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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-15
SPORTSMAN'S
PARADISE.
Or Hunting In Southwest Texas
tBy Prof C,Y Chapman.
NO. 3.

may md it an pursuit OF the
iavelins pronounced have
leens), or wild musk-hogs.
which arr foun q i'm large
numbers in the chaparral coun-
try. These animals are en-
countered in droves. ranging in
numbers from five 90 twenty
five, or more. There are
thousands of these strange
animals i'm the region where
the deer are thickest, but the
sportsman ordinarily give s
them a wide berth, if ne is de-
sirous of killing deer. They are
of different species from the
wild hogs of other parts of the
southwest section of our coun-
try and Of Mexico.
They are distinguished from
all other species of wild hogs
by a saffron colored band of
hair. which girdles their bodies
close Co their shoulders. When
they became enraged from any
cause. they emit powerful
scent from a mush-bag situated
on the animals back. nearly as
powerful as that of our Virginia
skunk, or polecat. One or more
large boars are found I'm each
drove. These animals are
armed with long razor-like
tusks, and. when wounded or
cornered they DO not hesitate
TO make am attack upon either
man or beast.
Whole droves of them have
been known 10 attack q hunter
who has wounded one Of their
number In such case the
hunters only hope Of escape is
60 pull himself mp into the
branches of the first mesquite
or other tree that he can reach.
ln the regions where these
animals are unusually numer-
Gus, the hunter does most of his
deer shooting from the branch
es of trees, So as to avoid the
danger of a sudden attack by
the hogs The Mexicons Of
Southwest Texas sometimes
kill these animals for food. The
flesh is said TO be tough and un-
sayory in taste, very unlike
that of our domestic swine.
In these same regions many
genuine wild hogs are found.
descendants of domestic breeds
turned loose on the great
ranches many years ago. They
have gone back TO their first
mature, are wild, fierce and
dangerous, but remain separate
and distinct from the iavelins.
showing that they are of en-
tireIy different species. The
Wild hog hunts, often INDUCED
in by the cowboys on t n e
ranches, are full of excitement.
frequently of danger, as the
hunter presses two closely
these denizens of the thornv,
rugged. clinging chaparral. ]
have been told of hunters who
have been forced to spend many
hours, often whole night.
among the friendly boughs of a
kindly mesquite tree, waiting
for the animals to give up and
go away.
With a pack of good well
trained dogs, much sport is
often had chasing the wildcats
that exist in large numbers
along the lower Rio Grande.
These animals are of large size.
very pugnacious, putting up
/ GOOD fights when cornered by
the dogs. By the way. the
skins of these animals when
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
Facts About Hot Springs.

The springs discharge 100000 gallons of water per day.
 The average temperature of the water is 135 Fahrenheit.
 The permanent population of Hot Springs is 15,000 and 15O.000 annual visitors.
 The climate Is usually mild in the winter and in summer the air Is tenn, percd with pleasant breezes.
 Ine altitude of the Hot Springs mountains is about 1900 feet above sea level
 The creek which flows entirely through the city, is arched and the well kept hath house. row" grounds and promenades are partly over the arch.
 There are several nearby out-of. town resorts with splendid hotel ac. commodations. and mnieral springs the waters of which are recommended for the cure of various stomach and kidney diseases. There are also sev. eral springs of medicinal waters situ, ated within the city which are well patronized by visitors.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
Expenses at Hot Springs.

Many persons have an idea that a visit to Hot Springs necessitates a great expense. but such is not the ease. Below is given statement, showing the range of cost of com fortable accommodations, medicine and medical attendance bathing. etc. Board and lodging, per month, $15 to SEQ; physicians fees, per month, s20 to S30; medicine, if needed, s5 to s10; bathing, per course, S5 to $10; bath servant if needed, sS. to $S.5O; bath s5.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
Analysis of the Waters.

The constituents determined in each O. the A hot springs include the fol lowing Oxygen. consuming capacity albuminoid ammonia, free ammonia hthium, solium, potassium, magnes ium, calcium, iron and aluminium manganese. arsenic, iodine bromine chlorine, boric acid, paosphoric acid nitric acid, suiphuric acid, cllicic acid carbcnic acid, bocarbonic acid, nitro gen, oxygen, hydrogen sulphde, tota solids.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
Bureau Of Information.

The Business Mems League main tains bureau of information near the Arlington Hotel and visitors can pro cure Illustrated booklets of Hot Springs free. The Hot Springs in Nutshell" is a concise little book pro fusely Illustrated. which can be had fo- the asking.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
The EarlY Settler.
The Hot sprinas of TodaY.

U8n ITuIV De CaIIel CIIy OI HOIH1s and Bath Houses. No other resort is so well equipped to care for the sick and afflicted as well as pleasure seekers. Several of its big hotels are considered among the largest and most palatial in the world and it's hotel facilities are ample to accommo- date Us yearly increase of visitors.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
The JOSEPHINE HOTEL
Te.ephSrs 's57

Te,ephcsNe 357
 oPSa AL- THE YEAs All Street Ears Pass the Doorv All Mode Tn convsnences ss Rsasonsnle Rates. Electric Lights Steam Heat, Refisfss Throughout. OPPOSITE THE GATH Housks s1.Oo to s1.5o per dsN Room and sosrd. Special rates Ny week or month oVERMAN AND LAWRENCE, psn1G( Junction of Wilmington skn
 Park Avenues HOT SPRINGS, : ARF
 W. M. ovES
The Sentinel=record., 1909-09-01
ST. CHARLES HOTEL

The best hotel In the city
 for the money
 RATtsli-$I to $I 50 per day
 For kssoom and Meals Special Rates by Week Elevator, steam neat, hot and cold water, bath house next door and across the street. Come and set us before you locate elsewhere Get bus tickets from Check CT on train and come direct to hotel and see for yourself \, D0uGHERTr, Osnsr and Prupriolo
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
PAINT FAULTS.

Il 10 o common occurrence nova
days to hear man remark with dis
gust: 'Tt Is impossible to have good
painting done these days; either the
paint is not good or there are no good
painters" This, however, is not true.
There Is good paint, and there are
good painters. But the question is,
bringing them together.
One cannot expect a satisfactory
painting Job without pure white lead.
There is q way to make sure you are
getting pure white lead without test
ing It. Sea that the keg bears Ma,
tional Lead Company's famous Dutch
Boy Painter trademark, which is q
positive guarantee Of purity. However,
anyone can test white lead. National
Lead Company, 1909 Trinity Bldg,
New York City, will send you a lead
tester and painters outfit, consisting
Of book Of color schemes, specifca'
tons, etc., upon request.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
Paw Paw, Mich

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, III. -"I want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has done for me. Two Of the
best doctors in Chicago said I would
die If 1 did not have an operation, and
/ never thought of seeing q well day
again. Ihada small tum0r and female
troubles so that I suffered day and
night. A friend recommended Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it made me well woman. Mrs.
ALvENA SPERLNGs II Langdon St.
Chicago, I'LL.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female Ills, including displaCements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumorS, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, flatulcncy, indiges-
ton, andnervous prostration. ItcOsts
but o trife to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
House Where Dante Lived.

Dante's house, whose shop once
formed the bedroom Of the poet, has
just had.
Besides most mysterious noises
which were heard all over the house
sufficiently disquieting to all good
Florentines, and uncanny "carryings
on" by his implements, which &C
quired the uncomfortable habit of ris'
ing from where they had been laid
and placing themselves safely out oil
reach causing some very explicit re-
marks by the blacksmith and his at
tendants. the most alarming nantes
tation of the presence Of a ghostly
visitor made itself felt literally the
other day. A big hammer started
mysteriously from the bench and
dealt the blacksmith a heavy blow
on the head. History doesn't record
his remarks on this occasion, but ev'
erybody will sympathize with him.
whatever he said.
After a few days Of exciting cpl
sodes, Of which the above are a few
examples, the inhabitants Of the house
thought they had had enough and the
two assistants Of the blacksmith, who
are believed to be powerful mediums
and the innocent causes Of these nhe'
nomena, decided to hold seance.
They therefore summoned two other
mediums and sat down to discover the
wishes Of the spirit, which was evi-
IDENTIFY as much disturbed as them
selves. The spirit obligingly COM
piled with their wishes and on being
summoned in the usual way revealed
himself as the ghost Of the poet Dante
and handed over to them a piece OF
parchment covered with writing.
An examination OF this document
disclosed the fact that the spirit had
district objections to any one occupy
ing the room in which he was born;
furthermore, he desired that two as.
sistants, who were mediums, should
be dismissed. Needless to say, these
commands were attended to with alac-
rity by the good blacksmith, who had
no desire to feel his heaviest hammer
descending on his head again.
All Florence has been agog over the
AFFAIR apdahe blacksmith became the
most sougnt-after man at the tavern
where he was wont to take his even
ing glass. us advice to every one is,
first, neverSso take a house in which
any celebrated person has CHANGED to
live, and, secondly, If you must, above
all, don't be a blacksmith in It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
WEARING OF EYEGLASSES
Custom Steadily Growing Among Peo'
pie Of This Country. Says eos-
ton Physician.

"A greater number Of persons than
ever are now wearing eyeglasses or
spectacles," said DR.. Eugene G. Win
ter, Of Boston. up to short time
ago the demand for lenses was 30
great that the manufacturers were
swamped with ORDERS" and It was
feared in this country that there
would be q serious dearth Of lenses.
All Of the glass that is used In the
optical business is imported. The
greater part Of 1t comes from Ger
many; the rest is made in England.
It seems that American glass manu-
facturers has thus far been unable to
produce glass of the requisite quality
for the eyeglasses.
1.-THE greatest defect In American
, eyeslght Is its inability to see at great
distances. The majority Of persons
who wear eyeglasses or spectacles are
near.sighted. Even those born with
perfect eyes have been forced before
they are very old to resort to glasses
that they may see everything going
on. This myopia is due almost entire
ly to the artificial condition that sur
round q human being in this present
age almost from his very babyhood.
"As cities increase in size and as
the conveniences that are offered in
any one city increase, so does the
value of real estate increase. And
with the rise in realty values the
height Of buildings increases and par"
titions become more numerous. Sky.
scrapers are effective distractions to
long ranges Of vision. The more or less
vivid and tiresome colorings Of their
walls have usurped In mans vision
the place Of the restful and unfath.
enable blue Of the sky. The apart
ments in these news buildings are Of
smaller dimensions that those in the
old-fashioned buildings, for the air
space allotted to each and every per
SON In the community must be cur
tailed to make the investment on the
building in any way profitable. II
makes no difference whether one be
employed all day in a small ONCE, por
ing over a SET of books, or whether
he Is hurrying about the city streets.
he cannot see very far about him. And
even In his home the walls Of his
room have been grouped more closOly
about him.
'sThe ash that were found in the
stream Of the Mammoth Cave were
discovered to be totally blind, al
though they at one time did possess
sight. The same law that was opera
tive In depriving these fish Of their
sight e operative today in the great
congested centsrB Of modern civiliEa-
ton, and Il is only question Of time
when the eyes Of those who are com
psIlsd 70 work in artificial light al
day long WIN become % unaccustomsd
70 daylight that blindsrS win have e
- ros0FtSl e."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
"ElIthy Lucre.U

The expression filthy lucre" is OF
Biblical origin, and is to be found In
the third chapter Of the first book Of
Timothy, where the qualifications nee
essary for the Office of a bishop
are thus set forth: This is a true
saying. II a man desireth the Of
fee Of bishop, he desireth a good
work. A bishop must then be blame
less, the husband of one wife, vigilant
sober, Of good behavior, given to hos
pitality, apt to teach; not given to
wine, no striker. not greedy Of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler. moi
.covetous."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
GHOST OF THE POET DANTE
Said to object to Anyone Using Room
In Florence, italy, Where He
Was Born.

Florence, Italy.-Recent occurrences
in the house in this town where the
poet Dante was born probably will
make other people in the more pro
sale walks chary OF taking up their
abode under roofs which have former
ly sheltered more celebrated people
or at least will make them very care
full what trade they pursue when in.
hobiting such famous homes. The
one trade most to be avoided in such
circumstances seems to be that Of
blacksmith, judging from the uncom'
fortable-not to say painful, expert
ences which the smith now living In
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
The Law Of Love.

Let us not confine ourselves to bar
rem words in recognition of virtue
While we see the right, and approve
It, let us dare to pursue it. Let ua
now, In this age Of civilization. sur
rounded by Christian nations, be win.
ing to follow the successful example
Of william Penn, surrounded by saw
ages. Let US. while we recognize these
transcendant ordinances of God,
the law Of right and the law Of love
the double suns which illuminate the
moral universe-asplre to the true
glory and what Is higher than glory.
the great good Of taking the lead IN
the dIsarming Of the natives.-Charles
Sumner. ~
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice Of Starch matter Of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result Of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
Like Their Famous Namesakes.

An upper Harlem man named his
twin sons Theodore Roosevelt and
William Taft, says the New York
Sun. A friend asked him the other
day how they were getting along.
"Famously," was the answer. "Wil.
liam digs steadily into his breakfast
bowl while Theodore yells and pounds
him over the head with spoon"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

Among the active, but often de-
spised, agencies assisting running
water in its work of planning down the
continents, angleworms have a prom
inent place. This they do by prepar-
ing the material and making It &C
cessible. Darwin has discussed their
work in a very interesting and con-
elusive manner. According to his es-
Inmates, there are, on the average,
$4,000 angleworms to the acre, weigh
ing 17S pounds. So active are these
animals, in working over the surface
soil, that they annually eject to the
surface about seven tons of solid
material, which is in condition to be
easily washed away by the falling
rains. From this 1t can be learned
that we should not .despise the day of
small things, nor forget, when we
tread on worm, that we are destroy
ing an important geological agency.
Numerous other aids in preparing
material for water transportation ex-
list, such as various other forms of
animal and vegetable life, and the
action Of the heat and cold In pulver-
izing the rocks and of ice in starting
them from their foundation. But these
deserve treatment by themselves, and
we will, for the present, pass them
BY.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLy diaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

blyfrom female Ills,
including inflam-
nation and conges-
ton, for several
years. My doctor
said there was no
hope for me but an
operation. I began
taking Lydia E.
Pinkham'S Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
/ can now say / am
q well woman"
EMMA DRAPER.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

Hamlins Wizard Oil is over fifty years
old and, like an old friend, it can be de-
pended upon just as surely as the family
doctor who may be miles away.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

II you are on confidential terms
with almost any family you discover
they are terribly hard up.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

Do Gods will as he makes 1t known
to-day, and tomorrow will take cart
of itself.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

What Is going ON thus at the pres
emit tine helps us to appreciate the
vast extent Of similar work which was
accomplished during the long geolog-
ic ages. In carly geological time the
whole MIsBissippi valley from the
Rocky mountains 70 the AdirDndacl1
aaa tho range e Arshassn rocks "a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

Mr., windows Soothing Syrup.
Tor children teething, softens the gums reduces b.
aammaton, allAys pain, cures wind colo. Abotto.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

There are limitations, don't be fooled
There is no substitute! Tell the dealer yoT
want Lewis Single Binder cigar.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

The true Christian does a great
many things he does not have to do.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY
Keen them white with Red Cross Ball Blue
An grocers sell large Q OF. package, 8 cents
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

The Euphrates and Tigris have
filed up the head of the Persian gulf
with their sediment until Or Of the
Chaldees, the former residence Of
Abraham, is now seventy or eighty
miles inland. The delta Of the Mis-
sissippi is more than 200 miles long,
and, on the average, so miles wide,
covering $4,000 square miles; while
the deposits Of the river are pushing
# out into the Gulf of Mexico one
miAe farther every 16 years. Toward
the lower part of its course this sedi-
ment Is known to be several hundred
feet in depth. The extensive plains
Of eastern and southern China are all
deposits of the Hoang-Ho and Yangtse-
Kiang. Outside Of the glaciated re-
gion in the northern hemisphere all
lake basins, with few exceptions, have
been filled to the brim with sediments
brought into them by incoming
streams, while IN the glaciated region,
where the lifetime Of the lakes has
been much shorter, they have been
LARGELY filed with sediment, and so
are undergoing q rapid process Of en-
tinction. The western half Of Lake
Erie, for example, win be converted
into solid Land In . few thousand
years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

Palm tree prosperity does not de
pend upon weather or climate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
MYSTERIES OF NATURE
BY George Frederick Wright.
A. M. IL. D.
Seas Slowly Filling Up With Sediment

tending southwark to North Carolina,
was q vast open sea, into which were
powing rivers from the land on the
east and the north which had al
ready risen above the sea. These
rivers, like those already described at
the present time, were bearing into
this sea their burdens Of sediment,
and spreading 1t out over the bottom
until It became full. All the rocks
of the Mississippi basin are Of sedi-
mentary origin. Their total thickness
Is many thousand feet. The different
strata lie one upon another, like the
leaves Of a book, each containing some
fossil marks Of life to indicate its rela-
tive age.
According to the most moderate cal
culations, the crystalline mountains
surrounding the Mississippi basin on
the north and east (Which constitute
the Oldest land in the world) began
their work of filling up the Mississippi
basin about 30,0OO,0O0 years ago. and
all that time has been necessary to
prepare America for its present re-
markable leaps In civilization. II IN
times past the same rate Of erosion
has been in progress that Is going on
now, 100000 cubic miles Of sediment
has been handled in this work Of
preparation. This would make
mountain 20 miles wide and q mile
high and $4,000 miles long, or enough
to reach around the world three times.
Great as is the amount Of sedimen'
tary rocks in the world, so industrious
and efficient are the running streams
Of water that It Is calculated by Al
fred Russell Wallace that the entire
work Of its removal and deposition
could easily have been accomplished
in the limits set above to geological
time.
Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14

When the question arises, What
becomes Of all this sediment which is
transported into the sea? the answer
Is not difficult to find. The wash Of
the hills is constantly being spread
out over the bottom of the lakes, the
bays, and the seas into which the
rivers empty, where are accommodating
the beds of mud, sand, gravel and
pebbles which under proper conditions
may be transformed into slatestone,
sandstone and conglomerate rock;
while the lime held In solution is
furnishing material out of which
corals and shellfish Of various kinds
will construct their personal habita-
tions and leave them to form vast
beds Of limestone rock.
The rapidity with which these &C.
cumulations Of sediment take place Is
somewhat astonishing. Within his
toric times we know that many IA
nous cities which were once sea
ports are now far inland. The city
of Adria, in northern Italy, which was
at the beginning Of the Christian era
so famous q seaport that It gave its
name to the Adriatic sea, is now 1e
miles inland-the Pc and the Adige
having extended their deltas that dis
lance since the city became famous.
Paoto, on the Pei-Ho, in China, was
on the shore Of the Yellow sea 200
B. G. It is now 40 miles inland. As
late as 500 A. D. the sea was 10 miles
nearer Tientsin than it is now. All
along the head of the Yellow sea, into
which great Chinese rivers are flow
ing, the land is gaining on the water
at the rate of about 100 feet per an
mum. In approaching Shanghai, across
this sea, one meets the turbid water
along a clearly-marked line forty or
fifty miles out from the shore. So
sharp is this line that in crossing It
half Of the ship would still be in the
blue ocean water while the other half
is plunging into water made turbid by
the silt brought down by the Hoang-
Ho.