VOL 1». NO. 24.

CATE MAY CITY. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY SB. iski.

PRICE 3 CENT'S.

BUYING A RANCH. Three months «ao Hoo. Hormro Greenfichl came to Anrnca to srek his forP : one. Ho has jn:A retnrnrj t.> England— srithoot tho fort ant-. R-m’ tin j-uonger : sou ol a pcrr N.f l-mit.- l lueam. Hun. Horae.' ha I Uvn bruurftt «]■ with a view to the family Uring. but when, jost hi his cciv.'fsity career was drawing to a cU«e. bis aunt died a:>d left him a couple of tlKimauul pounds, he relink qnikUcd the idea of taking onh-rs. and determined to go out to the tar wwt in search of adventures and weallli. and he persuaded two of hu father's jrrvanu— a groom and a gardener—to accompany . him. With marly flO.UXt in his pocket. , an outfit that-would last a lifetime—. most of it could never lie utilized where be was going—two servants and three dogs, he emlarkisl for the United State* : After a quirk passage he arrived in New York, and bae he met his first disap j puintment. The very next morning, a i firw minute*.Is-f.ire starting on the journey westward, his groom notified him J that their relatiows of master and serv-:

had ceased.

"How is that*" asked Horao-. ■■WelL you air,” said the servant, who wo* an Irishman. "1 have an uncle in this city who is a grout politician. ] went to see him last night, and he saVs if HI stay here he’ll make me a pTicrmac in ten days. lie says as a berth on the plico f.im- is worth a salary of $100 a month and a lot of imtside iuouey to a - chap as ain’t too l artickTer.” Hon. Horace was compellnl to go way without thi- gn»*m. nltlu>ugls cost alsint fl.VJ to fit him out and his lias-age. He bad already been Vitiation for a small ranch near i. Tex., and it Was thither that he On arriving at Austin he that there was no train for twentyfour yhonr*. and ’ accordingly he put up the Shooter’s LoteL Here came in

time with a "genuine

•bo greeted him according to the stereotyped fonnnU: -Mominlr, 1 Haiu’t seen you benwliout id to g -t 'qnainted wi' yon. j [tie? What’s your biz? Come i

trot into Austin and drink to your sue Tbs Baby Chrwsd a cesa. I do the treating.' A colored picnic cxcureion hoarded a They r>«l* into Austin, and going to train on th? East Tennessee, Virginia the hotel a: which Horace had stopped and Georgia railroad on Sunday, a few days l oir-- drank to the young Tbcrbatterin :.perspiring,gmylydreasEngUshi.ian's success in two quarts of ed {acnickervcrowdevl themtsandaislea cham|wgu . for which the gitieruus 1 of the smoker and first clan can and tho Texan paid $10 n Inttle. When tin- overflow even flooded the parlor car dewine wo nmsumnl the ranchman said: I spite protest- The clamor and liabel in■’Tbe sun'll Is- g.-t-ing low, young ! vident to such affairs ruse above the man. U-forc yon git 'them cattle home, j ciatter of car wheels and made ordinary You’d better start. WbarV your money? ] milniod conversation itiiisjisibb-. But

What’s your bix? Come

number of

these gentry durii-r the day, and Jieing a-frank, tuisns|s-cnng youngTeflow, be readily oja-ued bi« heart to thc’-iu an! told them of his prusjiects. bts hopes and las intentions. Tliey tn-aftM liim kindly, always inviting him to urink. Tmt gun: eraliy leaving him to settle the bill In tiie morning his remaining servant came and begged to lie reb used from tus service, stating that a nure-rr garden in the town had been offered to him, and that, as lo- lia4 saved Knflicient money . to enable him U^invest in it. be thunght j that his chancjs wriuldj lie Iwtter in an independent vocation Man in service. ’Are you lot-pared So reimburse me

bringing yon here:"

—ialtank I think yon said.”

Horace nodded.

••Go and get it," the Texan continued: “and wbi-n you’ve jiassrvl it over yon emi take the i-attle. (hie hundred and fifty time* thirty is forty-five hundred; that’s wliat you want, and a trifle tojay some Uij-s to help yon drive thecatthrHorace went'tothe bank (he had deposited his money here when butt ip Austin, there being-no such inslitntion as a bank in Helena), drew out tlie necessary amount, and returning to tho hotel paid the purchase money and took Then the Texan told him to go and hire two cowboys to help him to drive the cattle home and to bring them oat to the ranch, to which he himself would at once ride on and order hi» lads to get the animals together, so that no time

Deed lie wasted.

Horace had no difficulty in finding two mount.*1 men willing to help him drive his purchase to his ranch, and _ attended by them lie trotted -off in hcqim of uv. rlairing his new friend. But be arriv'd at the field where the rattle were grazing without doing so, and furthermore on his arrival could, perceive no idrn of the Tezan. He waited a few mi mile*, tliep said to ore- of the cowboy-: -It's mid that Mr. Pbilpott isn't here. How can we get tlem out?" '•Can’t do ilwas the latvmic reply. "Ku| too i dentiful linvalsiuts to lie dririug away tattle without the owner's consent. I know old Philpott; be ain't to be trifled with. Whi t you gi.t to

show yon bought ’em?"

Ho-acebdd ont his rec-ipt and each of the cowboy* looked at ih ' Tvat’s right enough,' said one of them —beH'be here *.«m, ! guest.” Bat they waited- half an boor and be did not come, so none*, thoroughly angry and impatient, smashed the lock on the gate and rode into the inclusnre. followed by his two alUndants. He had, be.said, laid for the stuck, and he

was going to take them.

Then the three contend off in different directions to bring the ■Iii"isl- together. But while they were so employel the report of a rifle caused them

three men galloping toward them. •Them's Pbilpott’* boy*," said i Horace's new employes: ••well

fen ’

a stoppage at one of tho little railwi . stations there was a Inlh A poorly clad old negro of solemn visage came np to a cor window and said to an elderly col-

ored |<ue*-neer:

-Sis Sue. r* 'sbeiished tu see you hyar gwine off plcnldn’ Sunday when yo‘ cousin's baby’s bein' buried 'dis hyar -Law, you don’ tell me! Well, 1 did hear de baby was dead, but don I didn't’ look fqr sash a sudden! funeral. What

afl'm. anyhow?"

-Well. I tdl yon. I don' know 'zactly, lint dm-war some diualcmeeVartridge* roun' de bouse, and dey s'pose de chile bit off de de ecu o' one of the cartridges; leastways dey found his head mos’ Mowed off an'one cartridge done gone." There was a moan of sympathy from the carload of listener-, and when thu train moved on a hush of liorror held the pimieker* idl.-nf alm.« to the next station.—Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. Mr. ITazler** float I DC I'sUrr This year every man who lives near thwSound and who can afford the lujury is investing in a yacht. The craft range in every coneeivaMe variety, from catlKats to Hr. Flagler’s new floating palace, the Alicia, which, by the way. is the sensation of the yachting.world just at prevent. She is lying off Larchinunt with a big crew of men aboard. Everything about the new boat is spick and sjoii new. Mr. Flagler lias had a largo office fitted np aboard the Alicia, where he can transact some of the business of tbe Standard Oil company on his war to and from New York when hi- feels in the ]mmor. There i* a typewriter in the cabin and a commodious desk for .the use of the millionaire's secretary. The spectacle of a Standard Oil magnate starting the business of the day while taking his daily trip from Larchmont to New York in his yacht belongs t<A the latter day history of New York.—New

n,> cv;.

ed H uW

•I can’t afford tliat, sir," was the r

"Very well," said Gns-uti. Id; ••! can't

prevent you going. The only creatures that are faithful to me are my dogs. It

about $30J to cqn.p and bring '

the first opportunity: Yon can go." Attended by his threw dogs the young ; man coutinurd on bis jonnn y to Helena, and tho next day went to vi-w the ranch which he contem|ilated pnrehasing Things there were not exactly as he had expect, but they were not so j Tlie handsome two story dwelling, a photograph of which had been shown to him in Ixtodon. turned out to be a comInnation of stable and cattle shed, with a loft, which ha-1 been used by the last

owner a* his habitation.

The toil was fairly fertile and the pasttore good, but the broad deep river which hr expected to find flowing in front of the building was in reality only a gully a few feet wide, down which water did slowly trickle in the winter, but which was perfectly dry daring tho summer months. However, he was not diaenur-' aged, and having obtained a ronerosion in the prior, be laid the first installment of the imrchase money. Then he brought ont bis tl«ree dogs and all his portntanteuus, and took poiaewdoa <jf the loft the stable. Two .lays later bo bethe pussousir of a horee and a mule, paying a jwh-e for them that made his neighbors smile when they beard of it Every man in the locality now called and offered to sell to him -cheap" many and out mats which they did need, bnt withont which, tliey said, he could not poariUly get along One individual, whom he had previ-ou-dy met in Annan, came from a dis ranch, and begged him to go and cattle he had to sell. Now catwhat Horace wanted, and be- ' tiering himself to be a fair judge of them, he mounted bis horse and rode away with hi* new acquaintance After a ride of about twenty miles they reached an inclosed tract of land, upon whkdi.orer a hundred bead-of stock were . glaring, unattended by cowboys. •T tell yon. stranger,* said the Texan, : reining in his horse and looking over the fence, "thar be the finest leasts in thi* state, and they’re to be sold i

dirt—thirty dollars

A railroad man who is an agent for on eastern read doing business with all the western, southwestern and northwestern

«.n to ioj, toy |«toS™j S,.'"," ““I .TSlv J - ,n-« -'V 1 ™ 1 » tnonth from now Uie bulk of

this business will have been done for the calendar v-ear. From that time nntil next spring the travel will be chiefly fur business or Iileaxtsrc. This same observer estimates that of the citizens ol the United State* fully flo per cent, of those moving from their old eastern homes go to the new northwest in prefer- - • • — and southwest. In

The migra-

nt! west and the south is more largely from tho central western states than from the cast and New England.—New York Sun.

And they sat still upo-i their horses

until the thro.- men. each holding a revolver in hi* right hand, rode np and asked in no very polilo 1 vnguagu what

they were doing with the cattle. ••I’m going to Uktrtbcm to my ranch," ‘Tre bought and paid felTO j

bought these ani- . the reply. -They

belong to our old man. and when be hears you've bin tryin' to drive 'em off he’ll be in favor of showing yon how we treat rattle thieve* out here. But you llotl't 11— lilfa. d •Ilia - *

-Did time cattle belong to Ezeldi Pbilpott?" asked Horace. "They did and they do." was the n

P>T-

"I have his •receipt for the purchase money." continued Greenfield, offering

them the paper.

The three cowboys read it. Then the one who appeared to be the leader said,

-Stranger, you’ll have

the old man. His name s Ezekiel ttiil-

pott, but be never signed

fur a bullet ha{ipt-ucd intai his elbow two wwks ago. and he's bin in bed evi since. He couldn't hold a jm to are his life." \ With vague feelings of mu-asinflasrtl Hon. Horace allowed himself to be cm dotted to the residence of Ezekiel Philpott. which was about three miles away. Arrived here be was left in charge of the others while the leader went and plained the situation to his master, a few minute* the young Englishman was snminmied tu the jinarace of Mr. Philpott, whom he found lying in bed.

After saluting glare- v he said:

-Perhaps, youhg i

why yon tried to drive off my cattle? Sam says you bought «n from

I’ TbTjn

“Waal, strange*," said

ranchman, ' that bust* any thing I heerdV That man as you paid money to ain't got no more to do with them i-attic than the emperor of China Now, look here, my lad. I'm nigh On i ears old. and Eve "been out here thirty, and what I don't know about these parts ain’t worth knuwrag. Take my advice. Go home and May thar. This ain't no country for yon. and ef you stay you'll only come to grief. A man as will give $3,000 to a stranger fur a scrap of paper ain't going to get on hereabouts. You shall sleep here to-night.

in Texas, and as it i appeared to him that is a few months b* " oat of the

. provide for a new coatinguncy. For instance, tf young man not overburdened with wealth entered the law school, paying what was fur him qnite a fee. After attending two or three lectures business exigenciei fort ode his continuance at study. He applied to the treasurer for a rebate on his cash |iayment, only to meet with a delay and bear a rule recited against such a tlemaiST" Then he dropped President Low a line. Within four hours the postoScebtoaght a courteous reply and a check.—Chatter.

A female dromedary was born in Gapt. anvil's stable Wednesday evening, fifteen minutes before 7 o'clock, proud mother is Druid. The little stands alsrat three feet high and Was a slender body, tmt very long leg*. This is the fourth dromedary born at the C . The find. Horace, died in infancy. hide, hump and aU. Capt. Cassell has mounted. It is now in the Captain's parlor. The second. Kate, was sold to the circus with the grandmother of the baby jost arrived. The third, another Harare. Mill Brea. He. with Druid’and the baby, compose the drove now at the

park.—Baltimore Bun.

The late Hon. Samuel Adams Turner, of Harwell, pussumed a unique interest to the student of oar early history. His death, removes the last link of a very short chain which connected ns with the pilgrims. Mr. Turner. who w

"Father Cobb," as be was called—who died in the first year of this century, at the age of 107, and who knew the children of the passengers of the Mayflower. So in three lives—Peregrine White. Ebeneser Cobb and Saonel Adams Toryears of New Eng-

Mme. Tararay, the Russian prims donna, is mourning the loss of a large sum of money and a pair of diamond earrings, perhaps the whitest and finest stooea in Europe. She is now ringing at the Covant Garden theatre, in London, and left than in a cab an her way home. The clock recently removed from the Exchange tower in Savannah. Ga., had marked off time there for sighty-eerea

piece ie to take its place.

, pth eighty pounds. How to raiae the other yean cU. h 1 J* eighty ptanda is atill beyond him. aotnSrr-

Old Pio Pico, the late Mexican governor of California, is naming Ins declining days in poverty. He is now SO •’ ha* lost his property and ha*

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