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The Destruction of St. Pierre. The destruction of the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, wtih all its inhabitants by a volcanic eruption is one of the greatest disasters of modern times. Very seldom before in the world's history have so many people perished by one such catastrophe. St. Pierre was not only the largest and commericially most important town of the island of Martinique but also of the French West Indies. Its population numbered 25,000 and only two or three score are said to have es caped though later reports will probably tell of a large number who left doomed city in time. St. Pierre was situated on the northwest coast of the island in a region abounding in mountains of volcanic history. The largest of these, Mount Pelee, is 4,400 feet high and had long been inactive for a rather violent eruption in 1851. St. Pierre lay almost at the foot of this mountain facing the bay. The town was divided into two sections; the lower being closely built up with narrow streets and considered n 1 f U ? ? ? i__ uuuomiiuj , nit; upper oeing cleaner, more salubrious and pleasant. St. 1'ierre was a prosperous town and contained many fine residences and buildings. The island of Martinique is rugged and its appearence is suggestive of its volcanic origin. Its extreme length is about 45 miles from northwest to southeast, and the main part of it is in the shape of an oval with rough edges, its greatest width being 15 miles. At the lower end of this main part, the old Fort Royal bay?since the French revolution called Fort de France hay?cuts in so deep as to come within six miles of meeting the inlets of bo Robert and be Francais on the other side. The whole area of the island, near 100 square miles is motntains. besides Mount Felee,there are further south and about midway of the oval the throe crests of Courbet and all along tho great ridge are the black and rugged cones of old volcanoes. The first authoritative news o! the destruction of I ho St I'iorrio w:.. given to the world on Thursday by a steamer passing that way. !Tpon this report 'based tiie belief' that practically all the inhabitants perished. Ye? warnings of the coming catastrophe] / twin m do your work 100 1 f^Y I GOLD | DUST I removes all dirt and stains from H woodwork and makes it look like I new. It will clean the floor, kitchen g ware, furniture, dishes and clothes J better than soap with half tha work I ' and at half the cost All froaars MM * Send for our FREE "Golden Rules for HouseweHL" THE N. K. FAiRtiANK COMPANY. Chicago. St Louis. Kew York. Boston. I had been evident enough. Saturday a week ago. May 3, a dispatch from St.Thomas told that Mount Pelee was in action; that St. Pierre was covered with ashes and appeared to he enveloped in a fog. Three days later a second dispatch reported the destruction by lava of the Guerine factories about two miles from St. Pierre, and it was then stated that the people were in a panic and 150 had already dissappeared. The ~ \T: * J! ' ? uo.\t va?_y n 01. * iucuiii uispaicn reported cable communication with Martinique cut oil and volcanic activity and earthquakes in others of the Indies. With these premonitions of dangej it would seem that the people of St. Pierre would have saved themselves by flight. Hut that they failed to do so is only the repetition of history. The most celebrated volcanic eruption in all history is that of Vesuvius in the year 70. Celebrated not only because three towns, lleculaneum, Pompeii and Stabae with their inhabitants were destroyed but also for the reason that the burial of Pompeii in lava has preseived to us a picture of Roman life in that era. The younger Pliny's description is a classic. lie tells us that for days before the great eruption there were warning earthquakes and outbursts of lava but as | there had been more or less vie lent eruptions for Id years, alter! centuries of quiescence, the peo pie ol the fated towns paid no at-' tontinn to Vesuvius' increased' activity until it was too late. i'hen lor 1,">00 years Vesuvius! was again quiet. In H>.??1 the warning earlhqtiakes began once ????????? - i \\ hooping A woman who has had experi 1 ence with this disease, tells how to prevent any dangerous conse- j | quences from it ;Sne says : Ouri throe children took whoopingj cough lust summer, fir baby b-?y , being only three rrn ntliRo'd and owing to our giving thorn Chain berlain's Cough Remedy, tiny lost none of their plumpness, and came out in much bettor. | health than the other eh i lren wdioso parents did not use tliie remedy. Our oldest little girl would call luht.I.v lor cough ruj/* between whoops.?.Jessie rink' I Hal', Springfield, Ala. f II veinedy is for sale by J. t'.p ev <Si Co. r J J f " more and after six months,during which the people of the vicinity lingered to tempt late another violent eruption occured. It is said that 18,000 perished. The destruction olSt.Pierre exceeds even the two historic eruptions of Vesuvius in the damage to property. Unless the reports now at hand are exaggerated it is one of the greatest catastrophes of its kind in all history. An important town destroyed, perhaps a great part of an island devastated, and 25,000 people killed?this is a tragedy which has few equals in the chronicles of man. Cut I'll is Out. Every mother should be quickly suspicious uf worms when her children act is if they were kobik' to be sick Worms are known to be the first cause of muoh 111 health. Your<j and ?>iu very often are suffering from worms when a mother thinks it is something .duo. Kcuietnbor a very harmless, yet always effective, remedy for stomach, tarn' or pin worm, Is a 85 cent bottle oi Mother's Worm Syrup. Sol Smith Kussell used to tell of three little nieces of whom he was very loud. They lived in Kansas City and one afternoon he took the youngest tot for a walk. He also bought her some candy, saying she might have it when she reached home. The child urged, ''Let's wun, Uncle Sol," but he pleaded that he was tired. Then the little one plumped down on her knees on the sidewalk and prayed : 4iO, Dod, p'ease make Uncle Sol wuu." The actor thought: "Well, it's a question of my losing my dignity or of her losing faith in God." And so the pair ran as fast as they could. "But we walked together no more," he used to add. I)eafnesH Cannot be Cured bv local applications, as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that in by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the ?ustaoblan Tube. When this tube gets lbflamed yon have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafcesH 1h the reHult, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and thin tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten nr cnuHtu oy caiarrn. wnicn In nothing hut an Inflamed condftlon of the mucous surface* We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused ov catarrh) that can npt bo eurcd by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F J CHENEY & CO , Toleda Solo by Druggists, "Sc. Hall's Family Pills are the hentTo euro SICK HEADACHE, HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, and all diseases arising from Indigestion. Thoy will purity your blood and make your complexion as FAIR AS A LILY. They are gelatin coated. ('RICE 26 CENTS. toorFMET" EASILY. QUICKLY AND PEDMA NENTl.Y RESTORED. magnetic NerviNe 1 *rtl<1 with :i uritt- n tUIiraiiM'C In CUD' In-o ' Memory tlx result "f Ovoi work, Worry. 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BALTIMORE, 8AYS: Baltimore, Md., March 30, 1901. ?, thanks to your treatment, I will now give yoa tion. ling, and this kept on getting worse, until I lost f months, without any success, consulted n mini lent ear specialist of this city, who told me that it only temporarily, that the head noises would uld be lost forever. in a New York paper, and order d your treat* -ding to your directions, the noises ceased, and ied ear has been entirely restored. I thank you irs. iVKRMAN, 730 S. Broadway, Baltimore, Md. \ e with your usual occupation. JRSELF AT HOME 96 LA SALLE AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. An Ordinance V For the Promotion ot Health In the Town ot Lancaster, S. C.? and Providing Punishment For the Violation ot Same. Section 1 That an assessment of >ne dollar per year to be paid on or 3efore November 1st, of the year 1902, ind at the same time in every year :hereafter, is htreby made beforehand igainst all persons occupying premises within the corporate limits of the town of Lancaster for each ard every privy located upon said premises. Sec. 2. That this assessment shall be payable whether or not said premises shall be vacated during the year. Sec. 3. That any person or persons, who shall make default in paying the assessments as herein provided, be. sides the other penalties herein, sh'.ll pay an additional amount of iif'.een per cent for any and every su^h default and shall be liable for the same cost for collecting delinquent taxes now provided by the laws of this Sec. 4. That any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be Ipunishable by line or imprisonment in the discretion of the Mayor. % Ratified by Mayor and Aldermen in Hounoll assembled, this 14th day of April, 1902. ) R.E.) WYLIB, < Seal V Chas. P. Jones, Mayor. ( ?- ) Clerk. aprl?-4t. LANCASTER A CHESTER RAILWAY. Between Chester and Lancaster. Schedule In Effect September 16th, 1900. Daily Except Sunday. Southbound. Northbound. No. llv No. 17. No. 16. No. 14 p. m a m i ~ p. m. a m lo 00 8 10 d Lv ...Chester Ar 8 46 8 06 10 24 8 361* .... Knot .... ? 0 09 7 87 10 40 8 60j* "...Rlchburg.... ? 6 47 7 28 es 6 34 11 00 9 01 d "..Bascomvlllo.. " 6 13 7 10 11 20 9 19! "...Port Lawn..." 5 01 8 62 1140 # 32 " Graces... .6M 12 01 9 bold Ar. Lsneii-tiir r.*> * * a. > P. M A. M. |P. M A. M No. 14. leavlne Lancaster rt.So a. m,, make* close connection at Cheater with Southern Kullwav No. 3rt for Charlotte nnd points north . -w' and Seaboard Air Lino "Atlanta Special" for J(. Allama and points west. Also with Carolina A Northwestern Ky No. 10 for Lenoir. N. C., and Intermediate points, anil Southern Hallway No. 33 for olurntiia and points south. No. 17, leaving Chester li.lu a. m., ccnnecta with Southern lty., No. 3?1 from Coljmhla and points south. Seaboard A!r Lino "Atlanta Spe. rial" from Northern Hnd Has tern points and Southern Ky. No. 33 front Northern and eastern points, and at Lancaster with S. C. & U. E, for lilackshurg No l?, leaving' Lancaster ,V3U p. in., connects at Lancaster with S. C A U. K from Camden and Marion, Southern Ky No. i'l atChealor for Charlotte and points north. No. IS. leaving Chester 8.10 p m . connects u Chester witti Southern Railway No. 34 frourt Columbia and points south. LKKOY SPRINGS, J. M. F1KATFT, President Gen';. pas. Aypnt. Womanly Beauty. Sparkling Kgen and Hiright Pucen, Are the Kru.ts of Sound Nervoa. LiyhkdH 11,1 ' 1 I UKNCI! 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