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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22
Adventure with a California Lion."
 E.P. Roe, in St. Nicholas.

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 A Agentleman who went out to south- ern California years ago, for his health, told me of a remarkable experience with this same stealthy animal With friend he was out trout fishing in a wild canon among the mountains. The gentleman, whom we will call MT. A., had taken his friend, stranger to the region, into the mountains, intending to give him chance to catch some speckled beauties, and perhaps to shoot deer or two. They had their rifles with them, and the friend was sitting on the bank of the stream with his gun across his lap. It should be said in his behalf, however, that he was not accustomed to use the weapon. It was early in the morning; they had just reached the stream, and MT. A. sat on little sandpit on the farther side of the brook, engaged in fastening f1y- hook to line. His rife was leaning against tree several feet away. A little cur dog, called "Lady," had &C., companied them, and she was indulg- ing in hunt on her own account. She soon found the dogs proverbial ene- my, a cat, but one for which poor lit tie Lady would have made scarcely two mouthfuls. Yelping, she ran and jumped into MT. As arms; when, to his astonishment, an enormous moun- tain lion came bounding out of the woods after her. He sat motionless and almost petrified, but did not lose his presence of mind. The beast was too near for him to get his rife, and by sort of instinct, he felt that his only chance was to keep his eyes on those of the lion. Evidently it had been so intent on the pursuit of the dog that it had not seen him at first, and three or four bounds brought it to within about five feet of MT. A. Then it stopped short, braced itself, and glared at it's human foe. MT. A., with his hand on long hunting knife at his belt, looked the enraged animal steadily in the eyes, while Lady covered in his lap. Every hair on the lion seemed to stand out straight, which gave it most ferocious ap- pearance For a moment it was diff cult to say what the creature would do; although if MT. A. had made the slightest movement, especially 8 mo- tion as if intending to shrink away, or had failed for a moment in his stern, steady gaze, the lion would undoubt- edly have sprung upon him. It is wonderful how the mind acts at such time, and how swift and curious are the impressions. While intensely con- scious of an extremity of danger, he was also aware of the ludicrous action of his friend, who, instead of shooting the beast, was jumping up and down in an ecstacy of terror, shouting "Shoo" "Scatw as though the lion were nothing more formidable than a big Tom cat. It was we'll, perhaps, that he took this course, for unless a cool, steady aim had put buttet through the creature's brain, it. would have been so inturiated by wound that MT. A. would have had no chance whatever. As it was, the lions eyes faltered and wavered before the fixed gaze of man, the bristling fur went down, and then the creature wheeled and bounded off into the nearest cover By the time MT. A. reached his rifle it had disappeared finally.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

A slender man was riding in horse car. A very corpulent woman got in, and seeing no seat vacant planted her. self in his lap. The ride was a long one; at the end of it the woman said {: "T have had good seat, and will pay both fares."
 "Oh! no, ma'am, not at all. Pve got some change in my pocket, if it hasn't melted" ."-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22
Many men of many minds,
 Many pills of various kinds

But for a mild, effective, vegeta6le purgative. you had better get Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets They cure sick headache, bilious head ache, dizziness, constipation, indiges- tion and bilious attacks; 25 cents 8 Xial, by druggists.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22
A Word to the Wise is Sufficient. '

n VOEU ID 5He VSISc IS ouIHclent.
 Catarrh is not simply an inconven- fence, unpleasant to the sufferer and disgusting to others-itis is an advanced outpost of approaching disease oi worse type. Do not neglect it's warn- ing; it brings deadly evils in it's train, Before it is too late, use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It reaches the seat of the ailment, and is the only thing that will. You may dose yourself with quack medicines till it is toe late-till the streamlet becomes a re- sistless torrent. It is the matured in- vention of scientific physician. "A word to the wise is sufficient"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22
Rosy Mouths

Noey Moutn8
 furnished with teeth rendered pearly and glistening by fragrant SOZO- DON'T, usually regarded as an indis- pensable adjunct of the toilet, are per- fectly bewitching. So irresistible does the broadcloth sex find them, that it requires the utmost self-restraint to forbear imprirting kiss upon them wherever seen. No corrosive subetance contaminates this standard beautifier of the teeth, from which 1t removes every impurity. Use it regularly.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

Husband-"What are you reading, Mary"
 Wife-"The case of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mir. Hyde.'"
 H-"Well, wish that case of Mill waukee would come for Pm mighty thirsty, tell you."-Boston Courier.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

Advice to Methers.-Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It sooshes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie and is the best remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cts. a bottle.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

Tramp (reading sign in store win dow Fireworks Huh! It's 8 big fool then. I haven't worked in eighteen years, and l look & blamed sight healthier n that old sign does Daasctlle Breeze.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

"Why, Bill, you have a pimple on your eyelid."
 "Yes, but l don't care. It's stye- fish. ."e Totcn Topscs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

Are unlike all other pills. No purg- ing or pain. Act specially on the liver and bile. Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill dose.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

There is one time when . bank teller doesn't tell--and that Is when he is contemplating . trip to Canada. -R0chester Post.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22
For Nervous Debility
Use Horsford,s Acid Phosnhat,

V Sc 41OISLOIu ACIu HUSpHatC.
 Dr. A. M. BILBY, Mitchell, Dak., says: "I have used it in number of cases of nervous debility, with very good results"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

The Monon route is the shortest, speediest, safest and best between Louisville and Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

Cucumbers may be green, but they generally get the best of . fellow, in the long run.-Richmosd Recorder.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

The beginning of the whirled- "TaEe your partners for a waltz !"- Ne,o York Morning Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

WintersmitRs Tonic Syrup for chills and Fever is . certain cure and pleas ant to take. See testimonial In this paper.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-22

Ah E to 0S a day. Samples worth q 50, FREE lines not under the horses feet. Write Brews
 N.~ ter Safety Rein Holder Co.,, Holly, Mich
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
study of tho Absent Minded.

Absent minded people are q curious study,
and furnish an unlimited fundof amusement.
People who hide things 50 successfully thai
they cannot find them are very numerous.
The poetical editor who frisks about the
ofice franticaiiy demanding his pen when
that useful article is cozily tucked bshind his
ear, the woman who Plus her jersey to the
back of her skirt and forgets il at night puts
she skirt on IN shs morning, hunts in vain
Tor her waist, dons another ard hurries
away, leaving the recreans jersey hanging
down her back, the man who oonplacentIy
irritxbes the wrong end Of match, and then
wonders why in the Jumping juniper it won :
Ight-aH these are familiar. A case never
told, but true to life, was observed AZ . re-
cent fire.
One Of the foreman was Walking ieisarely
home after the fire had been extingulshed. car
rying, as he fondly imagined, his speaking
trumpet under bis arm Hsconpanion, upon
asking him where his trumpet vas, recsived
the absea. minded answer, I've got II al
right He called tie fcrxrnaas attention 70
the fact that be was a;fectiona:ely conduct
ing home q hose nozzle, and wksa be asked
tim where his uagnsfcea: silver trumpet
was, tte foreman sad in ansaz>meut, Tn
blessed II know A railroad coniuc4or On
the Central Hudson stood On . station plat
form one day and signaled lis engineer 70
ego ahesd,u and tbea walked couzplacs1.iy
back Into tbs station. and sat down A girl
recently was il thai mythical condition. IN
love, put potatoes On TO boil il tbs TEAPOT,
ard pumped wafer Into tas cca, bod Al
cneSe are ver5tabls 'sobservej pssnSueSST-
ssrvrsn rf:Asd TFEia.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
Cuba's Two Meals . Day.

Only two meals day are served at Cuban
hotels They live much as people do in some
parts of France and Switzerland You take
an orange or two with cup Of coffee and 9
roll In the early morning. liberal breakfast,
in courses, is served at II o'clock, and cere-
monious dinner at or 5 in the afternoon.
This mode of living is admirably suited 70
the climate, and you fall in with the custom
and like it at once
The breakfast opens with small olives and
fresh radishes served in the same dish; the
next course is fish, then eggs, meats, etc.
You are not asked what you prefer, but each
course is set before YOU and you partake of it
or not. Instead Of beginning with fruit, the
Cuban breakfast ends with it-pineapples
cut from the stalk the same morning, ba-
nanas freshly picked, sapodillas, a faint and
rather over sweet morsei, with oranges ad
hbitum.
In Florida, and in many other parts Of the
country, the orange is cut in halves and is
juice and pulp are passed to the mouth with
q teaspoon In Havana the orange is served
whole on the table, peeled down to the juicy
''meat of the fruit, and you present the gol,
den ball to your lips on the prongs of a fork.
At any and every American hotel the mo-
ment you sit down the question is almost
flung at you, Tea or coffee!S Cuhans bet
ter understand what is healthful They fol-
low natures plan and take their meals more
as the lower animals do Cubans do not I'll
their stomachs with fluids during meals.
After brea fast is over, then tea or coffee i:
seryed-coffee in French style, at least one
half the cup being filed with milk-Home
Journal
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
Rationale OF Chfldren's Dress.

A sensible note Of warning is sounded by
The Lancet On the sub ect of children's dress
Summer has come and during warm weather
children are allowed TO play and come home
from play under very risky conditions of
catching chills or colds The whole ra-
tionale Of children's dress is that the warmth
should be evenly distributed 1t is at once
irrational and unsafe 10 leave the neck, arms
and . part OF the chest exposed while the
warmth Of the lower portions Of the body is
maintained with winter precautionsa As a
matter Of common sense, quite apart from
medical preaching, why should children at
any part OF the year 60 about with any por-
ton OF the body exposedi Il cannot be good
for children any more than Tor adultA Yet
In winter children are frequently seen with
their legs bare and red with cold, their fond
parents hugging the delusion that this makes
Them hardy. So in summer the clothing may
be lighter than in winter, but no part Of the
body should be neglected, and the warmer
the clothing is In immediate contact with
the body, inscead Of being worn outside, the
better for young and old--Leeds Mercury.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18

"Heayensp

"HeavensT
BE staggered to his feet But even then
he did not remove his eyes from the gauge.
Make up tho fire." he commanded, and
pushed In the throttle valve
Il win not
.Make up the fire, Jack" very quietly.
Il viii not You may murder yourself
and mother, but you shall not murder ma"
He looked at me. His kindly gray eyes
glared Like those of wild beast But be
controlled himself q moment
Il could throw you of this engine and
make short work Of you, hs said. but look
here do you see the station yonderT
saw faint streak against the sky about
five miles ahead.
81 was told to reach that station by
O'clock" be continued 1.-THE express train
meeting US is due now. ] ought to have laid
by for it at Dufrema was told to come ON.
The track is single ona Unless can make
the siding ut the station In three minutes We
shall meet it In yonder hollow.
Somebody's blunderp said
Eyes, l think So"
Isaid nothing. threw on coal; II had had
petroleum | should have thrown 1t on. But
never was calmer in my lifa When death
dCLuaAly SlctToe u ulau III lAC LAW IL OlU51
frightens him into the most perfect compos-
ure Markley pushed the valve still further
The engine began to give strange painting
sound Far of TO the south could see the
bituminous black smoke OF train Hooked
at Markley inquiringly. He nodded It
was the expressI l stopped to the fre
mo more" he said
looked ecross the clear summer sky at the
gray smoke Of the peaceful little village, and
beyond that at black line coming closer,
closer, across the sky Then turned to the
watch In one minute more-weu, confess
sat down and buried my face in my hands
l don't think tried to pray. l had a con-
fused thought of mangled, dying men and
wonen-mothers and their babies
There was a terrible shrek from the en-
CINE, against which leaned Another in my
face. A hot, Kissing tempest swept past ma
looked up We were on the siding, and the
express had gone by. 1t grazed our end car
rage in passing In a sort OF delirious joy
sprang up and shouted to Markley He did
not speak. He sat there irnmovable and cold
as a stone went to the train and brought
his mother to him, and when he opened his
ewes and took the old ladys hand in his
turned away.
Yes, gentlemen, have been IN many a
railway accident, but l have always cousid-
cred that the closest shave l ever had.
what was the biunderp
don't know Markley made light Of II
ever afterward and kept it secret, but no
man on the line stood so high in the conf
dence of the company after that as he By
bis GOODNESS and nerve he had saved a hundred
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
SONG.

o swallow ID the azure gpace
1t your coming st:n you bring
Thought Of old times and old faceA
With the glancing Of your wing.
lowering about the rafters.
Do you miss your former joys
The songs OF welcome and the laughter
OF the shrfll voiced Rhodean ooysi
Stin close upon the winters traces,
With you Genes flush OF apple boughs;
In hoIlows blue and windy places,
Stiffness sweet NO storm shall rouse
With you still old earth retoices
Mid her blossoms white end red;
Yet where now are the choirsug voices
And the orows unflIeteds
Melville Upton In Overland Monthly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
A Slim Alligator Crop.

"The crop Of alligators is decidedly slim in
the south" said a man who had just returned
from Florida ''In fact, the supply is giving
out, and the alligator seems on the road To-
ward extinction as rapidly IS the buffalo.
The slaughter for their hides has been waged
30 fiercely that it is no wonder the stock has
been depleted 1t is only matter OF few
years until the last survivor Of s. mighty
mouthed race will be lodging the bullets Of
the hunter in some lonely lagoon, and
YEARLY waiting for the end TO come."-Chi.
eaeo Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
ssSNNlilN~
9ai1Y u eagle
At SUNSET TIME.

On toward the west the passing day,
As tho reluctant seeming.
Soft stole to where the flame clouds iayx
To where the sun hung oeaming.
And yet she seemed full 10th TO go
Zen tho the world was Swallowed 50,
But looked back DER the dimpied hin
To where the world lay dim and still
Towhere the world lay dreaming.
At sunset time we steal away
To where the SKY Is cleaning;
10 where the light that marks the day
Is eli our heaven scanning
And yet we seem full 10th 70 go,
Zen tho the world is Swallowed so,
But look back. with regretful eyes,
To where the world in twilight lies
To where the world Is dreaming.
Julia NJ Lppman in Overland Monthly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
He Wus Crce . Poet.

"Are you q poes" asked an editor Of .
frenzy eyed, frowsy headed fellow who
foaeod into the sanctum-
Il ras once sadly replied tbs wrecked
rhymester.
Why did you give up ths-aw-ths hnzi-
nessT
"Because couldn't end any rhyme to
mercury except work fury and not being
built for iRbor chucked the divine sf,asus
/ cardboard Lend Daa quarter. zwiA ysags-
dcse1 Nab eos 90 esas coT "a - Z &c.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
vasabOnd Gypsies IN Hungary.

No mendicancy is met with to speak of I'M
til one gets as far east as Hungary; unless,
of course, ore strikes of down into Spain
and Italy In these lands of the lazzaroni,
beggary flourishes with the same exuberance
that it does in the Orient. The chief niendi-
cants in Hungary are the gangs Of vagabond
gypsies one sees camped by the side of the
roads. As you ride along you see ahead of
you in the road troop Of swarthy uTchins,
the largest clad in picturesque rags, and the
smaller ones in puris naturalis only. They
are dark skinned, almost as natives OF India,
and their cleaning white teeth and the
whites of their eyes are conspicuous while
you are vet 100 yards distant. AS you draw
nearer, the whole group commences 20 shout,
'kruetzer! kruetzer!" and to extend their
eager palms III your direction You toss
them coin Us you ride past. One instantly
picks it up and rushes OFF with it to the little
smoke begrimed apology for a tent just of
the road, where the elder Romantics are
watching the scene with keen interest.
In tossing this coin to the group of twenty,
you have only gotten rid Of one: and IN
doing this you have stimulated the cupidity
of the remaining nineteen, to al extent that
causes their eyes to gisten with eager
avarice. After you they come, the whole
nineteen, peIl mel, with outstretched hands
and tattersd caps aloft, calling after you in
eager and pathetic cadenza ''kruetzcr!
kruetzerm Swiftly too, they run, these
youthful Romantics, and for hundreds Of
yards they keep up the chase, some on one
side of you and some on the other. Thomas
Stevens
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18

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Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18

The popular lire fsr California, Oregon.
wsslIir.g-ozs territory and al Pacific coa<s
rso.1ts Is the Missouri Pscz4c. FL Sect
RcE.ea AJSS
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18

Free r~elirins ehs.S CIR sys nov alag
O. All traits 90 10 O.. Il = ~ rsi.vsy,
sEoek Isasa6 EcSie. estv.-n w<AstA
Tor~ka Kacsas CsEy. 81 Je-e7e. Chicago
81. Lcg1A ~
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18
ventilating Beds Of the Sick.

In the Cambridge Mass.) hospital there is
an arrangement for the ventilation Of the
beds not generally known. 1t is SO effective
that wish TO describe it. Beneath each bed
is ventilatng tube of about inches in di-
ameter, 80 square inches area, leading directly
through the tloor TO foul air tank, beneath
which 1t communicates with the main venti-
laring chimney About 1900 cubic feet Of
air an hour is thus drawn from beneath each
bed This ventiIating tube is connected with
the bed above by four inch pipe Of timed
plate, with proper cover and joints, which
passes around the side or foot of the bed and
into it beneath the clothing The pipe
is heightened with one Of the same
size Of pasteboard or other substance,
any part of the bed BY this simple means
foul air is removed as fast as formed, the
bed Kept free from odor. and the patients
body is no longer surrounded with contami-
mating gases. AS the air presses inward
through the porous bed clothing. none es-
cepes into the ward.
Further, a two inch flexible pine Is ad-
justed to that just described and slipped
over the hollow handle Of the bed pan whe.,
in use. carrying of odor from that also. In
the same hospital similar means connect the
beds in the private wards with the chimney
Of an ordinary fireplace. up which the pipe
reaches about four feet 70 insure a good
dranght with moderate fire, the part in the
chimney is OF black iron. The advantages
of such an arrangement in cases Of sIoughs,
foul ulcers. cancers, and in fevers with fire.
quent focal OBJECTIONS, are obvious 1t may
be supposed that the passage Of air through
the bed would cool It too much Practically
it does not Probably the quantity Of ar
passing is about the same as in beds ordina-
rty at the same Temperature Of the room, but
in a different drecrion.-New York Medical
Journal
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18

Il know Il be replied, qui@ly.
"Tour uothAr Ia AhnAro tAis fs-i.Lr
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28
COLLARED BY COWBOYS.
Cream Citys Compelled to Sur
render to the Blues.

Special to the Globe.
MINIATURES, Wis, Sept. 27.-TO-
days game was sharply contested, but
the Blues kept up their winning gait
and added another to their long list of
continuous victories. The visi tors hit
ting was oppOrtune and fielding brill
liant, thus enabling them to score, while
holding down the run getting of the
home club to a minimum. SwartZel
was batted freely, but many hard hit
ball was gathered in by the fine field
work of the Cowboys. CrOSsley was
laid up with a split finger in the fifth
inning and gave way to Mills. The
features of the game were Manning's
base running, Longs play at short and
a remarkable stop by Walsh. The day
was cold and disagreeable and there
were less than 500 in the audience.
Score:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28

of the most exciting contests of the
season. Chamberlain pitched splendid
", and in only one inning was he hit
at all safely. In the fifth four hits,
and errors by O'Neill and Hudson, gave
the Athletics what proved to be the
winning runs. In the first inning
Mccarthy performed a feat not seen
here before. Larkin sent high fly to
the right field stand, and as it was 60
ing over the low fence in front of the
seats Mccarthy made a jump for the
ball and, at the same time, turned
complete somersault, disappearing on
the other side of the fence from view.
His gymnastic feat was roundly cheered.
Score:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28
License Laws Denounced

SptJIHI 10 IIIt OIUES
LA CROSSE Wis, Sep. 81. The State
Congregational convention adjourned
this evening. Jones Vile was appointed
as the place of next meeting. Temper
ance was the chief topic of discussion
today. A long debate was had on an
amendment denOuncing license laws
and favOring prohibition. 1t was adopt
ed by two thirds vote though so modi-
fed in form as not to reflect on any who
who opposed it. One minister said the
Congregational demonstration was
about five years behind the times on the
matter of temperance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28
RACING AT MINNEHAHA.
Minneapolis Horses Sent Flying
Around the Track.

The brushes between local horses
drew about 200 people yesterday after
noon to Minnehaha Driving park. All
the horses entered belong in Minneap-
oils, and for the most part on the East
side. 1t was clear and cold, with
a strong wind blowing down the track,
which made fast time impossible.
There were three races, which would
have been considered very good but for
the unnecessary delays, which were
caused by lack of management, or
rather, no management. The entrance
fees and half the gate receipts were
devoted to purses. E. j. Phelps and F.
Benjamin acted as timers, and +. j.
BufOrd, of Bufords, Tenn, as starter
and judge. The first race was the $50
trot. Four horses started: Tom Hal,
owned by Mr.. Hamilton; Gray Dan,
owned by Mr.. McHerrOn; Jimmie
Beach, owned by Mr.. Hull, and Dutch
Boy, owned by Mr.. Swick.