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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

Medium" SLATE Writing and ALI
Light seances." Spirit Photography. .
For mediums are of various kinds. ac-
cording to their degree OF develop
ment. Materializing. etherializing.
trumpet. and slate-writing are the
principal.
That there are fake" mediums even
in Lily Dale is proven. The writer re-
Gently resorted to a novel test. Hav-
ing secured n sitting with a medium
who could mRterialize spirits at will.
he arranged with a photographer to
take nashlight pictures of the mate
REALIZATION. The result was that the
next day he was able to identify two
OF his spirit guides" among the serv-
ing girls at the hotel. The Board OF
Management ordered an investigation.
and, to their credit be 1t said, as soon
as the fraud was proved incontestably.
the mediums were ordered to depart
The lowest grade medium is the
"Etherializing Medium" II the con-
ditions are proper the spirit comes In
the semblance OF a mysterious cloud
or haze rising to the height OF the
spirit It represents. II is out OF this
cloud that the spirit voice comes and
watts It's message from shadowland. In
fake etherializatlons the writer has
found that the mysterious cloud was
produced chemically, and the voice
came through a tube in the floor, or.
better still, by ventriloquism. Thi>
last is potent factor in many a spirit
message. I have known a medium who
gave public seances and all his mes
sages were given by a ventriloquIst.
The trumpet medium is quite a nov
city. At the beginning of the sitting
n trumpet rests on the floor in the
middle OF the circle. When the spirit
arrives the trumpet floats about the
room, and finally rests on the shoul-
der of him who is to be favored by a
communication. And into his ear
alone does the trumpet proclaim the
spirit message. The slate-writing me-
dium transmits the communication by
means OF writing. You may take away
with you the grewsome characters
traced by trembling spirit hands to
ponder them at your leisure. We re-
produce some photographs of spirit
messages through slate-writing me-
diums. There Is great deal of fraud
here, too. Sometimes the writing ia
on the states. invisible in the dark, for
the sittings are generally held in the
dark. AS soon as the rays of light are
thrown on the State or paper. which
iF IN tso excitement of the announced
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
wild Cat. Fight =, cro,on Dam.

Seven hundred Italian workrien
were lounging about their crude huts
and boarding houses at Croton Dam.
N. Y. recently. when they were star
tied by the shrill cries OF two Wild
cats. Some OF the men looked across
the deep chasm which. when COM
pleted. will be one of the largest res
ervoirs in the world. and saw two
animals fighting on the high wall
overlooking the dam. Several boys
ran near and saw the contestants were
wildcats and that both were bleeding
from many wounds. Round and round
the animals went. each striving to end
the life OF the other. They snarled
and issued piercing cries, until finally
the biggest cat, which was streaked
with black. managed to bite n chunk
Of flesh out of its rivals throat, and
then tossed the cat over the wall to
the foot OF the chasm. 200 feet below.
When the boys reached the bottom of
the pit they were surprised to see that
the cat was still alive and full OF fight.
In order to kill the cat the lads had
to stone II to death.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
Dog Kills q Hen Hawk.

Bob. a req setter. owned by Farmer
Bradford, OF Brookdale, n. Y, keeps
guard over the barnyard fowls. follows
the clacking mother hens and broods
from one place to another. and lies low
for hen hawks. Late in September
Bob saw an enormous hen hawk swoop
down and carry OFF a squawklng chick
en-. and since then he has taken upon
himself the task of watching over all
the feathered stock on the premises.
Farmer Bradford wasn't aware of
Bob's self-imposed duties until the
other afternoon. when he heard the
rooster and the hens cackling and
squawking back of the barn. He saw
n red streak sailing over the fence like
flash. and before he could get to
where the frightened fowls were Bob
came bounding round the corner of
the barn with big hen hawk by the
neck. The hawk was Tapping its wings
furiously, but Bob soon choked It to
death. not appearing to mind the beat
ing he received from the birds large
wings.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
EXPERIENCING PLOTS.
Woman Novelist Accused of BurxiAriss
which She Puts Into Stories

"ulCh Shc RUS luto StoEiee-
Mrs. Clink. Pennsylvania author.
is evidently gathering material for a
new novel. Some months since she
was arrested on a charge OF robbing
store at Meshoppen and lodged In thu
Wyoming county Jail at Tunkhannoek
While awaiting trial she escaped from
jail. accompanied by negro. William
Smith. Since escaping the couple
have been tramping through the coun-
try and living In true Bohemian style.
Two weeks ago horse and wagon
were stolen In Hartford. Susquehanua
county, and later the property WAS
found along the road by n Broome
county officer. Smoke rising from n
neighboring ravine disclosed the pres
encc OF n camping party. which. en- In
vestigation. proved to be Mrs. Clink
and Smith. The couple were roasting
n chicken. the feathers OF which
matched perfectly some feathers found
In the wagon by the roadside. The
couple were taken to the Broome coun-
ty Jail In Binghamton and later turned
over to the sheriff OF Wyoming coun-
ty. New York state. An examination
OF the camp equipage OF Mrs. Cink
showed that she is the possessor OF d.
versificd talents. one of which Is the
gift OF writing. A story In manuscript,
not completed. was found. entitled
"The Ship That Never Returned and
"a Confession to My Husband" the
latter containing rather vague ac-
coent OF the burglary at Meshoppen-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
FINCER-STOCkS.

In the old Danes schools in coun-
try districts. even so late as fifty or
sixty years ago. there was always kept
on the desk. side by side with the
birch. pair of finger-stocks. AS the
children went up in turn to the desk to
repeat their lessons. they were each
Obliged to put on these stocks. The
hands were placed behind the back.
and the four fingers OF each hand in
serted in the holes. With the shoul-
ders brought well back, the child In
this position was absolutely helpless
and entirely at the mercy OF the old
dame. should she be inclined to use
the birch or box the ears Of any de-
linquent scholar. These flnger-stocks
were also used as a mode Of punish
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

ion among even the most extreme spir-
itualists. There can be no doubt there
ts much room for fake here The
s-~ual way is to prepare the plates be-
forehand. Other experts trace vague
faces on the negative. while yet others
paste the spirit faces boldly around
the subject.
III you examine the accompanying
spirit photographs. all made by ex-
perts. you will see at once the scicntif-
ic objection to spirit photography that
has never been answered. In almost
every instance there is a marked dis
proportion between the focus of the
living subject and that of the spirit
representation. The latter is always
larger: It should be smaller. There Is
no proportion of parts. thus giving the
spirit picture n ghastly and unnatural
appearance Foster and Keeler are
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
~ Feel Like . New Person.
Mrs. GEO. LEACH,

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle St., Alton, ILL.,, writes:
Before l began to take your Vege
table Compound l was great suffere,
from womb trouble. Menses would ap
pear two and three times in Il month
causing me to be SO weak could nc.
stand. Icould neither slecpnor eat. and
looked SO badly my friends hardly
knew me.
81 took doctors medicine but did no,
derive much benefit from it. My drug.
gist gave me one of your little books,
and after reading it decided to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. l feel like a new person. I
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world. /
can not praise it enough"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
PIANlsrs PRACTICE TOO MUCH
josef Hoffman, Says Too Much Work
slup.tlca tie Stnsirnt.

Hofmann practiccd three hours n iay'
writes Mary Il. Mullett. OF the famous pi-
anist. In the October Ladies' Home Jour
nal He believes that most students
make the mistake OF ovcr-prncticing.
When he came to this country the first
time he was pructlcInS an hour II day.
For two years after his return to Ger
many he practlced two hours n day. Dur
Ing the next two years he averaged four
hours daily. and aftsr that. until he went
to Rublnstein. six hours daily. This he
regards as excessive.
Ones mind grows stupid and con-
fused, lIofmann says. and ones fingers
follow the confusion OF the brain. An
other mistake OF young pinnists II that
they use too much force In practicing.
One should play just hard enough to keep
the fingers and wrists from getting stift
one Is not aiming FOR artistic results as
one Is In concert playing. 1t Is the fingers
which need constant practice. !"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
Catarrh Canno. n- Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the scat OF the disease. Cgtarrh IL .
blood or constitutional disease. and in order TO
Catarrh Cure IL taken internally. and acts
A.rcctly on tho blood and mucous surfaces
Halls CataTrh Cure Is not n quRck medicine.
II WAS prescribed by one OF tho best physicians
In this country for years. and Is a regular pre-
scription. II II composed OF the best tonics
known combined with tho best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces The
perfect combination OF the two ingredients Is
what produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for Testimonials, free.
p. J. CHENEY & co. Props. Toledo. O
Sold by druggists, price '5c.
Halls Family pills arc the best
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

Mr.. Simon. the new senator from Ore
gon, II n jew, and the third OF his race
to hold a seat In the Senate. The frat
was Judah T. BENJAMIN OF Louisiana. the
next was Mr. Moses OF the same state.
Both OF them were mon of distinction and
influence. Mr. benjamin was n member
OF the Cabinet In the Southern confcd-
crncy and nt the close OF the war went
TO London. where he was admitted to
tho bar and attained n very high position
and lucrative practice.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
ARE SISTER COMMUNICATIVE.
American 70 Not EnEia rd's Daugnter-The
Rotation n frat -rnnl One.

ohe.
A misleading metaphor may do a great
deal to beget and perpetuate confusion of
thought: and such metaphor. l suggest,
is that which describes England the
mother country" of America, writes Will
liam Archer in the Pail Mall Gazette
fennyson has given 1t literary sanction
In the line "GiGantic Daughter OF the
West" and Mr. William Watson. in his
Titan of the West repeats the praise
without misgiving. Both poets ignore the
Hight OF time. and mistake IA historical for
an actual relation. The America of to-
day is not the daughter of the England of
to-day. They are both daughters and CO.
heiresses of the England of the past, and
especially. we may say, of seventeenth
century England. The same spirit which
refused shlp-money to Charles /. refused
tea-money to George Ill.,; the same spirit
which drew up the petition of rights die.
was England's misconception of her true
relation to her American colonies that
finally alienated them. She tried to be not
only mother-land, but Il step-mother-
land. and the United States nobly and in
eritable broke her leading strings. And
now after the lapse OF a century and
quarter, we have no shadow of an excuse
for putting ar maternal airs toward the
transatlantic republic. We. no less than
the England of North and Greenvilie.
though our revolt has been a bloodless
one. Surely. then. our relation is frater-
nal. not parental and filial. Or. since a
significant personification remnant
either mythology or OF chivalry = makes
nations feminine of gender. let US say
that We are sister commonwealths.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

diums who hold the middle ground
between the more gross, earthly NOR
tails and the dwellers in spiritland,
leave Lily Dale annually with a goodly
supply Of material gain. Prominent
mediums make no less than hun
drsd dollars a day during the summer
season. and secure a select number Of
patrons for winter work at their re-
spective homes.
The cottages, hotels, library and
amphitheater are much the same as
any summer school. but our fancy in
sists on seeing something weird and
ghostly all around us.
There is some reason for this In the
people themselves. says Mr.. E. Lyell
Earle In the New York Times. Me-
diums. as a class. are strange beings
They are SO dominated by an imagi
nary or real spirit that the exteriol
assumes a haggard aspect. As IL class
they do not live long. The excessive
mental strain, magnetic or spiritual,
explain 1t as you will, is high-class
stimulant, and when relaxation comes
recourse is often had to artificial sub
stitutes.
In walking along the streets Of the
camp one is attracted by variety OF
display advertisements rivaling Wild
West show or a Bowery museum in
their startling announcements. "Busi-
ness and Trance Medium" Trumpet
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

distinctly on the negative. Their
presence is not discernible by the
power Of sight during the exposure.
but the Photographic plate being 80
highly sensitive. outlines may be pic
tured thereon not tangible to human
sense.
This is n phase OF spiritism about
which there is much difference of opin-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

the leading spirit photographers az
Lily Dale. Mr.. Hearn. superior ar
tist there, is very skeptical of all such
work. AS an experiment he has sew
eral times prepared plates and In ev-
cry instance would these people insist
on seeing a marked resemblance to
some one in spirit land.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
Shall we Keep tn. PhilIppinesf

While public opinion is divided as to
the wisdom of keeping the Philippines,
1t Is. however. all one way in regard to
the wisdom of everybody keeping their
health. For this purpose Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is widely used. This
medicine is both preventive and cure
for malarial fevers and stomach disor-
ders
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
Scared to Death.

Ed Travers of Huntsville, Ohio. had
a beautiful horse that he was trying
to break so it wouldn't be afraid Of
the cars. Last Saturday he drove 1t
SO close to a train that It frightened
and died on the spot
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
FINGER-SToCKS.

ment, the children having to stand
with their hands fixed in them for an
hour or more at time. Although
they do not look very formidable
method OF torture. 1t only remains for
them to be tried to satisfy the In
Quirer OF their efficacy. The finger
stocks here illustrated are slightly
larger than the size OF the picture.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
Going E,st or West:

Then take the Union Pacific. Quickes,
time. hncst equipment. Pullman palIc,
sleepers. free reclining chair cars. dining
cars. buffet smoking and library cars. III
Denver to-day. In Omaha. Kansas City
shiclg9. st. Paul. st. Louis, Ogden or
selt Lake tomorrow. All latest improve.
ments. Ticket office. 81 lIth strcct.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

81 became seriously i'll three years ago
The doctor gave me medicine for indiges-
ton, but continued to become worse l
had several physicians at intervals who
gave mo some relief, but the disease would
return with all its accustomed severity.
81 read In the newspapers articles ro-
garding the wonderful curative powers Of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
and finally concluded to try the pills.
purchased six boxes This was Ave months
ago. The first box gave me much relief.
l continued taking tho pills, and After
using four boxes was cured"
These pills are recognized everywhere asa
specific for diseases OF the blood and nerves.
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed incurable. they have
proved their efficacy in thousands Of cases,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
NATION OF DYsrEPr,cs.

5rom the Aountafneer, JYdlhdlta, ". Dakota
The remorse Of guilty stomach is what
large majority Of tho people are suffering
with to-day. Dyspepsia is u CHARACTERISTIC
American disease and it is frequently stated
that 1--WE a nation of dyspeptics."
Improper food, hurried eating mental
worry, exhaustion; any of these produce q
lack OF vitality in the system, by causing
the blood to lose its life-sustaing elements.
Tho blood is the vital element in our lives
and should be carefully nurtured. Restore
the blood to its proper condition, dyspepsia
will vanish and good health follow.
For example, in the county of Pembna,
North Dakota, a few miles from Walhalla,
resides Mr.. Earnest Snider. II man of ster-
ling integrity, whose verncity cannot be
doubted. He saws:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
FAKE AT LILY DALE.
WHERE SPIRITUALISTS HOLD
HIGH CARNIVAL.
Mediums Make Lots of Money and Book
Remunerative Orders for Winter Sean
ses and MnnifestatIons-SpirIt Photo
graphs and the Defects That Attach
to Them. -

lily DALE, so
named from the
myriads of water
lilies that gem the
dark bosom of the
Three Sister" Cas-
sadaga lakes. in
the heart of Chau-
tauqua county.New
York. is the sum
mer home OF Spir-
itualists. The me-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

,., Well. Louise. where's your now hat7'
Il haven't any new hat" why Won
said you were going down town to-day to
set new hat. Arthur, you never hear
s,nythinE straight; ! said l was going
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

"It doesn't seem to worry YOU thu,
your wife has your f'at filled with hous,
plants" NO: the janitor will kill then
on long before Christmas
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
RECLAIMED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink.
ham From Happy Women.
~ Owe You My Life.s
Mrs. E. WooLHIsER,

3u1 IT. W FVOOIsHI5T.N,
.-... Mills, Neb., writes.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I owe m,
life to your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said 1 had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. Nv
menstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water.
had several doctors. They all said !
could not live. Ibegan the use of lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it helped me right away; menses
returned and have gained in weight
l have better health than / have had for
years. 1tiswonderful what your Com.
pound has done for me-"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

Shell firmly believe now that your
avowal OF love for me was an untr,itb.
He-Er-perhaps: but I didn't mean IL.
you know.-1ndinnnpolis Journal
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

"Jabb is home. and l pleased him this
morning" "HowT'' 81 told him / hoped
he had as disagreeablc a trip as he ex-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

The whole family feels injured when
woman comes home from her sewing soci
ETY. and says she didn't hear any news
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

England pensions its literary men and
women. Docs that make them stop
writingT' NO We'll. what's the good
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
rh. Only Dining Car Route to canfnrn,,

Is the Union Pacific. Quickest time
finest equipment. Pullman palace sleen
ers, buffet. smoking and library cars, free
street. "
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

Theodore Is In n quandary." what
about? He can't decide whether to get
tion."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets All
druggists refund the money II It fails to cure.
.Sc- The genuine has l.. Il @ on each tai
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

For Lung and chest diseases, Pi.o's Cure
Is the best medicine we have used.
J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-03

Mrs. winslow'a Soothing syrup
Tor children teething .softens the Am
nation sliAys pain. wind eoiic. cents bottle
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-30
0dds sqd eqds.

The drought is 90 intense on the desert that hundreds Of thousands ot acres of grease wood Is dying. Almost ell vege- tation between Mojave and the Death Valley will be swept away. There will not be blossom of any kind where last spring was panorama Of opening and constantly changing bloom for many weeks.
 Some of the most gifted men have sui fered greatly because of their uncivil ways and vulgar habits in speech, man. ner and dress; others, because of polite ness, put everyone at perfect ease. There is grace and dignity that charms in such politeness that ought to be culti. vsted m the early hours of life, and children should be well versed in the principles of civility, courtesy and good breeding, and in this way make it the habit of their lives.
 Gov. Rsnfrew, ot Oklahoma, got his start in lite exhibiting a petnfied child in Arksnsas twenty years ago. He says that he recognized the child the other day, but that 1t had grown some and is now being exhibited as a petIified wo. man.
 How Father Time cools the feverish ambition of the boy who sets out to scale the dizzy height Of fsme's ladder was never more clearly set forth than in the illustration Of the hoy who. at the age of eighteen, spends his time figuring on how to conquer the world; after a few years you find him drawing plans for much smaller contracts, later still he wonld feel satisfied if he could conquer himself, and it frequently takes all the help Of religious inf ,snce--and some. times the Keeley cur---to do thst-Sen- tinel.
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-30
To-day's Bulletins.

NEW YORK, April 30; s:30 a.-The Paris will be at her dock this forenoon. She was sighted off Ere Island. One hundred and fifty passengers are aboard of her and her cargo consists of valuable munitions of war.
 The reported bombardment of Ca. denss yesterday by Simpsons fleet Is denied.
 NEw YORK. April 80; l2:l5 p-Ths Qualifications at Fort CAbanas were bat tered to fragments this morning by Sampson's fleet. The bombardment was csused ny the fort firing on the Erickson and Porter
 KEY WEST, April 3O-Tne despatch boat Dolphin c.p,ursd the Spanish schooner L,lle off Havana HrSor.
 WAsHIsGroS. April 30-Ssmpson and Schlsy'. qisirons ordered to unite. Bon ba-dment of ano'he, fort reported.
 As we 70 to press t4 :0O D. m . grea, naval battle is in progress bet ween the Spanish and American fleets of the h&r bor of Manila. The American fleet il d-f.s'ed ~ill fall into the hands of the Spanish. as escape will be an imp 'ssi bility. The American fleet is much the stronger and only by Hike can the Spanish hope to win. It Is the intention of Commodore Dewey to bombard M. n'lls. the capital of the Philippines, if he obtains e victory in the naval engage. msn's.
 The Iowa discovered two Spanish gun, boats sne ,kinQ out of Havana hsrboI and drove them back sgsin in short or der.
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-30

The K'nsn.n Mercantile Company tean. this week loaded som. very heavy m ,chinsry for the Temple Bar Consoii datsd Mining Company A portion of one of the fiy wheels for one of the hls engines weighed 15.000 pounds. TSo carloads of pumping machinery arrived a few days ago and will bs hauled ont soon.
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-30
10 the PublH.
April 25, 1898.

April 25, 1898. We have perfected arrangements whereby the J. M. Dennis Lumber Co.,, of Williams, ~ill have charge of the lum. ber yard formerly carried on by us. They will stock mp to meet the full require ments of the people and we solicit for them the patronage that has been 90 fsvorshly extended 10 ne. Mir. Hunter, an energetic yorng man. will manage the yard and we commend the newly ar. ranged business 10 yon.
 GADDTs & PERRY.
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-30
Lessor's Notice.

To all whom it may concern:
 Notice Is hereby given that the 0. o. D. mine with machinery thereon, situated in Howell precinct, WallaI ai mining district, Mohave county. Ariz,na. is under lease and bond to parties working the same, and that neither said property nor myself will be responsible for any labor or debts c, o,ntraoted nor injuries sustained by any employer or employe in the operation of said mining property; that all operatives engage in such teryice at their own rlsk and that no debt is valid against said min ing claim. JOHN LYNCH.
 Kineman. Nov. 8, 1897.
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-30

James Lincoln D,yis. nf Sn Bsrnar dino, C.lifn,nis, and Miss Mary Grace Collins. of Ssi'g nsn, were msrried at the offics of inc Probate Judge last Ve1nes day. Judge Logan riff is'ine. The cou pla will reside in Sahvmsn