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Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-21
Inherited Scrofula.

swift's Specific Is. s. S. cured my little
boy of hereditary scrofula, which broke out
all over his face. For year he had suffered,
and had given up all hopes of his recovery,
when at length decided to use S. S. S. Al
ter using a few bottles he was entirely cured.
Not symptom now remains of the disease.
This was three years ago.
MRS. T. L. MATHERS, Mathersville. Miss,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-21

In the early part of last year had vio-
lent attack Of rheumatism, from which
was confined to my bed for over three months
and at times was unable to turn myself in
bed, or even raise the cover. A nurse had to
be in constant attendance day and night. I
was so feeble that what little nourishment 1
took had to be given me with spoon. At
ter calling in the best local physicians, and
trying all other medicines without receiving
any benefit, was induced by friends to try
Swift's Specific IS. S. S. l discontinued all
other medicines, and took course of S. S. S.
thirteen small bottles, which affected COM
plete and permanent cure.
L. G. BASSET, Ell Dorado, Kansas.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mail
edfree. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. Atlanta, Ga.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
Inside of a Whales Mouth,

The great Greenland whale has no
teeth, its baleen plates, or whale
bone, taking their place. Along the
center of the palate runs a strong
ridge, and on each side of this there
is a wide depression, along which the
plates are inserted. These are long
and fiat, hangingtree, and are placed
traEsversely-that is, across the
mouth, with their sides parallel and
near each other. The base and out
er edge of the plates are of solid
whalebone, but the inner edges are
fringed, filing up the interior of the
mouth and acting as a strainer for
the food, which consists of the small
swimming mollusks and meduse, or
Jelly fishes. This whalerarely if ever.
swallows anything larger than a
herring, shoals Of these small crea-
lures being entangled in the fibers of
baleen, the water which does not
escape from themouth being expelled
by the blow holes. Though the
cavity of this whales mouth is
large enough to contain aship's long
boat. the gullet is not larger than a
mans fist. The lower jaw has nei-
Their baleen nor teeth, but has large,
iesly lips, within which the upper is
received when the mouth is closed
San Francisco Chronicle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
Stopped His Train.

SHSN
Inspector Williams, of the New
York police force, who has dubbed
many men In his time, told the other
Gay of an incident that occurred last
summer, in connection with whichlhe
acknowledged that he himself should
have been the clubbee. Theinspector
hasasummercottag at a place called
Cos Cob, on the New Haven road,
where he spends his holidays. He
going up there one afternoon,
and at New York, by mistake, got
aboard the express instead of the To-
cal train that stops at Cos Cob.
The express does not stop until it
reaches Stamford, which is some dis
tance beyond the inspectors destin-
alton. Williams did not know the
conductor and could think ONO way
to get safely off from an express
train gong at the rate of forty miles
an hour, so he made use of his phil
osophy, a large quantity of which
he always carries with him when he
travels, and he settled down in his
seat intending to take q much need
ed rest; but the fates were against
his getting the bite of sleep that his
system craved. An inquisitive coun-
tryman, who knew little of railroad
travelling, dropped into the seat be-
side him, and asked him questions
about the danger o drumming off the
track, what he reckoned the speed
was, whether he had ever seen IA COW
unused up by the engine" Will
Jams gave the man monosyllabica and
fretful answers, but Mr.. Hayseed
kept on talking. Forgot to bring
a lunch," he said, never needed a
snack as bad. Wisher had a chunk
of pie, or even a ham sandwich.
'Spose no chance to get it on this
train?"
AS the old fellow said this Williams
was gazing out of the window at his
beloved Cos Cob, which the train was
rapidly approaching, and which he
knew they would swoop past in
about a minute. Suddenly he gave
a start. His massive sixty-two
ounce brain bumped against the roof
his skull and an idea vas born.
Mister" he said, turning to the
countryman, 81 think you said you
wanted something to eat. l can tell
you how you can get a good square
chicken sandwich. Step right up to
the middle of the a and pull that
clothes line near the, roof-yank it
hard a couple oftimes-andt the train
boy will bring you the stuff" =
The old fellow started for the bell
rope, and Williams stepped out on
the platform. He said the train
stopped with such an eXtemporane-
Gus jerk that he was fired head first
into a pile of sand about IA hundred
yards from his own gate.
"And how Jared it with the old
MANI" | inquired, land what did
the conductor do?"
Don't know" said the Inspector,
81 am like the old niger who said.
When l see a mad nigger whettin'
he raZar Oh he shoe | amt gwine to
stay aroun' dar to see if he git it
sharp 'nough to cut d har.' "-J. Ar
moy Knox.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
Chained For Fifty Years.

Jay Hill died a few days ago at his
home, five miles above Trinity college,
this state, aged 70 years. He was a
most remarkable character, says u
Charlotte, n. G., special to the Globe.
Democrat. He was born an idiot,
but since infancy has possessed ply
s;ca: strength 20 rare degree. and
was well formed in every particular.
with the exception OF his head, which
so extremely ILL shaped as to give
him more the appearance of a beast
than of a man. When but a child he
was often SO violent that it was nee.
essary toc chain him to the floor. Not
outstanding this unnatural exist
enoe, he grewand strengthened day by
day until his chain was not sufficient
to hold him, and two or three times
he broke loose and fled to the woods.
During his brief liberty he was as
violent as a tiger, and it was difficult
to recapture and return him to his
place OF confinement. He was fasten-
ed with stronger bonds and, with the
exception of a few days, he remained
chained to the floor in the same room
for about fifty years. He had an in
satiate desire for tearing to pieces
anything that he could get, and at
times it was impossible tc keep him
clothed. Flax was spun into coarse.
strongthreadsa and woven into cloth.
which "a doubled and quilted and
made into garmentstor him, but with
his teeth and talon-like fingers he
tore themi into threads. He has been
known to tear to pieces a solid stick
~ofhickory wood with nothing but his
teeth and fingers. He ate as raven
ously as a lion. and could drink.
without the slightest pain, boiling
coffee.
On several occasions members o.
the family narrowly escaped being
killed by him. One evening a sister
started to go out of doors. She
passed too near him and he sprang
at her with great force, knocked her
through the door into the yard, so
badly iniuring her that it was not
thought possible for her to live. His
father provided for him before his
death, leaving property enough to
maintain a wretched life through all
these years. 1t WIS stipulated in the
will that he should not be taken to
an asylum, and that he should be
kept On the old homestead.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
SealSkinS.

The price of sealskins has coma
down wonderfully in the last few
years. A dialogue between two la
dies of this city sheds light on this.
Both ladies wore garments OF seal
skin, but the elder of the two had a
coat of the vintage of 1885, with a
golden brown tinge, while the others
jacket was jet black, after the pres
ent fashionable dye.
why don't you buy a new seal
skim" asked the latter.
81 can afford to wear a shabby
sealskin, for when I bought mine,
sealskin coats cost $3.50, while any
one to-day a buy one for $75,"
was the annihilating reply, "and
that's not allowing for the mark
down, either. '-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
Hot Water,

The efficacy of hot water in shay,
ing, says the Sun, is more fully ap-
preciated by the people of that re-
markably-advanced country, Japan.
than in the younger civilizations of
the West. japanese BARRIERS shave
nearly all of The exposed surfaces of
a mans head. They shave the ears
the outside and inside of the nose.
the eyebrows and q portion of the
scalp. The victim sits on a very low
stool, while the barber perches on a
higher stool and takes his customers
head between his knees. Then he
seizes a very small razor, dipsit in
to hot water, and begins the work.
1t is no light performance to shave
a japanese gentleman. No lather is
used, but a keen edge is kept con-
stantly on the razor by dipping it
into hot water once or twice during
the operation. Men who shave them
selves will find that hot water will
put a better edge on their razors
than any strop yer invented.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
Where the Old Ships Go.

A man stepped into one ofthe ship
ping Offices on Front street the 9th
er day to have a look at The Mari
time Register. An old sea captain
who had been reading itremarked,
as the visitor laid the sheet aside,
after an apparently fruitless inspec-
ton, "Don'tfind what you were look
ing for, eh?"
"No," was the answer. 81 was
looking for the b, but she isn't
listed in this number"
"Old ship"
eyes. sailed in her twenty years
ago"
ooh, we'll, then, she belongs to the
Germans by this time"
"How's that"
"Well, the Germans don't build
ships, leastwise not wooden ones, so
much as some other people do. They
buy second hand ships, and they do
most of their buying in America.
The German merchants operate on
smaller capital than ours, and they
can't or won't put as much money
into timber as they do here. They
have a sharp eye for bargains, too,
let me tell you, and when they find a
tub that's somewise slow or leaky,
but presentable and cheap, they buy
her, copper bottom her and starther
on her travels again. Lord! There's
lots of American built ships flying
the Dutchman's flag at our wharves.
Some Norwegians buy 'em, too. but
it's mostly Germans that get EN-"
. This throws q light on old ships,
but the pins, pianos and sewing ma
chimes are still to be accounted for.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
A Doomed Explorer.

undaunted by the fate of Camille
Douls, the young explorer who was
murdered in the Sahara, a NJ. Fer
nand Fourecu hasnow plunged boldly
into the country of the Tonaregs.
He was dissuaded from his enterprise
10y his friends and the government OF
Algeria, but all to no purpose. The
Geographical society, as well as the
government, gives him nothing but
sympathy, and no one believes that
he will come alive out of the mys err
ious desert wbn~e several of his in
trepid fellow\ mtrymen have al
ready perished.A-'aris Letterin Lon
don Telegraph.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04

Why not have a suit that fits you,
when one which is both stylish and
serviceable can be bought for $1,000.
A pair of trowsers which are really
elegant, DRYsDALE will build you for
SIS. Fine fabrics cost but little at
DRysDALE's now, less than misfits in
fact. Look him over. You will place
your order. Save money. Feel better
and look better. Buying forcash and
light expenses does the business at
DRYSDALE'S.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04

The largest and finest assortment OF
queensware in Western Nebraska Is to
be seen at Mobiles. You should not
fail to inspect his line before making
purchases.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-07-04
How to tell aSaxonfroma Celt

The Celt and the Saxon may be
distinguished by the simplest of pru-
Dental tests. Will the man spend
ten minutes on Monday to mend a
gate, and SO save five minutes every
day after? Or will he spend the five
minutes every day for twenty years.
because he will not spare the ten
minutes to effect the needed repair?
In the former case he is a Saxon; in
the latter, a Celt.-Frances Power
Cobbe in Forum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
A Burial I'm a straDr. Port.

Quiet and still seems everything on our
ship. for an awful presence has come on
board during the night and has taken
shape there, under the dropping canopy OF
flags amidships. in the co6ined form of the
dead sergeant.
"A-a~ll hands bury the deadr' the solemn
call OF the boatswain sounds through the
ship. Quietly and in respectful silence the
crew assemblies, the officers grouped TO star
board. and, a. tho chaplain reads the sim
pie service rough faces soften and hesds
are bowed in revcrential awe.
The bearers lit the coffin. the marine
guard present arms and the body Is gently
lowered over the side into the cutter lying
there TO receive IL. while officers and crew
take their places in the boats, and little
procession-captain's pennaut, ships and
boats colors at half mast-starts for the
land, there 70 lay the poor fellow 70 rest in
q little white walled inclosure on a blight
on the harbor side. and where. gone before
him long years ago, many gallant sailor
English and American-lies. awaiting
the last call for All hands"
Quietly and gently the dead man IL low
cred into his last berth; with spout Of
fame and eircling cloud OF smoke the n
fes render martial honor. and then in the
sad, sweet music OF taps" the bugls
sounds the sailOr-soldieT's last good night.
h I. Zogbaum il ScTibner's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
COLONEL HALLowELL's MEETINGS

Col. Hallowell spoke yesterday to over
two hundred voters at Mulvane. He was
given an ovation which for all round en-
thusiasm has rarely ever been excelled at
any political meeting held in this part of
the state. His voice is much improved oyer
what it was one week ago. He spoke last
night at Sedgwick and was accompanied
by Senator Long, of Medicine Lodge. The
meeting was dandy from point of num-
bers and enthusiasm, and largely composed
of leading farmers in that section.
Col Robert Mitchell, of Gueda Springs,
was in the city yesterday and said the
most successful political meeting in his
town was held Monday and addressed by
Col Hallowell. There were a large num-
Der of farmers present. He said that Col.
Hallowell made one of the best speeches
he ever heard, and the result was that he
had made many votes there, bringing to
his support Democrats as well as others.
Col. Hallowell will pass through the
city this morning en- route to Cheney
where he will speak this afternoon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
One Mans Wardrobe.

The personal effects of young Mr.. Ben
Zon, the so called Jubilee Plunger, were
sold at auction, aud an amazing lot Of
stuff it was, too. You z BenZon has been
going down hill at a LEFTY rapid rate; the
tailors and tradespeople did not discover
his evasive characteristics until he had
mulcted them OF goods in a considerable
sum. As you possibly recall, he got into
serious difficulty at Nice by forging the
name OF friend ard drawing money
thereon.
Benzon's effects were auctioned of in an
old Bond street salesrcom. Among them
was every variety of apparel-from a dress
suit down to silk socks. There were morn
ing coats, pique and colored shirts, UNI
brellas, walking sticks. neckties. hosiery,
scarfpins, cord breeches, waistcoats, satin
jockey caps, travelling bags, watches, cigar
holders, cigarette cases, hat boxes, pin
cushions, watch charms, spurs, flannel
trousers, crimson hunting coats, gold pen
ellis, silk suspenders, silk handkerchiefs,
an antique sword, smelling bottles, gloves
galore, etc. etc.
Why, old Brummel himself might have
envied the collection Of fnery. In one
batch alone there were GO pique waistcoats,
139 collars, "a silk cravats and 20 colored
tiesl There was nothing small about Ben
IONS way of doing business When the
Jubilee Plunger entered a tailor's or a
haberdashery he took everything for which
he could get credit. The swath he cut was
a wide one, il it was not long. 1t is said
that in one afternoon alone. az the time he
was at perihelion, Benzon purchased cloth
ing amounting in the aggregate to 5000.
He used TO boast that he would not wear
the same suit Of clothes twice What
dash this delectable creature would have
cut in Gothaml-Eugene Field in Chicago
News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
An Ar,.,nnr.t,n Cal,

Prince I.Addie Is wonderful cat. He Il
the property Of Miss Corson. the author
ess, but has been loaned by her 20 Mrx.
Robert L. Stuart, the wife OF a ten times
millionaire, at whose mAgniAcent resi-
dence, at Sixty-eighth street and Fifth Av-
enue, Prince Laddie is now an honored
guest. Laddie weighs tventy-four pounds,
and is as big as a good sized dog. He
sleeps in Mr.. Stusrt's handsoms picturs
gallery, and is said to be quite n connOls-
seur. Nothing Is too good for him, and
champagne and trufies are his steady diet.
Ladies' mother and father are Chicago
people, aud belong 10 Rev. Mrs. Clinton
Locke, president Of the Ladies' Fortnight
ly club, Of that city.
Miss Corson is also the owner Of vashti,
once the property Of Mary Booth. tho an
thorcss, and so christened by the latter
because, like the Vashti Of old. ''shs would
not come when she was calleds'-Nsw
York World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
SALVINI.

SALNINL.
Young Alexander Salvini will play a
special engagement of two nights only in
Wichita, at the Crawford Grand opera
house, on next Monday aud Tuesday
nights. The play selected for this occasion
is a new melo-drama entitled, "A Child of
Naples" written especially for him by
Horace Townesand, in which character
"Cirillo" Nespolitan lazzarous, affords
Mr.. Salvini an opportunity to display his
versatility and dramatic force. The Bos-
ton Evening Transcript says OF his per-
Torrance in this role:
"Of Mr. Salvini's CiriIlo we cannot meas
ure terms of praise. As an eXquisitely
faithful genre picture Of an existent fasci-
mating type OF character il will stand with
any dramatic work OF the generation. The
ritous fulness of physical life; the coarse,
vived, animal beauty, the instinct, con
slant, eloquent gesticula ION 10 which the
words seem a superfious supplement; the
passion of rage, burning. swift TO Smite,
awake at a word touch: the hot south
ern heart which melts passion TO dog-like,
afectionate humility at word from the
gentle girl. gratitude to whom Is his only
religion; the laugh, flashing from mar
rowed eyes and glittering teeth at every
joke, the grimmer the better relished: the
ABSOLUTE naivete of body and soul through
which untamed natural impulse speaks
as spontaneously as through any forest
animal-all these things, and more beyond
number, Mr.. Salvini shows Us in Cirillo.
As we have limited, praise OF Mr.. Salvini's
work to those who have not seen II must
seem exaggerated: 20 those who have seen
II, inexpensive and inadquate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
A Playful Rat,Issnah.

John A Theroux. Of Spraguc. Cal. re-
Gently built y playhouse for his children,
and for weeks the children have been tell
ing their parents that there was a big snake
in their playhouse saying that when they
wera playing the snake would come ous
and run around the playhouse and then
run away again. Finally Mr.. Theroux's
little son james came running 20 hin
mother. saying, Come 20 the playhous
and see II don't know what snake f. /"
Mrs. Theroux went 20 see II there was
anything there, and was greatly ass0nished
20 see big rAttlesnake calmly summing
itself ON the floor in the doorway. She
picked up big bowldsr and smashed bio
snakeship. When Mr. Theroux cams hens
he went cut and found the snake dead, and
cut OF his rs-tles OF which there were
seven 49, Pittsb'trg Dispstsh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29

A gentleman whose modesty prevents
our publishing his name and whose veracity
is unqueStiona5le relates the following:
81 had been picking cotton in my field very
hard all the morning, and when dinner
time came lay down in the gin house, and
must have dozed oil 20 sleep, when all at
once felt sharp prick on the end Of my
finger. jumped up and saw q large rat
looking ~ me inrently, and be kept run
ming backward and forward, but coming
back AZ the same place each time. picked
up a nut and threw il so accurately that il
killed the rat. About that time discov-
cred some cotton on FIRE. which ! believe
caused the strange actions Of the rat, and
believe that I, as well as the gin house,
would have been burned had il not been
for the timely bite Of the TT. Gordon
GA Prcss-AppeaL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
THE MYSTERIOUS FUNERAL GUEST.

A Surprise for One Who Was Not Familiar
with the DRnger of Open Doors
A young reporter who had come to New
York from western town, and was not &C
custoned to the ways of the metropolis,
was assigned, as his first piece Of work, to
report the funeral of q wealthy but not ex-
ceedingly prominent man who lived up
town in a lavishly furnished house. He
found the house damned to the doors with
people, and was unable, without making a
nuisance of himself. to make his way any
further into the crowd than the newell post
Of the great mahogany stairway.
His editor had warned him Of the neces-
sity of getting large number of the names
Of those who were present, and OF the
enormity Of the crime of having even one
of them incorrectly spelled. But here the
raw reporter was, hemmed in immovably
on all sides by people who looked Mortified
if he ventured to address them. He asked
several of them for their names, but they
either refused to give them or failed to I'M
derstand what he wanted them for.
These people can't amount to much,
anyway" he said to himself, cor they
would show little more familiarity with
the ordeal Of giving their names for publ
cation;" so be cast his eyes around for
some person of seeming importance. He
soon spied distinguished looking man,
faultlessly dressed, with military carriage
and of aristocratic appearance. He replied
20 the reporters rather timid questions
courteously, gave the names of a number
of people of some importance whom he
could see from where he stood or had no
ticed entering the house. His patience
even outlasted the reporters importantly,
and the latter decided that the man was
trump of the most thoroughgoing kind.
Finally the reporter said, "And your own
name, sir!"
'Oh, never mind me-" was the reply.
"You don't want my name~
This was disappointment, and the re-
porter's face showed it. II should like to
have it most of all, J." be replied.
"Well, said the man, Pm J. B. jerks,
of the Metropolitan police force"
The reporter was a little staggered, but
he thought to himself, IAN inspector,
dare say, or a captain at least" and added
aloud: what title? Cap
No" said the officer, with a quiet
smile, "plain patrolman. / see you're sur
prised. Didn't think policeman could
look SO much like d gentleman, ehg"
Not at all, " replied the reporter quickly,
81 only wondered why you were here.
Relative of the dead II am"
No; no such luckn'
Friend of the family"
altogether too swell for my blood"
What are you doing then among a
houseful of such eminently respectable
people rs these"
Watching to see that none of them
steals the bric-a-bracH'
"Come off. old man; you're trying TO
kid mcr'
'Factt' and the officer turned away to
scan with piercing looks a gentlemanly
looking old man who was making his way
out of the house with tears in his eyes
New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-29
THE CATHOLIC FAIR.

1t was only with difficulty that the fancy
drill of the Wichita Light Infantry could
be carried out, the crowd was so great; the
hall floor and gallery were crowded The
boys in blue did themselves credit in their
maneuvres, and pleased the large audience
immensely. The voting interest last night
conferred chiefly in the contest of the two
little girls for handsome doll baby At
the close of the polls Mamie Mahan had
80 ballots to her credit and Lizzie Carey
1876. In the contest for the tea gown Miss
Smith had 100 votes and Miss Stafford II
Everybody seemed to be pleased and
amused Dinners and suppers are served
daily at the hall.