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BUFFALO BILL'S LIFE.

The autobiography of William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," which has just been published by Frank E. Bliss, of Hartford, Connectiut, is the interesting story of a phase of life in out Western country which will soon belong to the past. The down-at-the-heels Bohemians who sit in the fourth story of Amity street lodging houses in New York and write florid romances of the border have for years had the monopoly in this branch of literature, and while the fact that they knew nothing about the life they described may have detracted to some extent from the historical value of their productions, still the ingenuous youth of the land did not let its interest in these narratives of the imagination flag by reason of such a trifling defect. Mr. Cody's life is one which deals with very much the same sort of material, but it deals with it in a different way. The experiences he tells were gained on midnight scouts, on long trips across the plains in the old days of wagontrains, when emigration was a warfare, and the pioneers were cool, steady-nerved men, with quick eyes and quicker rifles. It is a plain, simple story which needs no flamboyant adjectives and glowing descriptions to add to its dramatic strength, for as it unfolds it is fresh with the free winds of the prairie and intense with the rush and vigor of the scenes it describes.

Cody is the Kit Carson of the Central Western border. Born in Nebraska, his parents moved to Kansas during the bloody days of the free-soil struggle, and his earliest recollections are of Missouri jayhawkers, who were trailing his father because of his anti-slavery opinions. When twelve years of age he made his first trip across the plains as a cavallard rider, and while the train was out it was attacked by Indians on the South Platte and during the running fight the boy distinguished himself by killing one of the red assailants. From that time forward his career was decided and he became a plainsman in all that the word then implied. As a hunter and a scout he soon became famous, and of the knights of our border in those days of excitemet and bloodshed none were more prominent than Cody. It was while the Kansas Pacific was being constructed that he acquired the name of "Buffalo Bill." At that time the Indians were very troublesome and great difficulty was experienced in getting fresh meat for the workmen. Accordingly Goddard Brothers asked Cody in Hays City to hunt for them and he accepted the employment offered. During the eighteen months he was engaged in this capacity he killed 4,280 buffalo and the name by which he is most generally known was given him. Later on, during the Indian campaigns of the Northwest, he gained the reputation of being one of the most reliable men in hte government employ and General Sheridan, to whom he has dedicated his book, appointed him chief of the scouts. During the campaigning which followed be played a very prominent part.

The book is so full of exciting history that it is impossible to give a resume of it. Suffice it to say that as a graphic picture of wild life in the West it is deserving of a wide circulation. There is no braggadocio or rhodomontade in it. "Buffalo Bill' is an honest, manly, modest gentleman, and nowhere is he better known and more appreciated than in Colorado, where many of his earliest days were spent and where he has many friends. The book is as genuine as its author.

The book is well worth the price asked for it. It is of peculiar interest just at this time, as the hero and author will appear Thursday night, at the Opera House, with his troupe in the drama, "The Knight of the Plains," written recently for him by Col. Prentiss Ingraham, of New York. An opportunity will be given for the purchase of is life at that time and place, andno doubt many will avail themselves of this opportunity to secure the life of this wonderful character.

BUFFALO BILL'S LIFE.

The autobiography of William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," which has just been published by Frank E. Bliss, of Hartford, Connectiut, is the interesting story of a phase of life in out Western country which will soon belong to the past. The down-at-the-heels Bohemians who sit in the fourth story of Amity street lodging houses in New York and write florid romances of hte border have for years had the monopoly in this branch of literature, and while the fact that they knew nothing about the life they described may have detracted to some extent from the historical value of their productions, still the ingenuous youth of te land did not let its interest in these narratives of the imagination flag by reason of such a trifling defect. Mr. Cody's life is one which deals with very much the same sort of material, but it deals with it in a different way. The experiences he tells were gained on midnight scouts, on long trips across the plains in the old days of wagontrains, when emigration was a warfare, and the pioneers were cool, steady-nerved men, with quick eyes and quicker rifles. It is a plain, simple story which needs no flamboyat adjectives and glowing descriptions to add to its dramatic strength, for as it unfolds it is fressh with the free winds of the prairie and intense with the rush and vigor of the scenes it describes.

Cody is the Kit Carson of the Central Western border. Born in Nebraska, his parents moved to Kansas during the bloody days of the free-soil struggle, and his earliest recollections are of Missouri jayhawkers, who were trailing his father because of his anti-slavery opinions. When twelve years of age he made his first trip across the plains as a cavallard rider, and while the train was out it was attacked by Indians on the South Platte ad during the running fight the boy distinguished himself by killing one of the red assailants. From that time forward his career was decided and he became a plainsman in all that the word then implied. As a hunter and a scout he soon became famous, and of the knights of our border in those days of excitemet and bloodshed none were more prominent than Cody. It was while the Kansas Pacific was being constructed that he acquired the name of "Buffalo Bill." At that time the Indians were very troublesome and great difficulty was experienced in getting fresh meat for the workmen. Accordingly Goddard Brothers asked Cody in Hays City to hunt for them and he accepted the employment offered. During the eighteen months he was engaged in this capacity he killed 4,280 buffalo and the name by which he is most generally known was given him. Later on, during the Indian campaigns of the Northwest, he gained the reputation of being one of the most reliable men in hte government employ and General Sheridan, to whom he has dedicated his book, appointed him chief of the scouts. During the campaigning which followed be played a very prominent part.

The book is so full of exciting history that it is impossible to give a resume of it. Suffice it to say that as a graphic picture of wild life in the West it is deserving of a wide circulation. There is no bragadocio or rhodomontade in it. "Buffalo Bill' is an honest, manly, modest gentleman, and nowhere is he better known and more appreciated than in Colorado, where many of his earliest days were spent and where he has many friends. The book is as genuine as its author.

The book is well worth the price asked for it. It is of peculiar interest just at this time, as the hero and author will appear Thursday night, at the Opera House, with his troupe in the drama, "The Knight of the Plains," written recently for him by Col. Prentiss Ingraham, of New York. An opportunity will be given for the purchase of is life at that time and place, nad no doubt many will avail themselves of this opportunity to secure the life of this wonderful character.