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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

phey Ate tho Old Men and Little Girl aud
nad . Tn.le of Zach Of lha anna.

phcy Ate thc Old Men and little Girl and
Had q Taste Of Zach OF Tho Sons.
As on instanceo Of strange condolences,
there is living near this place a family
whose history would seem to exceed the
bounds Of %cresdhility. Seven years ago
the father, old Daddy Dick. ~ he was
called, sat down on the banks Of the
Caloosahatchee river and is supposed to
have fallen asleep. At any rate, only bis
hat and rod were found on tho bank that
night, while a heapof clothes and crushed
bones under a floating log told Of his
death by an alligator. He left two sons
and n little pirl 3 years old.
One day this child wandered down 20
the river, aud her mother arrived Just IN
time TO see her drawn under the water
by the long. black snout OK an alligator.
Last year Dick. tho namesake Of his IA
Their aud a man Of 80. also went fish
ing in the river, and the day being warm
closed his eyes for u nap, to be awakened
by his leg disappearing down the throat
Of one Of these reptiles. He would have
been pulled of his log. but cast his arms
about a tree near by and held on, but he
had 10 sacrifice his leg, which the gator
bit of just above the knee. It was the
right one.
The end Of the singular history Of this
family occurred last week. The other
brother, Lem, vas padding down the
river in a dugout when hia clumsy craft
was upset by an enormous alligator. A
race then began for the shore between
the man and the reptile. but just as Lem
gained the bnnk and was pulling himself
up 10 safety the alligator seized him by
the right leg and drew him back. He
| called loudly for help. and his brother
came running out of their cabin with a
shotgun, and without waiting to take
aim fired into the water. The bullet hit
Lem in the other leg and broke the knee
cap. He would have sunk now, for the
reptile, which still had him, was for div
ing TO get ont Of the way Of the fusillade
Dick was ponring into the river, but the
drowning man caught ut the dugout,
which was floating bottom upward and
within his reach, and resisted the gators
efforts to draw him under.
Dick now succeeded in killing the
beast by a shot through its head and
then got Lem to the shore. But he had
TO have both legs a%mputated, for tbs
alligator had broken n into several
pieces, splintering the bone terribly
while Dicks shot had shattered the bon'
Of the other, 80 as to render that also
menace to his life if not removed. Len
declares his intention Of sitting some dis
lance back upon the bank Of the rive,
and killing every alligator that dares Il
lift its ugly muzzle above the surface
Pine Level (Fla.) Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26


Mothers shouid Teach Chndrsn Not 90
Handle strange animals
Since I have spoken in defense Of the
dog. let me . something more With
relation to that other favorite household
companion Of man-the cat. 1 would
call your attention to the fact that the
cat Is q beast far moro useful to mankind
than the dog. without tho latter we
could get along, but II we had no cats
we should have a continual plague Of
rats and mice, which would overrun the
cities and devour the crops and small
live stock Of The farmers.
At the same time you may set It down
an indisputable truth that the domestic
cat Is a prolific source Of q great variety
Of diseases. Il breeds them and dis
seminates them-skin troubles partic-
ularly. II carries about with it the con-
tagion Of ~diphtheria, one Of the most fa-
tai Of human complaints, and It Is seri-
ously suspected Of helping to SOW tho
germs Of consumption. A trouble akin
TO ringworm which attacks the scalp and
causes the hair to fall out Is frequently
conveyed by cats. Likewise It Is with
scarlet fever, which, when it is in a
house, is always likely to be scattered
abroad by the pet pussies Of the estab-
lishment.
Tho way Of It is thiss When there Is
sickness in a house, old cloths are apt to
be used for various purposes. These are
commonly thrown afterward into some
out Of the way place, like the corner Of
a closet. Suppose that there is a tabby
about that is on the point Of bringing
into tho world a litter of kittens. Fee
male cats are constantly having kittens,
as you know, being among the most pro
life Of animals. She searches for a Sc
questered nook for her ACCOMPLISHMENT
and is likely to make her bed of just
such a lot of old rags as have described
As a natural consequence, not only is
the mother cat infected as to her fur
with the contagious disease, but all of
her kittens are likewise. The latter are
fondled by the children. Pathogenic
germs seem to find a most favorable
breeding ground in the hair of cats. Aa
a result the complaint is spread. Un-
fortunately the infection is not limited
I to the house. 1t is spread abroad by the
cats, which are notorious stragglers.
Thus before many days have passed
there is On epidemic Of scarlet fever OF
what not in the neighborhood. Nobody
can imagine how it got about. Little
Johnny dies Of diphtheria, and nobody
dreams that he contracted it by picking
up a strange cat.
Children have q way of picking NJ
cats and holding them to their faces to
caress them. That accounts for many
cases of that very disagreeable disease
called ringworm. 1t is the same way
with other skin troubles that ere con.
tagious. Cats as well as dogs are liza.
BILE to tuberculosis of the lungs, other.
wise known as consumption. That they
communicate it to human beings ismor'
than suspected.-Washington Star.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26
a a :, WILn PLuNoE.
A uani Car uan Auey Down q Steep
mouniain. ana Two aIen We're killed.


A Hand Car nan Auey Down q steep
mouniain. ana Two alen We're killed.
A thrilling ride down the mountain on
a runaway hand car. q broken axle. nnd
seven mon were ndHg from tho track ne
. curve down q ravine 30 feet deep. Two
were killed outright, aud the other FIVE
sustained serious injuries.
Early in the morning Frank Eek, atrack
foreman on the Lchigh Valley railroad,
and six laborors set ont from Beaver
Meadow for Halle Creek on a hand car.
The road down the mountain has pitch
Of 80 feet to the mile aud is skirted by
deep rayinos. There arc numerous small
bridges that span torrent eaten abysses,
and sharp r arc plentiful.
-Four stout men seized the handles that
work the machinery. and tho car started
down theroad at a keen pace. The air was
frosty. and the rails were slippery. The
momentum that the brawny arms at tho
pumps gave the car, added 20 the incline,
made the human freighted vehicle fairly
spin. When half way over the journey,
the brake block shipped asunder. There
was now no way to check the flying cars
NNNN4s vi IT. NNrtAHAs WAM MANNtiAM AAANE1
it sped. The mon were alarmed and on
deavorod TO slucEen the speed, but they
could not accomplish much. They tried
20 stop the wheels by holding the handles
Of the pump machine, but that failed.
Suddenly they dashed around a short
curve where n high precipice yawns be-
low. They were in sight Of the Black
Creek station, and they thought the OPP
orator might help them.
At that moment an axle. overburdened
by the terrific run, broke down. and the
car and the seven riders shot over the
wall. Down thoy went 90 feet and land
ed on the rocky bed Of q creek.
Men from the Black Creek station
ruehod to where the wrecked car and the
seven men lay. Six Of the workmeu
were bleeding and unconscious from the
shock.
Andrew Conitz died while being re.
moved to his home.
Michael Mortsky, whose body was bad.
" mangled and fearfully bruised. ex,
PRED soon after reaching his home.
Foreman Eek was cut on the head and
the body. while Thomas Laurenz suffered
a broken arm and other serious hurts
The other three. who are Hungarian la
borers, were cut and battered, but al
viii recover.-Hazleton Qa.) Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26
October immigration.

DR.. Senner, the commissioner Of i'm
migration at the port OF New York, has
collected some statistics for the month
Of October which are of interest in show
ing us what the United States is receiv,
ing from foreign countries. Fifteen
thousand four hundred and sixty-six inn
migrants were landed and brought with
them $303, 3sG in cash. Only 1850 Of
them had more than $50, and 1851 had
nc trade OF regular occupation.
There were 80 teachers, 81 musicians,
II clergymen, o artists, 8 ~engravers, 3
lawyers, 3physicians, 2 sculptors, ! actor,
658 skilled laborers, 210 dressmakers and
SO BARRIERS. Ninety-two were returned,
Of whom 81 were paupers and / a con.
vicf-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26
ToLp AlM Aow 10 FRsE HeR.

Remarkable Plot 70 Liborato n Prisoner
Revealed In Court.
A middle aged man calling himself
Henry Bresling went to jefferson Mar
ket court and told Justice Koch that his
sister-in-law, Miss Emma de Fontane,
had been arrested and sont mp for two
months. He asserted that she was a
good woman and that a mistake had
been made. When asked for the date Of
the arrest, he produced the following let
ter:
MT FRIEND-I am sorry to tell you
tnat / nave been arrested and was sentenced
with other women. The rest got six months.
Inow rcmind you that you often told nee you
would help me. Get some one TO go bail for
me. You know my bail Is only 'straw bail, -
AID you could get any one 10 go on the bond.
II you go to Judge Koch and tell him you arc
my uncle, and that / am q hard working, de-
cent woman, and give him a good game Of
talk. you will have 10 trouble. Ono OF tho
women who got six months with me Is out.
Her friend went to the alderman Of tho ward,
and lac liked Il. Come with the discharge
yourself. and on the spot I will give you tho
price OF a suit Of clothes.
When the justice had read tho letter,
he looked at the mar and said indignant
ly. "If you are in this courtroom in 10
seconds, you will 90 to the island your
self" The fellow made quick time for
the door.-New York Press.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

The tune Of yankee Doodle" has had
seven or eight treatiscs written upon it
in the last 80 years, Gscribing it to vari-
dates and origins, even back to Tho
Netherlands and the days Of Cromwell
and tho Charleses. DR.. George Grove Of
London, author of the Dictionary Of
Music and Musicians" has investigated
thoroughly the various musical libraries
and the British museum in England,
finding no traces of it whatever, thus ex-
ploding all the mystical, traditional and
apochryphal accounts thereof.
But Yankee Doodle" had an origin
and has a history. It was written by
DR.. Richard Schuchburg, whose com
mission dates 1887, in the French and
Indian wal Of 1865 under General JEFF
frey Amherst and was intended as .
take or on the rag, tag and bobtail"
recruits Of the colonies that came into
the army. It took" so well, however,
that the Americans have ever adopted it
and would not part with it for anything.
The first words,
Father and / went down to camp,
were in the Boston Journal in 176S, and
the first record of the tune Is in Arnold's
1.-TWO to One" 1880, so that Yankee
Doodle" although written by a British
surgeon, is really American.-BostUn
Transcript.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26
Queer s-aTutatlons.

The A%byssinians drop on their kneea
and kiss tho earth when they meet. In
saluting a woman the Mandinkas take
her hand, put IL to their nose and smell
II twice. The Egyptians stretch out one
hand, then lay it on their breast and
bow the head. Among the less civilized
tribes Of the old world, say, the Kal.
mucks and In Polynesia, the custom Of
rubbing noses is pretty general. Per.
haps the most extraordinary form Of
salutation Is 10 be found in Tibet, where
the natives put ont their tongues. gnash
their teeth and scratch thoir ears.-Lan.
der und VOlkerkunde.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26
ErtrnnrdInnrr nelntlonshIn.

Thompson Chandler, a Lyons Farms
On. j. farmer, Is the proud father of two
''boys," the oldest being 90 years Of age
and the youngest 8. His eldest son has a
o 30 years old, who in turn IS tho "a.
Their Of a boy 10 years old. The latter is
twice the age Of his granduncle. While
Farmer Chambers 8-year-old son is going
TO school at Lyons Farms his GO-year-old
boy is a prosperous business man Of Vine.
land, n. j., aud the latter's 40-year-old sou
IS a bank director. Farmer Chandler has
been a careful liver and can do as big a
days work as he could 90 years ago.
New York Herald.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

Music Is the very soul and kernel Of
the Welsh nature. A musical ear is the
national birthright. Every Welsh preach
er who migrates to an English church
finds the greatest difficulty in abstaining
from that weird, peculiar intonation Of
his sermon which is known as the hwyl,
and which Is often strangea and objection.
able to English ears.
A remarkable and subtle fact which
will be interesting to English readers
and at the same time significant Of the
sensitiveness Of the Welsh musical ear
Is that It Is positive discord to many
among the Welsh congregations II the
minister, in "giving out" the first verse
OF the hymn, does not so pitch his voice
that Il shall be In harmony with tho key
IN which the tune has preliminary been
played by the instrumentalist West
minister Review.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

Miss Marie Delacy, tho ~24-year-old
daughter Of Peter Delacy, andher cousin
had q narrow escape from death on seri
Gus injury Tuesday afternoon in front OF
the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York.
The carriage they occupied was caught
between two cable cars, the force Of con-
tact swapping off the ear spring Of the
vehicle. Hundreds Of persons who wit
messed the accident expected TO see the
carriage broken into pieces between the
two cars, but both ladies were helped
out faint with fear and shock, but unin.
jured.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

Mrs. Coleman l.. Bishop Of Washing
ton, chiof instructor Of the Chautauqua
summer school Of physical culture, Is a
striking example Of what one may
achieve by Delsurte exercise. II was a
stoop shouldored, sunken chested, sharp
voiced woma until / began training IN
this way" che says Of herself. Il start
Cd In with tho regulation 1Olessons, but
improved sorspidly Ia health and spirits
and became 50 firmly convinced Of the
systems value that / resolved 10 devote
my life 10 the work" Mrs. Bishop Ia by
nature q remarkably charming woman,
whatever education may have accom-
piished 'or her ~ well, anl Is now one Of
tie most successful apostles Of the mod
crn creed Of health and beauty.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

Anne Van Enschutz, who has for the
last two years worked rs a domestic in
the family Of County Attorney Sem, has
fallen heir 20 $25, 600 by the death Of her
grandfather in Belgium. Tho girl, who
Is only 10 years old, received a telegram
today stating that the money would be
forwarded as Don as she could send ia
Brussels the necessary papers showing
her identity.-Sauk Rapids (Minn.) Spe-
cial.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

A baby girl weighing p pounds was
born 70 Mr.. and Mrs. George Grace at
Hiawatha on Nov. 6. The father is an
employee Of the Missouri Pacific road
and is a giant physically, weighing about
200 pounds. The mother is also "a WON
an considerably above the medium size.
Both are young people, and this is their
first child, which is strong and healthy.
and the attending physician says it viii
lYe.-Kansas City Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26
LIBBY PRISON HIS FATE
A Former Prisoner Visits 1t at the FaI
and Meets His Death.

A Former Prisoner Visits 1t at the Fair
and Meets Hls Death.
There was an incident in connection
with the Worlds fair which occurred
about a week prior to the fairs official
closing that has not boon so fully COM
mented upon as it might have been.
Among the visitors TO the fair during the
closing weeks was Marcus Conant from
Mayport, Duval county, Fla. The ob-
ject that had the greatest interest to him
was the re-erected Libby prison. 1t Is
no wonder that he was interested in that
exhibit, for as R'wounded prisoner he
had lain and suffered in the old prison
when it stood in Richmond. As q boy
of IS Conant had enlisted in the Elev~
snth Massachusetts, regiment. He was
wounded in the battle Of Bull Run, was
taken prisoner and was among the first
Union soldiers placed in the Confederate
prison house. He eventually made his
escape and was not recaptured.
Immediately upon his arrival at the
Chicago fair, Mr., Conant turned his steps
to the spot IN which Libby prison stood.
What was his amazement on entering
the place to meet among the visitors a
companion who had been among the
number of those who escaped with him
from Libby so years ago. They held a
long conversation, and after his compan>
ion had left the building Mr.. Conant
threw himself upon the ground in the
identical spot upon which he had slept
as a prisoner. While lying there he was
seized with a violent pain in the ear and
returned to his hotel in great agony,
The pain could not be alleviated, and a
few days later he died without having
recovered from the singular attack.
MI. Conant had for several years been
a government contractor, and was at one
time regarded as a man of large means.
New York Advertiser.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

APaus correspondent says that France
Is afflicted with a new form Of counter
felt coin. Many 20 franc pieces are in cir
eulation made Of platinum, gold plated.
Weight and ring are the same as IN tho
realarticle. The counterfeitsar are detected
only by scratching through the goldsnr-
face. They yield q fair profit 70 the coin
oFa.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

The hands Of the clock were pointing
10 ~.
"Have You noticed the clockr' she
asked, yawning.
yes" he said. "It's the same one
you've always had, amt itf'
"Yes."
81 noticed it the first night ! came to
call on you. It's a very nice one" 2A~
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

P~addington, q London district which
contains 100, goo inhabitants, burns 3d.
900 tons Of garbage Q ye ar In furna rs
which furnish sufficient power TO light
all the streets Of Padding on and reduce
the cost Of electric lights 10 an the house
holders IN the district.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

Miss Ella Knowles, who missed by a
few votes being elected attorney general
Of Montana, was afterward appointed
assistant attorney general. A few weeks
ago she was sent to Washington on i'm
portant business relating to Montana's
school lands, which was pending in the
interior department. About 5000. 900 was
involved In this litigation. Miss Knowles
had TO make a presentation Of the states
claim before Xix heads Of law divisions.
Finally she got it before First Assistant
Sims and secured a decision in favor Of
her state.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

The neatest and most economical pos
sible foot wear is a low cut shoe of a
special pattern to DO worn with CATERS
to match each dress. This style Of foot
clothing has many advantages. The low
shoe is easily aired, and the inner sole
will retain the odors Of the feet with the
neatest Of persons if not properly aired,
especially Wien one walks much. The
gaiter breaks tho apparent size Of n large
foot and forms a very attractive finish
when matched to costumes.
Skirts rubbing against the front Of
high kid boots will wear the seam, while
the lower pa: t remains in perfect condi-
ton. Caters, upon the other hand, can
DO changed as soon as defaced and worn
with the same boot. Many pretty CATERS
are possible for different occasions and
styles of dress. -Jenness Miller Monthly.
II more people understood that any
appearance Of haste or c~arelessness was
out Of place in formal correspondence,
they would not use such expressions as
"many thanks" any more than the hard.
~ less Objectionable phrase, thanks. 8"
In conversation. Such curtness is like
the old story, "Worse than wicked; it's
vulgar. philadelphia Press.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

The FIRST forks made in England were
manufactured in 1908. Their use was
ridiculed by the men Of the time. who
argued that the English race must DO de-
generating when a knifo and a spoon
were not sufficient for the table use.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

In cleaning japanned goods never use
hot water. Wet q cloth slightly In warn
water and rub the article to be cleaned.
Should any smear appear sprinkle with
dOur and wipe DRY.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

THO other day I was told OF a little
girl who attended a distribution Of
prizes given by the Society for the Pre-
yention Of Cruelty 10 Animals. She had
won, you must know, q book as a re-
ward for writing the best essay on the
subject given. and with tho other sue
cessful children. was undergoing a viva
voce examination. well, my dear, ["
said the gentleman who had given away
the prizes, 'can you tell me why it is
cruel to dock horses tails and trim dogs
earsy' Because" answered the little
girl, what God had Joined together let
no man put asunder. Leisure Hour.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

Foggins, Sr.-My son, you know that
Of all things / hate ~falsohood, and you,
sir, have had the face to tell me it was a
quarter Of IL when you came home last
night when / myself heard the clock
strike Q as you entered. What can you
say for YOURSELF
Foggins, Jr.-Figures may lie, but /
am truth itself, and " my memory fails
me not ! have always been taught, even
By YOU. that 9 Is quarter Of l2. ~
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

TN T.amp,s Loyalty to an 1aeal.

In one Of his delightful essays Mr..
Lowell tells Of a tramp whom for seven
years ne assisted with money to enable
him to get from Boston to Portland.
"Ho was as fine an example," Lowell
adds, "as / have ever met Of hopeless
loyalty to an IDEAL
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-04-14

and Chief Parker's power has waxed
he tempers his government with u good
deal of shrewtiness. From the families Of
the deposed chiefs he has taken wives one
after another until he has seven families
living in peace and unity under the roof
of the big white house with wide galleries
In the beautiful valley Of the Washita.
His first journey among the whites cam"
perllously near to being his last. He and
his co-chief, Yellow Bear, one Of his seven
fathers-in-law, went to Fort Worth, Tex,
took room together, and, like another
western dignitary of ourown race blew out
the gas. When the door was broken open
Yellow Bear was dead, and IL took several
dollars worth Of brandy and electricity to
put Quanah on his feet again He was
worth all 1t cost and great deal more,
for he has made the Comanches one of the
most tractable tribes in the Indian Ter
ritory; has secured for them the best land
in the Red river valley; has induced them
and their allies, the kiCwas, to take land
In severalty--l60 acres apiece-and sold the
rest TO the government at rates which give
the tribe permanent fund Of S2,0O0,000
Such an Indian naturally excites deal
Of curiosity, and on inquiry it transpires
that he is only half Comanche. His
mother was Il white woman, and her story
and that Of her family are among the sad
dest Of border tragedies. Sixty years ago
Elder John Parker, Of Coles county, His,
mn axoariancad ninnpar led IA small marty