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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
MILLIONS AT STAKE.
Frauds Discovered in the Titles to Property
in Three Cities in Montana.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. ga sensation
was created in Helena by the discovery Of
an alleged flaw in the title to valuable
realty in this city, Great Falls and Ana.
conda, The property in question is val
cludes two valuable additions to Helena,
part of the town-site of Anaconda. The
man who proposes to profit by the alleged
flaw is R. 6. Davies, an attorney
of this city. in reference to the case, Da-
vies says
I'm 1873 or 879 Maj James R. Boyce
took up $40 acres of land east of Helena
under the desert land act. At the same
time he made application at the land Of
flee to make final proof on said desert
claim. VIM. Wallace, ST., filed protest
against Boyce's entry. The case was
eventually carried to the general land of.
fee at Washington where Boyce s entry
was cancelled. Subsequently the land was
entered by Boyce and Wallace, ST., 12C
acres each, with additional homestead
(soldier) script. Accompanying each
piece of script are two powers of attorney
one to locate said script upon lands and
one to sell. was the attorney in fact for
Abbott, located the land and as such at
torney in fact transferred the same to John
r. Boyce.
The supreme courts of Arkansas, Califor-
MIA and Kansas have lately decided that
the power of attorney accompanying scrip
is void, Davies, knowing that there were
parcels of land in Montana located with
this kind of scrip, went east and procured
deeds from Abbott and others for the prop
erty. including Boyce's addition, Central
Park addition, eighty acres on the west
side, $50 acres In which the business por-
ton of Great Falls Is situated, and por.
ton of the business portion of Anaconda.
A few days ago s. B. Sterling, in search.
ing the records to get an abstract
Of a piece of land in Boyce's adj
dition, found a deed from William
P. Abbott to R. G. Davies dated Jan. 2,
1880, for piece of property he Sterling
supposed he owned. Sterling called on
Davies and the latter offered to clear the
title for $500. After much dickering
Davies took 5000 and Sterling let the mat.
ter drop.
The parties affected by this flaw are
among the most wealthy in Helena. and
include S. I. Hansen and other capitalists
1t is said that Marcus DAILY of Anaconda
has offered Davies 81 900 for deed to the
Anaconda property on which there is a
cloud. A great deal of property affected
is owned in St. Paul. Chicago, New York.
Boston and st. Louis, and on some OF ii
eastern money has been advanced.
SENSATION ITRFJ STrJT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
LATER

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. ga corrected
list of the killed is as follows: Mrs. Mel
lie Eubank, Broad Ripple; c. c. Deming,
Frankfort, Ind; Mrs. D. S. Oldhams and
twin children, Sheridan; Miss Mary
Hoover, Horton; Mrs. Hattie Henseley,
Cyclone.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
TRIGGER FISH MOUNTED.

supplies the largcst museums with
stuffed specimens. His American
headquarters arc nj Rochester, N. Y,
where thcro are thousands of birds,
mammals, fishes, and rcptilcs stuffed,
OF ready to bc. If wanted. He has
agents lr all sections of tho world
looking Tor rare specimens and collect
ing others ns tho general stock needs
rcplcnishing
Among tnxidcrmal curiosities is n
collection made by the late Henry
bcrgh to emphasize his stand against
cruelty to animals. by atuiicd spcci-
mons, tho suifcrings of tho dumb
brute from various forms Of mans bru-
tality Ia reproduced. number of
celebrated horses have had their sllins
mado subjects of tho Itaxi,lcrmist'b
art. RicnHi, ridden by Sheridan to
Winchester, twenty milcs away" had
his hidc stuffed, nntl il IL now ut Gov.
crnora Island. Shcrmnn's Tecumsch,
That carried tho General from Atlanta
To The sea, can bo seen nd tho Madison
University. Robert T.. Iec's war
horse. Traveller, ia in tho Leo Univor.
atty, of NhBinin, while famous tro.t;nr
and running horses lavo in several in.
stances also been thus honorcd.
nm called on II good deal" said
the taxidormist intorrogntcd ito stuff
dead cnnarics. They hnvo been house
hold pcts. but gono the way of all
ilesh. and Tho women of tho family
think it would DO Moo to keep some
thing TINT looks ns thcy did when alive.
/ always ask for n deposit in advance,
for such Jobs AZ it il tedious bit of
work, and often by tho limo il il done
the loss Of tho bird has been partially
forgotten. There is parrot on tho
Hhclf there n woman cried oyor wlon
she left tho body, but got over hor
mourning so much in weck as to re.
fuso to pay for tho Job"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
Kccniny llnnis In syIuier

Doors opcuing into the room in which,
you keep flowers should have strips of
listing tackled about them in such n
way as to close all crncks through
which The wind can enter. A strong
wind VIII blow more cold into a room.
III moderate weather than will be likely
to penetrate in still nghta when tho
thermometer il down to zero. There.
fore bc sure to fortify against tho adj
mission of mir through these inlets. It
Is n good plan 20 take n day for doing
this work, and begin at one corner Of
the room, and go over it thoroughly.
llniShinB up each part a3 you 20 aIonr.
by syatematizing The work in this way.
you arc sure to have it well donc: biit
if yon stop crack here and there, and
now and then, nB it happens to be diy-
covered, you will DO pretty sure to
haze poor job of it, taken rs n whole.
If your plants should frcoze. rs soon
rs you discover what has been done put
them in dirk room, or tho cellar,
where the temperature il but little
above freezing and sprinkle, or rather,
shower them with cold water. III most
cases, such plants rs Abutilons Cor
anlums, and others of similar clarac.
ter, can, if taken in time, before al
lowed to thaw, bo saved, and I hayo
had quito tender plants come through
tho ordeal with comparatively little in
jury. The frost must be extracted
gradually, and with tho application of
rs little heat ns possible. Keep thom
away from the light and warmth for
two or three days. If tho tops wilt
after the frost has been extracted YOU
may feel sure that tho wiitod portion
cannot be sayed, so cut it off at once
and be sure to cut below that part
which appears affected by the frost.
If some of the frosted part is left ON,
very often decay sets in which extends
to the stalks below. Should the whole
top seem killed, it does not follow that
the roots have not vitality enough left
to send up new shoots, so do not throw
them out till you have given them n
trial.-Eben q. Rerford, IN LADIES'
Home Journal.
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solution of arsenic or corrosive sub
Innate and prepared for drying.
Before beginning stulling, the skin
in the interim having been dampened,
wash the skull with corrosive sub.
Innate. and roconncct to the neck with
wire. Tho wings and legs are also ad-
iusted with wire, and connected with
central piece running from head to
tail. A fault common with stuffed
birds is the apparent lcngthening Of
tho legs. The three bones of the legs
should be articnlated to almost form
a letter u, as the upper Joint of the
thigh is never straight. Chopped flax
tow or cotton is the best for stuiling or
sewing up. cotton IL put IN the oi1Dfts
OF the eyes with fine forceps, and the
eyes are fixed in with cement. After
being stuffed and the Jose decided,
thread is wound plcntifully around the
plunage to hold the feathers in posi-
Lion until the skin has again dried thor
oughly.
"The old CUSTOM" said the taxider-
mist, "of mounting birds OH branches
or moss-covered bases has been pretty
much given up. Moss is great place
to breed insects and for moths to lay
eggs, so n L OF some nice wood is now
preferred.
The preservation of fish forms ia u
distinct branch Of taxidermy, and is
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that II birds body is not completely
covered by feathers. There mrc places
about the shoulders, under the wings
and on tho thighs wlcro the skin is
about bare, and fits the cavities or
rounds out with grcat nicety. Usually
these pnrts are stuffed full, The result
being marring of tho symmotry and
proportion. Waterton gayo particu-
lar care to such points, trying to got
them exact 10 nature.
Tho best way of preserving birds
skin demands careful attention from
the moment it is killed TO the time of
mounting. .pho wounds should he
filled with cotton, and feathers discol-
oicd by blood should bo softly wiped
with wet sponge. In hot weather
the skin should be taken off Mt once,
but III autumn or winter tho bird can
bc allowed to get cold. beginning nj
the brenst bone, the skin is slowly
separated by forcing blunt instrli-
mcnt between it and tho flesh. The
bones OF the wings are cnt nj the
shoulder joints, and when getting the
skin from the skull tho yctcbrin can be
unjointcd. Then remove tho brains
and eyes. The flesh is taken from the
under BILL using cnre not to mutlate
tho openings of the ears or eyclids
The skin should then he rubbed with
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but little done. 1t is SspssAIs. so'
treat the fish NJ soon as taASsst Nom the
water, and even then it is difficult tol
retain tho color aud luster of the
scales.
The first ones to establish business
OF stufling anything and everything in
natural life to supply museums and
mercantile calls wore tho Yerreaux
Freres, in Paris. Before that n muse.
um had to collect its own specimens.
but tho Vorreaux opened sort Of
clearing house for wild beasts, birds,
fishes, and roptiles, from which a
stuffed elephant or cotton HE'D rodent
could be ordered. Tho Yerreaux
passed away and were succeeded by an
American named Ward, who to-day
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
Forgotten AIl Ahout nd.

a well-known local dramatic author
vas invited to dine with friend the
other evening, when, to his dismay, he
discovered that among the other guests
was dramatic critic who had saYagely
attacked him.
1T will he impossible for me to meet
the man." he said, "after the insulting
and defamatory things ho has said
about me. He has slandered me afro
ciously."
Then after moments reflection:
"Well. after all, perhaps it does not
matter. He has probably forgotten all,
about it. "--Ne,o York 7futh,
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tho forms of bird and animal life.
Some arc so from sentiment, as it on
ablcs them to rctnin tho substantial
shadow of II pot. Othors aro enlisted
on n scientific basis. One may love
birds and not bo u taxilormist Audu-
bon illustrates this: IIc was devoted
ornithologist, ono of The greatest
,Amorica has yet known; but he
paid no attention to taxidcrmy.
When he baggcd bird it was
his practice 10 pin il to n tree
and mako drawing reproducing tho
natural tints of tho plumagc, with
colors. After this the skin was removed
and dried. Tho collection Of drawings
and descriptions left by Audubon serve
MS critcria for sportsmcn, but tho value
would have been much increased if
supplemented by tho actual forms of
tho birds. Charles Wntcrton, the I'm
glish naturalist, has left far moro to
postcrity through prncticing taxi
dcrmy. Tho specimens ho gathered.
now in tho museum in York, are of
inostimablo worth in showing tho
natural posture and action of life. On
careful examination it will be found
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

to break the crystal out OF his watch. &"
"But how will that benefit You 2" in
qnired the apple core.
at will attract attention to mo. At
present the man ignores yonr humble
servant entirely, but after throw him
he will recognize my existence.
"Yes, he will recognize your exist
ence to the extent OF swearing about
you and probably kicking you into tho
gutter"
Notoriety is not always good thing.
THE SICK HORSE.
horse that had been sick for two
years finally went to a doctor and was
cured. He felt that he was now in
luck. While he had been i'll he had
not worked any, but had been turned
loose into the pasture.
When he went back home his master
found that he was well and hitched
him to the plow the next morning. Il
wish / had not paid that doctor four
dollars to cure me, rs it takes me from
life of case and makes me toll. There
is evidently some sort of skullduegerv
here"
MORAL.
1t is better to be sick horse. CHI.
caao Ledger.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

Arizona, which yields worry peculiar
stick. Tho fleshy substance OF tho stom is
rotted or, leaving n hard, lattice worl,
frame, which is quito vegetable Curl
osity. Tho English buckthorn affair
never found much favor in this country,
and it IS equally likely that tho ''reposi-
tory" contrivances will not mako very
great Roadway into gonoral use.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

HE DUDE OF THE
day is gradually
growing cold in his
alteration Tor the
walking stick fashion,
ed after tho English
ri'iing-whip, with tho
buck-horn ha II Il | 10,
ana is bestowing his
floeting favor on Il
still moro fanciful
article. According
To an unpuestionod
authority on such
matters-tlle organ OF
the haber dasliery
trade, walking-stic
a., ,.N n1, l~.
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From ono silk umbrella can bo drawn
md scrowod 10 tho stick; another has ro-
ccptaco for nickols and cents, and is con-
venient for thoss who rido on strect-cars;
another contains n measure for tho height
Of horses, and has spirit-lovel attach
ment, and still another has n watch set in
tho handle.
The contrivance of making repository
IN tho hollow of walking stick, accord
ing to the San Francisco Chronicle. IL
very ancient. Tho bourbon or pilgrims
stair of the middle ages was n strong and
stout stick about five feet in length, armed
at tho lowcr end with an iron spike, and
evidently intended rs balance and sup
port to tho body whom climbing up steep
accllvitios. In it mny bo soon tho proto.
type of tho alpenstock. About twelve
inches from tho top of tho staff was gon-
orally largo protubcrance on which tho
hand OF the pilgrim rested without danger
OF sliding downward. Tho upper pnrt of
tho staff was hollow and capablo of
holding small articles, but tho lower
portion was entirely solid 1t Is very prob
able that i'll tho cavity OF tho upper part
tho pilgrims originally kept relies OF snints
which wero sold Mt tho tombs TO which tho
pilgrims Travelled, and which wero consid
cred as satisfactory proofs that tho pill
grims had beon to tho spot indicated. In
tho latter ages Of pilgrimage, howevcr.
this part OF tho staff was converted into n
kind of pipe or musical instrument
Above tho tube tho staff was surmountod
by small, hollow globe, and it was ais,
furnished near the top with kind of
crook Tor carrying gourd Of water. 1t
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

us NcK0ry poles, or tIso with yard or
two OF varnshed cane, scraped taper, tip
pod with mn ivory hend,"
In tho oarly half of tho present cont cry
the old repository cane looined into
fashion again. In tho London exhibition
OF lSDl thero was shown n medical walk
ing stick which contained an assortment of
Instruments and medicines; and tho snmc
principle Inns been applied for tho porta-
bio conveyance OF telescopes, instnntano-
Gus light apparatus and many other
important articles
Tho trade with tho orient hns brought
various articles of bamboo Into common
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

of tho following century the most fashion
able kinds were made of fine marbles and
agates, exhibiting either fine variety of
color or a semi-opaque tint, which was
most expressively described by tho word
clouded. These sticks were Of slender
proportions, but often richly mounted
with gold, silver, amber, or precious
stones. Such were tho ''clouded canes" of
the timo of Popo. which were so greatly
valued ms often TO be preserved III cases of
sha green or shaaths OF the lear.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
OLD STYLES IN STICKS.
THE wALKING-CANEs OF FORMER
GENERATIONS.

sinns Carried by the pu'iishiy Inclined rs
Far Itack rs tho Fiuccnth Century
1hoy Woro Expensive and Did Not Mn
teriaiiy Dinor from Fnncifui Crent!ons OF
To-t;Iy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

L is not n business
calculated to bring
its followers into pub
lie prominence. Tho
busy world bustling
up and down tho
streets does not caro-
u straw for taxitlcrmy.
Tho ordinary man
has something clsc to
think of. Yct there
aro those who aro
deeply Interested in
tho Drpapf.vniion of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

1t is Gained that an Ohio convict.
Gent from Cincinnati, under the name OF
Miiler, is, in reality, oil man Bender, Of
Kansas notoriety.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

is. howovor, unpues-
tionablo that tho re-
ceptacle at tho top OF
a pilgrims staff WAS
frequently used for
secular purposes. Two
Of these occasions, aud
very remarkable onos
they wore, are OF roc
ord. Tho first is found
i'll tho Chronicles of
Honshed, wliero ho
states that in tho hol-
low OF n pilgrim :
staff tho first head Of
saffron crocus was So
cretly brought from
France at n time when
It was n capital crinio
TO take tho living
plant out OF tho coun-
try. Tho other refers
to the introdu ction of
tho silkWOrm inin
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
a. J.&S D.. .,D,,,o
TAzEWELL co. AND CLINCH VALLEY
LAM ID AGENCY
TAZEWELL G. H.. VA

Offers for sale Coal Iron Agricultural Grazing and Timber
An, DICKENSON and WISE, State of Virginia, and Nc
DOWELL County, West Virginia This section being rap
idly opened by extensions of the Norfolk and Western Raroo
and offers the best field for investment in the South
Those desiring to realize their lands speedily will do
well to place them with this agency possessing UNUSUAL adya-
tageS tor making sales.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

use, thOso That ara
covered with carv-
ings and inlnid
ivory work being
o $ { 90 m Cd great
prizes by eastorn
visitors. Thero is II
kind OF cactus, too,
found in the south
ern countries and
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

Europe in the hollow of Pilgrims staff
Two monks who resided in China as mis-
sionarios were the heroes of thu incident,
bringing the eggs in triumph to Conilan-
tinople.
Tho earliest walking sticks OF which
there is any record, literary or pictorial,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10
AMERICAN FABLES.
THE BANANA PEEL.

lIihu lay Oh tho
: sidewalk smiled
TO itself and ac-
costc'l an apple
core with, "Just
watch that man
yon'ler. When he
steps on me he will
think there is an
earthquake. Ho
will hit the side
Wall, hard onouO,,
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the sixteenth century,
there aro 10 10 per-
Ceived numerous in
stances of the richnoss
of the walking sticks
carried Mt that time,
nll appearing TO have
beem tall, stout. and
mounted or adorned
with gold.
From tho middle OF
tho seventeenth con-
tury walking sti ks
appear to have in
creased in luxury,
both in respect to the
mounting and mate
rial, tho improve
ments being mainly
derived from France.
In the eariy norton
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THE ART OF TAXIDERMY.
HOW THE FORMS or BIRDS ANN
ANIMALS ARE PRESERVED.

Difficulty In RotaininE tho Natural Line.
"A Big Dusinoss Ina Stuffed skins
1t Is Now II Elmo Art In tho Way of
Preservation.
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ro's answer, "who, when he is an infant,
crawls upon his hands and knees; when he
is grown hs walks uprightly and when he
Is old no totters with stick" In tho deys
OF Pliny the stem OF the giant fonnel was
used for walking stick. tho tough light
ness or the woou rendering 1t especially
fitted as support to aged persons
Nalking-sticks or walking canoi, wheth.
or as tho condition Of the Pilgrim burden
or tho oriental symbol Of authority were
certainly common in the hands of tho gal
lants of tho fifteenth century Fortunate
ly we nre able to see what kinds of canes
were carried then, ana strangely enough
tho elabo ately ''garnished" Affair of today
Is found to nave peen the correct thIng'i
moro than 40 years ago The Harlem
manuscript Uii2j contains an nven tory
OF the contonts of tho royal palacs OF
Greenwich, in which. among tho belong
ings, is the following: "a cane garnished
with golde. havainge perfume in tho
toppe. under that diall, with pair OF
twitchers and pair of compasses of golds
ard foot t-rue OF gold., n knife and a
file, the haft of golde, with whetstono
tipped with golde. There is also "a cene
garnished with silver and gjto. with as
tronomie upon it, six wafkyng stavea,
one covered with silke and golde"
In the portraits or many OF the eminent
rersonages of English history, painted In
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a SION OF CIVILIZATION.

"Bedad, | must be gettin' among
friends. Olive been walkin' the in
toire mornin' an that's the furst sign
of civilization Oi've met wild"
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In tho following reign an ugly and gro.

Al tuo lolloWlnG re
tesqiio walking-sticli
censure and ri,llculo
OF tho public press.
Tho Universal Spec-
tator Of 1880 OBJ
serves: ''The wear
ing of swords at tho
tho court ond OF tho
town is by many
polite young gentlo-
mon laid aside, and
instead thoroof, thoy
carry largo oak
sticks, with great
heads and ugly faces
carved thoroon. In
tho London Evoning
Post of Eoccmbor,
l73S, n writcr undor
tho name of Miss
Townloy Expresses
hor surprise aud dis
gust ut tho dress of
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was Siinply uSeu MS Il
support for old age.
Jacob leaning on his
staff is II familiar
figure, while it must
have beon known in
the heroic period,
since 1t was rcferrod
to in the enigma pro-
pounded b y t Ii o
Sphinx and solved by
UIdipus. ''1'hero is n
being" said the ques-
tioner, (which hns
four feet. and it has
also three feet, but its
feot vary, and whom
it has the most it is
the weakest. " THAT
is man. was tho he-
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walking stick which
was gonorally used by
Old women. 1'hoy
wcro between ilve
and six feet in length,
OF n taper andl slender
mako, shnpod at tho
uppcr end In tho
mannor Of n shop
hord's crook an,l
twistetl througl,o IL I
tho cntiro longth of
the wand. Tho ma
torinls were either
ivory, wood, or whalo-
bono and mounted
with silver or gold.
Tho mon carried long
sticks also. thoir
length calling forth
tho following sntire
from tho London
Chronicle Of l762:
"Do not snnio OF us
strut about with
wnllSlnG.sticks Us long
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tho mehsin the boNos OF tho Haymnrko ot
thcator, some of whom 'woro scanty
frocks, littlo shabby hnts put OIL ono side.
and clubs in their hands" " Tho peru.