Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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halt tho ytkite school pipUa of thai otty ago ?i*rl? trtm ta? broogM ? by ottnUdj. Tbi principal erija reoolttag. ht ma, an aenrooa ttons sad defective ?y?ight. hrfdy triMibh to exoaaalvo ?tody and tho crowding of too branchee Into tho elementary indM. Bo rhmtlw tho sholltkin of aftor> noon cImim oad tho wiping oot of all hdBO study. Hod tho Client laffc ? leading London lawyer aya that whoa ho was a briefless barrister ho wont one afternoon to read hi tho In ner Temple library. Bo had not boon there Ions whoa bis sbmII errand boy appeared, greatly eaetted and breath* less from runstng *lf you pleas*, sir," tho boy gasped. "a gentleman Is waiting for yon at tho chambers with a brief. Ho coat get oot, sir. I've looked him in." Together the barris ter mmA tho boy hurried back to the chambers and the gentleman with a brief, who was amused at his capture, afterward became a most valuable client. Investment Aided Church. Two of the prominent and Influen tial members of the Fort Fairfield, Maine, Congregational church last fall Invested quite a sum of money In po tatofcs, privately vowing that. If the) made a profit, .that profit should be given to their church. The amount made was over $900, and the pastor made the cheering announcement that that amount bad been received from the transaction by the church. Viesr snd Workman. The vicar of a colliery district to Leicestershire, England, has just ac complished the remarkable feat of re storing, mainly by his own mannal labor, his dilapidated church. Sines February, 1901, the vicar has labored as a workman all the week and preach ed to his people on the Sundays. Hs hss worked st the church almost alone, the only assistance being a fsw days by one n?an. Main*** lutmra, It is many years since Maine has changed Its Representatives in Con gress. except when Speaker Reed re signed or death has Intervened. All four of the present delegation have Just been nominated for re-election by the Republicans of their districts. Stats or Oaio, City or Tolido, i Loui Cocntt. j * Fuxt J. Cbb.net make oath tbst he Is senior partner of the Arm of V. J. OsmT A Co., doing foulness in the City of Toledo. County snd Stato aforesaid, and that said firm trill pay the snm of o? huxdbbd dol um for each and every case of catabbk that cannot be cured by the use of Haul's Catabbb Cubs. Fbabb J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my , presence, this Cth day of Decem SBAZto > Dor, A.D., 1886. A.W. Qleasob, ??v? ' Notavy Public. Hall's Catarrh Core is taken Internally, and aots directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. y. J. Cheney A Co., Tolodo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 76c. Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation. Good Adiiw. An advertiser proposed to reveal for 85 cents an easy way for any young lady to keep'her hands nice snd soft A budding damsel in Sturgeon, Mo., sent the cash, and received this advico: "Soak your hands in dishwater three times a day. while mother rests." FITS permanently cured. No Ot?or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great H erveBest orer, 92trlal bottle and treatise free Dr.B.H.Kmrs,Ltd.,9?iArch8t.,Phiia.,Pa. - Cherries were known in Asia as far back is the seventeenth century. Use Alloa's Feet-Kas*. It is the only cure for Swollen, Rmartin*. Tired, Aching. Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns ana Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Esse,? powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25o. Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent Fbbs. Address,Allen 8. Olmsted. LeRoy, N.Y One-fifth of sll denths during last winter were from pneumonia. Plso's Cure oannot be too highly spoken of as a cough our?.?J. W. O'Bbien, *823 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 8,1900, A parrot in Stockton, CaI., is so bright that It enjoys a blunder or a joke. ?Miss Alice M. Smith, of Min-^l neapolis, Jtylpo.? tells bow wo man's monthly suffering may never before riven my endorsement for any mcdicine; but Lydla E. Plnkbara's V4|?toble Compound has added ao much to my life and b&ppineaa that 1 feel like making an exoeption in tbia caae. For two yeara every month I would have two dare of eerere pain, und could find no relief, bat one day when Tiftting a friend I ran ncroaa Lydla E. Plnkham's Vege table Compound, ? ahe had uaed it with the beat results and adriaed me to try it. I found that it worked wondera with me ; I now esperienoe no pain, and only had to uae a few bottlee to bring about thia wonderful ehange. I use it occasionally now When 1 am exceptionally tired or worn out."? Miae Alice M. Smith, 804 Third Ave.jRouth Minneapolis Minn., Chair* man Executive Committee, Minneapolla Study Club. ? 9MOO forftli If original of abo? AKt?r prvttmg gtnvtntmu mm** &? pro4wc?d. Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable ..Compound carrlea women aufeiy through, the various natural crises and Is the safe-guard of woman's health. The truth about this great medicine Is told In the letters from women being published In paper conr'nntljr. ICSIV&Tw Tbfwpstn*t Eyi Water Wfltil T com school mlMaUARTtUNS ?KB iM inures. * At larlliti r Own n n to liwat, P Dk, CMtartwaltta. Tnllen ttl lirflifl lifers ?f tie BfcSH?wt Practice. H AY ANA, HI., boasts of one of the strangest schools In the world. It Is nothing more nor less than a train ing place for people who furnish the thrills in cir cuses. In this unique institution con tortionists are kept in training ami taught new tricks to make the public hold its breath. Daring bareback riders are put through their paces and taught to do hair-raising turns, and slack-wire and trapese performers, as well aa clowns and tumblers, are kept in practice. And the strangest part of the whole thing is that the school, is conducted by a woman. This woman is Mrs. Linda Jeal Julian, a bareback rider and a woman who has been in the cir cus business for the past thirty-three years. She has ridden around circus rings in every country on the globe. When she Degan her riding, nearly a half century ago, the circus business was not at its present height. It was then a sort of strolling business, and the people who followed it were for the most part shiftless, and were looked upon as people of very little account. But as other things began to develop and change for the better, the circus also became more important and in many respects more respectable. Linda Jeal, as she Is billed on the flaming circus posters, has taught many people how to ride in her time and has amused thousands by her feats of riding. And she still amuses the people with her feats, for she has gone out with Campbell Brothers' show this year and began riding recently in Pairbnr#, Neb. This school, which Is presided over by this qulrtc-wltted and businesslike woman, is unique. The average circus performer is improvident. He is ail right when the sun shines, the bird? sing and the sound of the calliope is in the land. He is well fed. housed and happy when the parades are winding through the streets of the cities and towns and the sound of the brass bands is heard in the land, but when the cold blasts blow, when the snow impedes the progress of the glittering wagons and the animals are in winter quarters, then the poor circus man la chilly, cold, comfortless and hungry. It is this time of the year that he turns a longing eye in the direction of the Julian winter circus in Havana, and if he is able to get transportation he comes and spends the winter. Mrs. Julian, who, by the way, is a widow, runs a big boarding house. Here about the long table in her dining room, the contortionists, tumblera, bareback riders, clowns and trapese performers gather at meol times to d'scuss what they have planned for tbe future, tnlk over their new turns and tell tales ef circus life. Near the centre of the town Mrs. Julian has what Is called the winter oricus. It Is a big. red. barnlike struc ture. The inside of this corrdgatcd iron building presents a sight to gladden tbe lieart of tbe average boy and stir tbe blood of tlie Jaded amuse ment lover. There in tbe middle of the place is a padded circus ring. Above are all sorts of trapeze bars, slnck wlres and all tbe paraphernalia used in tbe most approved circus. To one side there is a fine, comforta ble stable, in which live tbe seven hr.ndsome horses belonging to Mrs. Julian. Tbree nights euch week dur ing tbe winter months tbls place is filled with people from tbe town, trav eling men and visitors, wlio go to look on while tbe circus people try their new tricks. The practice thus given th?m before the public kreps them in good shape, and Mrs Julian is en abled to pay expense* and ktep her big family from want and the cold. The big family disbands when spring comes. The different teams go to take up their summer work. This year some went away with Itlngllng Broth ers' show. som6 with Bnnium. others with Sells-Forcpaugh, some with the tiollmnr Brothers' circus and still oth ers with the Uobinson and the Camp bell aggregations. Next fall when tbe circus days ere over many of them will flock back to Havana to find a comfortable home. With Mrs. .'ullan this year will be three child] en known as tbe Julian children on the bill boards. Daley. Chuckle r?i:d Frit* are the three, and they are aged ten. nine and seven, re spectively. Fritz, the diminutive acro bat. is a clown. He will make fun and promises to become famous in this line. Daley and Chuckle are acrobats. They have been In the business for four years, and are proficient. They do some very clever and daring tricks and are great favorites. One of Mrs. Julian's most famous pupils Is Dallle Julian, now Mrs. Dailic Ledgett. who was the idol of New York circus lovers in Madison Square Garden a year or so ago, where she did the daring back somersault on horseback, there being but one other woman In the world who ever dared do this feat. Mrs. Ledgett practiced her famous trick here in Havana under the direction of her aunt, Mrs. Julian. Speaking of her work, Mrs. Julian "ays: "I think the work fascinating. I have been In It so long that It seems second nature to me. I have ridden for thirty-three years and have become wedded to tbe work. Of course there Is an element of danger about it, but that is one of tbe reasons I like It I suppose. I have been injured many times, but so far escaped with my life. Once my horse stepped on me and cut my leg open. I had to have twenty-two stitches taken in it, but I was Idle only a short time. I have always been fond of horses and have liked to bo around them. When I was a girl my father had many horses, and I was never afraid of them. I loved to be around them and was never happier than when I .was riding a fast one. I was apprsn ticed to a circus rider early in life, ano bar* bee* in the has|pe? em since. "*7 husbend. who v? u acrobat was killed while fee was with the Campbell circus. Re was pssalin from one car to the other om nigh* while a train was in motion and fell between them and was crashed to death. It sctas eery strange that s man should be in the Circus hnslw so long, when it is so dangerona. and then be hilled on a railroad train, bnt suc!i Is lire.**?Chicago Chronic' TAX THEm PRINCE. A Kalwa LWlp?t 1?| 11?l fey It* Oalllfw. ? people elio tax their prince. A country, almost unknown, in the very heart of central Europe. An Independ ent and whimsical principality, o! sixty-eight square miles. It is in the esstern Alps, bordering the Uppei Rhine. Hemmed In bj Switzerland and Austria, and but a few miles from the German frontier, it has been inde pendent for over two centuries, and waa forgotten by Bismarck, so runs the local pleasantry, at the reorganisa tions following the Prussian wars with Austria and France. It is not tucked inaccessibly awny Thousands of Americans on theii way to Innsbruck hare seen from the train the towering mountains of the little State. Others, on tbeir way to Davos-Plats, have glanced *t a dis tant little town, at the foot of a castled rock, without suspecting that the? were looking ut one of the capitals of Europe. There is no military service. There' is no national debt. Ttiere is a nomi nal tax, only a tenth as large as that of Austria. The ruling prince giver freely for the good of the people out of his huge private fortune. So tm from deriving any revenue from his principality, he pays heavily for tho pleasure of holding it. Following the close of the war be tween Austria and Prussia, in which Liechtenstein allied itself with Aus tria. there came another gravely pre sented protest. The citizens were weary of the expense of a standing army; an army which, consisting of eighty men. with a captain and a trumpeter, bad bravely marched to ward tbe scene of hostilities, but too late to arrive before the war had como to its swift end. There is now a written constitution. There is a little Parliament of fifteen members. Three members are named l?y the prince. Twelve are elected by the people, every man ib Liechten stein over twenty-four years of age having a vote. The little body meet9 once in every year and remains in session for several weeks, engaged in tbe very attenuation of discussioil of petty things. It is Lilliput ruled by its Gulliver. And although, on account of the fiscal arrangement, Austrian coins and stamps are generally used, tbe prince's persona) pride in hi? possession has led liim to have his own stamps and coins as well, bearing bis name and face and title. And there is another touch to add to the unreality of It all. Coming to Vaduz only at infrequent Intervals, and busied as be is at his private es tates or at Vienna?for. besides being Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, he bears an Austrian title by virtue of which he is a member of the Austrian House of Lords?be can at any time cnll up his principality by long-dis tanco telephone!?Harper's Maga4& Satisfaction lu Work. President Charles W. Eliot In rn* World's Work says that any occupa tion that combines avoidable risks with uncertain productiveness has in it two large elements of interest, and, therefore, of possible satisfaction. Thus, the miner's occupation, in which it is uncertain how much coal or ore a given expenditure of labor in drill ing and blasting will produce, has these two elements of satisfaction. Every trading operation has in It tho interest of adventure. Finally, thoso occupations which, like tbe building trades, present from duy to duy, or from year to year, new materials, pro* cesses, designs and products?and. In these days, what occupation does not offer many elements of novelty?give to the life of the workman the inter est of variety, with new things always to learn. The higher employments nil offer a large variety from year to year, and even from week to week; but tho lower employments, too. offer to ambi tious and alert workmen a large vari ety of mental and bodily occupation. A middle nged printer lately said to a friend of mine. "I have been thirty five years in a printing office, and still I ler.rn something new about printing every day." Indeed, it has been a characteristic of the last thirty years that all the main industries have been made over, root and branch. Ea?y Lciion In Politic*. "Good evening. Mr. IJuttin," snIA Olndys. rising to greet the caller. "Mr. Honey and I were just discussing poll* tics when you arrived. We have been arguing about the difference between a majority and a plurality." "Well," said Mr. Ruttin. with a pat ronizing glance at Mr. Honey, "it is er.sily understood. A majority Is a preponderance of favor between two parties, while a plurality is an excess over all."' "Ah. yes," sighed Miss Gladys. "It Is jnst like the old saying that 'two is company and three is a crowd,' Isn't it?" And the meaning look that passed between Gladys and Mr. Honey con vinced Mr. Buttln that he had been counted out.?Judge. Aato* Hnrri on tfoadn. In Surrey. England, the county sur veyor has observed that the large rnb her tires of motor ears in passing at a hiKh speed over dry gravel roads, suck up the finer particles of the roadbed, and leave tbe surface covered vlth a sharp grit. Another report from tho snme county avers that the effect of heavy, swift-moving motor-ears Is to "tear gravel roads all to pieces." A smooth, hard surface is required to re sist the action of the rubber tires. V?l?'i OlilMt Atuniao*. Tale University's oldest alumlnus. the Rev. Joseph 8. Lord, of Lalngs burg, of Mich., has Just completed his ninety-sixth year. Ho was gradu ated in the class of 183L . WCft U?fCH CURIOSITY. 9b* naiim tfttt quick liadi pal ftca ahuddered. although the dap wan bot. and bestowad a case of mingled wonder and reproach upon the breed back of the man tho bad Ju*t picked ap a number oC dishes of food fiom the counter ad ?aa weaving bla trap through the u?ld with them skill fully balanced la hla two haoda like ft vaudeville juggler picking bla way acroaa a atage filled with tossed-up paraphernalia. "Say.** hoarsely Inquired the man ager. "d'ye see what that man took with him to eatr* The man to whom the question waa addressed had not noticed. "A bowl or milk, a dish of sIItwL cucumbers. two deviled crabs and a ' Piece of rhubarb pie." groaned the manager, feeling tentatively of the fourth button of bla waistcoat. "Just try and figure that out,** he went on. "How would you like tc try a combination like that?milk, cu cumbers, craba and pie? When that man first came In here?it was during the first bad hot spoil of the season ami selected that assortment of dain ' pissed Lira my Montmorency smile. " 'Bet?' said I. "He looked me over without a blink *Heyr said be. y?n bet the man. I suppose.' saiA I. that you could heat bun over the links by 2 up and S to play, and you didn't make good?* "He rested his crabs and cucumbers and his bowl of milk and his pie on the counter and looked me over. " 'Say. what's the matter?* he finally asked tue. with it mystified look. Then 1 told hitn how weird that combination of his looked. Oh. that's it, is it?' gHid |1Pt gnni ing. -Don't you let a little thing like that bother you. Y'ougat to've seen my grandfather. He used to smoke a c.ay pipe and eat br.tteryd gingerbread and green apples at the same time, ar.d whistle without missing a note' and he walked over to his seat and began his dainty luncheon. I kept an eye on uim. nevertheless, and looked up the telephone nutni-er of the nearest ambulance hospital But he Just went right ahead as he's doing now. "While I was still studying him-1 could not keep my eyes off of liim-hc < walked up to the counter and selected a piece of cold ini;;ce pie and a tall glass of iced tea to top off with. "He's been back every week da* since, and that's about his regular noonday ration. He's got to be one of my show pieces. Ill's Figure A in the exhibition. "But there are others. So? that little man ovef yonder with the white sider aud the pink eheeks-the one off there n the corner? What do you suppos? his regular winter and summer high noon refection is. and has been for years past? A plate of bread and butter, two large dill pickles and a cup of cocoa. Every week day of the year that old boy with the white things at tne sides of his countenance commits tnat kind of an ass .ult and battery on. his diaphragm, and, say. Just look at hiin?checks pink and healthy, eyes as c.ear as filtered well water and more on tLe toP ??f his head than I'vo got although he's sixty. If he's a day. Ho told me the other day that ho hadn t had a sick minute In sixteen years. That, by the way. Is how it is with most of the cormorants. The toughest the kind of .conglomerations tney habitually get away with, the healthier they look. But they're prob ably born that way. And as a matter of fact, the majority of the men who c?me in here for lunch seem to ju?t try to loop-the-loop with their dlges Uve apparatuses."-Washington Star. Monkeys mm Meat. The savage tribes in the Interior ot BraslI are exceedingly fond of roast monkey. Humboldt estimated that one ?be of 200 In<?ans consumed over 3200 monkeys during a year It Is said that until recently monkey meat was for sale in the butcher shops of Rio Janeiro. Mr. Wallace, when in Amazon region, had a monkey cut up and fried for breakfast. The flesh somewhat resembled rabbit in flavor, and had no unpleasant or peculiar taste. Sehonburuk, when traveling in (?u!ana, tasted the smaller kinds of monkeys, but could not bring himself to partake of the jrreat spider monkey. which approached so neariv to the hit. man form." Roasted monkeys, par ticularly those which have a round , ?.?,8p,ny Q !li<,W)u? resemblance to a child; the Europeans, therefore who are obliged to feed on them, prefer sep arating the head and hands, and serve only the rest of the animal at their tables.?New York Commercial. ftt. Paul's Island Park, ?*>r. Justus Ohngo became, a few years ago, health officer cf St. Taul He noticed a bit of shoal In the Missis-' ??PPi. visible only when the river was low, but'accessible within ten minutes' rwle from the City Hall. Securing pos. session, by gift, of as much as ho could and by purchase of what he couid not beg, he had the city's clean waste dumped upo:, this little island, th;:s rapidly bringing it above high-water mark. On the four and a half acres thus ingeniously wrested from the father of the Waters." the city of St. ran! now maintains, within easv reach of n majority of its population, a children s playground, a small "Zoo " a vegetable garden (to sup|>ort the forty uniformed attendants*, pibli baths, with modern sterilising plants for the bathing suits, a cay nursery, a hoy s gymnasium and a girl's gyma slum?and all united by a sm.ill but satisfactory park.-The World's Work. Tho UiT anil the Baby. The apartment lease held by Mr. Newman, of Baltimore, contained the usual provision against children. Sub srquently a baby arrived at the New. man household. The landlady insist ed that the baby was a violation of the terms of the lease, and that the ! apartment must be vacated. The court ' ngrced with the landlady. So the New. 1 man family must move. The boycott i of the baby is reaching proportions which demand serious attention, savs ( the Elmlra Uazette. Perhaps some philontropist might not be able to do better than to set a fashion of build ing apartment houses in which babiea may be allowed to live, ? that's my hot? , Kb h aot, txk from jrtar to fur to Wbm ?? tsBt Lst m not (oipt the knWt toiler *b Strikes i Mft tfc " Or is chilfyThkm AW wCwtoik 1 Hs to tab things esqrj Warm or brwiy; Ho t?ji?>iw ths dotaf of ths rlims He acrtr Up behind; Yoa'D invariably find Tho thermometer is working ortrtims Ho never seeks to aungle in campaigning. Uncomplaining ? Ho jsm^a from naught to eighty in the He will rise like any her* Or will grorcl down by aero. Of labor he is not at all afraid. He never seeks lees hoars or bigger wages. He.engages I In his toil witn a persistency sublime. 1 When we human ones are striking Or gone fishing or a-biking. The thermometer is working overtime. ?Washington Star. ? Alice?"Herbert soys be Is a self made mau." Kitty?"How be must suffer from remorse!"? IIarper'8 Bazar. "Are you fond of music?" asked Miss Cayenne of ber guest of bonor. "Very.** "Then I won't ask Mr. Biggins to sing.** ?Washington Star. Man on tbe Bank?"How's the fish ing?" Fisherman?"Well, it's purty good, mister, cousiderin* that this is a Presidential year."?Chicago Tribune There was an o!d beau of Formosa, *Yho neer was content with a "No, sab!" The strength of his arm Oft excited alarm. And his motto was "Clocmh nnd rlosah." ?Chicago Journal. Visitor?"Can you tell me where Mr. Hayrake's cottage Is?" Country Kid? "I can for a nickel." Visitor-' Here it is. Now. where is it?" Country Kid? "It's burned down."?St. Louis Star. Society Man?"Yes. indeed; if it's a possible thing. But if not, I'll send a fine looking man in my place." Debu tante (sweetly)?"Ob. no; we'd much rather have you."?Detroit Free Press. # Said a lovely young girl named Hortense .My callcra are never fresh gents; When one gets like tbat I hand him his hat And pa help* him over the fence." ?Kansas City Times. Teacher?"So I've caught you chew ing gum. have I?" Sammy?"No. mum; I wasn't chewin*. I was jest kccpin' it there instead of in my pocket. It's so sticky."?St. Loult Star. Scribbles?"I think I'll write a sonnet to Miss Lovey." Crittick-' Don't do it. It may turn her against you." Scribbles?"I thought she liked poetry." Crittlck?"So she docs."? Philadelphia Press. Investor?"See here! You told me I'd surely clear five or six hundred dol. lars on that deal." Broker?"Well?'* Investor?"Well, I hardly cleared $0 on it." Broker?"Indeed? That's more than $5, Isn't it?"?Sioux Falls Press. "Has your landlord raised the rent of your house $10 a month?" "Yes. he raised it when I signed the new lease." "What excuse did he make?" "None at all, but I supposed be raised it be cause he thought I could raise it, too." ?Cleveland Press. "I wonder bow old tbe saying is, 'A man has to go away from home to get tbe news?' " remarked Sniithers. "It must be very old." said Mrs. Sinlthers. "It must be." said Sinithers. "And I'll bet It doesn't refer to a married man." ?Milwaukee Journal. Gunner?"Some foreign critic says tbe American woman is so taken up with social affairs tbat Rlie turns her back on ber children." Guyer?"Well, the original American woman has al ways turned her back on her children." Gunner?"I don't believe It." Guyer? "Well, watch an Indian woman cr* . ? ing ber papoose." A Chinese Girl's Education. A good sto;y is told of Miss Ah Mae Wong, who was visiting in Indianapo lis. Several years ago when Miss Wong was studying with I)r. Marie Haslep in China, she was asked to play the organ for services iu the Epis. copal mission church in Shanghai. She naturally thought to piny something that would please her American friends. It was the celebration of the communion and tbe congregation was startled to hear the organ p^nling forth VTho Star-Spangled Banner." Miss Wong selected that as an nlr that could not fail to please, never doubting its appropriateness. Those who have met MIrs Wong are astonished at her knowledge of Amer ican history, noted American men and American literature. Looking through a book of views of Washington, D. C\, she was most Interested in pictures of the statues of WanhJngton, Daniel Webster, John A. Logan and Garfield, evincing knowledge of tbe life of eucb. ?Indianapolis News. IsftrnsI Chocolates. Under a recent date the Paris cor respondent of the Loudon Express writes: "Mme. Fella Lltvinne, the Franco* Russian opera singer, when entering her dressing room, observed on the mantelpiece what looked like an In fernal machine. Mme. Lltvinne hastily informed ber servants of the danger, and bad tbe mysterious engine carried to the police station. It consisted of a sine bottle, hermetically sealed, with a piece of fuse through the top. When carefully unscrewed Its contents proved to be?chocolates and otb$r sweets." America's Mineral Wealth. Census Bureau figures Indicate that in 1902 this country produced more! than a quarter of a blllloriltons of bi tuminous coal, valued at nearly $:;oo.? 000.000; anthracite coal worth more than f70.000.000; copper with a valua tion above $71.000,000: gold of a coin age value exceeding f07.000.000; Iron i ore reached a total of nearly $07,000. 000; silver at coining figures surpassed $70,000,000, and the petroleum total was more than $71,000,000. Mines and quarries and oil wells, together with smelters, reducing and refining works, turned out tbe almost fabulous total Of $884,040,809. . A Beautiful Ywnc Society ? Woman's letter# St. Padu Mian. I 821 Wabash* St. I IV. Hart man, Columbia, O. Dear Sir: m I took Peruna last sum mer when J was till run down, and hatl a headaeke and backache, and nc am bition for anything. 1 note feel as well as I ever disl in all my life, and all thanks is due to your ex cellent Per una?Bess F. Healtj. The symptoms of summer ca tarrh are quite unlike in different eases, but the moat common ones are general lassitude, played-out. tired-out. used-up. run-down feel ing*, combined with more or lis* heavy, stupid, listless, mental condition. Relish for food and the ability to digest food seems to br lost. Skin eruptions, sallow complex ion. biliousness, coated tongue, fitful, irregular alcep, help to complete the picture which is so common at this *ca*on. Peruna so exactly meets all the** conditions that the demand is so great for this remedy at this season of the year that it is near ly impossible to supply it. Pa*in-na Contains Ho Harectics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so n.any homes is that it contains no nar cotics of any kind. Peruna is ]ter fectly harmless. It can be used any length of tune without ac quiring the drug habit. Thouiandi of women suffer from pelvic oatarrK and catarrhal imtvoiumm and dmU kntu> U. If you feel flagged out, bruin at once taking Dr. Hart man'm Per una. It will relieve your catarrhal afflic tion and all your organs will be restored to health. By a bottle to-day, M It %eIII immediately alleviate your case. Caught Alligator With a Flahllna. While deer, duck and quail shooting have been better thla season In the neighborhood of Titusville than ir several years, Rockledge, Stuart and a few other places seem to have th< expert fishermen. But it takes a Mer ritt fisherman to catch alligators. Wc are told that a few days ago a seven foot alligator was caught with a fish line. The line was set and baited with a mullet, for trout. The alligator took the bait and the hook fastened itself in bis throat. Had the line been a rope or chain it would have been twisted apart or the hook torn out The alligator tired himself out and was easily taken by slipping a rope over his nose, securing his flippers, and towing him ashore, where he was killed with an axe.?East Coast Advo cate (Titusville, Fla.). BOTANIC IiDiDi BLOOD BALM The Great Tested Remedy for the speedy end permanent cure of Scrofula, Rhcuma liin, Catarrh, Ulcers, Eczema, Sores, Erup tions, Weakness, Nervousness, and all BLOOD AND hlN DISEASES. It is by far the best building up Tonic ar.d Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It make* new, rich blood, i.-aparta renewed vi tality, and possesses almost miraculous healing properties. WHIl for look Of Won tferiwl Dure*, tent tree on application. If not kept by your local druggist, send f 1.00 for a large bottle, or Sj.oo for sis bottles, and medicine will be sent, freight pud, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta. Qa. 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