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may be imagined he bethought him of the canteen
and pulled his sixshooter in order to stop the brute
with bullet and the precious water; but the
horse already out of revolver range, and was
slowly diminishing in the awful distance of the desert,
which to the unfortunate seemed bigger and
bigger.
The poor fellow wrote in his notebook account of
his disaster and pinned the manuscript to his shirt.
Many days afterward a searching party found him
dead.
:. This incident is well worth relating to people who talk
lightly of desert exploration desert travel and of desert
prospecting which has lured many miners to horrible
doom.
The Sheriff of San Bernardino County old, ex
little bit of careessness in packing the water flask and
little bit of carelessness in trusting the horse He
dared the weird of the DESERT the tragedy OF which
be compressed into little warning sentence when
water is gone you gone!'
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from the spotted skunk unfavorably known the by
drophobia skunk. This skunk is a man hunter, with
poisoned bite. The brute will sneak up to sleeping
miners bed in order to get him. The creatures
in New Mexico, and there some in Arizona
ALTHOUGH he believes it is an Ell Dorado of riches
which somebody will get day, the desert
miner has wholesome respect for Death Valley the
most gruesomely named and by far the most in
spring place in the United States 1t first surveyed
by Jefferson Davis, whose party used Arabian carnels
"ships of the desert Stakes set by the Davis
veyors still found in the valley When the work of
shift for themselves This gives foundation for all the
wonder stories told and printed about droves of wild
camels the desert. The Davis cames all dead
long ago. The cowboys killed them, because they used
to stampede the cattle.
Death Valley is hundred and fifty miles of desolation
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suing hawk suddenly and strikes the hairy
spider with its tail. That ends the tarantula.
The rattlesnake another of the desert miners enc
mics, has its Nemesis. 1t is weird and ghoStly Bird
the road runner. 1t may often be in the dusk,
sprinting down the dusty ways of California When the
road finds rattlesnake in the desert, it sets
about the determination of the reptile cold booded
methodical, calculating 1t collects heap Of
prcky and piles this about the snake While the
RATHER is thus being fenced in it becomes very uneasy
but to be hypnotized, and hardly fully aware of
what is going The bird deliberately leases and
harnesses the snake, and keeps ping up the prcky
stuff. At last the RATHER in desperation bites itself
and dies.
This is not a nature fake. Nearly every old desert
miner has watched rattesnake tragedy Attacked by
road runner and in mysterious way overawed by
the bird and the prckly cactus fence the snake nvara
bly, commits suicide.
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bitten by wounded gia monster. He had the creature
tied of the straps on the pomme of his saddle
He thought it was dead 1t beautiful specimen
and he wanted it and stuff it. But recovered
and grabbed him the hip. He got into town, and the
doctors worked with him for long time, and succeeded
in saving his life; but he was paralyzed side
The gia monster is poisonous is eputed to be-
1t bites like swapping turtle. When it takes hold, it
hangs on
DERNANGANATE of potash, not whisky, is the
I remedy for snakebite No yarn has done more harm
than the yarn of the whisky There IS nothing
worse for snakebte than alcohol in any form. If
who has been snakebtten wishes to develop severe
case of poisoning, let him drink whisky Its effect is
frghtful 1t excites the heart and drives the poison
through the system. l have been unable to trace the
origin of the wild story that whisky snakebite
1t sounds if it might have been somebody's joke, to
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and he will hardly be eligible for the millionaire class.
Citizens disposed to rush into mining ought to know,
the testimony of of the experienced prac-
teal miners in the country, that " be fooled
mine easily than anything else in the world"
A sangune opti1nist may to you and say he has
"thousand-doar rock" No doubt he has. The ques-
ton is, How much is ACCESSIBLE After that has been
determined, it is order ask Is there any body of
there? For example if there inches of ore,
running thousand dollars to the ton you may have to
go four feet in order get the inches and the
pense of the four feet may impair greatly wipe out the
profit of the six inches.
People should remember that mining like every other
business, is subject the law of profit and loss. In
counting the gains, do forget reckon the and
the risk. When is expanding undue energy, skill,
time, labor, money, and risk in for a meager
yield, he is working at loss just certainly if
ming grocery store loss, while the losing grocer has
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advantage over MIN because MS
life and health are not imperiled
by his occupation.
AS the average citizen is
unsophisticated in mining and
yet may be tempted to invest his
money in a mine, he should train
himself to investigate a PROPOSE
ton thoroughly before consider
ing it. The following catechetic
probe" prepared by an expert,
will assist the inquirer;
In what district is this mine?
How far is it from transporta-
ton?
How far is it from water? How
much water supply is available?
What is the character of the
ore?
Describe the hanging wall.
Describe the footwall.
What is the pitch of the vein?
Is there any timber on the
ground?
What is the average width of
the lead?
How much ore is blocked out?
What is the cost of mining and
treating the ore?
How much efficient develop
ment work has been done on the
property?
OF what does development
work consist?
THE moral of the peril in desert
: mining is pointed by the well
remembered instance of the fate
of the Sheriff of San Bernardino
County, a mans experienced in
desert travel, who lost his life by
a momentary lapse into careless
ness. The Sheriff announced that
he would cross the desert to catch
a fugitive criminal. He would
not ask any of his men to under
take the adventure; but said he
was so familiar with the desert
that he would be sure to make
the Journey safely. He saddled
his horse, tied a canteen of water
to the pommel, and started off.
He travelled a great distance
out into the desert, with his eyes
peering into the sandy glare.
Never before had the horse been
in wild, open country or far from
home. 1t was uneasy and thirsty,
and began to sniff for water. The
Sheriff alighted in order to rest
the animal, and thoughtlessly
dropped the reins. The horse
trotted away slowly. The Sheriff
tried to grab it; but it plunged
forward, snorting. He shouted;
but the more loudly he shouted
the more quickly the horse ran.
Finally the brute broke into a
gallop, with the Sheriff hopelessly
toiling after it, losing ground at
every step.
With feelings of despair that
: bethought him of the canteen,
hooter in order to stop the brute
ave the precious water; but the
,ut of revolver range, and was
the awful distance of the desert,
innate man seemed bigger and
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begin With; but, IL 1t was intended
for a Joke, it has been costly one
to human life.
In case of snakebite, take a
stick with a string attached to
it, a tourniquet. Tie this tightly
round the limb or body above the
bitten place. Apply permanga-
nate of potash and wet it; spittle
will do if nothing else is available.
If that doesn't cure, nothing
will.
Permanganate of potash cures
all kinds of poison bites; and the
desert miner is exposed not only
to risk of snakebite, but to at
tacks by scorpions, tarantulas,
centipedes, and hydrophobia
skunks.
In the desert a boy was bitten
by a scorpion. His alarmed
friends nearly killed him with
whisky before they recovered
sufficient presence of mind to do
what they should have done in
the first instance suck the
wound and put in permanganate
of potash. The stuff is not expen-
sive, and everybody who is ex-
posed to the slightest danger
from poison insects or reptiles
should keep it and know how to
use it.
Dissolve the crystals in water.
Five cents worth will make two
gallons. Put this solution in the
wound, and it will annihilate
poison of snake, scorpion. cent?
pede, or tarantula. Always keep
permanganate crystals on hand
in a little strong box. Cut the
wound with a clean knife, and cut
straight in. Don't be afraid to
cut. Then apply the solution.
When you are not using the per-
manganate remedially, be careful
in handling it; for it is strongly
caustic, and if applied to the flesh
will injure it.
Desert miners and people who
live near the edge of the desert
should beware of the tarantula,
species of spider that is not only
venomous but deadly. If there
are tarantula hawks in the neigh
borhood, they will soon clean out
the big spiders. The tarantula
hawk is a kind of wasp, but twice
as big as an ordinary wasp. 1t
has red markings on wings and
body, danger signals for taran-
tulas. When the hawk sees a
tarantula, it makes for it with
rush. The tarantula spies its
enemy, and begins to scurry
round in a circle. Hawk follows
like the shadow of death. Round
runs tarantula. Round flies hawk.
The circles are narrowed. 1t IS
the tarantula's tarantella. 1t
takes smaller and smaller sweeps,
then whirls madly, until the pur-
suing hawk suddenly reverses a
spider with its tail. That ends tn,
The rattleSnake. another of tn
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-13
THE NEW YORK sENATORsHIP.

The selection of Judge James A
O'Gorman for Federal Senator by
the Democrats Of the New York Leg
islature ends a long and not credit
able deadlock. Judge O'Gorman's
name was not among those proposed
by the insurgents" but the fact that
he was accepted by the anti-Murphy
or independent Democrats would
seem favorable.
Judge O'GOrman is a Tammany
man and has been a member of the
organization from his youth. He is
a man of ability and Of singular ora
tOrical power He has been a men,
Der of the Supreme Court of New
York for eleven years. and it is said
that his resignation will be a great
loss to the bench. In New York it
is said of him that he has a fine rec
ord and has made an ideal judge,
prompt and rapid in his work, and
that he has introduced many desir-
able reforms in the procedure of his
court. He was born in New York
city in 1860 and graduated from the
College of the City of New York. He
was a justice of the District Court of
New York from 1898 to 1900, when
he went into the Supreme Court. He
has therefore been judge for eigh-
teen years and has had little oppor-
tunity to take part in politics. What
his alignment in the Senate will be
is yet to be isclosed.-BaltimOr
Sun.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-13
NO CHANCE TO PLAY.

Dear Daddy Jim: Will you admit
a little Oklahoma girl into your hap
Ply band? AS this is my first visit,
will not stay long. Mama takes The
Jeffersonian and likes it very much.
[ also like to read the letters from
the little boys and girls. How many
of you girls like to do house work?
I do for one. My mama has been an
invalid for four years. I have to do
the work, as she is not able to do
anything. Papa is sick now. I do not
know what we will do, for it seems
now that we will just starve. Papa
has been sick for some time and there
is no one to do anything except we
children I have one brother and
one sister. I do not have the chance
to get out and play like other little
girls. I have to stay in a sick room
all the time, waiting on mama and
papa. With best wishes to Daddy
Jim, NELLIE TOWERY, Messer,
Okla.
won't you write to this little girl
and cheer her up? She is having
hard time.-DADDY JIM
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A select training school. Limited
to $50 we'll recommended students.
We advise you to write Mr.. Ander-
son at once if you are ambitious and
have a good character.
Mr.. Horace G. Johnson writes from
Louisville, Ca: 81 think it impos-
sible to make a better investment
than in training in the Georgia-Ala-
bama Business College,"
Mr.. F. G. Foxworth writes from
Norfolk, Va: 81 feel that in a sense
the Georgia-Alabama Business Col
lege set me up in business and put
success in my reach"
Prof. J. M. Marley, writing from
Milwood, Ca, says: '|The best evil
dence Of my appreciation of the Geor-
gia-Alabama Business College is that
l advise my students to go there. I
know what it's training means"
This college has fund for taking
high grade young people and letting
them pay for their tuition after they
have gone to work.
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There is splendid opportunity for
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One Hundred Visiting Cards

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your questions. The ark was built
by Noah. Christ only stayed on the
cross until the evening after He died.
Philip Bell Zebedee was James and
Johns father. I am in the 9Th grade.
l like my teacher. Her name is Miss
Emma Lee Wallace. I live at Lang
dale, Ala, and would be glad to get
a letter or post card from any of the
Cousins. Hoping to get a card for
every correct answer, I am yours
truly LOLA CANADY, Langdale,
Ala.
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"Diaz not trusted by rebel leader"
says newspaper item; but Diaz can be
trusted to want to be Mexico's presi-
dent as long as he lives.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-13

Mary Garden has actually made a
success of musical affair in which
she wore plenty of real clothes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-13
Ver0S OfThe JeNs

>1HE rapid increase. in the cir
culation of our paper within
the last year brought it's own
J troubles. We had two large
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27

sand now word about patients who
may feel like reading" said the house
physician to the nurse. when they
ask for something to read be sure to
give them continued stories-always
continued stories."
'Is that wiser" she ventured to re-
monstrate. wont the excitement
over what is going to happen in the
next number have bad effect?"
"No. Even If 1t does 1t will be coun.
teracted by the encouragement. Sick
people have queer fancies. One of the
Queerest pertains to literature. Feed
patients mind with nothing but short
stories and he will certainly get into
his head that he is going to die so
soon that 1t isn't worth while to start
him on long one, and he will droop
accordingly. But give him only yarns
Of the to-be-continued-in-o va.
riety and he will take 1t for granted
that you expect him to get well so he
can finish the story, and he will perk
up amazingly. Just try It,"
The nurse did try 1t and found that
the doctors theory was built on sure
foundation.-New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
A Wise Provision.

Did you ever notice when a man
smites his thumb with a hammer while
putting down n carpet under his wife's
supervision how quickly he thrusts the
bruised and throbbing member into his
mouth? People think 1t is because the
application is soothing. But the move
ment is purely invountarily. like wink
ing The man cannot help it. The
fact is that nature knows what man
is apt to say under such circumstances
and so has provided him with an auto.
matte stopper. Whenever he hits his
thumb hard enough to hurt-and 1t
doesn't take very hard blow almost
to kill man when he is doing some
thing he doesn't like to do-by a sort
Of interlocking system his thumb flies
into his mouth, and for the critical
moment speech is cut of.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
The Oriqln Of Ounce.

A Ounce is named after Duns Scotus,
the chief and leader of the schoolmen
who were in opposition to what was
called "the new learning" in the six
teenth century. 1t is easy to see how
readily convertible the term would be.
Any opponent of the new learning
would be apt to be referred to as a
Dunsman, or. more briefly, rs Duns,
to indicate that he held the views Of
which Duns Scotus was the most emf
nent representative. But as the time
went on and the new learning triumph
ed to call any one Dunsman or a
Ounce would be equivalent to describ-
ing him not merely rs opposed to a
certain set Of doctrines, but as inca
pable Of learning and enlightenment
1t is certainly hard upon Duns Scotus,
as Archbishop Trench has remarked,
that he, ''the subtle doctor" by pre-
eminence, the "wittiest of the school
divines," as Hooker terms him, should
have his name handed down to future
ages as a synonym for invincible stu
pidity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
Lion Sians In Enalnnd.

In the middle ages the country
houses of the nobility In England when
the owners were absent were used as
hostels for travellers. The family arms
always hung in front of the house
and gave it popular name among
travellers, who called lion "gules" or
azure simply red" or blue" AS these
mere intimations of good cheer and
entertainment innkeepers adopted the
idea. Lions have always been and are
now very favorite signs in England
lions white, black, red, brown. golden,
yellow-red being the most common.
Probably the Red Lion originated with
the badge of John of Gaunt, duke Of
Lancaster. who married the daughter
of Don Pedro, king of Leon and Cas-
tile, and who adopted the lion ram
pant gules Of Leon to represent his
claim to the throne Under Richard
and John lions became the settled
arms of England and were generally
used by those who could find any
claim,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
Had Reason 20 Be sllen..

An Ingenious young man once took
his iancee to church in a small coun'
try village. and when the time for
collection" came around he rather
ostentatiously displayed silver dol
lar. Presuming upon their engage
ment, the young woman placed re.
straining hand upon the arm Of her
fiance.
Don't be so extravagant, Georgel"
she exclaimed.
"Oh, that's nothing" he replied. II
always make a point of giving dol
lar when go to q strange church."
Just then the deacon came with the
plate, and George dropped a coin.
Everything seemed favorable, and the
young man beamed with sense of
generosity. Then the minister gave
out the notices for the week and con-
cluded with the wholly unexpected an
nouncement of the days collection.
''The collection today" said he,
amounted to 95 cents"
George hadn't much to say all the
way to his fancee's home.-Houston
Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
A MAtter az Breed

Them fellers in the Office Of the Bee
are what ! call fresh" Deacon Ezra
Bullock remarked to his wife at the
supper table on his return from his
monthly visit to the town Of Balston.
How so, fathery" inquired Mrs. Bull
lock.
"Well," Mr.. Bullock said, lone O. my
errands was from Saba Mabel Briggs.
She wanted should find out why they
hadn't punctuated her last poem. They
sent copy, an she said 1t made her
most sick the way they'd spilled her
beautiful ideas.
"Well, when I'd got loaded up to
come home drove round to the Bee
Office an composln' room an beckon.
ed young feller in his shirt sleeves to
come out
"'Now,' says, you'll do her favor
If you'll tell me why you didn't punctu-
ate Saba Mabel Briggs last poemr
"'Cert'nly,' SIS he. I'm not point
er; I'm a setter '"-Youth's Compan-
ion
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
Preferred to Be a Quack.


A quack at fair near Paris was
driving roaring trade selling nos
trums, drawing teeth and beguiling
the crowd in the usual ways, says the
British Medical Journal. The letter
of the French law against unqualified
practice is very strong, though owing
to the Indifference of the magistrates
1t is not strictly carried out. This,
however, was a particularly fragrant
case, and the police felt compelled TO
intervene. The quack was therefore
accosted by the guardians of the law,
taken to a tent at the back Of his
stand and requested to show his diplo-
ma. To the stupefaction of the gend-
armes he exhibited a perfectly au-
thentic degree of doctor of medicine
Of the University of Paris. They were
profuse in their apologies, which the
doctor cut short with an urgent en-
treaty that they should say nothing
about what they had seen, "for," he
said, "if the people know that l am
qualified doctor l shall have no more
customers"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-27
Nodded by Circumstances.

Yoshio Markino in McClures tells
the following anecdote of his literal
mindedness:
"At the grammar school used to be-
lieve all that l was taught. But very
often made an awful misunderstood.
ing. For instance, our readers said;
The human nature is just like the
water. If you put the water into a
square vessel the water will become
square, and if you put it into a round
vessel 1t will have round shape.
Boys and girls, therefore you must
choose your friends
mo sooner than the school hour was
over ran to my neighbor who had a
newly born baby. | told the mother,
Don't put your baby in hard, fat
bed; her figure will become fat"