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The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25
DAVE PrNNrre roN, Of Odebolt, Ia.


started out tn lrill a number of persons
who had incurred his enmity. He killed
Luther Traver and dangerously. shot
Mrs. johnson and Mrs. Stolt, and after
daring policeman who had cornered
him to shoot he committed suicide by
blowing the ton of his head off.
THOMAS ]. SHARKEY issued def NJ
San Francisco on the 10th. The sailor
pugllist claimed that he was the
champion of the world and he intended
to hold the championship until his
colors were lowered. He said he had
deposited forfeit for bet of $40, 900
and would fight Fitzsimmons, Maher,
Goddard or any one else. Sharkey said
that he had whipped Corbett and had
got the decision over Fitzsimmons and
nobody had INV better right to the
RECENTLY two men entered the home
Of ID. Jones near Wymore, Neb., and
frightfully tortured him by burning
him to make him tell where his money
was. Jones crawled the next morning
to a neighbours house, where he died in
horrible agony.
The flood situation on the 10Th in
Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota was
reported as being very threatening.
Many cities were submerged and an
immense number of bridges had been
washed away, all the streams being out
OF their banks.
SEVERE windstorm struck jackson,
Miss, on the 10th. Heavy trees were
uprooted, outbuildings destroyed and
much other damage done.
YOUNG woman, who was descend
ing from window of hotel at New
York by means of a patent fire escape.
lost control of the apparatus and fell
to the ground, suffering internal in
juries. The inventor Of the fire escape
was arrested to await the result of
the girls injuries.
The interstate commerce committee
mad meeting at New York to invests
gate charges preferred against a rail.
roads, forming the Joint Traffic asso-
citation, for alleged discrimination
against New York.
FIVE more tollgates were destroyed
in Garrard county, KY, on the night
OF the 10Th by mob of masked riders.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25
Beware Of Qintments for Catarr1
That Contain Mercury,

~ mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when CHEERING it through the mucous
surfaces Such articles SHOULD never be
physicians, as the damage they will do 10
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gem
uine.. 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by +. j. Cheney Co. Testi-
monials free
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

How My Throat Hurts!-Why don't Won
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

We never like man who is fancy whist.
ler.--Atchison Globe.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

1t Is more important to bear good fruit
than much ruit-Ram's Horn.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

The blossoms Of spring are the prophets
OF autumn. So a joyful service in youth
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, loo.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

When little old man wants to make
an impression, he puts on plug hat.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

BE sure; neuralgia will cease. st. Jacobs
Oil will cure. Get ease.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

I believe Pisos Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-Mrs.
Allie Douglass, lie Roy, Mich, Oct. 90, '94.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-03-25

There is at least one encouraging sign:
Loafers are less popular than they ever were
before.-Atchison Globe.
The Delta independent., 1897-03-24

rightly judging that he wesaa lose
ground in any attempt to assure
circumlocutory swords with the Scotch
man. 81 come from Mr.. TAorn1yke.
and he refers me 10 you for sone in
formation in regard to John Kilgsow." :"
"Aye?" queried Duncan. who thought
hardest when he said the least. and
who was prepared in advance to dis
credit the statements of the town COM
pany's attorney even If they sholld ap-
pear to be self-evident truths-
"Yes. Mr.. Thorndyke was obliGel u
leave for New York tAss morning, and
before he went we had n conference
shout the matter in which he has been
representing John Kilgrow. hardly
need tell you that. as professional men.
we soon came to q satisfactory under
standing, end Mr.. Thorndyke was quite
willing TINT i should settle the CLAIM,
with his client direct. He referred me
to you for the particulars, saying that
it would be necessary to approach Kill
grow through you on account OF . fool-
ish fear on the part OF the old man
touching some ancient difficulty with
the revenue people,"
Ibid Master Thorndyke gle ye . bit
of . letter to me?" asked Duncan,
warily.
II spoke Of it, but he said IL wouldn't
be necessary. He was very much hur-
r;ed, and there was little time to spare.
He was called home by telegraph, 1
understood"
Duncan ruminated thoughtfully for
some minutes, considering not SO
much what he should say ~ how he
could soy the least and learn the most.
'An' what is it yen be wantin' o. me.
Master Sharpless?" he finally inquired.
"Nothing more than that you will
see Kilgrow and arrange . meeting.
l should be glad to enterts.n him In
Allacoochee, but IL he does not wish
to come to town can go In him. u he
will appoint q time and place"
"Dut I'm ma sure I'll see aud John
ME in the next twnl'month." objscted
Duncan.
"Why, I understood from Mr.. Thorn
dyke that he lived here near you sone-
where"
Duncan shook his head. ''He has ma
house in these Iarts that ken"
Sharpless tilted his chair and slipped
his hands into his pockets. II under
The Delta independent., 1897-03-24

sHsuA your ee,ueooopns ~. DuDaS -
kc said. with . smile that had softens1
more than one recalcitraut Witness.
"You will pardon my not mentioning
II sooner. but had not thought of ask
ing you To serve us in this matter with
out compensation. Il will be thou.
sand dollars in your pocket when you
bring Kilgrow TO my ONCE In Allacoo-
chee."
Duncan's solemn face gave no intima-
ton Of the strife stirred up within him
by the lawyers shameless psoposal--
. furious struggle between cautious
shrewdness and righteous indignation.
For the first, and perhaps the last, time
In his life, wrath got the better of pru-
dence, and he burst out In . storm Of
broad Scotch invcctive that put . sharp
conclusion to the interview.
"YeM bribe auld jamie Duncan. will
ye? YeTl tilt yersel back in yer chair
In . mans ain hoose an pit price on
the held o. his frien'f Lat me tell ye,
snce for a, Master Attorney, ye didna
bid high eneuch - there's ma gowd
encuch amang the hale scram'lin O. ye
TO buy ane hair O. Johnnie Keelgrow's
held, d. ye ken that, ye auld smooth
faced dell? TAX yer dour face DOT O.
the boose. before I'm fosgettin' I'm
man o. peace an . Chreestian!"
Sharplsss was sbrewd enough 10 see
that he had hopelessly ruined his case
with the iraae Scot, and he was wisc
enough to know thaA he w0uld prob
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The Delta independent., 1897-03-24

t,isappeafxnce. Much. every way. he
concluded. when Duncan spoke again.
"Iobbie, lad, the times come
when I'm in sair need O. good counsel.
We Wilma lat yer place max ye boggle
over a bit O. advicef'
with the town company. .you
mean? discharged myself this morn
ing; but II hadn't It would make no
difference where could be Of service
to you"
.The guide Lord be thankful" eS-
proceeded to relate in their proper or
der the incidents in the history Of Kill
grows wrong and Thorndyke's quest.
ending with an account of the attor-
ney's visit to the farmhouse. rrothcroe
listened nttentively, and he was ready
with his answer when Duncan finished.
"Sharpless lied." he said. Thorn
dyke wouldn't turn the case over to the
company. nor would be abandon II just
as he had got the whip hand Of his op-
poncnts. They've spirited him ont Of
the way SO they can scare Kilgrow into
n cheap settlement; and Sharplcss canie
to you because he didn't know where
TO find the old mountainecr."
Protheroe spoke to Duncan, hut he
kept his eyes fixed upon the face of tho
young girl, who sat eagerly listening.
lie was trying another experiment in
physiognomy. and the result was not
altogether comforting.
aye dinns think they'd harm the lad.
do yer"
II imagine II would depend upon cir
cumstances. The object would be 10
with Kilgrow. You know Thorndyke
better than do; would he be likely to
go peaceably?"
Duncan shook his head gravcly. "Na,
I'm thinkin' he wouldna do that; he'd
be mnir than likely to gle 'em deal O.
trouble"
The experiment was . cruel one. but
Irotheroe continued IL unpityingly.
I'm that case you can judge for yourself
by what was done day before yester-
day. Shnrpless IL thoroughly unscru-
pulous; and Thorndyke could sepd him
to the penitentisry. It's kidnapping at
the best. and it may be something much
wcrse."
The engineer found the result Of his
experiment and his own punishment in
the expression Of horror thnt crept
over Elsie's face when his inference be-
came plain. 1t hurt him more than he
cared to admit.
All through the long summer. while
Philip and Elsie were apparently jour
neying hand In hand along the road in
which he had unseifshly set their feet,
frotheroe had huggcd his ideal. play
ing the heroic part Of the high-mindcd
The Delta independent., 1897-03-24

A few clean cotton rags largo enough
10 wash presses with will Be purchased
st this oince; price 3 cents per pound.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06

away. Among those that are now but
memory of this old street was the
house of John Boyle, Earl of Cork and
Orrery, who was a warm friend of Dean
Swift. He was known in 1888 by his
contributions to the World and the
Connoisseur. Boswell, the irrepressible
who wrote the life of DR.. Johnson, lived
here in 1860. The last Earl of oxford
passed away in this street. So did the
Able Courayer, the best pen in
France" A Mr.. Sergeant had house
in Downing street, and it became dis
tinguished because the great Lord Cha
than was conveyed thither after he had
fallen in a sWoon during a sitting of
lords. All these have gone forever from
Londons heart. So, too, will soon pass
away the remaining ones. The houses
of the first lord of the treasury and
chancellor of the eXchequer, with that
used by the whips, Will be torn away.
They are to be replaced by an edilice
corresponding in eXternals with that
used by the foreign office. In the new
building the board of agriculture the
Irish Office and the parliamentary coun-
Gil will also find homes.
OF Downing street, Theodore Hook
once said that IAN hours inhalation of
its atmosphere affects some men with
giddiness, others with blindness and
/ forgetfulness." And into oblivion and
forgetfulness Downing street, as it was
IN its prime. will soon pass, too.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06
ASUB-CALIBRE CARTRIDGE.
An Invention That Brings in Sight
the ALI Round Rifle.

+. j. Rabbeth, of Boston, has got
what he and other sportsmen think is
the foundation for an all-around rifle,
one that will serve to shoot chipmunk
or gray squirrel with one charge, and
then by working a lever may be made
ready for a deer. Mr.. Rabbeth's sys-
tenn is an old one, with a new twist to
it. Years ago Forest and Stream told
of a man who had a cylinder of steel
made in the shape and size Of a AS
calibre cartridge. This cylinder was
bored out so that it would take a 22-
calibre cartridge. The scheme worked
well. The 22-calibre bullet would kill
q partridge at ten yards, being accurate
up to that distance, but beyond it the
bullet flew wild. A very great ad-
vantage of this sub-calibre cartridge
was that the larger chamber of the
45-calibre barrel took up the sound
and instead of the sharp crack a 90
calibre pistol would make, the noise
was a muffled sound that could scarce
ly be heard three rods away.
Rabbeth advanced on the idea. In.
stead of using a smooth bore stee
| cylinder for the sub-calibre bullet anC
| shell, he bored the steel shell out, ther
rifled it after the fashion of any rifle
or revolver. The targets which have
| been made with sub-calibre bullets o
| % and 25-calibres have shown The
value of such a steel shell in the bel
of big game hunter. A few of tn,
targets made are as follows: At s.
| yards from 45-calibre military rifle
67-grain 35-calibre bullets, driven b.
SO grains of f. q. black powder ant
3 grains of Walsrode smokeless pow
| der, to the number of 10 We're put int
bunch 3 inches in diameter. Min
of them could be covered by circl
| 2h inches in diameter. That is, an,
one of the 10 bullets would have hi
a ruffed grouse in the body and hal
of them would have been deadly Oi
gray squirrels. The charge of poWde
was, of course, very large, but tha
makes the work done seem more sur
prising, as large charges of powder be
hind small bullets do not commonl
work well.
With the same arm at so yards, bu
with II grains Of the smolIeless pow
der and grains of f. T. C. black pow
der and a 67-grain bullet, the resul
was still better. Taking the bullet
in groups of 10 as fired, the two wild
est of each group We're l 1-2, l 9-16 an
q inches apart. OF the 80 shots :
would have hit a gray squirrel in tn
head, while all would have pierced tn
body of a man. Further than tina
every shot would have killed q pan
fridge at what is a long range in tn
| woods
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method is rarely necessary for more
than two or three weeks.
Every morning before breakfast baby
is weighed. A new baby at birth
should weigh between six and seven
pounds, but many reared by DR.. Lion
have weighed far less. But" says
DR.. Lion, cit is absolutely necessary
that the baby be placed in the incu-
bator Immediately, for every minute
that 1t is exposed to the variations of
the temperature lessons it's chances of
life. An early child rarely dies if it
Is exempt from hereditary disease and
weighs not less than two pounds and
three ounces. The success of my sys-
TEN has been beyond my greatest
hopes. In Nice, where l was born,
and where the municipality now grants
money for the support of the first char
ity incubator started, l took 1856 chill
dren in three years, and out of these
1877 were saved. This means 72 per
cent. of the children who in the nat
ural course of things would have died
have been spared to their mothers.
Since last January we have had 62
babies in the Paris incubator, and of
these eleven have died. Six of the
eleven weighed less than two pounds,
and their cases We're almost hopeless
The others had been brought in too
late. They had caught chills.
One of the most attractive exhibits
at the Berlin exhibition to-day is the
! baby incubator. In two months more
| than 100000 persons visited it. The
medical profession of that city is rails
| ing a fund for the support of a per-
manent establishment at the German
capital similar to the one in Paris. 1t
is believed that before another year has
| passed Brussels and London will also
have baby incubators, and there is no
reason why New York should not fol-
| low suit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06

yearly pilgrimagcs to Mecca, and other
zealots pour into India to visit the
sacred shrines. When they scatter
again to go to their homes they bear
with them the germs of either cholera
or the bubonic plague. 1t is noticeable
that either pestilence or cholera inVari-
ably follows the regular 12-year pill
grimages of the Hindus
According to past experience the
germs are not carried with merchan-
disc. A case of infection from such
source is not known. The specific germ
seems to require a living vehicle for
safe transportation, but 1t willingly
attacks all manner of domestic ami
mails. The probability of its introduce
tion into this country is very remote.
Rags, which might be a source of in
fection, seldom come from the orient.
The natives have need for them for ap-
parel.
The period of incubation is at most
eight days, and any man who would
contract a disease in Bombay would
be either dead or recovered before he
could reach New York. A ship in which
case had occurred would not be per-
mitted to pass the quarantine station.
English troops in India are, of course,
menaced by the plague, but none of
them had been attacked at last re-
ports.
The city of Bombay is in a district
containing great many Parsees. Their
peculiar religion requires them to place
their dead on the towers of silence to
| be devoured by vultures, but the extra
| ordinary mortality among them is
| said to have overtaXed the appetites
| of the vultures, and the bodies lie in
| the tropical sun exhaling death to all
| in the vicinity of the towers.
Bubonic plague is the pestilence
which is almost invariably mentioned
| in Connection with famine in the an
cient scriptures, although in one or
| the botch of Egypt. In the sixth CEN
| tury travel between Europe and the
| orient became more general than be-
| fore and the plague was first intro
| duced. Its ravages were comparative
| ly slight in several epidemics which
! followed, but in the fourteenth century
| it came apparently to stay. For a pc
| riod of nearly $50 years there was hard
| ly time when it was not prevalent
| in some portion of Europe but it has
| not visited England since 1866.
In 1878 it ragged in eastern Russia
| having been introduced from the In.
| dies, and it lasted two years. Last
| year it prevailed to a considerable eX.
tent in China.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06
WE STAND CORRECTED.

If street railway company sells a ride
for a certain price and throws in a trans
fer does it make any difference who uses
that transfer" We should like to see
this point passed on in a court of final
authority.-Scranton Tribune.
The company, for stated price, sells to
one person a ride from any point to any
other point on its line. When a change Of
cars is necessary, a transfer is given. If
the company is bound to permit another
person to use that transfer, it is also
bound to give transfers to all passengers,
whether changes of cars are necessary or
not the said transfers to be used by other
persons than the original passengers. But
that would be equivalent to a reduction
of one-half in the price of fares, or selling
two rides for the price of one, which is
manifestly a violation o the intent and
equity of the transfer system.-Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06
TIE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
How 1t Swept Life Away in the Days
When Sanitation Was Yet an
Unknown Science.
From the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
The plague which has at intervals of
centuries ravaged wide areas of the
world is now doing it's deadly work
in Bombay. III early times it was
sometimes called the Black Death but
the more modern appellation is the bu-
bonic plague. 1t is a disease which fol-
lows famine, intense malaria, poisoning,
or generally unsanitary condition of
living. Foul air and bad ventilation,
accompanied by general habits of un-
cleanliness, are among the exciting and
aggravating causes. In the early stag
es of a plague those attacked by it
have a high fever which is usually
followed by swelling Of the glands in the
groin, armpits and neck. These swell
ings, which are called buboes, have the
general appearance of carbuncles, and
when they break, which is a favorable
symptom, the discharge is thin and
very often offensive, Soon the body
becomes covered with livid purple spots
caused by the collecting of blood under
the skin, and the skin quickly turns
black as death approaches.
When the plague is epidemic people
are often attacked with a sudden pang
and the plague-stricken victim is filed
with an extraordinary terror Death
results in 80 per cent. of the cases when
the disease is violent, and there is no
remedy yet discovered which will even
modify the virulence of the diseaes.
Epidemic plague is propagated by the
eNhalations from the bodies of the sick
and the dead, but is not transported in
| merchandise. Its march is slow but re-
| lentless. III May, 1905, it made its APP
| pearance i'll London, but not for the
| first time. The city at the time had
| 450, 600 inhabitants and the disease was
six months in marching across the
| town. All of the inhabitants who could
afford to fly the city, escaped, but in the
month of June 6,137 died. in July 1906
| and next month the death rate ran up tC
| 3l,l59. Then it began to moderate be-
cause the city was almost depopulated
| The total number of deaths was 6S. 500
In 1856, 100000 people died of the bubonio
plague in the city of Naples. In nearly
all cases the origin of the disease has
been traced to Egypt, the East Indies OF
| Northern Africa.
The latest press dispatches from Bonn,
| bay gives alarming reports regarding
the spread of the bubonic plague. but
when it comes to plain figures the con
| dition is not so bad as might be expect
ed. Bombay is a city of at least $780,
900 inha bitants, and with the suburbs
included, the population will amount tC
about a million souls. The plague be
gan early in December, and there have
been 1880 cases and about 5000 deaths
1t is Dowerless to advance when th'
infected persons and the dead are iso
lated.
It's great dsseminator Is the religious
zealot. Alohammedans make thei
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06
The Home of Great
Britaim's PrermierSo
Downing Street, Famed i'm Song and Story
Soon to BE Wiped Out--lts History.

Downing street, in the office of Lord
Hawkes.. on October 2, 1901. On the 10th
of that month Bonaparte's aid
General Lauriston, arrived with ratif-
cation papers.
Outwardly there Is nothing very
grand about the old palace. but there
is no lack of room within. There is the
old council chamber, as dismal as could
be wished for It's lined walls its
four massive pillars, it's heavy and sub
stantial furniture are all the same to-
day as they We're in the time of Walpole.
In this old chamber some of the most
delicate affairs of state have been set
tied Twice in English history have
foreign potentates met in this room.
Cabinet councils have not always been
held there, however. Mr.. Gladstone al
ways called his cabinet meetings in the
cozier room above stairs. Lord sails
bury holds his at the foreign office.
The last of the famous houses of
Downing street are now to be swept
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-06

From The Tlmes-Heralds London Cores
pondent.
"Downing street is to be wiped out.
1t will not be long before the dust of
the mortar that binds the antique brick
of the famous old buildings at "No. TO-
will stifle passers-by in the narrow
lanelike street where history has been
made" for some centuries. The dingy
old house that has served as home
and a workshop for many of England S
most illustrious men will soon be torn
down to be replaced by structure IN
keeping with the new home office, which
is new only by way of contrast with the
ancient buildings about it. For all the
world "Downing street." phrase syn
onymous with the motive power of the
British government, is "No. TO-" To the
American, with whom all state offices
and public buildings are things of to-
day, equipped with modern conven-
iences," the official residence and work.
ing room of the premier seems an ano-
maly. The buildings at No. 10 are old