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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31
GRIZZLY WHIPPED BY A cow.

Usually COW does not stand much
chance when she engages in hand-to-
hand conflict with grizzly bear" said
Michael Ayers, Colorado stockman,
to writer for Dumb Animals, "but
several years ago one OF my cows killed
one of these animals and came out of
the struggle without a scratch. The
COW had recently given birth to calf.
1t being her firstborn, the mother
was exceedingly vicious, and it was un-
safe for stranger to approach her, as
horns were long and pointed. The
cattle shed had thatched roof and
was scooped ont of the hillside, short
distance from the house.
"One night bear, having smelled
the presence of COW and calf, mount
ed the roof of the shed and proceeded
to force an entrance by scratching
through the tbatch. The COW at the
same time detected the presence of the
bear, and held herself in readiness to
receive the intruder. Tie noise of
terrible struggle aroused me, and
grabbing a lantern / rushd from the
house, and opened the shed door found
the COW in frantic state, bunting and
tossing to and fro some large object,
which evidently had lost all power of
resistance.
1t turned out to be good-sized
grizzly, which had been run through
and through the body by the courage
ous mother The little calf was
nestled in corner. sleeping peacefully,
and seemed unmindful of the maternal
struggle. l suppose that as soon as
the hear gained an entrance through
the roof it was pinned to the ground
by the cows horns before it had time
to do any damage"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31

with revolver, and ordered him to
halt. The driver had obligingly COM
piled, and the following colloquy en-
sued; B." Hullo. Simmons.
Hullo. stranger.
You're slow tonight. I've been
waiting more than an hour for a little
express package you've got for Stand
ard.
Say, put that pistol down. 1t
might go off, protested Simmons, un.
easily.
1t won't say nothing if you don't
But If you want to get your passengers
into Bodie ON time you'd better kick
that DOODLE from under the box, for
I'm in hurry. I'll give you re-
ceipt.'
There was nothing for Simmons to
do but shuttle the box out into view
with his feet-for Sam did not trust
the drivers hands out of his sight
and hand it down. after which Sam
handed Simmons receipt signed
Road Agent to clear him from any
suspicion OF having himself taken the
property.
That done, Sam retired backward
into the shadows with the box under
his arm. His clerical looking confed-
crate also stepped back, with his pistols
still covering the stage, and the coach
was then allowed to move ON. He
first, however, took the addresses of tho
men whose pistols he had borrowed,
and the weapons were mysteriously
returned to them soon after their
arrival in Bodie.n
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31

Little Beth had gone into the coun-
try. "You must keep an awful lot of
policemen out here. grandpa" she
said, ON the first day after her arrival.
"Why SO, Beth?" said her grandfather.
"Oh, there's such lot of grass to
keep off of.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31

Bluefields. Nicarauga, is said to
have taken its name from Blauvelt. a
German pirate, who was contem-
porary of Capt. Kidd. both Of which
adventurers made frequent visits to
the Mosquito Coast. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31

A railroad train was recently stopped
near Rheims, France. by the number
of caterpillars that fell on the railway.
The rails grew too pasty and slippery
for the wheels to adhere until cinders
were thrown on hem.-Washington
Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31

81 think, Sarah, you had better
roast the mutton for dinner. and post
pone the pork. - Sarah (blankly)-
"Sure, mum, can roast and bile and
stew wi the best. but it's the first
time ] ever heard O. pos'ponin' j'int. y
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-31

1t is calculated that two per cent. of
Londoners have red hair.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
College vs.. Fish.IIOre.

A palatial fishing schooner is one oi
the sights of Portland. In size, sea.
worthiness and beauty of model she is
almost the peeress of racing yacht,
she being of 112 tons burden, while
the average fishing schooner is about
eighty tons. She draws fifteen feel
of water and cost Sl4, 900, and carries
crew of twenty.one men, the largest
that ever came into Portland in fish.
ing schooner.
Throughout the year they make
good money because their yes
sci is so large and staunch, and they
can go anywhere, regardless oi
weather. However, on this trip they
brought in about 10000 pounds. The
Mariner, of Gloucester, lying along
side, is almost twin, but not quite
SO large, her tonnage being 1OS, with
crew of sixteen men. They hao
been out eight days, had brought in
but $4,000 pounds of fish, and the
crew shared but $5.65 apiece, which
is O poor showing.
In contrast to This, fisherman said
that he sailed out of Swampscott,
Mass, in q fishing schooner, and for q
wear each of the crew of sixteen
averaged $113 month. which was ns
much as the average college professor
earns. At another time he sailed out
of Boston after mackeral, and in three
successive trips the crew shared $s3,
$lOS and $63; total of S256 for less
than month of fishing. Some things
20 by luck or favor, and you cant
change them with any Of your 'olo
gies-Lewiston (Me. Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
The Age for Marrying.

eff things keep on this way we won't
have any grandfathers and grandmoth-
ers in fifty years." observed man who
had been running his eyes along the
list of marriage licenses"
"Look here, in this list of thirty-four
licenses all but two of the men are more
than % years old, and all but two OF
the woman are above IS. 1t would
seem that the average age of q groom
these Days is 30, while the bride is but
two or three years younger.
He ran over the ages and found that
the average age of the groom was 2e
and of the bride q.
"Now, what does that mean?" he
continued. ga man does not marry
until he is 30. If he has sons and
daughters they will not reach the mar.
rying age until he is at least 60, and if
he hopes to see his grandchildren grow
up he must live to be at least 80 or 80.
"In the country where was born
people married young, and it wasn't
uncommon to have grandmothers who
were less than 40 years old. But if 80
is to be the marrying age in Chicago
we will at least have to get along with
out great-grandfathers." {" - Chicago
Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
Children's Rights.

If child has any sensibility, scold-
ing either kills it or makes it vicious.
Children have rights which ought to be
respected as much as with their elders.
They can reason as we'll as older and
wiser heads. They are as quick to see
an injustice and know as well as any
one else when parentsa are making fools
Of themselves. The household OF o
noted dramatist in New York is said
to be democracy, The voice of the
youngest child in it is as potent as that
of parent.
This is rare incident of the recog.
milton of children's rights, and while
it might not prove successful if gener'
ally applied, owing to parental inca,
pacity, who can say that it is not a
plan of wisdom and one that in many
cases might work wonders of domestic
harmony? While oftentimes children
have been ruined by indulgence, they
have frequently been spoiled with
discipline"
Children were never designed fol
nonenities, fact in proof OF which
the omnipresent small boy stands out
with monumental prominence. While
children CON be allowed to become 6
nuisance by the laxity of parents, they
can, on the other hand, be oppressed
until they become atrophied in mind
and heart and soul.-Al6any Journal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
The Value of Pr yer.

The value of praye. not often is
fixed in dollars and cents, but Texas
farmer is credited with such an opera
ton. The story is told by Rev. =. FL.
Thrall, one of the pioneers of Metho-
dism in Texas. In company with q
number of itinerants who were on
their way to conference, DR.. Thrall
stopped to spend the night with an old
farmer. It was the custom then to
settle the bill at night, so that they
might rise at 8 o'clock and ride good
way before breakfast, and lie by IN the
heat of the day. DR.. Thrall acting as
spokesman of the party, said to the
old farmer after supper:
"We are company of Methodist
preachers going to conference. If you
will get the family together we will
have prayers with YOU"
After prayers one by one settled hif
bill. DR.. Thrall's turn came, and be
asked for his bill. The old farmer re.
piled:
"Well, pa'son, I charged the rest 25
cents, but bein' as you prayed for III
so good, I won't charge you but &c
cents"
The brethren had the laugh on DR..
Thrall. l.-Epworth Era.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
Facts About the Moon.

The height of mountains on the
m BON is measured by the length OF
the shadows they cast upon the plains.
If you were on the moon, the earth
would appear to be sixty-four times
larger than the sun does to residents
of this planet.
The moon is believed to be the only
member of the planetary system which
if wholly devoid of the least trace of
sn atmosphere.
It is estimated that the light of a
full moon is at least 0,000 times
weaker than sunlight when the 'tgreat
orb of day" is standing at meridian.
Our moon weighs one-eightieth
(1.S0th) as much as the earth. No
other satellite in the solar system ex-
ceeds one one-thousandth 1-1Q00) of
the weight of its planet.
The 1885 "craters" which have
been discovered on the moon, and
which have long been supposed to be
extinct volcanic fiues, and now be-
lieved to have been caused by bonn
bardment of aerolites.
The month of February, 1865, was
known among the lovers of the curious
in nature as the ''moonless" month,
from the fact of its having no full
moon. This cannot possibly occur
more frequently than once each twelve
and half years, or eight times in o
century.
The moon is not 80 small as some
people have imagined. A recent as
Economical calculation attributes to it's
surface an area fully as great as that
of Africa and Austria combined.
The most powerful telescope now in
use magnifes 1000 diameters. AS the
moon is 24O, 900 miles from the earth,
it is thus, to all intents "1d purposes,
brought to within 120 miles of our
world.-Popular Science Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
Don't Write on Beech Trees.

A novel piece of evidence was intro
duced recently in breach of promise
case in Bavaria. The defendant OBJ
stinately denied the charge, and stated
that his accuser had nothing to show
to prove her statement. The latter, q
buxom village maiden, asked one day
to be permitted to bring in her evl-
dence. The court granted her request,
and adjourned until 10 o'clock the
next day. At the appointed time she
was on hand, and upon the query OF
the Judge where her evidence was, she
opened the door and four lumbermen
brought in tree trunk, upon the bark
of which her faithless adorer had In
cised both their initials with flaming
heart! She won her case.-Troy
Times,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17

Absent Minded.

There is en- Illinois congressman
who is trihe absent minded. His
friends tell story about him which
ex.sperates him so that he has threat
ened to kill the very next person who
repeats it. That only proves that it
is true, you know. However, this is;
the story. The congressman was wslk.
ing along Chicago street one day
with friend, when he was stopped by
beggar. q
The congressman-you know how
tender. hearted congressman are-went
down into his pocket. he looked at
the beggar sympathetically as he hand.
ed him q half.dollar.
"How long have You been dumb"
he asked.
"Twenty years, +" said the beggar. .
"Dear me! dear mel" murmured
the congressman, as he walked on.
'tIsn't that dreadfull Dumb for
twenty years"
And then.the point dawned on him.
| = WASHINGTON Post. Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
An Indian Mortar,

A recent Barboursville (Ky.) dis
patch says: One of tho most COM
plete Indian mortars known to. exist
in kentucky was discovered yesterday
by George Owen, of this place. The
mortar is located about four miles
north Of here, on Richard Creek, just
at the foot of a ravine which leads
down the western slope of very tail
mountain. The mortar is evidently
the site of q vast Indian pottery es-
tablishment, which turned out num-
bers of earthen pots, such as are fre-
quently found in this part of the
State. The pots vary in size from
twenty to ninety inches in circumfer'
e,ce st the top, and in depth from
eight to thirty inches, and nre per
fectly cound. They bear evidence OF
superior workmanship.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17

Indicate as surely .as any physical
symptom shows anything, that the or
gans and tissues Of the body are not
Satisfied with their nourishment.
They draw their sustenance from
the blood, and if the blood is thin, i'm.
pure OF insufficient, they are in a state
of revolt. Their complaints are made
to the brain, tho king of the body,
through the nervous system, and the
result of the general dissatisfaction III
what we call Nervousness.
This is q concise, reasonable expla"
nation of the whole matter.
The cure for Nervousness, then, ils
simple. Purify and enrich your blood
by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. and the
nerves, tissues and organs win have
the healthful nouishment they crave
Nervousness and Weakness will then
give way to strength and health.
That this is not theory but fact is
proven by the voluntary statements Of
thousands cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Read the next column.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
a YOUNG GIRLS s TRIALS. T
NERVOUS TROUBLES END IN ST
vITUS' DANCE,
Physicians Powcrless---The Story Told by
tho Cl,ild,a Mofhar

Physicians Powcrless---The Story Told by
the Child's Mother.
(Frons the Reporter, Somerset, Ky.)
Among the foot hills OF the Cumberland
Mountains, near the town Of Flat Rock, is
the happy home Of James McPherron. Four
months ago the daughter Of the family, q
happy girl OF sixteen, was stricken with st.
Vitus' dance. The leading physicians were
consulted, but without avail. She grew pale
and thin under the terrible nervous strain
and was fast losing her mental powers. In
fact the thought Of placing her in an asylum
was seriously considered. Her case has been
80 widely taxed about that the report OF her
cure was like modernizlng miracle OF old.
To a reporter who visited the home the
mother said:
"Yes, the reports Of my daughters sickness
and cure are true as you hear them. Her af-
Fiction grew into st. Vitus dance from an
aggravated form of weakness and nervous
trouble peculiar to her sex. Every source OF
help was followed to the end, but 1t seemed
that physicians and medicine were power
less. Day by day she grew worse until we
despaired of her life. at times she almost
won't into commissions. She got so that we
had to watch her to keep her from wander
ing away, and you can imagine the care she
was
"About this time, when our misery was
greatest and all hope had fed, I read OF
another case, almost similar, that had been
cured by medicine known as DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. Almost in desperation secured
some of the pills and from that day on the
wonderful work OF restoration commenced;
the nervousness left. her cheeks grew bright
with the color of health, she gained flesh and
grew strong both mentally and physically
until to-day she is the very picture of good
health and happiness.
at is no wonder that speak In glowing
terms Of Pink Pills to every ailing person I
meet. They saved my daughters life and
am grateful"
The foregoing Is but one Of many wonder
full cures that have been credited to DR.. WILL
Jams Pink Pills for Pale People. In many
cases the reported cures have been 1nVesti'
gated by the leading newspapers and verl'
fled In every possible manner. Their lame
has spread to the faf ends Of civilization and
there is hardly drug store In this country
or abroad where they cannot be found.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfatlinG
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms Of weakness arising from watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
rent post paid on receipt Of price $50 cents
l,o1, or six boxes for $2.60-they are never
DR.. Williams Medicine Company, schenec'
tady. NY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
THE COUNTRY MAID.
Her eyes the sun-kissed violets mate,
And fearlees ia their paZe.

Her eyes the sun-kissed violets mate,
And fearless is their gaze;
She moves with graceful, careless gait
Along the country ways,
The roses blushing in her cheek,
That ne'er decay or fade,
Her laughter gay, her words, bespeak
A simple, country maid,
No flashing gems adorn her hair.
Nor clasp her lily neck,
Nor jeweled circlets, rich and rare,
Her sun-browned hand bedeck;
But pearly teeth through lips as red
AS reddest rubies CLEAN;
The tresses Der her shoulders spread
A golden mantle seem.
Her looks are kind, and sweet tho smile
That sparkles in her eyes;
Her mind, her heart, are free from gu.le,
She is not learned or wise.
No worldly art, no craft has she
Acquired, her charms to aid;
And yet she stole my heat from mo,
This simple country maid.
-Chambers's Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
Origin of the Word "Dun."

"Dun" is word whose meaning is
now known to every one who under
stands the English language. About
the beginning of the century con-
stable in England named John Dun
became celebrated as q first class col
lector Of bad accounts. When others
would fail to collect q bad debt, Dun
would be sure to get it out Of the
debtor. It soon passed into current
phrase that when aperson owed money
and did not pay when asked, he would
have to be sDunned."
Hence it soon became so common in
such cases to say: 'You will have to
Dun So-and-so if you wish to collect
your money"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
AK. OF u. on Car-Sickness.
......n1,;,, fbof tho hipb snaf

MANY people complain that the high speeo
sick as though they were at sea" said trav-
cling man the other day. ~ don't know how
that may be, hut know was on train last
August that made record for the South and
did not even realize that we were moving
faster than usual. 1t was a run from Jack
sonville to Washington on the Plant and At
lan,ic coast line systems, by special knights
OF Pythias train, and we did the as miles IN
$50 minutes, and, as said before, We hardly
knew we were making such time. 1t isn't
nace that makes people. sick, it's bad tracks
and moor rolling stock. Make one sick indeed!
Why, such travelling rs that on the Plant sys- y
press. New York, Jan. 16, 1895.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
w eak II YES

"With pleasure will state that Hoods
Sarsaparilla has helped me wonderfully. For
several months I could not lie down to sleep
on account Of heart trouble and also
Prostratlon Of the Nerves.
For three years I Had been doctoring, but
could not get cured I received relief for O.
while, but not permanent. Soon after begin
ping to take Hoods sarsaparilla therS was a
change for the better. In short tipe Yas
feeling splendidly. now rest we'll and am
able to do work of whatever kind. III had
not tried Hoods Sarsaparilla I do not know
what would have become Of me. keepiti in
my house all the time, and other members Of
the family take it, aud all say there is
:. Nothing Like Hoods
SaSaparllla. Ihave highly recommendedit 1t
and one Of my neighbors has commenced
taking it. recommend Hoods sarsaparilla
at every opportunity" Mrs. 8. BaADDocE,
4o4 Erie Ave-, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Be sure to get
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
The Bishops Laboratory Beer.

The laboratory that supplies Bishop
Fallow's home e-brewed, non-alcoholic
beer is working overtime in order to
keep up with the demand. The drink,
as described by connoisseur, tastes
like old-fashioned "yarb tea," and np-
pears to be q preparation of roots,
herbs, barks and gums, such as the
grandmothers of the present generation
used to give to "clean out the system"
after IN attack of boils, ca,buncles or
spring fever. There is a general feel
ing that Bishop Fallows would not
spring any unwholesome or unright-
eous everago on trusting commun-
ity, and the Home saloon is doing o
tremendous usiness.-Chicdgo 1ri-
b,tne.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
peafness can,o, be Curedl

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure Deafness. and that Is by constitu-
tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF the
Eustachan Tube. When this tube gets In
famed you have q rumbling sound or impeI.
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result, and unless the infam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o.
UcSnld hY Druppists. 75c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
His Friends Were too Friendly.

John G. Whittier was greatly loved
by strangers, who not only called on
him, but thriftily insisted on putting
up with him all night. ''Thee has no
idea. said his sister, show much time
Greenleaf spends trying to lose these
people in the streets. Sometimes he
comes home and says: well, sister, 1
had hard work to lose him, but I have
lost him. But I can never lose her.
The women are more pertinacious than
the men; don't thee find them 30,
Maria2'"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
''No heiress' engagement announc-
An Imprudent Move.

ssWe made great mistake in dis
charging that servant girl, said Mrs.
Howskip, disconsolately.
s'What else was there do?" asked
her husband.
"We should have left her alone.
She'd have quit in week or 80, just
like the others. Now she'll stay out of
spite. ."-EGchange.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-17
The Greatest rledical Discovery
of the Age.
KENN EDY'S
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF RoxBuaY, MASS,

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to common pimple.
He has tried it In over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except In two cases
(both thunder humor). Ee has now in
his possession over two hundred certih-
Gates OF its value, all within twenty miles
OF Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from the
first bottle, and perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs ore affected 1t causes
shooting pains. like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears In
week after taking 1t. Read the label
If the stomach is foul or bilious 1t Will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change Of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough OF 1t.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists