall times at low prices and on easy s Call and examine ourhorses and cattie, Box 17 Provo City, Utah. ROYAL A. BARNEY Real Estate, T have one of the chofcest lists of proverty in the city, which | will sell on easy terms. Call or udaress, Royal A. Barney,Provo City, Utah. Get in before the boom Begins. Cor- respondence solicited. First National Bank OF PROVO. At et @apitali e .o 5 n L $50/000 SUnPIUBH R R e el T 51000 T, R ones, Pike, president; H. Clufr, 8 Direcronrs: A. O. Smo Cutler, president: & utler B John C. Grahum, Reed Smoot, Walter R, PROVO CITY, UTAH. W. H. DUSENBERRY, CASHIER. PRETTY PROVO, A representative of THE BEE visited Provo last week, and speaks authori- tively when he says there is no flies on Provo. It is growing like dog-fennel in the streets of a Missouri town, and spreading itself by its own inherent ower, like measles in a public school. ’rovo is situated in a beautiful valley, and viewed in the morning sunlight is as pretty a picture as ever came to us in our delightful dreams. Itis an ag- ricultural gem, occupying a central po- sition in a_ horizon-limited landscape, inged midsummer with groves and or- chards, filled with verdont fields and grissy meads, dotted here and there with ~vine-clad cottages, commodious barns and lowing herds. 1t is a daisy, and don’t you forget it! The Wasaich valley, naturally beauti- ful, has heen much improved at this point by the growth and development of adecade and a half since its first settle= ment. he farms surrounding Provo are in a high state of cultivation and the improvements are of a mostsubstan-~ tial character. _Provo has eight thous- and inhabitants,every soul who believes as firmly and religionsly in the future of the place as Daniel did in his God. They pray for the town morning and vening and sing its praises all day long. They are as loyal to it as were the ancient IRomans to the city of Seven Hills, and for one to speak disparag- ingly of the place would be treason of the worst sort. The people are a wide- awake, thrifty class, and are bound to get there. The corporate limits are extensive enough to encompass a population of sevenry-live or eighty thousand, which it confidently expects to have inside of the next half decade. The process of filling in—solidifying as it were—is going rapidly on. There are a great many houses in process of erection at ———— Over to the southeast, across the lake, is the great Tintic min- ing district, rapidly coming into prominence as a great and rich It promises to be the Comstock of Utah. Quarries of the finest granite, sandstone, marble and limestone are easy of access; while within three miles .of Provo there are slate and serpentine quarries which are only awaiting a little capital and development to make them paying enterprises. Fourteen miles southeast of Provo are the great Asphaltum mines of the Noth American Asphalt company. Adolphus Busch, the: noted St. Louis brewer, is at the head of the company, and the works are now turning out large quantities of the refined It is the finest and most durable paving material in the world, and excels the imported Trinidad article, and the de- mand for it is already greater than the mill can supply. will be the first town in the west to be supplied with asphalt sidewalks, the City Council having already made a contract mineral section. material. Over 1,000 lots, ranging'in Provo with the company to lay them on the principal streets. ley. PROVO WOOLEN MILLS. markable healthfulness. price from $25 to $50 each. | ) Provo are cordially invited to make their headquarters with us. SOLICITED. Climatically considered, the praise than that which is strictly truthful! ties are due to its atmosphere, which is dry 'and pure, and the atmospheric peculiarities are due to its geographical position and elevation; the summer’s heat is tempered by the mountain bieeze; the air being dry and the nights cool there is perfect refreshment in sound sleep—a blessing unknown muggy climates—and the result is that throughout there is re- Three hundred and twenty-five days of sunshine in the year is the meteorological record of Utah Val- Rarely does the mercury reach zero in the severest winter. Whatever your vocation in life, if you are coming west with an intention to settle, we can give no better advice than that you investigate the merits of the boundless resources and manifold the present time, and from the new roofs to be seen on every hand it is evi- dent that the good work bas goune on all winter. Notwithstanding this buildjing boom there are no vacant houses, The strects are wide and as clean as the fuce of a well kept baby. The avenues are broad and elegantly shaded with rows of large cottonwoods, catalpas, locusts and walnuts, which af- ford ample protection from the sum- mer sun and gives the town an appear- ance not unlike some of the older cities of the Atlantic coust. The soil of th eandy loam; it ricultural districy of Uts of wheat, barley and o 00 bushels to the ac single weighing as high as seven The Utah tomatoes are canned in large quantities at the Provo Can- ning Works and enjoy a reputation su- perior to any imported article. The ize and rich flavor of the straw- , grape, peach. plum, apple and ar will one day be utilized to their {fullest commerc value, for fruit can- ning 1s an enterprise that ml»iml wil! find safe and reasonably lucrative. Utah Valley vegetables are alws in demand 1n Utah markets and for expor- tation to Colorado and other outside points. Hop cultuve is being success- fully introduced on the mountain benches. Limitless mineral resources are within this , the iron mines being capable of fur- nishing millionsof tons of ore for the manu- facture of iron, On a consolidation of sev- eral of those great mines the Utah Valley Tron Mining and Manufacturing compaay has been organized, and a wealthy foreign syndicate is now actively negotiating for the purchase of their property. The great coal measures of Pleasant Valley are near at hand first class coke is assured. and there can be no question that Utsh Valley s yet destined to be one of the greatest manufucturing centers of the country. Utah Valley needs no other Its distinctive quali- in hot and opportunities of a section that has no equal even in favored Utah. JOHN M. DRAKE Real Estale Dealer —— Half Ownér in Ai{ondale Consisting of over 100 acres of the most beautifully located residence property in the city of Provo, Within 2, Mile of Postoffice. I nave other Choice ¢! and acreage properties. Make Investm nts for non- residents, ete. Correcpondence Salicited, - HAVERCAMP & CLARK, LICENSED Rbstracters of Title In and for Utah county. _Office, First Nationa Hank, Provo City, Utah. Correspondence Solieied. ““Home Industry Our Speclalty,” PROVO CO-OPERATIVE Clothing Department Full line_of home made suits constantly on hand, Suits made to order from the celebra- ted Provo Woolen Mills Goods, sumples ot which sent on application, Try a pair of our all-wool Cassimere Pants at $5. A. SINGLETON, Supt. CEMETERY AND CREMATORY. By Either Route it is Dust to Dust. SOME TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES. People Who Have Been Buried Alive —Religious Aspect of the Question of Cremation — Some Ob- Jections Answered. Incineration. . “To be buried alive,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe, ‘‘is beyond question the most terrific of all extremes which have ever fallen to the lot of mere mor- wality,” Numerous well-authenticated instances are on record of those who had been laid out in grave-clothes and even placed in coffins preparatory to interment, arising from a protracted coma just in time to save themsoclves from burial, says a writer in the Prince- ton Review. But what of the larger number who arise not? ‘“‘Seven hours in u coffin added ten years to my life,” ‘wag thoe startling statement of Martin Btrong of Twelfth street, Philadelphia, as he told of the terrible experience through which he passed in the sum- mer of 1868, when, upon the certificate of death furnished by Dr. Cummings, who attests the painful truth of the story, he was encoflined for burial. The late Rev. William Tennent, when yet a theological student at New Brunswick, was placed in his coffin for burial—phy- sicians and friends believing him to be dead. One particular personal friend, however, begged so pitc_usly and ear- nestly for postponement that for more than four days after the time appointed for burial he was kept in the coffin, and finally revived and lived a useful life of many years. Almost every month the newspapers bring to us the facts of such experiences. Physicians are now pretty well agreed that there is no absolutely reliable evi- @eunce of death except decomposition, and as the modewn icing process retards this and conceals 1its evidence, who shall tell what numbers are buried alive in these last duys, unless indead by this same icing process they be rozen todeath? 1Iv not infrequently appens that uvpon opening coffius taken from receiving vaults for final burial the turned body and contorted features, the expression of wild despair, the torn and disheveled hair, and the partly eaten flesh of hands and Arms attest the awful fact., In times of epi- demrics of contagious disease, when at- tendants are 1n haste to get the sup- posed dead under the ground, thisis especially the case, as was shown at Norfolk and Portsmouth when the hastily and imperfectly buried victims of the last great yellow fever epidemic werve reinterred, A prominent undertaker of New York recently expressed to a member of the New York cremation society the desire that his own body should be cremated after death, adding that he had so in structed his famly and so directed in his will, Since, however, tho instructions contaived in the will of the late illus- trious Italian liberator, Garibuldi, were 80 disregarded in this particular, 1t is difficult to believe that such instructions wven whore known to be the dying re- quest of the departed, will be observed by prejudiced survivors. The under- taker above mentioned stated as the reason of his desire the dread he ex- perienced of being buried alive, adding that he believes live burial is far more frequent than is generally supposed. The late Charles Albert Reed of New- ton, Mass., directed his attending physician to sever his head from his body after death to prevent possibility of burial alive, and left in his wlll a be- quest to him of $500 for this service if faithfully performed. So the late Rev. Howard Malcom, D.D., LL.D., for many ears president of the university at {‘ewisburg, and during the later years of his life president of the Hahnemann medical college, of Philadelphia, di- rected that, to prevent the possibility of being buried alive, his heart should be taken out, and it was done. ‘While cremation, as well as burial, forbids the hope of a veturn to active life in the flesh, it humanely prevents, the possible agony of a return to tem- porary consciousness, Moreover, a well- appointed crematory will be provided with a warm room where all cases of ossible suspension of life may be kept 'or a time and restoratives applied, as alsoa cold room for the temporary preservation of remains when desir- able. Another consideration in favor of cre- mation, with which sentiment is con- cerned. is the facility itaffords for the preservation and transportation of the ashes of the deceased. Not a few have an experience in common with that of Rev. Brooke Lambert of England, who some time since remarked: *'I have lost three very dear kinsfolk in remote quarters of the earth, and 1 would give anything I could command if T could receive their ashes and keep them by me in a vase.” And how the heart of many a mother, whose spn has been slain in batile or called off by camp- fever, would be consoled if she could re- ceive in an urn the ashes of her boy!—a result that would be uite practicable if our military au- thorities should adopt gremation as a means ot disposing of the dead; and this should certainly be resorted to as a sanitaay measure no less than as a matter of sentiment after a great bat- tle. That the dead would not be left un- buried for the vultures to prey upon, as was the case after the battle of the Wilderness, nor would they be left half buried to breed a pestilence, To some it may appear almost cruel to utter in connection with the disposal of our dead that hard and practical word, economy; and yet there ave in every families not a few who are shelterless and foodless because of the expense en- tailed in the buriul of their dead. How- ever we may abhor and most justly de- nounce vulgar pomp and extravagant display at funerals, we can but honor the sentiment which will sacrifice shel- tar and food and raiment to give decent burial to the departed. But while we thus honor the spirit of self-sacrificing love, we may also be permitted to point these bereaved ones to a better way. Apart from the burial lot and tomb- stone and the expense for carriages, the average «cost of a funeral among the lower middlo classes in and about New York is not far from $150. Apart from carriage-hire which we may assume to be about the same in either case, the cost of gremation decor- ously performed, including the case in which the body is carried to the crema- tory, should not exceed #40, while the cost of a terra-cotta urn of classic pat- tern, the most tasteful and appropriate possible, could not exceed #5. Add $10 for a nichein the columbarium in which the urn may find a permanent resting place in case the friends should not wish to take it t0 their homes, ahd still 0 another $5for an inscribed tablet under the niche, and we have $60, as against four or five times thot sum for earth- burial, It is objected that cremation by ap- proved modern methods would be im- practicable as a means of disposing of the dead of great cities. Those who are familiar with the octuple crematory of Major Martin,in Bombay, or with the multiplex portable incinerator of M. Creteur of Brussels, could not for a moment seriously entertain this objec- tion. Again, it is objected that ‘‘cremation is heathenish and barbarous.” Weli, 80 is earth-burial, and was so thousands of years before it became “‘Christian burial,” and even since then has been practised by heathens and barbarians more widely and numerously than by Christians. ~ So eating, dvinking, bath- ing and sleeping are heathenish and barbarian practlces, but we not there- fore refuse to eat, drink, bathe and sleep. Some there are who think they have religious objections to cremation. They say that cremation has no recognition in the bible, forgetting that when Saul, the king ot Israel, and his sens Jona- than, Abinadab, and Malchishua, fell in honorable warfare with the Philistines, “the valiant men of Isracl aroso and went by night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there; and they took their [incinerated| bones, [or ashes], and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days” (I. Sam. xxx1. 12,13), This was according to an oriental custom that especially honored the bodies of kings and other distinguished persouns by cre- mating them, even though the common people should be buried, allusion to which 18 made in Amos vi. 10 and Jer. xxxiv. 5. It was ulso intended to pre- vent the desecration of the dead by their enemies, There have been those who have thought the practice of cremation in- compatible with a belief in the resu rection, and uave looked upon crema- tionists as infidels and atheists. Of these the most conspicuous spokesman is the Very Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, lord bishop of Lincoln, who, standing at the o of Westminister abbey, July 5, 1874, in the midst of & vast congrega- tion, gathered from all parus of the United Kingdom to hear him anthemat- ize cremation, and with many of the most iilustrious dead of the Christ- ian entombed about him, de- nounced the practice of in- cineration as ‘‘barbarous and unnatural,” and said: *'‘Oune of its very first fruits would be to undermine the fuith of mankind in the doctrine of the resurrection of the body;” adding that “the extinction of that faith would | bring about a most disastrous revolu- tion * * * confirming and increass ing the widespread licentiousness and immorality which prevail in all the cap- itals of the world.” Truly this is a most appalling preture to contemplate! But is it not a wonder that when, as often must have hap- pened in the course of his ministry at vuerals, the bishop saw the biack mould turned up in the deeply buried churchyards of Eugland, it did not oceur to him that this mould was human ashes—the product of half a century’s combustion—but ashes just as truly as those in the cinerary urn, and should prese nt precsely the same ob- stacles to the bishop’s faith in the doc- trine of the resurrection? And surely ‘'the faith of mankind in the doctrine of the resurrection” must rest upon a frail foundation if a few creamatory fl]r\u'u are going so speedily to destroy it alll Possibly the illustrious dead of that grand pantheon would have been less elecquent in the good bishop’s cause if instead of speaking through his lips some of those death-dungeon could have been opened, and the inmates of that vast charnel-house could have been scen in all the repulsive loath- someness of their protractea putrefac- tion, wherein, through long decades and centuries, most literally “the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.” Assuming the doctrine of the literal resurrection of the material body to be true, can it be supposed to be less pos- sible or less easy for the all-knowing and almighvy God to gather and re- vivify the material atoms after they have been oxidized and scattered by the agency of the incinerator than after precisely the sama result has been accomplished by combustion in the earth? And if, as the Bishop of Lincoln seems to assume it is impossible for God to raise up the bod- ies of those who have been burned, **What,” iv has been pertinently asked, “is to bocome of the blessed martyrs’— those who have suffered death at the stake or been broiled on beds of iron for the salke of truth and conscience? Had his grace the bishop of Lincoln been gragduated from Trinity college, Oxford, instead of Trinity college,Cam= bfidge, he could daily duving his undergraduate course have looked over into St. Gillis street, a hundred yards to westward, upon one of the most beau- tiful Gothic monuments to be found in any land. This is known as ‘‘The Martyrs’ Memorial,” and was erected to commemorate the event, ou the spot where Archbishop Cranmer and Bishops Latimer and Ridley were burned at the siake. And is there to ve no resurrection for these holy men? JOHN D. BEUGLESS, e Feiled His Man With a Ohair, Another story of cruelty in the army, “which 15 a fit companion piece to that of Private Wild, has now come to light, says a St. Paul special to the New York World. The officer concerned is First Lieutenant Lorenzo W. Cook of the Third infantry., /The victim was a con- vict undergoing sentence in the post guard house at! Fort Snelling, who has sincg, been discharged and is now in thiseity., His name is G. P. Grady. Lieutenant Cooke is provost marshal &t Fort Snelling. He has the direction of the labor of the convicts at the post and his couduct towards the unfortunates is said to be extremely ty- rannical. Grady wanted to go on the sick report to see the doctor.’ Lieutenant Cooke objected, and Grady finally became in- solent. Then Cooke picked up a chair and knocked Grad¢ down. The pris- oner was seriously ihjured. Lieutenant Cooke afterwards became alarmed at what he had done'and made the most abject apology to the wounded man. The story is known by the enlisted men of the garrison, and is now told by Grady himself. No charges have been made against Lieutenant Cooke. e Wine Baths for Beauties. A few favored beauties in California know the tonic effect of wine baths, which are administered with some cere- mony by tuking a warm water bath first, and when the pores are open, en- tering a wooden tub containing a cask of red wine, which dovs duty over and over again, Or, bath towels are soaked in wine and laid on the person after a warm dip, and certainly the wine bath is very refreshing and refining to the skin, , Fifteen minutes is the proper time for the application either way. It also whitens and softens the hands to soak them iu & basin of red wine, THOUGHTS IN LIGHTER VEIN Waifs From the World of Wit and Humor. HE AMENDED HIS PRAYER. A Boston Infant's Quaint Petition to the Throns of Grace—A Sealed Proposal— 1'm from Boston. Something Nice for the Major. Washington Star: One night last weelk Major Stofah went out to see his then best girl, and the little brother cume down to entertain him till the youug lady appeared. Ain’t your birthday purty soon?” asled the child. *Yes,” replied the major, with a smile and a hope. “Have you got any use for u razzle- dazzle?” continued the boy. *Not that I am aware of,” responded the major, innocentlyg “That’s just like girls, ain’t it?” re- marked the boy wisely. “Sister said she was going to give you a razzle- dazzle for a birthday present.” That was DifY. nt. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: **You ought to quit smoking cigarettes, De Sapp. It's injurious to your health.” GA (Puif! puft!) *Yes; physicians say cigarettes para- lyze the brain.” *Aw!”? (Puft! puff!) ‘‘Besides, the Priuce of Wales hus given them up.” “You don’t say!” (Throws it away. A Youtnfal Scientist. Teacher (after a lecture on_geology) —Now, children, I want to tell you of something I saw in Utah There is a high mountain there, far from human habitation, yet the top of it is covered with oyster shells, How do you ex- plain that? Bright Boy—Well, Idunno, of course, but when we lived in Kansas a big cy- clone struck our town, and the last I saw of the vailroad restaurant it was way up 1n the air, headin’ for Utah. Willing » Oblige. London Judy: “Emily, I wish you wouldn’t let Mr. Jou flirt quite so desperately with you; I don’t like it.” *Sh-sh, dear, dear, don’t tailk so loudly. 1 did it out of pity for the poor fellow.” **What do you mean?” “That lady behind you Jones,” Challenged Chicago Tribune: is your occupation? Man summoned as juror—I am em- ployed in an intelligence office. All the attorneys at once—Your Honor, we challenge this juror for cause, is Mrs, ur C se. Attorney—What Amending His Prayer. Buffalo Courier: The infant fon of a pious North street father, in whose fam- ily prayers are always said morning and evening, was takenill,and the physician administered medicine, On being put to bed the little one was advised by his Christian mother to pray that his health be restored. So kneeling ut his crib, his little lips lisped: ‘“‘God bless papa, God biess mammna, God bless everybody’ God bless the doctor and the med’cin to make me well. Amen.” Next morning the poor little chap was worse, aud he alarmed his foud parents by symptoms of scepticism as to the efficacy of prayer. He was admon- ished that perhaps the Lord wasn’t quite ready to answer his prayer, and to try again. So kneeling the second night he prayed thus: ‘‘God bless papa, God bless mamma, God bless everybody, God bless the doctor, and I hope to God the med’cin’ will work tonight. Amen.” The boy got well. Not With His Luck. Societ, “My dear,” said Mrs. Jones, struggling with a pot of jam at the din- ner-table the other day, ‘‘see if you can open this pot.” “Not with my luck,” murmured Mr. Jones, who had been sitting up the night before with a sick friend. “I'll pass 1t blind,” and he sighed dejectedly behind his newspaper. Got the ‘ormation. Drake’'s Magazine: Miss Tira de Wagting—Mr, Bilder, what is a “sealed proposal?”’ I see the term every little while 1n the papers. George Bilder (blushing) —A—er— sealed proposal? Why, it’s a proposal, led. a de Wagting—Yes; but wd of o prok()sx|1—uco.-ge41r. Bilder—and sealed how? - (Twenty minutes later, disengaging Biider’s ardent em- know now.” Well Acq d with Hiram. Chicago Tribune: **No, Hiram,” said the young girl sadly; “I cannot be your wifd. We are too compatible,” “Compatible!” he exclaimed. that the very reason why—" “Not in our e I should probably insist from motives of economy on dis- pensing with a servant and doing my own houseworlk, and you would probi- bly let me do it, Hivam.” Misfit melections. Syracnse Christian Advocate: A fawmous college president, u clergyman, was addressing the students in_the chapel at the beginning of the college year. “Itis,” he saidin conclusion, *‘a matter of congratulation to all the friends of the college that this year opens with the largest freshman class in its history.” And tnen, withont any pause, he” turned to the scripture losson for the day, the Third Psalm, and began reading in a voice of thup- “Isn’t 13 der: ‘“Lord, how they are increased that trouble me.” This, however, was hardly more unfortunate than the cboice of the hymu, **Return, Ye Ran- ped Sinners Home,” as the closing selection of u certain American board meeting. Indisposed and Kxposed. Sunday Mercury: A well known pub- lic man has two sons, one of whom is nearly twenty-one years of age and the other about thirteen. The elder took a turn at society last winter, but sub- sided when Lent began. Not many s ago, while the family were at din- , the youth said: I expect to be marvied one of these but [ have learned enough in this h not to select a society girl for a Most of them do not get up until They are wife. 11 or 12 o'clock in the day. 1ndisposed half the time.” “Yes, and exposed the other half,” said the little fellow, who had been a keen listener to the experience related by h1s big brother. Not After that Kind of a Joh New York Sun: ast Commander James 8. Fraser of the Grand Army of the Republic of this state told some friends the other night a story about a man he sent down to the custom house to get a job as night watchman. Col- lector Erhardt sent the man to the civil service board to be exasmined, The man was quite intelligent,and answered the questions put to him until he was asked what the distance was betwee tho earth and the sun. He hesitate for a time, and finally acknowledged that he did not know. “‘You don’t know?” asked the commise sioner severely. **Mister,” said the applicant, *‘I didn’t think I’d have to answer a ques- tion like that. I'm looking for a night job.” Activity of the Cofiin Trade. Lewiston Journal: A student in Bates college, whose father 1s an undertaker, tells a good story. A near neighbor’s house caught on fire one night and the undertaker’s storehovse was in so much danger that it was doemed advisable to remove the hearse, coffins and other stock. A farmer, who arcived upon the scene of action just as this plan was being carried into execution, said he thought the day of judgment had surely come, for there was the fire and every one was runving about with a coffin une der his arm, —— A FIGHT OF BULLS. The Elk That Invades a Domcstio Herd to H's Sorrow. Mr. P. S. Cowles, a well-known stocky man, living near Alma, Neb., arrived in the city yesterday from Boulder county, where he has been visiting a a friend and ranchman named Silag Wilson, says the Denver Republican, He reluted a story of a remarkable combat which was witnessed by himself and friend between a bull elk which was full grown and a Durham bull nearly two yearsold. The bull calf was with some other stock in a large field neur a small stream which runs through Wilson’s ranch when the elk was seen mingling with them. The calf, which seemed 10 be a pugnacious brute, went for him and knocked him down a slight embankment by a header ala billy goat, This angered the ells, and with a snort or whistle of rage he came at the young bull with the speed of a rocket. The calf fuced the music, and with head down awated the colision. It came, and the ell gotthe worst of it, but he was by no means out of the fight, and commenced to steike with his sharp hoofs, cutting the neck and shoulders of the calf in such a manner as to cause them to bleed profusely. The men ad- vanced nearer to the fighting animals, but their approach was not noticed as the bulls were too much engrossed in watching each other to observe that they had a buman audience. The other cattle drew off a short distance, and in a group watched the battle, The calf stood the onslanght of the elk’s hoofs for a short tirae, but with a bellow of fright and pain turned tail and fled to safer quar The elk stood still, and with o desperation worthy of the cate tlo’s champion the calf stopped, pawed the earth and after eyeing his antagon= ist for a fow seconds, charged the elk with such ferocity that the latter turned to run. He was too late, however, and the calf struck him u broadside full amidships that caused his sides to rat- tle like a Salvation army girl’s tambo- rine. This settled the uf’k, and as soon as he could regain his feet he inglori- ously vacated the fleld in which he had intruded. The calf stood proudly paw= ing the ground until his antagonist nad disappeared and then joined the other cattle in the field. e was severel cut in one or two places about the shoul« ders, but was all right in a few days, and as ho grows older he will be able to vanquish a whole hord of elks, il New Coates House, Kan, Cuy, Absolutely fire proof. Finest and largest hotel in Kunsas City, Unexd celled in it appointments, -~