THIS 1054 ,
COUHCILJLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOOAL NEWS.
AT LAST ,
Ono Cnnlldonoo Mnn Convicted Any.
\vny ,
Yesterday the jury inthooaso of the
man Johnson , the confidence man , found
him guilty , and in a few days ho will ro-
celvo his sentence , which it U hoped will
bo sufficiently sbvoro to prove a warning
to the gang which Infests this city nnd
vicinity. Johnson , it will bo remembered ,
was arrested for getting about § 200 out
younc and rather green Irishman
named Donnelly. It was supposed that
Donnelly would not appear to testify
against him , but the sheriff has had an
eye on him nil the tlmo , and
kept him near Macedonia , so that ho
showed up , much to the discomfiture of
Johnson , against whom the ovldlnco was
thus made complete. It Is so rarely the
case that a confidanco man Is caught , and
so much more rarely that ono is convict *
ed , that good citiV.ans will rejoice that
ono at least will got some sort of punish *
mont.
UPSEI SALE ATMErOALF BROS.
Another 1'rntcBt ,
The board of trade , besides adopting
the protest , already published in THE
Bur. , against the proposed extension of
time of the Union Pacific charter , has
adopted the following resolutions :
Whereas , there is now pending in the
senate of the United States a bill provid
ing tor the extension of the charter cf
the Union Pacific llailroad company for
sixty years ; nnd
Whereas , The said Union Pacific rail
road company has failed In many respects
to comply with the requirements of its
present charter , and iu such noncompliance
pliance nnd discriminations the commer
cial interests of Iowa have been greatly
impaired ; therefore , bo it
Resolved , That wo earnestly protest
against the extension uf said charter , and
wo hereby request our aenators nnd rep
resentatives in congress to UHO nil hon
orable moans to defeat the proposed
mensuro.
At St. 1'nill's Church.
The Christinas festivities of the Sun
day school of St. Paul's Episcopal church
were hold last evening. Services will be
hold in the church at 10:130 : this morn
ing , the following being the musical pro
gram :
Adoate Pidelcs Novellc
Venito Danko
ToDeum Whitfield
Jubilate Whitiieli
Authem While Shepherds Watched..Tnt (
llyinril 2 Carrel
Hymn 23 Avlaol
COMMEUCIAJJ.
OODNOIL BLUFFS MAHKST.
Wheat No. 1 milling , 67 : No. 2 , 55
No. 3,45.
Corn Now , ! > le.
Oata For local purposes , 23c.
Hay 54 60@G 00 per ton ; baled , 60@GO.
Rye 35o.
Corn Meal 130 per 100 pounds.
Wood Good supply ; pricoa nt yards. 6 00@
fi JO.
JO.Oonl
Oonl Dollvorod , hard , 9 50 per ton ; soft
4 50 per ton
Lard Falrbank'e , wholesaling at 9Jc.
Slour City Hour , 150@2 00.
Brooms 2 95@3 00 per doz ,
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Butcher cows 3 25@3 73 , Butchoi
steers , 3 7G4 00.
Sheep 2 D0@3 00.
Hogs 4 00@4 25.
PBODCOB AND rBOTT3 ,
Poultry IJvo old hens , 2 50pordozdreaaoc ;
chickens , 8c ; dressed turkeys , 12Jc ; dressed
ducks , 9@tOc ; dressed gceso , 10@12c ; sprlnf
chlckena , per dcx. 2 25.
Butter Oroamory , 25@28o ; choice country
10@18c.
Kpga 22 per dozon.
vegetables Potatoes , 80@40o per bushel
onions , OOo per bu ; apples , choice cooking o ;
eating , 2 50@3 00 ; beans , 1 00@1 50 pe ;
bushel ; Sweet ootatooa , 2c tier Ib ,
Cider 32 gallon bbl. , SG.50.
Orangoa li fin nnr Mil.
Tlio JiiislncHB Situation.
Chicago Tribune.
Wo arc getting alang splendidly witt
our failures , our curtailments nf prodnc
tlon , our reduction of wages , and othei
economies , nnd tome time next year we
shall bo ready to start anew with a gooc
foundation to work on. Of course it is i
matter of judgment how much roductioi
there should bo hero and there and how
much the natural forces of finance am
commerce will produce. There is certainly
tainly moro liquidation to come , but ox
nctly how much mid exactly where It li
ditlicult to tell. But it would seem that
with the rapid rate nt which events hnvi
followed each other in the last year ot
two , a few moro months will bo aofiicion
to place us on n piano where wo cat
again have active business and falrprofiti
for all. The conditions da not justify ui
in anticipating a period of depression a
lone as that which followed the panic o
1873 wo _ have no differocni
between gold and paper tc
fiijht now , and the woaltl
of the people per capita has vastly in
creased. After all , the great wonder o
the situation Is , that wo could have pnsaoc
through so much and shown it so little
Who would have said that wo ctJild bavi
a doclioo In prices greater and moro gen
eral than was ever known before i
panlo that brought the loading financial
oporat'ona ' of the country to almost a ful
stop , and nearly 12.000 failures In n yea :
with liabilities $250,000,000 with vorj
little moro than the ordinary amount ol
pauperism and beggary in our Itrgo citle
and only a small curtailment of the ox
pondlturos of the wealthier classes' ? I
is all a otrklng proof cf the strength o
the country. And the wish of over
patriotia bull must bo that the procea'
nf natural selection through bankrupts
shall go on till the weak concerns are al
weeded out. The feeble and unpromla
ing kittens of the litter should bo decently
cently drowned and the strong ones lef
to thrive.
Current events furnish very .ittla ovl
donee of the immediate coining of bette
times. All accounts ngrco that the iroi
trndo Is duller than over and the profit
smaller. The aggressive policy of th
southern makers is partly responsible fo
this. But the competition has had th
good effect of enforcing economies ia th
manufacture and handling of this comod
ity. With Belling price below the cost o
production , It is clear that the laxity o
management that is encouraged by a prc
tootlvo tariff in any industry will not dc
The trudo la textiles has improved a 1 il
tlo. The stocks appear not to be ver
largo , and the strength of cotton he
given a firmness to prlcei
The report from Augusta , Gedrgii
of demand for cotton goods beyon
the capacity of the mills la a startlin
piece of novra to people accustomed t
nothing but depressing advices , but
leemi to bo literally true , Operations , !
lie woods thus far justify thopredlctlons
made in the fall that the logs would be
mall this winter. That is a branch of in
ustry which there has not boon any
urtailmont therefore. The production
t flour has been rosttictod somewhat by
10 lack of power at the mills but ia still
aormous. The market Is however ,
; rongor. Wool and leather nro firmer
n price than they were n few weeks ago.
ienorMIy spoa'dng ' , British , Continental
idusttles show no improvement , though
lore Is a batter dotnand for ocean
rolghta nt higher prices.
The records of failures and strikes last
week waa about what was to have been
xpected certainly no worse , In the
lock market the granger agitation and
10 deliberation In regard to the coal
ombinatlon are the two subjects juit
tow attracting the most attention. There
s nothing In the present situation that
uatlfica higher prices , and either a
ailuro to reorganize the coal comblna-
on or the success of the movement for
ewer freight rates would force a further
cclino.
"Warm Vood For Block ,
L. N. Bonhara , contributes to the
Srecdors * Gazette an article on wintering
nil pigs , in the course of which article
10 describes a plan , which miy well bo
dopted generally , for keeping warm in
old weather cooked food for stock. Thl
Inn ia simply to sot a coal oil barrel in-
Ido of a box , with cut straw or with
awdutt. An old coflbo sack , piece of
) lankot , or cirpot is laid ever the barrel
> oforo putting on the cover of the barrel
nd closing the lid of the box. This
mrrol is filled with hot cooked fdod ,
which will keep warm until fed out , if
copt well covorad. Those who keep a
ow in town will find a similar dovlso of
; rcat use , slnco by Its use ) a warm moss
) f cooked or at least partly cooked
cod 'can bo given at any time
when desirable. Those who
enow how to appreciate the cflects of a
up of hot coffee early on a very cold
morning will understand how grateful a
ailful of steaming warm food would bo
o a cow shivering In n cold barn. The
rat effect of such a course of treatment
would bo to make warm aud comfortable
ho suffering cow ; the next effect would
0 to Increase the How of milk largely.
If hay , straw , or corn-stalks and roots ,
1 roots are fed , bo cut fine and mixed in
uch n barrel , a ration of meal or bran
ioingsprinkled tnrough the mass , nnd the
whole thoroughly wet with scalding
water nnd loft ( covered for iwolvo hours ,
ho whole will become steamed and soft
ened , making it moro digestible and fni
moro palatable than the food could bo in
IB raw stato. The extra trouble cud cost
will bo amply paid for by an increased
low of milk , nnd by n reduction of waste
if food , for every particle will bo oaten.
Electric ljilitH on Naval Vessels.
iVnsbington Star.
"Is it Intended to light all of our men <
of-war eventually by means of electri
city i" asked a Star reporter this morn'
ng of Commadoro Walker.
"Hardly that , " was the reply , "but were
, ro putting eloatric lights on some of the
vessels as nn experiment , The mannoi
of lighting is scarcely as necessary fet
naval vessels as for passenger vessels , In
which it seems to bo an additional at
raction to swell the list of passengers ,
; t undoubtedly is a great convenience ot
var vessels however. One great object-
on to the nso of common lamps Is the
heat generated by them , and scarcely loei
ibjectionablo is the accompanying smell ,
> oth of which are avoided by the use ol
of the electric lights. Besides it is c
_ roat comfort and convenience to have
ho ships so well and so safely lighted ,
Pho Trenton was the first American man-
if-war that was lighted in that way , and
although the experiment was tried bj
omo European nations before , the Tren
ton , when she loft Now York for the
Asiatic station , was the best lighted nava
ihip afloat. She had 250 lights. It ii
nteuded , as an additional experiment , tc
ight the other vessels in the aamo way
The Omaha Is to be fitted with 105 lighti
and tho.new cruisers , Boston and Atlanta
will have 210 each , while the Chlcagt
will bo lighted throughout with 300 lights
We cannot afford to light any moro ves
aols in that way at present , aa it Is lookci
upon now as a luxury rather than i
necessity. "
Job LiotH of tbu Korni Divine ,
! few Yoik Mirror.
The craze for for photogriphlng sec-
ions of the human form divine has no
yet reached Now York , but it's bound ti
: omo. 1 have boon looking over an Eng
ish collection.
There were hands some of them stucl
ihrough holes in a dark screen anc
clasped and raised ; others were taker
singly , holding a flower ; others again ox
libitod the palm in such a way that :
: ortune teller could "read the iincs , "
There were bare foot. If any ono ovei
saw a bare foot that was pretty on any
; hlng but a baby , then they have seer
Lizzie Woathorsby'a ( Mrs. Nat Good
win ) . She has n beautiful foot withoul
a blemish , and might bo justified in huv
'ng bora photographed , But the Eng
ishfeot that had been subjected to thii
.irocesa that I saw were something
.vlc-ked. Ono , belonging to Lidy Glady
Lonadalo , was handsome ; but it was ai
g as the foot of a bill at Christmas.
Then the backs that are taken jus
simple , plain backs , with moles , perhaps
or without ; and sections of shoulders am
napes of nocks , ecrufld of n cka scrag :
of neck , the mutton sellers call 'em o :
an oar , just ono detached oar , for tha
ear Is stuck through a silt in a plocp o
velvet. _
IIo Liked Plain Tlilnga.
Merchant Traveler.
"What do you think of this ? " askoi
a wlfo of her husband , showing him i
rainbow-colored carpet which she bad or
dored.
"I don't like " ho
It , responded.
"Why not ? 1 think It is real pretty.1
"That's because you have poor taato. '
"It's as peed as yours , I guess , " shi
snapped back , with warmth.
"Possibly , my dear , hut I don't liki
your carpet all the same. "
"Well , why don't you ? "
"Becauso it's "
too gaudy.
"Fudge , you must bo a devoted admlr
cr of plain things. "
"I am , my love ; that'e ' why I marrioi
"
you.
She said a good many things , whicl
regard for the family prevents our pub
lishing.
Heavy Now York Failure.
NEW YORK December .
, -Schedules o
the aBsicmment of John D. and tieorge W
Dix , comprising tha firm of Dix & Co. , In ;
SS5S 17T5Je < 1fr ,8troet. "how liabilities c
32J7.000. Nominal nseU , 814,700. and nctm
asuU , 819,000 , The Mackey-He'nnett con
merclal cable was opened to the public i
mldptghht at the offices of the Commercia
Cable company ,
Now Vork Dry Goods Market.
Niw YOBK , December 33 , Dry gooda-
Kxporta of domeatlfl cotton ( roods for the e :
plred portion of the year , 100,000 p ck ge
against 1C3.000 paekaces for the corrwpon ,
ing tune last year. The general market hi
bean quiet in demand with
no new bu ino s <
any importance
11KAUS IN WtNTKlt.
n tlio Cnvcs of the CMsklll Mount
altiH TrnukliiK Hrnln Over the
Snow I ) ( > KB , Guns nnd Trnps.
N'ewPaaltzN ( . Y. ) letter to the Miiladelphtt
Times.
Those who visit the many mountain
osorts among the Catskillin the sum-
lor hayojio ido that it Is a wild beasl
inntlng ground in the winter. Such ii
10 fact , however , and perhaps no spot
n the states is so noted for thchunttng
f boars nnd smaller naimnls n ? Is the
eighborhood of Shandakon , in Ulster
dunty. With the exception of the few
mall settlements the . territory is ono
wilderness of mountain and timber land.
? orty years ago nearly the entire pope-
ation were trappers nnd huntsmen. At
10 present time there nro many back-
roodsmcn who gain their livelihood by
shing for trout and other fish in the
iimmor and hunting nnd trapping in
lie winter. In severe wlntors the snow
s deep on the mountains and in the ra-
inos and notches. In the latter plaice
b remains far into the spring. At the
resent time the snow In many places
s from three to five foot deep. There
ro many wild and picturoeqno apote
n the town of Shandakon , among
ffhlch may bo mentioned the notch iu
) eop Hollow , the Iluutor Notch , Dav-
I'a Glen , Woatklll Clove and Big Indian
lollow. The mountains that run up
.long Deep Hollow are from 2,500 tc
,500 foe * , high nnd nro the winter
lomoo of boars. Those mountains nre
ory steep nnd abound in rocky lodges ,
indor neatly all of which can bo found
cop holes or caves. Hugged as they
are , they are beautiful to look at iu the
winter sunlight , their snow capped pcnbs
airly dazzling the beholder. In past
ears larger boars have been killed than
f late , although , Instead of becoming
xtinct among the Catskllls. boars are
moro numerous now than over before.
woll-knowa trapper gives ns his reason
cr this that a number of years ago , when
ho mountains were well timbered , the
icaro r.ould scarcely find anything to eat ,
nd had to live on roots , bark , nnd what-
vor game they could lay their paws on ,
iinco ( .the wood has been cleared off ,
limbs and bushes have grown thickly ,
ntormingllng with briara nnd trailing
ines , which furnish berries and other
oed for wild animals. As bruin ia very
nuch like a hog , Jio will eat pretty much
nothing in the animal or vegetable line.
In the coldest weather boars usually
louse themselves In small caves or open-
ngs , under the ledges of rocks , where It
s dry ; but when the winter is open the ;
omo out and are easily tracked over the
ight snow. They usually select the
outhorly face of a mountain for tilth
lolea or dons , probably because it it
warmer and moro pleasant. It is con
lidorod that they eat nothing while
loused up , but lie rolled up in a heap ,
They will remain in that condition tlu
; reater part of the winter , unless arouse :
> y dogs who scent thorn out. Dogs an
heir natural enemies. Boars pay bul
ittlo attention to the loud yelping ol
logs , but put on a bold front , Few ox
> eriencod dogs are foolish enough to gc
> eyond the mouth of a cave , for a full
frown boar can ward off half a dozer
oed dogs with the greatest ease. Wher
dog receives a fair blow from ono o
ts paws It quickly "goes to grans , " wit !
the blood spurting from its wounds. Al
sight of man , however , bears become
uneasy and try to escape. At
i general rnlo they will never fight (
nan unless forced into It. When thcj
iavo cubs and are followed closely , thoj
rill keep them ahead , and follow close
n the rear to protect thorn. If pushed
closely , they will make a great show o !
ight , growl , and tear the bark from the
re os with such fuss and noise , and de
.heir utmost to frighten off the enemy
and , if there is no hnlp for it , they will
ight fiercely when brought to bay. Bonn
when known to bo with young are lef
alone , unless the hunters are well armec
for a fight. Experienced dogs great ! ;
assist the hunter , and do much towan
chocking the speed of the boar. NOT
and then they n b bruin by the hind log
which worries him greatly. After a do |
lias tackled a bear onto , however , hi
knows enough to keep out of the rencl
jf his paws , and , being nimbler thai
bruin , ho has little trouble in doing this
Hunters are often given a long am
weary chnso over the mountains am
through the valleys , ten , fifteen , am
even twenty miles , generally In thi
roughest places ; for the boar , when h
finds that ho Is tracked , will pick out tin
most tangled and Impassable places hi
can roach , going down In deep ravines
where the brush and briars are so thicl
thut they will tear the clothing of th
: iuntors if they attempt to follow him
while bruin will shuillo along , because o
lis thick hide , almost as fast as thougl
on bettor ground. The articles neccs
sary to complete the outfit of a bear
muter are few and simple. A good do ;
and a breech-loading , double-barrel shot
gun , heavy boots , coarse and thicl
trousers , and a short coat , and a bol
with compartments for cartridges anc
jiatol prepare the hunter for the eport
When the snow is deep the chaao will bi
ilovr and tedious , but if there is only i
ight fall the huntsmen will got so Inter
jsted that they will keep up a dog-tro
for some distance. Care must bo takoi
upon nearlng bruin that ho does no
scent the hunter , or else ho will glvo hin
a tough time of it , as the boar will maki
: or the most tangledspots , and oino tlmei
out of ten escape. If the hunter can ge
within easy shooting distance on gooc
ground , the boarsupposlng only dogs an
after him , becomes an easy victim.
Sometimes it is easier and moro profi
table to trap bears than to hunt then
with and ball.
powder Various kinds o
traps are used. The log trap , which cap
tnres the bear alive , and the heavy atee
trap , with hook or log attachment , an
considered the best.
When bear finds himself
a trapped In i
stool-trap ho usually makes for a lodg
cf rocks and then tries to break tha tra ]
by slapping It down with all his might
and ns they generally have great strengtl
it takes a good trap to stand it. Whoi
the bear finds that ho cannot get rid a
the trap ho trios to got away , but , o
course , la easily followed , as the trap wit :
the attachments forces him to travel ver
slowly. Some hunters claim that whe ;
a bear gets his foot In a trap and finds h
cannot got rid of it ho will actually choi
off the log , leaving part of It In the trap
and go off anc ? nurse the wounded stum
so well that In a short tlmo It will hot
up so that he can travel pretty nearly o
well as before. When a Shankaken hurter
tor wanU to capture a boar alive ho use
the log-trap and balls It with a sheep' '
head , well roasted , which will tempt
bear into almost any place.
Spring
Where good care la taken to pus
young pigs from the start , spring pig
can readily bo made profitable , oonsidei
ably more so than fall pigs , that must b
wintered nnd cared for at least foil
months , at a considerable extra expense
If plgu come early In the spring and at
then pushed along all summer , they wl
make hogi that will readily weigh from
ono hundred and fifty to two hundred
pounds ; ani when this can bo done , snch
hogs generally bring good prices and re
turn moro profit to the farmer than hogs
that are twelve or fifteen months old.
The savins ; of winter feeding alone ia
quite an item in the cost of the hog , un
less the pig is allowed te take care of
itself during the winter , In which case
the growth is such as to bo really a loss
in tbo end. As between a pig born in
the fall and then loft to take care of
itself during the winter until it is six
months old , and ono born four months
later or earlier in the spring , and then
fiivon reasonable good care so rs to bo
pushed along until it is two months old
at the same time that the first is six , I
would take the spring pig , aud , other
things being equal , at the end ot the
pear or by the tiuio thb first ono is thir-
; end monthsld and the second nine , the
secobd pig will outweigh the first and
jriniz a larger price and roallza moro
profit.
Hence it will pay to take some pains
to secure spring pigs. Select the brood
sows now , see that they are good-sized ,
well formed nnd from good stock. If
you cannot have good blooded stock at
least take considerable _ pains to scloot
the best you havo. It is not good policy
to breed from young sows altogether.
When yon hnvo a sow that will bring you
from eight to ton healthy pigs , the larger
proportion of them males , it will pay to
keep her several years *
Continued brooding from young BOWS
Is sure to bring on disease and lower the
quality natvoll as the health of the
pips.
If yon cannot afford good blooded
sows , you can nt least afford a good male
nnd it will always pay to take consider
able pains to sco that this is done. A
great deal of good , iu the way of Im
provement , can bo done by using males
of good stock , nnd the expense is BO
amnll in comparison with the benefit de
rived , that it will bo found profitable to
; ako considerable pains on this point.
Glvo the sows good care during the
winter ; aeo that they have good shelter
md clean quarters. It Is not necessary ,
in fact it Is better , not to allow them to
; ot fat , so they nro in n good thriving
condition nnd healthy. Good clover hay ,
chopped oats , barley , bran slop are all
? oed winter feed for hogs , and with corn ,
the staple feed , sufficient variety can bo
readily secured. Feed regularly , nnd BOO
that they have access to good drinking
water. Glvo themreasonable , good care
during the winter and you will find that
In the end the hogs will pay much better
than whonloft to shift for themselves
during the winter. W. J. SUEI-HEIID.
ELDEU , Mo.
Iowa Insurance S < | nabble.
Des Molnes , Ia. , Special to St. Louis Repub
lican ,
There is n woful lack of harmony be
tween the auditor and several Insurance
companies , and every once In a while ono
or the other starts a racket of public in
terest. The latest Is the granting of u
temporary Injunction on behalf of the
Burlington Fire insurance company , and
agnlust the auditor which arose thus :
Last year the Burlington company trans
ferred its risks to other companies , which
it avers are still solvent and responsible.
For this the company paid certain
moneys , but In reporting to the auditor
credited itself with 4 per cent of
the premium , which would bo$90,000 ,
moro than the money It paid. The audi
tor made examination of the Burlington's
affairs , and when through directed the
company to raise § 90,000 moro capital ,
holding that its reserve was Impared by
that amount. The company in its peti
tion avers that It was agreed to submit
the disputed point to Atty.-Gon. MoPher-
ion , who ruled distastefully to Brown.
The latter then naked Mcl'heraon for a
supplementary opinion , but before it was
prepared ordered the company to "pony
up" by yesterday or have Its certificate
recalled. On this the injunction suit was
sot going with the issue of the writ.
The supplementary opinion of the at
torney-general convoys the impression
that Brown is judge , both of the law and
the facts of the case , and if the courts
take this view , inasmuch as Brown will
bo auditor two years longer , ho will be
apt to furnish the newspapers with con
siderable news during that tlmo.
Coino to Grief.
Indianapolis Times.
Another spiritualistic medium has come
tn grief. Mrs. Stewart , who for years
stood at the top of the heap of ghost
raisers , gave a seance at Terre Haute
Friday night. Whila ostensibly sitting
in her cabinet aho trotted out eevoral fe
male ( "hosts who wore readily recagnized
by Bomo of those present. Finally a gen.
tleman from Cincinnati requested the
privilege of shaking a ghostly hand , and
it was accorded him , The hand was a
warm , fat one ; in fact , too warm and fat
to belong to a first-class ghost , EO ho
clung to it as if ho would like
to have it linger with him for his future
life. The hand did not tremble , but
tried to withdraw itself , but all in vain ,
and finally anything but a ghostly voice
was heard to exclaim : "Lot mo go. " The
manager of the econo discovered that
something was wrong , and attempted to
turn out the little remaining light , but In
his haste turned it on full , when the
ghost was discovered to bo none other
than Mrs. Stewart herself , clad inn
flowing white night gown. A "wow and
a wumpus" was the result. Notwith
standing the repeated exposures e f these
frauds , people will go to their seances ,
sit in the dark and believe that spirits
are dancing all around them. But the
people like to bo humbugged.
"Fanny thing occurred the other day
down on the Q , " remarked a drummer ns
ho lighted a fresh cigar ; "a big farmer
got on at ono of the way stations and be
gan talking politics with an acquaintance ,
tie carried n chair of tobacco aa big as a
base ball in his mouth And the moro ho
talked politics the moro excited ho got
and the more excited ho got the faster
ho chawed on that tobacco. And Bplt
why , man , you'd thought there was a sea
on and all the bilge water runnin' out hie
month , it came in such quantities and
just as regular as the waves on the lake
ooaoh down there. Well , they kept on
with their jawing about politics and
soon they got mad and the first thing we
passengers knew they wore clinched and
kicking and striking. Wo separate ]
them as soon as wo could , but it seems the
big f arrnar had got a pretty hard rap on
the shins , for he reached his hand dowr
in his big boot top to feel of the hnrl
and drew h out all red. 'My God , ' he
cried , 'I'm ' stabbed ; somebody B nd for i
doctor quick , Helpl" he hollered like t
blgcilf. Oh it was funny. "
"Yes ; but was ho badly cut ? "
"Cut , no ; the infernal fool had talked
and chewed and pit BO that ho had fillec
hi * own bootleg. " , .
Three Men Killed by Implosion ,
OATAWISSA. Pa. , December ' . ' 3.W lli n
Hfjckler , Michael Mulroy and Harry HelD
were kilted at Klein'n atone quarry Una morn
Ing by tha premature eiploatoa of a blast ,
A PITIFUL FATE !
How A Minister's Good Deed handed
Him In An Insnno Apylnin.
Tlio Story ot Ills Kauapc ,
'o the Kditot of the Milwaukee Sentinel :
Sins : 1 have road n good many stories
f Into concerning the confinement of
ano persona In lunatic asylums , and I
nm thereby prompted to rolftto o bit of
lorsonnl experience.
In the year 1855 while I WM serving
ho Mothodiat Eplaopal chnrch Inn Now
England town tuioighbor'shousotook tiro.
n common \vlth others , I stood on the
dgo of the roof , passing buckets of
water , exposed to intense heat on ono
Ido and freezing winds on the other. I
ook a fearful cold. For twenty-five
en is It worked havocin my physical nnd
nontal sjstoma. Nevertheless , I con-
inuod in my ministerial duties. I
> rcachcd many a sermon when suffering
ntouso agony. At certain periods , how
ever , I would bo comparatively well
oud then agalumy head would got hoary
ny breathing labored , my npotlto fickle
would lese interest in life ; fool sleepy nt
old-day , and wakeful at mid-night. My
icart occasionally gave mo great concern.
fet knowing to the contrary , 1 nttribu-
od this ill fooling to malaria. But even-
unlly , mental strength faded nway , and
. ' was utterly prostrated. I was cautor-
zed , cupped , blistered , nnd trnatcd
> y many physicians In many different
ways.
ways.My case was a pnzzlo as much to my
ihyalclunn aa to myself. For ouo of
hem nt first prescribed for dolorinm
romons , nnd yet 1 never had tasted In-
oxlcatlng liquors. Another said I hud
> rniu dleenao , another spinal dilliculty ,
another nervous prostration , heart dis-
onoo , etc.
My mind eventually gave way , nnd in
882 I was confined in the Brattloboro ,
Vt. , Insane Asylum for six mouths.
Vhon I know where 1 was , I demanded
nstant ralcaso. I then made n visit to
Oceanic , N. J. , but I had rockonort too
much on my strength. 1 again lost my
casou for n conaldorablo period.
That I was in n desperate condition is
vldont. My blood had become1 infected
with virus , which inflamed by brain occa-
tonelly and doomed mo to nu early
oath ; for no physician gave mo any
lope of n euro. I finally found oat irhat
my real disorder was , and undertook my
wn treatment. In n few months 1 was
ostorec. to such a state of health ns I
lover expected to enjoy. That was over
hroo yearn ago , ana my physical nnd
mental health hnvo remained intact to
his day.
Last March I came west , nnd engaged
n garden farming. In nil that time I
lave not lost a day's work ; hgvo appar
ently enjoyed the most vigorous health
nnd I expect to live the full term of life.
7ho remedy I used was Warner's sofo cure ,
and if I should live n thousand years , I
hould npvor tire of tolling iti praises.
You will confess with mo , Mr. Editor ,
hat such n change' is remarkable. And
jou will , also , I am sure , agree with mo ,
when 1 say that what over created snch n
nontal nnd physical restoration la do-
orvlug the highest praise.
Very truly yours ,
REV. E. D. HOPKINS.
Corners , Wis.
There nro undoubtedly thousands who
iavo an experience similar to the above ,
o whom Mr. Hoptdns'a recital will op-
> oal with persuasive force.
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