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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-13
BLACKsNAKR AND RATHER.

The Constructor Wins After n Des-
perate battle on the Florida sand.
From the Florida Times -Union.l
A thrilling fight between a blacksnake
and rattlesnake was witnessed on the
Cummings orange grove by party of gen.
tlemen from Dsytona. For several weeks
past blscksnske about ten feet long has
had its headquarters under an old crib on
the grove, appearing occasionally, but
was as large around as ones wrist, and as
fierce looking fellow as one would want
to encounter. The gentlemen were sitting
under a large palmetto tree enjoying the
pleasant afternoon, when they noticed q
rattlesnske creep slowly and cautiously
out from a brush heap and coil himself
with head in the air and eyes turned to-
ward the party, as if to say, Here 1 am"
One gentleman seized a club, but the other
persuaded him to delay his attack and
watch the reptile for a while and see what
it would do. They had chance to size
up the stranger, which was about six feet
long and of a grayish striped color In a
few minutes ths black snake was seen to
appear from under the crib fifty feet dis
tsnt and move slowly toward the rattle
snake.
Now for fight" said Mr.. Bert Walk
er, and the party drew back to give the
reptiles full show. Noiselessly came
the huge black fellow, carrying his head
high in the air ann occasionally drop
ping it, apparently studying the ground
around which he was to make the at
tack. 1t was plainly evident that the
black snake wanted to fight. When with
in twenty feet of the other creature he
stopped, raised his head, and the rattle
snake saw him for the first time. The
ground between them was clear, not a
stick or a stone being noticed for many
yards.
The rattler raised his head and threw out
his tongue and seemed to be prepared .or
an encounter. They really reminded one
of a couple of desperate men Just entering
the arena for a fight to the death. Pres
emily the black champion started on q cir
Gle around his prey, getting nearer to the
rattler every minute. The rstfler never
took his eyes from the approaching enemy,
and his head going srsund reminded the
lookers-on of the movement of g cork
screw. When within six feet of the rat
tier the black fellow few around 90 fast
that you could hardly tell what IL was. II
was like taking q strng tied to q stick and
twirling 1t with all ones might. Sudden
ly the two came together and Immediately
became entwined sbont each other, rolling
over and over in the dust. This lasted for
fully five minutes. Then there was q lull
and the blacksnske was seen to have his
adversary by the throat with his mouth.
His body was twisted about the rattler,s
body aud every few seconds he would give
squeeze that sent the rattler 90 much
| further toward his end.
In ten minutes the black hero droppsd
| the body OF bis victim, drew himself up,
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ticle in our last issue relating to the pro-
ceedings of the town council, read 'Regu-
lar Meeting.'"
Labor legislation" is sometimes incon-
venient The New Jersey legislature re-
Gently passed a ffty-fve-hour law for fac
tories. A dispatch from Elizabeth Gays
the big shops, including the Singer COM
pany and the Crescent iron works, have
decided to ignore the law and return to
the ffty-seven-hour schedule, which the
employees prefer.
We occasionally see green hair on a
stage Irishman, but the exceptional dis
tinction of head of real green hair be-
longs to Daniel McCorry, bronze colorer
at Carey Brothers wall paper factory,
Philadelphia. He was once blessed with
blonde hair, but in following his trade he
was constantly amid acids and bronzes,
and finally he observed his hair changing
to rich emerald green.
The laws delay has received a striking
illustration in q case involving an award
of damages in New York city which was
begun in 1873, which has been to the
court of appeals, which has had two de-
cisions on one side and one on the other
from that imposing tribunal, and which
has Just started on its fourth journey up
wards. 1t involves either $5 900 or S10S,
600. Which of these sums Is really in
volved is the question at issue.
According to an opinion recently given
by the corporation counsel of Brooklyn
pensioners who reside In the State of New
York may be considered as exempt from
paying taxes on any property acquired by
them with their pension money. The
opinion is that property purchased entirely
by pension money is wholly exempt; if
purchased partially by pension money it is
exempt to the extent that it represents the
pension money. This is an Interpretation
of the New York statutes only.
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Rrrufstu116, &c.
A. FEHLBERGS

New York Fresh sausages Of all kinds take the
lead. Also Cheese, Butter, Eggs.
We keep some Of the very best brands OF Flour.
Very GOOD Coffees and Teas Fine Pickels, Mus
tard, Imported Sardines, Caviar, etc., etc. Re-
member our goods are not the cheapest but the
best. 116 Congress avenue,
an7 A. FEHLBERG.
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Aty 6nnds.
Even Mcintyre
& Go.
Wednesday, July 10, 1892.
High tide, 1871 a. m. Low tide, e:sa p. m.

Extremes meet at this time of the year.
Are you accustomed to sharp contrasts 2
Have you ever seen the very, very big and
| the very, very little come together ?
Whatever your experiences in this direc-
ton have been, it isn't likely that you
have ever seen the mountain in quality
and the molehill in price keeping close
company with each other. 1t is buying
the mountain and the molehill together
when we offer many values reduced over
so per cent, or, in other words, the quail
ity is as high as it can possibly be, and
the price lower than any figures that the
most economical of purchasers ever
dreamed of.
Wednesday we give you few of these
extremes-mayb they will last till closing
time, but we hardly think SO.
WEDNESDAY we offer
Several yards of that famous $1.25 Lans-
down that we sold 80 much of, price 75c.
WEDNESDAY we offer
Figured Sateens, Polkas, etc.; you know
the grades we sold at $50 and 374c.
Price 19c yard.
WEDNESDAY we offer
The celebrated Scotch Ginghams in the
choicest of Plaids, sold always at $50,
now 19c.
WEDNESDAY we offer
French all wool Challies in queenly styles,
retailed by us at SOC, now &c.,
WEDNESDAY we offer
Figured Swiss Lawns, cloth worth buy
ing. It is not only fashionable and
good in quality, but Sc under the regu-
lar price only 1Oc yard.
WEDNESDAY we offer
SO inch French finished Challies in cream,
ecru, blue, nile and several other choice
grounds with lovely sprigs and flowers
this quality also is &c under price, only
10c yard.
WEDNESDAY we offer
A few pieces more of pretty Challies at
3tc yard.
WEDNESDAY we offer
A late shipment of Ladies' Fancy Hose,
imported to retail at 18o, price 1910.
WEDNESDAY we offer
The Young Folks Black (Ribbed) Hose,
that most stores would consider cheap
at 15c net and over-estimate at that, our
price 10c pair.
WEDNESDAY we offer
Stamped Pillow Shams, made of good
cotton, at 19c pair.
WEDNESDAY we offer
A line of 80 inch Drapery Silks, actual re-
tail value $1.25, our price soc yard.
Store closes Fridays at one O'Clock until
September 1st.
Return Railroad Fare
Paid to out-of- town customers who buy $40
worth of goods.
EVEN MCINTYRE { CO.,
CHAPEL STREET,
New Haven, ct.
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t6u0Ihl huuluiCy "ou eoulo Sfont flCto-
ries yesterday.
New Haven goats have fair appetites,
but we call their envious attention to the
Philadelphis goat which has caused the
trial of its owner on a complaint that the
animal had "gnswed off the top of by
drant."
The devil often assumes strange dis
euises, but he outdid himself in q London
street preacher, recently arrested, who
proved to be the pal of pickpockets. He
drew a crowd and prayed while his accom-
plices preyed upon the crowd.
An Ohio inventor has patented collar
in which the end button holes are placed
in tabs of thinner material, thereby avoid
ing the trouble of buttoning a stiff band.
Now let him invent button that won't
roll under the bureau and all will be well.
The intelligent compositor and the lynx
eyed proof-reader don't take vacations. An
Indiana paper has found 1t necessary to
publish tho following corrections 'For
Burglar Msssipg' IN the heading Of tho az'
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took one last look, and then wound of
into the brush.
II was q rare and remarkable scene and
thoroughly enjoyed by all of the party.
One of the gentlemen raised up the dead
rattler on stick and found thst he was
terribly gsshed and mAngled- Like the
boa constructor, the black snake does not
bite, but crushes out the life of its VIC
tim.
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The Constructor Wins After a Des-
perate Battle on the Florida sand.
From the Florida Times ITnfon
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ticle in our last issue relating to the pro-
ceedings of the town council, read 'Regu-
lar Meetine,'"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-25
WHAT II IT THAT GETS pRusk,

What Is 1t that gets drunk when one takes
too much whisky, ais body or his mind, OF,
more comprehendvely, his soul? Every one
has seen mans body drunk while his mind
was sober; that Is to say, he could control
neither his arms nor his legs but he could
control his thought, and be entirely capable
Of transacting business safely. The most
satisfactory notion which one can form Of
the strange phenomena, which the Society
OF, Psychic Research has been investigating
Is, that they are the product Of nerve forca,
as it Is fairly demonstrated that they occur
only under certain conditions. These phe-i
nomena come nearest to what are imagined
held, Ii dependent ON nervous equilibrium,
When one Is sick it is because there Is an e1-
cess of nervous action In one direction and o
deficiency in another. Torestore the quality
of this nervous action Is to restore health.
Suggestion, q purely psychical thing, Is the
agency of this restoration. The sick man ID
nut In the way of utilizing his own forces to
heal himself. The soul turns doctor Of the
body. Through suggestion, tho victim Of
drink becomes his own reformer. So 1t ia
the body which gets drunk and not the soul,
although the soul may wickedly enjoy the
sight Of the body making fool Of itself. So
we have the statement that the drinkers
cured by hypnotic suggestion, have un.
dergone moral transformation" and the
further statement that as this cannot be
brought about by any drug, "the bi-chloride
of gold may serve subsidiary purpose as
tonic" but the cure is effected BY faith
which comes in the way Of suggestion.
ropolitan Rural Home.
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TOTAL ABSTINENCE WORK.

We heartily .pprove Of the position taken
by the National Temperance Society in
favor of more earnest work along the line OF
total abstinence. We agree with the view
that the educational department Of the tenn
perance cause has been too much neglected
in recent years. We must return to these
lines of effort with all and more than all the
old-time zeal and energy If we would hope
to hasten the day Of our emancipation from
the liquor power. All the advantage lies On
our side in the sphere Of educational effort.
We have all truth on our slde-all the facts
of science, of history, and Of experience. We
have only to set these facts clearly before
the minds and hearts OF the people to WIN
them over to the truth. All this means that
there should not be any slackening OF efforG
in the legislative line or any other line OF
temperance work. Good laws themselves
have an educational value, and It Is import
ant to make as rapid progress in this direc1
tion as circumstances will permit. But tne
purely educational work must not be al
lowed to fall behind. The doctrine Of total
abstinence must be emphasized more than it
has been through the press and from the
platform and the pulpit. Sound temper1nce
literature should be scattered knee e-deep over
the land. More attention should be given
to the teaching OF temperance in the puolc
schools. There is q law in nearly all our
States recurring that text. books on certain
phases of this subject should be introduced
In the public schools but this la# Is not
generally observed. Right here-fs field OF
Effort which might engage all the energies
of many Of our best and ablest temperance
workers for a long time to coms-to secure
the enforcement Of this wise law.-Christlan
at Work.
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Studying COl0rs.
THE END.l

The subject of color is one that de-
mands very careful aud exhaustive study.
1t has beer said that no man ever lived
long enough to learn all that might be
known of colors. If there is any ap.
proximation to the truth in this state
ment it is possible for the amateur to
acquire only the most superficial idea OF
them. Enough, however, may be learned
to enable one gifted with ordinary in
telligence to produce fairly good and
artistic effects. There has been much
discussion as to the relative value OF
American and foreign colors. Some
authorities insist that there is no such
thing as American color, and base their
assertion upon the statement that all OF
the materials from which the best coors
are made are foreign products. and that
the colors, therefore, cannot be Amer
icau. Much has been said Of the habit
of chasing white and black as colors,
and hany persons insist that they are the
absence of all color. Eminent au.horl-
ties have, however, declared that they
are the extremes and comprehend all
colors. However this may be, they arc
indispensable to the artist. He .inds In
the one the means of diluting and light
ening all tints and shades and in the
other m element that gives the necessary
shadows and darkest tones. The two
judicioasly blended produce admirable
results in black and white, which are to
some extent fashionable and of viii n
there are in some of our best collections
some notable examples.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
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driving from Buffalo to their homes.

driving from Buffalo to their homes. It
was never proved who the murderers
were, but it is presumed that they were
hired by the big stockmen. About this
time the small ranchmen, who shipped
their beef to the Omaha and Chicago
markets, found that the proceeds of sale
had been turned over to the agents of
the Stock Association, and were held by
them on the ground that the cattle were
stolen and, in order to get this money,
the small ranchmen were compelled to
prove ownership. Bills of sale from any
one save large stockman we're not con-
sidered good, and the only result was q
lawsuit. The small ranchmen, who had
sold but $500 or $4O0 worth of beef,
felt that to 60 to Cheyenne and fight the
Stock Association iu the courts there
was folly, ano yet this money he wanted
to use to buy his winters supply of pro-
visions. This is why he grew desper-
ate.
'It is claimed that there was over
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aud the proceeds of the sale went into a
fund of the Stock Association to pay for
the stock detectives, etc. But it was
further provided that the person bidding
must have. $500 on deposit in some
Wyoming bank and certificate to that
effect. Under this provision the small
ranchmen with a few head of cattle
could not bid, and it was considered by
them high-handed arrangement of the
big stockmen. Another provision made
it penitentlary offense to brand NAV
erick unless done by the regular foreman
OF the roundup.
"At this time number of the better
class of cowboys had located ranches on
the various streams, bought small punches
of cattle from their savings and turned
them loose on the ranges. They had
been edu lated by their employers that
all mavericks belonged to the man who
found them, and instead of putting their
employers brand on them, they put on
their own. During the summer months
they worked for some of the large cat
tlemen and invested their earnings IN
cattle when they had the opportunity.
With a few exceptions, these small
ranchmen were among the best citizens.
Many of them were married. had little
ranches and were industrious, ,hard-work.
ing men.
"About this time the stock association
made list of all boys owning brand
and small herds and black-balled them,
giving their foreman instructions not to
give them employment, hoping in this
way to starve them out and discourage
others from going into the business, be-
cause every boy who took up a ranch
fenced it in, and by so doing controlled
he water and naturally deprived tht
owners of the large herds of good por
ton of their range.
"But instead of running the small
ranchman out of the country it turned
what otherwise would have been an hon
lest, industrious ranchman into a 'rustler
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THE TYPICAL WYOMING COWBOY.

for self-protection. All his life had been
spent in the saddle; he knew nothing
else, and, as he could not get employ
ment on the range, he did the next best
thing, he took jack outfit and went out
over the country branding mavericks.
For this he was arrested and tried, but
never convicted, and then went up the
hue and cry that it was impossible to get
Justice or convict rustler, that the evil
dence was prima facie, and in some cases
the defendant even went so far as to ad-
NIT on the stand that he had branded a
maverick.
"But when esereports we're sent out
it was not explained that in the trial of
each case it was proven beyond doubt
that a maverick is an orphan calf; that
it belonged to no one, was not claimed
by any one, and, therefore, case could
not be made out. Because to convict a
man of stealing an article you must first
prove that the article belonged to some
one else. This naturally made the rus
tiers bold, and there have been cases
where they went so far as to kill the COW
in order to make maverick OF the calf,
but such cases were rare.
HThe whole system was a mistake,
and they are just beginning to realize it.
The idea of several men organizing a
stock company and investing two or
three hundred thousand dollars in cattle,
then turning them loose out on the open
range to roam at will over a section OF
country often one hundred miles and two
hundred miles in extent, and calling 1t
legitimate business, is absurd.
.But to come down to the war in
johnson County. That county is one of
the most fertile in the State. Numerous
streams come down from the mountains,
and during the past few years these
streams have all been located by small
ranchmen, who have small herds. These
lands back from the streams are all good
grazing lands, but the fencing of the
streams by the small ranchmen has ruined
the county for large herds and the big
stockmen have done all in their power to
drive out these small ranchmen. Most
of them are honest, industrious men,
while few are rustlers and thieves pure
and simple.
..In November last two of these small
ranchmen, Ranger Jones and John Tis
| dale, were shot down from ambush while
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bers of the Stock Association equal to
those taken from them in Chicago.
"This coming to the knowledge OF
the Stock Association they decided on
the course they are now pursuing, OF
going in there with an armed force and
exterminating the inhabitants OF john
son County.
"sherif Angus, Of that county, is a
man who is in sympathy, not with the
rustlers, but with the small ranchmen.
He Is man of great nerve, and when he
called on the citizens to assist him in
arresting the armed force that without
authority of law invaded his county he
Quickly gathered about him, 200 or 900
COWBOYS who were familiar with the
country and at home in the saddle.
"While the great majority OF these
small ranchmen are honest, industrious
fellows, they are all desperately daring,
with but few towards. These so-called
srustlers' are not outlaws, and it is doubt
full if a half dozen could be indicted.
."Just after the surrender of the stock
mems party Sheriff Angus said bitterly:
Il want you all to distinctly understand
that did not ask for assistance from the
Governor. His militia was tied up from
me when did need it, and OF what use
is it now9 There and there and there,
continued Angus, pointing to rife-pits,
Il had them completely surrounded:
They could not get away. Look there,
pointing to bis men; see my posse, 2oo
strong.
{" 'The stock people came in here with
murder and destruction in their hearts
and hands. They have murdered and
burned and de6ed the law and it was my
duty to arrest them. They were mine.
I had them in my grasp and they were
taken from me. They made no secret of
their intentions to kill "Red" Angus
along with the others, and "Red" Angus
never owned steer in his life. To take
the city of Buffalo and run the county
was no easy game. The tables were
turned upon them and low they are not
as much arrested as rescued. They are
rich; they can buy any person or office
they want; they will go free and return
again to do more bloody work."
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long standing. A well.known Wyoming
man and member of the Western Cattle
Association has given the World CORE.
spondent this history of the affair:
1.-THE original herds of cattle in
Wyoming were driven there from Texas,
and, of course, the boys who assisted in
driving them on the trail were employed
on their arrival to act as cowboys for the
Wyoming owners. A Texas cowboys
only religion is that grass, water and
mavericks are the bounteous gifts of
benefcient Providence, distributed Law
isbly over the Western plains for the
benefit of w-puuchers, who appropriate
them as a prospector does a ledge OF
mineral by right of discovery.
"But in Wyoming for number OF
years the cowboy had no use for maver.
icks except occasionally for beef, and
so, when the roundup began in the
spring, all mavericks found were dis
tribr ted among the owners of the herds.
All men, however, are grasping, and
these owners soon began to offer to the
BOYS premiums of 50 much per head on
all mavericks branded with their brand,
and in this way cow-puncher who was
a good roper could make from $40 to
$50 per month over and above his salary.
This, OF course, was an inducement for
every cowboy to be on the watch for
mavericks, and gradually resolved itself
into desire to create mavericks.
"There are several ways to create
maverick. CA maverick is an orphan
calf or calf not following any particu-
lar cow In the first place the mother
dies and the calf manages to live as best
it can; then again in the roundup
COW and calf may be missed by the boys
in the circle and not brought into the
roundup. and therefore not branded, so
that in the fall the calf has left its
mother and is maverick. Then the
bows can create mavericks, but in order
to make this more plain I will give an
illustration:
"a foreman instructs his boys to scat
ter in different directions and get hold
of everything in sight and for all they
brand with his brand they are to receive
SO much PIT head.
"The past winter has been favorable
for cattle, and mavericks are scarce.
The cowboys know they will roundup
this same country ag ain in the fall, 50