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RUSSIANS FIRE
ON AMERICANS
Mistaken For Chinese and Many
Were Killed or Wounded.
THE ERROR A DEPLORABLE ONE
sir Claude HacDonald Again Sets
Forth Fearful Condition
of Affairs in Pekin.
A special cable dispatch to the New
York Evening World of Monday,
dated Che Foo, August 9th, via Shang
hai, says:
A terrible mistake occurred at the
taking of Yang Teun. Russian artillery
opened tire on the American troops.
Before the mistake was discovered
mauy American soldiers had been
killed or wounded by the Russian
shells.
The Fourteenth took part in the at
tack on the Chinese trenches. As the
Chinese fled the regiment entered
and occupied one-of the Chinese po
sitions.
The Russian battery, it seems, did
not notice the movemeut. It open
ed fire on the position and planted
shells among the American troops.
The Russians were quickly notified,
and ceased their fire.
Commenting upon this occurrence,
The London Standard says:
"It is melancholy to learn that the
losses of the Americans, who seem to
have borne themaelves with conspicu
ous gallantry, were increased by a
deplorable error, in consequence of
which one of their regiments was
pounded by Russian and British can
non. The incident emphasizes the
necessity of that close co-operation
which is not easily obtainable without
a single commander and a general
staff.”
SITUATION OF FOREIGNERS IN PEKIN IS
DESPERATE.
The British consul at Canton, says
The London Daily Telegraph’s cone
spondeut there, has received the fol
lowing message, dated August 6th,
from Sir Claude MacDonald, British
minister in Pekin:
“Our situation hero is desperate.
In ten days our food supply will be at
an end. Unless we are relieved a gen
eral massacre is probable.
“The Chinese offer to escort us to
Tien Tsin, but remembering Cawn
pore, we refused the offer. There are
over 200 European women and chil
dren in this legation.”
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Daily Express, wiring Monday, says.
“The allies at noon Saturday were
within twenty miles of Pekin.”
As General Chaffee’s report, which
is the only authentic news received at
Washington regarding the advance,
located the international forces about
forty miles from Pekin on Friday, it
seems probable that the Shanghai re
port is optimistic. It is scarcely likely
that the allies could advance twenty
miles in as many hours.
A Yang Tsun dispatch dated August
7th, giving details regarding the cap
ture of that place, says:
“The Kussians and French held the
left, the British the left center, the
Americans the right center and the Ja
panese the extreme right. The British
and Americans advanced on the vil
lage at a rapid rate for 5,000 yards
under a severe shell and rifle fire. The
Kussians opened and the British-Amer
ican advance became a race for posi
tions, culminating in a brilliant
charge. The heaviest loss of the day
sustained by the Americans, the
Fourteenth infantry, having nine
killed, sixty-two wounded and several
missing. The Bengal Lancers unsuc
cessfully attempted to cut off the
Chinese retreat.”
British Offer Money to China.
The British government, according
to the Shanghai correspondent of The
Loudon Timtfts, has offered to lend
£75,000 at 4$ per cent to the viceroy
°f Wu Chwaug, province of Hu Pee,
on the Yang Tse Kiaug, for the pay
ment of provincial troops.
REFUSES TO SIUS WRIT.
Ju<l(;e I.acnmbe Mnkci a Decision Favor
able to C. F. TV. Neeley.
Judge Lacombe, of the United
States circuit court at New York,
Monday, refused to sign the writ of
of Charles F. W. Neeley
°u account the action of Judge Wal
lac * in grautiug an appeal to the su
preme court iu the habeas corpus pro
ceedings, but indicated that ho did
°°t think Judge Wallace understood
the real situation of the case, and he
I’elieved if it went to the supreme
court in its present shape the applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus would
,J e denied.
Pale
and
Weak
Women
Beauty and strength Bsi
women vanish early In
Ilfe> because of monthly
pain or some menstrua!
Irregularity* Many suf
fer silently and see their
best gifts fade away*
Lydia E. Plr.kham’s Vegetable Compound
helps women preserve
roundness of form and
froahness of face be
oause It makes their en
tire female organism
healthy* It carries wo
men safely through the
various natural crises
and Is the safeguard of
woman’s health*
The truth about this
great medicine Is told In
the letters from women
being published in this
paper constantly*
Cuinea Pig Farm Run By a Woman.
Milk is the only liquid that guinea
pigs drink. This Is the testimony of
a Philadelphia woman who has a farm
of six hundred guinea pigs in that city.
The proprietor of this unique establish
ment supplies the pigs for inoculative
and scientific experiments to the Board
of Health, universities, colleges, hospi
tals and physicians.
"The little animals are peculiar in
their habits, and need constant care
and attention,” says this woman.
"They are extremely nervous, and a
sudden jar or unexpected noise Is lia
ble to kill them. A single thunder
shower will sometimes injure great
numbers, and perhups kill eight or
ten of them. As I ralae them strictly
for the use of their blood, which must
be absolutely pure, I feed them only
such vegetables as are conducive to
that result. Beets, carrots, apples,
green peas, oats, hay and grass consti
tute their chief diet, with now and
then a little cabbage for a relish. They
are extremely susceptible to heat and
cold, and during these hot days it takes
most of my time to regulate the tem
perature of their cages. Although
they are so tiny their average weight
is from five to seven pounds. Con
sidering their size they require a good
deal of food. The average age of the
little fellows is two years. After that
they become sickly.”
Exit the Grasshopper.
A Nebraskan man has Invented a
machine for ridding his farm of the
grasshopper pest. The pans which lie
flat on the ground are full of a mixture
of coal oil and water. The horses drag
the pans over the ground and the grass
hoppers, of course, attempt to hop over
the machine, but strike the shields
which are erected behind the oil baths
and fall back into the oil which is to
them instant death.
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la Creole Will Restore those Gray Hairs
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YOU KNOW WfMfYOU'RE TAKING Jjfß
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GROVE’S \
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showing what It contains. Imitators clo not advertise jb-f ; " c£h.
their formula, knowing that you would not buy their medi-Ij I j
cine if you knew its ingredients. Grove’s contains lronlj If^
and Quinine put up in correct proportions, and is in a taste-■! ;
less form. Grove’s is the original Tasteless Chill Tonic i| | j| *
and any druggist who is not pushing an imitation will tell you|| |j![| PARIS
that all other so-called “tasteless” Tonics are imitations.
Grove’s is the only Chill cure sold by every druggist in
the malarial sections of the United States and Cuba that is guaranteed to cure any I
case of malaria, chills and fever, or money refunded. Price 50 cents. J
Beeswax From the GulFs Bottom.
Mr. P. J. McNeel, of High Island,
made an unusual find on the beach at
that point a few' days ago which made
him a richer man by several dollars.
The beach for several yards was
strewn with beeswax, aggregating
about five hundred pounds in weight.
It seems that about forty-alx years ago
a Spanish vessel, hound from some
Mexican port to New York, sank In the
Gulf about one hundred miles off High
Island coast. Part of her cargo was
beeswax and, after remaining at the
bottom of the ocean for nearly half a
century, it finally drifted ashore. The
wax wa9 in fine condition, and Mr. Mc-
Neel found little difficulty in dosposing
of it at a good figure.
l>o Your Feet Ache and Burn?
Shake Into your shoes Allen’s Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New
Shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Ingrowing
Nnils, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore
and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and
Shoe Stores sell it. 36c. Sampl* sent FREE.
Address, Allen 8. Oi.mstkd, Lelloy, N. Y.
, A Happy Outcome.
Smart Pet: Otlfoyl* Kildiuff’s elopement
wasn't successful, was It?
Fotnlieiter -OU, I don't know. The old man
caught them before they reached the minister’s.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxativb Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
drucglsts refund the money If it falls to cure.
K. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 3xs.
Trouble of the Rich.
The Smart Set: Jaggles—Since the Par
venues got Into society 1 suppose they have had
to b: ush up a little?
Waggles—Yes. indeed. At present they are
practicing how to walk on a h-irdwood floor.
• 100 Reward. 8100.
The readers of this paper will be pleaded to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science lias been able to cure in all
its stages, and that Is < atarrh. Hall’s Catarrh
( me is th onlv positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh beingaconsti u
tional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly on the blood and ni l
cons surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation ot the disease.and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing Us
work. The proprietors have so much faiih in
its curative powers tiiat they offer One lluu
drvd Dollar for any case that it fails tocure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. Chemiy & Cos., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 7oc.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Lightning's Great Power.
During a thunderstorm near Consett,
in the North Durham district, England,
the lightning struck a pasture field
and dug a trench varying from three
feet to three feet six inches in depth,
and six inches or seven inches wide,
across the field for a distance of a
dozen feet. The solid clay was scat
tered in all directions, portions thereof
being found lying over twenty yards
away, while the turf had been cut up
as clean as If the work had been done,
by a sharp implement. One grass sod,
measuring about six feet long and nine
inches in width, was laid on the oppo
site side of the fence in another field.
• The Wickedest Bit of Sea.
Nine out of ten travelers would tell
Inquirers that the roughest piece of
water Is that cruel stretch in the Eng
lish channel, and nine out of ten trav
elers would say what was not true. In
reality the “wickedest hit of sea” is not
in the Dover straits; or in yachting, for
example, from St. Jean de Luiz up to
rauillac; or across the Mediterranean
race from Cadiz to Tangiers. Nor is it
in rounding Cape Horn, where there is
what sailors cal a "true” sea. The
"wickedenst sea” Is encountered in
rounding the Cape of Good Hope for
the eastern ports of Cape Colony.
If you will buy three
Old Virginia Cheroots
and smoke them to-day you will get
the greatest amount of comfort and
satisfaction that 5 cents will buy in
a smoke, and get it three times over I
You haven't any idea how good they
are and cannot have until you try them.
Try three to-day instead of a sc. cigar.
Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this
year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. 3
Andrew Female College,
Cuthbert, Georgia.
Forty-sixth year begins September 1!) Large additional building being erected. Many a4*
dittons being made to the library and laboratories Well equipped, steam heat, electric lights,
modern conveniences, etc. ANDREW stands for Christian culture and character, and the
highest and best education for Southern women. Healthfulness unsurpassed; faculty large an 4
competent; patronage expensive, representing several States. Rest advantages ollered itt
Music. Art, Elocution, Bookkeeping, Stenography, etc., ns well asln Literary Department.
Board and tuition can be bid for #llO to #l4O for the entire session of nine months. Writs
for the catalogue and make your arrangements as soon as po Bible Address
HOMER BUSH, President.
Naming a Kaffir Boy.
The war In South Africa has pro
duced some strange results in the
nomenclature of children, but ft has
been left to a Kaffir to devise the most
curious combination —Buller Churchill
Labouchere. Lest he forget, or there
should be any mistake, the proud fath
er had written the three names on a
piece of paper, which he handed to the
baptizing minister. Certainly the
Kaffir boy with the three names will
be a strange hotch-potch if he pos
sesses all the qualities of those after
whom he is named.-Westminster Ga
zette.
—i tib For 33 vein we hive been trxin
alVßpEA>'jng yoang men and women for
.usi l . jgjuw R mines*. Only bat. eol. in TANARUS.
SpS ■? owning it* building— mnd
( vgSSwnew ono. Up todate. Digbiy en
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| T * c * ,lon *' Oanlogce ire*.
“ Leading baa. eol. acath Potomac rivsr."—Phil*. Stenographer.
SOUTHERN DENTAL COLLEGE
DENTAL DEPARTMENT
Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeon*
Oldest College in State Fourteenth An
nual Session opens Oct. 2: close* April 30th.
Those contemplating the study of Dentistry
should writ# for ca alogue.
Addrt os S. W. FOSTER. Dean.
02-03 I run an Building, Atlanta. Ga.
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