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..-....- , .~â€"-/W Wild Camels in Arizona. The camels now running wild in Ari- zona are the descendants of asmall herd originally imported for use in the State of Nevada. In the early days of min~ ing on the Comstcck, long before there core any railroads in the Great Basin regiOn, it was thought that camels might be profitably used about the mines, particularly' in packing across the surrounding deserts, and twelve “ ships of the desert " were accordingly purchased and brought to Virginia City. They were wanted for use in packing salt from the Salt Springs salt marsh to the Comatock reduction works. This salt deposit lies far out in a desert region, and to reach it many waterless stretches of sand and alkali bad to be traversed. The camels were able to cross all the deserts in perfect comfort, carrying heavy loads of salt and finding means of subsistence in the prickly and bitter plants everywhere to be found in abun- dance. In short, the animals did as good work here in our deserts as they are able to do in any country in the world, but they were too slow. The camel may be fast enough for an Arab, but he is too slow for an American. When the occupation of the camels as packers of salt was gone they were sold to some Mexicans, who used them for a time in packing wood down out of the mountains. The Mexicans took them up rocky trails into the rugged hills and used them the same as they l used a muleâ€"unmercifully. They soon killed three of the wretched beasts, and would soon have killed the remainder had not a Frenchman, who owned a big ranch on the Carson River, below Day- ton, taken pity on the poor, abused creatures and bought the whole of them. This Frenchman had been in Algeria with the French colony, where he had developed an affectibn for the camelâ€" probably owed the animal a debt of gratitude for having saved his life on some occasion. He had no use for the beasts, therefore turned them out to roam the desert plains at will. ' The animals, left to shift for them- selves, soon waxed fat, and increased and multiplied. In a few years from nine the herd had increased to thirty- six, old and young. The Frenchman then sold the whole lot to be taken down to Arizona to be used in packing ore down ofi‘a big mountain range. It is said there was a good smooth trail, but ‘the animals found all the rocks and soon became footsore and useless, when all were turned adrift to shift for them- selves. They have regained the in- stincts of the original wild state of their species and are very wary and swift. They fly into waterless wastes impene- trable to man when approached. Some of the old animals, however, occasionally appear in the vicinity of the settlements. Of late it is reported that the cattlemen have been shooting them for some reason, perhaps because they frighten and stam- pede their horses. No one knows how many camels are now running at large in the wilds of the Gila country, but there must be a great number. One is occasionally caught. Four years ago one was captured near the Gila Bend that measured over nine feet in height. It appeared to be a stray from one of tho herds in that region.-â€"-San Fran- (irco Chronicle. 0-..... Little Bits of Knowledge. It is estimated that one of the lamest stones in the pyramids weighs fully eighty-eight tons. The refuse hops, hitherto thrown away in breweries, are now converted into a good article of paper by a Ger. man chemist. Water alone has been known to sus- tain lti fifty-five days: If only dry food were taken death would result in a quarter of that time. It is estimated that the sunflower plant drama from the soil and cxhnles, in twelve hours, twelve ounces of water. The brain of the not is larger in pro- portion to its size than that of any other known creature. The skeleton of the leathery-winged bat is, bone for bone and joint for joint, similar to that ofa man. The roofs of Egyptian temples are composed of huge blocks of stone laid from column to column. The light of the firefly is caused by tho slow combustion of' phosphorus in the system. - The Paris Morin says that the Prince of Wales won £18,000 at Monte Carlo this week and donated the whole sum so the poor of Monaco. Altman is a new mining town iu Col- orado and there is evidently serious trouble there. Trbopa have been order- c-ul there from Colorado Springs by the a-hrrifi‘. These are the particulars, as contained in the latest dcspatch: “ Six deputy sheriffs were taken in charge on Bull Hill by miners at about eight o'clock in the evening, and are now under lock and key in the town of Alt- man. A messenger reports that the telephone wires went-down and are sup- ~d to hueboeatout. 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The “ Fenelon Falls Gazette " is printed every Friday at the office, on the corner of May and Francis streets. SUBSCRIPTION 81 A YEAR 1U ADVANCE. or one cent per truck will be added as long as itremaina unpaid. Advertising Rates, Professional or business cards, 50 cents per line per annum. Casual advertisements, A Bogus Bear Story. ‘ ‘_ anscm or .\ Lirru‘. inrritnsxcn no . ormox anrwsnx 'rwo FARMERS. ‘- Well, yes, matters are prettv rough I'out our way Yet." admitted the old farm- f or from Montana. I tolcrahly rapid advancmicnt, too. all I “ Still We‘ve made things considered. A large part of the state which, being oiusidc of the mining district, has long been Considered worth~ iug. With the advent of school houses and churches and such things the whole territory will assume a new aspect. But just now every man looks out for oum~ her one. See that slash across my check here ? That was one of the terms of settlement of a dispute about a num- bcr of' hogs owned by a neighbor of mine. a couple of years ago. What did it? A chunk of lead. “ It was this way : I planted about half my farm to corn that year. loru was little more than an experimental crop out there, and I took a good deal of pains to give mine a fair show. chc Brown, whose farm was next to mine, was also experimenting a little, although in another line. lie was trying to make hog raising pay. He contended that old Montana was good for somc~ thing besides mining and grazing, and added that ifI raised corn he would raise hogs to cut it. “And he did. Matters moved along smoothly enough until Brown's shoots were about two-thirds grown. Then every blamed hog developed an appetite several sizes too large for him, and Brown experienced difficulty in finding an adequate food supply. Finally, in desperation, he turned the whole drove loose to ‘ root, hog, or «lie,' and the pork- crs promptly invaded my corn fields. It took three of us nearly halfa dav to get these hogs back home again. Z kc, of course, was surprised that his live stock had broken out, and was profuse in his apologies for the trouble they had caused. But the next Week the per- formance was permitted without the variation of a single feature. I grew suspicions that Neighbor Brown had devised a scheme by which he hoped to give his hogs at least one square meal a week. This in itself was quite oom- mendoble, but when my corn was in- vaded for the third time I surmised who was expected to stand the expense of the weekly banquets. “ I didn’t like to quarrel with Zeke, but I felt thiit I couldn’t afford to have my agricultural experiments interfered with even to boom his. So I determin- ed to study the hog question a little on my own account. After a good deal of hard work my men and I succeeded in cornering one of tho shoals and carried him kicking and squealing to the house. The spring before one of the boys had shot acub bear, and the half tanned hide was nailed against a shed. \Vn tore the hearskin down and tied it upon the hog, fastening it securely. When the job was ended that porker made a pretty fairimitation of a bear; and when We turned the animal loose he made a bee line for the corn fields to attain join his companioas. Well, you know the bear is the mortal enemy of the hog tribe, and there is nothing bruiu likes better than a fat, juicy pig. “ Perhaps you can imagine just what sort of reception that bogus bear receiv- ed. Tho whole drove seemed to scent danger in the air before he got near them, and scurried out of thccorn fields squealing in terror. The cause of all the disturbance apparently was more excited than any of the remainder of the droveâ€"as indeed he had good cause to bcâ€"and as he was a good runner the flight soon became a veritable rout. It was the queerest sight I ever beheld, and I expect never to see its equal. Imagine it drove of hogs in n stampede, snorting, plunging, squealing and acting as if all the devils in that Biblical story actually possessed theml And in the midst ofit all a lean, bedragglcd, lop- sided ‘bear,’ which half the time was ahead of the hogs! " 'l'hat porcine regiment swept through Brown’s farm like a cyclone and Went tearingr out of sight in the distance. It took weeks to get. the drove together again, and when this had been accom- plished several were neither present nor accounted for. A couple of- months later the Government employees in the Yellowstone park reported the discovrry of several wild hogs in the geyser region. “ Somehow or other Brown charged his losses to my account. He sent word by one of the boys that if he saw any more bears around his place he proposed to shoot ’em at sight. I understh what that meant, and in the interest of my health also ‘ loaded for beer.’ We met one night§ust at sunset on the old Yellowstone trail. I saw him first and song out. ‘ Good evening, Zeke.’ “ ‘ Good evening, Bill.’ “As he spoke his arm flew up, there 8 cm“ P" lint! for the 5'“ insertion. and was a flash, a crashing report and the 2 cents per line {orevery subsequent inur- tion. Contracts by the year, half year a: less, upon rcasorxable terml. JOB PRINTING- cf all ordinary kinda executed neatly, cos,- rcctly and at moderate prices. 1 3. D. HAND, firm. I blood was trickling from a smarting fur- row across my cheek. You can see the result of that argument yet. “Brown? Oh,I don't know any thing about him now. 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