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A REGION O Uncle Sam will Ex Land of " Special to Neu WASHINGTON, june 30.-Uncle Sam is going to explore the least known region within the limits of the United States-that mysterious country, in Western Texas, where the old-time adventurer Corouado was lost, together with bis baud of followers, while ^'arching for the golden village of tiran Quivera. He was led to believe that thete was such a village, filled with stores of the yellow metal, by the tales of treacherous Indians, who ,.v uduc ted him into those wilds for thc purpose of losing the party and leaving them to starve in tho wastes. They were taken by their false guides across the Staked Plains into this vast and horrible trap; but, having discov ered the snare, they managed to make their way out of it. The government expedition will be headed by Robert T. Hill, of the Uni u ' ?States geological survey. Yester ciiy Mr. Hill said: . Notwithstanding the vast amount of exploration and ocie uti Gc research that bas been going on, some of the most elementary features of American geography are at present practically unknown. We may say to begin with .hat the most conspicuous feature of the North American Continent is the great Cordillara or Rooky Mountain system, with its bordering ranges of gigantic Sierras enclosing vast basin, deserts. This system stretches in a shape that may be likened to a canoe, from British Colombia to the drop-off of the Mexican plateau south of the City of Mexico. "The eastern rim of the canoe, known as the Rookies, has been mapped up to date only as far as Santa Fe. New Mexico. From that point on through New M?xico, Western Texas and Northeast Mexico are many creat '?ouQtains and ranges, which Lave never been delineated on any chart. No definite idea exists as to their ar rangement, the elevation to whieh they risc, or the details of their topogra phy. It is known,Niowever, that in Mexico, south of the month of the Kio Grande, the mountains of the mighty system run into the sea, where the great coastal plain that begins in New Jersey and runs down the east shore of the continent-cornea toan end. w ^ The problem is to find out some thing shoat , these mountains, with other details necessary for- the map ping of this country which at present is so completely unknown. Last stim uler I made a ?ecl?o? across tho oa?t front ranges in the Great Bond region bi Texas, and this yesr I am agoing to reconnoitre the vast territory which lies between there and Santa Fe, to the north and west. From the little that is known of the country io ques tion it may be described SB a land of peculiar conformation, mighty ranges of mountains alternating with vast stretches of waterless tablelands, bor dered by 'precipitous cliffs and en closing immense desert valleys called 'boisons' by the Mexioans. The word bols?n means literally a purse, and hence is applied to these enclosed areas, which have no drainage outlet to the sea. Among the mountains one may mention the Sacramento group, the highest peak of whieh, El Capitan, is said to bo ever 18,000 feet in height above sea level, snd is cov ered with valuable pine forests. "This region has many very strange natural features, among whieVf might speak of Howard Bols?n, on the line between Texas and New Mexico, with its Btrango lake of crystal salt. It is quites large body of water, and is always covered with a thin layer of salt, which up to very recent times was the 'chief source of salt supply for all Northern Mexico. The natives used to come hundreds of miles to got it. Bui the railways arrived, civiliza tion was introduced, and an American named Howard took possession of the lake under settler s rights. That was about ten years ago. Inasmuch ss the aborigine* had always considered the lake thc oommon. property of all, they resented the ' monopoly aod murdered the new owner. Of course the salt is derived from the rooks of the monal taios surrounding the lake,'being ear ned into the latter by streams. There is no outlet, and, evaporation being very rapid, the saline element steadily accumulates. "I ought apt to forget to mention thc desert of white sand, which covers B ive ral hundred square miles. Over all of its area there is nothing but the purest white saud, which is not quarts, Uko beach sand, but composed of grains of gypsum, or alabaster. As you may imagine, it is very beautiful. ron tras ting with this are the equally interesting Malpais lands, the surface ff which is made up pf-Java. This lava makes: a broad ribbon, raming forty milos southward from a crater F MARVELS. plore this Summer a Wonders. '8 and Courier. j situated midday between the Sien? Oscura and thc Sacramento range, the volcano itself rising from the centre of a bols?n desert. The lava is bub bly, ropy and cinder-like in different parts, and has the appearance of hav ing been discharged in a multen con dition ata very recent period. "Again, there are the wonderful Vermillion lauds-vast stretches of blood-red landscape, broken only by occasional stripes of snow white gyp sum. They are an outcrop of the red clays and rocks of the ancient Per mian formation. Rising sometimes 1,000 feet or more above thc desert plains are the superb encampments of the plateaus, the summit cliffs of which are often so sheer and vertical that the traveller is obliged to follow the edge for many miles before he can find a place where it is practicable to descend. These tremendous cliffs are called by the Mexicans, in their pic turesque . nomenclature, 'Cejas,' or magnificent Ceja de Galisteo, not far to the southward of Santa Fe. "Hardly any water reaches the ocean from this weird and uninviting country, and only two rivers lead out of it-namely, the Peeps and the Rio Grande. Bnt these two streams are not at all like ordinary rivers, which all along their courue gather fresh con tri bu tiona from every creek and rill. The Rio Grande and Pecos oan scarce ly be said to have any tributaries; they are mere canals passing through the country, as one might say, their waters being derived from the snows of the mountains of Colorado. On a large map of Western Texas you will find a great many streams of various sizes, but they are all head and no tail, being absorbed eventually into the sands of the deserts. It was a great volcanic country once-the ter ritory I am describing. Its volcanic craters are not mere necks or cores, like'most of the so-called craters of the United States; they are gigantic , heaps.of -cinders, and. preserve their contour so perfectly as to conveys vivid notion of their recent activity. "In the vast stretch between the Pecos and the Rio Grande are many ruins, left behind by an ancient abc- ! rig i nal population. Some of them, such ss that o* Craa Qnivira-not to be confused, by the way, with the mythical golden village of Coronado ?how evidences of having been occu pied by a once numerous people, of which there is no record in history or tradition. There cfc r?agi ns of ex tensive irrigation works, where now there is no water, and the only rea sonable theory seems tobe that the population was driven away by the drying up of the water supply which formerly existed. "Not the least interesting point about this mysterious region is that its settlement and development have preceded its exploration by geogra phers. Railroads are being built through it, its vast pine forests are being attacked by saw mills, and pros perous towns are growing up in those portions of it which are habitable, and yet almost nothing about the country is authentically known." RENE BACHE. Is lt Right for an Edite, to Recommend Patent Medicines ! - From Sylvan Va'ley News, B rev ard, M. C. It may be a question whether the editor of a newspaper has the right to publicly recommend any of the vari ous proprietary medicines which flood the market, yoi* as a preventive of suf fering we feel it a duty to say a good word for Chamberlan'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. We have known and used this medicine in onr family for twenty yeara and have al ways found it reliable. In many cases' a dose of this remedy wonld save hours of Buffering while a physician is await ed. We do not believe in depending implicitly on any medicino for a enr?. but TTC do believe that if a bottle ot Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy were kept on hand and administered at the inception of an attack mnoh suffering might be avoided, and in very many oases the presence of a physician would not be required. At least this has been oar experience daring the iast twenty years. For sale by ?ill itt Drug Co. - - m o *rm - It has been. demonstrated by expe rience .MM wO?B???ption can be pre vented by the early nse of One Min ute Cough Cure. This is the favorite remedy for coughs, colds, croup, asth ma and fJhthroat and lung troubles. Cures quickly. Evans' Pharmacy. - Lawyer-So yonr name ia Samp son? Witness-Yes, sir. Lawyer Now, remember, you are oe your oath. Do you serioTisly. think you could break your namesake's record? Wit ness-I don't know,, sir; but Fd like to try when you hayo finished with the jawbone. Kodol Dyspepsia Curo digests what you eat and allows dyspeptics to eat plenty of nourishing food while the stomach troubles are being radically oared by the medicinal ?gents it con tains. Pleasant to take and gives qoick relief. Evans' Pharmacy. AV HERE CHARITY BEGINS. Its Most Earnest Work May Be in the Home, but It Should Not End There. Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever of fice, business and employment a per son is engaged in.-Swedenborg. When we were tiny tots we were taught to repeat: "Faith, hope and charity; the greatest of these is charity." The rrcuning was only vague to us then, or perhaps there was no mean ing at all. We lisped the words in childish fashion because we were told they contained a lesson we must learn, cr we worked them in cross-stitch on canvas for a "motto" to hang in the sitting-room. But now that we are older grown *ve have learned that the "greatest of these"-at least some of us have learned it, maybe through the sorrows of others, if not our own-"is charity.". And a part of thc teaching concern ing charity, too, in our childhood was that it began at home. Some of us learned that part of the lesson to re member it always, and others of us forgot it quito soon, because it was not put i J to practice, and others of us allowed t' e charitable spirit to go no furth' r than tho confines of home. But while charity may begin at home, it should not stop there. And because it often does is the why of this bit of a sermon. The average woman is charitably inclined. Sometimes she puts aside this inclination and yields to the temptation to think unkindly of her friends and neighbors when she could just as well think the best of them, and so I am moved to grow a bit preachy, because I am sending an an ewer in this to the question somebody has asked me: "Are women more charitable than men?" Both men and women have many chances to be chan table, but I rather think those that come to women out number those that come to men. It would be hard to answer the question with a simple "yes" or "no," because the ground upou which men and wo men daiiy stand in such matters is an uneven one. Swedenborg's idea of what charity consists in is cf broad one, and if we accept it as a viewpoint from which it is well to look, we may conclude that there is no bound or limit to the field in .vhich daily charity should dwell. A man's opportunity to bestovr sharity oftentimes comes in such way that it is big, and great and grand, and be 5s proud of the opportunity. But to a .ionian ?hem comes, more often than th? bis ones, opportunities that ?re so small ;hey are vexing. But lifter all it is the little things of life that eonnt, and while petty things are Always more or less-trying it isn't al ways juBt wise to think of them o* no account and not worth while.' There is the charity that prompts one to say nothing when only ill of one might be said, and the chanty that prompts one to boldly take the part of another who is being criticised harshly and undeservedly. And there is the charity that prompts a woman kt home to be a gracious neighbor, to willingly and with a smile lend a cup )f sugar to help out the cake that is being made next door. Of course, in this day, when there are neat little atores at almost every oorner, and tele phones io our houses so we may easily ?all up our grocers if we do not care to walk a block to give an order, thero is not really muon excuse for "bor rowing.". In faot, we nowadays look apon the neighbor who "runs short" ind appeals to us to help her out as rather a careless housekeeper. And unless we are very charitably inclined women, we indulge in a little frown when we are interrupted in our reading to go back to the kitchen for a lemon for our neighbor's waiting little girl. There are, indeed, times, thongb, when chances for the greater charities some to every womsn. Perhaps the imall every day affairs that I have made note of you think wrongly placed under the head of "charity/' but that is really where they belong, for it is the charitable spirit and nothing else that makes it possible for a woman to bake them up smilingly. But the most charitable woman usu ally has one shortcoming. She looks for somo exhibition of gratitude, and often frets herself half to death be cause she does not discover it. Here is something that a thoughtful writer of late has written: "Living ia expectation of gratitude dulls all our best actions. There ia in snob living always a touch of the pose; it is playing to the gallery, it is asking for s receipt for a good sot, it is demand ing compound interest on trifles of favor. We must let the consciousness of doing right, of living in harmony with our ideals, be our. reward and stimulus, or life will beeome to us a series of failures and disappointments. Let us defy ingratitude; let us tower above it and be independent of it. Let us never surrender, to the pes simism that faleely tells there is np gratitude in the world, that our good deeds are wasted. ? * ? Profuse expressions of gratitude do not cancel an indebtedness any more than a pro missory note settles an account. It is a beginning, not a finality. Gratitude that is so extravagant in words is usu ally economical in everything else. A friend's need is gratitude's oppor tunity." The sincerely charitable man or wo man shrinks from the display of grati tude on the part of one he or she hat lifted a bit over a rough place. If, after doing some little favor you look for and expect some prompt recogni tion, then I an: afraid that after all you have not really been sincere in your motive in giving and doing. Be cause you have sent the "poor rela tion" a box of old clothes at Christ mas you should not take it as a sign of a lack of gratitude that you do not receive a box of big, ripe peaches from ?he "poor relation's" little home-place in July. Perhaps thc "poor relation" found tit moro profitable to put the peaches away in jars for winter time, or couldn't afford to pay express charges and was too proud to send the box to you marked "C. O. I)." It isn't such a great act of benevo lence to send old clothes to "poor re lations" that you arc justified in ex pecting frequent signals of how deep is the gratitude of those same "poor relations." It is a part of the charity that begins at home, and labors faith fully there, to include one's kin who are not as comfortably situated as oneself. Git is ord fashioned, -I know, to acknowledge even remote family tics, but it is a good fashion that of being very charitably disposed toward "Cousin Belle" or "Cousin Lucy," not relating to others of your kith or kin, either, the story of how mach you have done for them. Oh, yes, there is plenty of work in the world for the truly charitable wo man, and it is as noble a work as any that womankind may do. The charity that speaks no ill of another, and the charity that is even generous enough to overlook ingratitude-should such be met-is a charity that is great in deed.-Margaret Hannis, in St. Lom's Republic. A Giant Projectile. Larger than any gun in the world is that just finished at the Watervliet Arsenal for the defense of New York harbor. This giant piece of or dinance, which weighs 120 tons and is 49 feet long, has been'described in tho Record before this, but some facts concerning its projectiles cannot fail to interest scientific readers. The heaviest shell now fired by an American gun weighs 1,150 pounds, bab this monster will use a projectile weighing 2,370 pounds, the caliber of the new gun being sixteen inches. This shell will have a height of about five feet six inohes, and the cartridge added to this makes a length of nine feet. Two types of sb?ll will be made, one known as cor; mon shell fitted with a base fase- S?d carrying an explosive, which latter will consist either of blaok powder or guneotton, and the other known as armor-piereing shell. The armor-piercing shells will have caps fitted over their points and will not carry any explosive charges. The latter shells are intended, as their name indicates, wholly for armor pieroing work. When an enemy's ship attempts to force a pa BS ago into New York harbor, common shells, carrying blaok powder or guneotton charges, will be employed at long range, bnt if the ship contin ues to approaoh she will be met with armor-piercing shell. It is calculated that an energy of 61,000 foot-tons will be developed by the force of impact of one of these great shells. At 2,000 yards' distance, the shock of a six teen-inch shell has been figured out as equivalent to the blow of a 6,000-ton ship (almost the size of the battleship Texas) striking at a speed of sixteen knots per hour. Nothing in the shape of wood, iron and steel has ever been devised that can withstand such a frightful impact. As for the range, it is calculated that the new sixteen-inch gan is cap able of throwing a shell weighing 2, 370 pounds a distance of twenty-one miles. The foroe at the muzzle would lift sixty-four of thc biggest freight locomotives six feet in the air.-Phil adelphia Record. Simple Cure for Sweeny. Get a pieoe of poke root the size of a silver quarter, slit tho skin at the shrunken part, slip the root in and let it stay 12 hours; then take it ont, gi?? J?<?F uOr?? a ion uBjr? rc?b anti he ie cored. LOST-Many golden opportunit?s have been lost by those who suffer rheumatism. By taking Rheum acide now they will be permanently and positively oured. Sold in Anderson by Evans Pharmacy. - Oar religion should be both oar business and our pleasure. There is no business in this world so important as serving the Lord and no pleasure like the joy that He gives to his faith ful servants. D. W. Mciver, Tukege, Ala., wrote: Our child's bowels were passing off pnro blood and all prescriptions failed to rolieve her, until we tried Toe th i na (Teething Powders), and she is now doing well. Wanted a New Husband. '.A few weeks ago a lady called at my studio," said a photographer, "and told me she wanted to have some photographs taken to send to her peo ple in Germany. I took her to roy chief operator, and what do you think she asked him? She actually re quested him to be photographed with her as her husband. 'My own hus band is a very homely, insignificant little man,' she said, 'and I'm rather ashamed to send his photo to my peo ple; so, if you will just take his place in the picture, no one will ever know anything about it.' " Two Miles of Snakes. "I was running on a road in south western Pennsylvania," said the old engineer, "when I killed two miles of ikes in three minutes. It had been a wet and cold spring, and thc same weather conditions had extended to about the middle of May, and it seems that all the snakes in that part of thc country had started to emigrate, and as the rails had become warm under thc heat of the sun the reptiles nat urally enough found the glittering steel a smooth and comfortable high way, and they just coupled up, one taking hold of the other's tail, and started down the track. I happened to be coming along with the 'jerk water,' and ?vc were making 25 miks an hour when we met the procession. Jaok Me Devi Lt, my fireman, saw the varmints first, and he completely col lapsed, bat when I perceived what we were up against I pulled the throttle of the old 54 wide open, let the sand drop and smashed two miles of snakes in less than three minutes.-Pittsburg Post. *nm i mm - Some Mortified Church goers. An eccentric clergyman in Cornwall had been much annoyed by the way the members of the congregation had of looking around to see late comers. After enduring it for some time, he said, on entering the reading desk one day: "Brethren, I regret to see that your attention is called away from your religious duties by your very natura! desire to see who comes in be hind you. I propose henceforth to save you the trouble by naming each person, who may come in late." He then began: "Dearly beloved," but paused half way to interpolate, "Mr. S-, with his wife and daugh ter." Mr. S-looked rather surprised, but the minister with perfect gravity, resumed. Presently he again paused: ?'Mr. C-and William 1)-." The abashed congregation kept their eyes studiously bent on their books. The service proceeded in the most orderly manner, the parson interrupt ing himself every now and then to name some new-comer. At last he said, still with thc seme perf^t gravity: "Mrs. S-in a new bonnet." In a moment every feminine head in the congregation had tamed aiound. - Avoid temptation, thiuugh fear yon may not withstand it. _ THESE LADIES HAVE NEVER tried Thereat ? system reculator I PRICKLY ASH I Ti n i ^^fPS? 5 fl Pl 1 fl E?K<9o i Because they think ?tia nasty and bittet: d?saireeal:^ To the stomach arxl violerif inaction. A6K THESE will Tell you it is rnotafall disagreeable. [AndasacureforlndWonJ ^Constipation, Kidney Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. Interest paid on time deposits by agreement. LIME, LIME! CEMENT, CEMENT ! NOW is the time to whitewash your barns and build. We handle tho Lime, Cement, Plastering, Hair, &c. We carry tho largest stock and best goods at low puces. Over 5,000 barrels of our Lime have been sold in An derson during the last year. Our Tennessee brand is the Lime that built the Orr Cotton Mill and tho Cox M'f'g. Co. We are prepared to furnish you irom a barrel to a car load Lime, Portland or Roseudle Cement at any time, i Use no other Lime or Cement but ours-they are the best, j Remember, we arc Headquarters on Corn, Oats, Hay, Flour, Tobacco, And everything in the Grocery line. Come and sec us or send UB your order. Yours for business, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Cur Unknown ami Whippoorwill Peas to go this week. Como quick, they are poing cheap. Fruit Jars, To put up your Fruit in. Preserving Powder. To ke'p Fruit from spoiling. Fruit Jar Rubbers, To put on your old Jars. Tartaric .A-cid, To make Cherry and Blackberry Acid. Sticky Fly Paper, To catch the flies while working with your fruit ALL AT HILL-ORR DRUG CO. E G. EVANS, Jr. ll. B. DAY, M. D. PENDLETON, 8. C. 3D33/TTC3-S and IMZiElDiailLSrDES, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Soaps, Sponges, Combs, Hair and'Tooth Brushes, ' Rubber Goods and Druggist Notions, Faints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyes, Buists7 Garden Seeds. ). 8. VANDIVEK. E. P. VANDIVER VANDIVER BROS. We are strictly in it on HEAVY GROCERIES, Such as FLOUR, CORN, BRAN, MOLASSES, COFFEE, SUGAR and? TOBACCO. We buy all of the above for Spot Cash, which puta us in posi tion to take care of your interest as well as any firm in this County, and pos sibly better than some. We can do you more good than anybody on SHOES. Strictly wholesale prices to Merchants on the celebrated Schnapps and .Blue Jay" TOBACCO. Big Stock DRY GOODS, SHOES and HATS, bought before the recent big advance. Come and get your share at old prices. Yours for business, VANDIVER BROS. CM 3 521 sis g? S'S 5? . ? GO < ~ fe ?B M _ M O Q W GO ft > & 2 z Q S H co o ? m BB ea CLARENCE OSUORNE. RUTLKOOE OSBORNE, Stoves, Stoves! Iron King Stoves, Elmo Stoves, Liberty Stoves, Peerless Iron King Stoves, And other good makes Stoves and Ranges. A big line of TINWARE, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY and CHI NAWARE. i Also, anything in the line of Kitchen Furnishing Goods-such as Buck? ets, Trays, Rolling Pins, Sifters, Ac. Thanking our friends and customers for their pa3t patronage and wish ing for continuance of same Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. NOTICE. WILL let to the lowest responsible bidder at Pelzer, 8. O.,on Tues day, 31st day of July, 1900, at ll o'clock a. m , the deaning and repainting of the Steel Bridge at Pelzer over Saluda River, in Greenville and Anderson Cou nt lea. Reserving the right to accent or reject any or allblde. Successful bidder will ba required to enter into bond in double the amount of bid for the faithful pei? formmice of tho work. J. E. SPEEGLE. Co. 8up. Greenville Co. J. N. VANDIVER, Co. Sup. Anderson Cc. MONEY TO LOAN ! ON REAL ESTATE. Long time if security Is good. Fine Farm Lands for Little Money. Strong Farms in Pickena for half tho prlco of Anderson lands. Call and soo our list of them; will aid buyers to get what thoy want, and lend them half of purohaso money. B. F. MARTlr?, Attorney at Law, M?senlo Templo, Anderson, S. C.