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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
ANOTHER SNAKE STORY.
This One is vouohed for as Being
True.
A Reptile Two Feet Long Has Been Living
In a Child's Stomach.

HARTFORD CITY, IND, September g.
Lille NJ. Hahn, seven years of age, living
three miles south of this city, commenced
complaining of pain in the stomach over
three months ago. She gradually became
worse until, during paroxysm of suffer-
ing, she was threatened with commissions.
She often described her sensations as that
something was alive in her stomach, and
said she could feel it move. She waslmed-
icated much of the time, and often worm
medicine was administered, the idea pre-
Willing that it was stomach worms that
caused her suffering. She became
emaciated. weak and almost bloodless,
her APPETITE was deprayed, and she took
little noCrishment, except of fluid nature.
She was troubled with great thirst, often
drinking copious draughts of water, after
which she would be relieved for an hour or
more. During the last week she complain
ed Of pain In her bowels, and her sufferings
at times became almost unbearable. She
was confined to her bed, and her friends
thought dissolution would soon end her
agony. On Friday morning last she
expelled from the bowels an object
over two feet In length, and at
once exclaimed to her parents: II am
better now; oh, feel so goodw Micro
scopic observations developed the fact
WV obJtNb R'h iANih VIZ 49,
of the little sufferer was n species of water
snake, and it is now in the possession of
a reporter, and has been since Friday
noon, and, what is NOR startling, it Is alive
and quite active. 1t is kept in rain-water
in stopped bottle. When the water is
chilled it becomes torpid, and when sub
iected to heat it soon becomes active.
Under the microscope it has been seen to
protrude its tongue, which resembles the
point of fine needle. 1t is perfectly round,
smooth and uniform in size throughout
its entire length. Now, after sixty
hours have elapsed since it was dis
charged, it is apparently as lively as at
first. The child is rapidly recovering, and
experiences none of the sensations that
troubled it prior to being relieved Of its
terrible tormentor. Hundreds of persons
have seen the reptile and witnessed its
gyratory movements In wonder and
amazement. 1t has none Of the character
istics of q tape-worm or any other form OF
entozoic life described by authors. The
child must have drank water of which It
wns an inhabitant, and it gradually de-
veloped and was finally discharged from
the stomach and expelled by the bowels.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
"a FERGUSON co. KY SEPTEMBER 1885

He went around in quiet kind of
way, saying little. but striving TO add
what he could to the physical comfort
OF each member OF his family, but
neither suggesting nor opposing any
thing
And now the morning of the day on
which Erastus was to leave them had
arrived
Tho wagon which he was to take had
been loaded the'day before. There was
bed and bedding, his trunk containing
his personal effects, and box into
which Mrs Parsons and the girls had
managed, unknown to him, 10 put sew
eral little articles Of comfort or luxury
as apleasant surprise and reminder Of
them when he should unpack il at the
end Of the journey e
There was also plow and few
other agricultural and mechanical i'm
plomcnls, several sacks OF grain for the
colts, and provisions sufficient to hast
little time after he should reach his des-
tinntion.
Silently he took the hand Of tho man
who had been the only father he had
over known. With all his might he
strove TO say good bye, but could not
master his voice. and he dropped the
hand, kissed each OF the women in
turn, and without word sprang upon.
the wagon and drove away out Of their
sight
As the family turned TO enter the
house, old Bose. who had appeared not
exactly TO understand the cause of all
he had seen, looked inquiringly up into
their faces and then away In the drec-
tion in which the wagon had disap-
peared, as II TO ask il this was anything
more than the usual daily trip to town
Apparently convinced by the sorrow
fnl looks Of all that something grave
had occurred. he lifted MS nose in the
air and gave a long, low, mournful
howl, and lay down with his head upon
his outIretehod paws, aud continued TO
look down the road. ~ =.
He never returned TO his old place
upon the kitchen porch. but always,
until he died, was 10 be found near the
same spot in the front yard, with his
head turned in one direction. and IL not
sleeping. with his old eyes fixed upon
the point in the road where wagon
coming over the hill would first be Wis
ible. Occasionally, II hungry, he would
60 20 the kitchen for food, but usually
II was carried to him. and one morning
when they went 20 feed him. they
found him dead. his head upon his ont
stretched paws, as II still looking down
the road
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
TIME WAs-TIME is.

When warriors blood did sow
To win ladSs silsen snood or dainty ribbon
Whom just 60 gain a smile
They fought weary while,
Ana thought her glance a rich reward for
many a painful trial.
Time "a when ulon appear
~ wVinankind IN snecf, '.s.
And talk ofthe inferior ser" with unbacom.
ing iCcr. .-- ~
Pol tcncrs thry Ignore
Vote etiquette bore,
And say that ohivAlry's thing We don't need
any more.
Tine rts whom caps wore dotted
Atgt-rtlns shyland soft.
pr rhen with manly gallantry lady's health
= Ilmn Z, It's sadly said. r..
when hat sticks fast 10 head
iNonicr the gentlemen wear Derby hats 10
Time tds when manhoods : caro-
Mae 10 proicot the fair.
10 shelter her from stlngins blasts and chilly,
Tine q when Sne or Pan
Goes out with her young man.
ie takes the made OF the way
And sidewalks whore she can.
Time uds, fancy. when,
II "hnssce' hal run thun
AEirl would not have been denied a seat by
a selfish mcu. as ..s,
TINE q when men declare .
Ihulr health tnoy'll not impair
ny SitunF on the knifohaard aud catching
cold up thoru.
Tine ms when youths were taught
set nj rnllRnts ought
Aud not 20 s'nesothe loylal pipe whom they
sere paving court, ~.
Time ~ there not u trace
OF d"fcrunnM grace,
And modern gsl.ants pun their smoke right
IN n ladysiHoe. ..
Tine tn1si time was. Rlasi
u afrs,dcth On a. fast,
fhsi ghlyair5 sud courtesy arc virtues OF the
Iimn Shut what's tho Use
of atsing my abuse
A. Io,ylcets 30 shallow, 90 narrow ana oh.
tuEc p
-Dstcoa Ppee pr,u.
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snow.storm In Dakota.

DEADwooD, OAK, September 6.-The
unpleasant weather for the past two
weeks eliminated in a snowstorm yes
terday. The thermometer has ranged
from 5Oe to Coz, ,and more or less rain
has fallen daily. The outlook for grain is
Gloomy in the extreme. our-flfthsi of
ali CROPS are cut, and the bulk is lying
that il Stacked Is being DESTROYED even for
feed. Practically no threshing has been
done done vet, and il begins to look as though
there would be nothing to thresh. Prices
have Advanced materially, and few sales
are made at any price. The farmers are
greatly discouraged ~
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
CHAPTER XVI.

II
Erastus was six days in making the
journey 10 Mussle Slough, and desc.
late looking country he found II.
For miles and miles, at this season OF
the year not q green thing appeared
upon which TO fasten the smallest hope
of ever changing the waste into fertile
fields Of grass and grain
The settlers already there seemed
upon the verge OF starvation But three
or four inches OF rain fell during the en-
tire year, and for months nj time the
soil was unmoistoncd even law dew.
Those who possessed little money
whom they came had expended it in
/ futile efforts TO produce crop. and all
were now dependent for the means Of
subsistence upon small patches OF
ground near tho lake, distant in many
Instances from four to 5 ven miles from
their claims,
Even these patches had TO DO CON
stantly guarded from droves of rnvon-
Gus aud half wild cattle belonging to
the herdsmcn who gave little attention
and who were iliy disposed toward any
attempts at inclosing or cultivating the
land which, although seemingly little
better than q desert, al certain periods
OF the year produced thin growth of
wild alfalfa upon which'the stock fed,
being in the main driven 10 better pas
turts rs thc dry season advanced.
These patches Of ground were made
fertile by their noarness TO Lake 1ularc.
and by being but little above the level
of its waters.
.s.
Ncritable oases In the desert these
spots seemed. and upon them the set
tiers raised the few bushels OF corn and
beans and vegetables which formed
their, solo means of subsistence while
prosecuting the work of redeeming their
claims by the herculean task of digging
an ir11sating ditch upwards of twenty
miles long, by means of which they were
TO obtain water from tho river above
them, and convert the desert into
garden
But If these oases furnished garden
spots for the settlers they were also de-
sired by the herdsmen, for few of
whose cattle they supplied pasturagc
the year round, and being without the
means of fencing them in, the protec-
ton OF their little crops meant n CON
stant watch upon the cattle, and one
which consumed the entire time of
some member OF each family.
Owing to the lack of feed. but few
were able TO keep teams, and that they
continued the unequal contest for their
homes can only be understood when It
is known that of all the rich farming
lands of the State not an acre remained
g.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
. Driven From Sea 10 Sea,
Or, JUST A CAMPIN'.
BY O o rosr.
fUsiIsuUb nv Permission or J. Y. DowsIY
Co, funIIsHnRs. CmcAGo
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But now all knew TO u certainty that
TN family circle was 10 be broken, aud
broken somewhat rulcly.
To Lucy there constantly came the
thought tha, Ernstus was going be-
cause OF his love for her. although he
made no sign and she could only sur
mise
She realized. too, more and moro,
how dearly she loved him. and that n
union with Mr. Annolsey, separating
her as i would do from all She held
most dear, would not bring her lappi-
ness She saw now that her lover had
no influence which could be used TO aid
the settlers In obtaining justice from
The mining company, and that, even IL
he should be generous enough to giyo
direct personal assistance 70 her own
family. which somehow she doubted,
hor father was far too proud to &C.
cert IL.
Then the thought which had come TO
her during tho ride homo from the
landing, when the announcement OF
hor engagement had been made, that
her family must think her scliishly seek
ing an alliance with one who was con
nected with the cause OF their mis-.
fortunes, returned to her again and
again. producing feeling that shewas
excluded from their innermost thoughts
and affections, which could not but az
feet her actions, however she might
struggle against IL, and which, re-
acting upon the others, very nearly
produced the feeling she deplored
Mrs Parsons felt that her Hock of
youngliDgs were about TO take wing;
that tho children for whom she had la
bored and planned and lived were to go
from her, in all probability never to be
reunited on earth again. Not only
Erastus, but Lucy, and then Jennie,
would soon seek homes for themselves
and that, too, far away from their par
cnts, who were to be left alone and
lonely in their old age
No, not quite alone. Johnny would
never leave them; no matter what else
might happen, the bird with the broken
wing would not leave the home nest.
But what il the nest should be de,
stroyed, and tho crippled bird be left TO
suffer from lack OF food and shclterp
She and John wcrp getting old now.
She had never recognized this as fact
before, but now she felt that IL was
true, Surprising that the ranch should
be destroyed, and they in their old age,
and with helpless child, be turned out
TO begin againp
Suppose but no. she would not think
OF It. The Lord would provide. They
had been through many trials, and their
suflerings had not been moro than they
could bear, and she must not permit
herself TO be gloomy and so add to the
suflerings of the others.
She went about her work with
cheerful air; putting Erastus' clothing
in the best possible repair; made him
new shirts and undcrclothes, and did
many little things besides, which she
thought might add TO his comfort when
he SHOULD be far from her, with none to
do these little favors for him.
AS for John Parsons, he was simply
passive.
The CLEAN OF sunshine which had
come to him when hope revived with
the beginning Of the work on the dam
had died out, and he saw nothing bright
in the gloom which enveloped him.
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
A Twelve -Year-OId Suicide.

PHILApELpHrA, September Q. : Oscar
Leon Parry, the twelve-year- son of
w. H. Parry, formerly of Hartford, Conn,
committed suicide this morning in his room
bw shooting himselft through the head with
n revolver, which he obtained from closet
in the room. No cause can be assigned for
tho daad.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
A Minister Hangs Himself.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, September "a
Times Cherokee (Kas.) special says; Rev.
Chas. w. Price, a Presbyterian clergyman,
Of this place, hanged himself this morning
Hismind was thought to have been unset
tied by the death of brother and sister
Deceased came here from Plattsburg, Mo.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
Last ofboer Of 1912 Dead.

NEW YoRK, September o.-Major Aaron
Stafford. the last surviving officer OF the
war of 1872, died at his residence in Water
vile. Oneida County. N, Y, to-day, In
the ninety ninth year of his age, having
retained his mental faculties to the last. :
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10

Newspaper publishers in New Gui-
nea, and on the Isthmus of Panama
complain loudly of post-office officials
who take papers out OF wrappers 20
read and forget to put them back.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

These specimens are generally badly
made, but there are heroes in the eyes
of the lower gang and at times are en-
We'd by the honest young men who
must earn what they get. The bust
ness Of politics is used as a litter, be-
cause it requires no special training
and no education. Good looks, a
smooth tongue, habit of promising
all things TO all men, aud the thing is
done. Character, pedigree are not
necessary to political success, aud there
is where the self-made man has an ad
vantage. In politics the graduate of
theological college can be downed by
a,thick-necked dog-6ghter, and there is
where the self-made man gets his
work in.
But there are numerous instances of
self-made men, my boy, whose lives
are worthy of imitation. At least
they are full Of encouragement aud
hope. The humble boy Of monaichic
governments sees the highest places
hedged about by royalty in a way he
can never reach. The American born
boy has his glorious chances The un-
gainly rail splitter of the West educa
ted himself aud became President.
Henry Wilson, nameess, homeless,
friendless, made himself good shoe
maker, made himself a learned man, and
his State made him governor, and the
people made him Vice President. Ar
drew Johnson, sitting cross-leggcd on
Tennessee tailors' bench, had it in
him TO be greater than his goose, and
he came to be seated on the highest
and most honorable chair in the United
States. All of this, my boy, shows the
possibilities of the American boy.
There are better things than being
President but i, is good for boy to
know he is not barred from the race.
1t should no, be a positive misfortune
for boy to be born to riches but
such things are common. The disci-
pline of struggling for something is of
great value. The rich boy cannot
build up muscle by hiring others to
row boats for him, nor can he buy
knowledge and character. He must
dig for these things. If he is tired he
will be dude. Any fool with a little
money can be dude. If boy has
the right stuff in him he will be a
man, rich or poor. Be man st
Louis Whip.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
GIVE THE PRESIDENT A BODY GUARD.

The President of the United States
fills position surrounded with danger.
The potenta,es of Europe seldom min
gle with the people, and when they do,
they are accompanied by guards. The
President goes and comes like any Or
dinary man, and has no protection from
the assaults of any crank who may bn
seized with the insane idea that it is
his duty to ''remove' the executive of
the nation. Since the death of Mr.
Hendricks, the reasonable expression
that only one man stands in the way of
the Republican party has been fire.
quenlly made, and such talk as this is
calculated TO inspire another Guiteau
to assassinate the President. Such an
event would be great calamity, not
only because it would again put the
government in Republican hands, but
the excitement and uncertainty of a
new election would unsetlle business.
The life of the President, therefore,
should be guarded with the greatest
care, and some provision should be
made to provide him with a body
guard. The graves of two dead Pres
idents are watched over, day and
night, by detachments of United
States troops, and as a live President
is of much more value to the country
than two dead ones, steps should be ta-
ken to prevent the bullet of an assassin
from doing an act that would make an
other Presidential tomb to watch over
Give the President body guard.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
Internal Revenue.

The annual report of Joseph S. Mil.
Ter, Commissioner of Internal X venue,
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1885, shows that there are now 7,600,-
900 gallons of distilled spirits abroad,
which, to fiud a market, will have to
be reimported. This, with more than
100000 gallons that had on June
80, last been in bond Tor three years, OF
longer, under the seven months exten.
sion, affords ample margin for assum.
ing that the receipts for the current tis'
cal year will aggregate at least Sll5,.
100000.
The total receipts from all sources Of
internal revenue taxation for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1855, were Sll2,'
42l,12l, as compared with l2l, ,590,039
for the year "a /; Sl44,553,344 for the
year 'S3, and STAG, ,523,273 for the year
1882.
The cost of collection aggregated
S4,455, ,430, against S5,O76,9l4 foi
1884. Six hundred and twenty-four
violations of the law were reported
during the year and ITS illicit dis ,iller.
les were destroyed. The Commissi.
oner recommends an increase in the
number of revenue agents, and sub
mits estimates for the next fiscal year
aggregating S4,6lO,l9o.
Nine hundred and twenty-six dis
missals have been made in the force Of
store-keepers, gaugers, ETC., during the
past year.
The aggregate amount of taxes col
lected from tobacco during the last
fiscal year was 1926, 6,407,088.
New York did the greatest manu-
featuring business, using 27,0OO
pounds. Pennsylvania is second on the
list, with nearly 1900 pounds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
A Bad Law And its Dangers.

For the second time within four
years there is no officer having author
ity to act as president should the head
of the nation be stricken by death or
overtaken by mental disability. This
is treated by some OF our contempo-
raries as light matter. Iu such a
contingency, they argue, Congress
would be speedily convened by the
Secretary of State, and president pro-
TEN would be at once elected by the
Senate, who would serve as president
of the United States until a new presi-
dent was elected and inaugurated as
provided by law. We are a great
sober,minded and sensible people, and
such thing as scramble for or a
struggle or dispute over fraction ,
presidential term is danger 50 remote
as to be hardly worth considering.
While the Americans have in a..high
degree the virtue of self restraint, it is
a perilous kind of statemanship that
presumes upon it to allow laws to re.
main upon the statute book which ex-
perience has shown to be of doubtful
interpretation and of uncertain effect.
Under the old law of 1892 it is pro
vided that in case of the death or in-
ability Of both president and ce-presi-
dent, the president ol the Snate, or, if
there be none, then the speaker of lhe
House shall act as president. At pres
ent there is neither president of the
Senate nor speaker If President
Cleveland should die, therefore, he
would have no successor until Congress
meets, and then, whichever House
could organize first would give the
country a president. With the two
Houses controlled by different parties,
would there be no scrambled Would
not there be an excellent chance of a
dispute, and who can tell how serious
@ dispute when the succession is thus
left 10 bseome question of superior
diligence'
In the Congress about to assemble
the Democrats have a clear majority
of forty in the House. II so minded
this majority is strong enough to
organize by the election of Mr.. Carl
isle or some other Democrat as speak
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
Was Eve Tempted With a Ounce 2
COLLEGE PROFESSOR ATTEMPTS TIC
DIsPRovE THE SERPENT AND THE
APPLE STORY.

Prof. ID. G. Eaton, of Yale College
10 paper on "Apples,' read recently
before the Scientific Society, of Bridge.
port, said: "The first positive scien.
tifc demonstration of the existence ol
apple trees was in the disclosure, made
through very low condition of the
water, that apple tree trunks formed
part of the foundations of the habita
tons of the lake dwelers of Switzer.
land. This period as nearly as could
be judged, was from l,200 to 1900
years before Christ. That the apple
witt, which Eve was tempted iu the
Garden of Eden, according to the
Scriptures, is the apple of to-day is
uncertain, inasmuch as the world an.
ciently applied to the apple included
the ounce and the pear. Consequent
ly Eve might have been tempted by
either of these latter fruits. The
present apple was due to the cultiva
tion and development of the crab APP
pie, and the popularity of the apple in
It's evolution is that the part now val
liable was simply the calix, thickened
and become fieshy, which had formed
around the original fruit or seeds
There are now about 900 varieties OF
apples, classified under not less than
5000 names"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

The Harrisburg Patriot, in com
mentiug upon the introduction of
printing into this State, says "the art
Of printing was first practiced in
Pennsylvania two hundred years ago,
having been introduced in Penns col
ony almost contemporaneously with
its foundation. Is bicentennial occurs
this year and the Pennsylvania His
torical Society intends to celebrate it
next month. In contemplating the
vast development of the printing busi-
ness in this State since the first sheet
was published in 1856 by William
Bradford, we are enable to form a con-
ception of the wonderful growth Of
the Commonwealth. There is no bet
ter index of the material advancement
OF o country than concurrent increase
of its literary means and appliances.
That the Pennsylvanians were from
the first a news reading people is evil
denced by the fact that the infant
colony was scarce three years old be-
fore it had to have its newspaper.
There was further evidence of an early
desire for the productions of the press
in the printing that was done by the
devout Moravian brothers at Ephrata,
Lancaster county, whose establishment
was one of the most remark able
incidents connected with the his
tory of printing in this country.
The books they produced were ex
cellent speci mems of the art, rejecting
great credit upon those pioneer publish
ers of the State. While Pennsylvania
has the distinction of such carly
achievements in ''The art preservative
of all arts she has especial reason to
be proud of the claim that the most dis
tinguished the world eversaw followed
his calling within her borders. The
State can point with pride to the Won
derful growth in the excellence and
number of her publications, but what
gives her peculiar distinction in this
connection is the fact that Franklin,
the illustrions philosopher, statesman,
diplomatist and patriot, was Penn
sylvania printer"