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~Q EEN .V1GToR1AkS L The World's Oldest Ru EDWARD VII ISEX Incidents and Aneodot snounE Hlousu, Isle of Wright, Jan. 22, 4.5 p. i.-" Her Majesty, the Queen, breath - ed her last at 6.80 p. in., .surrounded by her obildren and grand-children." Cown, Ise of Wright, January S.--Queon Victoria is dead and Edward VII reigns. The greatest event in the memory, oi this generation, the most stupendous change in existing conditions that could possibly be imagined, has taken place quietly, almost gently, upon the aunniver sary of the death of Queen Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent. The end of this career, never equalled by any woman in. the world's histor came in a simply furnished room in Osborne house. This most respected of all women, liviog or dead, lay in a great four-pasted bed and made a shrunken atom, whose aged face and figure were a cruel mockery of the fair girl who in 1887 began to rule over ngland. Around her were athored almost every descendant of her line. - Well within in view of her dying eyes there hung a portrait of the prince consort It was he who designed the room and every part of the castle. In scarcely audible words the white-haired bishop of Winchester prayed beside her, as he had often prayed with his sovereign, for he was her chaplain at Windsor. With bowed heads the imperious ruler of the German empire and the man who now is king of England, the woman who has succeeded to the title of queen, the princes and those of less than royal designation, listened to the bishop's ceaseless prayer. Six o'clock passed. The bishop con tinued his intercession. One of the youngest children asked a question in a shrill childish treble and was immediate ly silenced. The women of the royal family sobbed faintly and the men shuf led uneasily. At exactly 6:30 Sir James Reid held up his hand, and the people in the room knew that England has lost her queen. The bishop pro nounced the benediction. The queen passed away quite peace fully. She suffered no pain. Those who were now mourners went to their rooms. A few minutes later the in evitable element of materialism stepped into this pathetic chapter of interna tional history, for the court ladies went busily to work ordering their mourning from London. The wheels of the world were jarred when the announcement came, but in this palace at Osborne everything pur sued the usual course. Down in the kitchen they were cooking a huge din ner for an assenblage, the like of which has seldom been known in Eng land, and the dinner preparations pro. ceeded just as if nothing had happened. vICTORIA's LIFE AND FAMILY. Queen Victoria was born May 24, 1819 On June 20th, 1837, she became queen of England, succeeding her uncle. King William IV. On Feb. 10th, 1840, she married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, who died Dec. 14, 186i. Victoria has been the mother of nine children, as follows: 1. Victoria A delaide, Princess Royal, who married Emperor Frederick Wit 11am of Germany. She is the mother of the present emn~oror of Germany. 2. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and heir to the throne. 8. Alice Maud Mary, Grand Duchess of Hesse. Deceased 1878. 4. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh. Married Grand Duchess Marie, daughter of Alex ander II., Emperor of Russia. 5. Helena, Princess Christian. Mar ried Prince Frederick Christian of Schlesburg- Holstein. 6. Louise, Marchioness of Lorne. 7. Arthur, Duke of Connaught. 8. Leopold, Duke of Albany. 9. Beatrice Mary Victoria Foodore. Married Prince Henry of Battenburg, to whom the queen was greatly attached The Prince of Wales was born in 1841, and is therefore 60 years old. In 1868 he married Princess Alexandra of Den mark. Their eldest ohild, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, born 1864, died in 1893. At the time of his death he was engaged to Princess Mary Victoria of Teck, who afterwards married his broth er, deorge Frederick, Duke of York, the second oldest living child of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Duke of York is next to his father in succession to the throne of the most powerful kingdom of modern times. He was born in 186M5, and has two sons and one daughter. The other children of the Prince and Princess of W ales are : Louise Victoria, 1867; married the Duke of Fife: Victoria Alexandra, 1808, and Maude Charlotte, 1869, who are unmarried, aud Alexander, born 1871 and died in infancy. The Czarina of Russia is the grand. daughter of Queen VictoIla, being Vic toria Alicer daughter of the Grand Duchess of H~esse. By other marriages the queen of Great Britain is connected with all the powerful reigning families of Europe. Through these rel[atives she has often exerted her influence in inter national affairs, especially for peace. WONDERS OF THlE VIcTORIAN ERA. Atlanta Constitution, When the young girl of eighteen came to a throne tainted by the Georges it re quired nothing short of the presence of a pure woman for the disinfection of English society. The Tudors were the culmination of the English monarchy the tuarts united the whole island under one flag ; under the Georges the assumptions of an irresponsible aristo cracy spent themselves, and the England of to-day was evolved. Elizabeth whetted the prnide and enter prise of the Englishman, Cromwell gave him a seri ousness of purpose, and William of Orange served as a buffer between the old monarchical claimants and the new. The Georges lost the best of the colonies, through whioh England learned the valuable lesson as to how to treat her dependencies. The literary glories of the Elizabethan era had been reinforced by those of the eighteenth century. When Victoria came she placed the evil record of the Georges behind her, she found the united country of the Stue~rts loyal, the sturdiness of Cromwell pervading her yeomanry, and the spirit of Bliza eth directing her ships on every sea. Better than all, she found in train ing the young statesman Gladstone, whose public life was to be almost coin cident with her own, with Disraeli fol lowing, who was to place the imperial insignia of India upon her brow, and such men as Brougham, Shaftesbury, Paimerston and others ready to be re sponsible for the burdens of ofilop. It may be said that the sovereign de serves but little for her participation in 41, Ler Has Passed Away. eo of M tho at n the v drk ddh 1%00. T e iank the woman who encourages great dee< Is etkile oe t~ecrdft' of the perfo tfai & * a W O in th she always recognized 4he popular wil ad called Ito hqr. qervice 'the repr 66ntativde'6f populAr adoration. Fly times she recognized the great popult party, of Enkla by e .din for M Gladstone. Ds thiefu l to hot persoi ality as he was said to be, she nev failed to see i him the..Qhoice of ti masses of Englind. Under' Victor] democratio government in England he become a fact. No future pionarph ca withdraw the precedents by which si acknowledged parliamentary spuremac and emphasized the responsibility c ministerial rule. The franchise has bee so extended that it has almost reache the manhood basis. Religious into erance has disappeared so that a Roma Catholic has sat as chief justice of th empire, and another held the vice-royalt of India, a personal appointment of tih sovereign. New Englands have grow up In Australia, Canada, New Zealan and elsewhere, all self- governing. Ot of the last acts of the sovereign, on No, Year's day, was her recognition ofth commonwealth of Australia, an a4 equal to that of her grandfather Georg III, when he recogniz d the indepei conce of the American colonies, wit the significant diffe rence that the form was as voluntary as the latter was r luctant. Victoria, then, was great in her abilit to recognize the popular will, in bendin to the circumstances of events, and I recognizing that England was.a growin rather than a decadent body." Throug the peace of her reign, her kindly patro age and her recognition of the captair of progress whether in religious, civi military, industrial or literary life, sl has helped others to succeed, and Il duced all to contribute to the greatnei of the empire and the good of the worli HER ACOESION TO THE THItONE. Victoria was awakened out of a dc sleep at 5 o'clock in the morning of Juz 20, 1837 to learn that she was queen < England. She received the news c v in her nightgown, her bare feet sleepers and her hair falling loose over her shoulders, On that eventf morning she was a young girl. On twenty-seven days before, on May 24t she had celebrated her eighteenth birt day, when she became legally of age. King William IV had died at 2 a. i in Windsor, three hours before Victor was notified of her accession in Ke: sington palace, where she lived with hi mother, the duchess of Kent. In e pectation of the king's death a carrial had been kept ready at Windsor. I soon as the king breathed his last ti archbishop of Canterbury and the Loi Chamberlain, Lord Conynghamn, left t death chamber and entering the carrial were driven wIth all speed to Kensin ton. Victoria had retired the night b fore with no thought of the vast chan that a few hours would make in her II Kensington palace was grasped in slumber when the two emissaries arrive What followed is told In the "Diary a Lady of Quality " in this way: 'They knocked, they rang, the thumped for a considerable time bcfo they could rouse the porter at the gate they were again kept waiting in ti court yard, then turned Into one of t lower rooms, where they seemed to 1 forgotten by everybody. They rang ti bell and desired that the attendants the Princess Victoria might be sent inform her royal highness that they r quested an audience on business of i portance. '' After another delay and anoth< ringing to inquire the cause, the attel dant was summoned, who stated th; the princess was in such a sweet ralet that she could not venture to distui her. " Then they said : 'We are comec business of state tro tho queen, and evi her sleep must give way to that.' did; and from that she did not ke< them waiting. In a few moments a] came Into the room in a loose whi nightgown and shawl, he; nightci thrown off and her hair falling upon h shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears her eyes, but perfectly collected art dignified." The attendant, notwithstanding tli urging of the visitors, had not awakeni Victoria, but had called her mothe The duchess of Kent had aroused ti young girl and sent her alone into ti room where Lord Conyngham and tI archbishop were waiting. The Lor Chamberlain knelt down and presente a paper to the astonished girl, annour cing the death of her uncle and notif: in her that she was his successor. Th: gir could say nothing, and the arc! bishop announced that he had come b desire of Queen Adelaide, widowc King William, who wanted Victoria t know of the peaceful death of her uncle The queen's first words were addresse to the primate. She said : " I beg you grace to pray for me," which he (lid. THE PRINCE oF HER cHoicE. Prince Albert, It is said had been I> love with his cousin for at feast a coup! of years before she proposed to h in Gossips even afllrmed that the marriag had been suggested when he was a mer child of two, and that the common nur sery talk at that time was about his litti bride In England, " the sweet Ma~ flower." Anyhow, the queen gave her heart and her whole heart, to her handsom cousin of Saxe-Ooburg. She always re garded the prince's marriage with her I the light of a sacrifice, and often spok of it ini that way. After her bethrotha she' Wrote to her~ Uncle Leopold, th fhen king of the Belgians "I love hir: (Prince Albert) more than I can say, an shall do everything in my power t render this sacrifice -for such in mi opinion It Is-as small as I can." Then the archbishop of. Canterbur suggested to the queen that perhaps sli might like to have the words " to obey in the marriage service altered, on th occasion of her own wedding. " No. was,. the decieive reply ; ."I wish to b married as a woman, not as a queen." When Prince Albert, as ho placed th ring on his bride's finger, repeated th words, " With all my wordly goods thee endow," the queen, who could a~ preciate humor as well as dignity, foun< it impossible to repress an arch smile. ANEcDoTEs OF THE QUEEN. The queen had a large hand.. She wore '4 gloves. Her fingers were er tremely short and out of proportion t< the size of her hand. She wore nothinj but black gloves and used only about two dozen p airs a year. Each pair cosi about S2. In fact, the queen of Greas Britain and Ireland and the empress of India was decidedly economical in beo There are a reat'Iny ionable women who thInk nothing of a glove bill if it only eomes to $100 a year. One evening after a large ditnner party at Winolsor the queen, With the ouests and members of the royal household, was in the draing room when a lamp commence, to smo e. The queen. who was. e t promptly turned the wick dow dy in waiting ashamed that a JOBgeected an 'OPPOrttu she 0 g ha 've nege nfpou she o v~ice, apo ogizingly asked why the queen had attended to it herseir. " Because," said her majesty, "had I r said to you the lamp was smoking you I would have told the equerry, w o - In ir turn would have told a servant, who It would have searched for an especial footman, while all the time the lam * would have continued smoking, so e preferred to turn it down myself. e After arising at 8-her retiring hour r was 11- Queen Victoria had breakfast at 9, a hearty luncheon at 2, tea about 5 ir akd alieht. dinner at 9 45. Luncheon was her ishief meal, and a joint of either a roast beef or roast mutton was Invari a ably served, but fish appeared on the n table only at dinner. The queen some n times drank a glass of tokay after din. Sner. This was PriLce Albert's favorite dessert wine. a WHEN HE WAS PRINOE OF WALES. d Here are some interesting facts about I- King Edward VII when prince of Wales, a which are condensed from his biography 0 as written by his private secretary: Y He is a colonel eight times over. 0 He has one private secretary, two as n sistant secretaries and a staff of clerks d to assist them. 10 He receives two hundred letters a day N and answers most of them. 0 Every minute of his time in London is )t spent according to schedule. e He has every order of knighthood in - Europe. 11 His uniforms are worth $75,000. ir He is the chief horse owner, dog 3 owner and yachtsman in England. He goes to church every Sunday morn y He started life with an income of n $55,000 a year, and as king it will be g nearly forty times as great. h He says he has no debts. 1- He loves to travel incognito in Paris. Is His favorite vehicle in London is a I, hansom cab, yet his stables cost $75, LO 000 a year. 1 He has friends in every, nation and Ns speaks German, French, Italian and Rua [I. sian. He is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs p 180 pounds. t H1e Is fifty-seven years old and has f four grandchildren. d When he was young he was very ten in der heai ted, and cried for days when a tutor left him a He is said to be one of the best shots ly in England. h He sets the fashion in clothes for the 11 whole world. Ie popularized the Alpine hat. He has thirteen university degrees Ha le has made more speeches than any Da other man in the workd, but mostly 3 short ones. sr He owns the deepest mine in Eng land. g He was the first Christian to dine with the sultan of Turkey. 343 rd - Lo ONIC OF WAR'S FAMOUS SONGS go - Federals and Confederates Sang ge It Around Their Camp Fires. a Washington Post. SWhile convalescing from a severe wound, received at the battle of Kenne saw Mountain, Georgia. on the 27th of 3y June, 1804, I met at the officers' hospital re at Louisville, Ky.. Adjutant Nichols. of 3 i the 9th Pennsylvania cavalry, who re 1e lated to me the pathetic story of the ro 10 mantic love of the Rev. Homer Webster, )e the author of one of the most beautiful tsongs ever composed in 'America >f "Lrn' was composed and pub. to lished during our late civil war, and was e sung around the camp fires of both the '- Blue and the Grey alike, music speaking in all languages and love ideals cherish sr ed by friends and foes in all lands and Sclimes. at SWe may forget the singer, .but we can't forget the song. Webster, the composer. was a eon of n the South, where mocking birds, orange in blossoms, wild rcses and snowy cotton It fields fill up the measure of the fleeting ip year. He was finely educated; had a pe ae cuhiarly sensitive mind, destined by na to ture as well as art to preach the gener sp ous and God-given gospel of the meek 3r and lowly Nazarine. in After graduating, his first church was id at Pittsburg, amid an aristocratic sect of that working and educated community. Le His congregation was made up largely id of wealthy miners and manufacturers, r. who turned out millions of tons of coal, se iron, glass and machinery. 0 The Rev. Homer Webster was young, 0 handsome, faithful and eloquent, just *d such a minister as the fathers respected, d the mothers adored and the girls went a wild over. r- Between prayer-meetings, weddings, e baptisms, funerals and preachin gthe 1-yon mister was kept busy perform nghssacerdotal duties, placing his >f soul-lit thoughts on 'heaven, while his o impulsive and loving heart could not es . cape the invisible arrows of Cupid d Who is ever quick and cunning r -With his passion ammunition, Isa always going " gunning:;" And devoid of all contrition . ii A wealthy glass manufacturer, belong e ing to the congregation, had an only tdaughter, " Lorena," who was the pride e and Joy of the family and a dev'oted 0 worker in the church. Bunday school, -with a class of poor boys and girls, ab 0 sorbed her ardent attention on Babbath -mornings and the sick and dying in squalid hJ els or humble cots found her 5, a ministering angel, a walking benedic e tion. ' Buch a co worker was at once a joy i and aflnity to the young parson, and a thrilled him with love at first sight I His .1 secret devotion was reciprocated, if long e ing eyes, blushing cheeks and fervent a hand-clasps are indicative signs of affec d tion. o " Lorena " had rich lovers by the y score, And there was never a dinner or tea at the grand mansion on Allegheny Heights that was not graced by the efsonand manhood of the Smoky City " Rich and rare were the gems she o wore. She did not seem to care for the dashing " bloods " who sought her hand, e and while her pro~ud father and fashion ables mother endeavored to match her with a young millionaire iron master, their insinuating efforts did not meet with much success in the first dawnings of love. Modesty and grace were the hand maids of "Lorena,' over enchant ing companions to truth and virtue. To the outward world, whe4 the young minister and herself met in home, a church or streets, she was always the - devotee of. religion and the polished, benevolent lady, but deep down in heri woman's heart she loved the poet-priest with as much devotion as ever Hleloiso bestowed on the lofty Abelard. Eternal promises passed between them, and the lovers patiently waited the hour when fashion, wealthi and pa ronts' consent would crown their hap- eo 6100e1). fi * Fate stepped in, and to satisfy her dy- w lag father and persistent, proud mother tb she drowned the love of her soul ani ti tearfully married the millionaire. at She imagined that her duty to her pa- of rents was supreme, and thus broke the tie of love and nature, making two U hearts miserable forever. In a few years t she pined .away and died of a broken heart, another victim to a false sense ofa duty and fashionable pride. The minister soon left the cold, chill- h ing blasts of the North, drifted to Geor- w gia, and when the guns at Fort Sumter a roared the echoes of the rebellion and a death knell of slavery Webster enlisted in support of the "Stars and Bars," and L tried to smother the dying embers of his g: first love amid the crash of battle and E pomp and circumstance of glorious war. n The poet priest tried to " forget " his a sorrow, but that was' impossible, as is fe shown in the following beautiful song ti evolved from the rippling rills and green j% vales of remembrance. Ihave been try- n Ing to secure the song for the past year and at last found it in a torn and batter ed condition, published by John 0. n Schreiner, Macon, Ga., May, 1804. The ti reader, and particularly the old soldiers, a will be glad to see again a heart ballad, composed in the dark vale of disap- c pointed love. It will strike a tender P chord in every loving soul. 2 JoHN A. JoYon. ei LORENA. (Words by 11. L. D. Webster. Music by 3. t P. Webster.) h The sun's low down the sky, Lorena; The frost gleams where the flowers have been. But the heart beats on as warmly now As when the summer days were nigh. I Oh I the sun can never di p so low U Adown affection's cloudless sky I 1 Oh I the sun can never dip so low a A down affection's cloudless sky I A hundred months have passed, Lorena, t Since last I held that hand in mine, And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena, Though mine beat faster far than thine; A hundred months-'twas flowery May, When u the hilly slope we climbed I To watch the dying of the day And hear the distant church belle chime. a We loved each other then, Lorena, More than we ever dared to tell, And what we might have been, Lorena, Had but our loving. prospered well; But, then,'tis past., the years are gone; I'll not call up their shadowy forms I'll say to them, ".ost years, sleep onI Sleep on I Nor heed life's pelting storms.' Yes, these were words of thine. Lorena; They burn within my memory yet; They touch some tender chords, Lorena, Wilch thrill and tremble with regret. 'Twas not thy woman's heart that spoke Thy heart was always true to ne, A duty stern and pressing broke The tie which linked my soul with thee. The story of the past, Lorena. Alas I I care not to repeat, The hopes that could not last, Lorena, They lived, but only lived to cheat. I would not cause e'en one regret To rankle in your bosom now, For "if we try we may forget," Were words of thine long years ago. It matters little now, Lorena; The ast Is in th' eternal past Ourhearts will soon lie low, Lorena; Life's tide is ebbing out so fast. There is a Future, 0 thank God ! Of life this is so small a part. Tie dust to dust beneath the sod, nut There-up There-'tis heart to heart! INDUSTRIAIL AND GENERAL. --The frst public schools were open. ed in 1645, in Massachusetts. -Umbrellas were introduced into America from IEngland'in 1773. -Camden,.S. C., is vieing with Alkon as a winter resort and the record for this season is very encouraging. -Dos Moines has more horses in pro portion to her population than any other city or town in the United States, the census showing a total of 6,031, or one horse for every ten of the population. -Horseshoes weighing an ounce each and just a trifle larger than a silver dol lar, were turned out in a California shop recently. They were made for a Bhetland pony 6i months old, and small for its age. -It Is known that wasp nests often take fire, supposed to be caused by the chemical action of the wax upon the material of the nest itself. This may account for many mysterious fires in barns and outbuildings. -In Borneo and Labuan postage stamps to the value of $100,000 were sold last year, though the postage on the mail from these two countries does not exceed $4,000 a year. It is the col lectors who buy the stamps. --A cable dispatch to the New Sun announces the death at Liverpool, Eng land, of J. D Bullock, who during the civii war acted as a Confederate agent in England, and who negotiated for the building of the rebel cruisor Alabama. -E. S. Converse, of Maiden, Mass., has given to that city $125,000 as an en dowment fund for the Maiden Public Library, which he and his wife gave the city as a memorial to their son, Frank E. Converse. --Iowa almost from the date of its ad mission, has been called the " Hawkeye State." Hlawkeye was the name of a noted Indian chief, who in the early days caused no little trouble along the western border of American ci viliza tion. - In the year 1800 the territory of the United States was 81?,244 square miles ; in 1900 it is 8,7(18,521 square miles. This is an expansion of nearly 3,000,000 square miles in 100 years. It is the most amazing record or territorial growth ever made by a nation. -Cripple Creek is the greatest gold camp in this country, and its production is very great. The core of the gold country there is a strip of ground six miles long by three miles broad. Out of this comparatively small area of ground $30,000,000 in gold will be taken this year. -Hartford County, Md., is rejoicing over a bequest of $58,000 for road im provements from William Woolsoy, who specified in his will that the money must be used in certain amounts on cer tain roads and within a stated time. Mr. Woolsey will have a monument worth the having. -Dr. John Kost, a physician of Ar dian, Michi., who has several times made liberal donations to educational institutions, has given to the College of Medicine and Burgory of Chicago a museum of zoological specimens valued at $150,000. The articles filled fiye freight cars when prepared for ship rent. -One of the late Governor Mount's anal lecommendations to the Legiula unre in Indiana was for the enactment >f a law providing that the county that permits a lynching should be held re iponsible in damages in a suit to be )rought by the Attorney General in an >ther county than that in which the trime occurs, -The $5,000,000 estate of the late Dr. l'homas W. Evans, the famous Amern z dentist of P i as been1 ttled, the relsties who codbsted 4e 111 receiving 800 00amng them. n ,e will but WON was left to rela res, the remainder going to the Thome Evans Museum and Institute society Philadelphia. - -The suocssful experiments of' nited States Oommissioner of Agricul ire Le Da, followed by the planting ad manufacture of tea at the Pinehurst ,rms, Summerville, near Charleston, ks attracted Northern capitalists, who ill go into the business. on a large scale ad who expect to raise 800,000 pounds inually for the American market. -The tallest man living is said to be ewis Wilkins, who is now arousing eat interest in the scientific circles of urope. Wilkins was born on 'a farm )ar St. Paul, Minn, in 1874. When he as but 10 years old he measured six iet in height, and now has grown to ie tremendolds height of 107J inches Lst three quarters of an inch less than lne feet-and weighs 864 poundd. -A $1 bill, bearing only a stamp and D wrapper, was recently sent through to mails from Chicago. The bill served ; a wrapper for a written communica on on a card, and was sewed to the ard. On the outside of the bill was asted a bit of white paper bearing a -cent stamp and the address. Question as raised as to the right of sending koney in this manner, but the bill in the ad was allowed to go on its way. -For more than 80 years Hiram Bax )r has been postmaster at Le Buens, [inn., and has given entire satisfaction ) the community, although during early all that time he has been blind. Vhen mail has been distributed into the 20 boxes Mrs. Baxter calls off the ames and her husband's wonderful iemory can be depended upon to recol 3ct every letter or newspaper. Baxter lso conducts a small store and an inn. -Dentists have long recognized that he use of flesh food is a prolific cause of lecay of the teeth. Caries of the teeth a due to destruction of their texture by he growth of microbes. These micro oes feed on the proteid substances which ,re found in meat or other animal sub tances. When flesh is used for food he small fibres which become fixed ietween the teeth makes a splendid cul ure ground for teeth-destroying micro )es. Representative Oushman, of Washing on who was disgruntled because he ould not get an appropriation he de ired for his own district, showed by neans of a huge map that the river and iarbor bill reported to the house allotted 138,956,050 to the seventeen states hav ,ng members on the committee report ng it, $8,349,557 to eighteen other States mnd nothing at all to the remainder. In iddition, $12,440,000 is appropriated for ,he Mississippi and Missouri rivers and 'or surveys that cannot be charged to any State in particular. -The Pan American Exposition at Buffalo is not the only great exhibition lo be opened this year. The city of Qlasgow, in Scotland, will a'so have a grand exbosition, for which it has been preparing, but Buffalo and Glasgow are 3o far apart that neither is likely to hurt the other. The last exposition at Gins gow was thirteen years ago, and it then proved so profitable that the surplus re neipts formed a fund which will pay for the permanent art buildings to be Drected t is year. It is to be hoped that Buffalo's Exposition will b.3 equally suc Dessful. --On account of the general flatness of the country mining by means of hydraulic power will never Laave a great future in Siberia, but in many districts sufficient grade can be obtained for the use of hydraulic elevators. For dredg ing river beds the method of placer mining now pursued with such success in California, Montana and New Zea land could 1:e well employed in the Biberian gold fields. It may be said that the miles of auriferous river beds capable of being sQ worked number tens of thousands This statement. will seem the less Improbable when it is consider ed that Siberia is a country inside of which the whole of the United Staten could be p laced, with plenty of room to aparo, and that vast portIons remain un explored as yet even by the Russians. Russia is stronger than the South Afri aan Republics and there is little danger f Great Britain a'tempting to seize the 3iberian gold fields. The warning cough is the faith ful sentinel. It tells of the approach of consumption, which has killed more people than war and pestilence comn bined. It tells of painful chests, sore lungs, weak throats, bron chitis, and pneu: monia. Do not suffer another day. It's useless, for there's a prompt and safe cure. It is o eel ora whIch cures fresh colds and coughs in a single 'ight and masters chronic Scoughs and bronchitis in a short time. Consump tion is surelv and cer .tainly prev'nnted, and ~,cured, too, if taken in time. A 25c. bottle for a fresh ~.cold; 50c. size for older colds; $1 size for chronic cough sand consumption, ~ vr lo et 00(o take a litle write the Doctor. If yan have any The Hind You Have Always B in use for over 30 years, b ~ and hai hial si Allow ii All Counterreits, Imitations a Experiieits that trifle with Infants and Children-Exper What is CJ Castoria is a harmless subst gorie, Drops md Soothhig 8 contaitns neither Opium, Moi substance. Its age is its gua and allays Feverishness. It Colic. It relieves Teething T and Flatulency. It assimilai Stomtach and Bowels, giviig The Childrei's panacea-The CENUINE CAST Bears the h The Kind You Hai In Use For O VNE CENTAUR CaMPANY. TV MUM NATURAL FEAn IN HOnSE. "While horses are not subject to 'nerves' like human beings, they are all more or less timid," remarked a fa mous horse breeder to a Washington Star writer. "Fear in horses is due to the fact that they are inclined to mag nify the unusual into the terrible, and night and twilight predispcses them to this nervous condition . Understand ing or investigating these things, how ever, often removes all fear in a horse's mind. For instance, I have a pony which when first put into harness could not be induced to cross a rail road track until one (lay I urged the beast to touch one of the rails with his hoof. Finding it secure, lie will ingly trusted the ,ther foot, and since then has never shown any fear of the glistening rails. On the~ other hand, I once had a mare which always jump ed over the long shadows of- tree trunks in the road and could never be induced to Lpst whether or not the dreadful things were real or imaginary. Another curious illusion commoni among horses is that when one has once struck his head against the top of a stable (leer he can never quite get, over the fear that there is something dlreadiful hanging about that door, ready to strike whenever he has to pass it. Perhaps horses have to live on in this unmnterrupted fear because they have so few organs with which they may experimentI. The elephant's trunk and the monkey's tail are about the only organs in the animal kingdom which seems to have beeii created ex pressly for the purpose of finding out things that look- strange or dangerous. HEz LOOKED~ LIKE IAllnISoN.--The other morning a gentleman with whit~e beard, closely cropped, and quite an aldermanic girth, walked down Penn sylvania avenue to the Capitol. On the way he step~ped into a shop kept by John Denham, to make a purchase. The shopkeeper looked at his customer closelv'. "Did anyone ever tell yeou," he asked " that you looked like ox-President Harrison?" " Yes," was the reply; " I have heard it said very often. Do you think there is a resemblance?" " I should say so," answered Don ham. "I never saw General H-arrison, but froni his picture, I should say you were a dead ringer for him." The visitor gave a little chuckle, as if he were intensely pleased and then wvent out of the shop, proceediing on his way to the Capitol. Denhanm went to the door andl looked after him. Standing in the dloorwvay wyas Al Reed(,. the District agent of the Atlantic Coast Line. " Al,' ' said Denhiam, " did you see that man who was in here just now ?" " Yes," saidl Reed. "' I toldl him," said D~enham, ''that he hookcd just like ex-President Hlarri son." " Of course he did I" exclaimed Reed. " That was Iharrison himself." --Washington Post. "His P'IN'P."--The logic of some1 Bible readers temineds us of the story of an cld colored preacher who made the assertion in his pulpit that every woman had seven devils in her. He was hpromptly challenged by' the irate female members of his flock to make good his assertion. lie announced that on a certain Sunday lie would aive Scrg pture proof of what lie said. When the time came lie gave thej proof as follows :" Brudders and sis ters, you have all (lone heard and readt dat (10 Lord cast seven debbels out of one woman. But, brudders and sis ters, you had not done hieardI and read dat lie cast (10 debbils out of any 1 udlder woman. Derefore, nf do Lord only east do debbile11 out of one womian, dhen all do udder women has do debbils in dem yet. So accordin' to (de plain readhin' ob (10 Scriptures, ebbery weo. man hits seven debbils in lier. Dat's r my pint." Arrangements are being made for the sstablishment of schools of agriculture in the Philippines and men are being el ~aled for in this country who will study ti the agricultural conditions there and 0' Leach the best methods of cultivation. yught, and which has been ts borne the signature or 4 been made nundier his per ipervision since Its Infancy. o one to deceive you In this. uid " Justas-good" are Mit and endanger the health of ence against. Experiment. ASTORIA Itute for Castor Oil, Pare yrups. It is Pleasant. It 1phin1e nor other Narcotic raitee. It destroys Wormus cures Diarrhoia, and Wind roables, eures Constipation es the Food, regulates tie healthy and natural sleep. Mother's Friend. 'ORIA ALWAYS Iignature of re Always Bought er 30 Years. RAY OT11ET. N9W VOK CITY. SuccEssFuL, TonAcco RAISINO. Successful tobacco raising depends up on strict attention to many details, and if they are not attended to at the pro per time, failure is certain. Burn your beds well, and manure them with hen manure, and do not sow the seed too thickly, for stout plants are essen tial. P!ant in well prepared land. Give rapid but shallow culture, gradual ly bringing up a little soil to the plant with a hoe. Top at from 10 to 12 leaves, and keep off worms and suckers. When the bottom leaves are ripe, break off and tie four in a bunch and loop on a common tobacco stick. As your tobacco ripens, keel) on priming to the top. Now, if you do not understand the curing, you had better hire some one who does. Go slow and watch for sweat. If you have done your part well it will sell for 810 to $50 per hundred at present pricos, but if you are given to much sleep and take many holidays, you will have the long est face in town when selling day comes. Orinoco and I mprovedl Flanigan are best. -WI. 1t. Lambert, Guilford (Co., N. (C. The North Carolina experiment sta tion has discovered that the flavor of eggs is (determined by the feed . After' giving henis chopped oniens .or two weeks the eggs became so disagreeable in flavor that they could not be used. Wheat shorts, cottonseed meal nndi skim milk increased the number of eggs laid, but the eggs had a disagree able flavor. Cracked corn and corn (dough resulted in fewer eggs, but larg er ones and of better flavor. This is the season of the year when the feet of h<,rses neced to be looked af ter. If dlurinig the muddy season the germs of scratches were planted, the disease should be discovered and treat nd at the earliest moment possible. Pride & Patton Are closing out their winter stock of Shoes as follows : All $5 and $0 Shoes reducod to $4 00 All $4.50 Shoes reduced to - 3 50 All $4.00 Shoes reduced to - 3 00 All $3.50 Shoes reduced to - 2 75 All $3.00 Shoes reduced to - '2 50 All $2.50 Shoes reduced to - 2 00 All $2.00 Shoes reduced to - 1 0 All $1.50 Shoes reduced to - 1 20 All $1.25 Shoes reduced to - 1 00 All $1.00 Shoes redluced to - 85 rhis sale will only con :inue for a few days and w'e therefore urge you to :ake advantage of it vhile it lasts, Pride & Patton Greenville, S. C. FTANTED TO LEASE. A FURNISHED HOTEL in a town r city of South Carolina. State num er of rooms, location of hotel in rela on to business section, the length and 3rms of lease. References given if equired. Address, MRs. E. G. P., Reideville, N. U. MONEY TO LOAN On farming lands. Easy payment.. No >mmnissions charged. Borrower pays ac Lal cost of perfecting loan. Interest 7 per int. up, according to security. ,, NO. B. 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