Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 26, 1899, Image 4
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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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eased organ and always does US ~n k well.
A Safe and Reliable Household Remedy.
For Sole by Druggists Everywhere.
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in ample laboratories and abundant hospital
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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 -
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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
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A cure for a try. 2io. a box. Ask your drug
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Session begins September 15.
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UUKcS WHtKt ALL elbe rAJIS.
I Best Cough 8yrup. Tastes Good. Use]
In time. Sold br druggists.
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