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The evening times., 1896-07-07
Wholesale Cuts
in Straw Hats.

I have taken all my MEMS
STRAW HATS that were
marked from $1.75 to $l.OO
(they were cheap, tooDland ii
made the price Oh all Of n
tnem -. tsffI "
All the MEMS STRAW hats n
that were marked from
$l.oo to SOC have made =
All my BOYS STRAW HATS n
that were marked From
si.25 to SOC go for i,s4 ~
The evening times., 1896-07-07

81 know of but one mad stone in this
vicinity. That is owned by a man in War
reDton, and has often been used here with
good effect. I wouldn't like to say that
hydrophobia is myth, but there are very
few cases of the disease, very few
Many pathetic scenes are enacted at the
pound. Every few days some young lady
calls there in search Of her lost Fido, and
the dog-catcher is called all kinds of harsh
names for hls cruel treatment OF her shaggy
pet.
One society woman reached the place
one day last summer just in time to see her
pug, with bullet hole in his forehead,
swung into the health wagon by the rear
limb. She swooned. and itrequired the com-
bined skill Of the veterinary surgeon and
the poundmaster to resuscitate her Fido
escaped the soap vat, and was taken to his
late home and given a decent burial in the
back yard, where, it is said, marble slab
marks his last resting place.
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In a company of prominent physi-
clans each was asked to write the six
remedies that he would take OH board
ship for a voyage around the world, if
his life were to depend upon the nun.
Der who would return alive.
The first entry was opium unani-
mously Endorsed. AT the second entry
the vote was a tie between mercury"
and "quinine," and now that the BIZ
chloride of mercury has been found to
be the most efficient of microbe-killers
probably that would have second place
unanimously and the third would be
unhesitatingly given to the various eX-
tracts of the bark of the several vari-
cites of the %chichona, of which the
most familiar is quinine, a name de-
rived from that used by the Peruvian
Indians who called the trees kina.
The old-fashioned method of admin
istering was by macerating the quilts
of bark in wine, and the great tonic in
the early part of the century was
bark and wine," and as in these latter
days it has been demonstrated to be di-
rectly fatal to the bacillus malaria. we
can easily understand what a boon it
was to the settlers in the underdrained
and 'fever-and-ague' regions of this
country when new. At last, by the
advance of chemical skill the secret of
extracting its alkaloids was found, and
of these no less than thirteen are
known and used, and some of them
produce a valuable medicine at a less
cost than quinine itself.
In 1854 the Dutch government I'M
dertook to raise the trees in the Island
of Java, and now they have most pros
porous plantations; but the most eX-
tensive II successful of what may be
called intelligently-coIducted planta-
tons are in British Burmah. In
South Africa the bark is obtained by
first stripping the trunk, then telling
the tree, but under English botanists
i'll India a way is found of partially
stripping the trunk and then surround
ing it with moss, causing fresh bark to
be produced. The h%otanists have ever
found a way of making the bark fuller
of the desirable alkaloids.-New York
| l~ndeDeD1cnt.
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TRAPPED BY A BEAR.

"Wisconsin was the great bear coun-
try" said the bear story man to the
reporter, after peace had been restored
between the bear man and the artist.
missouri has two bears on their
launches for a state seal, with some
Latin twined about them. | do not
know what the Specification is. / new
er heard any great bear stories from
that state. But Wisconsin was the
home of more kinds of bears than any
of the Northwestern states. l am go.
ing to tell you of an escapade-I sup
pose I may use that word in a bear
story-I had up there way back in the
earlies.
81 wish to remark in advance that
there is nothing in the meat line which
goes to the very quick of the bear
Olfactory as the odor of fish. A cat is
no fonder of fish than a bear. The
bear is also fond of fresh pork, but
fresh fish is his long suit.
81 was out fishing in Wisconsin, near
the old homestead, m day. I had I'M
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-23

In Corea the pigtail has for many
generations been regarded as a sacred
thing. When the king. in Difference to
Western customs, sacrificed this tradi-
tional ornament and issued a proclama.
ton commanding all citizens of his cap
ital to follow the royal example, there
was great CONSERVATION. Several of
the high public f~unctionaries resigned
their offices, and many fed from Seoul,
the seat of government. But at the
city gates they were seized by consta-
bles and compelled to have their hair
cut off. The country people. hearing of
the proclamation, kept away from the
capital, and there was n dearth of veg
etables and other rural supplies. The
situation is complicated by the fact
that the of wearing the pigtail
has distinguished married from unmar-
ried men. The former have worn it
standing up straight on the head; the
latter have allowed It to dangle grace
fully down the back,
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Explosive Paint.

Yesterday in Liverpool an inquest
was held on a laborer named Hay
man, who had been engaged in paint
ing the tanks of the steamship Servia
with bituminous paint. The men had
to work alternately at the job in con-
sequence of the foul air fumes from
the paint in the tanks. Hayman had
a naked candle, and by some means
the fumes and paint became ignited
and he was badly burned. Tie fore
man took steps to rescue him, but an
hour and a half elapsed before this
was effected. Hayman was terribly
burned and %delirious. Several men
gave evidence as TO the effect of tie
fumes given off by the solution, which
made them drunk or delirious, and
unless n man was accustomed to it
he could not tolerate the fumes more
tan Il Few Hlrtes. The iu"v sIu' 4,
that Hayman died from burns ecci-
dentally received, and added TINT
lights used i'll similar tanks should be
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
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The P%riyiIeged American Civil

"The j%ealousics that exist in all trav-
cling companies of singers are fire.
quently inspired by accidents or trivial
incidents said a nan who has man
aged many such organizations. zone
of the most amusing comedies of this
sort that ever witnessed occurred in
st. Petersburg a few years ago. Miss
Clara Louise Kellogg was the central
figure in it. There was a big reception
at the palace, and Miss Kellogg and
the other singers had been invited to
be present. Court etiquette in st. Pc
tersburg is complicated and severe.
Only members of the imperial family
and their guests on such occasions may
use the front entrance to the palace.
All the other guests are expected to
enter by a rear entrance. Miss Kel-
logg didn't know this. and by some
mistake her coachman drove up to the
entrance reserved for royalty. Miss
K%ellogg's gown duly impressed the
court attendants. and they admitted
her without question. She was re-
ceived with favor, and her mistake
was overlooked without comment. The
other singers entered the palace from
tue rear, DIS ulu all the oller guests
who were not royal. When the other
musicians learned of the way in which
Miss kellogg had gone into the palace
there was a big row. They wouldn't
believe that it was mistake. 1t look
cd like favoritism, and the jealousy
kindled by it lasted for a month.
There are softer snaps than managing
musical combinations, but none that
furnishes more amusement."-New
York Sun.
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IMPORTANCE OF THE REPORTER
A Magazine Writer'S View of til
Man who let's News.

A Magazine Writer'S View of the
Man who Gets News.
The reporter everywhere, but more
particularly in America, has of late
grown to feel that he is an extremely,
important factor in contemparaneous
affairs. And he is right: he is the
most representative figure in the litera-
ture of the actuality-using the word
literature Just here because there is
none other to take its place. He is i'm
portant because he embOdies the most
active forces of the hour: because he
is their tool; their vehicle; but not be-
he more thoroughly knows. or
more faithfully portrays life than 9TH
ers. AS a matter of fact, he is as
much a victim of conventions as the
literary theorist and dreamer who be-
holds it only as it shows through his
study window. Sometimes ne is moro
so. The medium in which he works
imposes fixed restrictions and distinct
limitations upon him. And he comes
to conceive all of life chiefly as it
may serve his purpose and be made to
fit into his limitations.-Aline GOnen,
in Scribner's.
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era wled out. l slid down to the edge
of the roof and Skinned down on the
projecting logs. Then | walked to the
crack through which the bear had
crawled and rolled a log against the
crack. | went home. | came back the
next day and threw the bear some
food. | continued to do this until many
weeks had passed, and in the mean
time [ came TO love the bear, and he
would lick my hand like a dog. | used
to go to the cabin and teach him tricks.
He would take walks with me.
Companion for the Fisherman.
Often | have sat on the edge of a
stream waiting for the Sinker to indi-
cate a bite, while the bear sat beside
me with a look of intensity that was
human. | really think animals are hu-
mans. That il, | think every animal
has been a human in his day. What
is that you call it-metempsychosis?
But n day the agent of Il circus
and menagerie stopped at our house to
buy bear. He offered me SO and a
free ticket for my bear, and although
there was an attachment between me
and the bear, | let him go See what
money will do! | sometimes have
wished | had not sold the animal, but
l could not keep him. He would cry
after me just like a young one.
Il had weaned my affections from
him, however, and two years after l
was in Milwaukee. Were you ever in
Milwaukee,? There was a circus and
menagerie in town and | walked to the
grounds thought you might think /
rode. because | sold the bear for Sill
hut walked To the prOunlS npVnr
cared anything about n circus. but |
always liked animal shows. | walked
around to the owner, and there l saw
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With the exception of Queen Victoria
and the Prince of Wales, it is said that
nearly all the royalties of Europe are
in the habit of rising early. Emperor
William is generally about by ; in the
morning and the queen regent of Spain
is dressed for the day ut sharp Z.
King Humbert's hour of rising is g.
IS is that of King Oscar and King
Charles Of Isoumania, while the late
Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, when in
Europe, was wont to get up at 3 and
call upon friends and acquaintance
mt the extraordinary hours of 4 and
in the morning. Queen Victoria. it is
said, never rises before 8, while break,
fast at Marlborough House and Sand.
bingham is rarely partaken of before
1.-The Sketch,
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COLLECTING RENT.
The Old Lady Took Her Knitting
and Waited on the DoOratcp.

and Waited on the Doorstep.
Commend me to the old Indy in
Rochester who sought novel and sue
ecssful means Of collecting her house
rent last week. She was an old lady
of ideas and a knowledge Of human
nature cleaned from a lifetime of OK
perience with the world. She owned
a house and lot in Rochester, and the
income from it vas the substance unon
which she depended for life's neccssi-
ties. 1t was rather an ostentatious
house and lot and the tenants were
persons with regulations to sustain, al
though embarrassed for ready money.
Two months rent was due, and the
agent was not able to collect.
The old lady said 1t was simple
enough. She could collect it herself.
Now, she wasn't a stylish or an artistic
old lady; but she was sturdy and inn
p~erturable, and her proportions were
ample and her spirit u~nfaltering. She
rang the door bell at an early hour. the
other morning, and inquired for the
head of the family. The servant glow
cred at her and said he was not to be
seen yet for two hours because the
family had not yet risen. The early
caller was cheerful and said she'd sit
on the dOOrsteps and wait.
Finally she was granted an audience
with the tenant, who put her off with
smooth promises. "In just sit here
and wait until you can pay it," replied
the righteous collector. and she settled
herself once more IN the doorstep.
took her knitting from her basket and
prepared to spend the day. She made
a quaint-looking picture and all the
neighbOrs wondered. When anyone
came within conversing distance and
stared rudely at her. she explained. in
a friendly way that she was waiting
until the tenants paid their rent. She
looked truthful, and no one doubted
her, and her plan worked like a charm.
The rent was paid long before sun
down and she ambled home more than
ever convinced that nothing is impossi-
ble.-Philadelphia Press.
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TOwED h VA DEVILFISH.
Thrilling Experience of a Kentncl
ian With an Octopus.

ian With an Octopus.
Col. r. T. Holloway of Lexington,
KY, who is spending the winter at
Naples, some miles south Of Fort
Myers, had a thrilling experience one
afternoon while fishing in Rookery
bay. The bow of his boat was seized
by a huge devilfish and towed swiftly
seaward. Col. Holloway carried a
heavy h~unting-knife, and with this he
severed the tentacle that held the boat,
but the fish Immediately grasped the
boat with another of it's scores of arms
and plunged through the waves at a
furious pace. Col. Holloway cut ten
tacle after tentacle, only to see another
thrust forward.
At last he dropped the hunting knife
and selling a repeating rifle he be-
gan shooting into the water where he
supposed the fish to be, hoping to
strike it by a husky shot. After firing
a number of times the speed of the
boat diminished. Col. Holloway con-
tinued to shoot, and soon the boat
came nearly to a stop and the fish rose
to the surface, having been pierced by
many bullets. The contest had been
continued more than three hours, and
Col. Holloway was over thirty miles
from Naples. He started to row back,
but was fortunately seen by a fishing
sloop, which towed him to Naples,
reaching there about II o'clock at
night.
The ueau was sim attached
to h Kentuckian's boat, being lowed
by the last tentacle it had put for
ward. Over sixty t~entacles had been
cut, and the fish had nearly as many
more. Its weight was over 1000
pounds. In several places where a
tentacle touched the boat the wood
was dented.-Florida Letter in Globe
Democrat.
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REDS QUESTION ANSWERED..

How n Stop Was Put to the Trib-
une's Interrosntive Headlines.
Before Whitelaw Reid became min
lister to France he devoted a good deal
of his time to the conduct of his paper,
the Tribune. The copy editors who
day fell into the habit of making most
of them interrogative, as. for instance,
WAS 1t Murder. or SuicideY" or did
She Kill Him for Love?" or evil the
President Sign IT," etc.
The entire paper was specked with
Interrogation points. This thing had
been going on for weeks. till one day
a postal card arrived, addressed to Mr..
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The latest way to arrive at n verdict
is 10 smoke out the obstinate juror.
This was successfully tried in Hart
ford not long ago when eleven gooa
mon and true were unable to influence
their companion. The obstinate juror
held out as long as he could, but the
volumes of smoke that filled the jury
room from the cigars. pipes and cigar
cites of his eleven companions proved
more effective than argument, and he
gave in.-Hartford Times.
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q sign on canvas, a picture of a bear,
and on 1t were these words.
:
|. PERFORMING
!. CONSECR .
CROSS-EYED BEAR .


IA man OH the outside of the tent
was lecturing, and every few minutes
he would say something about 10 cents
paying the way. I put up a dime and
Joined the bear push. l saw at once
1t was my pet. l spoke to him and he
showed evidences of his remembrance.
He was ecstatic in his action, and the
Snowman in charge got kind o hot
about the familiarity, and was going
to put me out. But when | told him
how 1t was and that the bear was not
to blame the Snowman said it was all
right, only he didn't want me to play
it too strong before the public, as it
broke up the delusion, I've forgot
which word it was he used.
Bought Him a Mess of Fish.
Then l asked the Snowman how it
lover of Doc Watts and that Doc had
Grated cross-eyed bear. l told him 1
had heard that chestnut before. but he
said Doc Watts was the original and
written d nice hymn about the conCe-
that it lay between that name and Doc
Watts, and he thought the other suited
was he named the bear what he had,
the bears appearance and that was
why l am not telling you that as orig
inal. 1t has been worked on several
occasions.
II told the Snowman how we'll the
bear loved fish, and asked the privilege
to buy him a mess for auld lang syne,
etc. The Snowman asked me if he
wasn't in the fish business with the
bear, and l yielded. I bought the fish
and took them to the bear, but the
Snowman was never in it with the
bear. babe the bear adieu, and I
had a letter from the Snowman later
asking me if l didn't want to buy the
bear, and he said in the letter that the
bear had cried out his other eye after
l had left him. But had enough
trouble without annexing a blind bear
to my kit.'-Chicago Chronicle.
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New York Editor-See here. Don't
you know executions by electricity are
the law now?
New Man-Yes. certainly.
'Then. sir. what do you mean by
using this old-timc, chestnutty, mouldy
quotation: Give a rogue rope enough
and he will hang himself?' What dc
you mean. sir? We are not living il
the Middle Ages"
What substitute would you sug
gcst!'
Say: Let a rogue go on shocking
society, and he will get shocked him
Self.'"-NeW York Weekly.
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While the Bear Sat Beside Me with
a Look of Intensity That Was HUI

While the Bear Sat Beside Me with
a Look of Intensity That Was HUI
man..
usual good luck, and started home
loaded with pike.and pickerel. l had
them in a sack which l carried over
my shoulder. AS | was plodding my
way, l heard a noise, and, looking back
ward, l saw l was pursued by a bear
not the sort of a bear you have in
my stories. He had more neck and
less foot. l saw the bear was of that
build which makes winners in a foot
race. l had started on a run. I knew
Their was an old, unoccupied log cab
In near by. l may say that this log
cabin was my ancestral hall. My peO-
pie had occupied it in the pioneer DAYS,
and lad moved from it into the man
sion near by in their days of prosper
ity.
Bruin Patrolled the Cabin.
Il reached the cabin, got in and
closed the door and barred it. | found
an old ladder in the house. and l set it
on end and climbed up to the joists. on
which were a few loose boards. Then
l pulled the ladder up after me and
sat down to await W hat the dramatic
writer would call the denouement. |
heard the bear making a patrol of the
cabin, and soon he stopped. detected
bis whereabouts by a shadow which
darkened a log that | discovered, too
late, to be loose. | watched the bear
squeeze himself through that crack.
At II time thought he had stuck. I
never ea w Any 'u1uIa1 nlIu-
self as that bear. He made it. and
after he had surveyed the room, he
scented me and my bag of fish. l
knew he could not get up to me, but
l began to think of how | had Gagged
myself. The bear sat on his hind legs
and looked at me with a sort of I've
come-to-stay expression.
Il threw him a fish, which he de-
voured without any effort. | threw
him another and he ate that. Finally.
l threw a big one at him, and it knock
ed out one of his eyes. but a little
thing like that never disturbed him.
l fed him fish until he expanded like
an inflated bladder, and then he
stretched himself on the floor, keep
ing his eye turned toward me. After
some time the bear got up and tried to
get through the same crack by which
he had entered. But he was so swol-
len with fish he could not get through.
He came back and lay down, and |
was then satisfied that | had to get out
of there first. | had no idea of remain
ing until the bear went down to his
natural size.
II picked up a board and knocked
some shingles off the roof and then
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Rudyard Kipling is either an insult
ferable cad or a painfully-modest man,
IL We may judge by his antics in trying
to keep out of the public eye. Greater
men than he can ever hope to be have
found it possible to move about among
their fellow men without embarrass-
ment; and if he were to cultivate
agreeable manners. and conduct him.
self naturally and ~unaffectedly, he
would soon possess the respect of his
neighbors, while at the same time he
would mitigate their curiosity.
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The Russian sceptre made for the
coronation of the Emperor Paul in
1907, is the most wonderful thing of
for the famous Orloff diamond sur
mounts it. The orb also dates from
the reign Of the Car Paul, and is of
solid gold set with three rows of bril-
liants and a huge almond-shaped dia.
mond. The diamond cross is supported
by an exquisite sapphire worth a for
tune.
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The New York board of health has
added a new section to the sanitary
code prohibiting splitting on the floors
Of public buildings, railroad cars and
ferryboats. AS offenders are subject
to arrest the reform will doubtless be
carried through promptly.
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Reid, and marked personal. 1t read as
follows:
I'm getting awfully tired of your
questions. Why don't you find out
something? A great newspaper is sup
posed to know everything, and ought
not to annoy its readers with needless
inquiries. This morning you as, viii
Mr.. Platt Consent| How the HI do
l know?'
That night an order came that the
Tribune must ask fewer questions
New York Mercury.
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One of the Boston high schools has
had a procession in which it's oldest
graduate was a prominent figure in
the ranks. AS he is lightweight years
cd, his presence was a reminder that
the Hub began to take an interest in
public schools a long time ago.
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AS Ii Hung Chang is about TO visit
this country, 1t may interest Mr.. An.
thony Comstock to learn that the EN-
peror has restored to the aged states
nan the yellow jacket and others arti-
cles Of apparel which he took away
during the Japanese invasion.
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Chicago papers admit that the city
census of 1894 was padded to the ex-
tent of 8 per cent. The fact that Chi
cage has a 95-per-cent conscience when
1t fixes up figures will be a pleasant
surprise to the outside world.
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The bicycle is impartial in its influ-
ences. If it keeps people away from
church it also interferes with the at
tendance at the theater; if it damages
the business of the liveryman it also
stops betting on horse races; if it
u 8 a falling off in the sale of fine
clothing, it also cuts down the sale of
fancy drinks.
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Mexico is at last to abolish interstate
taxation. Every one of it's twenty
seven states and it's two territories has
hitherto paid custom duties on all in
terstate traffic. The policy has been a
s~ingularly blind and stupid one, con-
sidering the example which the Mexi-
can government has had on its north
ern boundary.