The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1901, Page 8

~ 3 THE SUNDAY CALL P i e = &% -— — - - —a—} —— - e o = — = = E B E=SEE & E= = E= B = - =E = = = === E E ESE === = i = - = F — s = " = NS ll“'l‘ o |l Sullivan. Other pe they ha Chamy 1 his prefession n fragments. One broken jaw is the ries and mow trim reached the record of eleven broken. it Gt e “I do it the same way I'd break a workir iy horse,” he savs. “Thers's no way to teach 2 & SERE ek 1 just get on ard hanz on and “h'fi buck g B a=d Blek- like =D Most of 'em are a A little fellow on the ranch. R s ha Ahicath. and slower scemed to understand the : ers bet- Ikl Tt e yatind Misnge 18 you're goin® to break a steer. That's the best way to keep frhm zettin® ‘em. I pen except never had anvything bad | when I broke my jaw. That wasn’t muc tellow over there but you see that Well, he tried it one~ and he broke his 's worse than your nose first thing. Th: Jaw nce T left the ranch I've been break- ers for peeple here in town. They'rs pretty good for ridin’, though you can't hitch "em to a wagon very well. I never a saddle—only the surcingle and blanket ard the bridle. Co they go { should say. If it wasn't for that there wouldn't be much use ridfn’ 'em, 'cause most of ‘em are rd treacherous. It's pretty hard to m broke, even when us s the jolliest 1 s ugly z were great fun. He could be sure you've got ° vou think you have. Brandy, the incumbent. poked an af- fectionate nose between the two Eddles— Sulitvan and Johnson—ihe latter being the in the steer-breaking profession. Brandy ed neither ug’:?' but very friendly, as f2 However, remember 1 saw that it was he settled down to a an hour before Ra no use fool former’s understud ng of Eddle's rid- o on he knew much s than he did about big boy nor treacherc he liked his the champlon, dashed away ope with Brandy et full speed anelsco vaqueros on their lit- As Edg down the two San F tle California horses =ode to meet him. “Race!” th Ana with six fore- feet on a he barn wall they rted. Up the sandy road, “Hoopla!™ they and little boys ady te ran came, Covwamoyy ox o&o;fi:,{r A_»’& A7 vemu 7O apron was waved now in panic that only acded to Silvershine's excitement. The family came running from the house, and a cowboy pertaining to the ranch came . breakneck to Eddie’s rescue. The dust of the road was in a cloud about the steer, well that were gol ¥ merely 2 possible knowing that Silvershine was all animation from is white nose down to the tip of his vhite tail. He looked surprised anket and a surcingle were put 2nd he made a remark about However, Eddie was firmly =ezted on his back before he came to open bellion. They had started down the roed that led past the door, and it looked for a while 1 smooth sailing. The cook came out see and wave a congratulatory apron e two as they approached. Per- aps it was the apron that did it. Or wrongs ercame Silvershine, and he rose in pro- At any rate he rose. In front of chen door he reared and he bucked, and through it could be caught only quick glimpses of the boy and the beast in chzos together. Into the midst of this somebody threw a lasso, with the result that nothing was caught and Eddie was enrage “I don’t want none of your old ropes,” they heard him shout through the dust. “I'm runnin’ this business. You leave me alone.” The rescuers drew back to a respectful distance and left him alone. Somehow, nobody knows how, through all the plung- ing agd lunging he kept -upon the steer’s back. Gradually the creature grew quiet as he tired, and finally stood stock still before the door, with Eddle sitting up- right on his back and shouting triumph- antly. “Didn’t need to use much rope around this steer, aid you, Buster? “Too bad you wasted your prayers on me, Martha. ““Who was it that said I'd be picked up in twenty-nine pleces? Seems like I'm pretty much one piece now.” A2 How may pick and pe ch jety to a certain extent; “b t police, like the poor, h them. Some sovereigns object strenuousiy to the surveillance. A few manzage to escape Leopold 11 of Be complishes that fe a ments so sudden and unexpected that his til he has gone. He frequently scurries off to his shoot- ing box in the Ardennes quite alone, and often drives through his capital in a nattended: but his police us when they have the closed carr e conscien nce. At all public appearances he is rded b rge squad of plain-clothes , and t an armed and) trusty t locks the monarch in his room and anteroom, whose door is also d guarded. he royal family of Denmark sets aside the Roualty of the World private police, as it disregards many oth- er irksome roval traditiong, and, save on unusual oceasions, goes about unattended und simply, But the members of the fam- ily who have become soverelgns of other countries do not live so humbly. he Dowager Czarina, who was a Prin- cess of Denmark, stepped jnto-an atmos- phere of private police. The Czar of Rus- is guarded more strictly than ar r monarch of Europe save Abdul Hamid, the S Nicholas” I1 chafes against the attend- ance but recog es the necessity, and wherever he moves he is surrounded by secret guards as well as openly author- ized attendants. If he walks in the forest at Peterhof he cannot flatter himself that he is alone, for posted behind trees, lean- ing over bridges, studying fountains, are inconsplcuous men. absorbingly interested in the landscape. When he travels or rides or drives the same precautions are ob- sia an. Then he dismounted and hitched Silver- shine. who accepted the hitching meekly and stood breathing long, resigned sighs, tokens of weariness and surrender. Seme- body tried to hug Eddie, but he is not par- ticularly fond of being hugged. Women are so cueer. So it came to pass that Silvershine was broken to the bridle, the surcingle, the blanket and the rider. In course of time he came to be as gentle a steer as one need ask, and he and Eddie were lifelong chums. Thisy,alas, meant only too short a time, for Silvershine died of an injury while he was vet in his prime. Here lles the body of Silvershine, Because he is dead is why I repine. Was Martha's suggestion, but Eddie com- posed and preferred: Poor old Silvershine was game. I wish more people were the same. Somehow Eddie didn’t care to ride any- thing but horses for a while after his steer was gone, but at last he came to recognize other steers, and he has now screamed and little dogs ran and barkea, and the on. When the goal at ‘he upper barn was reached Brandy was Dis own length ahead. In Frankfort, Germa official tests have been made of fireproof stalrs for apartment houses. Fires fed with a ma terial which gave forth an intense heat were built in the yard of.one of the ¥ Department houses and over these fires the stairs were placed. The longest re- sistance was shown by mei had a covering of plaster and it was “ound that they could be 'used for twenty-five minutes after the fire was started. The stairs covered with fireproof paint wers made of so many different materials and of such varying strength that no definite results could be arrived at, but theyv were serviceable after flve or tem minutes in the heat. Of the stairs of wood and not covered with fireproof paint those of oak withstood the fire the longest. airs which In his palace his every movement 1s watched, his every step followed. ory is told that on his last visit to 2t Balmoral in the forest his way from a peasant The man answered him in He was one of the Czar’s own te detectives. William of Germany until recently was in Europe upon whose life no attempt had been made. Il natured critics say that he didn’t enjoy the distinetion—that, and that the recent assault was balm to his soul. Dramatic danger a sensational munarch may endure, but to be ignored! In spite of his apparent immunity, the German Emperor has always been sur- elaborate precautions. service is large and ef- ficient, and his iamous six-foot bodyguard, Queen was always guarded in public, but less apprehension was felt about her than ahout the Prince of Wales, whose demoy cratic fashion of appearing here. there, and everywhere, made him an easy mark for atiack and kept his police attendants Superintendent Winkler, who special &harge of the Prince’s person. was not allowed to accompany him to Hom- burg last year, and insists that if that exception had not been made Sipido’s at- tack would neyer have come off. The Duke cf York has his own private gust, and his chil- Queen Victoria When the Emperor travels he causes al- most as much of a stir as the Czar, Every mile of the rallroad. every bridge. tunnel and rail {s examined. Special guards are stationed along the route and the train s It is only fair to say that seems altogether whom he met. well guarded. the Emperor and makes reference to safeguards that his secret police are chronically out police, much to his dren are constantly guarded, even In their play, by detectives. Hembert of Italy was one of the mon- archs who most corahwiy necessity of police attendance and avoid- ed it whenever that was possible. sisted upon driving about even the most squalid parts of Rome and Naples in an open carriage with only one attendant and would not listen to the constant protests against his reckless exposure of his life. was carefully organized i spite of his objec- The Fnglish King has a bodvguard cor- the German bodyguard; cps of Gentlemen-at- Arms and the Yeomen of the Guard do salaries as their Ger- They are for orna- mental purposes oniy, and never are on duty except at state functions. The real wbrk of looking after English royalty is in the haids of Superintendent Fraser and his private police. responding to but the Honorable C: not work for their man prototypes do. rounded by His police serv! tions. Whenever one met the handsome King driving In his dasking fashion one was sure to meet at a discreet distance behind the roval carriage an Inconspicuous cab and in the cab was the keen, dark face of the head of the secret police. In the palace the King had a spe- cial guard. a gigantic Pledmontese, who slept at his door and was always near in hot pursuit bim. The present King of Italy is much more strictly guarded than Humbert was, but the Dowager Quecn Margheyita , goes wherever she chooses in carriage or on foot, and scorns all idea of surveillance. The Empress Elizabeth of Austria was as democratic in her actions as Queen Margherita and always objected to publie attendance, which was. nevertheless, im- posed. The Austrian Emperor, whose life has not been attacked since he was 19, is carefully guarded. =nd the late Empress was always Intenseiy anxious in regard to his sifetv. though absolutely uncon- cerned about herseif, The pursonal defense of the royai fam- = -5 Is GUarded by the Police looking tremendously spectacular in their elghteenth century hats and coats; are ai- ways in evidence In the royal antecham- 1y of Spain Is iatrusted to a bodyguard of men from Espinosa this town having en- Joyed the honor for hundreds of years These men of Espinosa accompany t members of the roya! family. One of them sleeps at the door of each royal bedcham ber and the t of the guard in nol slippers pace the halls of the palace. But the hardest worked police in the world is the private force of the Sultan Abdul Hamid. A Frenchman, M. Bon is at the head of tha service and, if e policeman earned his wases, he does. The Sultan has a firm and fixed be that he is to a violent death; and cheerful certainty he contemplates with anything but Oriental calm. He refuses to move without a small army to pr him. When he goes to the Great Mosq 30,000 soldiers are turued out to guard th goute and a troop of picked men rounds the carriage closely In his palace he has fifty bedrooms, with iren doors and complicated locks and he circulates around them like an Arablan Nights' monarch of guilty con- ence.—New York Sun.