The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 10, 1898, Image 2
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- AT- KINGS
TREK, SOUTH CAROLINA.
LOUIS .1. BlilSTOW, Kditor and
Proprietor.
These are rapid times. Five or sis
months is quite sufficient to make i
genuine war veteran.
It is estimated that a hundred thousand
boohs wore rejected last year by
American publishers. With the pay
of au electric motonnau, it is said
that the authors would have earned,
while they were writing their books,
one hundred and twenty millions of
dollars.
It is to be feared that the powers
will treat the Czar's appeal for peace
as the fishes treated the sermon which
was preached to them by St. Anthony:
The sermon now ended
Each turned and descended;
The pikes went on stealing,
The eels went on eeling.
Mneb delighted were they
Hut preferred the old way.
TJtuado enjoys the honorable dis
tinction of having been the nrst town
in Porto Tiico to hold an election for
municipal officers on the American
plan. The voting was conducted just
as it is in au ordinary election in this
country, and the new local administration
goes into power backed with
the expressed approval and authority
of the people. The affair presented
the fir6t object lesson in the science of
' self-government that has ever been
witnessed in the island.
In recent coaling experiments at
Portsmouth, England, the warship
Mars took aboard 750 tons in five
hours and 180 tons in one hour. The
coaling was done at sea, and 'one of
+Via intovnctinrr fnr?ts nf thfi casfl is
that every officer was hard at work
audthe band played all the time that
the laborious undertaking was i \
progress. Music hath not only charms
but substantial practical advantages
when it comes to the cheering of
troops on the march, or the stimulating
blue-jackets to more arduous exertions.
Spain sides with the Czar and has
officially expressed her approval of his
disarmament scheme. .Esop once
wrote a fable of a fox, which, having
lost its tail through stress of circumstances,
endeavored to start the fashion
among all animals of going without
tails. They were cumbersome, he
argued, not at all ornamental and a
nuisance generally. His arguments
were considered good, but his motives
were suspected, and the propaganda
failed. Spaiu would doubtless agree
that navies are an unnecessary expense,
and would side with any nation
that would suggest the turning of all
ironclads into plowshares and pruning
hooks.
The more competitors there are for
the honor of defending the America's
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Viup ine oeuer. n i? uui guuu iui u
sport to let it fall into a few hands,
and the impression should not be suffered
to arise that only one yachtsman,
or only one small group of yachtsmen,
can defend the cup. If other
builders than the Herreshoffs are ambitious
to build the defending yacht
they should be encouraged by all
means. It will need crafty designers
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HL1U (IK11 WW&IUCU IU Citci tuc unuu
shipbuilder and his men, but the better
training other yards acquire in
yacht making the better for yachting.
Lively inteiest in the big race, generally
diffused, will be an excellent thing,
and the worthy and honorable ambition
to defend the cuf cannot be too
widely diffused. May the best yacht
win, in preliminary competition as in
the race.
The greatest obstacle in constructing
a railroad in China lies in the
numerous funeral mounds with which
the country is covered. The ancestral
worship is the culy religion universally
respected in China. There
is no sacrifice a Chinaman will not
make, however economical he may be.
to a3?ure the repose of his ancestors.
Magi are consulted to ascertain the
best locality for these mounds, and
the wise man often chooses a spot of
his own and thereby turns an honest
penny for himself, Once devoted to
a residence for the dead the laud becomes
sacred, and terrible the vengeauce
for any disrespect shown. The
most ancient are as much respected
now as in their tirst days, and seme
of them date from thousands of years.
To lay out a railroad without disturbing
any of them would require a
genius, and to destroy them would bs
to excite a revolution, while it is far
from certaiu that any indemnity would
determine the Chinese to permit the
condemning of these lauds, which to
them would be sacrilege.
.'FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
| THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
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Slortlins: Kurounler ATilli a Fierce j
i Pantiier-Tic? r in Venezuela? How He l
iVa? In prisoned in a Hut?Treed by j
an lUk in the Oregon Woods.
".Several times panther-tigers have
killed stock at camps in Venezuela
j where I was staying.'' writes a traveler i
in the New York Sun, "and once a
herdsman in my party was killed by i
one of these beasts within a hundred
yards of the campfire. His body we
J found, partly eateu, a quarter of a
mile from the place where he was
struck down. Only once I had a
I brush with one of these auimals. The
1 encounter was a startling one, and for
* 1 1 1 -- 11_
! gome miuuies xuings iookou sijuuuj
i for me and my native guide. But we
! escaped unhurt, and, as the affair
| turned out the joke was on the tiger,
j It came about in this way. Antonio
; and I, in traveling on a by-trail out of
; the mountains, had stopped for the
j night iu a deserted hut built against
i the hillside. The hut was a large one
I plastered with mud, and it had one
I door, with an unglazed window, about
a foot and a half square, set very high
j iu the wall. I had killed a deer that
i day, and when we went to sleep 011 j
I the floor a quarter of venison was 1
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hanging on a hook on me sine oi me
wall opposite the window. It was
this that attracted the tiger. The
lirst that we knew of his presence he
came through the window like a shot
from a gun, passing directly over me
: and landing under the venison on the
J other side of the room. I heard him
strike on the floor and instantly rear
and tear down the meat from the
j hook. Not knowing for the moment
' what had brook en loose, I wrapped
my blankets round me for protection,
grabbed up my rifle and sidled along,
keeping close to the wall, to where
Antonio had made his bed. It was
j pitchy dark, but I could tell that he
was standing in the corner with his
machete in his right hand and his
blanket wrapped round his lelt arm to
serve as a shield. He was standing
steady, but his eyes were fairly ablaze
with excitement.
"What is it, Antonio?" I asked.
"A tiger?"
" 'Yes, senor. He has come for
I venison and cannot got out. Xo, do
j not fire senor. for wo are dead men if
; you fail to kill bim. Give me a lurnbre
(match), I pray you.'
"We could bear the tiger trying to
leap up to the window, with the quarter
of venison held in bis teeth, and
falling back to the floor. Whenever
he turned bis bead toward us bis eyes
were like balls of red fire, but be did
not offer to touch us, his whole aim
seeming to be to get out at the window
with his plunder. I found a match
and gave it to Antonio. He picked
up a handful of the dried grass that
his blankets had been spread on,
twisted it into a torch and lighted it
with the match. 13y its light we could
see the .tiger staudiug under the
window glaring at us over the haunch
of venison, which he plainly meant to
stay by.
" 'Come, senor,' said Antonio, and
we edged along the wall toward the
door. The tiger turned so as con"
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xinuany 10 mue us us piuuccucu,
and growled, but, afraid of the lire,
did nor approach us. 'Now, quickly,
senor,' Autonio said as we cauie to the
door. 'Opeu it just wide enough that
yon may slip out and I will follow.'
"I opened the door a few inches and
squeezed through sidewise, with Antonio
crowding behind me. He
dropped his torch within as he
slammed the door to and latched it.
" 'Now we cau breathe easy, senor,'
he said. 'We have el tigre captured.'
"We could hear the tiger within the
hut leaping up at the window and
sometimes scratching at the door.
Evideutly his whole aim now was to
get out, but it seemed imjiossible that
he could escape through the window,
the opening being so small and the
mud wall within affording no hold for
his claws. That he had been able to
get into the hut through so small an
opening seemed wonderful, but for
that he had the advantage of the hillside
from which he could spring at
the level almost of the window. As
we waited for daylight, when I intended
to shoot him, I heard the
tiger spring once more, and this time
his forepaws and head appeared at
the window, while he struggled to
draw his body up through the opening.
With my rifle muzzle not three
feet from his ear I shot him in the
head, and the tiger, slackening his
hold, slipped back into the hut before
I could pull back the lever and tire
again. We found him dead on the
floor under the window at daylight,
and after all that had happened we had
venison steaks for breakfast."
Battle With a Wounded lilk.
An Oregon minister went out for a
little shooting, says the Portland Oregonian,
and killed a large bear,which
had come down from the mountain to
feast on the enormous crop of acorns.
This success so delighted the minister,
who was little used to large game,that I
the very next clay he took his dog ami |
rifle and started out again. He wan- j
dered a long time and then found
himself suddenly confronted by a
groat elk.
The man was almost as well pleased !
with the prospect of killing so enor- !
mous au elk as he would have been at |
an encounter with another bear. He
lost no time, but took aim at the fore- j
I head of the advancing animal and !
tired. i
The ball went true, and the elk
dropped. The miuister went up to
what he supposed was the dead carcass
of the animal, and was looking it
over, thinking to himself that it was
almost as large as an ox. The dog
had trotted up with him, and was suspiciously
smelling of the body.
Suddenly the great animal made a 1
movement and leaped to bis feet.
Seeing the man directly in front of it,
it leaped at him, and would ham
knocked him down if the dog had not
instantly sprung at his nose. The elk
turned on the dog, and in another moment
was .stamping it to death.
While the minister watched his
faithful dog, which literally gave its
life for its master, being cut to pieces
by the elk, he was engaged in trying
to put a cartridge into his rifle; but in
his excitement he managed to get the
cartridge caught in such a way that
he could neither get it out nor in, and
the gun was rendered useless.
By this time the elk had finished
the dog, and once more turned on the
man. The minister dropped his riflo
aud started for a tree. lie did not
catch sight of one that he could climb,
but he saw a great log, and made for
that.
Then he saw that he was not out of
tho ivfnrintpil animal's reach.and that
in an instaut. if lie remained there,
the elk would sweep him off with his
horns. But he ran on the log as far
as he could, and at the end of it was
delighted to find a protecting limb of
a tree. He seized this branch just as
the elk reached him, and pulled himself
up into tho tree.
Then for two hours he had an excellent
opportunity to study a Northwestern
elk at close range. He was
just out of reach of the animal, but it
was determined, notwithstanding, to
get at him.
The elk would stand on his hind
legs aud paw at the man, and occasionally
made a mad rush at the tree.
The minister, watching, noticed that
there were two wounds in the elk's
head, showing that the bullet which
had struck him had not penetrated
the skull, but had followed it around
beneath the skin. It had stunned the
animal for a moment, but its only
other effect had been to infuriate him.
rni 1/| 1, 4 1,
XI1U LU1L11?) LCI VCXJ WIVl) wui
felt confident that he was safe; and so
he was, for after about two hours of
his hostile antics the elk departed,and
the man descended, picked up his
gun, and made the best possible time
homeward.
Ferocioun Cow Elephant.
While we were sitting under a
shrub with our minds set on refreshment,
one of our hillmcn came running
up to say that an elephant was
approaching, and presently a cowstalked
up to within ihirty yards of
the tree, says a famous African hunter.
We looked at it and waved our bauds,
whereupon the beast slowly and deliberately
moved oil' into the grass,
which here was not so tall as it had
been below in the place :.t which we
found the herd. We then resumed
our interrupted luncheon, and presently
the hillman, who had climbed I
up to the top of a little tree, said that |
tlio plpnhant was asrain aonroachiusf. I
My companion scrambled up into the
tree, and I, taking my eight-bore gun
in hand, stood upon the fork just on a
level with the top of the grass, to see
what was happening, and made out
the elephant looking curiously at us
at a distance of forty yards on the
other side from that on which she had
first appeared. Then suddenly she
was lost behind a little clump of trees,
aud I looked up and said: '"Whereis
she? I cannot see her now." But
the words had hardly left my mouth,
when, without a moment's warning or
a sound, she charged right up to us
from behind some trees.
I had hardly time to cock my gun
and tire both barrels in her face,
which was so near that the weapon
might have touched it when discharged.
The fire turned her, but it
was a close call, and in another moment
she would have had me and
would have butted down the little
tree. .Liepnants win cuarge anymiug
if they are thoroughly roused, ami
think very little of shaking a pigmy
euemy out of a bush.
Wisconsin Man's Wrestle With a Bear.
While walking along the river road
in the woods near Oconto, Wis., Edward
Brunke was attacked by a bear
and had a tussle that lasted until the
bear had made carpet rags of Brunke's
clothes and left wounds on his arms
that will staud as testimonials hereafter
to Bruin's ability as a wrestler.
According to Brunke's story, the bear
approached him walking on his hind
legs, front paws outstretched, and
with grinniug, open mouth. Brunke
at first suspected that the bear Was a
make-believe, rigged up by some of his
friends, but soou discovered his error
wheu the paws laid hold of his waist.
"It was a case of catch-as-catchcan,"
said Brunke, "so I tried the
grapevine or hip lock, but the bear's
claws were sharp, so to even things I
slipped out my jacknife and ran it into
hi* throat " The bear let co. but took
a new hold, and the pair rolled upon
the ground, where both combatants
practiced half Nelsons, full Nelsons,
strangle and other holds until they
rolled into the bushes, where Brunke
linally escaped from the animal's
clutches. Brunke came to the city to
have his wounds dressed and to
patronize a tailor.
Chan Svree Clubbed the TIcer.
Recently two Chinamen named Chan
Swee and Chan Teh on the way to
Bukit Jelotong, near Seremban, India,
came across a half-grcwu tiger. Chan
Teh bolted. The beast attacked Chan
Swee, but the latter, with a stick
which he had in his hands, lauded a
fatal blow on the tiger's head. The
tiger was brought to Seremban and
the usual reward was paid to the
Chinaman.
A Temple ot Serpents.
The small town of Werda, in the
kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated
for its temple of serpents, a long building
in which the priests keep upward
of 1000 serpents of all sizes, which
they feed with birds and frogs brought
to them as offerings by the natives. 1
The Soil Over Umlerilrains. {j
Always in digging an underdraw the sj
lowest subsoil, often cold, bard and t m
without vegetable mould, is more or , hi
less mixed with that dug near the sur- j ei
face, and which is usually richer. In j qi
filling the ditch this mixture continues, . tl
so that the soil that was dug from the j y(
bottom of the ditch mar often be in 1
the last spadeful thrown iu. Yet we j p
never knew this to make any differ- n
enee. Always crops of any kind show j fi
a betier growth directly over the drain | p
than they do on either side, even dur- j d
iug the first season's growth. After a :
year or two the good ell'ectof the drain i o:
extends to land on either side, as the h
soil freezes deeper when surplus water tl
is removed from it, and the roots of b
plants can go deeper for moisture or p
plant food. J w
Keeping Hit}'.
Hay decreases in weight, through 11
drying up of the moisture in it, so | .
that, in calculating the profits, one j j?1
must consider this very carefully. |
The price for hay will naturally in- j n
crease as the winter comes on, but 1
will the price advance in proportion j j'
to the shrinkage? The shrinkage in j 11
hay of course depends upon the i
amount of moisture left in it at the I
time of putting it away. Hay sold . e
when quite green will weigh much I
heavier than when it is thoroughly I
cured. There is a difference of live i *
to fifteen per cent, in the weight of l?
hay put away by some farmers. If
one can find a good customer right
after harvesting who will pay as much
per ton for green hay as for thor
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profits, but in the entl it may not
prove such a good transaction. The
green hay will more thau likely de- *
velop heat and burn in the mow, and
eventually mould and sour. The result
is. the purchaser will conclude j
that the hay was poor at the beginning,
and he will not buy any more
from that farmer. As
in everything else, it pays to be le
honest, and sell only thoroughly cured . w
hay even early iu the fall. The farmer j oi
who is at all up to date in his busi- n
ness will not think of putting away ! c<
green hay. He knows too well the I
consequence. He will see that the j tl
moisture is pretty well dried out of it ir
before he stacks it in the mow. ; tl
But the hay will shrink even then. I ai
There is moisture in it that will come j fr
out gradually. It takes months for it | p
all to dry out. The amount of shrink- I ai
age will therefore depend upon the J a
condition of the hay when put in the J w
mow. As some farmers put away j h
their hay the shrinkage and loss in ! p
weight will amount fully to fifteen n
per cent. But the average shrinkage is
will be about ten per cent, up to the si
middle of winter. After that the si
shrinkage is almost imperceptible. e<
Late-cut hay will thus have less
time in which to lose its weight by ir
shrinkage, and if the grass and tl
weather are both favorable for very ai
late harvesting it may payjjone^to cut ai
the grass out of the ordinary season. g<
This hay properly cured will not lose p:
much more than tive per cent, of its weight
by early winter. Just before
the midwinter holidays prices for hay
are generally good, and if sold then
the farmer may make five per cent,
of the whole weight by a little strategy.
In seasons when hay is scarce it does
not always follow that the autumn
prices are as correspondingly high as
conditions should warrant. Then it
pays to keep hay, even if it does ^
shrink fifteen per ceut.?A. B. Barrett,
in American Cultivator.
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A Drop Door For tho Barn. p
The accompanying illustration shows tl
a very handy drop door for the base- tl
ment barns. It is hinged to tho barn tl
Bill at the top. Another pair of hinges tl
"fr a
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A CONVENIENT BARN DOOR. pi
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are fitted about the middle. By turning sc
the button "a" parallel to the boards ol
of the door, the lower half of the door ?
can be raised by means of the cojd "b," n~
which runs over the pulley "c." Ifitis (j
desirable to open all the door, turn the ef
button "a" into the position shown in
the cut. Then by pulling on the cord
*'b," the whole door is raised. Ameri
can Agriculturist. ^
A House For Laying Hens. SI
In order to make hens produce eggs 1'
when most desired, they must not A"
only have extra care, but be provided w
with proper quarters. At the same ?P
time, however, it is hardly advisable al
for all poulterers to erect elaborate
structures for this purpose, and espe- is
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Ciaujr wucu we tuite iuiu cuusiuci anun il
the desperate competition of the fc
present day and the oftentime low in
prices of eggs. Accordingly, we ad- | si
vance the idea that ordinary persons j w
who make a practice of keeping from si
fifty to one hundred fowls should in- j w
dulge in a poultry-house something
like the one shown herewith in the
illustration. di
As can be seen, if situated by a hi
bank, it afforda a very suitable kabita- oi
on for laying liens. Indeed, in early D
wing and fall, when the chilly days
id nights retard the inclination of all
ens and pullets to lay as steadily and 51
lrly as they will with warm, nice 11
narters in which to reside, it is just
ie thing. Really, it is so roomy, conenient
and well ventilated that fowls ?c
innot help but do satisfactorily in it.
or one hundred hens it should bo [>
ot less than tifty feet long, twenty- o'
ve feet wide, twelve feet at the highest
oint and eight feet where the win- te
ows are shown.
The pens should be ten by eighteen
r more feet square, with neste for o]
ivers extending the entire leugth of
10 building under its lowest part, it
eing here dark and obscure just the
lace in which to deposit eggs which,
ith up-to-date nests, can easily bo B
ollected by the poulterer at night aud '
ot one found broken.' ?
As to the floor of such a building, it
hould be raised three or four inches
ora the ground to shut out damp- 0
ess, and dry earth and coarse saud u<
pread over it regularly after the old i.
as been removed, for this gives the if
ens exercise and grit, both of which
re highly essential to their welfare,
fire netting, of course, should be T
inployed to divide the pens, and in w
le upright part of the building
laould be arranged the roosts. Here,
Iso, should be arrauged the venti- U
itors, which at their best ought to be
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A WINTER CHICKEN HOCSE. p
(ft open during the middle of the day, P,
hen the hens are down on the floor T
r out of the house, and closed at ight,
or partially so, to keep out the
5ld.
Concerning the stove (look at plan),
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113 CULLieS UtKliUUiU iUl tUUIVlU^ XKJKJKA. j
I its caldron or boiler before feeding
le same to the flocks in the morning,
ad also for keeping the building free
om dampness?a thing highly im- t
ortant where a large number of hens t
re kept. Have the stove inclosed in "
small apartment by itself, aud then 0
hen you wish to warm the rest of the ?
ouse open the door and let the heat
ass out. Thus you keep the stove
eat and clean, while if the apartment 1
i mouse-proof, as it ought to be, a f
lpply of grain and meal may be ~
:ored therein for the fowls, which
;onomizes much in time and labor.
The windows, which in their slop- f
ig position should face directly to T
le south, afford the inmates a large n
mount of light audsnushiue?all that ?
re obtainable?and no matter how ?
jvere the weather may be, fowls thus
rovided for are always contented and g
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PtllS PENS p
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INSIDE PLAN OF THE HENNER1*. U
a
appy, compensating their owner in c
iturn with an agreeable amount of r
5gs. When a hard snowstorm is in n
rogress, however, it is policy to cover t
le windows with straw matting or <]
le like, for then when it clears up j{
le mats may be removed, and with _
rem all the snow, leaving the glass
erfectly clean and the hens to enjoy
regular paradise.?New York Triune.
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Chicken Chatter.
Fresh air aud fresh water should
;>t be forgotten. Both are essential
? tho health of the fowls. li
Have a dusting-box for the hens to si
ithe in. Provide yourself with c
aundance of road dust while you can.
; is cheap now, and in a little while ti
au will need it. Feed
regularly. Have certain hours
iv feeding aud don't vary them. Be
nnctual about your work, and the
iwls will be more contented and will
)on understand your systematic way
' doing things.
See that your henhouses are good?
a cracks in the sides?aud avoid t
imp floors. A window should be in g
ich pen, so that the light and sunline
may make cheerful the interior,
unshine is a good tonic for the fowls.
The scratching-shed should be
loroughly cleaned and fresh material
ipplied. Feed all grain feed in the ^
tter, and be careful to keep the SI
aors well covered, so that the birds ^
i!I really have to work for every 11
rain they eat. This exercise means
1 increased egg yield. u
A good poultry feed for laying hens
green cut bone. It is relished by _
le fowls, and supplies the animal
>od they are so much in need of durtg
cold weather. Green cut bones E1
lould be fed iwo or three times a *!
cek from October until May. It 1
lould always be fed plain; that is, ?
ithout mixing it in the ration.
A "unicorn carman," in the London
ialect, is a man who drives three ?;
orses. This philological fact came C1
it of a recent Coroner's inquest. 11
Beauty I Blood Deep.
Cljan blood means a clean skin. No
eauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar?
c clean your blood and keep it clean, by
irring up the lazy liver and driving all im?
urities from the body. Begin to-day to
mish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
ad that sickly bilious complexion by taking
a sea rets,?beauty for ten cents. All drugate,
satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
Toronto lumbermen report a sudden and
creased demand for Canadian lumber from
le United States.
To Cure A Cold In One Hay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
ruggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
At Jamestown. N. Y., an addition is being i
lilt by Hall & Co., to be used as a dye house 1
id finishing room. *
No-To-Bso for Fifty Cento.
Gnaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
.on 3trong, blood pure. 60c. U All druggist*
U> tun nt'.iny two minion iijiiaoiiuws 01
orlin only 42,000 have an aunuai income of
rer 7750.
Mr?. W'n-low'sSoothing Syrup for children
;eting, softens the gums. reducing inll iraa- .
on.allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottlle
The use of electricity on a road hitherto
perated by steam is attracting attention in
le western part of New York State.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Toar Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be magetic.
full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To?
ac. the wonder worker, that makes weak men
:roug. All druggists, 50c or (1. Cure guarao:ed.
Booklet and sample free. Addreaa
terltng Eemody Co., Chicago or Maw York
The Hope Woolen Mills, Garden Hills,
nt., may be started up on line tweeds by a
sw concern, so.45
,yon dcCo's "Pick Loaf" fcmohlnit Tobacc?
i the "best of the best." 2 ounces and cigarrt/*
hnnk fnr 10 ppnta. Tit it
Too Hanna Pants Mfg. Co., Knoxville.
enn.. is making additions to its plant and
ill make coats and vests.
Edamt* Toot Bowels With Car caret*.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
9c. 26c. IIC. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Seeded r lisins are becoming an important
em among the fruit industries of California.
Piso'sCure for Consumption has saved me
iany a doctor's bill*?S. K. Hakdv. Bodkin's
lin e, Baltimore, Md.. December 2, DOt.
A Useful Novelty.
A vefv useful, and by far. the most novel
jing of its kind is the Laundry List, gotten
utbytbe Seaboard Air Line. The upper
ortion is an artistic gom, beautifully exeuted,
having attached u number of blanks,
ne for each week, containing a list of all
he articles of the wash, and padded in the
arm of a calender. These may be procured
y enclosing five cents in stamps to cover 9
ostage. from any of the representatives o!
he Seaboard Air Line, or from T. J. Anderon.
General Passenger Agent, Portsmouth,
a.
Catarrh Cured
3lood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa*
rilla and Health Is Good.
"I was troubled for a long time with caarrh
and a bad feeling in my head. I be:an
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it did
ne a world of good. My sufferings from
atnrrh are over and my health is good.'
Irs. A. A. Libby, Pownal, Maine.
Hood's Sarsaparilla ~~~s
America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $5.
food's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 35 cents.
Snake Trick in a Church.
Albert Miller, a colored coachmaa
or I>. L. Pulliam, of Richmond, Ya.,
vas. recently bitten in the face by a
aoccasin snake." Frank Nelson's singers
:ave a concert at Ziou chnrch, in ManhePter.
Miller announced that he was
snake charmer and desired permision
to display his power over the repile
he had in the box, which was a dry
und moccasin, three feet long. He
rent on the stage and handled his pet
or some time. The last feat was to
>ut the head of the snake in his mouth
nd bite down on its neck. The snake
urned and stuck its fangs In the
heck of Miller. The man whirled
nd threw the snake from Its face
bout twenty feet into the body of the
hurch. When the audience saw the
eptile flying through space there was
stampede, and the colored populaion
made for the doors and windows,
'he snake fell in the aisle and was
illed.?Baltimore American.
TUMOR EXPELLED.
Jnqualifled Success of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheelock, Magno;a,
Iowa, in the following letter deiribes
lier recovery from a very critial
condition:
4* Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I have been
iking your Vegetable Compound, and
am now ready to sound
its praises. It
-\ has done won
y t jrf, ders for me in
W t relieving me
W ^ ^ \ of a tumor.
Ms_\ y "Myhealth
4 has been poor
^ h Change of life
u^?n me"
y\ \ much bloated
I ? and was a buren
to myself. Was troubled with
mothering spells, also palpitation of
le heart and that bearing-down feelig.
and eould not be on my feet much.
"I was growing worse all the time,
ntil I took your medicine.
"After taking three boxes of Lydia
. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
ozenges, the tumor passed from me.
" My health has been better ever ^
nee, can now walk quite a distance I
id am troubled no more with palpitaon
of the heart or bloating. I recmmend
your medicine to all sufferers
om female troubles."
It is hardly reasonable to suppose
lat any one can doubt the efficiency
f Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi?
ne in the face of the tremendous volme
of testimony.