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OVER LITTLE CALF
Animal Worth $10 May Cost
Some Thousands.
IT CAUSES ORATORY
RWes Into Town in a Prairie Schooner
Dressed in Trousers With an Arm
ed Native on the Bow and Another
on the Stern.
Muskogee, Okla.—The. battle tor the
red bull calf of Brushy mountain has
been on in a local justice court tor
several months, and the indications
are it will continue until one or both
of the litigants are dead or bankrupt.
When the row began the calf was
three months old and worth $L0. It is
now seven months old. its rightful
ownership is still a matter of dispute,
and the cost of the suit has run to
$1,000.
M. C. Rucker, a farmer, charged his
neighbor. L. P. Hatley, with the theft
of the calf and had him arrested. Hat
ley was acquitted and sued Rucker for
$5,000 damages. Rucker undertook to
replevy the calf, but Hatley retained
possession by giving a redelivery bond.
The hearing of the replevin proceed
WHtCKS 3 WAUONS
AND AN AUTOMOBILE
Horse Breaks Another’s Jaw in
Runaway, but Ends Wild
Race Unhurt.
St. Louis. Mo.—Three wagons and
an automobile were wrecked the other
day and one horse suffered a broken
jaw in a runaway which kept vehicles
and pedestrians along Grand avenut
on the jump for a time.
The horse and wagon which started
the trouble are owned by Kind Ferris,
a dairyman. The animal was left un
tied in front of US'S McDonald ave
nue by William F. Naunian. the driv
er The horse became frightened
while Naunian was in n house deliv
ering goods. It ran three blocks
along McDonald to Grand without
r—-s :—n—r,-——rrm
|r 2—All the world gives to
lC°o fiorgas, chief sanitary offl
full 'redlt „'°j
“d *1, MTk they have accom
wnderfu Panama canal
-itfS keeping it so All
t>calth;“ knows gives equal r
f°rIdedR tifthose American, Ital
er,C£gish doctors and soldiers
”d their health and In
“Csrfg their lives to prove that
Sand malaria, the two ter-;
5c America, are transmit
Site of mosquitoes. It Is
yIntention to tell over again
Lr story. The devotion of
brave men actually made pos
ts building of the Panama
for their work has been tak
I advantage of by Colonel Got
d hi. forces, and the zone is
ne of the most healthful places
,re°the coming of the Amer
he isthmus was a veritable pest
The French canal builders and
workmen and the laborers on
mama railway died like flies,
r of malaria or yellow fever,
a fatal case of malaria is a
the more malignant form being
unknown, and not a single case
U1 jy.ow fever has originated in the
lone in several years.
The Stegomyia mosquito, the yellow
fever bearer, has not been exceed
ingly hard to exterminate because it
breeds and lives only near human
habitations. When the Americans
b»d substituted a regular water sys
tem and underground sewers for the
rain water barrels and the open
ditches in Colon, Panama and the
other towns, and had fumigated all
the dwellings, Stegomyia was prac
tically extinct. That job of fumigat
campaign is the careful screening of
buildings occupied by human beings.
Ordinary mosquito netting would not
do and only copper wire will stand
the climate there. Consequently a
fine meshed copper screening is used.
If any Anopnelines escape the larva
cide qjid succeed in gaining entrance
to a habitation, the mosquito-killers
are summoned and seldom fail to get
them. Nine days must elapse after a
mosquito has bitten a malarious per
son before it becomes infectious, and
this gives the mosquito brigade plenty
of time to kill the insects while they
are asleep on the walls. The isola
tion of infected persons in the hos
pitals helps a lot, for of course the
mosquito cannot carry malaria until
it has bitten a malarious person.
Rats, that carry the bubonic plague,
and flies, that transmit various other
diseases, have received adequate at
tention from the sanitary depart
rnent, and dumb brutes are not neg
lected. As an instance of the latter
fact, every horse and mule in the
zone must be placed at night in one
of a series of corrals established by
the department and there it is fed
and cared for, the owner paying a
reasonable fixed charge for the serv
ice. These animals, if left out, often
are attacked by a disease that is in
fectious and may be transmitted t*
human beings. Besides that, the na
tive cannot be persuaded to keep hi*
stable in sanitary condition.
Many other sanitary regulation.,
are imposed on the people of the
isthmus. All garbage must be de
posited in receptacles to be collected
by the department’s wagons and
burned in its crematories. Chickens
may not be kept within a certain dis
tance of any dwelling. Ram water
may not be gathered and kept in
open receptacles. That last rule is
not easy to enforce, for the Panaman
ian prefers rain water for drinking
purposes. But all these are for the
general good, and the United States
has the treaty right to attend to the
sanitation of Panama and Colon as
well as of the zone.
In addition to the two great hos
pitals at Ancon and Colon, the depart
ment of sanitation maintains a dis
pensary with physician and nurse at
every town along the route of the
canal and at Porto Bello, where the
commission has a big stone quarry.
The larger hospital, on Ancon hill,
close to Panama, in the spring of the
year had about 900 patients. Its
wards and the residences of the
physicians and nurses are scattered
picturesquely though rather incon
veniently on the east and north
slopes of the beautiful hill, and the
grounds are filled with magnificent
trees and lovely flowering vines and
bushes. A little further around the
hill is the hospital for the insane,
and it, too, is well filled, for the Ja
maican and Barbadian negroes go
orazy at the slightest provocation.
In Colon, stretching along the sea
shore in the only pretty part of that
flat city,- is the other hospital, smaller
but no less efficient and well manned
than that at Ancon. Its grounds are
swept continually by the refreshing
winds from the Atlantic and many of
its wards are built out over the wa
ter. Both hospitals are served by
corps of physicians and surgeons,
mostly rather young, but able, ambi
tious and studious.
One mighty good thing the French
company did was to establish a sani
tarium on Taboga island, and the
Americans, recognizing its value,
promptly reopened it for the benefit
of white convalescents. These may
Ancon Hill.
tag, by the way, raised a great row
- among the ignorant inhabitants of
Panama. They could not understand
why they should be all moved out
Into the street and their houses filled
with evil-smelling fumes, and they
were inclined to offer forcible re
sistance until the zone police took
the matter in hand.
Much' more difficult has been the
task of eradicating malaria, for the
Anopheline mosquito, which makes a
specialty of carrying this disease, is
widespread and of several varieties.
It is the female only that bites, and
she needs blood—preferably red
blood—for tho development of her
«ggs. The eggs are deposited In a
slow moving or stationary water and
hatch out into little larvae or “wrig
glers. ’ At least once in two minutes
the larva must come to the surface
to breathe, and that is where the Ban
Itary department gets it, usually.
As one wanders about the zone he
*ees at the headwaters of every
s ream, ditch or other water course,
« frequent intervals along Its banks,
and at tho edge of every pool, a big
n can or a keg. From this recep
tacle there is a constant drip, drip,
np of larvacide, a black, oily-looking
compound of crude carbolic acid,
caustic soda and resin. This spreads
ou over the water, an Iridescent
, ’ and wben little Anopheline
tarva comes up for air he meets a
death. To replenish these cans
,arvacide a small army of Jamal
ans is kept, traveling about the zone,
Jr" others S° around with tanks of
i , compound stoapped on their
^oks, spraying every pool they come
Another measure of extermination
“ ”®en the draininS and filling in of
„iPy Sr°Und a,ld tbe straightening
tkd 6 ®anng of water courses so that
tamr flow will be too swift for Mad
roe Anopheline. The work of drain
nemMh bas beeu extensive and
Msnu .>aclfic end of the canal has
taart/Vi11 tbe rec,aination of large
T. ® ,and for building sites.
rd part of the anti-mosqulto
remain on the pretty island for two
weeks, paying $2 a day for room,
board and medical attention.
Taboga lies twelve miles due south
of Panama and is as attractive a trop
ical isle as one will often see. Its
curving white beaches in little bays
are ideal bathing places; its lofty
hills, clad with dense vegetation, af
ford occupation for the climber, and
the small fishing village of Taboga is
ancient and not uninteresting. Gor
geous birds and flowers and luscious
fruits are everywhere. Nothing more
perfectly beautiful can be imagined
than an evening on the grassy slopes
of the sanitarium grounds. A myriad
stars glitter overhead, the Southern
Cross and Canopus swinging above
the southern horizon. In the forest
night birds sing and a variety of tree
locust sends forth a clear, musical
note that can be heard a mile. In the
little public square of the village the
native women and children are laugh
ing and singing as the men set forth
on all-night fishing trips. And oft to
the north, this side of the glow of
Panama, wink the light buoys of the
canal’s sea channel.
If in later years Taboga does not
become a favorite winter resort for
wealthy American*. I shall miss my
guess.
iuga unure jusiicb matt i nompson is
what brought as witnesses practically
every farmer in Brush Mountain
township to Muskogee. The litigants
employed the ablest lawyers in Mus
kogee.
The calf—or, perhaps, a calf—also
came to town. It rode in a prairie
schooner with a Brushy mountain na
tive on the bow and another on the
stern, both armed with a six-shooter.
The calf wore two pairs of gunny-sack
trousers, a coat of the same material
and a kind of peek-a-boo calico hat. All
this sartorial adornment was for the
purpose of concealing its exterior ap
pearance. It had been intended that
the calf be exhibited in the court room.
But it had grown to a size that made
this undesirable.
The lawyers raved and roared their
level best. Jim Cosgrove, for Rucker,
stung with his sarcasm until even the
calf bellowed.
“This bovine,” shouted Cosgrove
“has been exalted to a throne. It has
been elevated and decorated like a
l-V r^ ri
The Calf Wore Two Pairs of Gunny
Sack Trousers.
man of royalty, placed in purple robes
(poetic license) and cloth of gleaming
gold. And it has been hidden as if it
were too precious to be seen by com
mon eyes.”
Farmer Rucker took the stand and
described the calf in detail. Then the
court, the litigants, the lawyers and
the onlookers moved in solemn proces
sion into the street to inspect it At
the word of command the gun wran
glers aboard the schooner began dis
robing the calf. It kicked and butted
against the indignity, but without
avail.
Farmer Rucker stepped forward
then, fell back, gnashed his teeth. His
description as given in the court room
did not synchronize with the psysical
markings of the calf. Farmer Rucker
thereupon shouted that he was the
victim of hocus-pocus; in other words,
another animal had been switched on
to him.
Search is being made for the origin
al calf. Rucker swears it is some
where in the Brushy mountain coun
try. The lawyers on both sides are
happy. Continuance means more feea.
Snake Stops Cycle.
Belleville, 111.—Arthur Will was
thrown from his bicycle the other day
when a five and a half foot blacksnake
which he ran over became entangled
in the rear wheel. He was scratched
and bruised. He was speeding along
a narrow path alongside the Wilder
mann cemetery when something lash
ed him on the back. The next instant
the wheel stopped.
When Will picked himself up he
found the snake tangled in the spokes.
The reptile was hissing and trying tc
8trike. Will sharpened a stick and
freed the prisoner.
Powerful Lightship.
Liverpool. — The most powerful
lightship in the world with a 40,00fc
candle power light, has been placed
in Mersey bay.
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Horse and Wagon Went Down.
serious difficulty, traffic and pedes
trians getting safely out of the road.
The horse turned north into Grand
avenue, and there was a stampede
among autoists and pedestrians. It
ran seven blocks to .luniata street,
where it collided with a wagon of a
laundry company. The latter wagon
was destroyed and the horse attached
suffered a broken jaw and other in
juries.
The Ferris horse and wagon cleared
the debris and continued to Hartford
street, where it hit a grocer's wagon.
This wagon was demolished, but the
Ferris horse and wagon came out un
scathed.
A half block further norih. the run
away crashed into an auto driven by
Charles Nichols. This time the horse
and wagon went down. Before the
animal could get up, Nichols had
jumped from (he wreck of his auto
and seized it. The wagon was
wrecked, but the horse, beyond a few
bruises, was not injured.
IS READY FOR THE FUNERAL
New York Woman Scrubs Floors for
Money to Buy Fancy Coffin
and Tombstone.
New York.—Viewing with pride her
coffin, which she keeps in her bed
room, and for which site says she paid
more than $200 so that she would not
have to be buried in a “pine box,"
Mrs. Elizabeth Watt is also keeping
her eyes open for a hostile act by her
neighbors in the house at 150 West
Forty-second street. They have pro
tested against the coffin being in the
tenement and although the agent, H.
W. Mehrtens, has talked with the
eighty-five-year-old woman, he has
been unable to persuade her to move
the bier to some other place. She is
determined to keep it near her all the
time, so that when the end comes she
may be sure that she will rest in a
coffin that will be the envy of all.
Mrs. Watt has the coffin directly
under the picture of her husband, who,
she says, has been dead 20 years. Her
one ambition now. she admits, is to
•earn enough money to buy a silver
plate for the coffin and “have it right
over where my heart is." She also
has a lot in Greenwood cemetery, and
added to her pleasure a short time
ago by purchasing a handsome head
stone.
“I earned that by scrubbing the
floors of the Grand Central station,
every night for 50 cents a mgut,” sne
says. "My name is carved on the
headstone.”
Mrs. Watt says the reason she has
purchased the coffin is that she has no
one who would care whether she was
laid to rest in a pine box.
"They may take all I have,” she
chuckles, “but they can't or won’t take
a coffin. So I am determined that I’ll
not be laid away in a pine box. I have
it here where I can watch it night and
day. I earned every penny to buy it
and it’s nobody’s business if I keep it
In the place where I pay rent.”
New Work for Police.
Indianapolis.—Women who wear
split skirts on the street must also
wear undergarments hereafter. Su
perintendent of Police Hyland or
dered his traffic stiuad to enforce the
order.
Seats Too Small.
New Haven, Conn.- There wasn't
a seat in the grand stand large
enough to accommodate Prof. W. H.
Taft, so Tale students had on- made
and placed it directly back of the
home plate.
T> leave London In the midst ol
dull, ehilly weather and three
days later to tlnd oneself in a
land of (lowers and sunshine is
altogether delightful So we
| bought when, a few months ago. wh J
anded In Leixoes, after a wonderfully
smooth sea passage. The land was
bathed in sunshine; it might have
been a day in June an ideal Unglish
lune, writes M. Maxwell, in Country
Life. Though warm, the air was
crisp and fresh, and fragrant with the
scent of pines and flowers In the
distance the mountains were still
slumbering in the purple haze of early
dawn; and all along our route to opor
to. the sea, a shimmering opalesci ut
blue, lay to our right, rolling up the
beach in immense foamy wave Ity
the wayside grew mimosa trees, one
mass of blossom; camellias in full
bloom, red and pink and white, look
ing like huge rose trees orange and
lemon trees, laden with ripe golden
fruit; magnolias, myrtles, pines and
cedars; while vineyards, gloves of
olives, and plantations of evergreens
clothed the slopes of the mountains
Agreeably Disappointed.
We had expected to see signs of un
rest and discontent, and we were
agreeably disappointed. Although we
traveled through the whole land, from
the north to the extreme south, and
visited every known and unknown
place of interest, we heard no refer
ence to political affairs Citizens and
peasants alike seemed to he absorbed
in their daily routine. One would
never dream that so recently the
country had been the scene of up
heaval and revolution. However, we
did not trouble ourselves with ques
tions of government. We went to
Portugal to enjoy the exquisite scen
ery, and found it far surpassed our
expectations We were charmed with
up In the lulls and quite an ideal
place to spend a few days Coimbra
is a very Interesting city, noted for
iis university, its ancient churches
and buildings, and magnificent sur
rounding scenery The students stroll
ing about ili<■ streets, bareheaded, and
with long black gowns, lend an air
of classic distinction to the place. As
we entered our hotel i shower of flow
ers came raining down from the bal
conies above This pretty custom of
greeting the new arrival with a show
er of flowers prevails all over Portu
gal
Rugged In South.
The socuei) in the south of Portu
gal is wilder and more rugged, and
the climate !s milder than in the
north. Lagos and Praia da Itoclia on
the sou I li coast are enchanting, tower
ing rocks, and long stretches of all
very sand, and magnificent seas
Though early spring, the climate was
d* lightful, like a cool morning in .Inly.
The sea was warm enough for bath
ing. and we dined in the open air.
Roses, camellias, azaleas and other
rare Rowers were in full bloom.
in the north of Portugal the poor
women seem to work terribly bard
They not only follow the plough, and
dig, hoe and plant, hut they make all
the clothes lor their families, and
weave the material as well. Tile
meals also are well cooked and appe
tizing, for these women are good man
agers, and most thrifty and indus
trious. See them striding up the
country road with enormous loads on
their heads, piled up In long, boat
shaped baskets coals, wood, bales of
yarn, and even their babies!
The primitive looking wooden carts
with solid wooden wheels, drawn by
oxen, are a distinctive feature In the
north Horses are scarcely used at
all, except for riding In the Houth
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PLA5ANT Vonr.H NLAP Gu 111ARAL3_
On tue;Way to Portittao
tile people; everywhere we met wilt!
the greatest courtesy and kindness. ,
We found the hotels scrupulously
clean and most comfortable. The
language presented no difficulty, tor
although Portuguese is universally j
spoken, French Is generally under- |
stood, and, as often as not, English
as well.
Portugal Is a country to delight the
artist—quaint old Moorish hamlets
and villages; ancient churches, cathe
drals and monasteries, in every style
of architecture, and with exquisite
carvings In wood and stone; pictur
esque peasants, charming and grace
ful; everywhere rich vivid coloring
against the dark blue-green back
ground of olive groves that cover the
slopes of the mountains. The marvel j
Is that this land Is not overrun with
tourists. As yet it is one of the least- |
known countries in Europe, and thin ■
is one of its attractions. Everything ,
is fresh, novel, and Interesting. One j
gets out of the beaten track at once
after leaving Oporto or Lisbon. Kascl- j
Dating as these two cities are, they
cannot compete with the beauty and
subtle charm of such places as Rus- !
saco, Guimaraes, Horn Jesus, Rraga. :
Coimbra, and, In the extreme south,
Lagos, Portimao and Praia da Rocha.
One canDOt describe or even men- j
tlon all the other beautiful places !
visited in Portugal, hut these few ;
stand out as being pre-eminently in- i
teresting and delightful. The scenery !
around Guimaraes and Rom Jesus Is !
exceptionally lovely. At the latter re- i
«ort there is a pretty hotel, situated i
the mule ana uonaey seem 10 ne in« «
beasts of burden, and only occasional- A
ly are the oxen to be seen. The lat- |
ter are most beautiful creatures, with 1
Immense spreading horns and soft, 1
gazelle-like eyes. Apparently they are I
well troated, for they look most sleek I
and fat, and jog along at a slow pace. 9
No doubt they arrive at their destlna- 1
tion eventually; but then, this Is a 3
land of leisure. No one is in a hurry. ■
No one hustles, and yet everyone U
seems to he fully occupied. With this 9
enviable placidity of temperament, the fl
Portuguese has also a dash of reck- 9
lossness and daring which one cannot 9
but admire. See him act as chauffeur! 9
Once he Is seated at the wheel, all
caution seems to be abandoned. Yet |jj
he manages most skillfully. The num- jj
her of accidents we might have bad, |9
and just avoided by hairbreadth es- i|9
capes, were cause for wonder and 19
self-congratulation that we were still ii-flaf
alive! What matter If we were rush- *9||
ing along a narrow, winding road at
the edge of a steep precipice, with ,99
deep ruts, and mounds', and huge bits Km
of rock and stones! Why he careful! fefi|
Why avoid these pitfalls! Over them,
nr perish In the attempt! So we were tfjlf
driven into Hussaco from Coimbra |H1|
one moonlight night, at sue1- a terrk 19k
tic rate that we had scarcely time to
realize the marvelous beauty of thi |K||
scene. ftl
There Is something about Portugal 14
that differentiates it from other for- HKjj
eign countries, instead of tiring of jrjf
it, one finds ft more al’urlng everj 'Kjjl
time one Visits U. S