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Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
A FORTUNE FOUND IN SOAR.
How a Brakeman Discovered
SWedess Hoarded Gold.
TEHro,,, ba Earon

How a Brakeman Discovered n
SWede's Hoarded Gold.
From the Fargo Argusl
Mr.. Runey, in conversation with 9 num-
Der of travellers, told the following story,
which he says actually occurred In his pres
ence while en- route on Great Northern
freight train last week near Morris, MINI.
''I boarded freight train at Hancock, "
he began, zen route to Breckenridge.
box cars. arranged with three brskemen
to make the rounds and see If they couldn't
be made to put up for their ride acted
the part of the conductor, while the train
men followed out my instructions. We
went from one car to another until we had
visited all but one. Few failed to comply
| with our request. but showed hostility and
would doubtless have taken the advantage
of our email number had 1 not provided
myself with a gun. which protruded in full
| view from my coat pocket.
The last car We visited was partially
| loaded with lime, and between the barrels
We found two Swedes who handled the
American language in most humorous
manner. We Informed them they would
necessarily have to pay for their ride OF gel
off at the next station, to which the spokes
man replied: "Vwe don'tgat no muny; we
bane com from Mort Docota, ,und work pur'
| ty hard and gats no muny-"
"whers do you want TO soi' ssked th'
| brakeman
| sTVwe want tn go tn Mainoplis.n
trYou are headed In the wrong direction,
returned the brakeman
oval we 60 tn Breckenridge und we del
90 ast. WE no name dare no ba guide fal
Ter, und let MS rade."
The brakemen were not satisfied with tn
Swedes' statements that they were money
lsss, SO they were ssarched. While Ii
searching was going on one of the Swede'
said again:
"vwe don't gate nu muny, sopuse Wv
ly bout lsddle ting like date"
The brakeman, being satisfied that thsl
was no money on their persons, was Abor
to withdraw from the car, when he disco
| cred small bundle In the corner of Il
I car tied mp with handkerchief The bul
die was examined. A pair of old socks Ct
/ several rags were tightly wEspPed sso1s
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piece of soap about 2K6 inches In size
The brakeman said he guessed he would
take the soap anyway, as he could use IL
himself. Here the Swedes made q robust
protest, saying: mo, Fwe don't want you
tn take dote sope."
What good is the sosp to you" ssksd
the brakeman.
"Vwe want dA sope for wash wild bsfur
wye gate in hainopolis."
What do you expect to do In Minneap-
oliafn said the brakeman.
"Vwe tank we VILE gate leddls work tn
du dare, as a bA prutty guide toun-"
The brakeman then said he wonld do the
fair thing and only take half the soap, TO
which the Suedes begged earnestly for him
to leave ths soap. The brakeman took ths
cake over his knee and broke 1t through
the center, and lol to the Amazsmsnt of All,
$50 gold piece rolled out. By this tine
the Swedes were nearly wild and their
calculations were side splitting in the sx-
trsme.
The soap was then cut into bits and $500
In gold coin, consisting of twenties, tens
and hves, taken out. The Swedes had
adopted this strange method of safely dis
guising their possessions, but, as misfor-
tune had il, their novel idea failed. It is
needless to say that the brakeman Rppro-
priated one of the shining pieces for
his own uss, to the hesrtrending dismsy of
the sons Of Sweden, and departed for the
caboose.
The money left was closely slowed away
in their pockets and the soap looked upon
with scorn. On reaching Breckenridge
they purchased tickets and boarded the
esstbound passenger train, ssdder, but evil
IDENTIFY much wiser individuals, declaring
between their teeth that they had severed
their connection with soap forever.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
How to Control a Runaway Horse.


No horse can or will run away with his
neck handsomely srched and without bear
ing hard against the bit. By having him
carefully He1ed and mouthed you put his
head, neck and mouth in position to make
resistance against the bit physical impos-
sibility, and even If he should be fright
ened into running, the muscles Of his neck
and jaws, having by previous training been
brought under absolute control. he Will
quickly yield to the pressure OF the bit,
and can be managed with ease. Besides
forcing the horse into physical obedience,
he1ing and mouthing have an equal moral
effect, viz: Being taught that the pain
caused by pulling the bit ceases with the
beginning of his obedience, he always, as
| 1t were, anticipates your wishes by yield
| ing Immediately. These results obtained
| by fiexipg and mouthing refer 10 both driv-
| ing and saddle horses. Have your horses
| well trained, feIed and mouthed before
driving or riding them through the streets
OF in the park, and you will have fewer &C.
cidents, fewer wagons to repair and fewer
doctor bills to pay.
To hold spirited horse, one of those
luggsrs who nearly pull you of the saddle
or who pull the Hsgon by the mouth, with
the reins ss traces fastened to your hands
and you as q substitute for whiHietree, ia
no pleasure You wrap the reins around
your hands. You use buttons or loops, or
universal or patent bits which, giving the
horse more pain, only cause him to pull
harder, for he wants to free himself from
the torture inflicted by the bit. Or by an
oyerdraw attached to the thin bit, the lat
ter piuching the mouth (ths thinner and
smaller the bit the greater the torturel, you
elevate his Rose and tie 1t up 10 hiE tail,
keeping him for hours in q strained posi-
tIon, which produces that peculiar stif
| movement of shoulders and forelegs 50
noticeable IN horses checked by high over
draws But you do not remedy the trouble;
| the horse still 'lugs"
If you, instead of fighting the whole
horse at once, would hrst become master
Of bis separate parts, particularly his neck
and Jaws, by having them fexed and EDp-
| pied so that you can handle them with
ease, you would have no trouble, no lug
sing, no running away. If the horse lugs
4 with his jaws resting against the bit, it u
Il not caused by the hardness of aesh in the
/ mouth, but by the position of his head and
Il neck and the stiffness of the latter, re-
ceiving and oentering in II the impetus of
Of his body; he may, for instance, have q
heavy muscular neck and strong, narrow
| jswbones; the muscles OF the neck not be-
/ ing, by tieIing, taught TO yield, those which
4 carry the head and neck stretched cut are
predominant, and, although he would like
| to evade the pain inflicted by the bit, he
cannot do SO, but must rush sgsinst 1t.
Remove the cause and the trouble viii DIG
appear.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
Sn1ruaI aud Gnmrter.
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
Hshod in Connecticut.
SOME GOOD TICKETS.

SVh uOoD
The Republican city and town conven-
tions held last evening made up some good
tickets for the voters. The Hon. James
D. Dewell, nominated for mayor, needs no
introduction to the people of New Haven.
He came 30 near being elected two years
ago that there has been feeling ever since
that he ought to be the candidate this
year. He will have hearty support this
time, and he will not fail of election from
any lack of we'll directed effort.
Attorney Livingston W. Cleavsland, the
nominee for City Clerk, Is young lawyer
of ability and prominence, and has an in
innate eacquaintancewith city affairs gained
by conscientious and useful service in the
board of councilmen. He would make a
thoroughly good city clerk.
Mr.. Richardson, Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Ayres
and the gentlemen nominated on the town
tickets are all worthy of the hearty ap-
proval and support of the voters. They
should all be elected,
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

per cent. copper. He enlarged operations
and now gets $4,000 q year from this
source.
The prominence of electricity in chem
icsl processes Is again brought forward by
the announcement of the discovery of q
new electric process for obtaining caustio
soda, chlorine and other commercial
chemicals from salt water. Electro-chem-
ical industries already well established In
clude such important branches as the
reduction of aluminium and aluminium al
loys, bleaching, tanning and the extraction
Of metals from ore. Should this new
process prove wholly successful, 1t is eI-
pected to reduce the price of these COM
mercial chemicals one-hslf. The water of
the sea will then be the 'traw material"
from which these products are derived,
and tariff discussion about them can be
stopped.
A plan is on foot to bring the army of
California gold -diggers Of 1S49 together at
the Worlds fair In June, 1898. The Argo-
nauts now living In California who have
never returned east are determined, accord
ing to report, to make the journey next
year, taking in the fair on their way. 1t
seems that the pioneers who beat retreat
without funds from the land of gold and
resumed.the prosaicioecupations which they
had abandoned in the States east of the
Mississippi far outnumber their California
associates. Indeed, 1t Is stated by pion-
eer who is making arrangements for the
reunion, that the surviving Forty Miners
number several thousands. His idea Is
that there would be scenes of wild enthus-
iasm among the survivors from all over the
country If they could meet at the California
building next June, register their names.
and tell over again to sympathetic ears
their battles with hardship and expecta-
uons unrealized.
Some impressive facts concerning the
danger of infection by paper money have
been educed by archaeological analysis
of the bank notes of the Spanish Bank of
Havana in general circulation. Attention
was drawn to the subject by the fact that
circulation increased the weight of the
notes in consequence of their acquiring
foreign matter. The examination made
showed on the notes in use for some time
q considerable number of microbes, and on
some notes as many as 10000 microbes
were detected. Eight pathogenie species
were encountered, including those of
diphtheria and tuberculosis. The result
of the examination was that general
warning was issued to the public against
the active source of danger. The use OF
bank notes Is at all times attended with
certain degree of risk, and especially in
Havana, where children have the habit OF
carrying paper money in their mouths and
are thus very liable to swallow the germs
of some mortal disease.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
FASHION NOTES.
A Beautiful SFake.o

In these days of inexpensive and YET
rioh-looking plushes, of smooth-faced
cloth in dainty colorings, and the innu'
merable demi-tones shown in woolen ia
brics, 1t is possible to turn ont charming
little evening wraps at very small sum-
or to make handsome ones at . moderate
cost. So If you desire gorgeous sort oi
evening wrap to wear to the thester, party
or ball, you can 'fake" one-as the slans
would phrase it-by mixing new and ole
material adroitly For those who hapPer
to possess long fronts and wide old-fash
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

Among the wealthy classes of Japan It
is considered undigniied to ride horse
faster than a walk. In this country many
who ride horses faster than o walk look
very undignifed.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

There are some taxes which the patient
and tax-burdened Germans find 1t hard to
stand. Indignation meetings are being
held and petitions drawn up all over Ger
many to protest against the proposed in
crease Of the beer tax.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

It is said that the presidents message
will be delivered in about fifteen thousand
words. If 1t were given in five thousand
words 1t might be somewhat generally read.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

The skill and perfect workmanship of
sixteen of the leading cloak makers was
contributed to our stock last week. The
beauty and perfect fit of these goods are
unrivaled. Prices are unquestionably be-
low the market. Prices range from So. 9s
RANTED.
Ask to see the pretty Three Cape Coat we
sell at $1250.
Children's Elder Down Coats, fur trimmed,
at 50 so. A marvel at the price.
Don't fail to look at the Mackintoshes we
offer at $3.50. Every garment war
ranted.
Special sale Ladies' Tea Gowns and Wrap
pers, from 81 90 to $3.50.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

DR.. Bull's Cough Syrup has always been
| kept up TO the standard. 1t is the same 1t
was forty years sgo, the best sold
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Ten thousand women of London have
signed an agreement to wear skirts five
inches or more above the ground in muddy
weather. Noble ten thousand!
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

It sometimes pays to be obsel wing G..
T. Miller, of Butte, Montana, noticed that
water from q certain mine speedily de-
stroyed tools and tin cans, which were not
only washed away, but covered with de-
posit of copper. He meditsted, and then
bought the right to the water. Then he
dumped all sorts Of metal refuse into tanks,
turned on the water, and after time
soraped up the sediment and tou I'd II 80
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
ELY'S
Cream Balm

CeAnsFs s the
Nasal Passages
AllRys Pain and
Inflammation,
Heals the Sores
Restores the
Senses OF Taste al
Smell.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

Dress Trim
ming depart
ment Forty
pieces Silk
Gimps, in all
colors, reduced
to 1sc per yd ;
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

The new Alba
Twill Skirts, as
handsome as
Black Surah
Silk, at $1,25,
also Fast Black
Lasting Skirts,
Ok
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

Another case
of those fam
GUS California
Diamond VAL
ley Blankets at
$6. 25 per pair;
borders are OIL
The best fine
, -I~- ~ @Is-
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02

For the pur-
pose of reduc-
ing surplus
stock we offer
10 pieces ALI
Wool 45 inch
Black Serges
: yard ; regular
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-02
1rtJ Gnnds.

8 Cape Jackets
in black, tan
and navy, at
S14. SO each.
The price in
most cloak de-
partments Is
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fangs of wondrous length and poison ex.
ceedingly copf0us, tits especially his great
length, and consequent power of striking to
such remarkable distance that renders
him truly the terror of the woods.
Power Of the Bushmast.r.
He grows to the length of from 8 to 10 feet,
and has been found 13h. Now deadly snakes
can usually launch themselves to distance
equal to two-thirds or even three-fourths of
their own length. What, then. must be the
peril of attempting to take an or 10foot
bushmaster with an s.foot stick. The strik-
ing distance depends altogether on the man
ner of the coil. If this is well laid he has
full power. But if, on the contrary, as is
usually the case, It is entangled within itself
or with surrounding roots or branches his
striking distance is curtailed. Should he be
encountered with untrammeled coil the
hunter must keep at respectful distance
and force him to shift his position until he
becomes involved SO as to reduce the biting
range and so allow a safe approach. Then
even the great bushmaster may be taken
with little risk, as once did very large
one in the forests of Trinidad although, had
his coil been well laid, he could have struck
me in the face OF breast where I stood.
The accompanying diagrams show the
comparative distances to which poisonous
snake can strike under various conditions.
In figure l. with support on Alb, he will
strike toe. In figure 9, without support, he
he will not strike beyond and d In those
directions. In figure 8, with support ON
Alb, and being free in the line to E, he can
strike to that point; while in the line to
kink, at C, will prevent his striking beyond
that point. In figure 1, with support on
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laritv, causing the eye to lose him, as it
were, in the sameness of his surroundings.
Stoop gently over him. He will not fly at
you. Is he asleep? Who can tell? Yet
| his ewes are wide open-round CLASSY balls
of gray, with vertical pupil like the cats
They never close, even when he sleeps. He
is ever thus wide-eyed, gazing alike on the
mysteries of day and night.
Catching a Rattlesnake.
1 touch him gently. The quiet coil be.
Gins to move within itself He draws back
his head slightly. The tail, with its warn
ing rattle, starts up vertically from the CEN
ter of convo1ution and the signal of alarm
is given. 1t vIbrates SO rapidly that the
eye cannot follow the movement. 'Tis
blur upon the sight. To the ear it is like
the rustling of withered leaves with some
resemblance to the whirring song of the
cicada 1 touch him gently again, that the
head may be thrust forward clear of the
coils. Aha! There 1t comes. I press with
the bent stick on his neck gently but firmly
to the ground. Then STOPPING, steadying
the stick with my knee, I take him with
my hand around the neck, close behind the
jaws. In this way he cannot turn to bite.
Into one of the bags 1 have with me drop
him, tail foremost, and carry him of In tri-
umph.
Otler dangerous snakes OF tQ6 SdIue ldLu-
ily are the copperhead and the water moe
casin, the former inhabiting the hillside and
the latter the rivers of the Southern States.
Both these and the rattler are 10th to strike,
and even when provoked will often be salts
fed with one bite. They are not to be COM
pared for size or venom to the terrible Fer
de Lance. Unlike them, although belong
ing to the same family, he will strike again
and again, and is the cause of great mortal
ity where he exists, causing death often in
few moments. Over the whole earth there
is none to compare with him, except the
cobra of India Although not
water snake. he is fond Of the river and of
the fiat lands in its vicinity, seldom being
met with in the hills.
The Terrible Fer De Lance.
This denizen of the reedy swamp and
sedgy river bank is found over the whole
north of the South American contineat as
we'll as the islands of Trinidad, st. Lucia
and Martinique. OF dull yellowish or
clay tinted ground-color, he is ringed with
irregular, blackish bands narrowing to-
wards the back and broadening downwards. |
This arrangement of coloring makes him ex- |
remely difficult to discern on the fiat al |
uvial lands
One day as sat on the bank of river
lnder spreading mora tree I found myself |
in the neighborhood Of large |
Fer de Lance. The tall reeds of the opposite |
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A HUNTER OF SNAKES.
Naturalist 0'Reilly Relates Some
Thrilling Adventures.
A BIG BOA UNDER A LADY'S BED.
How He Lived in Africa With q Room
Full of Kissing Reptiles.
WHERE LIFE DEPENDS UPON SKILL

Mr.. @. R. o'Reilly, member of the
Royal Geological Society of Ireland, has
made snakes the study of his life. A student
Of literature and philosophy, he has from
childhood surrounded himself with birds
and beasts, and things that creep and crawl
On the dry karoo of South Africa, in the
orange groves of Andalusia, on the waters
OF the Orinoco, in the forests of Venezuela,
among the mountains of Columbia, the ruins
of Central American cities, or the swamps
of Staten Island, he has ever kept up his
untiring snake hunt His exertions have
from time to time enriched the geological
gardens of London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin,
Philadelphia and New York with snakes
that were large, beautiful or rare
The most extensive and representative
collection of living snakes ever seen in this
country was that which he left on view at
Central Park, New York, during last sum-
mer, to which considerable attention was
drawn by the newspapers at the time. The
largest part of it is now in the Geological
Garden at Philadelphia He is at present
In New York uncertain whittier the wealth
er-cock of inclination may next point to.
To mis- pen THE DISPATCH is indebted
for the following sketch of his strange hunt
ing, and Of the methods he uses in catching
deadly snakes:
The Story of a Snake Hunter.
Though for years have hunted and cap
tured snakes in various regions OF the world
famous for reptile wonders, still it was in
South Africa that i had my earliest and
most startling experiences There it was
that in church, at prayer time, caught a
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and wander abroad in the shades of evening
to seek food or drink, or meet their mates
in the wood path. Oitenest, where the ferns
wave in the crannies and screen him from
view in the deceiving light of their futter-
ing shadows, will the hunter find the rattler
taking his midday sissta- Yes, there he is!
lying close in an angle of the lichen-grown
rock. You can see him through the
leafy curtain. I'll press back the ferns
with my stick and leave him clear of shade.
See how he lies, so beautifully mottled with
variations of black and brown and gray,
with here and there tinge of yellow. Al
though he is not lcolored like the rock nor
yet like the dried leaves or wi:hered sticks,
still he harmonizes with allan indistinct
mass hf blending tints, arranged in natures
beautiful way, in a certain irregular regu-
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snake gliding about among the kneeling
worshipers. 1t was there, also, that /
made close acquaintance with the splitting
cobra, when, in catching him, he squirted
out the venom in clear drops upon nv face
And it was likewise in the same arid land
that, having secured a young puff adder,
with nothing at hand to carry him home in,
uuscrewed one of the lenses of my large
binocular and safely slowed him therein. In
the college at Grahamstown 1 kept no less
than 40 or 80 snakes in nv bedroom, MANY
of them running about loose; and one of
these pests a famale cobra (sepedon ha-
machates), surprised me at bedtime on g.
Saturday night by depositing IS young ones
on the dressing table.
On entering that room the scene of hiss
ing and wriggling was startling to a
stranger. Its fame, safer than any lock.
rendered the place an arcanum sacred to the
white ''umtagati," as the natives called me,
into Ghich no Kafr servant or workman
would dare to enter. 1 have carried snakes
in my pockets in street cars and railroad
trains; and, by the bye! once, on the crowded
sidewalk of Fifth avenue, New York, I was
unable to salute a lady because had one in
my hat
Yellow Boa Under a Bed
The day after my arrival on the Isthmus
OF Panama friend sent his card requesting
that would kindly come over to breakfast
and to do him the favor of catching a boa
constructor under his bed. He added
naively: "Encoutez les soupris de madame.
qui la tete converte, encore Sc coucbe ac.
cablee de peur, craignante de METRE dehors
du Lit ses douces pieds." Ny stars! The
lady in bed with her head covered up.
Mentally praying she would keen so. I
seized nv hunting stick and a sack to stow
the beast in and hurried of without either
hat or coat. Right enough. There were
the bedclothes gathered up in heap, while
from the bundle proceeded murmur of
signing and praying. Ny friend, with his
negro servants, crowded at the door.
dropped on my knees at the bedside and
peeped beneath.
There was great yellow tree boa coiled
in the remotest corner. 1t was impossible
to get at him there, but a jerk of the stick
soon shot him out into the middle of the
floor. The negroes fed screaming s.My
King!'' The snake hissed loudly and sprane
at me fercely, while from the bed came a