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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-24
Deaths from Wild Animals.

During the year 1886 the number Of persons
killed by wild animals and yenomous snakes in
Hindostan was 2i,Hl. This is an increase Of 1884
over the figures for the previous year.
The fatalities from snake bites rose from 90 142 to
22,l3i, while wild animals killed 2707 persons, as
compared with 65 in 1885, Tigers were responsible
for 92S deaths and wolves for 222 these figures
showing ninety more deaths from tigers and TWEEN
ty-six fewer from wolves as compared with the pre-
ceding year Elephants, leopards, BEARS hyenas,
wild bears, bsons, Wild hogs jacsals, alligators
crocodiles, wild cats and panthers had also their
quota Of victims.
The very large proportion of the total deaths from
injuries inflicted by wild animals and snakes take
place in the lower provinces of Bengal and In the
northwestern provinces Of Dude For example,
during 1886 fewer than sos fatal cases Of the
aggregate Of 81 for the whole Of india occurred
In these districts In Bengal during the year, al
deaths caused by jackals and 1873 by aligatoIs
The total number Of cattle killed throughout India
by wild animals and snakes during 1886 was 1911,
as compared with 5000 in the previous year.
With regard 10 the destruction of Wild animals, the
figures are far from satisfactory. Comparing the
year 1896 with 1856 the number of tigers killed fell
from 1856 to 1Gf ofleopards from 54G6 to 1851,
and Of bears from 87d TO GG3. The decline was
chiefly in Bengal and Madras and the reason has
been generally attributed to the smallness Of the
rewards, whereby shikars are not encouraged to
kin the noxious animals.
There was a falling offin the number of snakes
killed from 42o,0H to 41759G The decline was
chiefly In Bengal and tho cause assigned Is again
the small amount available for the payment Of re.
wards The total amount paid In India curing 1886
in rewards for the destruction Of wild animals and
poisonous snakes was Is9,00G rupees, against
22i,l28 rupees the previous year. or the former
amount 23,S2) rupees were LAD for the destruction
Of snakes. The an0kes Killed In Bombay were
more in number than all the other snakes destroyed
oyer tie whole Of India
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-24
Dakota Cor. Modern M!ller.


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Gov, d., ,,, - go; - ~. =.
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[ ~ y, ~, - ~ lo ",'s ~, 'iiu o ne "eli'
cinaa 81 = h','1 ANY,, mn o
drift fonr fsef SeaT To sciI Ln o,d ~ ;f od
looked mn the ,,oon husncss oyl bo1 l,nto1 tI,nir
garden the evening before b;t hammond tn o,t hold
oflast wears almanac and missed II o}ont fnur
DAYS The result was that when he woke mn that
morpinp the heats thai bn Isntea fort,, f,ot c,,,,
the honsa had crashed in lie oallcr vols ord
SQUASH vine hal taken The door off Ito bingos ana
was inst 1noann tl,n ooor win, oil baro ,ns oF c
his hired man whom # had snatchnd ont of hod IN
the attic He didnt kno,v where ,is viz, was Int
he saw some shreds of a niehtonvn md n several
aoste buttons In the front vor1 oq bo and ua sail
there were nea vines airer him vim ,oas on Jon,
large enough for phantom boats. and one could eoe
bv the way he was dressed that If no WINS lior ot
all he was not a realllar nagota thoronchhred son
pie. If / really thoughi world ever heco,ne nm
ayernpe Dakota liar I would want 10 die This for
ritory must be divided sometime before the foy, NJ
Judgment for how could tbn Almiobtv e,er o,,lljt
its accounts with only one sci of elerico aneels ot
work at a tineY
About two yyea-q ~ saw - f,rroa. cut hatin1
stray.stack gathering into n hear, Iot of old bones
and pieces of hides ana sprinlling salt on them.
Yesterday Isaw this same man selling fne nair Of
steers 10 a butcher uptown. They were 90 fat and
had flled nm 81 that he had iacad out tl,ar hdoe
with an old buffalo robe. This granger yyas SIM
dav school supernteudent before he @ ,me 10 ia.
koa lint he s,gora that these were thr same cafls
that had seen him kicking together behind tfe
steaw-stack. lie said all that they ad eaten was
| some wild grass inst mad srrnn IN IN .lis door
yard, whore the women had thrown out a lew tubs
Of warm soapsuds on wash DAYS. He said that he
had harmed that the best way to winter stoc, In
Dakota was to knock them all to pieces in tho flll
ana set them up again as wanted, otherwise unless
W. Ont ~ 49,; ~. :, ~ II
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-24
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Pit with a shudder, but Stephen drew her to a
seat on moss grown rock, and before she
could stop him broke out excitedly with dec
laration of his undying love, and concluded
with the statement that he could not live
without her.
''All this hurts me-" said Annie. "You
know that my heart is buried with John, and
| am only waiting for the time when death
viii unite u.s."
A mad light glowed in Stephens eyes,
81 believe" he said chat you would rather
be dead and lying by his side than to live and
DO with metz
"You have said it," she replied, solsmnly;
that is just the way feel
Then you shall have your choice!" he ex-
claimed, as he seized both her hands and
pulled her from the rock.
"Oh, mercy, Stephen! What do you mean ?'
she cried.
81 mean this" shouted Stephen, his fea-
lures contorted with rage. 81 mean that YOU
shall leap with me into the Pit! You wish to
be with your lover, and am going to take you
TO himl"
stephen Marks!" screamed the girl Glow
do you know that John Is down in that fright
full place? My God! Did you murder him pa
stephen paused moment, and then au-
swered her question
"Iou will call il murder" he said, "and so
would Others but tell you it was fair fight.
followed him when he walked out here. L
told him that he ought to give you up and
leave the field to me. / told him that / had
known you before he came to Irondale, and
that had always determined to win you I
charged him with taking an unfair advantage
of me. He replied with hot words, and at last
struck me. Then we fought, and he fell back
ward into the PITT
Annie was nearly ready to faint.
Murderer" she gasped.
and mailman, you might have said,"
sneered Stephen. "Well, I'll play the drama
out. Gomez
He drew the excited girl nearer to the edge
of the chasm.
"Help!" shrieked Annie, and then sudden
desperation gave her ten times her natural
strength. With one frantic jerk she pulled
herself loose from the madman's grasp She
freed herself just in time to avoid
the fatal leap, and as she reeled
back against tree she saw Stephen stageer-
ing into tho Pit clutehing wildly at empty
space. The look Of terror on his white face
showed that he realized his danger, and as he
went down into the black abyss, a cry of moro
than mortal agony rang out upon the quiet
evening air.
The horror stricken girl never knew how
she got home. She found herself with her
father, sobbing as if her heart would break,
and telling an inooherent story of her adven-
ture.
The whole eifair was almost too horrible for
belief. Old Colonel Maxwell found that even
BIS firm nerves were breaking down, and as
the doctors said thatsit would Xiii MS tiiats,alua
to remain in Irondale, he packed up in night
and carried her off, nobody knew where, but
nTJii1a fpfuia all a7i.n,< r,o,,,-
turned, but the Irondale people to this day
take strangers to tho Bottomless Pit and tell
them the tragic story Of tho mad lover and his
fearful work.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-24
SUNDAY SCRAPS.

4 Virginian politician leaves Mr.. Blaine FAR
bghind ia the race for "the tobacco vote" Ne.
Blaine called tobacco o necessity for men only Col.
onol Robert Beverley, in a speech al Richmond last
week, declared himself CONVINCED that tobacco Is
aneeessity u man, and woman too.'
rio Scotch, English ana New England cap
itallsts have mortgages on iauns IN the west and
southwest estimated AZ sz1J.goQ,0)1, the interest
ranging from ~ per cent per month. Iftais os.
innate IS even approximately correct then capitalists
VIII become "bloOted land owners"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
A Saving Measure.

1t will hardly be claimed that law can
do nothing toward discouraging vice or
encouraging virtue. This being the
case, it is not wonderful that women
who find the law eXerting a direct in
fluence for harm upon their children
should wish they had the power them
selves to exert direct influence upon
the law. 1t is possible to strain legis-
lation too far in the effort to check
vice, and it is probable that women, if
the making of the laws were committed
entirely to them. would err in that di-
rection. In the matter of discOuraging
immortality by law. the tendency of
women is too severe. as that of men is
10 DE too lax. By letting them both
vote. we should be likely to arrive at
the golden mean.-Aiice Stone Black
lCeV, in Christian Union.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
WOMEN OF WORTH,

MIS. MATILDA Il. CARSE has beon
elected member of the Board of Edu.
cation of Cook County, H., I'D which
Chicago is situated.
Miss MARY A. RICE. graduate OF
the Kansas State University. is said to
be the first woman in that State to re-
ceive a license as a pharmacist.
MISS AGNES Brown BLACKWELL, a
daughter of Rev. Antoinette L. Brown
Blackwell. was awarded the highest
prize in the life class at Cooper
Union at its late annual examination.
Mrs. ORMIsToN CHANT, the little
English lady whose addresses on re-
formatory topics have stirred up so
much enthusiasm in this country, comes
honestly by her eloquence. She is d
great grand-niece of Edmund Burke.
MILE. ELISE LUQUIN has organized
in Lyons. France, classes for the COM
mercial and technical teaching of
young girls. These classes meet with
great success, and have had already
over five thousand two hundred pupils.
MEs. ELIZA Rudolf. of New Orleans.
has been for years the secretary of tbs
Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation. Her husband was druggist.
and since his death she has carried on
the business successfully.
DR. MARY WILLIS has been admitted
to a membership in the Philadelphia
Medical Society. The voting was done
quietly, but when the result was made
known. it is said that the physicians
present broke into loud and enthusi-
astic cheers over the success of their
sister in medicine.
ELLEN RUSSELL EMERSON, author of
''Indian Myths" is said to be the first
woman chosen a member of the Societe
de France, which includes in its men,
bership the most distinguished arch@-
ologists in Europe. Mrs. Emerson is
now in Paris studying her speciality. the
Mexicans Indians, in the libraries and
museums.
Mrs. ELIZA r SUNDERLAND, the
wife of Rev. J. T. Sunderland. of Ann
Arbor. Mich, has preached occasional
ly for several years. During the past
season she has spoken in her husbands
pulpit regularly every other Sunday
evening, giving series of lectures on
the Bible, remarkable both for their ex-
tent OF Biblical learning and their
grasp Of the subject treated.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
A BUSINESS WOMAN.
An Odd Industry and the Reward Of Fol-
thought and Enterprise.

An Odd Industry and the Reward Of Fore.
thought and Enterprise.
Some thirty years ago a young girl
was working in factory in Connect,-
cut. 1t was just before the tide of for
eign immigration had set in to the fac
tories, and she was one of very nicS
circle of American girls, who had T.
pleasant life among themselves and .
very friendly relation with their EN-.
ployers.
She went away, however, and finally
married a shoe manufacturer in Lyme.
Her husband was of an inventive turn
of mind, and made many improvements
in machinery for making shoes. One
day, when in toy store, Mrs. IS at
tention was drawn to some dolls shoes.
She examined them carefully. and said:
Il think / could make those" She
bought a pair, took them home, and
consulted with her husband. He thoughs
he could adapt his improved machinery
to the tiny workmanship, and accord
ingly set about it. The result was sue
cessful. For some reason, they went to
New Jersey to set up their factory. The
wife took the entire charge OF the bust
ness of the concern, and made it very
profitable. Her husband died some
years ago, and she has carried it on
alone, with increasing success. She is
now possessed of a handsome fortune,
ard, as she is growing old, she feels that
she must soon give up the business, but
would like to put it in the hands OF some
other woman, who will learn the work
thoroughly and be equally faithful
to it.
This is small industry seemingly,
but as every child must have adolf. and
as every doll must be in the fashion and
have a pair of shoes, it is evident that
our big country requires large num-
Der in one year. The amount she
makes is fifty thousand pair in year.
She makes all varieties-slippers, boots,
walking-boOts, with heels and without,
and the sizes are regularly graduated
as in ladies' shoes. She has had the
field nearly to herself, but there is be-
ginning to be some competition from
France, so that, although she has never
been a pronounced suffragist, she will
probably feel as if she would like to
have a vote on the question of the
tariff.
Why will SO many intelligent women
waste strength and time in complaining
of low wages, instead OF looking around
diligently to see what the world wants
to have done, and doing it with all their
might? Many a woman would have
dressed her own children's dolls; she
saw what other people wanted. which
is the way to make a fortune. Woman's
Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
COMPASSIONATE MOTORS.
A New Principle Which Is Designed to
Take the Place of steam.

4 New Principle Which Is Designed to
Take tine Place of steam.
The model of a pneumatic motor de-
signed by two San Francisco inventors TO
be used or street and elevated railways
has recently been exhibited. A circular
track. ten feet in diameter, was laid on
the floor, and around it ran the model at
lightning speed. The turn OF a wheel
stopped the little motor or reversed it,
and its speed could be regulated in a
manner similar to that of an ordinary
steam engine. The motive power is
compressed air, conveyed in pipes from
reservoir to points in the center of
the track. By an automatic device at
tached to the motor its exhausted air
reservoirs touch these points and are
at once filed with compressed air and.
with renewed life. the little thing
speeds along. In a street railway these
points or valves would be placed about
nine hundred feet apart.
The inventor of the new motor
claims that his automatic contrivance
for recharging does away with all the
inconvenience hitherto attached to To-
comotion by compressed air, high
pressure. large storage and frequent
stoppages- 1t removes the necessity
of a large reservoir. and enables the
motor to travel at a high speed under
pressure not exceeding seventy-five
pounds, and the speed may be main
tanned as long as the supply from the
main engine-house holds out. The adj
vantases of this system are many.
There is no smoke. no heat, no Gin
ders, no danger OF explosion. no grind
ing cable. no electricity, and the motor
can travel wherever steam locomo.
tive can. The expense of construction
is claimed to be not more than half of
that demanded by the intricacies of
cable system, and the expense of main
tenance. though not yet practically
tested. it is asserted by the inventor,
will be fully forty per cent lower than
any OF the systems now in operation.
There is no waste of power. No more
air is taken by the cars than is needed
to propel them.-N Y. NSii and En-
1rCSS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
HUNTING THE CARIBOU.
A Sport That Calls for Discretion, Coolnesl
and Considerable SKIN.

A Sport That Calls for Discretion, Goodness
and Considerable skim.
At this season of the year he ap-
proaches every little patch of water
against the wind, and with the feel
ings OF ticket-holder at q lottery
drawing. Should he be in luck. he by
no means opens fire at once. The herd
derives its impulse from its leader. as
the steam-engine does from the en-
gineer. Withdraw either from his
control, and though the power is still
there. that which gave it direction is
gone. So. hardly breathing under the
intense excitement of the moment, he
studies the movements of the herd
with the keenest attention. Having
selected his victim, q well-directed
bullet knocks it sprawling ON the ice.
In an instant all is confusion. The
herd circle around their fallen leader.
totally at loss what to do, until some
other assumes the place of the fallen,
and all break for the shelter of the
woods. If the hunter is then quick
ouu SufC SuOG, tuc Interval ~ uOG Oue
improved.
But if the pond is small and closely
surrounded with forest and hill, the
first shot echoes from the opposite side
with a distinctness which should be
heard to be fully appreciated. and re-
echoes again and again. The startled
herd seem confronted in every direc-
ton by explosions. and every avenue
OF escape appears closed. Utterly de-
moralized they circle about. swinging
their heads from side to side, shifting
the air in the vain endeavor to locate
the danger and divine the path to safe
ty. If the rife be then in the hands
of butcher and not sportsman, all
may fall before driven to desperation
to take any chance for the sake of COW
err. one bursts for the woods. The
rest. if any. instantly follow this ini-
tiative. and many and many mile will
intervene before the pace slackens to a
walk.-Henry P. Wells, in Kdrper's
Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A whole village in Brazil accept
ed the gospel through the instrument
tally Of a young business man who in
vited a missionary to that place.
The rapid growth of the Methodist
Episcopal church in the South is
shown by the fact that more than 1000
new churches have been built in six
teen States since the war.
DIR. Lyman Abbott says that early
in his ministry he resolved that he
"would not profess religion for man
after death who had never professed it
for himself when living"
The total number Of theological
students in the Congregational semi
naries is 800, of whom ninety-two ara
seniors. l0l middlers. ia juniors and
llS special. They are distributed thus:
Pacific twelve. Bangor thirty-four,
Hartford thirty-seven. Andover thirty
eight. Oberlin eishty-fve, Yale 101,
and Chicago 113.-Yhe AdUance.
Among the heaviest contributions
received towards establishing Roman
Catholic university at Washington. D.
C, 100000 was given by Miss Mary
G. Caldwell, to which was added $50
900 from Miss Lima Caldwell. and con-
tributions of $4,000 each from the
Misses D-excl. of Philadelphia. and
tie Misses Andrewa. OF Baltimore.
absurd rs the doctrine of Papal
infallibility is" remarks the Independ-
snt. lit is only fair to say that it does
not apply to all the Pope's personal
acts. nor to all his official acts. nor to
all his religious teachings. 1t only
applies to ex cathedra definitions OF
faith and morals. A Pope may reign
ten years and never make such def,
milton once"
According to the Romsa Catholic
returns for 1888. there are in England
and Wales 2.3l4 priests. as agains.
LIPS in 1875, serving 1.S04 churches,
chapels and missionary stations. In
Scotland there are Bishops and 33i
priests, serving 327 chapels. churches
and stations. TIE estimated Catholic
population in England and Wales is
1854. COO; in Scotland. 326, coo: in Ire.
land, 1861, 900; total, 5,64l,0
A student once called on Prof.
Tholuck, who asked him where ho
went to church. Ca" said he, Il Go
not go to any. prefer to go forth
into the green fields and under the
lofty arches of the forest. where
listen to the melodies of Gods Great
urcs, every thing that hath breath
praisiag the Lord" After he had
gone on in this strain tor awhile. the
professor Guietl:- asked: ''B,.t wh1t
do y)u do chen IL rai9S?'
The Bishop OF London sternly
frowns down all ritualistic advances.
Recently he was at a service in a
London church where he insisted on
the erection OF a platform at the north
end of the altar for his accommodation.
Then the SERVER" having lit the can
die at the south end, advanced timidly
toward the north. But DR.. Temple
gave him a look that put him precipi-
lately to fight, and the service went
on with only one candle.-N T. Tri5-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
FASHIONABLE JEWElRY.
A Society Man Exposes a Weak Point In the
Armor Of Fashion.

a society Man Exposes a Weak Point In the
Armor Of Fashion.
consistency may be jewel, but
the wearers of jewels are by no means
always consistent. What do mean?
Why, did you never notice the absurd
contrast between the jewelry of some
women and the rest of their attire?
''There are many women who con-
slider themselves models of fashion,
but who in the eyes of a man of taste
commit the greatest Offenses in this
respect. How often we see a woman
who takes the greatest pains in the
world to have her gowns, her head
gear. her couture, even her under
wear in the very latest style, and who
yet appears in public wearing old
fashioned jewelry!
Fashions in jewelry change as much
as those in wearing apparel, and a
woman who wants really to be in the
fashion should consult her jeweler
almost as often as she does her dress
maker or her milliner. The real
leaders of fashion never make the
blunder have referred to. You will
notice that they are constantly appear
ing with new articles of jewelry Or
with old jewels reset in the latest
style. These women make study of
the art of looking well, and are well
aware of the grotesque appearance
presented by one who wears with one
of Worth's newest gowns her grand
mothers jewelry."-Jewelers' Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
Help the Poor Orphans.

Uncle Jetf-Kin yo' give me little
money. Mistah Smif? Use maxim a
small kerlection TO er poo orphun.
Mr.. Smith giving him a quarter)-
Why, yes, guess SO. Uncle.
A little later Uncle JEFF passed By
with watermelon under his arm.
Mr.. Smith-Were did you get that,
Uncle JEFF?
Uncle jeff bot it. sab. wifi de
money kerlected TO- de poo orphun.
Use de orphun: my poo ole ladder an
mudder died. sab. years and years ago.
Sytisg&
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
How to Help Your Digestion.

Almost every day we feel the unpleasant
sensations Of indigestion. Try AILcocK's
PoRous PLAsrKRs and be relieved. ]. F.
Davenport, Of Canarsie, New York, writes
have been very much troubled with q
violent pain below my chest bone I was
told by several physicians that it wa
rheumatism Of the diaphragm It resulted
from cold and exposure. had very little
appetite and digested my food with great
difficulty. Iplaced one ALLcocK's PoRous
PLASTER below the breast bone and two on
each side. In the course Of twenty -four
hours all pain ceased, and I was able to
eat and digest good square meal, some
thing had not done before in two weeks.
got better constantly. and at the end Of
seven days found myself entirely well.
Since then have used ALLcoCK's PoRoUs
fLAsTERs for colds, coughs and pains In
my side, and have always found them
quick and effective.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04
Health Soon Suffers

II the kidneys and bladder become chron.
ically inactive. A healthful stimulus, which
falls short of irritation, but is yet sufficient,
Is communicated to the important organs
with Hostetter's Stomach Bltters, peerless,
also, among remedies for malarial fever,
dyspepsia, feebleness, rheumatism and
liver complaint. 1t is a most convenient
household restorative and tonic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-04

Bobby (whispering) Didn't 1
hear Clara tell you, Mr.. Featherly,
that she was sorry, but she really
couldn't give you a lock OF her hair?"
Featherly Ssh, Bobby -er-yes.
Bobby-"Well, you just wait day or
two, and I'll get some for you when
she's out. "-Harper's Bazar.