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;ho Chicago Record.
S 11., Sept. IS.—Deputy
William* ha* Just wurnol
i,. mnt into the mountain*
.. which hilariously "ho:
f Santa Rltn and felonl
i. two Mexican* and the
Me ha* not got hi* (tame
* and hi* throat are thick
• ft*r a time he will attend'to
but hi* throat demands the
n
ii,a happen* that Mr. Will
r i ert the men he itoea out
• ..rrn. If they escape he Is
. .tilc.il over tho matter, for
a. a lime may come, and he
memory and iloca not believe
none* he bygone*. •'Ye*.
.1 up on me." he said lo the
In front of the saloon as hi
il-'* *
v out of his saddle "Where
. to" Now. there’s a fool ques-
If I knew, do you recKon Id
.i iien aabe. They may be |n
Men o or In Jiades.”
iv dl,l not really say "hades. •
he shortest version for every.
Somebody asked him whether
nocier so there or to Mexico
men, mid then there tv a a
L-i
I • any particular choice between
~. ii.t the deputy, deftly tylna
mo halter rope "It amount*
same thin* with me."
H little man. I* Mr Williams, d*p
,i c; it Ana. with a very red face
, .Mored mustache and white
ieh he shows continually In n
and rmlie. Thirty-nine years
, . n of them spent In the office
keen wltted. Indefatigable, a
■r. a deadly pistol shot a Jolly
e- .ind a terror of evll-dorre. with
his own low head offered by
i m government.
tune the little denuty wa* In
with the powers in Chihuahua
)| t,i ndered the Mexicans Important
► i ivhat he calls “eomc of their
i . lamlly troubles." but his sense
was too high and led him Into
t ire that they talk of In Ciudad
io thl* day every lime they show
over Ihe Jail.
'*t version that I heard of th.
• 'hat a friend of Ren's had been
it.ly - compelled to kill two or
M< xlcans, whereupon the authorl
i nnfeally arrested him. tried him
!• mned him to be shot. When Ben
c i of this he was over In the Gar
hty-flve miles away and two days
• Hcutlon. He at onig Jumped on
md rode with loose rein and
pur to El Paso, where he arrived
re about midnight. Early next
e> he hired a hack, drove across
•* ! c* and entered the Jail, where hr
l lermisslon to see the doomed
Bsc When he came out he had a pistol
' t and and his friend was with him
a pistol In each hand*They fired
lire ' regiment of Mexi.Mn soldiers
•an guard and the regiment
•nd like sheep. Before they could
Williams had put hie friend In
■ • ha'k. klckrd the drived ofr the
•*”* and put the lash to the startle.)
■vhlch dashed madly across th**
panning the Rio Grand*. through
uarj, and In a few minute* more
* lied up with heaving flank* on
vc territory.
l• • -,d the deppty tf thl* was true and
>*d "No." he said, "not altogrth
! an* -■ I know what you are talking
• though It was this way Ther.
man named Bolton—he wasn't any
■ c.l of mine, hut I knew him and I wa*
ground when It happened, so I
i take mi Interest In him.
and another man named Cavltt
' i*pule over some mining property
• v was both Interested in and there
* ' and blood Im.tween them, but finally
In Juarex, and their lawyers
' they were going to get the thing
"1 mixed sane way. They did gel the
ma le out. and seemed peaceable
when one of the lawyers and me
* oto saloon lo take h drink We
’ ardlv got In there when we heard
ni running out we found Cavltt
l with hi* gun beside him. and
• hooting at Ihe Mexican police
and come up. Of course. I saw that
i nnly nr,e way for the thin* to
nsiderlng how many there was of
“o I went up to Holton and told
best thing he could do would
urrender to me. He salff he would
•hat he was protected I told him
l *o he gave me hi* gun. and I
crowd off and got him to the
Ja.l
I *iw that Cavltt had drawe.l his
' t renumber whether any *hct*
t nut of It. but If there wn*n't
' * '. I his rnult. I know. too. that he
*i t threat* of settling Bolton; hut
I‘xlcan* took Bolton and threw
Jail and kept him there for a
i-y was bleeding him, that'* all
about It.
1 to go nnd arc him once in
ml one dav I told him that the
"S he could do was to get out of
"i I then make himself hard to
' ‘t ihe trouble was to do It I
game was to keep him until
the last cent he had jnd then
m out.and shoot him. and there
,V sense In pulling the thing off
'id* wa* what 1 did; I went over
th- and got four or live of the
there to come over with me
the Jail. I didn't tell them what
'tig to do. because I thought I
tv the rocket better without, but
of their uniform* and a wig
mustache and started out I
' ft 1 knew I could trust tvc.ltlng
■ to the Jad with n hack and
1 my horse.
* to have n pas* to go In and
n mu the Jail Hint I warned to.
' <d got suspicious of me and
triwn It. so I had to bribe one
retarles to forge one for me
■ official seal on g. It did Just
the real thing. We went In
'irse there wa* quite a party of
' •'■" straggled out and the guard
wch us all. Finally I took
vs with me end went In to
and got him Into the uniform
and walked out with him, Ju*t
l 'hem. that waa all. One
uniform went In with me
•env out. btw they hadn't kept
•• number.
. • of the mint'd earns up as iw
_ou' end I stopped and talk ™
c and let Holton go on If
1,,a , "• hatted an eyelid I'd have
him I hod two gim*--one I
MT one In my coat I gave
•, 1 wnr * when I came In. and
table where we were talking
■III, 1 1 tod on It nnd played with II
i j , were chatting, finally I got
< l after h* hack. That was
l * to It.
•* afterward Ihe Governor of
J ' 1 * tme over on thl* side, and
'ilk with him He sold he'd
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Srain Workers.
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jtk, or *hi relieve* nervous head
induces refreshing sleep.
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gram me a panton If I’d tall him how I
got Hokon oat an I I toW him. but In
stead of the pardon he went luick and
offered that r> word for me. They tried
to kidnap me onee or twice, but I dl
- them and ahey quit."
Mr. William* I* > remarkably persistent
person, and It I* this quality of perslsten -y
that la< contributed largely to hla suc
re*- For Instant i. In I'M n sergeant of
rangers mimed Fuss-iburg war killed in
the mountain* In IT I*. "inly by some
horse thieve* he was charing The mur
derer* escaped nd apparently left’ no
tree behind item William*, however,
worked on the are for three years, event
ually satisfying himself that n Mexican
named (Jeronimo lkrr.l war one of the
bond, although the evidence war slight.
Geronlmo give him an opportunity ut
last by ommltling .1 highway robbery,
and the deputy Instantly was on hi* trail.
He tame to the end of It soon and or
re-ted the Mexican, who managed to break
away and get Into n deserted hour*,
from which he opened fire on hi* pur
suer. William* replied o briskly with
his pfrtol that Farra ran ftom his •bel
ter. with u wound In hi* !de and was
soon re iptured H< ’“ sentenced to
twelve year* in the pcn.tentlary Having
thus pig eon nob and him for reference, lh-*
deput. resumed hi* Investigations l
took hun eleven mon*hs to verify hi*
eurpklons, and then he secured a eommu
tmlon of th sen teg* e of Imprisonment
of TNarra ami iurne.l him over to the Tex
as authorities, who hanged him
| n the same way Williams bagged deun
bernal. another principal dn the sam*
murder, trn king him all over the South
west to get him filed on the charge of a.i
unimportant crime and then eompletlng
his chain of evidence at his leisure Iter
nal l to be tr|ed for this 7-year-old mur
der next week
Another deputy sheriff was stabbed to
death at I-a Dus hy live outlaws, who
atuck lighted candle* In his wound* *ml
daneed round hi* dead ■fcodv. The live
were arrested, hut broke Jail and got
away. Four years ago Williams recaptur
ed one of them In Colorado, a year !at*r
another In Arliona. aivl he confidently
expect* IO land the surviving members
of the gang In the year or two He Is in
no hurry, but they haw got to come some
time.
Mow many men the little deputy has
hilled In the course of hi* official career
is a matter-of conjecture He dislike* to
talk on that subject, being a modest man.
„r,l again he hn* probably long ceased to
keep account. "I have never killed .* mao
When I • < U.d help II." he said. "and there
hn twen many n firm* when 1 hnvf taken
hiK chancaa by not shooting. I alwaya play
for position, and get tha dfop. If anythfttf
bappaaa afur that It am t my fault.
THE MORNING NEWS; SATURDAY. OC'TOREK 13. 1000.
Tim l#ff arm of Mr WtUUm* 1* not of
very much use to him, the ronseouenee
of little affair that happened here In
I .us Cruce* not very long ,go. Six men
lay in wait for him In the main street
one cloudy night and opened tire on him.
as he passed Hl* left arm was shattered
at the first aolley. hut he drew his platol
with his right and magnltleently routed
the six of them Hut nobody was killed
"I’m ashamed of the shooting l done that
time." said the deputy, "but then It was
dark and it didn’t last long ’*
AS4KF. A*l FISH I* A FIOHT.
Cross-Eyed Man. Fishing for Pick
erel. (int n Peruliar ( atrh.
From the New York Sun.
•‘MW you ever see a duel between a fish
and a snake?’.’ asked a cross-eyed mon
with a corncob pipe In his mouth, ad
dressing a half doxen villagers as they
*t on the platform of the Erie depot at
Itamapo, N. Y.. one evening last week,
waiting for the mall train to <ome in.
None of the natives vouchsafed any reply
and the cross-eyed man got 10 burin***.
"It was out on the pond." said he, J*rk-
Iru hi* thumb over hi* eho dder in the
.lit*, tlon of • pretty gnod-rsed body of
water Iving north of the station 1 w*s
Ashing for pickerel In a boat with a chap
from down the road The day was cloudy
tied w- had An* luck We’d almost made
up our mlnde that twenty-Ave g'oi-alxed
ttsh were enough for on* day * atrh, and
pulled for the shore. when my friend al
lowed that he would like to ’skldder’ a
few time* more eiong some lily pad* Ju*t
above the point where the old Ice house
used to stand
"I was willing and slowly rowed the
boat over while he etood In the bow and
made ready to throw out his bait, the red
belly of a sun Ash He Jerked It along
Ihe top of the water a few times and then
a lively commotion suddenly look place
r.ear hi* hook. I thought that a big pok
erel had made for hi* ball, but t knew
Ia jessed wrong when my friend yelled:
•• Mv God’ there* a sea serpent or
something worse, and he sank Into hi*
*
•• You chump, say* I.’ gelling mad.
•Whai all* you? You don’t hear of critters
of lhal kind hereabout* unless you hap
pen to *iey at Buffem 100 long on pay
day That must have been a darned big
pickerel Try for him again.’
-| can't.' ray* he. treatb’lng a’l over
■Trv* yourself ' Then looking sf me In a
punted sort of way. he added 'Pickerel
b,. Mowed' Pickerel ain't Mack alt over
and they don’t have tall* flve feel Jong.'
"1 was sure that be had 'em for fair
Makes You
Grow Strong'.
Builds Nerve
and Muscle;
Makes th e
Blood Rich.
When you are tired out
and sick take Paine's
Celery Compound, it
cures and makes you
grow strong and robust.
F. L. SKILLIN,
West Somerville,
Mass., writes:
“We always use
Paine’s Celery
Compound and
give it to the chil
dren when they
are run down or
have any kind of
nervous trouble. It
builds them up,
regulates the bow
els, gives an appe
tite, and makes
them strong. I am
now giving it to
our little hoy five
years old, and it is
doing him much
good.
and looked forward to see what made him
collapse, but there was nothing doing but
a few rtpples on the surface in ch by
whet I supposed was a big pickerel.
'You're a peach of a Asherman.' says I.
taking the pole. Til show you how to
catch him.' I threw out the halt and the
water heg-in to boll again
"I then saw Ihe thing which almost
made mv friend gray-bearded The ch ip
nearly fell overboard when he clapped his
eyes on It the second time and murmered
'Hay, B!ll,J*t'* go home.' I did not know
what It was at Arst. hut I made up my
mind that 1 would And out or bust. Hy
this time the thing waa churning the
water at a great rate and Alpped Its tall
In the air at least two fr, above the
surface of the pond. I grubbed an oar.
hanged the thing across the hack severul
times and It slopped splashing I Ilf *d
It Into the host on the blade of the oar
and my friend collapsed
"The principal part of the catch wus a
hlacksnake Ave feet long. The front pari
wus a cat Ash weighing nearjv three,
quarter* of a pound. That l*" pretty
good sued Ash. you know Ynti see, the
snake raught the Ash In the shallow wa
ter and tried to swallow It tall Arst. but
made a had Job of it. lowing It to the
eat Ash's projection* That saved It from
going all the way down I pulled the Ash
out of the snake's gullet and threw It
overboard The Ash was In good condition
and wiggled Its tall hard as It headed for
deep water.
"'The snake was badly erlppeled end
Just sunk out of sight. M* must have
been powerfully hungry when he tackled
that Ash for hie lunch and I’ll bet he was
mad all the way to the end of hta tall
when he reached the cat Ash's horns snd
couldn't swallow It sny further The Ash
made a game Aght for It* life and It dl l
my heart good to he of some use to It
when It nSeded a friend."
Heps ("hear Their Owner To Town.
From the New York World.
Cherry Creek. N. Y , Oct. * —When
Israel Carpenter took the honey from
bis bee-hives and storied off to peddle
It yesfferday. the bees protested and fol
lowed him angrily Into the vtting* Mr
Carpenter Ignored the insects, which
swarmed Into the store after him unit!
the proprietor yelled a* him to get out
and dodged under the counter
Meanwhile some of the bee*, which had
remained outside, charged upon Mr. Car
penter'* horse, and It ran awny Th"
bees settled down on the hhculng-po"’-
then and calmly waited for Mr Carpenter
to come out. He came, close y pursued
by the hees which went In with him They
literally chased him horn* SB' —"*r.i*d
the sale of the honey
rVMII.IIN IIMM EXPLAINER.
Fact. Which Mina llots- Everyday
Phrases lief Their hmnlnx.
From the London tlx pc*.*
Words, like men. have historic.*, while
1 otner* cmlHi.tr hlMory.
To the Ijtier das* felons* Ihe word
j "rigmarole.” Everybody understand* it as
l signifying a confused an,l me. lugles*
I Jni( hut f. Nftl I. • • hat ft
coin.* irom ragman * . !i Now Ihe rag
man * roll waa a crown dc urneni of no
small Importance II I* a rc.it r II of an
dent parchment, and record* eategorleal
1 ly the Instruments and deed* bv which
and, ..Hand’s nohlllty aid g.nlry save in
\ Iholr adhesion and .wore slhgtan ■ e to
Edward 1 of Englaml law ird the . lose
of th. thirteenth sstturi Nalsrsllr, it
j Is a somewhat confused document but
j paesltily not quite so mueli confused as
confusing to thq good people of It* own
er*
II null have been upsetting In those
' .lavs to discover that the lord* and gen-
I tlemen thought to l,e stanchest for Hie
old ord.r had K■ a.c over to th. Invudltix
I King Yet there I* something to be full
for the lords and gentlemen they loved
' not Beotland's Indcpc iilcnce less, lint th* 1 r
I heads and their estates rather more
Most of n* are fond of venison— * hat I*
lo say. deer's fleli Formerly, however,
Ih.l wuy.l hud a wider meaning, being
used for any tle.li hunter*— that Is rata!
>f vensry Venery I* the old word for
hunting—lliu* foxes und wolves and bad
|g, is furnish “vanlson" no lew* thin the
lordly stag
Cur. the synonym for a worthless dos
hat* somewhat the same derivation In
feudal England the dog* of the villein**. ,
no doubt mostly starving mongrels, werq
by law icmiie.i to be curtailed rt*. ,
have Hielr Ull* eul short. o that thry
might be readily dlstlngutshed from the
slag and b.r hound* of the lords and
gentlemen The stag hounds ran true
upon the scent, the mongrels would con
fuse and draw them ..ff from It Some
tlmea ihe villein-don* h*d likewise to
suffer "homhlln#"—that Is. rul'ltur aw.y
tho two middle toes from each foM. o
they . uul.l not run w ith the hound* A
cnrtall-dog. or curt I e-dog. In time became
simply a cur. Hl* owners, the villeins.
' who lived In cliislere l hovel* outside the
e*sth til* In like manner gave rle to
the word village.
Another wonderfully expressive phr**e
"to run riot"— also comes from the hunt
ing field Foxhounds run rln> when they
leave the drag of the fox and go taring
and chasing off up<n the scent of hares
ar,l rahhlts, whose ronr-any the fox
s.ek* when he find* ti.mself pursued In
deed. In fox-hunting i*rlanrr, hare-scent
I* known s “riot "
The familiar phrase "on Ihe pad." as
signifying going hither and yon also
thr>>w> back lo Reynard the Fox Ills feet
are known technically as pads—when he
gets up und begin* to move about sports
men say he t* on the pad
fit range as It may seem, the word "tal
lyho"' In a mittner ronn.ot* the hunting
field with the coach Tallis Ivors pro
nounced tally-ho—Norman French for
"out of the thicket "-wa* the proper cry
when the fox broke cover. The huntsmen
.nd the master or the foxhound* answer
ed the rry with .ong bias's of the horn
Then when public coaches began to run.
Ihelr horns blew the tally-ho bla*t*; fur
ther. a* luxury progressed, liner eoarhe*
often took to the meet, and the throwing
off line people who did not Inteod to fol
low tho hound*, but to see them speetar
ularlj Between use and luxury. the
loarh with seat* on top erystaJHied a*
the tally-ho The tally-ho It I* likely to
remain, unlea* ail the world should go au
tomobile mad,
Though the bankrupt Is so common
among ua nowaday*, few know whence
lin derived his unenviable cognomen It
l* among the moat !nterottng of words
with histories I.- mbards. money chang
er* of Venice, sat on benches round about
the plaaa of St Mark's Banco I* Italian
f r bench. When one of the money chang
ers defaulted the other* fell to and broke
til. bench In little pleees Aftsrrward he
was known a* "haneo-rupto”—that Is, the
in in of the broken bench. Hence comes
our word liankrupt
These are only a few rxomplea; but they
serve to show how Interesting I* tho study
of word histories.
OREGON *N KKS IN DEMAND.
Thousands About Klamath Falla and
They Kill Hnltlers.
From Ihe Portland Oregonian.
The snako industry t Klamath Falls
Idd# fair to become important. A few
[ weeks ago Fostmasler Pastel received a
letter from a concern In Minnesota mak-
I lug Inquiry aa to the price of Ihr rep
tiles and If n shipment could be m .<!•■ to
. Minn. *ot,i sn-.ke farm. Although the
letter was written on u printed letter
head. Ihe po.trnaster thought someone
I was trying to pcrpctraic joke upon him
He re|dled, however, slid #latt-d that he
w.mkl supply all snake* wanted *t JS
cent* u pound. Ry return mall, much
to hi* iirpti*e. -.ime an order for k
pound* of Miake*. delivered at Ihe near
est railroad station The Minnesotan
Went on to tate that next season he
would make further older# an object lo
Mr Caste!, but he would take AW pounds
more this fall Hnake catching I* now
the order of th* day there. It to* a pav
ing hualness. as one man can easily cap
ture I'd in day. and thl* represent* at
least fifty pound*.
The Klamath Fall* antke* have a world
wide reputation. The town la situated at
Ihe foot of Klamath Fall*, which begin
at Upper Klamath Lake, and continue
through a narrow. roky gulch for a mile
to the lower lake The descent I* gra.F
ual, aqd the fall* nothing more than a
rapid moiini*ln stream. I*o yards or more
wide, between the two l.ike*
Along inis river or fall* on a wstm
day mile* of snake*, curling, wriggling,
and crawling over each other. I* no wi
urual sight, and If the weather l# a
little cool one has to wait for them to
get out of their way or take stick
and lift them aside, us many do The
nanger ..t# lit* first trip I* continually
dodging and Jumping sidewise. although ■
he I* Informed that the reptile- are harm- '
less The Inhabitant doesn't mind them
ic all. Idtlle girls gather apronful* and
lieye carry small one* mound In their
pockets They are regarded a* pet* gen- !
erally. and are seldom harmed. They
com* down Into the very town, and a
couple of doxen may !•* *n |n going a j
block They simply jpr.gglc out of th*
w'ay, crawl between Ihe rrgck* of the;
plunk > ..|cw ilk* or move off to one *kle.
The snake* are regarded a* benefactors |
by the community, and there |* some com- J
Di nnn diseases
B fl I ■ ■ ■ ■ H H merit e til' h ncurr:i!!r- and dries out all •' th-
BE JB mjf nml nt t:-itnetime !■ ::d* up the v n< r
188 health of ihe patient Dr. Hathaway's method of
treating the different stages of this disease stops
Jtbe outward signs at one sud quickly bring, about a thorough and
permanent curs of every portion of th* body affected, and sit this
k |, dono In turh a way that the patient does not need to Isolate him
J self or give up his business, nor does he suffer for the balance of
B his Hie from salivation or any other reflex anion of admlcintceed
W The patient I* .Imply mail, amain a perfectly well, sound man
J with all danger of Iran,milling the dlseaaa removed
I>r. Hathaway also treat* with the same guarantee of suoeess.
lost of Manly Vigor, and othar chronic diseases of men. Including
all Kidney and Urinary and Sexual dlaorders. Varicocele, sirlet
u re, etc.
(K L Dr Hattiaway'snewsixty fourpaeelmok, treating fully of all the
skM ,* dlseavea which he treat* and telling of his method, together with a
M 1 gn at deal of valuable Information which will help anyone to ex
' atnlß* hla own condition, will be sent FK£l! on application, a*
j *TOI." HATHAWAY ID. w'.ll also caret ulJy prepared self-exam: nation blank*,
touauiution and advice tree at office or by mall,
4. NIWTON HATHAWAY, ffi. >• Office hours-# lo IS m., I to 5 and 7 to
Dr. Math.war 4t Cos.
Si "A" Bryan street, Savannah. Os 9p. m Sunday 10 a. tn to 1 p. n>
Cigar Dealers Like
to have their regular customers smoke
Old V irginia Cheroots
because they know that once a man
starts smoking them he is “fixed.”
and that he will have no more trouble
with him trying to satisfy him with
different kinds of Five Cent cigars.
Three huodrefi million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked thu
yef. Aik your own detier. Price. 3 for 5 cent!.
KNOWN BY ALL NATIONS ,
Twice the price could lmv no better.
LIFTMAN BROS., Savannah Agents.
FINE GRADES OF WHISKIES.
WHISKIES. WHISKIES.
The R. G. Whiskey gallon $ 2.00
Glendale \Vhiskey gallon $ ZSO
Crystal Spring Whiskey gallon $3.00
Goiden Wedding Whiskey gallon $3.50
IN CASES OF 12 LARGE BOTTLES:
Th# AnlMllluvtfln W* Ukey bottled by l) borr** of New York fit flO
Th# P#rrl## Whisk#? bottled In bond In H#nd<*rron. Ky ...... 0*....512 09
Th# Peoria Whiskey bott.ed In bond Ly Clark Brothers $12.09
Mr#dlth K># Whiskey, bott.ed #t their dUllUery In Ohio sll-99
Golden Wadding Whiskey. our bottling $929
LIPPMAN BROTHERS,
Li ppm an Block, ... Savannah, Ga.
AT HOME,
112 Broughton Street, West.
Some confusion in arranging stock, but well pre
pared to take care of our customers.
We don’t know all about the Furniture and Carpet
business, but our thirty years' experience with the trade
of Savannah is sufficient guarantee that we know SOME
THINGS. Call and be convinced.
LINDSAY & MORGAN
The Old Reliable.
plaint nt parting with th* few required
to nil th* Minnesota man’s or<i
Th* reptiles live among th* rocks and
cliffs along th* falls, and It is assert*.l
that they have completely routed the t it
Hesnake* from the entire section be-Id* i
destroying all the mice and ottWt peg’-
that Infested the pl.ice. Tney attack •
rattlesnake, and while one atop* ha*
been known to kill th* large*! ratfler. a
number will wind themselves about th"
venomous reptile and strangle it in a
short time It i claimed that before
the** snake* made their appearance the
rattler* Infessed the entlr* region, but
they *r* now seldom eeen.
The species Is aid to be a water snake
and tbl* la evidenced by the fuel that
they will take to th* writer If there Is no
(4her mean* of e*eai>e when crowded, and
move about In that element with the r ise
and skill of a I!*h. They are of a da.K
eomr. about three feet long when full
grown, ond have a strip* a little lighter
than the general color down their tank.
All *t*e* may be aean among trisen from
th* three or four-inch baby nak* to th •
full-grown one* On a warm day thev
ar* vltbi* hy Ihe thousand* and In
many case# Iney coll up hy the doten*
in hug* roll*. Pictures of these roll# have
been senti upon Inquiry aU over Li*
world. A farmer living m the gulch by
th> hank* of the river has areas difficulty
In taring hi* h.iy i (he leaf of the win
ter The rn ikrr take refute In his barn
during the cold weather. and as the hay
gets low he find* great maim of the be
numtred replllea rolled together all
through the hay
It Is believed that tons of the snake*
could he rillrrerl annually without ma.
teriafly decreasing the supply, and rue
Industry may prove a paying on*. Hnak*
oil commirul. a high price for merit-inal
purpoees. and It |* known that a supe.
rlor quality of the oil can be manufac
tured from the Klamath Kails species.
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rot DHCI) I !• A RIU TOOTH. *
Doctors Sniff vtmi IVnrl Cnneanaptloa,
lint He Hndn't.
Kropi the New York Press.
Philadelphia. Oct...—Charles Jackson,
living st Ridge and Hhuwmont avrbues,
Rox borough, has the distinction of hav
ing carried a broken tooth In his left
lung for more than six months. He was
r.pt aware of the fact until yesterday
morning, when he wae seised with *
hemorrhage and the tooth was dlslodgad.
In the elx month' he roughed almost
constantly. Physicians told him he had
quk k -on sumption, t- run ]n pounds hla
weight fell to Sit pounds, until at last ha
was unable to pr- /Id* for his family, so
weak was he from the strange sickness,
lost April, according to Jackson's story,
he went to a dentist In Nr York In
order 10 have two molars removed. In
the operation he struggl'd violently, on*
of the teeth having broken, and when ha
stood up In the chmr tie eras almost in
stant ty seised with a violent fit of cough
ing Instead of going away It grew worse
rapidly. He soon Inst his apprtite and be
ll on to waste away.
Relief came to Jnrkaon yesterday. He
had been roughing harder than usual,
wnen sudden.y he was seized with a hem
orrhage. and to hfcs amazement found thst
he had coughed up n tooth. Hie coughing
ceased entirely, and last evening he ato
Ihe first square meal that he has prW-
Iwken of since last April, diet In his 111-
i • . insisting of rere ils and milk. Tha
tooth l* about a quarter of an inch long.
—lt Is looked upon as perhaps signifi
cant of ecßpng events that certain Insur
in'' companies ate just now writing pol-
I ies on tha live* of namtoue itermaa
army officers To seme persons this cir
cumstance might Indicate a gathering of
war clouds in the not distant future
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