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? I tr?eseles "of the Language. "Zee Am?ricaine language ees one stat ces easily eomprehendez. I don't srfnk." said the French boarder to the young man who never eats veal. "You jseem inclined to kick about lt." "Oui.N I .ain notations making o? ze leetle oddities zat I encounter In ze, vat. yon ?call orthography." "Yea?"., "Qui.",You spell shoe s-h-o-e?" "We do." "And blue b-l-u-e?" "And shoeing s-h-o-e-I-n-g?" "Well what of it?" "And bluing b-I-n-i-n-tr?" ??JWeU,* haven't we n right to?" .."Qui. .But why you RU economical as to smuggle out de leerle e in bluing and make him so conspicuous In shoe ing? Ah; Zat ir? where I. has got yon?"- Sr. Priel Globe. . -j Where Pizarro's Remains Lie. The remains of Pizarro, a rustic skel eton, lie in a gloss case on one of the altars of the cathedral, at Luna. Peru, and are sbowhHo visitors who are witt lng to.TpaS,./tr?e requisite fee. They ought to have a conspicuous place, for ,the 8a^e>tOi the , diocese $9.000,000 in *vgol?^iv?^tfvf?r that was stripped from ^ttt?^cn~t?nvples. .^rpSjiother of thc stories told of the ^cB?^ral. is^thnt in 1G01. when La Palata. the viceroy, rode from the pal ace on the other side of the plaza to Its entrance, the wide street was paved with ingots of. silver, tht hoofs of his horse were::sh&*-with shoes of solid gold and its mane and tail were strung wjth pearls. The Government ls to buy from tbf Crow Indians and throw open to set tlement, 1,100,000 acres of good land in the Yellowstone Valley. 7.-: StlU More Counterfeiting. Tho Sevr?t Service hns just -unearthed an other baud of counterfeiters and secured a large quantity of bogus bills, which are so cloverly executed that tbo avorago person would never suspect tliehi of being spurious. Things af great value aro always selocted for Imitation', notably Tl?etetter's Stomach Bit ters, which bas immy imitators but jio equals for.dlsorders like indigestion, dyspepsia, con. atipaUon', nervousness and general debility. Always go to reliable druggists who have the reputation'of giving what voa ask for. Amens the coachmen of Berlin arc 7 retired anny officer?, throe pastors and 16 nobles. Don't Tobacco Soft and Smoke Your Lite Away, quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full Of life, nervo and vigo-. tate N'o-To Eac, tho won.der-worter. that makes wenk men-, strong. All druggists, tOc or 41. Curo (ruaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. Four tons of eold from the Klondike will be exhibited, at tho Paris exhibition. V Findley's Eye Salve Cures Sore eyes In S days; chronio cases in 30 days, OT money back. All druggists, or by mall, 25c. per box. J. P. 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Differ ent Sizes are offered to our patrons and the public at (3.00 to 810.00 per annum. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ll. 1899. THE PLANTERS LOAN ANO SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposits: ?00OU?1?S Solicited, I L. C. HATKZ, President. W. C. WABDLAW.I Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 41. neta political lifo-which is far less formidable tbau an armed and booted dictator close at hand. When ho left there were five statues of him ornamenting as many public places in the republic. He had him self caused them to be erected, aud it was by his order that this inscrip tion appeared on each of them: ..# ?TO THAT ILLUSTRIOUS AMERICAN,: : THE PACIFICATOR AND RE ; GENERATOR OF THE : ; UNITED STATES OF VENEZUELA, : : GEN. ANTONIO GUZ.MAN-BLANCO. : *...* And they did not misrepresent the case, as monument sometimes do. He may have acquired wealth him self, but he made his country rich. He may have exercised arbitrary power, but they needed what he gave them and were better for it. He may have been cruel and bloody aud ty rannical, but all his excesses of au thority never cost them in blood and treasure what they paid when they had no master. Some idea may by the following in cident be gained of his manner of dis charging the commissions his own power had secured. He was to buy a new cruiser for his country and might spend $750,000 for it. He did spen *..3(300,000-or, nt least, ho drew that amount. But good men eay he paid but $148,000 for the very indif ferent vessel he bought and put the iemaining $452,000 in his bank. He raised the rate of interest on govern ment bonds held in Europe and lowered it on bonds held at home, getting a good fee for the transaction. He located immigration parties uot only on public land, but on rvivate land unoccupied. He demanded that students who refused to adorn his statues, as was the annual custom, be shot, and he commanded the presi dent to enact much Guzman-Bianco legislation. Of course the financial and commer cial classes were alienated. Of course the agricultural aud mining interests were antagonized. Of course thc stu dents flamed into open and vociferous enmity. And then, one by one, tho generals who were bound to the ab sent dictator were reduced, aud "the illustrious Americau" learned what is meant by the adage, "Out of sight, out of mind." He might have rallied all the force in the country if he had appeared at any port or in any capital. But he was glowing old. Ease had enervated him. His lust for power was as strong as ever, but he more and more dread ed the awful labor that recapturing a country involved. So he died, the father of nine chil dren, proprietor of a magnificent property in Paris, the euvied of mon archs, the spectre of millious far across Hie sea. And yet he was, when ali is said and done, just what his five statues declare-"the pacificator and regenerator of Venezuela." COVERED WITH ECCS. One Gignntic l?lrd'n XcM in I.orson Island, Near Honolulu. Lcyson island, which is perhaps the most interesting of tue Hawaiian group, lies about eight hundred miles west of Honolulu. It is not over a hundred miles in extent, but is exceed ingly valuablo on account of the guano beds which completely cover it. It is au upheaval of a coral reef, with no forests, but numerous small trees and shrubs. About twenty-five species of birds are found there, iucluding ducks, boobies, gulls and frigate birds, "On this small speck of land far out iu the ocean," says John B. Musick, in his book, "Hawaii, Our New Possession," the birds lay, hatch and die by millions. When they fly the sun is darkened as if a cloud had passed over it. The decaying bones, with disintegrated corni, help to form the guano, which is exported every year by hundreds of tons in ships to Hawaiian islands and tho Pacific coast. The birds seldom lay more than one egg before incubation, though often sevoral in a season. They are very tame, and so bold thaf. you can pick them up as you walk along the path. They snap at the trousers and dresses of persons who are crossing the island, so that ono is compelled to carry a stick for self-pro tection. They gather on the railroad track in such numbers that n mau has to sit in front of the car as it is drawn by the mules with a stick in hand, aud ' push them out of the way "Sometimes parties of scientists or hunters visiting the island find the birds come tumbling into the doors of their teut or any other opening, so that in order to sleep in peacev every ' aperture must be closed. Mr. Frieze, the manager of the island, told me that he was often compelled to keep the door of his houpe closed to shut the birds ont. " 'Why, they tumble around us by the thousauds, and become a nuisance,' he said. " 'Do you shoot them?' I asked. "Shoot them! No! Why waste ammunition? If I want a bird I simply go out and pick it up. Oftou they will run right into my hands, as if they wanted to be caught. ' "The eggs on Leyson island are frequeutly gathered in wheelbarrows, cars filled with them and schooners loaded. This industry, however, is unprofitable, owing to the great dis tance they have to be exported. "We hope the white mau will not consider the birds of Leyson island one of his burdens and proceed to ex terminate them, as was done with the buffalo and other animals by advanc ing civilization." The manager, Mr. Frieze, with several Japanese servauts,lives on the island six months in the year. What Constitu?an a Healthy Man. One of our medical contemporaries, the Texas Medical News, thus sums up the qualities which constitute a perfectly healthy man: He should have a strong, healthy heart; not one weak from disuse or the excessive use of tobacco, alcohol or other causes; luugs well developed and that expand rhythmically with ample breathing ".pace for health and a surplus for /ork or disease; muscles well round ed and elastic, made hard and strong by use and carrying, like the camel's hump, reserve energy for trying jour neys; nerv?s, naluro's electric wires, properly insulated and connected, bringing all the various organs of the body into one perfect system, and all under the coutrol of a brain of just proportions, well balanced and convo luted, not soft from disuse or de stroyed for the need of rest, educated for the high duties it has to perform, not only to stand guard over and pro tect the health of aud life of the in dividual, but at the same time to fur nish feeling and thought and pleasure for the human being. All of thesoor gnns, when properly constructed and adjusted aud perfect in every detail, go to make up a healthy individual and one possessing within himself a power of resistance not easily over-' come by disease-producing organisms. -Scientific American. FOR THE HOUSEWIVES, A Wall Paper Paste. A paste for wall paper is made by moistening some starch with cold water until of the consistency of. cream. Then pour on boiling water and stir until quite smooth. Let it boil once, and just before removing it from the fire add a small quantity of powdered glue. denning: Fine Handkerchiefs. Fine i ace-trimmed handkerchiefs do not require the ordeal of boiling or scalding; Shave slices and bits of some good vrhito toilet Foap into tepid water. Lot the handkerchiefs lie in the water for half AU hour, then wa.<h them hurriedly between the hands in clear hot water. Binse in cold water aud dry quickly* Stain* On Table Linen. Bofoie scuding table linen to the laundry, at this season especially, it should be carefully looked over, and all stains removed. Ordinarily, fruit stains may be readily takeu out ? by spreading the staiued part of the fabric over the top of a bowl and pouring hot water from the teakettle through the stain. Peach stains will not yield to this treatment; but if nibbed in alcohol before, pnttiug the linen in water, they will usually dis appear. If more heroic measures are necessary.usc Javelle water, but rinse with the utmost thoroughness after ward to prevent tho eatiug of the cloth. When CoflVe 1? L"rt Over. With the most careful calculation, says Mrs. Lincoln, there is frequently coffee left over, not enough, perhaps, for another serving as a beverage, but too much to be wastell. Do not leave it iu the pot with grounls, but pom it off or strain it carefully, and if it be used airain hot let it just coma to tho boiling point. This will be much nicer than to reheat it with the grounds. It may be used to dilute the eg? for the next morning's coffee, or as a flavoring in custards and creams and ices; or as the liquid in place of or with milk iu gingerbread, cookies, cakes, etc., or when there is sufficient quantity it eau be made into jelly.-New York Tribune. Some Hints Tor Hom.- Building. lu considering the interior of^ a house, those portions of it which meet the vital needs of the family, the kit cheus and bedrooms, are of first im portance. The kitchen should be small enough for convenience and large enough, if possible, for comfort in warm weather. An oblong shape seems desirable, a short distance be tween the range and the serving table, a long distauee stretching between two windows for good ventilation. The kitchen should be so placed that the prevailing winds will blow the fumes from the house and not into the living rooms. If the plan for cost and size will admit, other window;s may be set above a liue of shelves, where they will admit sun and air and yet not occupy wall space needed for furniture. A kitchen porch should bo added where vessels can be sunned, and where butcher and baker can de posit their wares and leave the kitchen floor clean and the cook's temper con sequently uurnflied, . Between the kitchen and the body of the house there should be a passage way with openings opposite each othar. Thi3 is another insurance policy against kitchen odors, which, howetor clean aud proper in the kitchen, do not belong in the other part oftha_ house. We know that cooking md clcauing must go on iu our homes, but it is a part of the housekeeper's art to hide the machinery and slow only tte charming results. As we go towards the front of the house *e must pass, not through the dining room and pantries, as in so many houses, but through ti aide passage, small but well lighted and cut off from fi o 1 ?'chen and pantries by a door.-Good Housekeeping. Ilecipes. Pineapple Lemonade. - Make & syrup by boiliug one cup of sugar and one pint of water ten minutes. Then add one eau grated pineapple or one fresh shredded pineupple and juice of three lemons. Cool, strain aud add one quart of ice water. Serve in lemonade glasses with crushed ice. Molasses Spice Cake-Mix oue-half cup each of molasses, sugar and thick sour cream. Stir in a half teaspoon ful of cinnamon and a quarter tea spoonful each of alls]>ice and cloves. Add to this one egg, well beaten, ono pint of flour in which half a teaspoon ful of soda has been sifted, mix thor oughly and stir in a half Clip of good currant?. Blackberry Pudding-Stir ?oa cream half n cupful of sugar,two tablespoon fuls of butter; add one cupful of milk aud stir in two and one-half cupfuls of flour, into Which has beeu thoroughly mixed two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder; add the beaten whites of three eggs, and finally add one quart of berries. Put into a buttered dish and bake moderately for 45 min utes. Serve with a hot sauce. Green Pea Soup-Pens too old aud hard for the table make a delicious soup. Cook one quart of peas in one pint of gently boiling water till soft. Mash in the water, press through a sieve, put the hulls into a pint of boil iug water and strain again. Add a pint of milk and a tablespoonful of cornstarch and butter stirred together. Season with half a teaspoonful each of salt and pepj>er and a quarter tea spoonful of whole pepper. If too thick, thin with hot milk. This is good; try it. .' Omelette Souffl?e. - Separate the whites and yolks of six eggs; stir the yolks with two tablespoonfuls sugar to a cream, add one teaspoonful vanilla; beat the whites till very stiff, then add slowly while beating con stautly two tablespoonfuls sifted pow dered sugar; noxt add the yolk mix ture to the whites and mix it lightly with the whites. Butter a souffle dish and dust it with powdered sugar, pour in the preparation and bake in a me dium hot oven for twenty to twenty five minutes; remove and serve at once. Travel* of n Valuable Tin Box. Mayor Foulk of Piedmont, W. Va., has received a letter from William Boyce of Philadelphia, stating that while repairing a car in the freight yard in tho city he found under it a tin box containing a number of papers belonging to the town of Piedmont. At the mayor's request it was for warded, and found to contain, besides other papoiH, ."571)5 worth of uncan celled coupons of the water bonds, representing bonds to the amount of $5;l0l). The coupons had been de tached from the bonds sold by the council in 1807,. and were for th reo years. The box was taken from the safe by some unknown party the first part of last year, placed under the freight car, probably while stand ing in tho Piedmont yards, and has since been carried all around the coun try until found. JUDGMENT OP Tile CADDIE. Merits of Qolf, a Rfd-li cad cd Girl and a Canning Factory Golf ls a game known only on the re port of enthusiasts whose biased criti cism is printed. But tiicy must em ploy the uneloct as caddies, nnd the aplnlon of these though so long un heard, is nn expert judgment, too. Three of them, ragged, barefooted Urchins, burned brown on the links, were sitting ob the wharf at a summer resort that has, with oilier attractions, rjolf links and a canning factory. The native youth oT the village earn frock r.t money by picking fruit for the lat ter when lt opens in the early autumn. In midsummer they are caddies. "Pa.f, Jimmy." said one, "how much d'ye In?ke?" "Eighty-five," said Jimmy, inspect ing his bare heel. "Wot! Who'd ye go 'round with?" "The red-headed girl." "Her?" contemptuously. "She ain't no good. "Ain't abe?" Jimmy answered proud ly. "She's a pippin. She can't swipe nothln', but she pays the price. Got a dime /er runnin' to the club house fer her cape." "Go'n!" "An' 25 cents fer onct around." The other eyed him enviously. "I went 'round with Whiskers," ho said. "Yep." "He's a peach, I don't think. He learnt one feller to play, an' now he kin beat Whiskers all holler himself. Wot ye got?" That referred to Jim my's foot. "Fissels," Jimmy grunted. "Whis kers, he can't teach," he added. The three were on a bench, that had been set up for fishermen at the edee of thc wharf. Jimmy, in the center, had drawn up his thistle-wounded foot on his Inp for inspection. The pair, one on each side, assisted at the clinic. "D'ye like goff, Jimmy?" Jimmy spat lu the water. "Rats!" be said expressively. "D'ye wish the cannin' fact'ry was open ?" "Bet yer life." Jimmy looked up to find n stately young woman coming toward them. He dropped his foot and nudged his comrades. "Here she ls," he whisper ed. It was the red-headed girl, one .,f the acknowledged beauties of the place. Her hair was a fashionable auburn. She smiled ou the three boys with a maternal kindness, and they made clumsy attempts tn remore their caps. "Tell ye wot." he said, impressively, "goff'd be somethin' if they was nil like her. She's a pippin." Then, after a moment's thought, he added: "Wish the cannin' fact'ry was oppn."-New York Telegram. Wholly Discouraged. "No, ma'am, I don't like "eui." raid Mr. Cumrox with emphasis. "I'm 1 ?o to say these dialect stories makes ue tired. Half the words In 'em ain't In the dictionary." ' "But you might cultivate a liking for them," said his wife's sister. "It is something like music. You may not have much of an ear for lt nt first, bnt if you keep at it you will soon appreciate it." "Well, maybe I will some day. Bnt I'd rather have something solid. I'd like to begin on some of my youngest girl's school booka and go right through 'em. That's the sort of read ing that KI enjoy spending time on." He picked up one of his daughter's "books which happened to be lying near. It was a copy of Virgil, which his daughter fi?d been translating into English. He stared solemnly at the first page of the Latin epic for awhile nnd then slowly turned the leaf. When bis eyes had gotten down to the middle of the next page he laid the volume down with a sigh. "It's no use," Be exclaimed regret fully. "What is of no use?" "My trying to read dialect. And I must say that this thing of teach In' it in the public schools strikes me as j plaguey foolishness." - Washington , Star. Poultry Notes. Keep the moulting hens out of the rain and do not let them roost In trees. Nice plump-bodied chickens always find a ready market. Try to supply that kind. . Gainer a few barrels of road dust for the hen's bath this winter. Repair ail leaks and cracks In the poultry house now, and arrange the scratching shed for winter. Don't expect your hens to lay when you neglect them, and then complain that there is no profit In poultry. Don't let your fowls roost In a damp housp. and then wonder why they wheeze and have swollen heads. One hundred hens will consume one hundred pounds of grit during tho year, and still some people foolishishly neglect to supply it. Don't neglect to give fresh, cool water to the fowls twice dally. Many of the so-called diseases have their origin in a failure to get pure water. >'cw llosetting Revolver. An Austrian gunmaker, who has devoted great time and attention to revolvers and repeating rifles, has patented a new form of revolver. In the present type of weapon tho gan generated in the disoharge is made use of for reloading and resetting the revolver, hut in the new one tho functions are performed by mechan ism. Climatic conditions affect the gases and render the weapon less effective; this state of things ?B avoid ed by the new pr.tent. Totter lue ii The Nnmo of lt. If you have any skin disease mich as eczema, galt rheum, ringworm or tetter, nothing will cure you so quickly or thoroughly aB Tetterine. lt has cured thousands and will cure yon. Nu merous testimoniale for the asking. Accept no substituto. J. T. tthuptrlne. Monuf'r., Savan nah, Ga., will sond you a box postpaid forflOo In stamps lt your druggist doesn't k*-op lt. In the vicinity of Norfolk, Va., there are 1,500 acres devoted to the culture of peanuts. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or ?.V. Jf U. C. 0. fail to cure, druggists refund money. J?o i Ionic ls a success to that woman who doesn't get a piece o? lier own cake. There ls more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other disensos put togethor, and until tho last few years was supposed to be incurable For a great mnuy yearn doctors pronounced lt a local disease and proscribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced lt In curable. Bclenco has proven catarrh to ho n constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured hy F. J. Cheney & Co . Toledo] Ohio, la lae only constltutl -u.il cum on tho market. It ls taken Internally IT dones from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It a -ts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer ono hundred dollars tor any CAM it falls to ?-urn. Send for circulars and testi moni?is. Address F. J CnRKKT & Co., Tolodo.O. Sold hv Drucglsts. 7.V. Hall's Family Fills are U?9 heat. To cure, or REMARKABLE YIELD OP WHEAT, r. Fred Oliver and the Charlotte Oil & Fertilizer Co. Lead the Country. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, as no doubt again lead the United tates In growing wheat. The Charlotte il and Fertilizer Co., had 145 acres, ad Mr. Fred Oliver 210 acres, making 55 acres of wheat grown by one man der, Mr. Oliver. Tbls wheat suffered from the exccs ve rains and cold weather cxpsrienc 1 by the whole Winter wh?at territory ist Winter, and the yield was cut off : least 50 per cent by the damage done. : gave an average yield, however, of 0 bushels per acre. Many acres that ere so situated as to be protected by ood drainage and by surrounding oods, gave yield of over 40 bushels er acre. Mr. Oliver claims he can raise 3 to 50 bushels of wheat per acre with ivorable seasons. The fertilizer U6ed last season cost 54.00 per acre, and it would no doubt ave given double the yield of wheat, the weather had been favorable, "hy raise cotton when you can get lore money value from wheat, with ss labor and expense, and ftt the simc me have a chance to grow on same ind, same season, another crop either t peas, millet or corn. The farmers 1 the South will be much more inde endent when they raise all the wheat, )rn and hog3 and cattle that they con nue, and only half as much cotton as : now grown. You can grow good wheat, corn and ay, and gather two crops per year, ou can improve your land and make ; worth double in five years what it ill now sell for. You can not do it y raising cotton alone, you must irm on a broader minded principle nd use fertilizer freely, and above all, sp the highest grade fertilizer on the ?arket, lt is cheaper than tbe lowest rades, quality considered. CHINESE PIRATES. heir Terrible Crlmei and No Less Terrible Punishment. "The Scourge of the Eastern Seas" ro the pirates tfcnt infest thc Chiua ea and the Philippine Islands. John . Sewnll relates several thrilling stor !S of the OhinpRO vikings' crimes and heir punishment in the "Salt-Water" 'rntury. Some of the exploits of these rod rov rs aro curiously interesting. If any f my readers have sailed up the Can on River they will recall the Chinese ortress of the Bora Tigris nt its louth, on the starboard side ns you ntpr. Down by the waterside n long rhitp parapet stretches along the hore: at ?ach end a wall of masonry eaohea up tho hill, and disappears ver the crest. Whether there ls a j ourth wall out of sight, joining the ! wo and completing thc square, I do ! lot remember; but certain British tars j ould toll you-if they have lasted rom 1842 till this present ypar of ' ;mce. During tho opium war the fort- ! ess wa? attacked; but the storr-'ne i ?arty pulled quietly around ..v-nu- . and. and forming ou thc .each, clam- 1 ?prod up over the hill, and the first ! ?lng HIP Celestials know their foe ras rufhing down upon them from the i ear, and within the lnclosure. There ! vas nothing for it but to surrender. ! vhich they did. bristling with wrath j t such a breach of military manners. Hiyah! Why you no come front side? . ilore better light where we makoe eady for you!'' But this is a degression. What we ire after ls the pirates. It was an arbor commandant of this same fort ess 'who mot with equally bad luck. )ue of tho fleets npponred in his neigh borhood, and he snllied out to attack t. The pirates surrounded him, and ifter a furious engagement, which last d all day, and with such havoc as may ie left to the Imagination, captured dm and whatever fragments of his leet were still nflont. This disaster vas partly avenged the next year, rheu the Chinese admiral, with a bun trpd junks, attacked another fleet on he samp crulsing-ground. Groat nu ni ters of thp pirntcs werp destroyed and onie two hundred taken prisoners. Those who aro familiar with Chinese oetbois cnn easily judge hov,- long the wo hundred were kept from joining heir bloody comrades in tho shades JPIOW. In another encounter not for rom thc some place, before the eoin mtants could close upon one another, t fell dead calm, whereupon crowds if the pirates leaped luto the sea like lavages, swam to the enemy with their cnives In their teeth, and attacked hem so fiercely that they could not be jen ten off, and actually cut out sev >ra Junks from the Imperial fleet. The 'ortunes of war varied. With provok ng impartiality, and apparently with io ethical preference, victory would >ereu on the standard of the pirate piite as often as on the banner of the ?ighteor.s defenders of their country's commerce. We read of whole fleets mgaged, fightlug all day and all night, "wo days, even three days nt a time. ;wo or three hundred junks on a side, ind a drawn game at the end. Xo .lilid's play this. At one time the nd niral is lying qniety at anchor among 'he islands, when suddenly two hun Ired pirate crate slip around the hoad nnd, and pounce upon him with an on set so furious that. In spite of a vigor ous defense, twenty-five of his fleet ire gone with their captors before he ?nn get up his anchors and chane them. Those encounters wpre not confined to ?he sea. There were frequent raids on :he villages that lined the harbor and rivers. Ill-Luck Made Mis Fortune. Robert A. McCreary, of I.eechburg, Kansas, just returned from tho Klon dike, tells of the strange experience of Gus Anderson, who preceded him to the gold fields. Anderson is uow a millionaire and will soon return. He went to the Klondike three years ago with $SO0. A wave of iii fortune brought him wealth. Two miners had staked out a claim on El Dorado Creek. They heard Anderson had money, and not having sufficient moans to begin work wpnt to Ander son and offered to soil. Anderson re fused to buy, so the owners of the ap parently poor claim proceeded to make Anderson drunk. The strangers made out a deed for their claim, turned it over to Anderson and relieved him of his money. When he discovered the action he was broken-hearted. Finnlly ho concluded to make the best of his hard lot. and went to work on the claim without hopes. HP sunk a shaft and a month later hp cashed out ?2, 200. Thc men who forced him to buy thou demanded a fourth interest An derson secured help. Tho first year hi cleared $240,000 and the next $250,000 and the iiiinp promises hotter results this year. John Berger and McCreary worked a claim next to Anderson's ?iud found nothing. They then wont to work for Anderson at ?<> ppr day. money refunded bv your i ACAPABLE mother must \ The experience of mate without careful physical Correct and practical counsel is be mother needB and this counsel writing to MRS. Co Co., Mich., "DEAR 1 I began hs ging pains fuse and p leucorrhoea and consulted a physician, but n not become pregnant. "Seeing one of your books, I . my troubles and asking for ad vi* swered my letter promptly an< the directions faithfully, and much benefit that I cannot ] Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable pound enough. I now find n pregnant and have begun its use again. I cannot praise it enough." / MRS. PERLEY MOULTON, (k Thetford, Vt., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM I think Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is an excellent medicine. I took several bottles of it before the birth of my baby and got along nicely. I had no after-pains and ara now strong and enjoying good health. Baby is also fat and healthy." MRS. CHAS. GERBIG, 304 South Monroe St., Balti more, Md., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-Before tak ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was unable to become pregnant; health is much improved, and and pride of our home." The Largest Dujout. The Mendocino (Cal) Beacon tells of a novelty in the shape of a schooner that is to be made from a single red. wood tree, which will probably be the largest '"dugout" ever floated. Captain Miudron intends to cut down one of tho big redwood trees in Humboldt County and convert it iuto a boat, in which he will sail ?round Cape Horn and cross the Atlantic in time to hare a conspicuous part in the Paris Ex position. "I will build," the captain says, "a schooner from one of the big trees in Humboldt County. The hull shall be one solid piece-simply the trunk of the tree hollowed out and hewn into proper shape. I will take a free from twenty-two to twenty-four feet In dia meter for my boat. She will be forty eight feet long fifteen feet beam and ?jn feet deep, ?nd will be rigged as a schooner. I figure that it will take me from two to three months to complete it. I will snil from here and go around Capp Horn or through the Straits of Magellan, across the Atlantic and up the Seine to Paris. I want to be able to start in time to reach Cape Horn about the last of December of this year, so that I will arrive at Paris by Mav of 1000."_ flow the French President Lives. The rule of life at the Klysee is as simple ns circumstances will permit, for, except when obliged to give offi cial entertainments, M. and Mme. Loubet take their luncheon at 12 and their dinner at 7 In a small dining room, the furniture of which is as plain as the menu on the-tnble, though now rind then they have an Intimate friend to join them at the formal meal. M. Loubet, however, simple as are his tastes and frugal as is his fare, is fully alive to the importance of maintain ing the dignity of his offlee. and lt may be taken for granted that he will, when he returns to Taris from Rambouillet and Moutollmnr. between which places he will. If all goes well, spend his well earned summer holiday, put himself into training for the severe social duties which tho president of the re public will have to discharge during the exhibition year. l?eauty Is Blood Deep. Clei.n blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets. Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up tho lazy liver and driving nil lm Eurlties from the bodv. Begin to-day to anish pimples, boila, blotches, blackheads, nnd that sickly bilious completion by taking Cnscarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lie, 25c, 50c Muslc-boxe? forb'cycles are now manufac tured by a Arm in Hnmburc, Germany. Big Money in Fancy Strawberries. Our free publications tell how to mako lt. <?. P. Co., Strawberry Specialists. Klttrell, X. C. To maintain the charities department in Boston last year cost S1M.&43. PISO'B Cure for Consumption hos DO equal as a Couch medicine.-P.M. A BBOTT,;5SDsen eca St, Buffalo, N. Y., May 9. 1804 "My Wife Had the Chills and one bottle of Wlntertralth's Chill Cure cured her. She has aover been bothered with chills since. Miss Lula Vortrees had tho chills fora yo tr and broke them with vMoter smlth's Chill Curo."-W. fc; .\Jobberly, Upton, Ky. Address AKTHUU PETBR ft Co., Louisville, Ky. Mau know? that Hope is a flatterer, yet he keops on coaxing her to talk to him. Kdueato Your Howell? With Casourets. Cnnriy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Kc. C.V. ll C. C. C. fall. Orufplstf refund money. It is now proposed to save the Palisades by popular subscription. jok at yourself I Is your face covered with pimples? Your skin rough and blotchy? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure constipation, biliousness, and dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. Want your m out tac he or beard a beautiful brown cr Ifen.black? Then DM BUCKINGHAM'S DYE ?Irs Btgft 8UB9BP Ask for it. If your dealer hasn't it he can get lt cosily. DR. MOFFI Tl (Teetiilng Poi Costs only 85 Cents. Ai C. J. MC nerchant, so why not try it se a health? mother. irnity should not be approached preparation. what the expectant and would? she can secure without cost by Mrs. Pinkbam at Lynn. M2S*. RA GiLSON, Yates, Monistee writes : 1RS. PINKHAM-TWO years ago ivicg such dull, heavy, drag? in my back, menses were pro? ainful and was troubled with 1. I took patent medicines eceived no benefit and could GOLDEN CROWN LAMP rs Aro tlie bett. A?i< for them. Cost DO mora tuan romoinn clileinc-r?. All dealer*. PITTSBURG t J LA&J CO.. Allegheny, Po. Send your name and address on a< postal, and we will send you our i56-?( page illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. 176 Winchester Avenue, Nev? 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