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Show auEK ANIMAL ENRAGED FARMERS KILLER ROUSED TO DESPERATION. Fiend or Lunatlo la Poisoning Live Stock of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Agriculturists Posses, Well Armed, Seek His Life. furiated bun, who rushed at htm fall force, the man barely escaping through the bars in time, for the bull's horns struck the gate with such force that they stuck fast in the wood for a short time. Old guns that have not been used since the war days have been brought out and new ones have been bought. Men whose business it is to reap and plow have been armed with clubs its and every bush contains determined guardian, ready to hold B wuu euuii approach, and up to get them if they can. Scattered about the fields, hiding in the shadow of barns and sheds, crouched behind hay mows, lying low beside stone walls are the men whose farms have been earned by the sweat of the field and garden. A more determined lot of men never met to guard their property in times of peace. They are awake and alert, and mean harm to any persons they can find about without a valid excuse. Along the highways others are traveling. Many tramps have been stopped and asked to explain, and then ordered to leave the county by the shortest route. Wives are behind closed doors awaiting the return of their husbands and praying that any encounter they may have may bring no harm to them. Still the search for the fiend Incarnate, the Quixotic demon, or the odd fanatic, whichever it may be, continues ruthlessly and thoroughly without avail. It may be that the surest proof that the work is that of a mentally deranged person is the fact that no particular person is singled out upon which the revenge has been praticed. Besides Dr. Mackie, there are many other citizens who have suffered a loss from the cruel work of the poisoner. At night there has recently developed a superstition and fear among the inhabitants only equaled by believers in the occult. The click of a gun, the call of a sentinel sends a man home quicker than the cry of the Banshee would to a native" of Ireland, or a raven to Frenchman, who would regard it as a sign of death in the family. There are those who say that the result will be a superstitious fear handed down to the posterity of Attle to-nig- Eduoation, science and the general spread ot Knowledge nave let In lignt on many a common darkness that existed even bo late as fifty years ago. What nineteenth century thinking person but shudders at the recollec-- ; lion of the Salem witchcraft, that blot on America's pure pages of history T ' Yet right at the very doorway of ; S?'. FiSLIMG HIS WAV. " Boston, the center of advanced Ideas and mind culture, there is one mind so steeped in darkness, some one so soul warped that for some unfathomable reason has wreaked vengenance on dumb animals. Who is the fiend who has so relentlessly and perslstenly poisoned cows, cats and fowls? This is a vital question with the people of Attleboro, who with blood la their eyes are on the qui vive for the miscreant. It began a few weeks ago, when one night all was still on the Bon Accord farm, the home of Dr. George Mackie, who is an ardent nature lover, and who usually walks about On the his farm until midnight aight in question he went in the house rather earlier than usual, having first whistled to his pet peacock perched aloft in a massive elm and received in reply a full throated call from the bird. Out in the stable was comfortably housed his prize oxen and several valuable cows. The next morning the doctor was horrified to find an ox dead and the other dying, the result of parls green poison, as an examination later proved. A few days later the peacock was found dead, then came in rapid succession the deaths of two Angora cats, a pea fowl, and many cows belonging to a neighbor. Many theories are rife as to what object any peraon could have in mind, If he possessed a mind, in perpetrating such a deed. Some allege that the food of the animals may have been mixed with parls green, but this theory was when on examination it was found the animals had been given a large quantity. Others place the preposterous acts at the door of some person who had revenge as a motive. It did not need many to look upon the death throes of the innocent victims, that writhed In agony and looked appealingly and wonderingly at the irate citizens, before vlgiTance committees were formed, and farmers armed nail and tooth posted themselves at unexpected places, on borders of fields and behind fences. And the direct result of this furor of excitement Is that Attleboro for the time being is transformed Into scenes and actions similar to those of the wild and woolly West, where lynch i ii i in uruut ' dls-prove- n HAD HAD HER BREAKFAST. E. Fair Parishioner Answered Rebuke of Her Pastor. I was told an amusing incident concerning Pare Olllvier last evening. One of his flock, a very beautiful and handsomely dressed woman, coming very late to church one Sunday morning, caused some disturbance and stir among the worshippers by her entrance, and interrupted the flow of eloquence of the worthy father, who, very irritable and easily put out, said: "Madame perhaps waited to take her chocolate before coming to church?" To this madams, by no means abashed, and in no way afraid of the sound of her own voice, even in the sacred edifice, graciously replied: "Yos, mon pare; and two rolls with it" Pall Mall Gazette. HeW Russian Women Doctors. Nowhere is the woman doctor more in evidence than in Russia. Among the wild and scattered population of this immense country there is an inexhaustible field for women as doctors and teachers and It is the knowledge of this fact which has disarmed the opposition to their going through universities. In 1897 Russia had 997 women doctors, and the number increases. In this profession Russian women have made a distinguished name. They have enormous practices in the great towns, and are largely employed by the municipalities. Most Brilliant of Fireflies. Of the insects the cu cuyo of the tropics is the most brll of them yield one llant. Thirty-eigh- t candle power. Photographs have been exposure of printed by bromide plates to their illumination People in Cuba confine them in paper lanterns for going about the country at night and for Indoor lighting. Sometimes they attach one of the insects to each foot for traveling in the dark to serve as a guide to the path. Also, they use them as ornaments for the dress and hair. con-rtantl- light-givin- y g two-minu- te . result of this long, nightly watch and untiring efforts of the vigilance committee. The citizens wonder whether the person is a stranger, or a native of the town, a sane being or a fanatic, a man or a woman? The ministers expound texts and theological reasons as to the cause of such behavior, the salawyers employ their and their shrewdness, quips gacity, wiles, the farmers exert their natural and calculations, to add the village gossips maybes, each story and Jump at conclusions, but all come to the same end, they "give it up in dismay." Meantime Dr. Mackie and the posse tsearch and the wholesale poisoning continues. Boston Journal. cool-heade- d tory. "This remedy is within the reach of all, and it is all that it is recommended to be. I found it so, and therefore feel it my duty to tell others about it." Dr. Dunaway of Benton. 111., uses Dodd's Kidney Piils in his regular practice, and says they are the best medicine for Kidney Troubles. He claims they will cure Diabetes in the last stages. Get More Power From Coal. Such has been the Improvement in nglne boilers and fire boxes that the power derived from a pound of coal y is nearly three times as great as it was fifty years ago. to-da- Accepts a Dangerous Office. Joseph Ncwland, who recently accepted the position of town marshal In the feud town of Jackson, Breathitt county, f Kentucky, has the distinction of being the one man in all that section who would take upon himself the dangerous responsibility. Mr. New. land Is a man of temperate habits, a .'hnreh member, has never killed bis A Silkworm of the Sea. Silk Is obtained from the shellfish man and mas sever shot at. In the known as the pinna which Is found last five years four marshals have This shellfish been killed and another, after remain in the Mediterranean. has the power of spinning a viscid lag in office one term, declined to silk, which in Sicily is made Into a serve again. regular and very handsome fabric. Mn. tVlnelnw'e SnolMof Tot rM,i fi.ti tu n.s. r& c te The silk I spun hy the shellfish in the luHDUJua.tiliri rla.curM win coJtc XicaavtU. first Instance for the purpose of atProduction of Nitric Acid. taching itself to the rocks. It Is able The production of nitric acid by to guide' the delicate filaments to the proper place, and there glue them fast, electrochemical tnihods Is a new that promises extensive and if they are cut away it can re- process The produce them. The material, when chanres In our sericulture. from the of acid nitric low .nanufacture Is at done tide) gathered (which t Is washed in soap and water, dried, nitrogen and oxyren of the air in commercial for tise one of quantities pound straightened and carded, the coarse Clament yielding about has been the dream and hope of for years. At Niagara experiihree ounces of fine thread, which, ment have been conducted successwhen spun. Is a lovely burnished golden brown color. fully la producing commercial nltrlo scid by using a high tension current A Wcnderful Carpet n an air chamber, by which a yield of In the ethnographic museum of Rot- one pound of fcitrlc acid Is obtained hours. terdam may now be seen a beautiful for evry avn carpet which the Shah of Persia recently presented to Queen Wilhelmlna as a souvenir of his visit to Holland pome month tt apo. Woven Into the carpet is the following inscription in Persian: "Pre-onte- d by His Majesty Mozzaffer ed Mn, Shah. Hmperor of Persia, to Her Majesty Wilhelmlna Queen of HolA good thing lives &ni land. In the year of the HedJIra, takes cn new life, and to 1320." measures The carpet sixty-sisquare yards, and in each square yard srr.' rsf-Scien- sol-fntls- ts dealt out the law. Private citizens hare formed possep, which plan out their ffs regu-a- r cam- paign of action and act accordingly. Armed mn patrol fields and roads 'rom sunset to dawn, listening to Tery sound, suspecting every fchadow, Tailing to shoot the man or men who lestroy their livestock. Men suspected of wrongdoing, and mowing that the farmers are armed gainst them, leave the township, tealing away for fear they may e victims of the vlrilanta. One man, while crossing a lot, Jut thy no one seems to kr.nw, It being ne where no trespassing was si m charged upon by aa In there are )wed. be-om- - pa-per- a. n Club,-donne- , 1 by Ball's Catarrh Cure, bend for circulars, free. r. cut.shif CO., Toledo, Sold by DruRKtita, 75c. Jiall'a Vamllr 1'lila are the beau j. o. The leading story in October St Nicholas "That Dwr" an axdUnff California story by Marian Warner Wlldman, is just as good for girls as for boys, and is equally interesting for the older folks as well. Besides numerous other interesting stories, the reader finds plenty of reading more substantial and equally as Interesting. "A Trip Through the New York Assay Office" is of especial Interest to those of us who reside in the mineral belt While the October number of Century is truly a sportsman's number containing much of interest to the The Summer "Cottage. The summer "cottage" on the seais the selected place of all shore Miss Ethel Bradshaw of this place has writ- others for those who have nothing to ten a letter, which is remarkable for do. who have no desire to do it. and the character of the statements it an abundance of time in which to do contains. As her letter will be read It There are tens of thousands of with Interest, and probably with profit them, in a circle of a score or two by many women, it has been thought of miles about New York. Many of advisable to publish it in part. Among them are occupied year after year other things Miss Bradshaw says: by their owners, and many others are "I had Kidney Trouble with the built for lease, and see a new tenant various unpleasant symptoms 'which each season New York Letter. always come with that disease, and I Knife and Fork Surgery. have found a cure. I would strongly Knife and fork surgery Is the name advise all who may be suffering with the students to a new methform of to use given by iftn. aw prevailed and self appointed sher- - -- "I Found It So." 111.', McCormick, Sept. 28. any Kidney Complaint Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy which I have found to h- - entirely satisfac- boro as a TRIED BY TIME. Lario, of 751 Eugene Queer Hiding Place for Money Chosen Twentieth Avenue, ticket seller in the Union by Parla Miser. What probably is the queerest of Station, Denver, Col., places for hiding money has Just been says: "You are at librevealed by the death In Paris of erty to repeat what I Louis Kerkl, a supposed pauper, who first stated .through our for years had received relief from Denver papers about the authorities. The other evening he Doan's Kidney Tills in was found dead in his room with a the summer of 1899, for stuffed monkey clasped fondly la his I have had no reason in arms. The gendarme who was sum- the Interim to change moned noticed that there was a slit my opinion of the remin the monkey's akin, and out of cur- edy. I said when first iosity he thrust a pencil Into the Interviewed that if I aperture. This led to the discovery had a friend and ac that the monkey was filled with quaintance suffering from backache The gendarme drew out a let- or kidney trouble I would unhesitatter which stated that the writer, ingly advise them to take Doan's Kidin fear of burglars, had placed his ney Pills. I was aubject to severe atsavings In the monkey, and he then tacks of backache, always aggravated tore open the animal's body. It was if I sat long at a desk. It struck me found to contain $1,000 in bank notes that if Doan's Kidney Pills performed and securities to the value of 15,000. half what they promised they might at least help. This Induced me to try the renidy. It absolutely stopped Protecting Books In China. "We have to varnish all our books the backache. I have never had a in my country," said a Chinese; "oth- pain or a twinge since." erwise they would soon be eaten into A FREE TRIAL of this great kidtray powder by a little black In- ney medicine which cured Mr. Larlo sect, like a beetle, that takes to books will be mailed to any part of the. as a cat takes to ashes. Everybody United States on application. Address in China, when he receives a con- Foater-MilburCo.. Euffalo, N. Y. For signment of books from Europe or sale by all druggists. Price 60 cents America, mixes a little pot of varnish per box. at once and proceeds to coat his books Chicago Boomers. with it This fluid is a perfect proa Chicago man that his Don't tell tection; it is made of creosote Canada balsam, resin, spirit of wine and city has less than three million population unless you are prepared to fight. mastic." Philadelphia Record. Boomers of the Lake City have reorganized their Two Million Club, Deafness Cannot be Cured. it the Three Million by local application aa the 7 cannot reach the die. aaed portion of ttie ear. Tbere la only on way to their aggressive club buttons core deafness, and that la by constitutional remedies. Deafness la cauaed by an Inflamed condition of the and promised allegiance to the club muooua llnlnti of tba Eustachian Tube. Whan tbla tuba la Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im- constitution, which provides that each closed. Deaf, member must claim at all times that perfect beartiif and when It Is nesa la tbe result, and unless theentirely Inflammation can b taken out and- tbla tubs restored to Ita normal con- Chicago has at least three million peodition, bearing- will be destroyed forever. Nine casss out of ten are caused by Caiarrb, wblch Is notblng but ple. mnamea ouucutiua 01 ids mucous eurracee. Wa will irlve Ona Hundred Dollars for an ease of LITERARY NOTES. Desfnesa (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured MONKEY A8 SAVINGS BANK. Wpwer od of Kocing, of Berlin, by which he avoids the danger of contaminating wounds by putting his fingers in them. The surgeon performs many operations without even touching the tissues, much as we eat our meals by aid of forks and spoons. Instead of clawing our food. By practice with suitably devised metal instru meets, which, of course, are capable of complete sterilization, be has found that he can get through very many operations. Including that for appendicitis in the quiescent Interval, without even touching tbe wound. Cheap Passenger Rates Via "Santa Fe Route" To Boston, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Detroit, Atlanta and other points. For particulars, address C. F. Warren, General Agent. A. T. & S. F. Ry., 411 Dooly Block. Salt I.ake City. Utah. Eskimo Bible. The Eskimos now have their own translations of tbe Bible, which has taken 150 years to complete. The Norwegian pastor, Hans Egede, who went to Greenland In 1721, began the work, which is completed and published by the Bible Society of Denmark. Ptao'a Cu-- e for Coturamptlon 1 an Infallible inddDeforcoube and cold, N. W.Sajicsu Ocn Grora, N. J.. Feb. 17. IMX A Real "Empire Builder." The story that a Rochester fatbei of three children has eloped with tbe wife 'of a neighbor who has seventeen children, taking tbe whole twenty with them, seems Incredible. Some people have thought that there is a relation between the growing frequency of divorce and the prevalence of "race suicide." But this report does not tend to support the theory. COLOR BUTTER. JUNE TINT makes top of the market butter. sportsman, other departments have not been neglected, there being three articles of much variety by officers of the United States government, dealing in a popular way with topics of current interest, while in fiction the number is especially rich. In the editorial department are some plain spoken words concerning the increase of lynching and a discussion of "Tbe Cant About Hard Work," which are especially interesting. The World's Work for October is a striking number, typically American, and presenting concretely many Interesting phases of territorial and muni cipal progress and achievement Tbe story of "The Human Legacy of Jonathan Edwards." a legacy of fourteen hundred descendants Is told by Edith A. Wlnsbip and is perhaps tbe most convincing argument yet made against race suicide, being most Interesting to Utahna, where largo families are not Infrequent There are many articles of Interest in this number, which Is a most creditable one. Country Life In America for October is a superbly illustrated, double Country Home number, and takes up the various problems that cluster about the building of a country house, from how the cellar can be kept dry, to the question of Interior decorations. It is, in fact, a complete house building manual. Many of the articles are by prominent architects. There are many articles of utmost Interest, and one especially timely to the citizens of the west, being a discussion of "The Water Problem Ift the Country." The October number of Outing Is a gem. the stories being especially interesting to those famlMar with outdoor man life, as well as to the who! In times of trial and woe, long for the privilege of wandering in the city-bre- d fields and meadows am it" tho scenes of his early childhood. The Cosmopolitan for October comes to us laden with got d things pleasing stories of fiction, articles of current Interest, richly Illustrated and Is, In fact, a number of which the publishers of this most entimable magazine may well be proud. , A Destructive Dampness. So bad is the dampness in Ceylon that a book will hardly last a year. The most expensive camera, made of the most perfectly seasoned wood ar parently will warp in Ceylon, and all Its parts will become unglued. Misguided Thunderbolt A BillvlHe exchange says: "Light- ning struck a Georgia mule In this neighborhood last year. The tuule survived the shock, but we haven't seen any lightning around here since." Constitution. HvvvvvHTWHHHWHmTHTH Right Along x SSO.OCe stitch. tHWvvvWOWMMM St, Jacobs Oil keeps right along curing Pains and Aches) Price 3c and 0 8 . |