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Mt. DOYLE IN SOUTH AMERICA. Write* of the Resources ami Customs of Hoi i via-A Wol li to Doctors. (Continued noni Last Week.) Our railway lines are principally on the Pampas, varying in altitude from 12..",00 feet to 10,000 feet where the Cochabamba line crosses tho Cordilleras. The City of La Paz is Bolivia, and Bolivia is La Paz. Its location certainly must be the most picturesque in the world, locat ed as it ls on the bottom of a deep canyon, the La Paz river taking its origin within the city limits. Thus the city ls surrounded on all sides, except the narrow passage where the river goes out, by a precipice rang ing in height from 1,500 to 12,000 feet, for Mount Hinman! springs up, as it were, out of tho eastern sub urbs to'a height of 25.000 feet. She is perpetually snow-capped, the line of perpetual snow in this latitude being 17,000 feet. The city has a population of t?O, 00o, 8o to 90 per cent of which are Indians, and is by far the most im portant city of the Republic-social ly, politically, commercially, and in every other respect-though it ls years behind in the matter of public Improvements-no sewerage, etc. The better bouses nre all built of adobe, and after the manner of the Spanish architecture, there being but one entrance, which opens into a hall way, which leads to a patio, and the rooms all open out on this open court. The horse and cow pass in and out through this one door with the rest of the family. The stores, no matter what else they have for sale, always have a stock of "booze,"' and, I might add, no one here bas any regard whatever for the Sabbath day. The stores all open until the bull ring opens in the afternoon. The city is the present seat of gov ernment, and has been since the last revolution, the President living here, Congress meeting here, etc. The gov ernment is supposed to be republi can in form, though the President ls almost a dictator-1 think necessari ly to among these people--the con stitution giving bim much more au thority than our constitution gives our President. Nearly every officer ls appointed directly by him, even the Praefects (Governors) of the dif ferent departments receiving their appointments from him. The gov ernment is by no means free from the drawbacks so common among Spanish-American Republics. R?vo lutions, etc., have been quite frequent and they have never had a President who didn't become quite wealthy and quitted Ibo country to live In Bails so soon as his tenn of offlce ex pired. But I think the present Presi dent, Montes, ls actuated by patriotic motives, and ls n strong factor in the growing stability of the nation. We Americans necessarily think so, fur he has been our friend, and the friend of everything and everybody who stands for progress, enl'ghton ment and the upbuilding of thc na tion, though, of course many of the laws, etc., arc obsolete. For Instance, they will issue no extradition papers -one way, 1 suppose, of settling un the country with desirable people. As a consequence many criminals are here. Some of the famous bandit gang, known as the "Hole In the Wall Gang" In the States, have taken up their abode here, and held tip the company a short time since for $11, 00 0. The country In civilization ls at least one-half century behind the States; in fact, lt ls a strange blend, lng of civilization and savagery-nec essarily so when IX) per cent of the population are Indians. The section In which some of these tribes live never yet bas been explored. True, some of them have been entered by white men, but they entered never to return again. There ls one tribe of cannibals here who are called Tata mankares (priest-eaters) because of their fondness for the flesh of priests. By the way, the country ls Roman Catholic in religion. Thus far I ha\> found no other churches. The con stitution prescribes that the Presi dent must be a Roman Catholic, al though this President happened lo be also a Free Mason. Il id this been known by the priests they would never have allowed his election, and he has been a hot brick in their bands, he having instituted many reforms. The first thing be did after taking the oath of ellice was o Issue a proclamation declaring that all re ligions would be tolerated Of cou ree the priests didn't appreciate this, but it was not long before he went far ther and had abolished the special court composed oi' priests and ap pointed by them. This ecclesiastical court was formed for the purpose of trying any priest or church member who had committed an offence against the State. President Montes said no; these offenders must be tried by the civil courts, just as any other criminal. "An enemy to God and the church-' was the bowl, yet the President stood firm, l'ope Plus withdrew his papal representa tive from Bolivia. Then it was that President Montes was about to de clare the marriage law null and void. This law holds that no mar riage is legal In Bolivlr. other than that or the Roman Catholic church. Then the Pope rushed his represen tative back for fear he would lose bis hold entirely on the country. 80 this reform, for the time being, ls held In abeyance. The priests have charge of the cemeteries here. They divide them into three parts, one for those going to Hades, one for those bound for Purgatory, the other for those who deserve a heavenly home, and lt de pends entirely on the price paid the priest as to which section the body of the deceased is laid. The govern ment haf. recently put a stop to this practice in La Paz cemeteries, but the custom still prevails In the re mainder of the country. The church is ns corrupt in Bolivia as lt was In Europe during the middle ages. Thin is certainly a land of manana so far as labor ls concerned. Every thing ls to-morrow-never do lt to day-and to try to get one or these fellows to do anything for you cer tainly causes one to use language scriptural in sound though not In spirit, unless you have the patience of Job. All the labor In the country ls worked on the force principle, the government requiring each Indian to work two weeks during the year. Wore lt not for this fact the sections on' the railroads and the mines could not be operated at all. The labor of the country is further demoralized by the great number of fiesta days. I think they must celebrate the natal day of every priest of note that ever lived tn the country. The drunken debauchery of one fiesta day ls hard ly over until another is on. I feel certain that one-half of the days of the year are taken up with ibese carousals. On these days the In dians will roast Llamas whole, and after curious forms of Carbou's cere monies they eat the Llama meat with their hands (no knives and forks, every one helping himself, lt being free, the while drinking chicha, a mild alcoholic drink, at the same time playing their tom-toms, blow ing their whistles, and dancing until they become so intoxicated that.they can no longer stand. The squaws on these occasions, and nil others tor that matter, are dressed In the gay est colors they can obtain. There must be some distinction of caste In wearing a great number of skirts, ' for they all wear from six to twelve, and even moro. An acquaintance of mine was over in Cochabamba some time ago and heard two young girls quarreling as to which bad the greater number or skirts. Finally each one, to prove her contention, began to remove her skirts. He said he stood and watched them until each one had taken off seventeen, and then turned his face away. The first statement I do not doubt at all; the latter I would not vouch for. This took place on the Plaza of the city, but this is not at all unusual, for these people as a whole have na Idea of ethics, decency or morality Commercially, La Paz ls quite ? distributing point for Paraguay tea, while the eastern section of ll olivia ls covered with great forests of Ca chonch trees, which are just begin ning to be worked. She also ships considerable quantities of cinchona bark, and I see trains of burros dally loaded with cocoa leaves. Roth ol these trees are also natives of the low country. Practically all the na tives have formed the habit of chew ing cocoa leaves. By adding a little lime to them they extract the co caine, and of course they are noth ing more nor less than cocaine flendf to a moderate extent. Bolivia's mineral wealth, however is decidedly her chief asset; In fact she ls dependent upon lt, for as thc price of tin ore varies so does thc price of her money vary. Cold, sil ver, copper, tin-in fact, ever) known mineral-are found here some of them in great quantities with one glaring exception, coal. Thc railroad company ships coal bert from Australia at a cost of aboul $!I0 per ton. Now since she bas hoi railroad In operation I believe thal Bolivia is destined to become thc confer of the greatest mining opera tions in the world. Abeady one company hero bas In service 10,00( Llamas In packing ore to the rail road and supplies back to the mine 1 intended writing something of th? fauna of the country, but my lettei ls already becoming long. Permll me to say ir the information of tb? Nlmrdds, teat of all four-footed an! mais on the face of the earth, I be lleve there are none so lleet-foote? as the vacutnea, found on the Pam pas of this country. 1 have been it numbers of fox and deer races; i bas also been my privilege to see th? cayote of the plains of Oklahoma li action, but he ls not In lt, neither ar? the stag hounds which are used t< overtake him. Never In my life hav< I seen nny animal get off the land scape as quickly and gracefully ns 1 vacutnea accomplishes lt. Thus fa 1 have only been successful In bring lng one down. This was done at 1 distance of ">00 yards. Now, a few words to my medica friends. Never In my life have REV. COKE Who Waa Re-Elected August 25th scntAtlves ff<m\ < West Union, Sept. 3.-Editor Keo- I wee Courier: 1 desire, through the j columns of The Courier, to express ' my sincere thanks and appreciation to my friends of Oconee county for the support they gave me in my re cent election to the House of Repre sentatives for another term. I feel that they have honored me greatly In the confidence they have reposed seen so many purple lips and ears, and protruding eye-balls, as I have seen in this altitude. Why. you would think some of the people had goitre. 1 myself have had consider able disturbance with my respiration since my arrival here. We have all the diseases to treat which yon have in Oconee, though pneumonia is the most dreaded of them all, it being considered quite fatal. Thus far I have been very fortunate with lt, having treated about one-half dozen cases since my arrival, and they all recovered, though it is considered much more fatal among the "Gren gos" than natives; In faet, when one of our boys ls stricken with it we put him on a train and take him to the sea coast as fast as they can turn a wheel. Smallpox we always have with us, the climate being sim ply grand for the spread of the con tagion. Har troubles of all sorts are frequent. As a consequence the natives wear quite thick wollen caps with large ear Haps attached, which are tied with a string under the chin. Then we have one disease here which, so far as I am informed, is found nowhere else lu the world, called by the natives verucca. It manifests Itself first usually on the cheek or elsewhere on the face, at first having some similarity to lupus, but in its later manifestations not at all like it, becoming terribly ulcer ated and very ugly-a slight simi larity to caeclnoma or saecoma. Yet 1 am absolutely certain that lt is a distinct disease from either of these. We have these here also, it having a different physical appearance from these. Then there doesn't appear to be the great glandular and other Involvements which we have with those diseases. The disease ls fatal, running from six to fifteen years, and I believe lt to be contagions, or, rather, I should say. Infectious. What an interesting occupation lt would be for some scientific micro scopist to come here and make a study of this disease. An old monas tery in La Paz is used for a hospital, and of course is very inconvenient and out of date-still better than no hospital. I intended writing much moro about the manners, habiis and cus toms of this >eople; wanted also to say something in reference to the Incas-- a people who Inhabited this country many centuries ago, and possessed civilization to a marked degree, for the ruins of their old cities bear silent but eloquent wit ness to this fact, for reservoirs of water, work in cement, and th? fin est of masonry are still standing. Tiley were also in possession of an art which has been lost, that of tem pering copper, for axes and edged tools of various kinds, made of cop per, have been found In these ruins. A letter could be written on this sub. Jed alone, but I must quit lest I grow tiresome. K. C. Doyle. Brother of CzotgOMZ in Workhouse. Sharon, Pa., Sept. 6.-John C/.ol KOKZ, brother of President McKinley's assassin, lias been sentenced to the workhouse for three months. The police claim that Czolgosz ls Insane, and his case will be Investigated. I????????????! Scott'** Etnutsio nursing mothers by inc nerve force? It provides baby and mineral food fe ALL DRUOOIST .??.???.fr???* li. MA XX. HM a Member of tho House of llepre Icoiiee County. * in nie in placing this commission in my hands twice inside of two years, and if I live not only those who sup ported me in my election, but also tnose who voted against me shall have no just cause to say a mistake was made In selecting me as one to represent the Interests of the county or State of South Carolina. Respectfully, Coke D. Mann. A ROUT PENDING HORSES. Part of Speech of One of the South's Experta in this Line. The following is clipped from The Slate, being a part of the speech re cently made by Judge Henry Ham mond, of Augusta and Reach Island. Judge Hammond is recognized as an expert on the subject of feeding stock. "When the farmers of the South learn to use more of their cotton pro ducts, learn to feed their horses and stock with cotton seed products, it will mean millions of dollars to the South, part of which every farmer will save for himself. No report has ever been shown that injury to a horse has been a result of feeding cotton seed meal. Feed it every day. That's what 1 do. lt is not a hot or a cold climate feed. Feed not less than one pound nor more than three, the amount to be determined by the age, size and work of the animal. Not only is lt the mos*, nutritious food, but it greatly aids the diges tion and genarl health and good ap pearance of the animal. "Feed cotton seed meal with any thing you ever heard of a horse or mule eating-corn, whole; corn, cracked; ensilage, bran, etc. Don't stick to any one food. Glve a varie ty. Change as the price changes. It is always best to feed hara working stock ground (not too flue) feed. Cotton seed meal is fed to best ad vantage when thoroughly mixed with thc other portion of the grain part .of the ration. "If you know what number of pounds of ?rain will maintain your animal, reduce this two pounds for (every pound of meal you feed him. To Illustrate this, if you have been giv ing him 14 pounds of corn, give him now only lu pounds of corn and 2 pounds of cotton seed meal. He will soon Improve and do better work than ever before." Ii a pity when sick ones drug the stomach or stimulate the heart and kidneys. That Is all wrong! A weak stomach means weak stomach nerves, always. And this Is also true of the heart and kidneys. The weak nerves are Instead crying out for help. This explains why Dr. Snoop's Restorative ls promptly helping sto mach, heart and kidney ailments. The Restorative reaches out for the actual cause of these ailments-the falling "Inside nerves." Anyway test the Restorative 18 hours. It won't cure so soon as that, but you will surely know that help ls coming. Sold by J. W. Bell. Hauled Cotton Hack Home (Anderson V.il.) One of the two hale., of new cotton on the market yesterday was bid lu by .1. W. Maynard at ?) cents. lt was of the mlddletng grade. This bale was brought to the city by John Bentley, colored, who farms on shares on the land of Harle Harris in the Dark Corner section. The'other bale, produced by John Bucker, a colored farmer of Centervllle. was hauled back to the plantation, H?ck er having refused to accept the pre vailing price for the cottoh. fl strengthens enfeebled .?< reasing their flesh and ^ 4 ir ' with the necessary fat #L >r healthy growth. Vj S: SOo. AND $i.oo. ?V 444444 4*3*44444 REUNION OF THK LEE FAMILY. Descendants of Mr. ind Mr-., .lohn Lee Gather at their Home. There was an interesting reunion of the descendants of John Lee, Sr., and Iiis estimable wife, Mrs. Polly Lee, at their home near Long Creek on Sunday, August 30th, when about sixty-three of their descendants, in cluding their nine children, gladden ed the hearts of their worthy fore parents by their presence. Quite a number of neighbor** and friends added to the jolly crowd that gath ered around the old homestead. After a pleasant time spent in social intercourse an elegant and very dainty basket dinner was spread in the cool shadows of the beautiful shade trees near the house, after par taking of which the company was entertained by Marcus D. Lee, the einest son of the aged couple, with a touching speech, In which he alluded to the beautiful example his beloved parents had shown by the noble life they had always lived, and he Inci dentally mentioned that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John ??ee, had now reached the ages of 74 and 72 years, respectively. Geo. Matheson, Esq., then spoke a few words, being fol lowed by John Phillips, a son-in-law of the dear old folks, who, after an Impressive talk, ended by invoking the Divine blessing on all. The honored couple, together with a maiden sister, (Aunt Peggy Lee,) were then the recipients of numerous and valuable presents, among which we noticed a beautiful pair of rock ing chair?, ?hoes, clothing, shirts, dress goods, elegant dishes, bowls, counterpanes, handkerchiefs, pitch ers, etc., besides various goodly con tributions of money. After another interval spent In pleasant sociability and a further on slaught on the delicious viands, the shades of evening compelled the re luctant company to bring to a close one of the most edifying gatherings lt has ever been our pleasure to at tend In thia community. A Friend. Tickling or dry coughs will quick ly loosen when using Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. And it is so thor oughly harmless that Dr. Shoop tells mothers to use nothing else, even for very young babies. The whole some green leaves and tender stems of a lung healing mountainous shrub give the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. lt calms the cough and heals the sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloroform, nothing harsh u ed to injure or suppress. Demand Dr. Shoop's. Accept no other. Sold by J. W. Bell. I{? d Hill Locals. (Too Late for Last Week.) Red Hill, Aug. 30.-Special: Miss Kate Lusk. our charming little school teacher, visited home folks Sunday. Foster O'Bryant returned to his home at Birmingham, Ala., on last Thursday, after a very pleasant visit of about six weeks to relatives here and elsewhere. Mrs. Lewis Rankin and child visit ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Y. C. Owens, last week. Fletcher Wilson and sister, Miss Virdree, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Holland last week. Mrs. M. E. White spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Wil son, at Clearmont. Mr. and Mrs. John F. O'Bryant re turned to their home In Birmingham, Ala., last Friday, after a pleasant visit among relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Smith, of Clear mont, silent last Sunday here with their sister, Mrs. M. G. Holland. Mrs. Mary Lumpkln, of Plckens, ls visiting her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Eads. Quite a crowd of our young folks attended the union meeting at Rocky Knoll last Sunday. Mrs. M. E. Owens visited her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Rankin, the ilrst part of last week. Mrs. C. W. Beatty is having some substantial Improvements made on her residence . Y. OA.OTOI1IA, the T9 KM You Hate Always Boog)l ftignttue el Blew Out Gas-Three Dead. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.-Peter J. Scholien, head of the Schollert Co , painters and decorators, a St. Paul pioneer, and hi? wife, Mrs. P. J. Bel oller t, and Louis Christiansen, a I rot her of Mrs. Schollert, are dead at Schollert's home as a result of as phyxiation by illuminating ga?. Hans Christiansen, a cousin, is at the city hospital, and physicians say he will not recover. Jealous Wife Kills Girl. Wichita Falls, Texas, Sept. 4. At an early hour this morning Lillie Wheatley a handsome woman, was shot and Instantly killed by Mrs.Wal ter Allen, wife of the proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel, in this city. Miss Wheatley was In a carriage with Mr. Allen when the shooting oc curred. CAN'T BB HKPAHATEH. Some Wallialla People Have .Learned How to 0?t Kid of Both. _ . Backache and kidney ache ure twin brothers. You can't separate them. And you can't get rid of the back ache until you cure the kidney ache. If the kidneys are well and strong the rest of the system is pretty sure to be in vigorous health. Doan's Kidney Pills make strong, healthy kidneys. J. R. Hughes, living on Faculty Hill, Walhalla, S. C.."says: "I have been a locomotive engineer for many years and the jolting and jarring ofy^j tln> engine lias caused me much mis-(flp ery. I had a pain across the sniair^^ of my back and at times lt extend ed into my shoulder blades. Several years ago I began taking Doan's Kid ney Pills when I was suffering from one of these attacks and it was not long before I was free from the trou ble. 1 procured them at Dr. J. W. Bell's drug store, and it dh' not re quire more than a few doses to give me relief. I do not think there is a remedy equal to Doan's Kidney Pills. For sal? by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. Jottings from Jocassee. Jocassee, Aug. 31.-Special: Jas. Smith and wife have retu.ued from a two week's visit to Bushnell. N. C. Miss Sallie Smith recently visited Mrs. .1. J. Jackson, In North Carolina. Married, by Rev. Walker. William T. Crow and Miss Dora Albertson. D. c. Mills lost a valuable mule Jfe last Sunday at John Crow's. Also,'^ Dr. S. S. Moroney lost his line horse at Salem. Seebe Golden and Wane Patterson, of Liberty, visited John Patterson, of Jocassee, recently. Miss Liza Crow has returned from a visit to relatives and friends at Bickens, Liberty and other points. Cole Pangie has. rein rued from a visit to his father's, at Dillsboro, N. C. J. T. Cash leaves till? morning for Canton, N. C., to work with the Champion Fibre Co. at the paper mill. He has been sapping in the balsam timber for the paper mill. W. M. Brown, of Walhalla, visited his old home place at Jocassee last week. Mrs. Lucy Whltmire and daught ers. Annie and Aileen, have been on a visit to Montvale, Sapphire, Lake Toxaway, Paint Rock and other places. Mrs. Josephine Patterson and mo ther visited James Patterson re cently. W. W. Moss, of Walhalla, visited In this section last week. Married, August 20, 1908. G. A. Robertson, of Horse Pasture, Pickens county, and Miss Carry Low, of Oco nee. E. P. A pleasing, good, high grade, truly flavored, amber colored cup of cof fee can be had-and without the real coffee danger, or damage to health by simply using Dr. Shoop's new sub stitute, called "Health Coffee." Pure, wholesome, toasted cereals, malt, nuts, etc., make Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee both healthful and satsifying. No 20 to 30 minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute," says Dr. Shoop. If served as coffee, lt's taste will even trick an expert. Test it and see. A. P. Crisp. What's Doing at Salem. (Too Late for Last Week.) Salem, August 31.-Sp?, lal: There has been an abundant rainfall here for the past week. f it holds up for a few days fodder will be ready to pull. After this week Bear Pen school will be closed for a few weeks in order to accommodate the pupils in pushing fall farm work. Christopher T. Rogers, formerly of Whitewater, who had previously been clerking for Robert McCall, of Cash ier's, N. C., was married on Saturday, August 22d, to Miss Lena McCall, of Cashier's. She is a daughtr .* of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCall. The many friends of the young couple extend congratulations and best wishes for a long life of happiness. Mr. Bowers and a party of picnick ers were hunting here last week and ran two foxes into the ground Friday. On Saturday they ran one fox almost the entire day. Miss Matilda Bane returned to her home in Henderson county, North Ca rolina, last week, after visiting her sister, Mrs. S. C. Nix. Mrs. W. A. Wilson is visiting her home In North Carolina. S. C. Nix and son Miller went to Toxaway last week on business. B. F. Coward suffered an accident last week, when he fell from the top of his new house. He was not seri ously hurt, however. Norman P. Whitten, our mall car rier, has been ill for a few days. We hope he will soon be well again. D. Fi. Nicholson has been quito unwell for severnl days, but we aro glad to report that he is better now, and we hope he will be soon entirely well. Jr. Once Used Always on Hand 25c. EVERYWHERE