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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
REPTILE AND FISH.
Water Snake and Pickerel Engage in
Deadly Combat.
From the New York Press.

Hi''ln tne We" ioih Iiess
That mooted question of whether a good
healthy water snake can cope successfully
in mortal combat with pickerel has been
decided by a battle in Lake Tennessee
vase. of which William Gary and Ken
meth Quincy were witnesses. The lake
waters abound in large-sized pickerel and
there is no other body of water in Maine
where the water snakes are so huge. They
are harmless. but if forced to a fight with
man or fish can put up a good scrap.
Their bite while not poisonous, is extreme
ly painful and every one gives them wide
berth In hot days they crawl to the
branches of the low bushes on the shore
of the boys and sun themselves in con-
tentment Many of the reptiles will meas
ure over ten feet and few of them have
ever been captured. If a person approach
es them while they are apparently sleep
ing on the bushes and attempts to hit
them with stick or stone they fall quickly
into the water and escape harm.
One day this summer, while the weather
was extremely warm, Gary and Quincy
were on the lake trawling for salmon from
a canoe The boat had just passed the
edge of the bog where the snakes have
their headquarters, when there. was
splash in the water and a churning that at
tracted the attention of the men in the
boat They backed water with the oars
and foated up to see what was the trou-
BILE They were surprised to see huge
black coil of shining skin writhing in the
water and went closer to investigate.
They found that a water snake nearly
eight feet long had a pickerel in his grasp.
The fish must have weighed in the vicinity
of three pounds and fight was on. The
snake slowly uncoiled his body, when the
pickerel darted out and quickly turned,
making a swift lunge for the snake. The
latter, however. grabbed the fish by the
head and held him fast. In the course of
three or four minutes the snake again un-
coiled his body, and the pickerel, with a
few faint motions, came to the top of the
water for air. The snake lay still, but as
the fish showed signs of returning life he
again grabbed him by the head Then the
body. of the fish began to disappear slow
ly, and at last there was no more pickerel
in sight.
The next day Quincy and Gary were on
the shore of the bog for frogs to be used
for bait, when they found the dead body
of big snake. They cut the reptile open
and found about half way down the throat
the body of the pickerel. The snake in
swallowing the fish had rested for breath
of air. when the fish again came to life
and, spreading his belly fins, had choked
the snake to death. However, the men de-
clare that the snake won the fight but
was too anxious to celebrate his victory,
and thereby lost his own life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Heroic Woman n Mail Carrier.


There are several interesting illustrations
OF the advanced new woman in Arizona
ihciudlng women ranchers, vaqueros, bank
CASHIERS, stable keepers and butchers, but
the one whose occupation most thoroughly
interests newcomers in the territory is
Miss Sarah NJ. Burks, jolly, sturdy and
brave little woman about twenty-five wears
old, who carries the United States mail over
the star route from St. Johns TO Jimtown
twice week. The distance from ST. Johns
to the end of the route is fifty-two miles,
and it requires a good deal of stouthearted-
ness, a liberal supply of self-confidence
and dash of love of adventure for any one
to make the trip.
Miss Burks' mail route leads through as
wild and desolate a region as one can well
imagine. Rocky, barren, mountainous
bleak and blasted are weak adjectiyes for
description. What tiny streams there are
are poisoned with alkali. Navajo Indians
and occasionally an Apache. who has left
the reservation, are somewhat plentiful in
that region. but white men very seldom go
there, and then only to get gold, silver and
copper which have been literally strewn
throughout this bighting, fierce region
Nothing in the way of vegetation can grow
there.
Along the western border of this desolate.
uncanny wilderness Sarah Burks rides
twice week. Generally she is alone and
If she has companion he Is either a
miner. commercial trayeler or terrific
rial lawyer who has rented a horse from
Miss Burks' father. and she is to collect
payment for the same and see to its care
She says she is fatalist, and no matter how
much danger may environ, she will NOT
come to her death until the appointed hour
She is always armed. and when q mere
child she was the crack shot of the mining
camp at Harqua Hala She rode the route
first in 1893. when her father who was
the mail carrier, was taken i'll. He has
never recovered, and the pucky daughter
has filled his place ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
MUST STARVE TO LIVE.
The Only Policy to Be Pursued by the
Cautious Man.

Medical science has taken up the food
question so closely during recent years and
gone to such trouble and expense To find
out every deleterious quality in articles of
everyday consumption that the man who
studies hygiene attentively can only eat-if
he believes all he reads-at the great risk
OF contracting disease or poisoning himself
Bread Is not to be thought of as an arti-
Gle OF diet. 1t is a treacherous compound
consisting largely of alum and potatoes
and, concocted in some insanitary cellar, it
is teemlng with microbes and totally unfit
for food.
No careful man will touch beef owing to
the number of tuberculous carcasses which
are constantly being placed upon the mar
ket. Mutton and lamb are also to be
tabooed on similar grounds, and no one
would think of touching pork for fear the
late-!amented piggy might have died of
swine fever.
The vegetarian chortles in his ioy and
points out that none of these things except
bread, affects his style of dining But his
triumph is short-lived. Root vegetables are
to be dreaded because of wire-worm, to-
matoes induce cancer, cabbages may be-
come poisonous by the application of i'm
proper fertilizers, and therefore are best
left alone, while, in addition to the disease
microbe which devotes its attention to the
potato, there is always the risk of damage
to the digestive organs.
Butter and milk are poisoned with boracic
acid and other noxious personalities, to
say nothing OF the artificial coloring mat
ter which is frequently added. Eggs are
dangerous, because many of them are
packed in lime to keep them good, and re-
Gently, too, 4 French bacillus has found
his way in through the shell. In addition
to other drawbacks, cheese helps to ruin
digestion.
Raw fruit helps along cholera to a great
extent. 1t also contains prussic acid round
the skin, pips and stone When cooked it
induces dysentery.
Of timed and ported stuffs little need be
said. except that the solder of the tins
makes for lead poisoning, and potted meats
have recently been shown to be simply a
mass of spiced rotten filth and garbage
Fish. although possessing highly nutri-
tious qualities, should be avoided, owing to
the large quantity which is sold in an unit
state for human consumption, and the diff
Guilty of obtaining 1t really fresh
With beverages the same difficulties pre-
sent themselves to the careful feeder Beer
wines or spirits are not to be thought of
They affect the brain and eyes and act in
juriously upon the coating of the stomach
Tea and coffee may set up insanity but at
the least they are sure to induce dyspepsia
Water is full of disease germs and, If dis
titled, becomes dangerous by reason of its
lack of mineral matter in solution
J.. Poultry, IL fresh. appears to be the most
wholesome sort of DISH as there is only a
vague undecided sort of microbe to its ac-
count Therefore, duck and green peas ap-
pear to be the dish to make a stand upon
but let the peas be fresh. the timed
sort are poisonous owing to solution OF
suiphate of copper being employed to give
them fresh. bright COLOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
A TRAMP's HONESTY.
His 81 900 Would Buy Nothing SO He
Hunted Up the True Owner.

From the Boston HersId.
I've slept under a shed with the Their
mometer way below zero said the tramp,
and I've gone two long dayswith nothing
to eat, but I'm telling you straight that
when once lad 81 900 in my pocket l was
worse OFF than at any other time 1 can re-
member 1 had Just been let out of the
Brdewel, in Chicago, and was begging on
the streets and being turned down on every
hand. when licked up $1,000 bill on the
sidewalk I thought it was a dollar, and
You bet l made a hustle to get down a side
street When / lodged into doorway and
made out that l was n thousand dollars
ahead or the game the sweat started from
every pore and my knees knocked together
L was regularly seasick for ten minutes
ana my heart thumped away until 1 thought
1t would break out
That $1,000 meant heap for mo Won
understand, but | was 50 excited that If
was two hours before | could do anv nIan-
ming The first thirg was TO buy a new suit
OF clothes and / entered d store and picked
them ont. When / exhibited that 81 OOO hill
the clothier ran TO the door to call police
man ! got away by a close squeeze and
,hen realized the situation. Tramp that
was, couldn't get il changed at a hank
nor use it to make me more comfortabIe
II X mad been ten / could have had Iodg-
lngs and a bed, but I'm telling Won that
walked the streets as hungry as a shark
lumber
yards. e'
L nder the circumstances the bill mich,
as We'll have been a piece of brown paner
1 tried all sorts of lodges to get II busted
put It was no CO. Every time | showed IL
l ran the risk of arrest. 1 offered a
outcner 800 to get 1t changed but he 70
iused TO have anything to do with n ia
nave sold il for half price and been glad 70
out there was no such thing as making a
deal Finally. in despair / went 10 one NJ
the newspaper offices and looked nm tho
advertisements for the week mast The
loser had advertised. and / went to his Of
nee In big building and gave I'D the hill
Inc reward was $50. but he counted out $40
on top of that and said:
i wouldn't have believed there was s,,cb
honesty IN the world. You could have kent
the bill as we'll not
He took down my name and all that and
gave the AFFAIR away to the reporters
Ihey wrote me up as the Honest Tramn'
ana mad my picture in the papers but Won
may guess / didn't enjoy il oyermuch +
pad so in place of 81 900 and as for my
honesty, II was all bosh. / returned the
bul because had to, and though I'm hun
CRY and dead broke and don't know whera
TO turn in for the night, I'm not looking for
any more big finds. Something with a fie-
ure y on the corner will just about fit INV
vest pocket"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Everybody Praises Itg
r1unyOn's Health Drink.

SIRf~s hf-aDAChE AND lNDfGESllON.
Put in handy walls. easy TO carry around: 6 Tab
lets. 10 cts: is Tablets. % cts. all druggists.
Nuuyon guarantees that his rheumatism Cure
Will cure in few days; that his Dyspepsia Cure
will indigestion and all Stomach troubles
that his Kidney Cure Will 81 per cent of Kid
ney trouble; that his Headache Cure will any
Headache In few minutes: that his ID ID. and c.
Tablets Will relieve Dfarrhoea. Dysentery Cramps
or bowel troubles-and through the list Of
remedies At all druggists; mostly % a
vial Munyons Inhaler Catarrh and Hay
Fever. Price. S1.o0. Munyon's Doctors are free.
623 Thirteenth St NV II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Coming Up Strong.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
YES" said the rustic editor, when nv
first subscription came in it brought tears
to my eyes,"
"Ah, 1 see,'' said the caller, Success af-
ter so many failures brought emotions that
could not be restrained
mo, it want that, mister; It was be-
cause the first subscriber paid his bill in
oions.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Alle1s Foot Ease. a powder. It cures painful.
smarting. nervous feet and ingrowng nails and in.
stontly takes the sting out OF corns and bunions
Its the greatest comfort discovery Of the age
Aliens Foot-Eake makes tight or new shoes feel
easy. II Is certain cure for sweating, eallous
and hot. tired. aching feet. Try II today Sold BY
all druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c. In
stamps Trial package FREE Address. Alien S.
Olmsted, lie Roy, NJ. myl3-3m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Bears Expiring Effort.

Dar's Exptr1ng EnOrt.
Giving his head az shake. he lowered it
for the fourth time, n and again charged.
When the dying bear had dragged himself
away from the bull the eagles actually
swooped down upon him and the wolves
sprang from the thicket into the opening
ana prepared to pounce upon him. The
pui! scattered the impatient birds and ami
mals as he swept non his final charge
against the grizzly, and they hastily de-
farteu, snFieking and snarling. The cattle
again added their believing to that of the
pun and acted as il they understood the
favorable turn the fight had taken. As
the pull hurled himself against the grizzly
the latter braced himself for q last desPer-
ate struggle. He struck out wildly with
MS paws and the bull fell back with the
Iorce OF the grizzlys blows. The bear
sank 10 the ground, writhing in agony
Inc indomtable courage of the bull here
prevailed. Blinded and crippled as he was
he dashed wildly at his foe again With a
last frantic effort the bear sought to make
ms escape, scrambling and staggering
lnrousn the dust. But it was useless. His
great strength was gone. The bull plunged
MS horns again and again into the huge
form OF the dying brute as he lay stretched
heipiess IN the dust. The bears muscles
quiVered and contracted. He drew his inn
mense paws up once or twice in convusiye
clutches. raised his huge head, gave one
agonizing groan and fell back dead The
VICTORIOUS bull raised his head, gave voice
10 oeep below and, shaking his head tri-
uimpnantly, turned and walked away.
His progress was slow and painful and
ne stopped and turned at short intervals
and listened as if to know whether his foe
would renew the battle. He walked nearly
hundred yards with the herd gathering
ana believing about him. Presently his
head dropped from its proud position. He
spread his legs apart as if to brace him
sell against the weakness that was tell
ing upon him. Suddenly he fell as if he
had been shot mangled, bleeding mass
and was soon dead. When I climbed out
OF the tree to leave the scene of that ter
rifle combat the herd of cattle had disap-
peared On the plain and the eagles and the
wolves were screening, snarling and fight
ing over the mangled carcasses of the bull
and the bear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

Faith said the man in clerical garb.
will move mountains"
Great mackerelw exclaimed the KAN
sas man. Its worse than cyclones. isn't
ttr'-Chicago Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
The Social Overpius.

from the Chicago Record.
have nine invitations to dinner"
What will you do about them?'
I'm trying to trade some of them off for
invitations TO breakfast"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

Handsome bordered Rugs for less than
the carpet lie worth-Hoeke's.-Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

In momentary expectation of seeing such
termination, when, ito my establishment
l saw the bearJrelaxshis efforts, roll over
from the body sof his PROSTATE foe and
drag himself feebly away from the spot.
The grizzly hado no sboner abandoned his
attack on the bull than the latter was on
his feet, bearing himself as erect and as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

were grievouSly wounded. 1t was plain
that neither could hold out much longer.
Manned and CORY, they fought with the
certainty of death, the bear rolling over
and over in the dust yainiy trying to
avoid the fatal horns of his adversary and
the bull ripping, thrusting and tearing the
grizzly with Irresistible ferocity. At last
as If determined to end the conflict the
bull drew back, lowered his head and made
third terrific charge; but, blinded by the
streams of blood that poured down his
face, he missed his mark, stumbled and
rolled headlong on the ground In spite
of frightful injuries and great exhaustion
| the bear turned quickly and sprang upon
his PROSTATE foe. He seemed to have been
suddenly invigorated by this turn of the
| battle in his favor. With merciless sweeps
of his huge claws he tore the flesh in great
| masses from the bulls uDturned side The
advantage the bear thus obtained over the
bull seemed to be understood by the herd
and the believing increased, dirt was
thrown about in clouds and one big COW
| drew near the struggling animals. 1 be-
| lieved for a moment that she intended to
| go to the aid OF the herds PROSTATE leader,
| so fierce was her aspect and actions, but
| she simply circled around the bear and
| the bun, believing and paving. In the
| meantime both the eagles and the wolves
| grew impatient of the delay in the battles
ending. The former would now and then
sw oop down, as if to hurry up the finish
| uttering harsh cries. and some waiting
wolf would steal from his covert and make
| closer reconnaissance, swapping and
| snarling in apparent disappointment.
| "The bull and the bear rolled over and
over. Nothing was now to be seen but a
| heaving, CORY mass, dimly perceptible
| through the dust. As to weight the two
| fierce and determined brutes must have
| been about equally matched. The bear had
| the advantage of greater agility and the
expert and telling use of two terrible
weapons. his teeth and claws, while the
| buli represented more infiexible courage
and greater powers of endurance. The I'M
! fortunate result of the bulls last charge
on the grizzly indicated that the latter's
Qualities would in a few minutes more set
] tie the fight against the bull, and I was
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-14

yesterday afternoon. Deputy Coroner
LanEsdale was notified and had the re-
mains emoved to Wagner's undertaking
establishment, where they will be held I'M
til claimed by relatives of the dead man.
Zook ended his life by taking morphine.
A bottle containing a small quantity of the
drug was found on the washstand in the
room which he occupied. He came to Kan
sas City from Lawrence, Thursday after
noon. He went to the Blossom house. en-
gagged a room and retired soon afterward.
Yesterday afternoon when 4 call boy went
to his room to awaken him, he found him
dead. Life had been extinct for many
hours before the body was discovered.
Among the dead mans effects was found
a letter addressed to his wife, in Lawrence,
and which he had failed to mail to her. 1t
merely stated that if everything turned out
as he expected it would, he would be home
Friday. Zook was engaged in the grocery
business at Lawrence. and it is said that
his business affairs were in bad shape. He
had probably come TO Kansas City to ar
range with creditors to hold their claims
a while longer. 1t is supposed that he
failed in his mission and resolved to end his
life rather than go back and face the blow
| that his failure in business would bring
about. The dead man was about 80 years
old and mad been prominent in business
circles of the university town for many
| years. He leaves a wife and three children.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-14
NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY.
Shelves Yesterdny-Many of
Them on the Wnr.

Two hundred new books We're placed on
the shelves of the public library yesterday,
and are now ready for circulation. They
include the latest publications on the war
with Cuba, Spain and Hawaii. They are:
THE war With Spain and The Nations
Navy by Charles Morris; Americas For
sey, professor of international law at Yale:
The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns
by Richard Harding Davis; Commercial
Clubs by William ]. Clark; Hawaii"
by Mary J. Krout; Our Navy in the War
With SPAIN" by John r. Spears. The fol-
new books: I'm the Forbidden Land" by
Snuf Box" a story of the war of 1872. by
George R.. r. Rivers: Through Sea-" by
Seven Haden: THE Associate Hermits." by
Frank R. Stockton; LOUISIANA Folk Sto-
"A Talk About Books, j, n, Larned:
Richard" by Franklin: Music and Po-
etry.'' by Sidney Lanier: Historic Towns
of New England" by, Lyman P. Powell:
ries Of the Half Moon Papers" by Maud
Wilder Goodwin. Alice Darlington Royce,
Ruth Putnam and Eva Palmer Brownell;
1.-The Free Library by John J. ogie;
Select Documents of United States His
a Fur Trader in the Upper Missouri" by
Elliot Coues: ''Domisia." by S. Barring
Gould: Ashes of an Empire" by
Robert W. Chambers: One of the Pill
grims." by Anna Fuller. and Omar. the
Tent Maker" by Nathan Haskell Doyle;
from abroad: Book of the Dead Bulge:
"Beeton's Book of Poetry" Psychologist"
Hervey. About sixty juvenile books have
been bought
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-14
WANTS TO BE SHOWN.
Alderman Jewell Introduces n Reso-
luton to Examine the Books of
the Gas Company.

Alderman Jewell, of the upper house,
thinks the Kansas City, Missouri, Gas Com
pany is not ''toteing fair" with the city
and wants to be shown" Under the pro-
visions of the franchise granted that conf
pany, it is compelled to pay to the city
semi-annually 5 per cent of its gross re-
ceipts, and the city comptroller is author
lied to examine the books of the company
to see that it is paying to the city all that
is due. ;,
AT last nights meeting of the council
Mr.. Jewell introduced a resolution to APP
point a committee, consisting of two MEM
bers from each house and the comptroller.
to examine the books of the company and
verify the statement made the city as to
the amount of its receipts and the sum due
the city. The resolution was adopted unan-
imously. but did not reach the lower house
in time to be acted on.
Jewell said: THE amount of money
turned over to the city by the gas company
has been gradually decreasing instead of
increasing, as we had a right to expect 1t
would, until the city is now receiving
nearly $1,000 n year less than 1t formerly
did. The law gives US a right to examine
the company's books to ascertain for our
selves whether or not the statement 1t
furnishes is correct. The city has never
taken advantage of this privilege. and l
think it is time it did
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-14
CLIPPING THE MAYORS W
Alderman Wyne Wants All the Ap-
pointive Officers to BE Confirmed
Inv the Inner House.

The official terms Of a number OF office-
holders at the city hall expire next spring,
and Alderman Wyne wants to curtail the
p~rerogative of the mayor in lining the va
cancies. At the meeting of the council last
night he introduced a resolution. that was
referred to the judiciary committee, max
ing it obligatory on the part Of the mayor
to make nominations for these offices not
later than ten days after the terms of the
present incumbents expire, and, in case OF
a refusal on the part Of the upper mousse TO
make another nomination within live days
or lose the power t to nd do uS so ar house sest the
Under the city charter he is compelled to
do this in the Ease eS Of IS some ine4 OF t sem o,n Sf the 5e
host offices. Including those of comptroller
and superintendent of streets. are not what
are known as charter offices. and the mayor
can permit the present incumbents to hold
over by refusing to nominate anyone to
succeed them. The object of Mr.; WINES
resolution is to make all the appointive Of
fees come under the charter provisions.