Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Habits of Soalces. An ?minent writer on birdB and rep tiles declares that the notion frequent ly entertained that snakes fascinate their prey ls utterly exploded. It would he somewhat interesting If this gen tleman would tell us what power lt ia that snakes exert over birds which draws them against their will within easy distance of the reptile's jaws. The writer of this paragraph has seen birds fluttering in the air above the heads of snakes, apparently unable to resist the influence that attracted them. Whether it be fascination or some oth er force, lt unquestionably existed, al though every one may n^t have ob served it. Snakes never bite. To bite would be impossible, from the forma tion of their jaws. They strike from above, fastening their fangs Into their prey, after which they dispatch It, ord inarily by swallowing. Many varieties of snakes have the power to conceal their young In their mouths. The tiny snakes play about the mother's head, and upon the slightest alarm she opens her mouth, and they Immediately van ish, reappearing when tho cause for alarm seems to have boen removed. Whether the mother snake has the fac ulty of communicating their danger to them ls not known; in all probability she has. There are certain fish that open their mouths and engulf their small brood when danger threatens. The lover of nature finds endless op portunity for interesting researoh in the study of every form of life.-New YorLr Ledger. New Cards for the Old. A New York inventor, who has dis covered a method of cleaning old un cancelled post-cards, employs twenty five hands in the business, which Ja said to have become very profitable. He has cleaned and shipped no fewer than 23,000 cards in a day. A servant has discovered how to slay all German mice and rats by means of a bacillus, which he has named after himself, and which is supposed to be far more fatal than the cat. Reduction ia Ricjcle Prices. It ls said that western capitaliste aro con templatlng th? orranlzailon of a great bicycle company, which hopes to make first-class wheels and boll them as low as $10. Whether this bo true or r.ot, tho fact remains that IIos tetter's Stomach Bitters ls a first-class remedy for tht< Stomach, liver a. tl blood, and tho prlco puts lt withal everybody's reach to be well and Strong. For fever and ague lt ls a spoclflc. A Q?-W law adopted in Italy requires that every employer shall, at hisown cost, provide tor his workmen compensation for nil acci dent^, tho consequences of which las: more than Ave days. To (.'ure a Cold In Ono Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quir?no Tablets. AU Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. At Gnnoatoa. in th? Son th SM??, every man, woman or child on that inland who does not ?ro to chu roh at 1 > i<t titree times a week, is liable to bo arrested and fined. Dont T. ?ceo Spit sud Smoko Tour Lifo Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be map? nette, full of life, nervo and vigor, take No-To Dac. tho wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50o or fl. Curo guaran teed. Booklet aud sample free. Address Sterling Hemed? Co., Chicase or New York. "Fu?il" was the old name tor the flint lock, to distiaguishit from the match lock. Blood Poldon. First, Second or Third StaR"s. Cured to stay cured -no relapse-by using B. B. B. AU drug gists. Large bottle 81.00. Cures Old Running Sores. Mucous Patches. Copper Colored Spots, Pimples, Ulcers and Painful Swellings. An old well-tried remedy. Send for book. Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. ? Ne?v Zealand's dec reas* In raising sheep the past three years is from .'W.noo.OOO to ?,000,000. To Curo Constipation Forever. Take Casearets "'andy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists ref und money. Sahara is as large AS the portion of the United States lyinir west of the Mississippi. I Have No Stomach Said a jolly man of 40, of almost aldor manlc rotundity, "since taking Hood's Sarsaparilla." What he meant was that this grand digestive tonic ?md so com pletely cured all distress and disagreeable L-(TysDoptio symptoms that ho lived, ate and slopt in comfort. You may be put into this delightful condition if you will take Hood's Sarsaparilla America's Greatest Medicine. An Aged Scottish Order. The Scottish Order of the Thistle is another aged order, but it is at least 370 years younger than the Order of St. Constantine. With commendable dis cretion, it says lt dates only from 787. It must have been founded by Solvath lus, King cf Scotland, who died In that year, or by Achaius, Klug of Scotland, who ascended the throne In that year. AX all events, OOO years afterward, in 1C87, James VII., King cf Scotland, re established lt. It ls the only one of the hlg*her orders of knighthood that has at present among Its members a person not a noble; this person is John D. S. Campbell, commonly called the Mar quis of Lorne, son cf the Duke of Ar gyll. Besides these two ancien-, orders even the Spanish military orders of St, James of the Sword, 1175. of Alcantara, 1150, and of Calatrava, 1158.- seem young, and the Danish Order of Danne brog, 1210; the Portuguese Order of Christ. 1318; the Swedish Order of the Seraphim, and the English Order of the Garter. 13(H), seem quito childish. -New York Sun. PEEI0DS OF PAIN. Menstruation, the balance wheel of woman's life, is also the bane of exist ence to many because it means a time of great suffering'. While no woman is entirely free from periodical pain, it does notseem to have been na ture's plan that women otherwise healthy should suffer so severely. Lydia E. Pink ham's Vege table Com pound is the most thorough fe male regula tor known to medical sci ence. It relieves the condition that pro duces so much discomfort and robs men struation of its terrors. Here is proof: DRAB MRS. PIXKIIAM:-How can I thank you enough for what j*ou have done for me ? When I wrote to you I was suffering untold pain at time of menstruation; was nervous, had head ache all the time, no appetite, that tired feeling, and did not care for anything. I have taken three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one of Blood Purifier, two boxes of Liver Pills, and to-day I am a well person. I would like to have those who suffer know that I nm one of thc many who have been cured of female complaints by your vondcrf ul medicine and advice. -Miss JENNIE R. MII.ES. Leon, Wis. If you are suffering in this way, write as Miss Miles did to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for the advice which she offers free of charco to all women. M?MB AVllcox Gets al'h. D. The University of Zurich h ns aon forred the degree of Ph. D. tipou Pro fessor Mary A. Wilcox of the zoology department of Wellesley college. Miss Wilcox has been studying abroad for the last two years and has ?von the highest honors. ll. ?nd O.'f? Women Slat ?on Agents. There aro 18 women employed as station agents by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company. Traveling auditors of the road say that their ac counts aro well kept, and that their stations are cleauer and neater thau those iu charge of men. A Frond) Nurse Decorated? Mlle. Botard, tho young woman whose name has been recently placed upon the list of thc Legion of Honor of the French academy, has been con nected with tho Salpetriere hospital, Paris, since she was a girl. Nervous and demented patients in thc women's wards were her care, nu 1 her success with them was the result of gentle treatment and as much humoring as was possible. Woman asa Sphinx. The latest fad for women in Cairo is to have their pictures taken as tho Sphinx. A large papier-mache sphinx affords the setting, tho face appearing through a hole whore the face should bo. The demands upon the clever photographer who thought out this unique idea are continuous, every woman visiting Cairo wishing to bo taken iu the role of the "inscrutable." Hairpins. When will women discover how to dress their hair without the use of hairpiusV Hairpins, one understands from a woman who has recently writ ten a book about women, are the chief obstacles to feminine independence. "How truly fiendish a hairpin can bo no mere mau can ever know. When it presses against the skull and pro duces a local nerve torture of nu in describably vicious nature, a man might imagine that tho easy thing would be to pull it out. A woman feels so tremendously at a disadvan tage if her hair is untidy-she cannot even argue till it is neat again."-The Ledger. Do You Wear Eyeglasses? To be really chic, says an English observer, there are several things a woman must attend to. The most notable nt present is the eyeglass chain. Gold is too easily imitated, and pearl chains, although adorable, are expensive. A .pretty idea is to have a twist of tiny silk cord to match one's dress clasped here and there, with jewels--diamonds if you can af ford them, pearls or amethysts if they suit your dress; but steel,if theso are beyond you, has a certain cachet, for its sober charms appeal not to the vulgar, and really good steel is not quite the cheapest thing iu the mar ket.-New York World. The "First Lady" or Alaska. It is not generally known that Mrs. Brady, the wife of the governor of Alaska, was a missionary in that country when she met her husband, over 20 years ago. She is a devoted mother, and during her trip to Wash ington recently visited the National Congress of Mothers,attending nearly every session. A visitor at the con gress says that she is a charming and unaffected woman, whose heart is evidently divided between the two children who accompany her and the three who remained behind in Sit ka, and who will uot sec their mother un til next fall. Mrs. Brady has decided literary tendencies, and is arranging to take a course in stenography, with the ultimate idea of putting into pub lication form the interesting material gathered by Governor Brady during his life in the laud of gold and seals. Tho Turquoise Craze. A remarkable furore has lately pos sessed the women of this city for tur quoises. Turquoise hearts are con sidered "by far the most dainty and de sirable of all the big jeweled hearts worn quite as much by meu as by women, nnd turquoise beads are' now being introduced instead <>f pearls to stud tho fine gold chains to which eyeglasses and funs arc suspended. Another novelty in love tokens, and one of the most eccentric ideas eman ating from the brain of Mme la Mode, is "the beloved eye." This, of course, is not the genuine article, but a miniature painting of the human eyo, doue most exquisitely ou ivory, and set about with precious stones, and is either worn by the enamored swain as a watch charm or, clasped by a long, slender chain, nestles beneath the lace on his lady's bosom. The painting of the eye alone is by no means a trivial task, and the one who wishes to offer a presentment of his or her optic to the beloved one must give many sittings to the miniature painter in order to enable him to pro duce the exact color and expression, so the fad for "bolovcd eyes" is ton ecceutric and too costly to be lasting. -San Francisco Chronicle. Mob Caps. A smart contingent of littlo girls ranging from eight years old to lo, uve wearing the lust cry in juvenil ? chic-enormous mob caps, which are the means of scattering here and there the most fascinating pictures i f child beauty ever encountered on New York's streets. Tho fashion of wear ing loose curls hanging about thc Shoulders, and soft baby hair in soft rings encircling the brow, is all in de licious accord. The youngest of these are wearing their mobs built up of soft French taffeta or mousseline do soie, crown and frills plisse, matching, and with very many of the latter. Older girls wear theirs built of soft straw braids, artificially modeled into a big crown, which fits gracefully into wide fiat brims. The brim is hi Iden inside and out with gauze f: illa plissed very finely, and in front t'.e finish consists of a big lopped bow of wide, sof:, taf feta ribbon, which puts the final seal of smartness on this bewitching head gear. It must be confessed that so pictures jue a hat has never l een worn before, nor could any have been cre ated to set off so entrancingly the beauty of child faces. May the mode last several seasons, if only to thrill with joy child loving men and women whose daily pleasure is in meeting the darlings of more fortunate parents on our thoroughfares and in cur parks. Vogue. WITCH in Pcrsln. Persian woddings are grand affairs, the bridegrooms often goiug deeply in debt and squandering two or three years' income in feasting and enter taining their friends. Nevertheless, the status of married women in these parts appears to be even below the Oriental standard. When the couple settle down to a humdrum married existence the Per sian theory is that a man has linked himself to a being inferior to him in every ay, who must submit to his sovereign will in all things. From his extreme youth he has been taught by tho priests to pay no attention to the counsels of his wife,and they havo strongly impressed upon him that it a woman advises him to any course of action he had better do the exact con trary. I remember on one occasion calling on a lady when her husband was pres ent, and the latter at once asked .n? whether I thought his wife pretty in much the same way as if she were a horse or a dog, says a London Stand ard writer. He also bade me remark how ill at ease sho was in his pres ence, adding with pride that if they were at table together she would have trembled in every limb from fear of her lord and mast- r. It was impos sible to make him understand my in dignation at this state of things; but yet, as human nature is the same all thc world over, there are occasionally henpecked husbands even in Persia. For instance, the wife of ono gov ernor of my acquaintance was a lady of great force of character, and all who considered themselves to bc ag grieved at any decision of her hus band, would Uy their cases before her by means of the servants of her "an dcroon," and it frequently happened that if she thought fit she would in sist on her lord and mastor reversing his decrees It is now tho fashion in Persia, de spite the example set by the Shah, to have only one wife. This is, iu a great measure, due to thc fact that the Persians of today are usually very poor, and naturally the keeping up of two or three entirely different estab lishments is a very great tax on a man's resources, to say nothing of the trouble involved of superintending the servants and in examining the ac counts of each household. Fashion Is'otes. Airy feather aigrettes and paradise plumage are still used on large, round hats. Some of thc new sailor hats are fin ished with a roll of straw all around the edge of the brim. For women with high foreheads the correct way to dress the hair is to have a few curls over the temples. Popular materials for walking dresses in England are the new black alpacas with the fine white hair stripe in thom. A gown of green cheviot with pas sementerie arranged so as to form clover leaves is among the attractive costumes. A dainty and beautiful effect in sum mer costumes is produced by combin ing white lawn with many insertions of black lace. A pretty way to trim a blue and white checked gown is with two widths of Vandyko Hercules braid stitched zigzag. Cr?pons in dots and stripos, some in raised swiveled dots and some plain, will be used in tho making of cool summer costumes. Checked cloth in basket weave of wool and cotton will be used by mo distes for making dresses thai, com bine cheupness and beauty. Silk and wool jacquard poplin is one of the novelties for light outdoor dresses. Another is wool poplin with satin dots ami sprays at intervals. The Russian blouses that will be worn again will be made of thc woolen material and the velvet will be used largely for collars, rosettes and other skirt trimmings. Glittering effects will be worn in woolen goods, mohairs and white on a heliotrope ground, striped and checked effects being among those shown in the stores. A neat walking gown is of turquoise gray face cloth, with diagonal trim ming of black cadet braid. The waist has a slight blouse effect, with white moire revers and a collar and tie of lace. This promises to bo "a white sum mer" in dressy gowning,just as black, touched up with a becoming color, proved a very favorito style of dress during tho winter and early spring seasous. Pnqnin serge will figure this year among the dress goods novoltiei. It is woven in long diagonal furro vs. In the brown there is a heavy tlr ead of turquoise blue that runs between the furrows. Pique promises to hold a sway in the summer season. "White pique will be more in demand than the colored. Of the latter, flax, bluo and several shades of soft, palo yellow will bo seen. The piques should be made into tailor gowns. Among the colors popular are cas tors, browns, grays, gobelin and deep lillies-thc grays and blues in change able effects. The great popularity of green is on the wane, such a largo quantity of cheap goods in these shades having been put on the mar ket, A zouavo jacket of gold-embroidered white cloth has a frill all around it of brown chiffon, and this is made to fall in full jabots, which are extended to the belt. Such a jacket may be worn with different skirts, and looks espe cially well with a pale tan-colored cloth. Rain coats will be mado in light material and will havo long capos and no sleeves, the back being made Wat teau style, and either stitched to tho waist or entirely loose. This will give a skirt shaped effect to tue lower part of the coat. The garments will be fastened with tabs, which will hold it together over the bust, J NOTED BATTLE HOESES. STEEDS THAT CARRIED FAMOUS MEN IN MANY CONFLICTS. A X?rnnch of tho So,-vico That Buffers More Fatalities Tlinn Do the Men General ]>hil Sheridan's Black War Horse-Gen. Grant's Military Chargers. Horses ia war suffer more fatalities than men. Out of the many thousands who have given their lives, perishing in their duty toward their masters, only a few return home to spend their lives in the ease and honor they de serve. One warhorse, however,which has made a splendid record for him self, and now has his virtues, name, and noble deeds engraved on a fitting tombstone, was the little chestnut the great Duke of Wellington rode at the battle of Waterloo. Copenhagen, named after the capital of Denmark, from which country and city he came, was a spirited thoroughbred, standing fif teen hands high, and $2000 was the price paid for him. Copenhagen served under Wellington during the Spanish war, and for eighteen hours he carried his master at Waterloo. After this he was sent to the duke's home, Strath fieldsaye, in England, to take his ease. A member of tho Royal Academy of English pointers was paid to make a handsome portrait of Copenhagen, which the duke loved and petted to the day of his death. The last years of the faithful horse were, however, sadly embittered by the teasing of thousands of curious persons who came to visit him in his paddock, and his groom would clip hairs from his toil and mauo to sell for a few shil lings to the visitors. When the duke heard of this he put Copenhagen in a big cage, where he lived in peace. His funeral was well attended, and at Strathfieldsaye his tombstone, ordered by the duke himself, is still tb be seen, in excellent preservation. Nine years after the Emperor Na poleon died at St. Helena an old white horse perished of old age and pneu monia in England. The skeleton of this animal is set up in the Boyal United service institution in White hall yard, London, and to all visitors it is pointed out as Marengo, the charger Napoleon rode at thc battle of Waterloo. Marengo came originally from Egypt and was left to wander on the dismal battlefield when the empe ror was forced to fly for his life. An English officer found and took, him, and he was sold to an English general, in English pastures, cared for by rev erent grooms, this noble horse passed thc latter years of his life far more peacefully and happily than his great and unfortunate master. His portrait also was painted by a famous artist and now hangs in a country house in England. Genoral Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Giant, General Stonewall Jackson and Sheridan all brought their favorite chargers safely through many bloody battles, and both Gen oral Lee and Jackson wore outlived by their warhorses. Cincinnati, General Grant's most famous horse, was pre sented to him by a mau also named Grant, but not related to the great commander. Cincinnati weathered the war and died as sincerely lamented a3 he had lived respected. A sober brown horse, the one he rode at the surrender ot Lord Corn wallis, was hung with elaborate mourn ing robes and, led by a groom, fol lowed quietly behind the coffin of his dead master, "General George Wash ington. A true Virginian. Washing ton was a splendid horseman ; but he never settled his affection on any one horse. Two or three times he lost his horses in battle, and on one particu larly handsome white horse, Dolly, his portrait was painted. None of his chargers weathered any number of severo engagements, as did Old Sorrel and Traveler, the horfees of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Traveler carried his master through nearly all tho battles at which he com manded, was never himself wounded, and in mourning attended the general's funeral. It is said he whinnied sadly when the coffin was borne beforo him, and shortly after in grazing about his peaceful pasture he stuck a nail in his foot and died of lockjaw. He.like Copenhagen, had honorable burial, and, unlike moit warhorses, he lived out his full allowance of fifteen years. It was on tho back of Sorrel that Stonewall Jackson received his death wound, and the plucky little horse then passed into the keeping of his master's father-in-law,a clergyman. In 1886 he died a death natural to vener able horseflesh after having seen nearly ten terrible battles, and his body,very skillfully mounted, now stands in a glass case in thc library of the Sol diers' home, Virginia. There are very few American chil dren who do not know that General Sheridan's most noted black warhorse was called Rienzi. He, too, outlived all the perils of war, not dying until 187(5, when his body was mounted, mid now eau bo seen in tlie museum of Governor's Island in New York Bay. General Andrew Jackson was an ardent horse lover, and three fine chargers were always set aside for his use when ho was with the army. Tra dition, however, does not say that he favored or loved any special horse, but it does say that when his men, ex hausted and downhearted, were mak ing forced marches along the heavy roads, he usually preferred to leave his saddle and march with the sol diers. General Fitzhugh Lee rode the handsomest horse in the confederate army-a thoroughbed mare named Nellie Grey. But, spite of her beauty and her bold, brave spirit, poor Nellie fell in the thick of the fight at the battle of Winchester.-New York Sun. Leo's Titles. These are tho titles in full of thc Ilonian Pout itv, according to the New Ye k Tribune. "His Holiness Leo Xiii, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, 208th successor qf the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Church Universal, Patriarch of tho West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Prov ince, Sovereign of the Temporal Do minions of tho Holy Roman Chnrch, Prefect of the Sacred Congregations of the Inquisition, the Consistory of thc Apostolic Visit, President of tk* Pontilicial Commission for the Reunion of Dissenting Churches, and Protec tor of the Church and Chapter of St. Celsus and St. Julianus of the Orders of St Benedict, of Preachers, of the Friars Minor, and also of the Archo fraternitos of the Via Crucis of Jesns aud Mary, and of the Stigmata of Si. Francis." Had Heard Tapa Talk, Little Clarence (a youthful Solo mon)-Papa, nobody can ever tell what a woman will do next, can they? Mr. Callipers-No, my son; and if you could tell it would not be advis able for you to do so for if you did she would be sure to do something else.-Puck. SEWARD'S COSTLY DISPATCH. The Bill Waa 315,000, and One of the Resnlts Was the Fall of Maximilian. It was during our own serious troubles in the early sixties that France and Austria undertook to plant an empire on this continent in the neighboring state of Mexico. Although warned off by our state department, American diplomatic methods seem never to inspire any particular amount of awe in European foreign offices. In this case they were simply ignored, and the two allied powers continued their work of setting up an emperor in the laud of Montezuma. However, with the ending of our war and the readjustment of onr own internal affairs, attention was again directed to what was going on in Mexico against the avowed wishes and policy of the American government. At this period Napoleon and Eu genie were dazzling the world with the splendors of tho court of the second empire. A great number of our own people from all sections of the country were residing in Paris, to which city it was jokingly said "all good Amcricaus wanted to go after death." Americans were in evidence at all the brilliant fetes of the empire. The elegance of their residence, the lavish expenditure of money, and the brilliancy and fascination of t he women from this side of the Atlantic made our country people important social factors. The American colony in Paris as an organization datas from this period. At the height of this happy state of affairs Secretary Seward's dispatch notifying tho imperial government that Mexico must be evacuated came like the proverbial thunderclap out of a cloudless sky. That dispatch yet holds a place in France's official memory. The cable was almost in its infancy, and communication through it was very costly. Secretary Soward did not economize his words, but talked as fluently and went into as many details as though he were seated at a table opposite the French minis ter of foreign affairs. The dispatch cost $15,000. If Na poleon III had boen skeptical before as to tho intention of the United States, Seward's coolness in holding a conversation at such a price convinced tba emperor and his ministers that tho American government would stand by what the secretary said, and France came to the conclusion to let Maximilian "go it alone" ns emperor of Mexico. The withdrawal of tho French troops was ordered, and this led direct ly to Maximilian's tragic death at Querctaro in June, 18G7. Thc empe ror did not pretend to disguise his chagrin at tho failure to establish a monarchical government in America. On July 4 following the execution of Maximilian a number of American gentlemen in Paris made all arrange ments to celebrate the national festi val by a grand dinner. But the ban quet was never given, the emperor formally and arbitrarily forbidding it. Up to this time the Americans who spent immense sums of money in Pari? were warmly received at the Tuileries, and in fact encouraged to come, for nothing more contributed to the sta bility of the empire thau keeping tho shopkeepers of Paris in good humor and plenty of Americau gold circu lating throughout France. Under such conditions the emperor was at liberty to run the country as he pleased. Af ter. Secretary Seward's costly dis patch had had its results-not only in the withdrawal of French troops from Mexico, but in a diminution of Louis Napoleon's prestige-the glories of the American colony at tho imperial court began to wane. Since then only on extraordinary occasions does it exhibit any of its old-time, empire-period bril liancy. Under tho new dispension of republican government it is a matter of such difficulty for au American to get an invitation to the Elysee as to be hardly worth the trouble incurred. Patriotism in Germany. In Germany they teach patriotism in the popular schools ; in Engluud we do not - at any rate, not officially. In Germany the Kaiser's birthday, tho anniversary of Sedan, and other na tional landmarks are celebrated in tho national schools. They have feasts aud music and excursions ; but the chil dren have kept clearly before their eyes the reason for their rejoicings. Indeed, che law impresses upon pa rents and children that all voluntary absence from these school feasts is an offense. There were parents who kept their children back, especially from the Sedan commemoration, and this on conscientious grounds. But now no longer; "for," says the magistrate, "any unexcused absence from patriotic festivals established by the school shall be considered as voluntary non attendance, and inspectors, teachers, and the authorities concerned are hereby instructed to this effect." Patriotism a la pedagogue, perhaps, but patriotism none the less ; and the children of a great empire might per haps do well to take a leaf out of a book made iu Germany. Let us im agine the astonishment of tho English child if he were told that he was to have a holiday and a fete for tho sake of some great event in our own his tory. But Germany has these patri otic school-feasts, and Franco the em blem of the republic in every school room, because they actually imagibe the patriot is made as well as born. Pall Mall Gazette. Earnings of Canadian indians. There are some astonishing figures in recent returns presented to the Do minion parliament showing the amount of Indian earnings for the last year. According to these statistics the In dians of Canada received as proceeds of the fisheries $150,270.85, and as earned by hunting $408,318.83. The statemeut "earned by hunting," as our long-time Quebec correspondent, Mr. J. U. Gregory, tells us, is to be understood as including all furs, wherever sold, to the Hudson's Bay company or others. In these days, when we are all talking about tho ob literation of wild creatures, this an nual fur catch of more than 8400,000 for Canada is significant of an enor mous native supply, all the moro re markable since the fur industry has been carried on for so many decades. -Forest and Stream. Fed Artificially. The president of the New York boan! of health, Colonel Michael C. Murphy, has not enjoyed tho pleas ures of the table for eight years. In 1889 he was operated on for cancer of the stomach, and later a stricture of the oesophagus developed and he was able to swallow only liquids, Then he had an opening cut directly into his stomach, and he has ever sinco been fed through a silver tube inserted in this aperture. Earth's Colliers. There are about 1,500,000 persons employed in the earth's coal minee, one-third of them being in England? A Guardsman's Trouble. From the Detroit {Mich.) Journal. The promptness with which theNatlonaj Guard of the different 9tates responded to President McKinley's cnll for troops at the beginning of tho war with Spain made the whole country proud or Its citizen a?idiere. In Detroit there are few guardsmen more popular and officient than Max R. Davies, llrst sergeant of Co. B. Ho bas l?eon a resi dent of Detroit for tho pant six years, nnd his home ls at 416 Third A venu H. For four years ho was connected with tho well known whole sale drug house of Far rand, Williams k Clark, lu the capacity of book keeper. "1 have chnrged up many thousand ordors for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People," said Mr. Davies, "but never know their worth The First Sergeant. until I used them for tho cure of chronlo dyspepsia. For two yoars I suffered and doctored for that aggravating trouble but could only be helped temporarily. "I think dyspepsia ia ono of tho most stubborn of ailments, and there is scarcely n clerk or office man but what ls moro or Jess a victim. Some days I could eat any thing, while nt oilier times I would bo starv ing. Those distressed pains would forco mo to quit work. "I trlod tho tnt-wnter treatment thor oughly, but lt did not affect my case. I have tried many advertised remedies but they would help only for a time. A friend of mino recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People, but I did not think much of thom. "I finally was induced to try the pills and commenced using them. After taking a fow doses I found much relief. I do not remember how many boxes o' the pills I used, but I used thom until the old trouble stopped. I know they will cure dyspepsia of tho worst form and I am pleased to re commend thora." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box or six boxes for *2.50, by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. NINE MEN IN A BOAT. A Pirti of Amateur Pirates Who Created Con sternation on thc Coast. In the St. Nicholas Mr. Frank R. Stockton continues his series of narra tive sketches of "The Buccaneers and Ph-j tes of Our Coast." After telling of th? capture and execution of Major Stftdc Bonnett, Mr. Stockton says: Ibout the time of Stede Bonnee's fii.al adventures, a very unpretentious pirate made his appearance in the wa ters of New York. This was a man named Richard Worley, who set him self up In piracy in a very small way, bui who, by a strict attention to busi ness, soon achieved a remarkable suc cess. He started out as a scourge upon tho commerce of the Atlantic coast with ouly a small open boat and eight men. In this small craft he went down the coast of New Jersey, taking every thing he could from fishing boats and small trading vessels., until he reached Delaware Bay, and here he made a bold stroke and caaptured a good-sized sloop. When this piratical outrage was n>j ported at Philadelphia it created a great sensatlon.and people talked about it until the nine men with an open boat grew Into a great pirate ship, filled with roaring desperadoes and cutthroats. From Philadelphia the news was sent to Nev/ York, and the government was warned of the great danger which threatened the coast. As soon as this alarming intelligence was received, the New Yorkers set to work to get up an expedition which should go out. to sea and endeavor to destroy the pirate vessel before it could enter their port and work havoc among their merchantmen. It may seem strange that a small open boat with nine men -could stir up such a commotion in these two great piovince8 of North America, but if we cati try to imagine the effects which would be produced among tha inhabi tants of Staten Island, or in tho nearts cf the dwellers in the beautiful houses on the shores of the Delaware River, by the announcement that a boat car rying nine desperate burglars was to be expected in their neighborhood, we can better understand what the people of New York and Philadelphia thought when they heard that Worley had cap tured a sloop in Delaware Bay. The expedition which left New York made a very unsuccessful cruise, lt sailed for days and days, but never a sign of a boat containing nine men, and it returned disappointed and oblig ed to report no progress. With "Worley, however, progress had been very decided. He captured an other sloop, and this being a large one, and suitable to his purposes, he took possession of it, gave up his open boat, and fitted out his prize as a reg ular piratical craft. With a good ship under his command, Capt. Worley now enlarged his sphere of action. On both shores of Delaware Day and along the coast of New Jersey he captured everything which cn me in his way; and for about three weeks he made the waters in those regions very hot for every kind of peaceable commercial craft. If Worley had been in trade his motto would have been, "Quick sales and small profits," for by day and night the "New York's Revenge,"' which was the name he gave to his new vessel, cruised east and west and north and south, losing no opportunity of levying contributions of mon-?y, merchandise, food and drink, upon any vessel, no matter how insignificant it might ba Foi got Herself. "Johnny Thickneck, "said the school mistress, solemnly, "that it is a false hood. Do you know what will happen to you if you tell lies?" ..Yos'm," replied tho culprit, non chalantly; 'TH go to hell." Worse than that! You'll be expell ed from school!"-Puck. A Fortune From a Scare. An invontivo genius who suffered from attacks by stray dogs when ridiug his wheel, set his wits to work to devise something which would bo an effica cious, and yet comparatively harmless, means of defense. As n result he has brought out and patented a pocket pistol which will shoot ammonia, water or other liquid. The most vic ious dog cannot withstand a few drops of ammonia in his mouth or eyes, and yet there in no danger of actually in juring a valuable animal which might, playfully annoy a rider. The weapon lias proved so much of a success as a means of defense as well as fun-mak ing, that the lucky inventor is r jaliziug much money from his device. Japanese celebrate the blossoming of fruit trees by a eener.il holiday. Educate Your Bowels With Cascare ts, fundy Cathartic <"ir? constipation forever Me. iv?, if o.e. C. fall, druggists refund money. The aetrrezaie or ml I nn luend in Snnft, JUST HOW DEWEY WON. Daniel Noble Explains the Vermonter's Tricks to His County Neighbors. When the news of Dewey's victory reached Pennyroyal, a remote Western village, and that waa not many darra ago, lt caused no excitement and ibero was no celebration of any kind, but on Saturday night John Bridge's store was crowded with men who wanted to hear a description of battle by Daniel Dobie and an explanation of somethings that were not understood. "What I can't get through my noddle" said Pontius Anderson, "is how none of the Spanish cannon balls didn't go right through our boats jest th' same as our balls went through thelrn." "Simple enough," said Daniel Dobie, "cause our boats is made o' soft metal an' thelrn's made o' brittle. Ev'ry time old Dewey hit a Spanish boat her sides cracked jest like they wus glass, but when a ball hit Dewey's it waa dlf frunt. Th' metal bein' soft, lt closed over th' balls when they struck, not leavln' a hole-jest th' same uz ef you threw a marble int' a pan o' dough. "Them Spaniards is sharp, though, an' they ketched ont' th' thing, an' ef they'd ketched on sooner mebby Dewey had a hard time. They seen th't soft metal was th' best, so they bet up their boat, th' last one they had. To' hotter it got th' better it wuz, an' they net 'er way up. Old Dewey seen th' halls frum his boats wuzn't doln' no hurt an' he seen th' trick, so he yelled out t' his Captains. 'Don't shoot nothin' but big balls till th' Spanish boat wuz so full o' lead she sunk uv 'er own weight "Them Vermont fellers is great fer tricks, I tell you. Dewey's sailors wad ed I' shore an' got In single rank, In dian file. The Spanish Gen'rol seen whut Dewey wuz dein, an' he eez: 'Whut's good fer Yanks ls good fer Spanish.' an' he drawed his men up in Indian file th' same way. Thet wu? Jest whut old Dewey was waitin' fer. There wus twixt twelve an' fifteen thousan' Spaniards, an' they made a line more'n six miles long. 'Fire!' sez Dewey when he seen 'em, an' bang went Ms gun, th* biggest one he had with 'lm, one th't carried twelve miles. Thet ball went chasln' down the line, knockin' them Spaniardsover like they was tenpins. Th' first three seconds a mile o' Spaniards fell. Th' heads was knocked clean off'n ev'ry one 'o them. Course th' ball was gettin' weaker evry minute, an' when it struck th' second mile it had drapped till it ketched 'em in necks. Th' third line o' Spaniards got hit In th' breast an' th' fourth mile right in th' stummicks. Then the Span ish seen whut was goin' on an' they begun t' drap t' th' ground, but lt didnt do no good, fer th' ball wuz gittin" spent an' drapped, too. It mowed down close an* killed every Spaniard deader'n a last year's bird's nest, where as, ef they hadn't drapped they'n only lost their legs an' feet." Thc Iron Chancellor. 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