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The Russellville Democrat., 1888-11-22
Continuation OF Remarkable
Prizes

fE1ESS-
Nc. 1885 In the drawing Of the
Le2isisax State Lessery, Oes. 9sh,
drew The >seooi Cspissl Prize 800,
coo Ii ~ss sold in fractional s~sn~
sieshs AZ aae dellsr each. ece collect
ed fer s deposiser through Wells,
Fargo & Co, San Francisco, Cxl. !.
another TO Z VI. Casey. y Ogtrier
St AAgiers, La, another TO Il. Clark.
Charleston, Tex eae 80 Chss. Col
chart. Grssav1l1e. MbcA-; one 90 W.
). Hslsy ,Nex YORK enc 20 F.C.kIas,
New York, oae go Caxs Joseph Hxr~
Slas. 10 \. Margin S., Bossen, NJ ass. /;
one % Boyce 8 Hunter. Sewberrr
; c. Gae 40 Col G. ). Woods Ez-
law House. Baltimore, Mi NJ s.,
4-53 Grew the Thru CspiEsl Prize ot
s5G, Go,3, also sold IN fractional TWEEN
sieshs, 1--WE went TO A Willard. Agt.,
GRsymas, Mex No. 43s33 drew
the Eearsa CapissI Prize Of SIS, coo,
also sold n fractional sEeaseshs %
parties Ia San Francisco, Gal South
BreeSlya, n " Aaaisaee. Mich /.
Allegheny City Pa; Cleveland, O. ;
Jsnesso~a, y. " Cincinnati, O,
L. Saginaw, Mica. sa3 ether
points. The next the -zd Grand
Aonshlsl drawing - also Al extra
ordinary mammoth drawing when
che saree irss capital prizes Are re-
seecEiveiy SIX hundred. two hundred
and one haa6reG Thousand Goflars
and 3l45 esher prizes. IL = "a
Tuesday, December lssh. Al IN
fsrmatien can De as6 on spghcsEiou
70 NJ. A. DsaPhia. Ssw Orleans. IA.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-11-22
address Registered Letters 20

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II is said that the opposition within the demo-
cratic party 70 the denomination OF President
Cleveland Is taking an organic form, but nnds IL
difficult 10 settle upon candidate a. long as Mr..
Blaine continues TO be the most Conspicuous
ngure on the other side. Mr.. Blaines hold upon
the s-semi-detached" members OF the democratic
party Is 20 strong that It appears necessary to
have some one on the democratic ticket VINO can
gather TO his support the restless and discon-
tened members OF the republican party. The
democratic leaders who are the greatest favorites
personally within their own party have no such
attractive power as this. Mr.. Cleveland de mon
strssed IN 1854 his ability TO call out OF the repub-
ncan ranks a body OF voters large enough to coun-
terbalance the serious depletion Of the democratic
ranSs caused by Mr.. Blaine's immense popularity.
His nomination appears therefore, to most OF the
practical politicians o necessity In the present
situation.
The man toward whom all eyesturn as possible
candidate In case Mr.. Cleveland should md it out
OF his power or inexpedient TO run q second time
- Governor HILL Of New York; but Just what att,-
tude Mr. Hill will assume next fall II Is stu too
early TO predict. Not until the local and state
conventions have met In New York ana the dele
gates TO the national convention have been 90.
lected, viii Mr.. HUI consent 10 show his hand II
viii be pretty dennit-ly determined py that time
whether the state will 60 into the convention as
SOLID body. or with two or three different mindz
II Ar. Hill shall have convinced himself that he
can control a large enough part of the home dele
CATION to show the delegates from other states
that Mr.. Cleveland cannot depend upon New York
absolutely at the polls he win probably step to
the 'front.' himself, not as downright antagonist OF
the Presidents but an available second choice
The two-third rule In democratic conventions
leaves q good opening for such q candidate to
pull tnrouIn, II things are managed Alright; and
IN the present case the work can be the more
easily accomplished by reason OF the position in
which Mr. Cleveland finds himself, OF being pre-
Guided nom asking for q denomination, or, indeed,
nom accepting one unless IL Is practically essed
upon him. Doubtless the Presidents recent tariff
message VIII furnish an excuse for an attack upon
him either before the national convention meets
or In It's sessions founded upon the theory that
the Northwest is, after all, more loyal to repub.
ncanisn than 70 free trade, while the new South
feels vital interest In protective tariff which
may outweigh It's traditional devotion TO the name
Of democracy.
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The friends OF the Reading Railroad Company In
the House OF Representatives will have cheerful
tssA oefore them II they attempt 70 shelter the
eorporauon rom Congressional Investigation on
the plea OF q lack OF Jurisdiction; for the companv
itsen, In trying 70 avoid q particularly obnoxious
iorm OF state taxation with which it was once
threatened In Pennsylvania, procured from the
supreme Court OF the Uaited States a decision thai
was under tue jurisdiction OF Congress and not
on the state IL would not be easy, probably, for
the corporation 70 refute Its own arguments In
tas. case, tney were % excellent as 70 convince
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Ii the discussion concerning District railroads
before the senate committee on SATURDAY. the BaI-
timore and Potomac and the Baltimore and OhIo
came Into collision. and occupied the ume with
an Interesting sparring exhibition. while the D,s
trics peeped unidly around a corner ar the ron,
OF the heavy-weighta and hoped that some good
IaiSht come 70 it from the contention OF it, mas.
ters- Fortunately there was no neces.,tv N, m.
District 70 take part In saturdays oontrov.,-~
The Senate committee Is fully Informed OF tine
peoples grievances against both roads, ana ia IN
position 10 devise adequate relief whether the
railroads. are given q union station or merely IA.
1aceuI stAtionA
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~THE PAI.AIs ROYAL ssquasss ~ vssssrvsHas,
q shove LIST ara bssasss Ne regular pzess - ssn
uassed % ~ sesds, sesoad rsuestss's asssuns &
" @opsains" vdn spbs.s h sbsvs wsss lGsaAsv
evening. 80
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ARTHUR BURT / 90,
h2Ss.mStu-3m 1911 r ST. N, W.

SATIN STRIPE AND PLAID NAINsOOK REM
- nant'' eiefsnt idRssgps e 1lc Ju,t received
1a2S-lw l24I and 1919 ] lth St Sc
EANCY AND CREAM LACES. 2, g. 4. 6 AND6IN.
vide Will go at &C. per yard, Atr cannot be duph-
Gated below 15c. BLUa'S
ta26-2s 745-747 9Th st. se
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sAKs AND COMPANY,
TIE IIhkLkss woRxkRs yoR TRADE
s1vExTH AND MAkKIr sPAcl
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CHILpREN's GOODS.

CHILDREN's GOODS.
Soc Fancy Collars, all styles, for 29c
SC. Pure Linen Handkerchief for &c.
CSC. Boys Rubber Goats for 79c
Csc. Black Ribbed Hose for l0c
el.30 Misses Silver aAy Rubber Circulars for o. 10
sl.25 Imported stockinst Jerseys for 9Sc.
10 per cent discount on new Ulstern
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The cold wave. which has brought discomfort,
even To the weliciothed and we'll housed, spreads
suffering. disease, and Death among the rsgssd
and homeless AZ this time. especially. remember
the poo<i
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Nov that 81. Louis which put In the firsa appl,.
cat on for the celebration OF the four hundredth
anniversary OF the discovery OF America has
witadrswn its claim In tavor Of Washington.
New York Is expected 70 recognize gracefully the
eternal ntness OF things and 70 make the vote for
the national capital unanimous
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,BAzaArss liz SHors
e I! B.!Bll;7Il T 6 {;
Il Fl Fl a II II Fl Is IS Is; 4 III
:: :: / 4 4 + E. T. T:
:: III s. 1. 6 {:
VIII begin on
MONDAY MORNING. JAN. 30.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF WINTER
0OODs.AND ALL BROKEN LOTS OF sun.
MER SHOES. REMNANTS OF CASES,
ODD PAIRS AND SAMPLES WILL BE
PLACED ON SALE AT
MUCH LESS THAN COST.
WE HAVE NO ROOM FOB our SPRING
STOCKWHILE THESE GOODS ARE HERE
30 GO THEY MUST, AT ONCE, AND AT
PRICE THAT WILL SELL THEM
PLEASE NOTE
THAT WE HOLD THIS CLEARING SALE
BUT ONCE EACH SEASON IF you DO
NOT NEED SHOES TOA IMMEDIATE USE
1T WILL PAY YOU TO BUY THIN NOW
FOR THE FUTURE, AS you CAN GET
THEM FOR LESS THAN THE COST TO
U.s.
BARGAINS
FOR LADIES. GENTLEMEN. GIRLS,
BOYS AND CHILDREN
THE GOODS OFFERED ARE ALL FIRST
QUALITY GOODS. ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
AND MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
WILL BE SOLD ONLY FOR CASH AND
WILL NOT BE SENT OUT ON APPROVAL
OR EXCHANGED.
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WANTED

WANTED-A SET OF ROOMS. TWO OR MORE, IN
w the northwestern part of city; suitable for doc
tar once. ,ass ots
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BOARDING

HALE.s DINING ROOMS EIsHT LARGE NIcEIf
s,sssss s's1d; b0ssa . pr sssE q 90 = Z 80.
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SMITH 4 wARDwELL
7O5-7O7.7O0 Market spaca

9 n0A YARDS OF NEW SPRING CHALLE
CSOVV kennants. 200 different patterns 10 select
from. l2>sc. DOUBLE COMBINATION STORE
SAZo-lw l24l and 1343 I lth q "A
4 q ROLLS HEAVY FANCY STRAW NATT1No
1O1]c. per yard; Dedo window shsdSs H. In ienSth
and nxturoo, 20c MUHe
0Z0-x9 7A6.741 9Th a a.
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FOR RENT-STORES.

IroR RENT-sToRE AND DWELLING AT 1854
II l4th ST. NV. containing Is rooms. with ali md
orn improvements. Inquire 1898 l4th ST. lli-4w.
IGOR RENT BEAUTIFUL NEW STORE. 1909
l4th ST; 2OIs0 IL concretei cellar same sine 81
room dwelling above large brick stable. Also fine
store cor 10th and n. Y. ave j. W p MIIRs
1al1-lms 142s New lorl ava
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WITH ITS WEALTH OF BARGAINS IN LA.
DIES. MISSES. BOYS. AND MEMS FOOT
WEAR OF EVERY KIND THAT'S STYLISH
AND FASHIONABLE. AND IN EVERY
GRADE THAT'S GOOD AND RELIABLE.
TIE CUT IN PRICES IN THIS DEPART.
MENr Has BEEN SWEEPING AND THOR.
OUCH. FOR OUR PRESENT SHOE BUYER
Is DETERMINED TO COMMENCE THE
SPRING CAMPAIGN WITH A STOCK OF
HIS OWN Sci crIoN. AND TO THAT END
He HAS LITERALLY SWEPT OUR PROFITS
OUT OF SIGHT AND IGNORED THE ORIG.
NAL COST ALTOGETHER THIS rs THE
DEPARTMENT WHERE LADIES LOVE TO
CONE AND WHERE MEN AND BOYS CAN.
IN COMMON WITH THEM. FIND THE
FINEST KIND OF FOOTWEAR AT PRICEs
cHARGHD ELsEwHERE FOR rRAsH-oR
GOODS OF VERY INFERIOR MERIT.
sAKs AND COMPANY.
GENTS FURNIsHINos. WHAT SHALL.
WE SAY. OR WHERE BEGIN! OF THE
THOUSAND AND ONE THINGS THAT CuNr
UNDER THIS HEADING AND THAT ARE
TO BE FOUND HERE IN ABUNDANCE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NOrHlNo-HAs
ESCAPED OUR KNIGES KEEN EDGE.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CUT IN PRICE
NOT AN ORDINARY PIcAYuNR CUT THAT
sLow-GoERs WOULD THINK LARGE But
CUT IN PRICE 80 BROAD AND GENE.
RoUs As TO LEAVE NOTHING TO BE DE-
sikkD EXCEPT BIZ THOSE SELFISH BE.
iNos WHO. II WE oFfERxD GOODS FOR
NOTHING. WOULD KICK" FOR NOT Re
ING PAID TO CARRY THEM AWAY.
HATS. cAPs DRIVING ROBES IN AKIN
AND PLUsH-EvERYrHINa YOU CAN
THINK or HAS SHARED A COMMON FATE
FIRST CHOICE Il WORTH soxErHINa
CONE RARLY.
sAKs AND COMPANY,
TIE TIRELESe WORKINGS ron TRADE.
"
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Fuas Sprc1A1 P.rcrs
sTi isa3 blzISsy soS Az.

TINpER pATE QY NoyEM1E1 -. 1887. IRON
S Ss: b!:G neg ,s ssy:l
vt.s fs.rfsi ptdisy IT, Ifsees entire s.idesss.
Cryssal DAecovey, but - ny sFssa 1aiShl e voaksa
wondsr.s shorty etse my hair etopp6d falling. md
and aot my hsis % s. Sssn." Sis csrssiny 5 81
fzSs f:cs III Sc e 20 e ga 11S
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WHAT IS BEHIND THE EYE.

Different Men See Things Differently, Ac'
cording to Their Mental Training.
Nothing is seen until 1t is separated
from its surroundings, says writer in
the AHantic Monthly. A man looks at
the landscape, but the tree standing in
the middle of the landscape he does not
see until, for the instant at least, he
singles it out as the object of vision. Two
men walk the same road; as far as the
bystander can perceive they have before
them the same sights, but let them be
questioned at the end of the journey and
1t will appear that one man saw one set
of objects and his companion another,
and the more diverse the intellectual
training and habits of the two travellers
the greater will be the discrepancy be-
tween the two reports
And what is true of any two men is
equally true of any one man at two diff
ferent times. To-day he is in dreary,
reflective NOODLE had been reading
Wordsworth, perhaps-and when he
takes his afternoon saunter he looks at
the bushy hillside or at the wayside cot
tage, or down in the lettering brook, and
he sees in them all such pictures as they
never showed him before. Or he is IN
matter-o f-fact mood, kind Of stock
market frame of mind, and he looks at
everything through economical spec
tacles, as if he had been set 10 appraise
the acres of meadows or wood through
which he passes. AT another time he
may have been reading some book or
magazine article written by John Bur-
roughs, and although he knows nothing
of birds, and can scarcely tell q crow
N fnr
| SOM, he is certain to have tantaliZing
| glimpses of some very strange and Won
derful feathered specimens.
They must be rarities at least. If not
perfect novelties, and likely enough on
! getting home, he sits down and writes
Mr.. Burroughs letter full of gratitude
and inquiry-the gratitude very pleasant
| to receive, we may presume, and the in
quiries quite impossible to answer. Some
men tnot many it is to be hoped,) are
| specialists, and nothing else. They are
| absorbed in farming, or in shoemaking,
in chemistry, or in Latin grammar, and
have no thought for anything beyond or
beside. Others of us; while there may
be two or three subjects toward which
we feel some special drawing, have never
theless q general interest in whatever
concerns humanity. We are different
men on different days
There is certain part OF the year,
say from April to July, when / am an
ornithologistfor the time being;whenever
l go out of doors, i have an eye for birds,
and, comparatively speaking, for nothing
else. Then comes a season during which
my walks all take on a botanical com
plexion. have had my turn at butter
flies also. For one or two summers
may be said to have seen little else but
these winged blossoms of the air. l
know, too, what it means to visit the
seashore and scarcely to notice the
breaking waves because of the shells
scattered along the beach. In short, if
l see one thing am of necessity blind,
or half blind, to all besides. There are
several men in me, and not more than
one or two of them are ever at the win
| dow at once.
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nothing had been seen or heard Of the
dear wife of his bosom.
Then he returned home Home? The
place that had been home, for it was
home no moro. The place had no charms
for him now since the object that had
made home happy was fled. lie. took'no
more pleasure in hunting, fishing or
tending the farm. The traps were never
visited and the boat had disappeared with
Chunk on that memorable day; the gun
lay rusting in the rack and his scant
farming implements had never been
brought from the field.
He spent the days still wandering up
and down the river and waiting at the
landing for the boat to bring back its
precious cargo, returning to the house to
get his meals and pass the nights in
restless dreams. One night as he bent
over the fire, preparing his lonely sup
per, woman's form glided noislessly
in and stood behind'him. twas Chunk,
pale and nervous lie turned around,
"Chunkp
TONI
That was all they said as they EN-.
braced each other, but the long pent-up
tears flowed freely down the weather
beaten cheeks of the man, while the
woman cried like penitcnt child. There
is n new boat at the landing now, and
the old gun, after being well oiled, is
doing good service in the hands of It's
old mistress. Chunk had seen the busy
city of Columbus, with its railroads and
factories, but the Chattahoochee River
and the Pine mountains of Harris
County and Tom could not be forgotten
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Piedmont Air Line

SCHEDULE IN EFFEcr NOVEMBER 10. 1883.
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1924 M-Fast Mail Daily for Warrenton,
Charlottesville. Gordonsvile, stations Chesa
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DAnvllle and stations between Lynchburg and
Danvile, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte, Colum
bia. Aiken, Augusta, Atlanta, Birmingham
Montgomery, New Orleans, Texas and Caliior.
mia. Pullman Sleeper, New, York 70 Montgom.
cry In connection with Pullman Sleepers Mont
gomery 10 New orleahs and Mann Boudoir
sleepers for birmingham, Yicksburs and Shreye.
port. Pullman sleeper Greensboro TO Columbia
and Augusta. Solid trains Washington to At
lanta. Does not connect for q. and o. route
points Sundays.
9.3OpM DAILY, except Sunday, for Manassas
Strasburg and intermediate stations
5.30PM. WESTERN EXPRESS daily for Warren A..
ton, GordonsYille, Charlottesville, Louisville
and Cincinnati, Pullman Sleepers and solid
trains Washington TO Louisville; also for Lynch.
Rock and all Southwestern points. Through
Pullman Sleepers Washington TO Memphis with
out change.
1IPM. SOUTHERN kXPREss daily for Lynch.
burg, Danyille, Raleigh, Asheyiile, Charlotte,
Columbia, Aiken, Augusta, Atlanta, Montgom.
ery New Orleans. Texas aud California. Pull
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TRAINS ON WAsluEGroR AND ONO DWtsIoN
leave Washington 900 u m, daily except sun.
day and A;46 m, daily; arrive Round Hill
Il;1S M and 7;2l p m. Returning, leave Round
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sunday, arriving Washington $50 a IN and 3:55
pm,
Through TRAINS from the South, via Charlotte,
Danville and LynGhbnrg, arrive In Washington
700 a m and 7;35 p m; via East Tennessee,
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Charlottesville at 04o m and 700 m Stras.
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TiOKRTs, sleeping-cor reservation and informa-
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1900 Penn sylyatia avenue, and at Passenger
station, Pennsylvania Railroad, sixth and o
S''0''' JAMES L. TAYLOR Gen. Pass, Agent.
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AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
Tho Sensation of Spectator ut the Cut"
ting on of n Mans Head.

ting or OF n Mans Head.
From ne PaH Mall Gazette. g
DIR. Loye gives a detailed and very in
teresting account Of an execution which
took place three years ago at Troyes,
and at which the author, together with
another French medical mau, was
present:
Both Of us believed that our wide ex-
perience of bloody vivisection would
have hardened us sufficiently to go
through the spectacle without very great
emotion. The condemned man had
nothing by which he could attract any
great interest or pity. He was a pro-
fessional malefactor who, in his last ex.
plot, had murdered my companion s
aunt and cousin. We had, therefore, no
reason to regard such a criminal with
compassion. However, when the fellow
arrived in front of the guillotine we
could not help feeling of painful emo
ton creeping over us, and by which, no
doubt, we partly lost that mental neu-
trality which is necessary for all scientific
Investigations AS proof of this fact |
may say that the perception of time, of
duration, was Immediately disturbed
with both of us.
The carriage stopped near the guillo-
tine A policeman stepped out, a warder.
the executioner's assistant and another
policeman. They all seemed to move
very, very slowly. At last the condemned
man stepped out, accompanied by the
chaplain an executioner's assistant and a
third policeman. He stood beside the
vehicle with pale face, eyes and mouth
open, his flurried look fixed.obstinately
on the enormous knife which glittered
at the distance of few steps.
They arrived in front Of the guillotine,
the assistants threw the patient down
and his head was fastened. When the
upper part of the boards between which
the man lay was fastened, 1t appeared to
us as IL he were already beheaded. Alas!
shall not soon forget the mans face. 1t
was turned downward to the box into
which his head would fall; he looked at
this box with an expression OF fear ana
terror such as have never seen on any
other face. His mouth was wide open,
his forehead contracted, and the eyes
seemed to be starting out of their sockets.
1t was horrible sight,
AT last the knife came down. We
could follow 1t as 1t descended; we saw
IL Slacken Its speed as II neareu inc nech
of the criminal; we saw the head cut
inch by inch from before the board, the
face being drawn into a terrible .grimace,
and making in its fall kind of bow.
All this seemed to last an eternity. A
dozen times l was on the point of calling
out to the executioner to make haste and
shorten our own and the patients agony.
looked at my watch, and 1t
appeared that only fifteen seconds had
passed since the condemned man arrived
under the guillotine. During these fiji.
teen seconds had seen every detail OF
the execution; had seen the slow descent
of the knife, which falls in the third of q
second, and had seen the head slowly
severed from the body.
My companion had felt the same
widening out of time, and he was as sur
prised as when he heard what was the
exact time of the operation.
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Los ANGELES SCORPION CROP.
A Native Talks About the habits of TIL
Poisonous Pests,

n ABOUT inc VI the
Poisonous Pests.
From he San Francisco Examiner.
"Bushels and barrels of scorpions can
now be raked in down about Pomona, :"
remarked William Sitter Of that vigor-
Gus Los Angeles County town. He spoke
of them as though they were apples OF
oranges fallen from the trees.
"You go out there" remarked he.
"and dig three or four inches in the sand.
and out will come your scorpions.
Sometimes you will get half dozen in a
place. Once they strike the air they get
cross and sour, and if you coop three oil
four of them up together you will get q
magnificent fight. There is no let up
to a tarantula when once he gets started
on the warpath. 1t means that either he
is to die or his enemy Is.
ut has been raining down there, and
the rain always brings out the scorpions.
You may not know there are any around,
but get a good shower or two and you
will find enough to brighten you,
"a scorpion never brings forth more
than one lot of young. AS soon as they
are ready to begin eating they burrow,
like larvae, in the back Of the old one,
and actually eat her alive. This is O
strange thing, but it is true. ! have
seen it done many time in the five
years that have lived at Pomona and
vicinity.
"a scorpion Is very repulsive thing
to look at. II has ten legs, shriveled
sort of appearance and wicked little eyes
Its color is light yellow. Besides the ten
legs IL has n couple of terrible claws. Its
sting is in its tail, and the quickness with
which 1t can use it is one of the most
wonderful things in nature.
despite the large number of the re-
pulsive things in certain sections Of Los
Angeles County, however, the instances
where men are stung by them are com
paratively rare do not know Of case
of death from this sting, although il
causes terrible pain for q few hours
When they sting each other IL is sure
death, but they will fight as long as life
lasts.
"There Is about the usual supply Of
centipedes and tarantulas in Los An
geles County. They, like the scorpion
are seen oftenest during ~the rainy sea
SON Eastern people have a great hor
ror of them, and old-timers, in fact, dc
not go hunting for them, unless they
keep at good distance
"a Digger Indian who came down
from the tin mines last Friday had his
left hand tied up in u sling, and 1t was
swelled up very big. He had been bit
ten by Il tarantula, and was suffering
great pain. A Pomona doctor fixed him
out, however and he is getting along al
right,
'YPeope in tho tarantula section are
fighting shy Of them now, Us they are
Of such reptiles generally