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GREATEST OE FORGEES, A CONFIDENCE CAME LASTING QUARTER OF A CENTURY. Flayed -with 13,500,000 Acres of Western Land H? a Stake by James Addison Beavi*- America's Most Ingenious and Audacious Swindler-Vooled Lawyers. James Addison Beavis, the king of forgers, the most ingenious and auda cious swindler ever known in the United States, who played a brilliant game with 12,500,000 acres of land as the stake and lost, who fooled the nbl?st lawyers and the sharpest finan ciers in the country, more recently known as convict No. 946 in the Now Mexican penitentiary, has lately been released from confinement, writes W. E. Curtis to the Chicago Record from . Santa Fe, New Mexico. He served the term of two years for which he was seutenced for forgery, less his good behavior allowance, and has gone to Denver, where his handsome Mexican wife has been living-the daughter of an ordin?r}' Arizona ranchero-who appeared in her hus band's* schemes as "Her Exellentissi mo Dona Sofia Loreto Miceala da Per alta Reavis, nee Maso y Silva de Per alta de la Cordoba," etc., etc. Her - real name was Sofia Maso, and she was born in 1862 on a ranch near the San Bernardino mountains. Her mother was a common Mexican wom an who could not read or write and her-father was quite as ignorant. Yet upon her beauty and natural accom plishments Beavis built up a romance that Drought him more than half a million dollars, but failed to cavry through the most audacious conspiracy that has been conceived during the present generation at least. He worked at it with extraordinary patience and skill for more than 25 years. He not only forged a royal . grant bearing the signature of tho king of Spain dud his ministers, but also a series of wills, a large bunch of deeds, records of probate and other legal proceedings, baptismal and mar riage certificates, and, what was 'auch . more difficult and daring, he invented a long line of distinguished ancestors for his peon wife, connected them by ties of kinship with the royal house of Spain, secured a full set of their portraits, both iu oil and on ivory miniatures, -wrote their biographies, supplied from his own brain corre spondence that had passed between thom and distinguished persouages of their time, and surrounded them with such complete and perfeot evideuce of existence that men like Roscoe Conk ling, ex-Senator Edmunds, Thomas F. Bayard, Bobert G. Ingersoll, Bourk Cockran and others wera, completely humbugged and accepted his fiction for facts. John W. Mackay, C. P. Hunting ton, the late Leland Stauford, Charles Crocker and other famous financiers furnished him money to carry on his crime, the cabinet ministers of Spain. and Mexico gave him their sanction and assistance, and even - prelates of the Catholic church bore testimony to the honesty and respectability of the swindler and his bogus wife. In all the annals of crime there cannot be found a more complete and comprehensive conspiracy, and it cost the govern ment of the United States nearly 8250,000 and several years of labor by the department of justice to expose . the fraud and send Beavis to prison for two years. Beavis was the son bf a farmer in Henry county, Missouri, who went into the Confederate army during the civil war aud thereafter led a life of adventure for several yeara in North, Central aud South America. He was a sailor and a Boldier, a clerk at.d bookkeeper, a street car conductor, i.ii insurance agent, a drummer, and, ; finally, a real patate agent in St. Louis. There he made the acquaint ance of a man named Willing, who hired him to investigate the genuine ness of an old Spanish grant for a small piece of property iu Arizona. In this inquiry Beavis learned the meth ods and the laws of the old Spanish occupation, and his experience with the Willing claim seems to have sug gested the idea of getting up one for himself, which he did on the most magnificent scale. After, ten or twelve years of tho most iugenious and industrious labor he asked Congress to confirm to his wifer the title to a tract of laud iu New Mexico and Arizona nearly twice as large as tho state of Massachusetts, about 40 miles wide and 300 miles long, and containing a population of 30,000 or 40,000. The Santa Fe Bail road company recognized the justice of the claim before it was acted upon by Congress, and paid him S55.000 for a right of way across his wife's property. The South'ern Pacific com pany not only paid a greater amount lor a right of way, but its chief own ers are said to have furnished Beavis from time to time not less than $300, 000 to pay the expenses of proving. his title. Several committees of Congress re ported favorably on the claim, and if it had not been for the persistence with which Bome-of the settlers fought it, the title might have beeu con firmed by a legislative act Beavis, who . spent a good deal of time in Washington those days and lived with ostentations elegance at the Arlington hotel, had the nerve to consent to at. i investigation by the United States court of claims, which was never fin ished. In the midst of the proceed ings the claimant was tried and con victed of forgery, and the great struc ture he had spent so ninrm time aud skill in building collapsed like a house of cards. His distinguished attorneys withdrew from the case, his financial backers repudiated him and a bill of $10,000 for board at. the Hoffman House, New York, remains unpaid. There is a story that Beavis has made a confession, but I do not credit it. He is not that kind of a man. He worked so long and so ably to con vince other people of the genuineness of the Beavis-Peralta land "grant that, he came almost to believe in it him self. He has too activo a body and too fertile a mind to remain long in idleness, and even if he concludes not to prosecute the claim any longer he is likely to turn np almost anywhere with some other stupendous scheme. People who saw him iu prison and ' after his release say that he is much broken in spirit and may take to low tricks instead. But as a confidence operator he broke the record, Railroads Mileage in Kansas. Until last year Kansas had not laid any railroad tracks since 1890. In fact her railway mileage decreased dnring the -last decade, several short lines having been abandoned as un profitable. According to the official statistics the mileage in 1890 was \ 8882; in 1895 it was 8875; in 1897 it was 8843, and in 1898 it was 8881; but that is greater than the mileage of any other state except Illinois, Pennsyl vania and Texas. There are 113 coun ties in Kansas, and all but six have one or more railroads, HIS SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE. A Philosopher'? Opinion of Facts iv.ncr and Facts Useful. Nine times thirteen an' seven-eights is er-er-ah!-lemme see-" muttered ? farinerish-appeariug man, sitting in a corner of the lounging-room of a tavern at Petty ville and frowningly conning a document resembling a bill for goods purchased. "Ah! my friend!" genially inter rupted a recently arrived stranger, a ramshackle personage -with a long, meditative face aud considerable hair, "I see you are deep in some interest ing calculation." "Yep!" "Quite so! To me there is nothing more absording than tho study of figures and statistics. I dote on them. There is a strong fascination in reduc ing to actual figures the haphazard guesses of the average mind.. The possibilities for interesiiug calcula tions are all about us, if we but keep our eyes open, and yet how mauy people are blind or indifferent to them! For instance, did you ever think to estimate how long it would take a grasshopper of given size, which would, were he physically perfect, jump a given number of feet aud inches per hop, and make a certain number of hops per minute, but is handicapped by being lame iu ono leg which reduces his hopping ability one-third in length but not in fre quency, to jump around the world at the tropic of Capricorn?" "Nope!" was the reply of the far mer, who was still frowning on his bill. "Never see how I could make a cent out of it." '"True. But how can a man occupy his time more profitably than by ac quiring information which will bo of great satisfaction aud perhaps positiv? value to him at some future time? Yet how few avail ourselves of the oppor tunities which are allaround us! Now, I venture td say you have no concep tion of the quantity of wheat that you would be obliged to possess if you were to beslow upon the owner of a checker-board one grain for 'the first square on tho board, two grains for the second, four grains for. the third, and so on, doubling the number of grains for each succeeding square?" "No,"was the moody reply. "I hain't." "Exactly! And I presume you can not tell how long it would take to bail Lake Titicaca dry with a common tablespoon? Perhaps you do not know how mauy bones there are in the skeleton of an ichthyosaurus, nor how many times the word 'tooth' oc curs in Holy Writ, nor the rapidity with which the mongoose will multiply if left unmolested, nor the dato of the death of Pope Adrian, nor-" "No," answered the agriculturist, turning at last Uko the proverbial worm, but still glaring at the docu ment in his hands. "No; au' there's lots of other tbiugs that I don't know, either. On the other hand, do you know old Levi Grabbenheime'r, who mus tho 'One Price Emporium' around the corner yonder?" "No, sir;' I can not say that I do." "Wa'al, then, if you don't know him he'll be pizou sure to skin you alive the first time you have any deal in's with him, samo 's he's tryin' to do me now with this 'ere bill. I might know all about the"juropin' ability of a given frog, the quantity of water in Lake So-an'-so, an' what slew tho late Pope What's-his-name, without the knowledge makin' me an ounce fatter or a nickel richey *bnt if I didn't know old Levi, an' know him blame well, into the bargain, I wouldn't have enough financial pelt left on me by this time to- make a fashionable-sized watch pocket. G'day,sir! I'm goin' over now to whoop the old scoundrel np a little."-Tom P. Morgan, in Puck. THREE BILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT The Amount Required to Feed the World for a Year. -' While the World-thanks to the fields of North America-has probably grown in 1898-99 the greatest crop of wheat ever harvested as oue result of the depletion of Americau herds and the devotion of an otherwise impossi ble ten million acres to wheat produc tion, yet we must not loose :dght of tho fact that, while the year'd harvest probably exceeds thc great vorld crop of 1894 by some 50,000,000 bushels, requirements bav? increased by more than 100,000,000 bushel's, aud that the product of the harvest of 1898-99 was drawn upon a mouth earlier thau usual, iu order to eke out defective supplies-from the harvest of 1897-98 that is, while the world harvest of 1898-9.9 appears to be some 50,000,000 bushels greater thau the greatest pre ceding one,yet it is defective by reason of a great increase in requirements since 1894, as well as by the fact, that it must meet the needs of 13 instead of 12 months. Basing an estimate of requirements for the 1898-99 harvest year upon the known increase of population aud the consumption of recent years, as in dicated by -estimates, the "bread-eat ing" populations of European lineage inhabiting Europe, the United States, Canada, . Anrtralasiaf Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, South Africa, Siberin and the whites of the island and. tropi-' cal colonies of Europe will need some 2,360,000,000 of wheat.plus the 160,000,000 or more bushels re quired to cover the thirteenth month. Accepting the highest re putable estimate of the outturn of the 1898-99 harvest iu the regions named and adding 40,000,000 bushels for possible imports from Southern Asia and North Africa, the available supply aggregates 2,380,000,000 bushels. Granting that these estimates are approximately correct it will be necessary to make anticipatory drafts upon the harvest of 1899 for about 140,000,000 bushe's, showing that even with the largest outturns the accumulation of reserves to tide over such defective harvests as that of 1897 is nolouger possible, the power to make such accumulations having disappeared in the absence of acreage increases proportioned to the increase of? the consuming popula tions. . " The Donkey Was at Fault. A story, unearthed from nobody knows where, is being circulated con cerning the last election of Lord Charles Beresford to the House of Commous. He was returned from York City. While the votes were beiug polled a costermouger arrived on the scene to record his vote. His donkey was decked ont iu sumptuous green ribbons, the emblems of Beres ford's oppouent. The voter, on beiug asked the customary question, an swered shortly, ' 'I go for Lord Charley, Lord bless him." Thereupon the members of the opposing factiou made a dash for the good man to convince him that, according to the emblems carried, he must cast his vote for their candidate.'' Thus challenged, he re plied: "Oh, it's all right. I'm it Tory; it's my donkey that's a Radical, but he's an ass!" The denouement is not recorded.-New York Times. "He That Stays Does the Business" All the <vx>rldadmires "staying power/ .On this quality success depends. The blood is the best friend the heart has. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best friend the blood tiver had: cleanses it of everything, gives perfect health and strength. A MISUNDERSTANDING AVERTED. why the Civil Engineer Moved thc Railroad ? Mile. The engineer who lays out a railroad dislikes to move a stake when It has once been driven. If he thinks he is right he will fight or quit, but he hates to compromise. In 'The Story of tho Railroad," Cy Wannan cites a charac teristic anecdote. Once, when the present chief engi neer of a Western railroad was locat ing a Hue in Missouri, he wns asked to chauge the stakes, and refused. After the stakes had been set, a young unshaven man. appeared and asked that the road be "moved over a blt." "The road cannot be changed," promptly returned the engineer; "this is the best place for it." The man went into a house, got a rifle, came out, and pulled up the stakes. Thc indignant engineer start ed toward him, but was intercepted by an elderly woman. # "Can't you move your road over a little piece, mister?" she asked. "I don't see why I should," respond ed the engineer. "My business is to locate the line, and you can call on the company for damages. What' does that young blackguard mean by sitting there on a stump with a gun?" he an grily demanded. "That's Nip-he ain't no blackguard. That's Nip. my son." "Well, I'll nip him if he gets funny." . "Oh, no, you won't. I ain't afraid o' that," said the woman. "What come over me when I seen'you starting for Nip was that p'r'aps you had a mother, and how bad she'd feel to have you come home that way." "What way?" "Well, if you persist in driving them stakes there, you'll go home dead." "Look here, do you think I'm to be bluffed by that ruffian?" "Nip ain't no ruffian," said the wo man. "You see, we've always lived here-Nip was born here-an' when the grurlllns como an' called out paw an' shot him, we buried him j 1st whar he fell, an' we're always kent lt as a reservation, an' Nip he's determined you sha'n't disturb it. that's all." "Then you don't object to the rail road?" "Lord o' mercy, no! We want the 'road, but we don't want you to disturb paw's grave." "Come," said the engineer, "let's go and see Nip." When they had come up- to the stump, the big engineer held out his hand. Nip took it, but kept his eyes on the stranger. "Here it is," said the woman, touch ing a low stone lightly with her foot. "I see," said the engineer. "We cnn miss that, easily enough." He moved a mile of road. From that day forward until the road was fin ished,* and long after, the widow's home was thc stopping-place for the engineer. A Typical Polonaise Gown. A fair specimen of the typical polo naise gown is an evening frock of Im itation old heedlo-run lace. The bo dice and upper skirt are-of this lace, embroidered with rose pink chenille. The polonaise describes a point front and back but at the right side termi nates at about tho height of the knee, where a many-looped bow of black velvet is placed. Three frothy, full flounces of white laee form the under skirt, aud the decolletnge, which is V shaped, is outlined by a narrow line of black velvet with a looped bow of black velvet nt the point. Epaulets and long sleeves are of the white lace, without the chenille embroidery. T>o Your Feet Ache and Burn ? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ense, a powder for" tho feet. It makes Tight or New Shoes fee! Eiisy. Cures Corns. Bun ions, Swollen, Hot., Callous, Aching nnd Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists, Grocers and Shoo Stores, 25o. Samplo sent FREE. Address Allen ti. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. If a man in nnpry nnd ls where ho can't swear, ho kicks something. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, bo liing netic. full of life, nervo and vigor, tako No-To i?n<-, tho wonder-worker, that makes weak mon strong. All druggwts, t?0e or SI. Curo guaran teed. Booklet and samplo freo. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Now York. In May the Canadian Pacific Railway sold 30.400 acres of land for $121.8'J0. COURTS PROTECT ENTERPRISE. Important Decision in Itegard to R?puta tions Built Up by Advertising. In tho United States Circuit Court in San Francisco, Cal., a decision has been given that is of great interest to manufacturers of proprietary articles and to publishers. Tho caso in question was tho suit of the California Fig Syrup Co. to obtain a per manent injunction, which wns granted, en joining a largo non-secret manufacturing concern and others from using tho name "Syrup of Figs," or "Fig Syrup," and or dering the defendants to pay costs and damages. The decision proves that the courts will protect the valuable reputa tion of an arllclo of merit, built up by probity of word aa well as by extensive ad vertising, so that the owner may renn tho full benefit. Tho overwhelming cviuenco presented, as to tho merits of the company's laxative, could not bo gainsaid by tho de fendants, and the injunction was the result. A proenss for seasoiiinelumberhy electric i ty hasprovon a success in Germany. " I rm ve been udna: CA8CAEKT8 and ai a mild and effective laxative tbey are Mmply won derful. My daughter and 1 were bothered with sick stomach and our breath was very bod. After taking a few ?Joses of Cascurets we Lavo Improved wonderfully. They aro a xrent help lu tho fomlly." WILHELMINA NAGEL. 1137 nittcnhou5e St., Cincinnati, Ohio. CANDY CATHARTIC, MAflK RBOISTfRCO Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Tasto Gooo. Do Good, Novor Sicken. Woaken.or Gripe. 10c.25c. 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... 8terllng Rrnrdj Company, fl.lf.icn. JIODlrml, Sf?- York. :J16 Ps?fLTfi.Rflf1 BoUtand ?nnranteert by all druR RUe E y-DAb C-?.?5 io Tobacco Habit. nDADQVNEW DISCOVERY; ciro* s/R VS V# 1 quick r?Hsf and cutei worst c?Kes. Hook of testimonials and IO (lr yu' tioatment Tree. Dr. H. n. OREEN'S SONS, Box D. Atlanta. Ca. %ggg ff.h j Thompson's Eye Water MEKTlOi? THIS PAPERagoTg'B^JS? USECIBTAI.HC.O_RN CURE. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A London doctor Las invented sn ulectrically heated surgical operating table, on which the heat is furnished by incandescent .lamps. The body of the table consists of a metal air cham ber, which contains six or eight 16 candle-power incandescent lamps, that give off sufficient heat to raise the temperature to the desired point. A portion of the lamps may then be switched off and the table maintained at a constant temperature. The trees serve us, Mr. John Gifford points out, by improving the.soil, and by actually making both soil and laud as well. Theybriug from deep layers great quantities of mineral matter, and in their leaves "they deposit much of this on the surface, where is col lected a mulch of humus of constantly increasing richness. . The forests form soil by sending out acid-charged root lets, which, with the acids of the de caying humus, have a potent effect in disintegrating the rocks. A firm in Vienna, Austria, has re cently obtained a municipal conces sion to operate' a telephonic news agency business throughout that city. The plan is modelled after a similar, concern which is now in existence in Budapest, and its obje?t is to commu nicate the news of the day toi sub scribers nt certain hours during the daytime, and at other times recitations, music, and other forms of entertain ment. The- concession has been, granted for twenty-five years, the cor poration giviug annually to the city 9500, twenty-five cents per subscrib or for the maintenance of the lines,, and a tax of 5 per cent on the net receipts. After twenty-five years the wires and apparatus become the prop erty of the city, but in return the cor poration is protected against compe tition for the first five years. In the new process for the artificial production of pearls, reported from Italy, the oyster will still have to be reckoned with, but only as an em ploye of Sig. Coomba, who has after inuch research and hard work, suc ceeded in getting the bivalve to pro duce pearls in a tank. Pearl oysters have been cultivated in Queensland, but Sig. Coomba is the first who has been able to breed them in Europe. He imported his oysters from the Dahlnk islands, treated them accord ing to his own system and placed them in a tan lc. In due time he was rewarded with four good pearls from one oyster and two or three apiece from others. Ho extended his experiments and the results were moro satisfactory. The plan is to breed and rear them in a tank and then transport them to nat ural banks on the coasts, for the treat ment iu the sheltered tanks precludes the enormous loss *of spawn which takes places iu tho open soa. The south coast of Calabria has been se lected as the settlement of the new industry. A process for making fine wool from the limestone rock found in such in exhaustible quantities in the neighbor hood of Alexandria, Ind., is a recent discovery by C. C. Hall, chemist of the steel works at that place,the claim being that, from a combination of 9? per cent, of the limestone, chemicals, and one of the commonest of minerals, pure wool is obtainable as white as snow. It seems that, while making experiments with limestone for his factory, it was found that a certain kind of the material, instead of turn ing to quicklime wheu subjected to fire, would, when combined with chepji cals, turn iuto lava, and when sub jected to another process this lava could be rendered pliable and han dled like molten glass. From this be ginning the process was pursued and a downy wool resulted, with promise of considerable industrial possibili ties; that is, such rock wool is repre sented to be as soft and white as that produced by sheep, and can be man ufactured cheaper thau sheep can be raised and clipped, is not affected by firo or water, and the supply seems to be almost unlimited. THE COURACE OF PRIDE. It Is Scon in Only tho Finest Types of Man Hood. Dan Beard, the artist, in discussing tho various phases of courage the other day, remarked: "Very few people take account of tho courage of pride. Soiuo men aro thoroughly fearless; others are braye under certain condi tions, but are found wanting" when circumstances of an unusual character demand the exercises of heroic quali ties. A New York fireman, whom nothing under heaven in the shape of a fire could daunt, might become de moralized with terror in a gale, at sea. On the other hand, a sailor who would think nothing of climbing to the high est point of u mast to take in sail dur ing a raging typhoou could not be in duced to sleep alone in a house. Many a mau is forced into-battle and comes out with flying colors. "The courage of pride, however, is one of the finest qualities of manhood. It is a sort of negative courage. Dr other words, it is the quality which makes a mau afraid to be a cowaiid-r-. afraid of his own conscience. As au illustration of this quality, I remember an in atan co that occurred in Ohio when I was a boy. "It was in the early winter, and ouc of tho big ponds in our neighbor hood was frozen over, and quite a number of girls and boys were skating on it. Presently a tall, lean Kentuck ian, wearing a large slouch hat with thc crown dented in to give the ap pearance of carelessness, came down the road, and stopped at the edge of the pond and watched the skaters. Ho noticed that the ice was thin and weak, and it seemed to cause him great anxiety and concern. Although he was a stranger in those parts, and had no actual business there, he ap peared to be held by a fascinated in terest in what was going on. The ex\ pression of anxiety in his face deep ened, and he grew exceedingly ner vous. Fiually, when he could appar ently stand the strain no longer, he -called the leading young mau of the party to him, and in a very peremp tory manner demanded that he bring all the girls off the pond. . "The young mau thus addressed re sented the interference of the stranger, flatly refused to do as he was bidden, and rudely asked him how it 'con cerned him, anyway. ' " 'How does it concern me?' re torted tho Kentuckian interrogatively. 'Why, confound it! first thing yon know some of those girls will, break through the ice, aud then .I'll be drowned-that's how it concerns me.'" Too Small a Task. "Can you change a twenty dollar bill for me?" he asked with au impor tant air that nettled the courteous clerk. "Yes, sir; we can change anything here." "Wish you'd chauge my mind then, if you're so good at it." ' 'Have no small change sir. "-Light, A BATTLE ROYAL. - It Took Place Between Five Texas Steer? and Seven Wolves. "A friend of mine who had a cattle ranch at Shively Springs, about o hundred miles north of Yankton, N. D.v" writes a correspondent of . th? Sun, "saw a battle royal between five Texas steers and seven wolves. It was In February, just after a blizzard, and there was two feet of snow on the ground on a level. With the steers were two co'ws nod three yearlings. They' had been running south before the storm, and coming to a little knoll bk wu bare by the wind, had nil lain doi'm to rest. They were so still that tho ranchman had to ride near them to satisfy himself that they were not dead. Finding that none of his own stock was in the bunch, he rode away. He had gone a mlle, when, looking back, he saw seven gray wolves that had come out of the head of the can on near by and were making toward .the cattle. With his field glass he could get an excellent view of the wolves and follow closely all their movements. They were having a hard time to make their way throusd* the snow, sinking In it to their bernes at every jump, but they kept on until they were within a few yards of the bare spot where the cattle were lying, when they all drew together and made a sur vey of the field, then started on, widen ing-out into line as they did so. Up to this time none of the cattle had moved, butnowoneof the cows and a steer rose to their feet and faced the wolves, shaking their horns, and some of the others-, were getting up as the wolves struck the bare" spot "Three of the wolves jumped in front of the steer and the cow, feint ing to attack them and so keeping their attention engaged, t while tho . other four sprang upon one of the year lings just getting to Its feet and-pulled lt down. The ranchman could see the four wolves together upon the year, ling, and then the rest .of the cattle coming all to their feet shut them from his view. The cattle were stiff nn<) slow in their movements, but the foul steess-ef once closed in on the four Wolves about the yearling and drovo them-from - their prey. The -wolves had no trouble in getting away from the ?horns, and instead of quitting tho . field, they kept to thc bare spot-il was about, linlf an acre in extent-raft ing round the cattle and feinting to at tack them on'every side, .but racing awqy whenever a steer made for them In earnest. While four of them kept tho attention of the other cattle, three of the . wolves, coming together as if ni a signal, leaped upon another of thc yearlings, one seizing it by the throal and the other two tearing at Its gam brils'. The yearling went down undei the wolves, and then two or three- ol the steers, charging as before, drove them off. n "The aim of the wolves plainly was to disable the two weaker animals, knowing that they would eventually fall to them when the others moved away. But the cattle' were geting warnied to their work, and after five mlnujes of fighting there was little of the stiffness that they had at firs! displayed. The wolv?s, keeping still to th^ bare spot where there was clear running, had all they wanted tc do to.avoid the rushes of the steers, who charged whenever one of them Came ?o a standstill. Then one of the wolves.was driven out into the snow, and nj he floundered in a circuit, try ing tojget back to bare ground, a long legged; Texan, minding the snow nc more than If it had been feathers, rushed nnd overtook him, and in n mo ment more had the wolf on his horns. One "shake of the head and* the wolf went flying twenty feet and the steer was on hand when he tumbled to gore and trample him to death. Thia set the pace for fighting, and in ten minutes more four of the wolves were deni, two of them being chased into the (snow and killed as the first had bee? and the other being hemmed in nmctog the cattle, where he went three or four times into the air clear of their heads before they quit tossing him. At this, the other three wolves took to the'snow and made the best pace they could for the canon. A white steer thaj; already had done its full share of the'fighting, charged after them, tossed one of them to one side, nnd, keeping on to the next one, gored him to death. The third one had so much, of a start that the steer did not follow him, but canje back to the herd. "It was two days ' later before the ranchman could take time to come back .to the scene of the fight. One of the yearlings was lying dead on the ;spot of bare ground; the rest of the cattle were gone. There were five dead wolves in sight nnd a sixth was found just within the canon, which was ns far as he manrfged to crawl. The-pack were practically wiped .out-taken, so .to speak, in their own trap." The Trank Umbrella.' The trunk , umbiella, as its name .Would imply, is an idea brought out by^some simple minded philanthropist It is nothing more or less than a fold ing umbrella, one that doublen con: veuiently in the middle of the cane and can bc gently laid lu the tray of an ordinary trunk. At the euds of the wires that support the silk cover there ls a metal catch that, when adroitly managed,'Shuts in, thus changing the ordinary umbrella to an object "half its size, nnd filling with rapture the breasts of thousands of beings who have struggled with this problem for a.ggs. It does away witir ?ie clasps Qiiee used to unite three or more um brellas and canes, and it does away with the tendency to leave the cher ished weapon behind when getting out of a car hurriedly- New York Herald. Graceful Silk Wraps. Wraps of silk, crepe de chine and fine soft woolen fabrics rando in fichu style arc very graceful. They cover the shoulders and fall almost to the hem of the dress in front They nre a charming addition to the toilette of the slender woman, and if she be tall as well, nothing is more becoming. One of the beige-tinted taffetas is fin ished by two frills of the silk edged with a light embroidery of black che nille. Thc fichu proper is caught in at the bust fine, and the scar/-ends fall from there. The scarf ends in this particular instance are edged with one frill only, but this frill edges tue sides as well as the euds. Pc- ce in the Philippines. Peace In tho Philipplues ls bound to provo profltablo to all concerned. Warring con ditions, whether they be in the Philippines or in tho humau stomach, are equally dis astrous. If your stomach has rebelled, there ls ono authority that ?111 quickly subdue lt. lt Is Hos'totter's Stomach Bitters, and tt eurea constipation, indigestion, blllousneta, ner vousness and dyspepsia. See that a private Eevonuo Stamp covers the neck of tho bottle. The Mikado of Japan generally travols with a small bodyguard. ?o cure, or Do you get up with a headache? Is there a bad taste in your mouth ? Then you have a poor appetite and a weak diges tion. You are frequently dizzy, always feel dull and drowsy. You have cold hands and feet. You get but little benefit from your food. You have no ambition to work and the sharp pains of neuralgia dart through your body. What is the cause of all this trouble? Constipated bowels. will give you. prompt relief and certain cure. Keep Your Blood PUFO. If you have neglected your case a long time, you had better take Ager's sarsaparilla also. It will remove all impunities that have been accumulating in your blood and will greatly strengthen your nerves. Wrlto tho Doctor* Tliere may be something nbont your case you do not quite under* stand. Write tho doctor freely: tell him how vou are. suffering. You ?will promptly receive the belt medical advice. Address, Dr. J. C. Ayer, Lowoll, MasB. "Henry did you attend the lecture InBt evening, as you expected?" "Indeed, I did, Amanda, and I tell you I had a great treat." ' "Unless appearance belie the facts, Henry, you must have had a good deal more than one. DEEPIN LOVE-"What is the best day in the week to get married on, old chap? HADDER K??UFF-Friday, my boy; then you'll have "something to blame it on afterward.-Tid-Bit. .WANTED-Young men to learn telegraphy for positions on railroad. Southern Raliway Telegraph School, Atlanta, Ga. Attempts arc being made in the coant.y of Kcnt,.England, to exterminate the sparrow. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a denn skin. No benn ty without it. Cascprets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep lt clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by inking Cnscarets,-beauty for ten cents. All ^rug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c A Brooklyn clorgyman gctsS?Oandexpenses every time he preaches a certain sermon. "The Only Thine; That Given Relief !.?_, Mrs. M. E. Latimcr, Biloxi.Miss., had an itchy brooking outon her skin, and she sends QI for two boxea, jjaying: ."Tetierino ls the only thing that gives mo reliof." This ls strong language, disinterested and voluntary, it cures all skin dlseasf s: tMter, itch, eczema; salt-rheum, otc , and no vor falls. COc. a box at druggists or send stamps to J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. In hi? young, days Emperor Franz Josef rose at 4 a. m. in summer. No-To-l5nc for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed toracco habit cure, makes weak men strong, bleed pure. ?0c, $1. All druggists. An electrically propelled canal boat, re ently invented, can be used without locks. Fits permanently cured. No lits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervo Restorer, ff- trial bottlenndtreatlsofroe. DB. ?. H. KLINE. Ltd.. Ml Areli St.. Phlla.. Pa. Best Prescripti Grove's It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form... . Sold by every druggist in the malarial sections of. the United States.No cure, np pay.... Price,50c. WHOLESALER. ?? ? a i >, . Cr. Louin, Mo., Feb, G, 1899. Pints tlEDtci:;a Co., City. . Gontlcmon :-Wo wish to congratulate you on tho increased sales wo aro having on your Grovc'a Iriz?elcea Clrlll Toole On exam ining our record of inventory under dato ol Jan. 1st. vro find th ct vre reid daring thc Chill Gooaon of 1C93. 256D dosen Qrovo'o Tonic Wo alao find that our calca on your laxative BromoQatEJino Tablets ha-vo bcon comc thinrr onoi-.T2o;i.-: having cold during tho late Cold and CJrip ccaoon 4,203 doren. Ploa?o rush down order enclosed hcrowith, und oblige, Yourotrulv, MEYER DEOS. DRUG CO. Per Schall. Seals Caus? a Commotion. Liege ls in a small commotion these days and nil over tho escape of two young seals from the zoological gar den of that city. The creatures are quite enjoying life In the River Meuse, but they have stolen -the comfort out of the life of the zoofauthoritics, who, ever since their escape, have made frantic efforts to recapture them. The newspapers publish daily accounts of the seal bunts that are In progress, ' and the Belgian love pf hazard crops out in numerous bets on the possibility of catching the animals. Discouraged by want of success th? authorities might abandon the hunt, but the seals are out of their marino habitat, fresh water will soon prove fatal to them, and lt has, therefore, been decided, :f a final effort to recap ture them proves unsuccessful, to shoot them. Here, however, the Socle ty for the Prevention of Cruelty to An imals steps in and suggests that if the i the seals cannot be capturen the locks ; must be opened and the creatures must b? driven into salt water. There thc controversy rests.-Brussels Corre spondence Chicago Record. money refunded foy your i Good Business Head. "Your daughter," said the young man, "ls determined to have a large society wedding." "True," admitted the old gentleman. "It will cost not less than $1,200," continued the young man. "Probably moFe than that, if her plans are followed," reurned the old gentleman. "What of it?" "Why it bas occurred to me," ex plained the young man, "that if we put our heads together wc might avoid that expense and make an elopement of it" "My boy," replied the old gentleman, "you are positively all right. I sup pose my cue is to object to your atten tions " _ Contrary. ' Mrs. Newlyblessed (wearily)-Morti mer, what can be the matter with that child? Mr. Newlyblessed (carrying the screaming infant up and down the room, desperately)-I believe it is Just mnd because lt is so sleepy that it can hardly keep awake!-Puck. Educate Yonr Bowels With Cascurets. . Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. A popular with would ho gratified to see the spring poet tackle this weather. E. A. Rood. Toledo, Ohio, says: ."Hall's Ca tarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen years ago and she has had no return of it. It's a sure cure." Sold hy Druggists, 75c. For Whooping Couch, Piso's Cure ls a suc cessful remedy.-M. P.DIETEK.67 Throop Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., November lt, 18514. Do not tell the policeman your troubles, for ho bas many o? his own. Wc Fon nd That ?ttany Propio road about Winterimlth's Wonder Book last week. Did you send your address to Arthur Peter & Co., Louisville, Ky., and get ono free? If not, do it now. A postal card will do. Over 100 riddles and puzzles. During the year 1S98 Amer'can builders sent 580 locomot.ves to foreign countries. Prof. Chas. P. Curd, A. OT., Washington University, St Louis, Mo., says! "We unhesitatingly attribute the recovery ?nd continued good health of our little boy to TBETHISA. Upon these powders he seems to fatten and thrive."_. 31 rs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children leetbinp.sottens the gums, reduces inflamma llon.allays pale, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. About five hundred persons a month are required for jury duty In New York. To Care Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic/#10c or 25c. if C. C. C. fail to cure, drugglstsref?nd money, Over 700 cats wore exhibited at the rocent cat show ic the Crystal Palace. London. mm THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIG ?VRUP CO. only, and we wish to impress upon? all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding -the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes tho 'name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is" far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and .bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company - CALIFORNIA HG SYRUP CO. 8AJ? FRANCISCO, CnL LOUISVILLE. KT. F ?CW YORK. W.T. LADREN* KEDEoir, ILLS. PAEIO MEDICINB Co., Gentlemen:-I handlo cevenor eight differ ent klnd3 of Chill Toaicn but I soil ten bottles of Grove's to whero I cell ono of thc others. I sold 3d bottles of Grovc'a Chill Tonic in ono day and could havo sold moro if I had had lt on hand. Mr. Davo Wood3 cured flvo casca of chilla vita ono bottle Bconcctfully, JOHN T. VINYARD. . y (fti . / For FREE POSITIONS GUARANTEED. Railroad Fare Paid. ACTUAL BUSINESS TAUGHT. Open all year to Both Sexes. Very Cheap Board. Georgia-Alabama Business College. Macon, Georgia. JAL-LU-LAH LODGE. Tallulah Falls Reservation opens for guests Julvlst. Directly on Grand Chasm, 2,000 feet above sea level. Everything new. electric lights and bolls, sanitary plumbing, hot aud cold por celain baths, mu Mc fishing, driving, 650 feet vernnda bpace, specially fino cuisine. Three houis from Atlanta. Tallulah Falls raliway trestles rebuilt ami road In splendid condition. Both midday and lalo dinners. For special rates, plans, views, etc.. address J. H. MACKIERXAN, Manager, Tallulah Falls, Ga. GOLDEN CROWN LAMP CHIMNEYS Are the best. Ask for them. Cost no more than common chlmnoys. All dealers. PITTSBURG GLASS CO.. Allegheny, Ia. ..TUP nnuri/U'he world's greatest herojby I irene Hr Wr Y Murat Halstead. AGENTS LlFEOr UL"LI WANTED. Only 81.50. orrrrr FREE, SIU.TEY C. HILLEH, ui?,u? Bldg., cHimco \\f ANTED -Case of bad health that R-I P AN S TT w?l not benefit. Send 5 cts. to Ripans Chemical Co., NewYork, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials. 1 nerchant, so why not try it' WhataLWleTaithDid FOR MRS. ROCKWELL * [L?TTER TO MKS. MNXBAM KO. ?9,82$] "I was a great sufferer from female weakness and had no strength. It waa impossible for .me to attend to my household duties. I had tried every? thing and many doctors, but found no relief. " My sister advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which I did; before using all of one bottle I felt better. I kept on with it and to my great- surprise I am cured; All who suffer from female complaints should give it a trial."-MBS. ROOK WELL, 1209 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. From a Grateful Newark Woman. "When I wrote to youl was very sick, had not been well for two years. The-doctora did not seem to help me,* and one said I could not live three months. I had womb trouble, falling, ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble. There seemed to be such a drawing and burning pain in my bowels that ? could not rest anywhere. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound ard Sanative Wash and follow ing your advice, I feel well again and stronger than ever. My bowels feel as if they had been made over new. With many thanks for your help. I remain, L. G., 74 ANN ST., NEWARK, N. J." Aldi DUestlon. Be?o??^-the Bowels ond Makes Teelhlne Easy. TEETH INA Relieve, thc Bowel Troubles or Children ci Any Aw ?wi costs Only ?Ec. Ask your Druggist for lt. If not?t Druggists mall 23c to Dr. C. J. MoFF-TT.St. Louis, Ma PITTS' ANTISEPTIC JNVPR?TOR. The most emlnont physicians of this and other countries believe in tho existence of bac teria (or germs) in the human ays tom. Any remedy that will destroy this poison without in Jury to tho patient will-meet a long felt want. ANTISEPTIC DHVIGORATOR not only elimi nates all bacteria poisons from the diseased system, but ls a fine tonio also. It cares aU- ' STOMACH AND BOWE TROUBLES, Kidney and Bladder Diseases, Blood and Skin Troubles, Nervousness, &c, &c. In' fact, lt ls a scientific combination of medicines, each of which does Its specificwork on each separate or gan of the body. It never faUs to reach the dis eased organ and always does US ~n k well. A Safe and Reliable Household Remedy. For Sole by Druggists Everywhere. CI N REPAIRS ?AB ITO SAWS, RIBS, BRISTLE TWINE, BABBIT, &ci; FOR ANT MAKE OF GIN. ENGINES, BOILERS UND PRESSES' And Repairs for, same. SbafUng, Pulleys, Belting, Injectors, Pipes, Valves and Fittings. LOMBARD IRON WORKS k SUPPLY CO,, AUGUSTA, GA. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Tulane University of Louisiana. Its advantages for practical lnstructlon.'Dcth in ample laboratories and abundant hospital materials, are unequalled. Free access is given to the great Charity Hospital with OOO beds and 30,000 patients annually. ' Specif.! ' Instruc tion ls given daily at the bedside, of the sick. The next session begins October 19lh, 1899. For catalogue and Information address Prof. S. JE. CHAIIXE. BI. D.. TJoan, ,P. O. Drawer1 ??1. NEW ORLEANS. LA. 'ELP REFRIGERANT is over 20 degrees colder than used In refrigerators Just Uko . ^ a nerrecx inoiumn ior - SEND FOR CIRCULARS. AGENTS WANTED. UNIVERSAL REFRIGERATING CO* 2.92 Flushing Avenne, BROOKLYN, N. T. ^*>W* Tuition low. All Books FREE. L___^Zj8ITUflTI0NS GUARANTEED Over 50 Remington and Smith ITenjIer type writers. SM ftudenta last yoar from 7 Stat??. 8th year. Send for Catalogue. Add refs, Dep's??, STRAYER'S BUSINESS COL'GE. Baltimore,!?, ills and Fever, First Tasteless Tonic ever manufactured.. AU other so-called "Taste less" Tonics are imita tions.. Ask any druggist about this who is not PUSHING an imitation. CONSUMER. ; TTniTEoBOEO, Tex., Sep. 13,1898.' PABI3 MBDicnta Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gcntloraen :-I writo you a ferr linos of irrst-' itudc. I think your Grove's Tastelosa cull Tor.V is ono ortho bcotmcdicincoin tho world for Chills end Fever. I have thrco children thathavo boen down with malarial fever for ?3 months and hnvo bought Chill medicines of all kinds and Doctor'c bilb comintr in all tho timo until I Dent to town and got thrco bottles of Grove's Tonic. My children aro ell woll now and it waa your Tastolosi Chill Tonic i cc; dla it. I CftUGOt cay too much ia ita behalf. Yours truly, JAMES D. ROBERTS. For INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. "I have found Immediate relief In every In stance."-P. B. LOCDSK, Philadelphia. A cure for a try. 2io. a box. Ask your drug gist, or write for free samplo to TIZAKURE CO., Tarpon Springs, Fl?. Oar ownmnd FSV EUIUI?G Oldest (32 YEAXS) end only tir iaesjeollegoia Va. ,and2d"ia th* Scat) toowni ls baudissinUP TC-D?n> SCHOOL. Scholarly ssl experienced teachers, K of when ar? anthon of valui ble books. Both saes. HO VACATIONS. AS bonsess branches, English asa Academic departments. * LiACiite B?s?nss COLLEGS SOnn0? TEE POTOMAC KITER. Taila. Stenographer. Catalog Crts. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, LettBrSiSciencB, Law.Medic?ne.Enginesring High location gives freedom from Malaria and Yellow Fever. Session begins September 15. Address Chairman, University of Virginia? Charlottesville, Va. UUKcS WHtKt ALL elbe rAJIS. I Best Cough 8yrup. Tastes Good. Use] In time. Sold br druggists. J- . C O,N S U M-RIT.1Q.IN. *