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The silver star., 1897-09-09

Some women are nervy. Mrs. F. G.
Turner of st. Louis is of that class
She had a thrilling experience when
she and Miss Sophy Sebenhor were at
tackled by mad deg. The animal ran
down the street. foaming at the mouth,
and first attacked Miss Sebenhor, who
turned him about with her parasol.
Then 1t sprang at the throat OF Mrs.
Turner and fastened its fangs in her
clothing. She seized the dog BY the
back of the neck and ears, forced 1t
from her. placed it upon the sidewalk
and fell with her knees upon the brute
She held the struggling animal in this
position until her husband was tele-
phoned for and came to the rescue on
a bicycle. armed with a revolver The
dog was killed. Mrs. Turner's arms
were almost paralyzed by the strug-
gle.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

A number of representative men and
women have given the New York In
dependent their opinion as to what con-
stitutes the most striking characteristic
OF the period and the reign Of Queen
Victoria A response from Gladstone
properly leads the list of replies. No
answer touches finer characteristic
than that of Frances E. Willard. that
the queen has set up and illustrated the
highest standard of personal purity.
To be royal and yet pure in heart has
unhappily not always been a charac-
teristic Of English sovereigns.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

Considering the intense cold ofAlaska
1t might be well for US to turn to Yuma,
Ariz., for little relief. 1t has been
stated for fact that the ghost of SOL
dier, who had lived a bad life in Yuma,
came back from the neither regions to
get his army blankets because he felt so
cold down there. Yuma is now -four
fshing mining town with a population
OF 5000. For weeks at stretch the
temperature ranges from 81 degrees to
12o degrees. They remark that 1t is a
cool day when the mercury sinks down
to 80 degrees. This season Yuma has
had two spells OF hot weather, when the
thermometer registered III degrees in
the shade. So, If one gets "froze out"
in Yukon he could get thawed out In
Yuma.
The silver star., 1897-09-09
WEBSTER DAVIS IN OHIO
Makes . HIT - Orator Of the Day at
stsubenviils's Centennial.

Steubenville, Ohio, Sept. IA
century ago to-day the first sale of
town lots took place In this city. To-
day Steubenville celebrated. Never
before in her history was there such q
crowd OF strangers within her gates.
Competent judges estimated the crowd
at co. 900 people. Webster Davis, assist.
ant secretary Of tho interior, was tho
orator Of the day. When the centen.
nial committee went to Washington
some time ago to secure q speaker,
President Mckinley said to them, II
regard Mr.. Davis Is one of the finest
orators In the United States" The
thousands who heard his address to-
day will give the same testi imony.
Never was such speech heard In this
valley before. At times strong men
were weeping and again cheering lus-
tily as he paid glowing tribute to
Steubenville's most distinguished son,
Edwin III. Stanton, the great war sec
retary, and when he spoke of Presi.
dent William Mckinley ~ another son
Of Jefferson county, the cheering was
80 great that he could not proceed for
some time. Al tho conclusion Of his
address. the vast audience arose and
cheercd him to the echo, while many
climbed over the seats and upon tho
platform TO shake him by the hand,
and II was impossible for some
time to proceed with the other speeches
on the program. Among those who
climbed the platform was General
Daniel e Sickles, the battle Scared
hero OF Gettysburg. lie was sitting
N carriage. and when Mr.. Davis
finished he seized his crutches, and,
With the MD Of General Auson q.
McCook. was soon ON the platform,
Seixing the orator by both hands, he
said, ''Thnts the greatest oratorical
emort ever heard In all my life. !
want you to send me that speech"
The silver star., 1897-09-09
skAouAv TRAIL OPENED.
steady stream of Men and Animals COIN
Over the PAss.

steady stream of Men and Animals Going
Over the l'ass.
Seattle. Wash. Aug. 31.-The follow
ing letter was received per steamer
Utopia to-day by the Associated Press
Skaguay, Aug 23-The jam Is
broken on the Skaguay trail. A num-
ber of outfits have gotten over and
there Is a steady stream of moving hui
manity mixed up in an almost inde-
scribable mass Of horses Of all sizes.
ages and conditions, mules, steers,
mich cows, goats and dogs, also ve-
hicles Of every kind and description to
be imagined. Three steamers are now
unloading on lighters, which convey
the freight as near the shore as DOS
sible, where 1t il loaded on wagons or
anchored above high tide.
The Utopia Is unloading at the only
wharf, very shaky structure. Two
pile drivers are Mt work on another
dock, which is intended to be sub
stantial affair. A new saw mill got up
steam for the first time this morning.
Rough lumber Is worth $27 per thou
sand, but cannot be got half fast
enough.
The city of tents Ia not being dis
placed, but reinforced by city of
''shacks" of all sizes and degrees.
Skaguay Is the boom town OF Alas
ka. Every man whose heart failed him
when he encountered the first hardship
has turned tOwnsite boomer. -Four
weeks ago Skaguay was not known;
to-day there nre not less than 1900
people In addition to those on the
ships on the harbor. They have sur
veyed Off the townsite, the first COM
ers having choice. The United States
commissioner is issuing some kind of a
certificate. fee s., surveyor another 50.
then the squatter sticks up his tent.
shack or corral and is ready to skin
the first tenderfoOt that comes along.
Transfers by quit claims are quite
common and as high as 500 has been
paid for Il choice location.
Skaguay has all the usual accOmpani-
ments of n frontier mining town.
Dance halls. roulette. faro. stud poker
and craps find devOtees ready to tempt
fortunes smiles.
There Is no danger OF famine here,
though there may be shortages In GER
tain lines. All sides "smiling plenty,
ns II cOnjured by some enchanter.'
here abOunds. Great piles OF hay,
grain, flour, bacon, sugar and all the
necessaries are In stock apparently
for some time to come. There are not
less than 1000 horses at work OH the
Skaguny trail, but 1t is hard to get any
one to contract to deliver you over the
summit-at any price-but you can get
over for about 30 cents pound If you
are willing to wait and contract by
sections. The packers at this end of
the trail do not like to contract far
ther than the first hill, six miles out.
and one has to hire another outfit.
At Dyea the Indians are moving the
freight In an almost unbroken stream
from Dyea to Lake Linderman. and II
Is no trouble to contract to get one's :
entire outfit put over at one trip for 81
to 30 cents per pound. No one should
come expecting to get over this fall
less than these rates. and no one should
bring boats. There are boats. set up.
knocked down In sections and single
boards on both trails from landing Ia
base OF summit. but not one has yet
been taken over.
The silver star., 1897-09-09
PROSPECT OF A SETTLEMENT.
Coal Miners May Go To Work Pending Ar.
bitration.


bitrstion.
Columbus. o., Aug. 31.-The coal
strike IL considered settled here. The
plan is to resume at sixty-fOur cents
and work pending arbitration.
The direct parties In this conference
OF adjustment nre President UntchforI
OF the United Mine Workers ana tho
executive committee Of the operators
:. number Of the latter were In the civ
to-dny. and the result Is TINT u decls.
lon may bc looked for almost at any
moment. The direct effect Of this do.
cislon VIII bc the opening Of the mines
ana OF the resumption Of work by nil
striking miners the beginning Of the
coming week. :.
An operator here snys: "Thc new
hgiirc Inns been accepted by NIL but one
operator In the fIttsburg district, and
u IL understood hns been approved by
President itatchf0rd and other mem.
beers Of the executive committee Of tho
United Mine Workers. II is expected
TINT the single operator sill holding
out Will be iinnlly Induced 10 Yield.
and TINT the grcnt strike will thus M,
brought to speedy and penceful
close. "'
st. Louis. Aug. 3i.-Whcn shown I'M,
dispatch from Columbus. Ohio. stntinu
that the c0nl strike wins consiicre.i
there mn settled. President Itntchfor,i
0f the United Mine Workers ~ An,eri.
ca acknowledged tilnt he lind receiyc.I
proposition to hive the miners ~.
suins work nj sIxty-f0ur cents DendInw
Arbitration. lie added:
our executive council meets NJ Go.
The silver star., 1897-09-09
-Four Mrn charged Win M.,.,.,

Fresllwatcr. Colo, Aug. 3i.-J. q. Sin
chen. Patrick MonOgnn ana James Da,
were arrested yesterday charged Will
the murder or completely therein, Of "
-. Crninpton. On or about January IL
ls't. Chicago officers were wired TO mr.
rest Charles 7. Case, who In charged
with ielng principal In the crime. Case
served on the cOroner's Jury ut the time
OF the finding Of the body. presumubiy
several days after the murder Ind bceil
committed. md Inns since become well
Known ~ the promoter Of mining nnd
rnilrond schemes here.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

Following the example of some other
labor organizations, the knights Of
Labor are preparing to submit to Con-
gress an amendment to the tarif bill.
1t calls for the imposition Of duty
amounting to $500 on each alien labor
Or who comes into the United States.
In justification Of this proposition 1t
is alleged that foreign laborers are
brought here under various pretexts
because they work cheaper than Amer
leans.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

The dairymen OF Illinois have got
their anti-color (butterIne) bill enacted
into law. but will now have to push 1t
in the courts. A Chicago paper last
week said: "Butterine manufacturers
have banded together to test the con-
stitutionality OF the anti-butterine
color law. They will resume manufac-
turing and coloring 1t in defiance Of
the statute. Three OF the largest firms
engaged in its manufacture have al
ready resumed. They are the Fried
man Manufacturing Company. Braun
& Fits, and the w. ]. Moxley Com
pany. They will persist in making,
colosing and selling butterine until Ar
rests are made. Then the fight In the
courts will begin, all the firms having
pooled issues in this. The claim Of
unconstitutionality is based upon sew
eral points. One is that butter is COL
ored by the same process as butterins,
and what is lawful for one u lawful
for another. A second point u that
the law is special legislation. In the in
terest Of one industry and against an
other. A third point IL that the bill
was passed after midnight--the hour
for adjournment Of the legislature
and that the clerk on the third read
ing did not read from the original bill.
but from a copy. This last allegation
10 undoubtedly true. as the original bill
was stolen from the engrossing clerks
ONCE. The new law should be pushed
to ita Sull sfren 9Th and mn tima .ho,,ld
be lost In following up violations Of
1t. Every transgression should bs fol-
lowed by q case at law.
The silver star., 1897-09-09
spain W II lt.psl An.reh,.,..

Madrid. Aug. 3i.-,I'he Spanish gov.
ernment is forming a plan to bring
about the banIshment or all nnnrchists
from Spnin. II In announced here thnt
anarchists will NO longer be allowed N
lnfid In Spain. and TINT therefore ths m
government must dep0rt some 10 Tho
american republic or some distsmt
Spanish pOsuasslou. "'s"'
The silver star., 1897-09-09
Sl00 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 600 ron ANY ca
OF wssh.sss II lsss They Treat Z
Vail In UwRa

esS4 Ass
Vail 70 Curs.
4. A Omaha Company places for the =!
time before the public 8 NAeIoAL r.
h1nf Tor the curo Of Lost VITALITY, NsvG1
and Sexual Wsatnoao. onA Reetorstlos
Life Force In old And yosnG msa !
worn-out French remedy; ooutai1e 1
reosphoSous or other hsrm{ul druA hl
. WoNDsnvuL TasAfMHuT-magicsi "
o9ects- positive In lts cure. All rssle.1
vne Are su6ertng frem . weakness y
ougete their Me, causing that mental g
ehysicel su@sr1ns peculiar 70 Lost
6o0S, saonld write 70 The OTATB MEDIC
CO9FANY,. Omaha, Neb., and thsg Z:
80 ye. abso!ntely yRt1, , vIs1
q etheaI truly NAeicAi 1nnAfn1HT. ~
ende % men, who have tooe III hope
~, ~ ee!ag rsseersd ~ thsm 70 .
This AAeicAL TnsASMpxy may n =
o home uadsr their 1irootions, b. th9
~ railroad fare an3 hoS0l bllIs 70 =
Rrcees 70 20 there for tSoot0ens,
ka1 - ess4: They ere poefeotiy ~
~ .2mple, o. O. o. D. fako. TbQ
eveiy sass lhey trsaS o. fslssd svsIz
~ - ehedr ohorgeo nay ~ 1sposiee1
eeak - b paid e thS1 Wkcs . -
sessss1. Write then today.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

Lady Henry Somerset 10 no longer
the head Of the W. G. T. U. In England
She attended wine dinner given BY
herself and other ladies 10 zone hun.
drsd gentlemen" II got out. and Short.
~ aftsrward Lady Somerset did iihe.
wise. It doxt pay people to prsee3ee
what they do not preach.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

The self-respect Of a citizen OF the
United States is founded In personal
freedom. which Is based on personal
responsibility. and with this. he has
great admiration for the power Of the
great Republic. always provided that
such power Is not directed against his
rights. In which case he endeavors in
that regard to correct II.
The silver star., 1897-09-09
SILVER STAR.
published Weekly.)
R. B. HAWKINS. NS..............E Editor
DOLORES, COLORADO.
Terms: $500 Per Year.

1t Is said that the music TO I'VE
Won't Go Home Till Morning" is over
TOO years old. or about the age the fell
low feels who sings it when he wakes
up
The silver star., 1897-09-09

ihe Gardiner. Maine, man who tuvk
OF his Prince Albert while moving tho
lawn. and later clipped OF both tails
with the mower, gets mad whom he
subject Is mentioned In his presence.
The silver star., 1897-09-09

lumbus, Ohio. tomorrow night. and the
proposition Of Mr.. Young. who repre-
sents n large number Of operators, will
be considered with other matters"
The silver star., 1897-09-09

George. I'm glad to see that you
are polite and offer sister the oranges
irst." "Yes'm: cause then she has TO
% polite an take tn little one"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
BEE HUNTING IN THE OKEFENOKEE
How 1t Is Conducted in the Famous
Swamp.

How 1t Is Conducted in the Famous
Swamp.
One of the most remarkable features
of the Ok eefenokee region is the abund-
ance of wild bees. One of the branches
of the swamp bears the name of Bee
Heaven Bay, and it is a common saying
that every tenth tree is bee tree within
an area of twenty or thirty miles square.
During the summer months the lakes
and ponds get very low, and large por-
ton of the swamp becomes dry land,
Then the harvest of the bee hunters be-
gins. Two men will go in partnership
and, with scrub steer hitched to atwo-
wheeled cart loaded with tubs and kegs.
they will start for tn swamp armed with
rifles and axes. After the lapse of a
week or ten days they will reappear at
the nearest station laden with honey and
beeswax and venson hams, which they
will dispose of, and, purchasing a fresh
supply of bacon, coffee, tobacco, and
ammunition, they Will return to the
hunting grounds. For a month or six
weeks they will scour the woods until
the winter rains set in and drive them
back to their log huts on the sand ridges,
with supply for several months, and
with a snug sum of money with which to
purchase calico, snuff and corn wiaiskey,
with sack or two of -four for domestic
purposes Chicago Record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13

Over the millions of square miles of this
austral continent ceaselessly continues a
titantic struggle between the opposing
ancient elements of fire and water. In
vain the volcanoes pour forth streams of
molten lava and shoot upward pillars of
fire. Welcoming the lava as protect
ing, non-conducting covering of its lower
strata of flowing glaciers, the continental
ice cap resistlessly advances, certain that
in time, when the processes of erosion
have lowered the elevation of the volcan-
ic craters, its countless, tiny snoyfakes
will quench the apparently unextinguish-
able fires that now shake from end to
end the continent of Antarctica
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
---------------h -
THE OCEAN DEPTHS.
Ahe temperature at the BOtsOm of the
ocean Down to the Freezing Point.
From tho

The Temperature at the Botsom of the
Ocean Down to the Freezing Point.
From the Nineteenth Century.
The temperature at the bottom of the
ocean is nearly down to freezing point.
and sometimes below it. There is a to-
tai absence of light, as far as sunlight is
concerned, and there is an enormous
pressure, recoDed at ab) one ton to the
square inch in every one thousand faith :
oms, which is 100 times greater than
that of the atmosphere we live in. At
2,5OO fathoms the pressure is thirty
times more powerful than the steam
pressure of locomotive when drawing
train. AS late as 1880 leading zooo-
gist explained the existence of deep-sea
animals at such depths by assuming that
their bodirs were composed of solids
and liquids of great density and con-
tanned no air. This, however, is not the
case with deep-sea fish, which are pro
vided with air-infated swimming blad-
ders. If one of these fish, in full chase
after its prey, happens to ascend beyond
a certain level, its bladder becomes dis
tended with the decreased pressure, and
carries it, in spite of all it's efforts, still
higher in its course. In fact, members
of this unfortunate class are liable 70
become victims to the unusual accident
of falling upward, and no doubt meet
with violent death soon after leaving
their accustomed level, and long before
their bodies reach the surface in dis
torted and unnatural state. Even ground
sharks, brought up from depth OF
more than 500 fathoms, expire before
they gain the surface.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
HideOuS Humans.
purposes

The most hideous looking human be
ing that has ever been seen in Germany
is that of Barbara Blattner, young wo-
man of II, who lately applied to the
Berlin city hospital for treatment. She
was found to be remarkably free from
organic disease, but her skin was literal
lY covered with warts, the physicians
who examined her estimating the total
number at not less than 5000. A SINH
lar case, although hardly as bad, was
that of Lizzie Kench, girl who was in
the Baltimore hospital few years ago.
She had about 5000 warts on different
parts of her body.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
Howss Thisg

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ,. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have know F.J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Trnax, wholesale druggists, To-
ledo, D. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
wholesale druggists, Toledo, 2.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous SUFFICE of the system Price 75c.
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Tes-
timonials free.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13

eminent, surrender their arms and trust
themselves again into the hands of
Spain. The Spaniards know that the
Cubans will never give up heir republic
unless the United States coerces them.
VIII congress help to complete the
conspiracy against human liberty to
which President Cleveland has lent his
utmost support? Surely the American
people have not forgotten their own his
tory, nor the er-to-be-forgotten part
which France played in it at the begin
ming.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
A WONDERFUL BIRD.
The Flight of a Carrier Pigeon Over Thous"
ands of Miles of Frozen Waste.

The Flight of a Carrier Pigeon Over Thous"
ands of Miles of Frozen Waste
One day a wonderful bird tapped at
the window of Mrs. Nansen's home at
Christiana. Instantly the window was
opened aud the wife of the famous Arc
tic explorer 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 it had 1T forgotten the
way home. 1t brought a note from Nan
sen, stating that all was we'll with him
and his expedition in the polar regions.
Nansen had fastened a message to a car
rer pigeon AMI turned the bird loose.
The frail carrier pigeon darted out into
the blizzardly air. 1t flew like an arrow
aver thousand miles of frozen waste,
a1d then sped forward over another
Thousand miles Of ocean, plains and for
est s, and one morning entered the win
dow of the waiting mistress and deliy-
cred the message which she been await
ing so anxiously. We boast of human
pluck, sagacity and endurance; but this
loving little carrier pigeon, in its hame-
ward flight, after an absence of thirty
months, accomplished feat so wonder
full that we can only give ourselves up to
tue amazement and admiration which
must overwhelm everyone when the
mar vel)us story is told,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
A CONTINENT DEVOID OF ANIMALS
A Ceaseless Struggle Between Fire and
Water in AntarcticS,

A Ceaseless Struggle Between Fire and
Water in Antarctics.
The Antarctic, then, is a continental
land unique in the world" writes Gen
eral A. w. Greedy in an interesting arti-
Gle on ''What May be Found in the South
Pole, in the January Ladies' Home
Journal. ats desolate shores, rarely
approachable under most favorable con-
ditions, are laved by an ocean the richest
ON the globe in it's marine life animal
and voge table. Seals and whales in in
credible numbers abound in its waters,
and countless sea birds cover with nests
and eggs the few favored land spots
which are free from snow during the
brief, comfortless summer. 1t is con-
tinent where abounds no land animal
life, either mammals, birds, insects, spi-
ders or reptiles. No mammal exists
within six hundred miles of its borders
1t is also devoid of land vegetation lex
cept the lowest forms of a cellular tissue
lichens. which have been found in only
two places having neither ferns, flow err
ing plants, shrubs nor trees.
"Here, however, Nature displays her
forces on a scale elsewhere unknown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
CIRCUMSTANTiAL EVIDENCE.
Congressman John Allen and a Tramp in a
Railroad Wreck.

Congressman John Allen and Tramp in a
Railroad Wreck.
Private John Allen of Mississippi, is
not an advocate of conviction on circum-
stantial evidence. Mr.. Allen was pas
senger on on the Southern train that
came near being wrecked on the bridge
east of Birmingham but was
averted by the rare presence of
mind of Engineer HAYES, who brought
his train to standstill just as the pilot
hung two feet into space off of the high
bridge. Mr. Allen was in the rear
sleeper, and on passing out to see what
had happened he discovered a tramp,
who had been stealing ride on top OF
the sleeper, getting down and preparing
to take to the woods.
"Where are you going" hailed Mr..
Allen.
81 am going to get out of this" re-
sponde1 the tramp. eff the train crew
catch me here they will abuse me, and
prefer taking chances ou the next
train.'
Come back here" cried Mr.. Allen
excitedly. "You fool, you, don't u
know the officials will be here within an
hour to investigate the cause of this
trouble and nine to one they may bring
with them pack of bloodhounds t.
trail down the culprit. Then what viii
become of you? Suppose those dogs
should strike your trail leading off from
here and you should be capturedP Yol
would be swung to limb in short or
der. Come back in this train; this is n
time for crew abuse and no time for
tramp to PIT his life in jeopardy"
This tramp crawled back in the sleep
er and Private John Allen, turning to
fellow passenger, remarked: 81 dom
believe in conviction on circumstantia
evidence no way."-Birmingham STATE
Herald.