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horses for the reason that he did not
own any. He knew, however, that
brandy, whiskey and cocaine were CIV
en- to trotting horses.
Cocaine is certainly a great stimu-
liant to a lazy horse" said Mr.. Bonner.
but for a spirited horse II is unneces-
sary, II not injurious. We know the
effect of stimulants. and especially
drugs, on human beings. Continual
doping will certainly break down a
horse But the animal is at the mercy
Of his trainer. Running horses. I'M
doubtedly. are 'doped' most"
From Charles Davis, an old trainer
for Senator Leland Stanford at the Pa
10 Alto stud, learned that the Califor-
mia millionaire would not allow any
kind of "dopes" to be used upon his
horses, insisting that they would be
most on their mettle when In the finest
physical fettle.
A. ]. Cassatt, the Philadelphia rail-
road magnate and well known turfman,
disclaimed all knowledge on the sub
ject, and said that no such practice
was employed in his stables.
1t seems that doping" has had its
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A STRONG BEETLE.
It Has the Power of Cutting Through
Metal With Its Msndibies.

From the St. Louis Republic.
The zopherus mehcanus Is the only
known species of American beetle that
has strength enough in It's mandibles
to cut metal. This curious faculty of
the zopherus was accidentlly discover
ed by +. w. Devoe. a member OF the
New York Microscopal society. A
friend had sent Mr.. Devoe some speci-
mems of this queer species of bug from
the northern states of South America.
The microscopic was busily engaged
when the insects arrived, and simply
provided temporary quarters for the
creatures in a glass jar having a metal
top. In which the porcelain cap was
wanting. Within less than 4s hours
they had cut holes In the metal suffi-
cient to get hteir head through. and
would soon have escaped had their
operations remained undetected.
BY careful experiment Mr.. Devoe
found that the force necessary to do
such cutting was equal TO 1863 grams.
the power exercised by this brass cut
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'Falcon" and "Middlestone." who were
inclined to be suilxy at times. The In
evitable horse doctor" whose sole
practice consisted in doping" appear
ed on the scene, and injected the CO.
caine under the skin Of the poor ami
mails just before the races. sure
enough the horses won the first time;
but in a subsequent race, by curious
retribution. they failed, even with the
aid of cocaine. Subsequently the legs
of the poor creatures swelled up, and
they became unfit even for cart horses.
The doctor got his fee from the
bookmakers, and the horse got Its
death from the doctor.
The general testimony of the train
ers whom 1 met was to the effect that
the Alexandria Island and st. Asaph
tracks near Washington, ID. C.. took
the palm in the matter OF doping.
Scarcely a race comes off at either OF
these places which does not have a
"doctored" horse in the list Of entries.
As one of my informants put 1t, I'VE
only use drugs on plugs, and not on
first class horses. Doping won't make
a horse run that can't run, but II puts
life into sulky brutes, and compels
them to get over ground as fast as
their legs can carry them"
had a long talk with Frank NC
Cabe the trainer for Phil Dwyer, pres
ident of the Brooklyn Jockey club. Mr..
McCabe said he had trained the best
horses and ridden them on the track,
but that in all his experience he never
had need of "dopes." He held that
they were injurious, and that the So
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
animals could not employ its time bet
ter than in breaking up such practice.
Frank Beard, the Brooklyn millionaire
and horseman, and other turfmen OF
prominence, shared the same view.
From New York veterinary surgeons
/ learn that not only strychnine and
similar stimulants were employed on
the race tracks of the country, but
also gases, such as oxygen and its
compounds. Indeed, 1 was given to
understand that among fashionable
sets, like the Meadow Brook Hunting
club, doping" was resorted to occa-
sionally to give spirit" to the step
pers" Heaven pity fashionable
horse these days! Their tails are an
initiated, and in order to make high
steppers of them, cow-itch, turpentine
and what not, are rubbed on their legs.
and lastly they are "doped" to death!
Trainers tell me that IL Is a very
| common thing to use stimulants In or
| der to make horses run, but curiously
| enough, each one blames the practice
| on the others. / only found one man
who admitted that he did 1t. The 9TH
| ers cited tracks "over the hills and far
| away" where the practice prevailed.
In my effort to get material and in
| terview as many reliable authorities OF
| the track as possible, / incidentally
picked up a good deal about the
tricks of the trade" A horse track is
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cases where horses have dropped dead
on the track as a result of drugging.
Besides doping" electricity is some
times resorted to. Electric batteries
are carried by jockeys. as we'll as cleo
trio saddles and electric whips.
Doping" was resorted to at the old
Gutenberg and Clifton tracks in New
Jersey, and is still a favorite practice.
I am told, at st. Asaph. Alexandra
Island. East st. Louis and Madison,
Ill. The horses that run there are
generally inferior. hence they are
dosed for speed.
There are so-called doctors who
make a business of following third
rate tracks for the purpose of admins
tering injections. They are not repu-
table veterinary surgeons. They get
for a fee $25 or $50 worth OF tickets
from the owner. If the horse wins,
thew are from 500 to 81, 900 better off.
according to the betting"
Francis Leon Chrisman.
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HORSES ARE "DOPED'
Startling Revelations in Regard to
Practices Of Jockeys and Trainers.
TORTURED TO WIN RACES
Cocaine. Choral. Alcohol and Arse
mic. Stimulating Gases and Even
Electricity Are Used to Spur
faded Beasts to Speed.
Copyrtghlt. 1895.

The society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals would do well to
turn their attention to the race tracks
of the country. On many of these,
drugs of every name and description
are used to dope" horses so that they
may win stakes. The poor animals are
stuffed with all sorts of stimulauts
from sherry to strychnine. In a ma
jority of cases the injury to the horses
Is permanent. Their legs swell, the
tendons become stiff, and running
sores break out in various parts of the
body.
An unprincipled trainer can give
even the Heather Chinee" points in
ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain" He can start off his horse
with a good show of winning or he
can so handicap him that the very
elect can scarcely detect the difficulties
under which the poor animal is labor
ing. The story seldom leaks out. But
after a time the noble animal that
crossed the finish amid the shouts of
spectators, disappears from the track,
a victim of drugs and stimulants.
This is no day-dream. 1t has been
verified again and again by responsible
turfmen, by the millionaire owners of
big stables. by trainers OF national
reputation, and by the testimony of re-
sponsible veterinary surgeons.
While the horse show was in its
glory last October, / talked with a
number Of the prominent trainers who
came to Madison Square from all parts
of the country. The information I OBJ
tanned as to the tricks Of the trade"
would fill a big book.
From mercenary point OF view,
sacrificing a horse to win stakes of
from five to ten thousand dollars
doesn't seem such a terrible thing; but
from humane point or view, 1t is bru-
tai and indefensibfe. That mans best
friend" should be "dosed" and doctored
to death for gambling purposes, is a
sad comment on the morals of our day
and generation.
1 had a chat with Robert Bonner re-
garding the matter. He told me that
he had no experience with running
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-05
WHY
BECAUSE

The wonderful cures he has made have
created condolences and delight In the
hearts of those who have struggled In
vain against the ravages OF nervous de-
bility and other diseases. until this sue
cessful doctor twhose picture appears
above) cured them.
DR. SwEANY does not allow the
names of his patients OF their diseases 20
be published or exposed. but he cures
them. He observes absolute condolences
and the strictest secrecy In all his pro-
fessional dealings.
The DIR. has thousands of testimonials
on file In his private office and consulta-
ton rooms. They are not fictitious or So
licited. They are genuine. and were vol
unfairly given as true, deep. sincere and
heartfelt expressions OF gratitude ana
thanks from our best merchants. manu-
facturers, mechanics. miners. ministers.
farmers. lawyers. laborers and literary
people who have been cured by him ana
made happy Examine them and learn
for yourself what he has accomplished
in cases Just like yours. To do so would
make your heart leap with JOY and re-
neWed hope.
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Who have lost their youthful vfgor. and
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good than a whole drug store by and By.
YOUNG MEN II you are troubled with
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MIDDIF-AGED AND OLD MEN there
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snd other unmistakable signs of nervous
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wsakness The most obstinate case of
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eammations, discharges. structures, weak
ness OF organs. syphilis. hydrocele. varf-
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cured without pain or detention from
O1CATARRH which poisons the breath.
stomach and lungs ana , payes the way
nev bladder and all constitutional and
internal troubles: also rupture. piles. rs
mia treated far In advance of any other
tnsttt,ltion in this country.
BLOOD AND SKIN diseases. sores.
! .nots pimples. scroruia. syphilftic taints
minors letter, eczema and other impu-
rites OF the blood thoroughly eradicated.
/ leaving the system In a strong. pure and
/ healthful state
/ LADIES will receive special and careful
treatment for all their many distressing
ailments. DR.. Sweany cures when others
fail
WRITE your troubles II living away
from the city Thousands cured at home
by correspondence. and medicines sent Sc
cure from observation. A book OF import
ant information sent free TO those des-
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OFFICE HOURS: . TIN u a. m. and ,
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Ts7 Market street. s. T.. Cal. Opposite
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-05

developments like everything else. At
first coffee and sherry were used. Then
came brandy. whiskey and other
strong alcoholic stimulants. Later
such drugs as Fowler's solution of ar
senic, Spanish fly. cocaine, choral. val
erian and belladonna were employed.
And now electricity Is brought into
service. Indeed. everything from gin
ger to grog is employed 10 make the
race horse speed over the turf in the
fastest time possible; and what can't
be poured down his throat with inn
punity is injected under his skin. In
the event of these two kinds of tor
lures failing. electrical spurs or sad
dies are resorted to. No wonder the
poor animal runs wildly and makes
such fearful plunges, II only the train
er could be visited with similar pun
ishment the law of compensation
would never operate to 50 good advan-
tage.
one trainer told me how he won sew
eral races at Clifton. ~. J.. by the aid
OF cocaine. He had two horses named
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-05
Danger. Of Piano Paving.

A French scientist OF not maintains
that a large number of the nervous
maladies from which girls suffer are
attributed to playing the plano. He
shows by statistics that of ]. ZOO who
study this instrument before the age
of u. no less than 600 suffer from ner-
vous disorders. while of those who do
not begin until after there are only
200 per 1000 and only 100 per 1000
among those who have never worked
at IL. The violin, he says, is equally
injurious. AS a remedy he suggests
that children should not be permitted
TO study either instrument before the
age of Is. at least. and. In the case Of
those possessing delicate constitutions.
not till a still Ilater age. This commits
crates only the youngsters who try to
play. There are others. Whole neigh
borhoods suffer in -windowed
summer time from the piano habit
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som ETHINC NEW.

Meals Served q In Carte on the Great
Northern Dining Cars
The Great Northern through train.
leaving Butte at $40 p. m. carries q
dining car and will serve supper leav-
ing Butte q Ia carte hereafter. This -
the only line running dining car out OF
Butte. Buffet and library car on every
through main line train.
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By local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way 10 cure deafness.
and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube Is infiamed
YOU have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. and when Il Is entirely closed.
Deafness Is the result. and unless the In
nAmmation can be taken out and this
tube restored 10 its normal condition.
hearing viii be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh.
which Is nothing but an innamed condi-
ton OF the mucous surfaces
We will give one Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness (caused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars: free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. O
Sold by druggists. 7sc-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20
4 Wonderful Stlrv.

The other day a tiny bird tapped at
the window Of Mrs. Nansen's home at
Christina.
Instantly the window was opened
and the wife OF the famous Arctic ex-
plorer in another moment covered the
little messenger with kisses and ca
resses.
The carrier pigeon had been away
from the cottage thirty long months,
but 1T had not forgotten the way
home. 1t brought note from Nan
sen stating all was going we'll with
his expedition in the polar regions.
About two and half years ago the
Fran left European waters for trim
TO the North Pole. From the day
when she entered the Black Sea of the
north no word has been received. Il
is conjectured that the vessel is some-
where near the pole, but during two
long years of silence the friends of the
explorer heard nothing until day or
two ago.
One day last month Nansen took a
carrier pigeon. fastened a missive to
1t and turned the bird loose.
The frail courier darted out into the
bLizzardy air. 1t flew like an arrow
over a thousand miles OF a froze n
waste, and then sped forward over an
other thousand miles OF ocean and
plains and forests, and one morning
entered the window of the waiting
mistress and delivered the message she
had been awaiting so nnxiously.
We boast of human pluck, sasacity
and endurance, but this loving little
carrier pigeon in its homeward fight
after an absence OF thirty months has
accomplish feat so wonderful that
we can only give ourselves up to the
amazement and admiration which
must overwhelm every one when the
marvellous story is told. Mrs. Nan.
sens pigeon is one of the wonders OF
the world. Atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20
ROokwOrmS, Not the Human.

Much has been said and written
about the "ravages of the bookworm"
the insect, not the biped-but only
a handful of people have ever seen
one, and only two persons possess one.
These two are Mr.. Quaritch and Mr..
q. s. Gorham, of James Pott & Com.
pany. the well known United States
theological booksellers and publishers.
Mr.. Gorham sent to friend In Dem
yer catalogue OF Give Thousands
Books" issued by the Curtis Publish.
ing Company, of Philadelphia, and
when 1t was returned he discovered
the bookworm. How it got there no
one knows.
All Mr.. Gorham knows is that it is
q genuine bookworm, aud it was a
hungry one; for within a fortnight il
ate through one thousand titles. The
qualification of its appetite proved too
much for it, for, starting il on the
1O0lst title, it died.
The fatal title was that of "Adam
Bede. New York Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20

poor limo TO her-just one line-that
she might know her doom.
''Great heaveni" 1 gasped, show
that mans villainy has caused us TO
suffer Leonoral Leonoral after
these many years the veil is lifted,
and we know that our hearts have
been true all the while Z"
1 remember that she hung upon my
neck and that VIC laughed and wept
by turns; and I remember that my
cousin when she had learned the whole
story, went away and left us by our
selves; and l remember that when
Aunt Dorcas came she was much sur
prised upon finding the girl nesting
upon my bosom. Hotty returned to
the parlor, and began to sober down.
"And now" cried Hetty, ciapping
her hands, "what a happy, happy
time VIC will have. Yoa and Leonora
will be married on the same day with
Charles and me-won't you, Lionel?"
"You must ask Leonora about that, :"
L said, with a light laugh.
You'll say yes, won't you, Nora ?"
And Leonora said eyes. New
York News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20
Deer Shot While Fighting

One of the rarest natural specimens
IN existence Is on exhibition In the
window of the Atlantic and Pacific
Bird Company. It IS n deadlock" of
two deer beads so tightly fastened to.
gether that thoy cannot be separated
without cutting the horns. Both ami
mails were shot near Bismarck, North
Dakota, by II. i. Brown, of Albion,
Mich. Mr.. Brown found the deer
securely locked and almost exhausted
with their struggles to become free.
They had trampled over two acres of
ground, dragging each other and dig
ging up the sod with their hoofs until
it looked as though it had been pre-
pared for seeding.
After watching the struggle until
convinced the deer would not become
separated and would simply wear their
lives out trying to get loose, Mr..
Brown ended their misery by putting
bullet through the heart OF each. He
cut the heads Of near the shoulders
and brought them to this city TO be
mounted. lie refused $500 for the
specimen, and has been regretting that
he did not leave the bodies intact and
have them mounted. Mr.. Slotlzin, the
taXI1ormiot VIC mounted the heads.
said the animals would have been worth
SIO,O as a natural curiosity.
81 do not believe there is another
specimen like this in the United
States, continued Mr.. Slotkin. cit
Is not an unusual thing for horns to
be found securely wrapped together,
the bodies having long since dis
appeared, but L never knew OF a
deadlock so complete as this where
the animals were killed and the heals
secured while fresh enough to pre-
serve by mounting. I tried in every
way / could devise to separate the
horns, but found it impossible. be-
lieve it to be one of the rarest speci-
mems in existence.
Mr.. Browns description of the fight
between the animals before he dis
patched them was graphic. He said
1t was one of the finest exhibitions of
endurance, pluck AMI perseverance, he
had ever seen or that his imagination
could picture Chicago Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20

The Manufacturors' Record pub-
llshed some statements of facts which
are OF especial interest in view of the
movement to establish closer CONNER
Clal relations between the West and
the south. More than fifty per cent.
OF the worlds cotton is raised in the
Southern States, yet the cotton crop
OF that section is exceeded in value bv
Its grain crops, which aggregate about
Ooo' 200, 900 bushels per year. More
than half of all the standing timber in
the United States is in the South. and
iron ore and coal arc in unlimited
supply, while nearly every Southern
State has On abundance of GOOD
water power to supplement the adj
vantages Of clean fuel. From 1880 TO
the close OF 1894 the cotton manufsc.
turing industry in the South moro
than doubled, and the capital invested
IN 1t was increased about five times.
The consumption of Southern cotton
mills Is at the rate OF about a million
bales OF cotton per year, which is half
that of the mills in the Northern
States. The South has three million
cotton spindles out OF total of S.
600, 600 in the world, and expects to
add 500, 200 more within the next
twelve months. 'fThe room for ex-
pansion is almost without limit"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20
Iron Workers Happy.

The Iron Age has an article sum-
ming up the year 1895-the greatest
year for the iron industry ever known.
After mentioning some of the unsatis-
factory features it says: ''Those who
have least cause to complain, among
all interested in the iron and steel
trades. are the workingmen, who re-
ceived substantial advances in wages
and were better employed than for
serveral years"
1t was not the iron workers who
asked Reed and Dingley to increase
duties on imported goods.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20

Oh all the members of tho house Of
Vanderbilt, the worker OF the family
is Cornelius Vanderbilt, and there is
no employe of his railroad who works
harder than Mr.. Vanderbilt does when
he is in the city, declares tho New
York Advertiser. 1t is estimated that
II the Vanderbilt boys live as long as
their father did their combined prop.
erty will amount to over $500, 900, 900,
and If they should live as long as the
Commodore, and the present rate of
increase continues, their possessions
Will be sufficient to extinguish tho
National debt as it is to-day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-20
There are 1915 milos of -.

There are 10, 176 miles of street rail
way lines now in operation in the
United States, according to the sta
tistics in Poor's Directory, an increase
OF 1914 miles over 1891. OF tho total
mileage 1928 miles is operated by
electricity, 57S miles by cable, 400
miles by steam dummy engines, and
there is still 1850 miles operated by
horse or mule power. The odd mile
unaccounted for in these figures is
distributed in fractions among the
four groups.