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Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
IT WAS A BATTLE ROYAL.
A Mountain Lion and a Cinnamon
 Bear in a Fight to the Death.

A Mountain Lion and Cinnamon
 Bear in a Fight to the Death.
 From the Ontario Observer.l
 Last week in the light of the moon two brothers, old prespectors and hunters who have been in the hills for years and have seen many strange and startling sights, report having seen one of the most thrill ing and desperate fights they have ever witnessed.
 They were camping in a canon that comes into the main San Antonio canon from the west about one and one-half miles below the miners camp. They had been out during the day prospecting on the south slope of Baldy and had started for camp near sundown, when they killed a deer, which delayed them till dark. They hung the deer in 8 tree rather than | pack it to camp over the rocks in the dark, the place where they left the deer l being only a short distance from camp, in the west fork of the canon.
 They had hardly rolled themselves in
 their blankets when they heard an un-
 earthly roar and scream, quickly followed
 by other roars and screams, as though @
 whole menagerie of wild beasts had been
 turned loose. It took them but few mo-
 ments to determine the cause of the dis
 turbance. So, dressing quickly and talk
 ing their rifles, they started to see the fun.
 By crossing the canon in which they were
 camped they got to point from which
 they could command view or quite : piece of the western canon.
 When they gained the top of the point they saw just below them, not one hun. dred yards away, what had caused the
 noise. They could see. the tree where they had hung their deer, and just beneath the tree they saw the deer and two other E animals, a monster California lion and ar
 immense cinnamon bear. They had smelled out the deer and had come for [ feast, each little expecting the other; but z there they were, fighting over the carcass , to see which was to be master Of the situ atfon.
 Their roaring and screaming awoke { s thousand echoes in the canon, which mad' ', the fight seem more dreadful still. It wa 5 @ fight to the death. Struggling and roll ing, biting and clawing, scratching ant @ screaming, did the monsters fight, onl. - breaking away from one another lonl
 enough, seemingly, to regain their breatl
 and strength, when at it they would g 8 again with roar and scream. Thus the, s fought for over an hour, when, torn I bleeding and completely exhausted, evi
 dent dying, they rolled apart, only to Il if and snarl at each other, unable from thel terrible exertions to do more. Rut ther were near worse enemies to them tha l. they were to each other.
 1t Quietly the two brothers, knowing ther " was nothing to fear from the two exhaus
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
ENTANGLING A WITNESS.
Hut There was a Loophole and Out
 He Went in Good Shape. ilad

ltrom the Rhnadelphia Times
 A case was being tried in country court. A horse had been stolen from a pasture, and the evidence all pointed to 6 certain doubtful character of the neighbor- hood as the culprit. Though his guilt seemed clear, he had found lawyer to un- dertake his defence. At the trial the de- fendants attorney expended his energy in trying to confuse and frighten the oppos- ing witnesses, especially certain farmer whose testimony was particularly damag- ing. The lawyer kept up fire of ques- tions, asking many foolish ones and re- beating himself again and again, in the hope of decoying the witness into contra diction.
 "You say," the lawyer went on, "that you can swear to having seen this man drive horse past your farm on the day in question"
 'I can," replied the witness wearily, for he had already answered the question a dozen times.
 "What time was thisf"
 ''I told you it was about the middle of the forenoon"
 "But don't want any 'abouts' or any 'middles.' I want you to tell the jury ex- actly the time"
 "Why," said the farmer, '1 don't always carry gold watch with me when I'm dig ging potatoes"
 "But you have clock in the house, haven't you!"
 s'Yes."
 "Well, what time was it by thatl'
 "Why, by that clock it was just nineteen minutes past 10"
 "You were in the field all the morn ingl" went on the lawyer, smiling sugges- lively.
 "I was"
 "How far from the house is this fieldf P
 About half mile"
 "You swear, do you, that by the clock in your house it was exactly nineteen min utes past 10f"
 q do."
 The lawyer paused and looked triumph antly at the jury; at last he had entrapped the witness into contradictory statement that would greatly weaken the testimony. ''I think that will do," he said, with & wave of his hand, "I am quite through with you"
 The farmer leisurely picked up his hat and started to leave the witness stand. Then turning slowly about he added; 'I ought, perhaps, to say that too much re- iance should not be placed upon that clock, as it got out of gear about six months ago, and it's been nineteen minutes past 10 ever sincen
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28

and the frequency of small-pox scourges, the government has taken no pains to in troduce any scheme of vaccination and the State is without any vaccination laws at all. In this respect Qua temala is far behind some of the neighboring Central American countries. A medical society in Guatemala has taken up the subject and will endeavor to persuade the government to adopt proper sanitary laws.
 The sharp competition between the ocean steamship lines shows no sign of lessening. The Cunarders are to have two new monster ocean steamers ready for ser vice in 1893. One of them will be finished in December next year. It is intended that their speed will be over twenty miles an hour, with accommodations for 500 cabin and 1000 steerage passengers. And MT. Andrew Carnegie, who has returned from Paris, confidently predicts that before the Cunard boats have fairly got their speed the Inman line will be out with two more fast boats built on the Delaware river.
 Those who are living on four dollars 8 week will be interested in Ward Me Allister's statement that he knows of at least four men in this country who spend annually $4oO, ,00o a year. This includes their charities and the interest on the capital invested in their town and country houses. Then there are about thirty men who spend from s1OO,O0O to $15O,OOO a year, though MT. McAllister tells us these men are really no happier than the man who lives on $35,000, which McAllister thinks about the right figure to enable a man to maintain his establishment in style and dispense elegant hospitality. As for the average fashionable woman, we are told that she spends from $4,000 to $6,000 year on her toilet and generally manages to look handsome.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28

ANOTHER DRUNKARD-CURE FER.
 The Keeley cure for drunkenness has been savagely attacked by eminent medical men. Meanwhile men who have been em- inent drunkards testify in the strongest and most convincing way that their cure by the Keeley system of treatment is com plete-apparently too complete in some cases, for one man who was asked if he thought he should ever want to drink again replied 'I'm afraid not" Dr. Keeley will not tell what he gives his patients, but it is known that chloride of gold is in it. Another drunkard- -curer has arisen who will tell. This is Dr. J. L. Gray of La Porte, Indiana, who has recently explained to a number of physicians, ministers, lawyers and others his method of treating drunkenness. He claims that from 75 to 80 per cent. of the drunk ards who have come under his treatment have been cured. This is similar to that practiced by Dr. Keeley. At first a gen. tie laxative is administered, after which at a. m., 12 m., 4 and p. m., the patient receives hypodermio injection of the chloride of gold and sodium and the nitrate of strychnine, one-tenth grain of the former and one-fortieth grain of the latter. Every two hours the patient takes teaspoonful of the following mix. l ture: Chloride of gold and sodium, twelve grains; nitrate of ammonia, six grains; nitrate of strychnia, one grain atropine, one-quarter of grain; com pound fluid extract of cinchona, three grains; fluid extract of coca, one ounce glycerine, one ounce; distilled water, one ounce.
 Like Dr. Keeley, Dr. Gray allows hi
 patients all the rum they want, but the.
 soon cease to want it. If Dr. Gray's cur
 is what it is said to be it will be a grea
 boon to the human race, and he is entitled
 to praise for not initiating Dr. Keeley il
 keeping it 8 secret and making all tn
 money he can out of it. If all, or three fourths of all the drunkards in the worl
 are about to be cured the change will b
 great. But it is well to remember that
 is better not to have been drunkard tha
 it is to be cured drunkard.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
Peculiar To Itself

It will cure, when in the power of medicine, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Blood Poisoning, Cancerous and all other Humors, Malaria, Dyspepsia, BIliousness, Sick Headache, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all difficulties with the Liver and Kidneys
 It oyercomes That Tired Feeling, Creates an Appetite, and gives great mental, nerve, bodily, and digestive strength
 Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists. sl; six for s5. Prepared only by c. L Hood & Co.,, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. N. B. Iyou decide to take Hoods sarsapa- rilIa do not be induced to buy any other.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
A MEAN MAN.
Won't Let a Woman Set Foot in His
 Hateful old Home.

Won't Let a Woman Set Foot in His
 Hateful old Home.
 From the Portland Oregonianl
 On cross street running south from the Base line road, short distance beyond W. S. Lsdd's farm, is house which is not Trappist monastery, but inside of which, nevertheless, it is said no woman has ever been allowed to set foot.
 The proprietor is stout, solid-looking man, probably about 40 years of age, who lives alone. The house is neat structure, quite in good order, but it has 6 lonely ,de- serted look withal.
 It is not known what this occupants grudge against womankind is, but it is evil dently deep-seated one and it is reported that the property has been willed to man on the condition that he never allows a woman to come on the place. and, in case he does, it is to escheat to the state.
 The neighbors look sskance at the place as they go by and whisper with bated breadth: ''That is the house in which 6 woman has never set foot" It is safe to bet that, notwithstanding the will, it will not be long after the present owner has | vacated the premises till women folks are ruling the roost there.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION,
What Kind of Woman Do Men Pre-
 fer for Wives.

Ter N1NeA.
 (From London Truth
 The Spectatar of last week has an arti- cle which points out to young ladies anx- ious to marry that men prefer as wives plain and clever girls to pretty simpletons, because beauty is evanescent;culturete teach es girls how to count, with the result that they are not extravagant, and that the ed ucsted girl is more affectionate than the un- educated. The moral of this is, be clever and be well educated, for then you will get husband, whether you are pretty or the reverse. Igrestly I question this view of matrimony AS rule, should say that clever men do not want their wives to be particularly clever.
 As for education increasing affection, or cleyerness hindering extravagance, experi- ence is rather the other way. If I were 6 girl on the lookout for husband should play the game by adroitly fisttering my contemplated victim: listening with rapt attention when he spoke, and, generally, seeking to create the impression on him, in wisdom and in charm, not inferior to the angels. At the same time I should en- deavor indirectly to bring home to the fact that in me he would find person with e heavenly temper, brimming over with domestic affection. should take care to be becomingly dressed, but my 'fget-up'' would look as if it cost nothing. I should eschew slang and manly games, and should be severely proper in my general behavior. In my movements should cultivate grace, and with this object I should secretly take lessons in dancing from Miss Lefty Lind. My likes and d;slikes would be those of my victim.
 In the present day s man rarely deliber. ately contemplates marriage. He likes toy, ing with the hook, but he does not intend to swallow it. The fly has to be very adroitly thrown to catch him. The mis. take girls make is not to distinguish be. tween flirting and fishing. One hears 6 good deal about the vanity of women Men are just as vain, and it is by keeping this fact well in mind that girl gets husband take the world as it is, and would back the girl who follows my advic in the matrimonial stakes against the gir who acts on the recommendation of the Spec tstor.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Is a concentrated extract of Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, Mandrake, DandeliOn, and other valuable vegetable remedies, every ingredient being strictly pure, and the best of its kind it is possible to buy.
 It is prepared by thoroughly competent phar- macists, in the most careful manner, by a peculiar Combination, Proportion and Process, giving to it curative power
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
100 Doses OneDoIIar
A DOCTOR.

Says that a man meter 70 centirneters 6 feet Il inches) tall should weigh 80 Kilograms or ioo pounds. That is just as many Kilograms as he measures centimeters in height Good health Is essential to good proportion. When debilitated sick use judiciously the c. O. Taylor old Bour- bon and G. O. Taylor Pure Rye whiskeys- They are standard beverages, well aged, pure and medicinal Physicians recommend them Drug. gfsts and grocers sell them Our firm name is or GRAVES 6oSs Sole Props, Boston, MssI.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
Great Dissolution Sale Mcintyre, Maglire & CO.

The most complete victory for low prices ever offered in the annals of the Dry Goods business. We have sacrificed our stock to hasten Dissolution. We have marked every conceivable thing in the building down, the majority to less than cost. Thousands of dollars worth of fash ionable and seasonable Dry Goods marked less than half price. Such an opportunity to buy this seasons goods has never before been presented to buyers. The assortment is not yet broken, for be it remembered all our Fall, Winter and Christmas Goods had been purchased previous to our determina- ton to dissolve. We ask you as favor to be lenient with us in delivering goods, for with our increased facilities it is impossi- ble to deliver all packages inside of twelve hours.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. one Dollar per Year, tn Advance.l Single Copies cents.
AT IT IN TEXAS.

The Farmers alliance seems everywhere determined to make all the trouble it can for those whom it professes to be trying to help. Several of it's branches in Texas have passed resolutions approving the alien land law and calling upon Governor Hogg to embrace in the list of subjects to be considered at an extra session that of a stay law. Of course such law would effectually exclude all outside capital from Texas. It would be about as foolish law as Texas, or any growing State, could pass There are many in Texas who see this and they are arguing strongly against any such action. They say that what is really need ed is an equity of redemption law. Such laws exist in most States, and allow the mortgagor whose property has been lost by failure to comply with the terms of the mortgage certain time in which to re- deem his property by paying to the mortgagee, or to the purchaser, if it has been sold, the amount of the original debt, with interest and the cost of foreclosure added. Such law "ouio Aoo away SoplIoA, DCSoOso it's only effect is to assure to the lender the return of the money loaned, together with interest on it and the expense that he has been put to, and that is all he wants. He doesn't want the land, and he doesn't fore close for the sake of getting it, but to pro- tect himself and get back the amount of the loan. If, then, by virtue of an equity of redemption, the debtor tenders him the principal and interest with costs, within a reasonable time-say two years-he is satisfied to release the land, and the mort gagor gets his property back.
 There is reason in this. It is to be hoped, for the credit of Texas, that the alliance fellows can be headed off. If they can't be the State will suffer very seri- oua1v
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
Cloak Department.

Cloak Department. Our line of New Jackets is surpassed by no house in the trade, as you can readily see by comparison. Our sacrificed prices are, to say the least, most gratifying to
 buyers.
 Ladies' Mackintoshes. Elevator
 A line we never kept before, but had re. | solved to put them in stock this year. Sac | riiced at cost. An opportunity we hardly
 think will be repeated again. Ladies' Muslin Underwear. Elevator.
 Although not generally done, merchants who believe in buying goods cheap usually place their orders for Cotton Underwear | in the summer to be delivered in January. We being unfortunate enough to do so this year, have ordered the same to be delivered l at once. And what profit we saved in early buying, as well as what could be made in l January, will be sacrificed in order to give
 our many friends the benefit of all goods
 at cost, thus saving from 25c to 50c on all garments. Upholstery Department. | Second Floor-Elevator. A marvellous display of Curtains of every description, both in Lace and Chenille Hol
 land and Opaque Shades. Bargain-seekers 1 you will never receive again Opaque 1 Shades, complete, with wide dado, at 25o
 Fine assortment of "Bromley's' best Rugs
 at cost prices.
 The same unparalleled bargains in Dress | Goods, Silks and Velvets, Hosiery and Un derwear, Gloves and Ribbons, Mems Un
 derwear, Mons Furnishings, Notions and
 Buttons, Furs, Capes and Muffs
 Blankets and Comfortables, Table Linens White Goods and Towels, Cottons, Elan
 nels, Prints, Ginghams, Cloakings, Aatra
 chans, Laces, Handkerchiefs, Infants
 Knitted Goods, Stamped Linens, Worsteds Pillow Rests, Hoods. Also basement l full of novelties at cost.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28

advice.
 Everybody is asking, if Samuel J. Til den's will wont stand whose will will? The answer to this conundrum is, woman's will will.
 The committee of experts appointed to solve the problem of transportation be- tween Chicago and the fair grounds has made it's report. The report mentions sev- en modes of travel and walking heads the list.
 Shirley Dare bids for the approval of the girls by asserting that fruit cake is more nourishing than modern bread, and that if one girl were to eat only fruit cake and another only bread for week it would be found that the cake-eater kept her strength better than the one who lived on bread alone. By and by somebody will discover that candy and gum are very nourishing Sanitary science, in the person of Dr Dumesnil, has discovered that cigarettes are infested with insects. He says tha many bronchial affections may be traced to the presence of these bugs. He declares that the insect is the product of an eg' which bug, peculiar to cigarettes, lay inside the wrapping. Fearful of doing tn insect an injustice, however, the diseov erer says that it only feeds upon the to bacco because of necessity. He also add that the bug belongs to the coleopterou | class of insects. Look out for it.
 Some people are very slow to learn.
 Is said that fully twenty-five thousan
 deaths occurred in one of the recent ep
 demics of smallpox in Guatemala, br
 notwithstanding this frightful mortalit
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
No. 25S
EEENOYlINE

It takes the strongest kind of a line to suspend the boy who has been brought up STREETS PERFECTION FOOD. If your boy is moi as strong as boy of his years should be, let him try them. You will be astonished at the result. We are having an unusually large demand this season for Street, Perfection Bnckwheat. House keepers say 1t makes the best cakes.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Rabbi Solomon of New York remarks: "Do not blow your own shofar." Good advice.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28

Everybody is asking, if Samuel J. Til den's will wont stand whose will wills The answer to this conundrum is, 8 woman's will will
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-09-11
An Outlaw shot.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. Altar
mon Murray, the colored outlaw,
who has killed seven men, delied the
authorities for nearly year, and ter
rorized wide section of country, was
killed this morning by Harley Early,
a colored lad of II. Murray ordered
Harley to 90 with him to Archer,
where he said he was going to "kill
some crackers" and then leave Alchua
county. Murray made the boy get a
double barreled shotgun at his
brothers house. Both barrels were
loaded with buckshot and Early put
Is more in each barrel. While pass
ing through a swamp toward Archer,
Early pretended he did not know the
trail and asked MURRAY to lead. The
desperate did So and Immediately
Early poured the contents of both gun
barrels into the back of Murray
head, killing him instantly. Early
then notified the people at Archer
and Il crowd went to the spot, brought
the corpse to town aud afterward sent
it to Gainesville. The excitement
there was intense. Early was the
hero of the hour. lie will get S150C
in rewards.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-09-11
sixteen Biown to Atoms.

White Pigeon, Mich, Sept A.
The dynamite factory Of Farrinold "
Co., near this place, exploded yester-
day. 1t is estimated that there were
about twenty tons Of dynamite in the
building, which was q three story
brick. Scarcely a vestige of it re-
mains.
Sixteen workmen, mostly Swedes
and Norwegians, were completely an
affiliated. Not an atom of them is To
be found, aud it is impossible to learn
their names, rs the company's books
are lost. AS il was early none OF the
proprietors were in the building at the
time of the explosion. The loss Is
estimated at $4,000.
The conclusion in White Pigeon
was awful, and citizens were badly
frightened. Goods in the stores were
thrown from the shelves, and the
houses rocked to and fro. The spire
of the German Lutheran Church fell
with loud crash, and the walls OF
several buildings are cracked and
damaged.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-09-11
Bobbie's Hair Crown,

Robbie" said grandmamma one
day, you have been very good little
boy while you have staid with me, and
] am going TO giveyou present"
THANK you, grandma,nma," said
Bobbie very politely.
"Here 1t Is "a new half crown" said
the old lady, giving the little boy a
piece Of bright silver money; but"
added she, mind. Robbie, you don't
spend it."
The little boys face from smiling
grew very grave He thought M,
ute, then handed back the money,
''Thank you, grandunamma, but
don't want it,"
Don't want it. Why. Bobbie, what
do you mean3"
well, grandmamma. If l may not
spend the money, what can do with
itT
well, Bobhie, suppose you are
too young to understand the value OF
money yet, so think. after all, must
let you spend it, but you must first
learn proverb Say after me, Take
care of the pence and the pounds will
take care OF themselves"
think Bobbie was too young to un
derstand the proverb, but he was not
at all too young to go to toyshop and
spend his half crown, which he did a
soon as ever he could. Exchange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-09-11

Judge Wheeler last Friday decided
in favor of Christopher G, Campbell,
in Campbell's suit against the city Of
New York, to recover the amount of
a claim for the use Of a relief valve
by which the water pressure used by
steam fire engines can be regulated.
The amount involved may reach ST.,
500, 900 or more, as all the engines
used by the city are equipped with
this valve and the suit has been pend
ing for nearly ten years.-New York
Press.
1t will be remembered that this case
was heard in Brattleboro two or three
months ago.