THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : vSATUEDAY , MAY 23 , 1801-TWELYE PAGES. 11
\ News of the Great West
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\ \ Illliifj to Ito llniiRinnn.
v At the last session of the California legislate
latean act was passed that created n now
office that of public executioner. It was not
Supposed , by the law-makers who voted that
nil exceptional penalties should bo consum-
tknutcd In tbo state prison , that thcro would
30 any great scramble for tbo job of choking
off a man's wind , says the Hacramrnto Bee.
put n prominent member of the "rural-400"
lias soul that rlaes to the emergency nnd
nsks for the pleasant privilege of strangling
IK'CI lo to death.
ICcrn county is to the front with n can-
flldalo who has the desire , but It bis capacity
jor hungltn ? a man's neck equals that of his
/ell designs upon the English language , ho
nhoutd not he Riven the ofilco. Our laws
provide that the death penalty in this state
fihall bo by hanging. Cruel and tinusual
punishment is barred by the consntutlon.
lione-o the writer of the following letter will
not ho aljowod to talk to the victims boforo-
limit ] , even If ho gcti the "Job : "
I ) -.NO , Kern county , Cal. Honorable
Bi-d of Prison Dlrcrtnr ? ; I hero frutn the
) nptvrs that nil men who dose a murder air to
) jo hung In stalt prison and as most onircrs
tl ink It oncry blsnes lo hang people i hero-
\vith nply to you fur the Job. 1 will
hung ovc-ry man you lot mo too fur fS
deters apiece. 1 once hulpcd too llnch a man
In m ulsoty. It was mo that tlilo the not.
* Jo 1 no bow to do it. my dady has soured on
mo nnd don't hulp mo any mor becas I
wodcnt mnry the wlmin ho wanted mo to
ininy and i maryod A pirt lockin girl that Is
hr.itsum and wo now have n lot of children to
surort Shu will dee tostircb the wlmin
in loners ns they cant hide eny thing from
herVo go In the best Slciotv hear an you
will help un onest fnmly by givln mo the Job.
Answer this quick and have no rod tape
nl'outit. Idontdrlnk llcker nur have no
bnb babbits , anil 1 go to chirch every Sunday
rite quick. Your Onorablo Survont
JOHN O. SIDSKII.
"Old 1 ill IJOIIK" N Dciul.
"Old Bill Lone , " ono of the best known
characters In thoSnn.Iunn country , Colorado ,
rece'iitly died ot Ophlr. There was not a
camp In which ho had not boon , and few
mines upon which ho had not at ono time or
another worked. Exposure anel drink at last
hilled him and ho now lies at rest In the llttlo
craveyurd at Ophlr. "Old Bill" was well
Known as an ere sorter aud a cook , but moro
especially In his connection , supposed or
real , with the stealing of rich ere from mines.
U'linl ho had n thorough acquaintance with
ore such knowledge as ere sorters obtain
is certain. Ho had the natural aptitude
which goes to the making of a good
oru sorter , and lots of practice. Ho could
do good and rapid \\ork when ho wished , and
was rarely long out of a Job. Ho would , however -
over , ut Irregular Intervals , got on big sprees
nnd would not go to work again ns long as ho
could , by any mcanx , manage to got whisky
to drink. It was throughout the San .Innn
the general opinion that whenever "Bill
Lout" worked in rich ere ho managed to got
uwny in some manner or another with a ueal
of the rich specimens. Ho was supposed to
hnvo collected twenty sacks of rich cold ere
While sorting cold oil the Argentine In Mar-
Bir.dl basin. The ceneml opinion was that ho
cached this ere and that whenever ho was
hard up ho would get some rich specimens
pud .sell them. It Is certain that for a long
time u number of people of Ouray wore on
the watch and guarded the trails regularly ,
tvatching for Bill Long and his gold oro.
YOIIIIK Mrs. Itlalnc'H Conquest.
When Mrs. Mnrio Nevlns Blalno was In
Bloux Falls , S. IX , recently tno trial of'tho
Indian Plenty Horses for tbo murder of
Ll"utenant Casey was In progress , and she
wont to the court room to hear the testi
mony , which impressed her somewhat favor-
nbly to the prisoner , says the New York
Press. Her sympathy could not remain un-
Dxpresbod , nnd when the trial was over
Plenty Horses , with his lawyer , called on
her at the hotel. There were a numncr of
persons present , ladles and gentlemen. After
Borne conversation Plenty Horses ex
pressed a doslrn to speak alone with Mrs.
Blulne , which she consented to gratify , won
dering what ho could want. When they
were aloiiO ho bogged her to give him some
chewing irtini. for which ho was longlns : , but
was too proud to ask In the presence * of oth
ers , and when she had given him gum ho
begged further for a clean shirt nnd for a
biuo ribDon such PS she was wearing. Plenty
Horses gotallhis requests gratified , and has
slmo given his Indian friends to understand
that the ground Mrs. Blame walks on Is
uiu-re'd In his eyes.
.laps Take the Places of Coolies.
A great many Japanese are working In the
hop fie'lds In Sacramento county , California.
'I'lio restriction net has had the effect of
transforming the Chinaman from an humble
nnd submissive servant to a proud and im
perious dictator. A whim is enough to
tlitowa gang Into a strike , and to cross his
purpose is to Invite his expensive displeas
ure. The Chinese on tbeso occasions have
the best of It , because to permit them to
abandon a fruit or hop crop in the uildst of
the gathering is more costly than to yield to
their donuiuds , Chinese labor Is
Bcarcer than It used to bo ,
and the cunning Mongolians are taking
advantage of their position. The hop
prouers tiavo had experiences with the
Chlnoxo last year mid the year before , and
ilcw to Plutcs , and this season to Japanese
"lor relief. Last summer the Chinese discov
ered that hops had advanced In price and the
coolies were quick to take udvantago of the
opportunity to boost their wages. It Is some
thing of a comlcje'cnslou nowadays for
Chinese to work at all. In this condition of
nil airs the Japanese are dropping into the
pliices that used to be tilled by the coolies.
Unlike the Chinese , the Japauoso readily
adapt themselves to the customs ot the coun
try. They wear civilized clothing and buy
their food of American urocors and butchers.
( Thus far they have bre-n generally con lined
In their work to trailing and trimming the
hop vines and similar work.
Working Utah Paint
Orders are coming in so rapidly for the
product of the paint mines near Hawlins ,
Wye. , that the Denver City paint mills
company which operates them Is prospecting
the deposits preparatory to putting a larger
force ut work on them. The hematite of Iron
mine Is two miles north of Uawllns. It has
been operated for a number of venrs and
produced hundreds of carloads of red ore ,
which has been shipped to all parts of the
United States , and has been used and
thoroughly tested for both lusldoand outside
work , The most notable use to which It has
been put Is tbo painting of the famous Brook
lyn bridge , the architects declaring
in favor ot the Hawlins paint
for lightness and durability. It Is
claimed for this paint that for brick coloring
U has absolutely no equal In the world. The
supply seems virtually Inexhaustible. Work
men have been engaged In sinning to find. If
possible' , n more Holla body than that which
has hitherto been taken out ut the surface * .
North ot Uawllns four aud a half miles are
the ochre mines. Shipments from there
have just begun , n contract being made to
furnish two carloads u day. From tests
made It Is claimed that this mine produces
the llnest ochre In this country , being wlthiu
0 i > cr ccr.t as line as iho Imported article , aud
SO per rent liner than the ouly other mines of
the kind fouud in America , located In thu
southern part of Tennessee.
She Shot Too Low.
For a week or so Mrs. Uay who lives In
Cheyenne noticed a man with a heavy over
coat nnd slouch hat skulking around the
premises. Hot husband Is employed nights
ot n saloon and Mrs. Kay is loft alono. One
evening , just as she put out the light and
was preparing to retire , she saw the m&u
como In the yard and crawl to
tier window. He was close against the
house when she grasped bnr husband's re
volver nnd tired through the window at
the crouching man. He Jumped and ran for
the shto fence , when she tired the second
tlmo. The entire lower part of the window
was toru out by the snots , but her aim was
bad and the pooping Tom escaped uninjured.
Airs. Hay it a ( light , nervous looUlntf woman ,
and was much excited over tbo event. Cut a
policeman , who was attracted by the shots ,
according to the Leader , complimented her
on her couraco , but advised her to shoot a
llttlo stralghter the ncxttttucn tramp came
_ prowllng around.
IVrlnhcd In a Storm.
During the storm of Friday of last week
Mrs. Magdalene Solgfrlcd , who owned n
small ranch near BuforJ station on the Union
Paclllc line on Sherman Hill In Wyoming , I
set out afoot In search of her cattle of which
she owned a low head. She soemi to have
been bewildered by the storm and pans bed
within 200 yards of her homo which was llt
tlo more than n hut. Mrs. Selgfrlcd wast
about sixty-two years of ago and in aim os
destitute circumstances. She was confined
lu the county hospital at Chcyonno until
about two weolts neo , when she returned to
her homo against the advice of the county
physician. Her husband , Peter Selgfrlond ,
died at that Institution last winter and wai
burled by the county , since which time Mrs.
Sciglrlcd has conducted the ranch alono.
Wyoming *
f ircen HIver will have a school house to
cost J5.000.
Whalen canon , near Lusk , Is the scene of
some recent mining strikes.
Newcastle expended . * 17,000 for school pur
poses during the last year.
Two million feet of lumber will bo Jrim
down Hast Fork of Ulnta county this
30.13011.
Kx-Senator T.ibor has hcd a representative
investigating the new strikes in the Atlimtiu
district.
Kncouraglng reports have boon received
from samples of marble scut to Lincoln from
Newcastle.
Laramie Itepuollcan : The town was full
of campers today , most of them bound for
Gold Hill.
Swan Brothers are about to brpln work on
their contract for u well for the Hawlins
waterworks.
The road between Landers and Kawllns Is
now In good shape. The Ilrst freight team
arrived last week.
Nearly S.IKH ) acres of coal lands have boon
taken tip by Individuals and corporations
north of Uock Springs.
Over eight hundred acres of oil lands have
boon taken up around Green Hlvor. Wells
will shortly bo put down.
The ICIkhorn stockyards at Hello Fourcho
are bcliie enlarged. It Is thought S.500 car
loads will bo shipped from there this year.
The Union Pacltlcoil house at Green Hlvcr ,
recently rebuilt , was acraln attacked by
flames last WCOK and narrowly escaped de
struction.
Three candidates for the ministry iu the
Episcopal church will bo ordained ns deacons
by Hishop Talbot In the Evauston church
next Sunday.
The Methodists propose to put up a church
this summer at Hock Springs. The mission
ary board will furnish two-thirds of the
funds necessary.
Thrco largo dams have boon built a mile
cast of Lusk to hold water for the through
herds that will pass through there this sum
mer from Texas.
The Uawllns fire department elected these
ofllccrs : Thomas Held , chle > f ; J. H. Clause ,
assistant chief ; Dr. A. V. Thodo , secretary ,
aud Carl Bryant , treasurer.
A colored man has been In Hawlins looking
over the trround with a view to starting a
paper in the Interest of democracy and bis
race and the world ut larce.
The experimental agricultural station of
Crook county , has been located within ono
nnd a half miles of Sundance. It comprises
forty-nine acres of excellent land.
Larauilo Is making another bravo effort to
build a road to the Gold IJill mining camp.
This tlmo the route sole'ctcd Is by way of
LIbby creek. An outfit is now at work.
.ludgo Scott of the district court recently
decided In a case brought before him at Sun
dance that the St poll tax laid by the counties
is illegal because in contllct with the state
constitution.
Work on the Buffalo extension Is progress
ing favorably. Men have been working on
material yards at Merino and getting ready
for tracklaytng beyond , which will soon bo
commenced.
Judge Jesse Knight of Evanston , not find
ing a local market for a few head of stock
wldoh ho dostrcd to dispose of , shipped them
to Chicago and realized 4 cents per pound on
the transaction.
The \ \ arron liyo stock company leased for
a term of years from thu Bay State company
7. > , UOO acres of land on Horse creek in the
vicinity of Pine Bluffs and Hlllsdalo for
grazing purposes.
The coal mines at Carbon nnd Hanna
stated up again last Monday after bolng idle
for ton days. The output Is expected to bo
about two hundred and twenty-live cars a
week from each place.
Hov. H. E. Field , for a number of years
pastor of the First Prcsbjterlan church of
Cheyenne , died of paralysis of the heart ,
superinduced by nervous prostration , the re
sult of an attack of grip.
Cheyenne Sun : Assessor Stable , while out
on his recent ofllclol trip , met the usual num
ber of immigrants moving westward , and on
Inquiry found that ono-lmlf of them were en-
route to the Gold Hill mines.
By direction of the president the military
post at Mammoth Hot Springs In the Yellow
stone National park , heretofore styled Camp
Sheridan , will hereafter bo known and
designated as Fort Yellowstone.
The storm last week In Wyoming was of In
calculable bcnctit to th'j ' ranchmen. The rain
fall at Laramie , according to the United
States signal observer , was 3.M inches In
two days , equal to twenty Inches of snow ,
The annual clerical convention of the
Episcopal jurisdiction of Wyoming and Idaho
opened iu Uvanston \\edncsdav , lasting
three days. The list of speakers Includes the
bishops of Utah , Nevada , Wyoming and
Idaho.
Laramle's council has boon petitioned to
extend the sowcraco system in accordance
with the plans originally mapped out and re
questing that n tax bo levied for the purpose
of covering the oxiwnso of the extensions.
The cost Is estimated at $10,000.
D. Llndseott has sold his sawmill on the
line of the Cheyenne it Northern to Abe Per-
singer , an old freighter , who will take It Into
the Gold Hill camp. The mill Is said to be
already loaded on the cars ready for shipment
to Laramlc.
Haukln Brothers , proprietors of the stage
line to the Gold Hill camp , last week bought
eighteen horses for use on thflr lino. The
Hawlins board of trade guaranteed an
amount of business on the stages that would
mairc it profitable to run them , but travel
hus been suftlclcnl to save the board from
any deficit on that score.
William Newman , charged with murder In
the first degree , pleaded guilty to manslaugh
ter at Sundance. Ho was sentenced to eighteen
months hi the penitentiary. Newman shot
and killed Andruw Miller In December last
at Belle Fourcho crossing. Ida Opp. who was
Indicted as nu accessory to the crime , was
acquitted two weeks ago.
The Black Fork canal which Is projected
In Nlnta county Is to bo thirty miles long
with n lateral six miles In length. It will bo
thirty feet wide nt the top. A reservoir a
iiillo long and half a milt ) wide will be built
partly on the old Fort Hridccr reservation.
The estimate is made tbat'Jo.OOO acres of laud
will bo irrigated by the canal.
Business men of Hawlins have Incorpo
rated u building and loan association , The
capital stock Is > 50,000 divided into L'&OO
shares and the association Is tocontmuo bus
( ness for the yeiirs. The trustees are H. Has
mussoii , Isaac C. Miller , Adolph Thodo ,
C'has. E. Blydcnburch , Chas , E. Chrlsmanv
Wtu. Juugqulst , Emanuel Stuver , John C.
Dyer and John K. Osborno.
The now fan at No. 5 coal mine nt Almy Is
just finished. The fan house Is of brick ana
stone and absolutely lire-proof and safe from
explosion. Tuo fan Is a new Gubnl twenty
foot fan. It U run by a slxty-hor > o power
engine aud at a sixty-rive to seventy revolu
tion pace discharges 100,000 cublo feet of air.
The average speed , however , will bo thirty-
five revolutions and BO.OOO feet of air.-
Deputy Henderson last week arrested Dick
Dewing of Ilulott , for counterfeiting. Whllo
going to Suudutico with the prisoner at
night through the Gear Lodir * country , the
prisoner made n leap for liberty nnd got
away. His jump frightened the horses ,
which became unmanageable nnd required
all of Henderson's attention , whllo the fugi
tive disappeared through the brush nnd Into
the darkness. D.iwing was handcuffed at
tbo tlmo. He is still at largo. Ho lives on
the Hello Fourche , near the Tower , and Is
Implicated with the Uuland brothers , who
were recently convicted of counterfeiting.
A ranchman living in Newfork creek , by
the name of Baker , whllo riding the range
recently between Newfolk nnd Cirecu Hlvcr
In Nlnta county found a number of stcera
dead , lying In close proximity to each other.
Upon closer examination of the animals ho
discovered that they had all been shot. The
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owners'of the cattle'aro Messrs. Budd & Mc
Kay , Edward Swan nnd Smith it Lifer.
They have offered n reward of S1V)0 ) for the
conviction of the party or parties who com
mitted the outrage.
Uobcrt Hay , geologist of the government
underflow water Investigation , will make a
start from Fort Collins nnd go by wagon Into
western Nebraska , entering Wyoming at n
point near Fort Laramie , and from that
place returns to Cheyenne. He says the
data so far collected has not boon arranged
nnd collated , ljut ho Is satisfied that In the
valleys a great deal of water for Irrigation
can bo secured at a depth of some eight feet.
This will apply to Wyoming and Colorado
and western Nebraska. On the upland the
water can only bo reached by boring to great
depths. The results of the government In
vestigations will bu published next January.
Green river people nro trying to have n
road built into the now Victoria mining dis
trict which Is in iho Linta mountain ; , ono
hundred miles south ot thcro. It is claimed
that Green Ulver Is the nearest railway point
and that a good road can bo made over the
route traveled by ranchmen nnd by way of
Henry's Fork. Hitherto ere from the Bas-
sett mine which runs & 100 to $700 In silver to
the ton has been hauled to Carters' station
on the Union Pacific and shipped to the Den
ver smoltcra. It cost S'JO a ton to bring It In
iu wagons anel many teams have been engag
ed for the season.
California.
A Lasscn county editor has been convicted
of being a ftorao thief.
John Martin , a Napa horse thief , has been
sent to San Qucntln for nine years.
Mill men of San Francisco are now willing
to arbitrate with striking bench hands.
Iu n quarrel nt Iho W , P. C. mine , near
Kcolcr , John Lynch shot and killed Mat
Anderson.
Tno fourth trial of L. A. Powell for the
murder of Ralph S. Smith commenced nt
Uedwood city.
It Is possible the Pacific Mull steamship
company will remove Its dock from San Fran
cisco to Oakland.
The customs officials In San Francisco
selycd a contraband opium manufacturing
plant In that city.
Olivia Larson , a Swedish girl who had re
cently arrived in Snn Francisco , was acci
dentally asphyxiated.
The Ilrst apricots of the season sold In
Chicago from Hinclay's Sky High ranch ,
California , for $ . " > a box ,
Mrs. Mary Hurlov died In Snn Francisco
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nt the ago o"f one hundred nud eight years ,
eight months and twenty-nine days.
The Shasta county fair next fall will beheld
held at Hcddlng during the first week la
September. There will bo no racing.
Cherokee miners are tukhsg out an average
of $1,000 a month , and it Is all done In a small
way by means of rockers nnd sluices.
Thomas N. Wand of San Francisco , for
merly prominent in political circles , had a
paralytic stroke , affecting his left side.
The machine wood-workers of San Fran
cisco have joined the carpenters and joiners
In the demand for the eight-hour labor day.
Antonla Frederics , n stone cutter , was ar >
rested In Sail Francisco for murder com
milled in Pennsylvania in May of last year.
It Is said that n synellcito ot European
spirit dealers Is being formed to buy up the
principal wineries and distilleries of the
state.
state.William
William Trovers , who in December , ISS'J ,
killed James Daly In a drunken quarrel , has
bcon convicted of manslaughter In Nevada
City.
Eleven small boys are In jail at Los
Angeles on charges of petty larceny. They
belong to an organized gang of young crim
inals.
The oftlco of the police property clerk In
San Francisco was burglarized and watches
and money belonging to parties under arrest
wore taken.
W. H. Hoblnson , deputy warden of the
Folsom prison , has tendered his resignation ,
to tauo effect Juno 1. Ho has bcon in onlce
thrco years.
At Fresno John Noble , a business man and
butcher of Madoria , wa sentenced to ono
year's imprisonment ut San Qucntiu for cat
tle stealing.
Two insane American tailors , concerning
whom nothing Is known , arrived In San Fran
cisco from Yokohama , whore they were found
wandering In the streets. *
The law authorizing thoboards of super
visors to pay $1 for each shudo tree planted
along thu public highways of their respective
counties , have been repealed.
Last season California froih fruit ship
ments alone took from the cast about $ t,000 ,
UOO , and sanguluo people believe the coming
season will bo fully as successful.
'U ork on the flume of the Golden Feather
mine , above Orovlllo , will bo completed la
July. The English syndicate which owns
the mine has already expended $300,000 , in
dove-loping It.
George Faylor's suit against several San
Francisco legislators for a commission on the
sums they received on their votes in the recent -
cent session Is to bo pushed. The defendants
have been served with summons.
The "clock gamo" has been revived In San
Francisco since pool selling on races was shut
oft by ordinance , and now Chief of Pollco
Crowley Is endeavoring to get another ordl-
nauco passed that will suppress it.
A consignment of 312 packages , containing
Iti.lTt ) gallons of brandy , which has been in
storage In the Unltod States bonded ware
house for the Natoraa vineyard will go to
Bremen , Germany , by sea from Sacramento ,
Hov. Alexander , a Presbyterian minister of
San Francisco , is denouncing the president
because ho "drinks publicly , and remarks
about the quality of California wlno by
speaking of wine growing as a great state In
dustry. "
GlusoppI , on trial in San Francisco for
rape , was discharged by the failure of the
jury to agree , which , stood ono for acquittal
aud eleven for conviction. An investigation
is talked of us to how the disagreement was
procured.
Judge Wallace In San Francisco awarded
Sarah Althea Terry $ l , ' Xi us her share of the
late Judge Terry's lifo Insurance. The whole
insurance was fl.OOO and the remainder was
divided between C. W. Terry and Joseph C.
Campbell.
Colonel E. S. Wooden of Chicago recently
bought of the Thcnnallto Colony company
440 acres of laud near Orovillo for $11,000
an overage of nearly $60 per acre. As soon
as practicable the tract will all bo set out In
citrus fruits.
Clyde , a young son of T. E. Smith , of the
North Arm , died after a brief Illness result
ing from poison , it seems that the boy
managed to got bold of and oat some vltrlolcd
wheat. Ho got sufficient of the poison to
cause his death.
George W. Cush.ng was acquitted In San
FraucUco of the murder ot Dennis Driscoll.
The latter had entered the room of Cushlng's
mother and Insisted upon her getting up and
going for beer for him , whereupon youug
Cubbing shot and killed him.
Any person is eligible to membership In
the National guard of California who is n
resident of the stale , able bodied , Iwtwuen
the ages of eighteen and forty-five , and
neither a Chinaman nor Indian , Citizenship
is not a requisite qualification.
For the first quarter of the present year
the gross earnings of ttio Southern Pacltlo
were f 10 , 74,1W , and for tbo bamo period last
year Jy.t,0yj,5ii : , a gain of eilS,4.V | ) . The op
erating expenses were $ l , 7. > , ltl7 , as against
$ l,74t,107 ! for the corresponding period last
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A man In London writes to Judge Coffey
of San Francisco that tie can prove that
Florence lllytbo , the heiress of the Into Mil-
llonnlro Blytbo , was not the daughter ot her
reputcel father , and a motion has bcon mnilo
in court for n now trial of the celebrated
case.
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At Nevada City the Information charging
Sheriff George W. Dunstcr with bcit.g dis
qualified by Intoxication for the discharge ot
his official duties , was dismissed In the su
perior court on the ground that the Justice of
the peace who bound Dunstcr over for trial
had no jurisdiction.
The Grass Valley Telegraph says : "Tho
npplo trees of tnls section are loaded with
fruit , but there will brt no rnoro apples than
will suffice for the codlhl moth. In this sec
tion a hirgo acreage Is devoted to feasting of
the worms proJuced by that moth. 1'oopio
have very llttlo show at the apples. "
Jean Henault attempted to commit a crimi
nal assault upon Mrs. Echalo ut her residence
In Los Angeles , but was foiled by the wife of
ox-Pollco commissioner Collins , who con
fronted him with rt jtcvolvcr. This Is
He n null's socoud oTensomj ! having assaulted
an old woman some Months ago and shot
ShcriiT Agulro whllo thoMAUcr was attempt-
ting to arrest him. Jjr5
The bacramcnto turnvprcln is making pre
parations for the reception nnd entertain
ment of the other turnorijtvho will visit that
city on Juno SO-'JJ lu nluihdanco upon the
fourteenth grand turneilfeistival. The first
public demonstration xvljl 'bo u grand torch
light procession , In which the military and
civic societies and the tire , department arc
Invited to participate. Jt'
Hop crowcrs along thoi Sacramento river
nro somewhat alarmed over the appearance
of great numbers of the destructive hop
aphis , or lice , on the vines. The latter are
in most of the luxuriantJlolds south ot Sac
ramento already grown to the top'of the long
poles. The Insect Is bolloved to have been
Introduced In that section from roots brought
there from Oregon and Washington. In
these states it has wrought great havoc In
past years.
There Is an excitement In political circles
at Merced. The board of supervisors brought
to light that the county auditor and treas
urer have paid some ? 3,000 of the county
money for a road right of way which was
not approved or authorized by the board.
The road may bo accepted by the board. If
so , things will bo smoothed over , but If not
the bondsmen may have to stand it.
Solomon Adklns , n well known citizen of
Nnpa county , was accidentally shot nnd
killed at his home near Oakville. In com
pany with hU stepdaughter , Miss Mamie
Close , ho had started to get a cow. Miss
Close carried a shotgun , which by some
means was discharged , and the load took ef
fect hi Mr. Adkln's log , below the knee , car
rying away a portion of the bone. Ho only
lived a few minutes.
The average tompcraturo for California
summers , as deducted from a record of
thirty-eight years combined with these of
Iho signal service , Is 71.8 degrees , the average -
ago of the slanal service tables for the past
thirteen years is 71. The hottest summers
were these of 1S.V ) , 1SOO and 1S70 , when the
average temperature was 74.J , 74.S and 74.15 ,
respectively , wallotho coolest summer was
that of 1SS1,118.fi. The highest and lowest
summer temperature in thirty-eight years is
103 and 44.
Colorado.
Tramps who visit i-a Junta are at once put
to wortc on the streets.
Elk river reached the highest point for
seven years last wcok.
Many farmers In San Louis valley are ex
perimenting with fruit raisin ? .
The state horticultural society will hold Its
annual meeting and fair in Grand Junction
next lull.
It Is proposed to represent Lcadvlllo at the
world's fair by a largo cyclorama , giving t
view of the city and mines. .
Notwithstanding the cry of ovcr-produe
tlon there will be a larger area In crops lu the
White river rceion than last year.
Mount Lincoln ditch is to bo about three
miles long and will furnish water for 1,000
acres of line fruit land In Grand valley.
Hay is scarce and high priced In Colorado
Springs. Alfalfa commands $17 a ton nt the
stack , and Is not plentiful nt that figure.
Pueblo is beginning to make preparations
for her state fair next fall. Judge Hoyal has
accepted the presidency of the association.
Formers on the Divide are still clinging to
potatoes as their principal product , and moro
of them will bo planted this year than over.
Captain Nichols of the penitentiary board
of commissioners Is preparing for surveying
the state dltcn throughout central Colorado.
The Colorado Springs' , Lordon company
sold titty tons of milk last month and de
livered It to customers aj jtbo rate of fourteen
quarts for $1 ,
On the Boston form In the Arkansas val
ley 1,000 acres have been well plowed and
made mellow. This area has been seeded to
alfalfa and oats.
A prospecting party of eight persons.headed
by Elmer Kane , will shortly start on an ex
pedition down the grand canon of the Colorado
rado In search of mineral. .
All butchers In Loadvillc , Brcckenrldgo
and Dillon nro after beef cattle , and such ao-
tlvitv In the beef market has not been expe
rienced buforo for a number of years.
The stage road between'Ilium and Rico has
bcon shoveled out and 'liow the staces are
making regular trips clear through nud
freight teams have commenced to haul.
This spring the orcbardlsts of Otero county
have sot out upwards of six hundred acres in
fruits of all kinds. This makes the acreage
in the county nearly ono thousand two
hundred.
A wealthy company has been organized to
develop the marble beds at Yule creek. Tno
marbla ledge is 800 feet in thickness , sur
mounted by a white statuary marble bed " 50
teet thick.
Near Alamosa are six largo wheat farms
connected by telephone with the office of
Manager Colt in Alamosa. In dally opera
tions n larga saving and great convenience Is
effected by this menus.
Denver Is discussing a proposition to erect
a mammoth coliseum , which shall ho ono of
the largest In the country. It will bo con
structed primarily for the use of the Knights
Templar convention in 1802.
Cattle are commanding a bolter price In
the makot than they have since 1S80. Losses
last year wore smtill as compared with pre
vious winters and altogether the year prom
ises great things for local cattlemen.
A well Is being put down near Castle Hock
in the anticipation of striking oil. There Is a
good flow of water at a depth of 1,100 , but
this Is not what Is wanted. The boring will
bo continued to a depth of 2,000 feet.
Eagle valley , and particularly that portion
embraced In the watershed of Gypsum creek ,
will produce a largo amount of wheat this
year. The mill at Gypsum hereafter will
supply flour to that section of the state.
Eugene Weston of Canem City Is collecting
Fremont county minerals , etc. , to exhibit nt
tbo Pueblo mineral palace. Ho Intends to
have n miniature derrick , pump house and
to represent the oil industries of Florence.
Dan Osborn , a rustler from the Llttlo
Thompson , has made a science of plowing by
using six p'.ows attached to n jumbo traction
engine. Dan's engine and six plows can roll
over from ten to twenty acres of ground per
day.
day.Portions
Portions of the country near Long-
mont , were visited by a destructive hall
storm , doing great damage to thu promising
crops. In the Hygleno settlement orchards
wore stripped and the grain and and alfalfa
beaten into the ground.
T. W. Valentino shipped last wcok from
Fort Collins a steer within n week of being
three years old that weighed 1,970 pounds.
ThU steer Is said to have buon pastured on
clover In summer , fed on alfalfa In winter ,
and lived entirely outdooic.
Tim Salt Lake , Colorado & Gulf railway
has boon incorporated in the secretary of
suite's oftlco for .JIOO.OJO. The line to be built
extends from Fort Wlngato , on .ho Atlantic
it Pacltlo railroad In Now Mexico , to Cortez ,
In Montezuma county , Colo. , theuco to Salt
Lake City.
Articles of Incorporation of the Hocky
Mountain pipe line company were filed with
the county clerk of Pueblo county. The ob-
Jecti nro to construct and operate a plpo line
from Florence to Pueblo for the transporta
tion of oil and other fluids , and the capital
stock Is 1100,000 in 1,000. shares. The busl-
ness is to bo carried on In" Florence , Pueblo
ami Arapahoe counties , \yjth principal of
fices In Denver.
Editor Paddock of the Boulder Tribune
was knocked Hat by "HauU" Stevens. The
two have always boon jgQod friends. Mr.
Paddock In his Tribune imt some language
into Stevens' mouth , uno.nl the street rail
road franchise , ut which Stevens took of
fense , When the two mot by accident ,
Stevens said ; "Paddock , what did you put
that In Iho paper about mo for ! " and before
Paddock had time to answer or explain
Stevens hit him with bis open hand on the
loft Javf aud tolled him Into tbo mud.
CURING DISEASE WITH WATER
Dr. Oarriker's Paper Read Before tha State
Eclectic Medical Society.
THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF AQUA PURA
Action of the Organization on Water
In Physiological nnd Pathological
Conditions of ttio Vital
Kconomy.
Ono of most Interesting and Instructive
papers read before the State Eclectic Medical
society at Its sixteenth annual meeting in this
city was that of Or. M. A. Carrlkor of No-
braskn City , professor of matcrla mcdli-a ,
therapeutics.dlctetlcs and hydro-therapeutics
In the Cottier university nt Lincoln.
The paper was entitled "Hydro-Therapy"
and Is ns follows :
To clearly understand the therapeutic re
lations of pure water to the pathological con
ditions of the body , we niusfcamprohond Us
physiological loiations to the healthy or
ganism.
You will first observe nnd recall the fact
that water constitutes the grotto t part of
tno bulk of the body. It composes moro than
four-filth * of the imm of thu blood , moro
than sovon-olghts of the substance of the
brain , ami not loss than nine-tenths of the
various colorless llulds and secretions of the
economy.
Water Is the onlv vehicle that convoys
nutrient material to the blood , and through
the ) blood to every part of the system for its
growth aud replenishment.
It Is the only medium through which waste ,
effete1 , extraneous or dUttitcgratcel matter Is
convoyed from every part of the system to
the excrctorios to bo expelled from the body.
Water ii the only solvent , ditnont and
detergent In existence for animal aud vcgo-
taulo alimentary , nnd excremcntltious ma
terials.
It is the ouly material capable of circulat
ing In all the tissues of thu body , and pmio-
trating their finest vessels without vital Irri
tation or mechanical Injury.
It is the only fluid capable of ramifying the
minutest vessels and all the avenues of the
animal economy aud cleansing the body
within and without.
Water is the only fluid that can bo used as
a beverage in health , that regulates the se
cretions nud excretions and which supplies
the blood with a constituent , that adds moro
to plumpness of form , beauty of feature , and
permanent normal action of every function
of body nnd brain , than all the stimulants
and tonics k.iown to the medical profession.
When dlseaso bos marshaled Its deStructIve -
Ivo forces against the citadel of life , no sub
stance that Is not a constituent of the organi
zation , llko water , so rapidly , successful-
permanently and sanatlvoly relieves nerve
tension , reduces temperature , slow circula
tion and respiration , establishes secretion and
excretion by holding in solution the disinte
grated materials of the blood nnd convoying
them to the oxcretorics to bo eliminated from
the body.
Therefore , since water constitutes not loss
than seven-eighths of the entire weight of the
body , since It Is indispensable to lifo and
health , and since It possesses therapeutic
properties and power inherent in Its atomic
composition which Is superior to any roinc-
ellal agent known to the science of medicine ,
thcro must bo an infallible law , which should
govern its use in health , nnd bo an absolute
and invariable guide to Its Indications In ills
case , In short in all pathological conditions.
Wo must ever bear In mind that dlsoaso Is
a negative quality ; that it is tbo effects of un
physioIoL-lo.il voluntary huhlts. The condi
tloim of the body in disease are impure blood ,
unhealthy secretions , obstruction of tbo ox-
cretories , unequal temperature , unbalanced
circulation nud Inorvatlon.
Therefore the Indications are remove ob
structions , wash away Impurities , supply
healthful nourishment , recruluto temperature ,
circulation and Inen-atiou , relax intensive
nnd Intensify torpid action , and what like
water , with its concomitants , can and does
answer these Indications )
By applying the above propositions to the
causes that produce , and the conditions that
constitute dlsoaso , wo will find the symptoms
which indicate , and the argument to demon
strate that water is a remedy of general and
of universal application ; and that water , ad
ministered according lo the Infallible laws of
Indication , has and will ro.noro morolo physi
cal conditions to n normal state when the
single aud combined action of the most po
tent drugs are utterly powerless to effect this
result.
The rule observed by many physicians in
the use of water Is to recommend that tom
pcraturo that feels most agreeable to the pa
tient ; but this method Is ns often wrong as
right , and will Injure the pulent , or retard
the curative process , as often as accelcratoit.
The laylty observe no rule , nnd they are as
likely to bathe In cold water when It should
bo tepid , or warm when It should bo cold ;
and because they do not receive ttio benefit
they deslro they reiterate the teachings of
the fathers In medicine , who taught thai
water was a death dealing airont in fevers ,
and that cold water during and after confine
ment. Internally or externally was unprofes
sional , Illiterate , and savored of charlatan
ism.
ism.Careful
Careful observation and experience have
long since taught mo that such a use of the
"water of physical llfo" is in harmony with
a system of medicine which is without a dc-
llned and reliable system of symptomatology ;
and the results of such a use of water Is us
detrimental to the system as the common
method or proscribing drugs without definite
and specific Indications which are based on a
correct pathoeonesls.
Therefore , the law. which I have learned ,
Is iuvariablo and Infallible , for the use of
water , In health and disease , is that of vital
action nnd reaction.
Dul to olucldato this law of vital action
and reaction wo will state other subordinate
laws , the ilrst of which is that as the torn-
per.it n re of the water Is so will bo tbo vital
action.
If the temperature of the water ho nbovo
ninety-eight and onc-halforabova that of the
organ or part to which St Is applied , wo have
stimulation of the nervous system , clovaiion
of the temperature , acceleration of the circu
lation and respiration.
The blood Is determined to the surface ,
the peripheral vascluar system , increases In
turgosccaco , and the vital forces are stimu
lated In the ratio of the water tcmporatuio.
If the temperature of the water bo below
ninety-eight or that of the part or organ to
which It Is applied , wo have sedation to the
nervous system , temperature , circulation and
respiration.
The peripheral vascular system looses Its
natural luster , the vessels become contracted ,
the skin cold and lifeless , and iho vital forces
are depressed In the exact ratio of the tenv
poraturo of the water used.
Wo understand , too. that in a physiological
and pathological condition of the organism ,
the second subordinate law Is that the vital
ro-actlon against water Is in nn Inverse ratio
to the tompcraturo of the water used. This
law is absolute uuuor all circumstances and
conditions of the body during llfo.
To demonstrate this law , take a full cold
bath , and wo have exactly tbo same vital
phenomena , action and ro-actlon that our
bodies are subject to undergo every dixy and
hour of our lives ; varying only in degree of
the temperature of the water and the reactive -
active power of the body.
The first Impression of the water , when
cold , causes the blood to recede from the cap
illaries , the vessels contract , the blood is de
termined to the viscera but the vital forces
soon met this Impression by an Increased de
termination of blood to the surface to equal
ize the temperature1 , and soon the capillaries
become distended , the nervous system Invig
orated , the temperature Increased and a
warm glow over the body follows the cold
bath.
If this process bo froiuontly repeated the
result Is to develop the superficial circula
tion and In the same ratio relieve the en
gorged circulation In th viscera , remove in
ternal excretory accumulation , equalize the
circulation and Invigorate ttio entire system.
This determination of the circulation to
the surface In consequence of the ro-actlvo
Impression of cold water cau nut bn a morbid
process in any sense whatovor.
If wo go Into a very raid ntmosphora our
bands and face become cold and palo , tbo
the vcastU contracted and bloodless ; but. If
the ro-ocllvo power of the y tcm Is equal to
the tcmporutu.ro of the atmosphere they sooa
appear red , turgod and are warmer than before
fore Iho exposure.
A repetition of this process , llko that of
the cold buth , when not violent Is really
sanatory and Indlsponslbln to perfect health
and vigor , and may bo continued a llfo time
with Iho most gratifying and higboit sana
tory results.
To further demonstrate tub law of action
nnd re-action of the vital economy , take the '
hot full bath , for what Is true of the whole
body Is equally true of all Its parts.
When the surface of the body ! oxnoiod to
heat which U aoovo 04' ' , = , the nervous sys
tem U stimulated , the blood determined to
the surface , the vessels of the sit In become
congested and engorged , the circulation lu
the viscera accelerated and tbo quantity of
blood diminished , while the engorged organs
are temporarily relieved ; but In the ratio ot
the Intensity of the heat will this vascular
congestion Increase , till the vessels of the
skin become so overstretched that when the
Impression Is mot by vital reaction tbeso vew-
sols are so relaxed that their vital power of
contractility Is destroyed and they remain
perfectly and permanently ll.iccld with cor
responding loss of fimrtloii , while the nerv
ous system becomes enfeebled nnd the fune'-
tlons of every organ Impaired In the exact
ratio of the Intensity of the heat and the repe
tition of the bath.
The argument lone endured above the body
temperature Is In any degree vitalizing Is ex
tremely absurd.
The experience of every man who has la
bored through the heated season and the con
dition of uvorv person who has suiTetvd sun
stroke , ni wolf ns every individual who has
followed bathing for a considerable time In
very warm water , ought to teach a different
lesson.
Many persons and some physicians but
none of this society , wo are pleased to say--
heem to think that u few long and strong
baths will answer the purpose of many short
nnd weak ones.
This is the belief of unnv per otn who visit
the sprlntrs and watering plm-es and , in a few
days or U-eoks , do their bathing for Iho year.
It would bo moro fatal but no more un-
philojophtcal If they should undertake to do
their eating and drinking for several mouths
in as many days , or fnr u patient to take thu
medicine in a slngio day that Is essential to
treat a severe and prolonged case of typhoid
fever.
Uecauso some persons can endure without
app'iront injury hot water , hot vapor or hot
air for nn hour or two every day in the yi'ar ,
the fact does not prove that It Is boncllclal ,
while physiology demonstrate * that It must
bo injurious.
As well might It ho pretended that because
many persons Imbibe two or three ounces of
Intoxicating liquors dally , while some take
their "bonost quart" a day , for twenty years ,
that alcohol Is wholesome.
Thcro is ai much delusion on this subject
of using water in health and disease as thcro Is
among topers. Some persons sav that they
l.avo tnKcu prolonged hot water or hot air
baths dully or weekly for months and years ,
and nave experienced nothing but bcnollt.
Human bolngs have been addicted to in
toxicating liquors for moro than four thou
sand years , and the moro thuy nro Injured by
them the moro their experience convinces
them that they cannot do without alcoholic
stimulation. This fact , and that of the abuse
of warm and hot bathlne , only proves tueir
remarkable vitality , power of endurance and
that humanity Is sometimes icmarkably
tough.
4. As Is the reacting power of the vital
organism , so must be the temperature of the
water.
The person of good physique , strong diges
tion , perfect assimilation and blood making ,
balanced circulation and normal innorvatlon ,
may bathe in cold water five-sixths of all the
days of his llfo , and enjoy perfect health of
body and brain , and not realize any discom
fort or injury from cold bathing.
All persons , juveniles and adults , of feeble
circulation. Innorvatlon nnd rcae-tlvo power ,
must bathe in water very near the tempera
ture of the blood , and gradully lower the
temperature of the water as the functions of
the body become moro active , Inncrvutlon
rnoro vigorous and the reactive power of the
system stronger.
If this law of vital reaction and corresponding
spending temperature of the water bo not
strictly , scrupulously observed , the vitality ,
the tonlclty of the nervous system will bo-
corno gradually weaker nnd the functions of
the body more impaired , though the skin bo
clean as the polUhod marble.
5. As Is the equilibrium of the tempera
ture , circulation and innervation , so must bo
the temperature of the water used.
If tbo extremities are cold , they must bo
warmed before any cold baths bo given. This
follows from the law of vital reaction and
must bo carefully observed , ui no benefit is
every derived nnd serious or fatal Injury may
bodonuby violation of this law ; and from
this principle wo deduce thu fuel that all cold
bathing should bo done In the Ilrst partof the
day , when there is equalbod temperature and
circulation and nearest normal inncrvation ,
therefore strongest reactive power.
Slnno the vital forces are weaker In the
second part of the day , innorvatlon moro
feeble and vital reaction loss stronc , very
cold bathing should bo replaced by warm
water , or a temperature in the ratio to the
reactive power , at that time of the day ,
(1. ( From the law of action and reaction
wo deduce the fact that all full baths should
be taken three hours after a full meal , and
ono hour before the meal.
Cold water has remarkable power for
sedation , and hot water equal power for
stimulation , relaxation and debilitation ,
therefore all forms of bathing when the body
is exposed to a low temperature should bo ef
fected in the shortest possible time , to bo
sanitary in the strictest sonso.
The same Infallible laws that govern the
external use of water , controls its internal
administration , under all circumstances and
in every condition of the body iu health and
In disease.
Wo will now. brifly , observe the applica
tion of these laws tu loading pathological
lesions.
When pain Is idlopathlc and presents in
any part of the body from sub-circulation and
Innorvatlon , there will bo neither redness ,
heat nor swelling , nnd the Indications nro
heat above the body temperature , which re-
llovcs by action and stimulation.
When pain Is traumatic , and the above
conditions are present , the indications are the
same. Hut when thcro is pain , heat , redness
and swelling , idtopathio or traumatic , the In
dications are cold applications , which relieves
and removes the pain by conduction and re
action.
When Idiopathic pain or traumatic pain Is
not relieved by heat nbovo the iQmporaturo
of the body , the Indications are alternate ) hot
water with cold application-- , which will
when possible remove the pain by stimu
lation and reaction of the vital forces.
When pain U tbo result of matorls morbi ,
the local treatment is obvious from the pre
ceding conditions. The systemic treat
ment , every practical physician understands ,
consists In removing accumulations , washing
away impurities , o < iuall/.ing temperature and
circulation , establishing Inncrvation , and
when this is doi.o secretion and excretion are
moro active , and the cause of the pain and
the sufferings are removed , and with them
the effect.
And what like water can affect these
changes lu tbo same time , leaving the econo
my so free from depletion , from derangement
of function , nnd trom traces of maicrU
morbl to still retard Innervation , ana react
against the. too often , largo doses of strong
and bitter drugs-provided always that the
laws of vital action nnd reaction nnd corresponding -
pending water temperature bo carefully ob
served.
In every conceivable acute dlseaso known
to the profession , there are two conditions of
the circulation and of the nervous system ,
general or local , which are diametrically opposed -
posed to each other and which naturally ro-
qulro different modes of treatment.
These conditions of the circulation are
cither general or local , active hypcraomlaand
passive hyperaemla , and of the nervous sys
tem exaltation and depression. In all eases
of the first condition the blood Is circulated
rapldl > and freely , so that a larger quantity
of blood is circulated in a given time , than In
hoalth.
In this stage of any disease there Is a pow
erful nerve tensionand arterial and capillary
contraction , \Vo meet these pathological
conditions as they pro.wnt. If the active ny-
peracmla Is violent , we observe the law of
vital action , and meet these phenomena with
cold or Iced water frequently repeated , and in
the exact ratio that the nerve tension dimin
ishes and the arterial and capillary contrac
tion relaxes , do wo Increase the temperature
of the water ,
0. For. as the nerve tension , body temperature
turo , and arterial and capillary contraction
are , so is the vital rcactlvo power , lu health
and any dlsoaso.
It Is also an Infallible law of the vital econ
omy , that every electro-posltlvo condition
must have an olcctro-ucgatlvo condition ;
therefore , it follows that , whllo this active
hyperaomla exists , there Is a passive hyper-
aomla , near or remote to the electro-positive
condition , and by the law of reaction It fol
lows that this electro-positive condition 1s
suX > iROded by passive byporaomla.
Then the blood circulates slowly , sluggish
ly , the nervous system and bloou vessel * are
rclaxoa and the quantity of blood circulated
in the electro-negative organ or organs in a
given time must bo Ion.tuan . In a normal con
dition.
In this stage wo observe the law of reac
tion. If tno passive hyperaomla bo mtonse ,
the rcactlvo power of the sytomor part , will
bo exceedingly fcoblo , and tbo temperature
of the water must not bjtoss than HO de
grees , Iho application gentle , reaction per
mitted , and the aomporaturo of the water
lowered gradually , as the rcactlvo forces of
the system become stronger.
Obiorvatlon of the laws of action nnd reac
tion should be strictly observed lit active and
passive hype'ni'tnia of the brain , as
watftr Is n very potent remedy , and when
abused In ( he treatment of thU di'llcnU
organ , fatal results may easily follow and
doubtless often havo.
\S'o have active hypcnvinla when the eyes
nro bright , pupils e-ontrautoil , face Unshod
and ho.ui very hot. Thou the Indications
are e'old or ice water applications to the
whole bend , repeated sufllclontly often lo reduce -
duce the temperature by conduction ami re
action ,
Wo have passive hvpora'tma when the eyes
are brlgot , puiilU diluted , face lluMievI and
the head slightly hot ; and thU passive hvpor-
iinnla InereasoA M the oycs become moro and
moro dull and expressionless , pupils dilated ,
face cool , and foruhu.ul marks a temperature
but little nbovo normal.
When this electro-negative condition N In
tense , the Indications nro , water poured
over the head , hot ns can bo endured , or hot
upplkutlons , either frequently ropt-atod to
stimulate rlrculntlou and often ub.-un-btloii ,
and ns vital reaction incro.isoi the tempoi-a-
lure must be gradually rottuccd.
1 have discovered no exception to the laws
that I have stnte'd , which should govern tin
e-xtcrnal nnd Internal use of water lu u
physiological and alt pathological conditions ,
In alimentary iloratigomoiits there "should
ho a modification of the Intern d use of water
when there Is Intense lullummatton accom
panied by vomltlni , ' , dlarrhd'a or dysentciy
In these conditions the Indications are cold
external applications , frequently ru [ > eatod ,
and cold hip biths for their uctlvu effect ,
thereby allaying the iullammatlon by conduc
tion and reaction.
Internally thu modification of applte'ntlou Ii
warm drinks , as liunonado , frequently 10
pcate'd , bllghtlv below the' bodv temperature ,
.so that thu Internal vital reiu-tloii will he
mild , and therouv not imgra\ato n condition
which cold water will invariably do.
U Is Impossible to drink a Millleient quan
tlty of cold water , in these conditions , to of.
feet sedation without react lot. , which will
increase alimentary action , and thereby ag
gravate the difficulty ; and onion-Ing the
same law , warm clysU'w are indicated in severe -
vero diarrluua and dysentery.
These simple general laws understood and
strictlv observed , will gratify the faithful
physician with results that are always equal
to the results obtained by the most potent
drugs administered by the law - 'Simlllla
Slmllltbus Curanteur , " "Contrarla Contrar-
Is Curanteur , " or "Contrarla Contrarlus
Oppoiiendn , "
And when the dlseaso tends toward a fatal
termination an.l the profomulost skill has
been baillod. of the mint successful drug
therapeutist and ho has laid his weapons byte
to watch the unwelcome termination , hydrotherapy -
therapy has and will cool and culm a fevered
brow and burning nervous system , or stimu
late the waning powers of llfo to normal ac
tion and to health.
Therefore , as nn eclectic system of modi-
clnc.and ns ocle-ctlc or progrussivo physicians
teach us to understand no ie-is of the action
of drugs in health , or their pathogeDJtlo nu-
lion , and of their action In n strictly patholo
gical condition , ami the natural laws that
should govern their administration.
But by thoughtful observation , dlllgout
research and untiring i-nergy may wo bo en
abled to comprehend as thoroughly thu Im
mutable law.s that control the action of el
ectricity and of magnetic force , which clr-
culatcs the blood , equalizes thu circulation ,
promotes innervation and thrills the pawors
of llfo with health and strength and restores
lost vitality by its subtle , yet vitalizing
power.
And teach the students wro attend our
modlcal colleges not only that clcanllnovi ot
the body is essential to health and longevity.
but how nnd when to use this wonderful
substance , water , which constitutes the great
bulk of the vital machine , and the never
varying laws that should guldo them In Its
administration In health and dlsoaso.
Then , as a school of modlcfno , wo can
philosophically combine thoio thrco forces
into the greatest , grandest , sanative thera
peutic system that concerns physical life.
Wcro it not for the teachings of the "fath
ers in modlclno , " which have como through
gonealopy to the masses , who believe today
that cold water in acute dlsoaso signifies
death to its victim nnd that the practtco of
hydro-thorapoutlixs , without drugs , Indicate ?
professional inability , therefore does not
merit due compensation. Ho who under
stands thoroughly and will take as his
thernpeutio weapons , electro-therapeutics
and hydra-therapy can , I believe , do moro to
alleviate suffering humanity with leas injury
to the vital economy than the most crudlto
drug therapeutist in the land.
She Killed .1 IllK Knttlor.
Mrs. Chris Unlenkamp of Oroon Valley ,
Cal. , had quite an adventure with a "rattler. "
She was walking through the lleld not fat
from the house when her attention was at
tracted to the vigorous barking of the dog
she had with her at some object In the tall
grass. She drew near and found It to be u
rattlesnake coiled up ready to stnko , and
making lively muslo with his rattle. A man
would have looked for a rock , but this was
not Mrs. Uhlonkatnp's weapon. She left tbo
dog to watch the snake , and stopping to the
house- , brought out the shotgun. With this
she quickly put the reptile out of the way , It
was a very largo ono and had seventeen rat
tles and a button.
Doony ofn Kuinotm Cost.
Old Fort Halleck Is situated thirteen and
a half miles southeast of llallcck station on
the line of the Central Paclllc In Ncvaiui.
The buildings of the once famous fort are
badly dilapidated and getting wor o dally.
The row of pretty llttlo cottages that wore
formerly occupied by the ofllcoH are gradu
ally crumbling away , whllo the stable , bar
rack , guarel house , commissary and various
other buildings on the reservation show too
plainly what tlmo will do towards dostoylnu
property when neglected. The old fort was
situated on a beautiful little plateau , sur-
roundoJ by a thick growth of e-otton wood
and well suppled with water , nnd when oc
cupied by Uneln Sam's boys In blue was
home-like and attractive. Kvcry fort within
Nevada's boundary lines has boon abandoned
and opened to settlement.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is plcosuut
nnd refreshing to tlio taste , nnd nets
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys ,
Liver nnd Bowels , demises the sys
tem effectually , dispels colds , head
aches nnd fevers nnd cures hnhitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ia tlio
only remedy of its kind over pro
duced , pleasing to the taste and ao-
ceptahlo to the stomach , prompt in
its action nnd truly heneficiul in its
effects , prepared only from the most
healthy aud ngrccahlu substances , its
many excellent qualities commend it
to nil nnd have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Byrup of Figs is for ealo in 50o
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any rcliahlo druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for nny ono who
wishes to try it. Do not nccopt any
substitute ,
CALIFORNIA FfG SYRUP CO.
SAN rfiANOISCO , 041.
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