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KEEPINC WARM.
Various Outer Contrivances In Oriental
Countries.
A common error Is that Oriental* In¬
habit lands of eternal summer and
dress the year through In flowing silks
and wondrous muslins. Many of them
do enjoy this kind of existence. Those
for example, in southern China and on
the great plain of Hindustan, hut at
least a hundred millions live In a ter¬
ritory ns cold as this city, and at least
fifty millions in a land whose condi¬
tions are similar to those of Canada.
Centuries of civilization have taught
them numberless expedients for secur¬
ing comfort and pleasure, In spite of
the snow and Ice which surround them
In the winter season. Many of these
are known and utilized by the western
world, but the most are unknown, or.
If known, are viewed as freaks or
laughable oddities.
Thus, for example, the Japanese and
northern Chinese employ what are
known as pocket stoves. These con-
slat of she Is of metal In Iron, brass.
bronze, silver, and for the very
wealthy gold. Charcoal or perfumed
charcoal Is put into the nhell and ig-
nlted The shell itself It Inserted In a
“
the waist, or Is fastened to th< Inside
of a woman’s skirt, A cold individual
may wear as many as a half dozen of
these little stoves, while a warm-
.. ........ -
warmers, wliuh a;,.r™™ an he taken " u Into b< d,
saf'el'y" S- a^urn^ Zl Insldc^if'a"mctal^box ami
war the night hmg.
makes the coldest bed as delightful as
h hammock In summer weather. Then
there are portable stoves, which burn
fr mi room ' Th"r!Ta?eT 1 111 1 u
jiinius which arc lined with fur; kimo
nos, whose Inturlor Ih as soft as fleecu
or the silkiest goat Il.vlr; cloaks and
peignoirs ptignoirs. which '“in are really ,lu > furH " ,rK wlih ' vl "'
the warm side In. There are fur-lined
sl.ppers and most delightful of all for
those who dwe I in .1,1 ly rooms, or like
to sleep wiili the windows open in
midwinter, Mr lined socks or short
stockings, which can he drawn on
In a second, and which make (he cold
cm fits,r agreeable lo the foot. New
Yotk Mall and Express.
Two Occult Views.
“George describes the girl he is en¬
gaged to as a perfect vision." “Yes.
Ami his sister jnsl says that she ih a
peifeet sight.” Boston Globe.
HIdihv by l!i« \V !»«»!«• *mlv.
la wli»( rlironiu Jn/D ijvity of tlio livor #Ivom
rlfto to. Bib* tfots into tlio blood jiidI Iiii purls
n yellow tint. Mid tongue foul*, and mo do*;* Lin*
breath, nb’k shoulder h«”tdftfbrM, blade puin beneath felt, tho the bowels ritfht
ribs and nre
become Kr iMtlpatcd nnd tho nt,oiiiu< li disor-
de rod. proven remedy fur thinc-iiLulogue
of evilw i* ilotttct.Uir’a Stmnncb Bitter*, u
medicine buitf nnd profuMHloimllv chills and recom¬ fe¬
mended. And MoverciKii also for
ver, nvrvou&ncttH mid rUeunuitlhin.
llffinranrc of tho hnv should rxcu&f n 1/nv
yc*r from nrtuticiuK it.
To Cnr« a I’oUl in Onn l)»y,
Take Laxative* Tlroma Quinine Tabletn. Alt
Druggist* refund money If it fulls to curu. 25c.
l* Wine umiHlly Ih n “ mm "' ol kvr k ' 1 ami Uu- lalmlon the bottle j :
How's Tills?
W, I offer One Hundred Dollars Ifenard
say rase of Catarrh tlmt iHiinotlio cured by
Usll’s Catarrh Cure.
m*y for th<* IhM lf> years, ami hrliovG transsetfous him ]>or-
iloi fectljr honorable In nil business .............
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Wai.iiino, IlriiKKlHts, Kisnan Ohio. A- Maiivin, Wholesale
llsll Toledo. taken
s < ntsrrli C’urels Internally, set-
In* directly upon the blood nml imimim »nr.
"” ia
1>y iU! nillV id's the^beif™*'
1 '«a IT re
You may not know It hut then* nr* targe
Humber* of jmmijiIo who have nwult* fortune*
In Wheat end (’urn during the ta*t few
month*. There Are equally good opportuni¬
ty* now. Why nhoiihi you not do no. Henry
Mugrldgot% Co., epectalty ('oinnierre mlvtaing Huihling, their Chi¬
cago, make »v of cus¬
tomer* on the condition of the market.
W rite to them for full particular*. All order*
filled on Board of Trade Floor. Bank Refer¬
ence*.
Fit* after permanently cured. No lit* or nr rvotiA-
»©** ftr*t day'* u*e of Dr. Kline’* Grout
Nerve He*torer. $2 trtal bottle And trc*tl*efree. Philn.,
l)n, K, II. Klin r.. Ltd., fttl Arch St., Ita.
Don’t Starve
Because Your Stomach Will Not
Digest Food.
Take Hood's Barsspnrllla nod ho cured.
It will tone nud etreniftlion your stomach
•ad crests an appetite. Tlieu you mny
rat without fear of distress, your food
will l>« digested nnd Mslmllntod, nnd you
Will grow strong nud healthy.
Hood’s Sarsa¬
parilla
It (ho boit —lnfoot t hoOnffTruc Blomi I'urlflor.
pil ls curs oil IU or ill*. f5 rent*.
TATI5NT CiriTKU SCARF Tl!f
llt’ffv v Gold Plate, llu by i'«utr«.
Snrromtdtd by • I'iuc UvUUrtnt*.
(totnplO 15c. P. M. W A THIN at A Co*
/BatalooFB Fmxs,' ______rrofldtmcv, U, L*
S, OSBORNES (~/t) a a
U4int<14 <Qj * .. /'/ss/* t ;
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Awnusin. im. A.-omi in..... ... n. i.c if
boot. Short timo. i iw.e s.u,i i ur e.t», x>,.
IIR. WKA TON’S* I* % I. >11:» TON F curt’s
Vud)i»'> »n.l K*utt»'ftrin»ry irx»ttbW». Audroxs boil)
null &><’, of tu»Ir I * H ,J. t«
AkXIDN. n: W«**t MtU'holist, MimtU, U.i
B.&S. Basin*'** CoU*|ftt, IahiIsyIU*', Kv
si I* It; t < * It VH\ AMAtil X, ;
Boot KRKl'INd, SlIOKTlIANIt ANl» 1
TlUfiliTHr. Boauifful C*talogiio Free
*1 I*
of scrofula, eczema, boils, sores, eruptions, etc.,
prove the claims made for Ayer's Sarsaparilla
as the best of blood purifying medicines, And
it’s cures that count. The story of these cures
told by the cured is convincing We send the
book free. Address Dr. Ayer, Lowell, Mass.
RAISIN FIELDS,
A CREAT INDUSTRY IN THE VALLEYS
OF CALIFORNIA.
The Vineyards Are Beautiful In Rich Vege*
lation-A Description of the Process of
Picking and Drying the Fruit,
The raisin vineyards of California
are now alive with tollers, and every
day tons of tho delicious frutt are on
their way to market. It Is In the land
of the mirage that the raisin flourishes
—a country that bears the most strik¬
ing resemblance In climate, soil and
scenery to Syria. It has the same
cloudless sky, the same burning sun,
the same rich vohanlc soil, the same
long, dry season. In fact, nearly every
feature of the Holy band is reproduced
along the western base of the Sierra
Nevadas, In the foothills and valleys
which are. cut off by the coast range
from th o cool trade winds and the.
h( , a vy fugs of the Pacific ocean. In
these great California valleys, where
thr , f un burns like a hall of fire In a
brazen sky from May to November, tho
m |rage Is a common occurrence, and
the toller In the vineyards of Fresno or
M creed counties sees Islands of foath-
* ry palmB ,n 1 "' oft,, 6001 latu ' rt al1 along
tiv*. horizon, while he is parched with
thlrati wKh ,„ five minutes after he has
heated water from bis can
*n, . ...... .. wh., „.U. California
>' j—
through the hot, dusty San Joa-
q "‘" Va,l ° y tn * t,,p ov " r a ,lay ,lt Fr, H -
““V. H'ZV'JE whole
country Is level as a billiard table; the
ar( . , )m . a „d hard and alone
moHl th( . highways are lines of
T“ ,yTrtW *
the bareness of the country and fur-
„iuhi„,. ■, ' > r ,„, oriii- , ,
,i.„i, t,i v
nU ,i I wltli with lit bede h s s of of fliu fim shad uh-idi tries s,
and the groumls about the houses con-
uln [nany var|( . t , ( . H uf rare
Hl ,ruhs, and (lowers. All across tlm
„ olintr y h( . wi „ shimmer of the
irrlgaUnK Fr( ,sno has tie
m „ ; ., I)( . rf „. t ,. x „, nHlv ,. irrigating
BVSleni , n lhc wwW l!le waU . r being
brought from (he rivers which flow
( , ow „ fn „„ su ,Nevadas, in
noo miles of canals and 5, is to miles of
lateral ditches. The big canals are
generally twenty feet wide; the ditches
which carry the water to each vine¬
yard are from three to ten feet wide.
The Muscat vines are cut down so
that the main trunk of Iho vine Is
about sixteen Inches high. From this
lateral shootB run out, frequently for
tell or fifteen feet, llius covering the
grouml with foliage. Most of thu
bunches of grapes hang near the main
trunk of the vine, and they arc pro-
lected from the fierce Still hy the
leaves. They are large, amber-colored
grapes, Die bunches being frequently
a foot long. 'Pile vineyard Is cultivate I
regularly until tlio lateral shoots be¬
gin to Impede the plough, lly the
first of September the grapes begin to
shows Bingns of maturing, but it ia
frequently the middle of the month be-
fore picking begins. This is a labor
that demands cure and skill.
To (he raisins it is
pdisable that the bloom on the grape
... should ........ not be Injured .................. by bundling T 1 be ,
I,icker tnkvH the bUnch by the 8tom ’
htiil, with tt h1uui> knife cuts It from
the vine. Then, with scissors, he re-
— any defective berries and places
the bunch caccfully on the wooden tray
side. I hl» tray Is of redwood,
is about two feet long bv three broad,
“tid „,,,i holds twenty-five ■„ pounds ofgrapc s,
" hl< ' h ’ When ‘ lrlC<1 ’ Wl " 5,101(1 (iVC
ot raisins. When full tho tray
Is left In the sun, and for ten days Is
not disturbed. This Is done by two
men, who place an empty tray over tlio
full one and Invert the lower. In this
way the whole trayful of grapes Is
turned without handling.
In about two weeks the second pro¬
cess of drying is completed. The trays
ore then stacked In heaps, and as rap¬
idly as possible the cured grapes are
transferred to sweat-boxes, three feet
long, two feet wide, and eight Inches
deep. In those the raisins pass through
a necessary stage, which frees them
from moisture and gives them that
aroma which the lover of raisins en¬
joys u h muen as the taste. These
sweat-boxes nre taken to the packing
house, where women and girls sort and
arrange the raisins in the boxes which
one sees In the stores.
are spread by hand so as to make
them appear large and flat. Bvorj
process of rnlslu-makliig is clean, ami
even tho paeklnK-hot.se Itself has
no illaraelling refuse. The women
and girls are nil neatly dressed, and
many of them do no work tn tlie year
exeept 111 ralstn-packlng time. They
work by the piece, the average hand
making $1.25 a day and the most ex
pert $2 a day.
Some of the Idg raisin vineyards of
Fresno county nre gram! places, for no
care nor expense has been spared lo
make the surioundliiKs beautiful. On
| |,,, Harton and Ktsen farms arc noble
hedges of eucalyptus and cedars, widen
make superb avenues: while (he But
lor and Forsythe vineyards arc not
worthy for the finely ornamented
Kroiinfls which surround tlm houses.
l>etrob Free Press.
PROCEED IXUH OF HOUSE AM)
SENATE SUMMARIZED.
IMPORTANT MEASURES ACTED UPON
Many lilllit of Mini Lmml Interoat
Receive the Attention of Our
Idiw-Mukeri,
Momlny'A Routine*
Mr. Calvin’s “mixed flour” bill
passed the house at Monday’s session,
Tho bill requires tho words “mixed
flour to be branded or marked on each
package containing a blending of wheat
fl ()Ur and „ >rll mea l, so as to show
what per centum of the contents is
made from the food products of wheat
and from the food products of grain,
other than wheat. The purpose of the
bill is to put purchasers on notice as
j to slight what ilou/or thev are miSour. huvintr whether
The following hills were also pnss-
td• ' An J," ZtlTin act for the protection "f Wilkes* of the
■' he county I
« *<* m “ , k, "K , ^‘demnation . o
I “ fit ’I
:r
( .f *i.« citv of WavcrosH* uHtahliah-
ing a system of public .schools for tho
^ j. cLaI -
’rile Semite ? 1 passe,''“the fl.llpwing f“U«>winK 1<.cal l'«#l
, ’n ”• ‘i'a!c"o'IK -n 'l.1 ‘u
2«to Ve JIXI" (IV , llrto T. in in
Jlutts county non ........ tt „ f,.onto), lamoiis pntt.li ,,f of
ro< ' I ,ts l , I'‘ ,r « ^' ONI ' v '“<’h u negro vil-
luge called 1’cppcrlown took its rise
j a x or „ cotton mill was erected be-
tween Jackson and the red pepper vit-
lage); amending the liuwreticeville
charter so that it shall bo called a city
instead of a town (there iH no penalty
fora violation of the act); to extend
the corporate limits of Douglasville;
to amend the charter of Douglas in
the comity of Coffee so that it shall
he called a city instead of a town; to
extend the limits of Mast Home; to
amend tho charter of Buchanan; to
amend the charter of Washington,
Ga., so as to give the mayor a salary
of 820(1 and the recorder £250 if the
council is willin'.'.
Tin mIh.v’* I’ronM’iliniTH,
|n the house Tuesday the Boynton
anti-barroom Dill met u decisive de-
feat. The tight was brought to an
unexpected focus and, for a time, the
result seemed uncertain. On a motion
to table tho hill, 84 votes, just four
less than a constitutional majority,
were polled for the measure. It was
subsequently shown, however, that
many of those who voted against ta¬
liling the bill, did so for the purpose
of putting n speedy end to the trouble,
When the bill dime up for passage
they promptly jumped oil it. On tlio
final vote the" bill failed of a coustitu-
ii„, lft i majority 74 to 64.
Notice of a motion to reconsider was
u\ft<le, l.,., Hut, judging I... nj llu oauymau- ,t v
Iler which the bill was disposed of
there Huo.ns lmt little likelihood
thut the ineaBiire will be taken up again
,1,,.;,,,, *l,„ ,,,.,wonf
a fight
to recongi(Jer the m ixwd Hour bill pass.
l,y the house Monday, hut tho uiO'
‘loll failed. i
^j r (’niyjn's bill for the benefit of
indigent 8 Confederate soldiers was pass-
ed.
It was ft busy session from sturt to
finish. The convict bill did not come
up.
Iho senate is disposed to be lenient
with lynchers, and thinks three days
are not enough “cooling time, ’ for a
mail when a meniboi of his family has
been assaulted. Senator iiaiumell
Starr s bill, leaving it to the jury in
erimiunl cases to determine whether
sufficient tune has elapsed for the voice
of reason and humanity to he heard
imov an insult, was passed hy tho sen -
ate after a spirited discussion. The
vote was 2.1 to 2, Senators Hopkins
and Golightly voting iu the negative,
Giber lulls passed were: An act tu
prohibit iho sale of liquor and ostah-
ash a dispensary in Terrell county;
bill to regulate the securities of build*
ing and loan associations; bill cluing*
«** «■» ^
^‘Wronol tlw half-bltHifl , t'T on “S the ,na-
l ’ r,)a ’ sha1 ' .' ,U! aM
those . the paternal side; lull to
on
l ,el ' al the us ,° 111
‘‘"s state of any s eam boiler ., without
f luo ‘ ul "**tj plug lull to es-
taldish the city eoiirt^nf \ uldosta; hill
to amend sect ion .. no of the code, lull
authorizing the town council of hlli-
*” *■'*'“<«* a dod
school pin poses, a school lull tor tho ,
n* 4
Wednesday's rroceedtngs.
The anti-barroom bill was reeousid-
erod in the house Wednesday hy a
vote of til to 60. Several members
who voted against it Tuesday were ah-
sent and the motion to reconsider was
carried by a bare majority of one.
The bill to attach a penalty to the
failure of telegraph companies to
promptly transmit and deliver all
messages was a special order for the
day, but went over until Tuesday.
The majority report of the Brown in¬
vestigating committee was presented
to the house. It is a strong endorse-
ment of administration of the state
university and in that way diametri-
cully opposed to the report submitted
by Hi>n. Pope Brown and two other
members of the committee.
The afternoon session was devoted
exclusively to the Jefferson county
election contest, which resulted in the
seating of James Stapleton and ,1. H.
Polhill. The populist members who
lose tlieir seats are B. A. Slater and
H. P. W'rouu. The tight was strong
while it lasted. A number of speeches
were made and a minority report in
favor of the populist contestants was
offered. The vote to unseat the popu-
lists was 74 to 38.
A strong fight was made for adjourn¬
ment,over to Friday, but it was unsuc¬
cessful.
The bill of Senator H. \Y. Hopkins,
providing for the election of superior .
court judges nnd solicitors by the peo-
pie. was the speeia’or'or of the senate
Wednesday, and was taken up imme-
diatelv after the raiding of the jottrnaf. i
The bill provides that at the first gen- j
eral election in January that thepeu-
pie will be called upon to vote on the
amendment of the constitution as pro¬
posed by it, giving the people the right
to elect the superior court judges and
solicitor*. The bill had li en referred
to the committee on general judiciary,
and was reported back with the rec-
ommendation that it should not pass.
Senator Hopkins defended his bill
in an able and decidedly pointed
Senator Kilpatrick spoke against the
passage of the bill and gave os his
main reason for opposing it that it
would le.ad judges into temptation.
Senator Hopkins, at the conclusion
of Senator Kilpatrick's remarks, moved
that the bill be displaced and made
the special order forJthe nextdegisla-
tive day. The motion was carried by
a vote of 25 to 15.
A bill to change the time for hold-
ing of sessions of the suxierior court
of tho Middle circuit was taken up by
unanimous consent and passed.
The house Hill changing the charter
of tho town of Thomaston to the city
of Thomaston was passed.
On motion of Senator Starr the sen¬
ate adjourned until Friday at 10
o’clock.
No Quorum Prenent.
The lower house of the Georgia
legislature, after having repeatedly
and stubbornly refused to take Thanks¬
giving holiday, met Thursday morn¬
ing uml adjourned. Deep disgust was
depicted on the countenances of the
few faithful members who remained
at their j)osts of duty, while the others
had returned to their homes to partake
of the fattened turkey and ’possum,
livery one of the 50 present at the roll
call felt that he lmd a personal griev¬
ance, and many expressions, unknown
to parliauientaiy usage, evidenced the
fact.
I'rid.iy’M I’roctHidiiiifH.
Messrs. Polhill and Stapleton, the
democrats who were successful in tlio
Jefferson county election contest, were
sworn in as members of the house
Friday morning. bill
Mr. Felder’s Australian ballot
was tlie special order for 10 o’clock,
but on motion of the author was cur¬
ried over and set for Monday at the
same hour.
An interesting matter was then
brought before the house by Mr.
Brunch, of Columbia, who moved to
disagree with the adverse report of
the committee on his bill to prevent
the making of gold contracts in this
slate.
A number of Democratic members
voted for the measure and the result
was (dose. The motion to itisagrej
with the unfavorable report, however
was lost, the vote being 49 to 45.
The object of tho bill was not to
dcclaro gold contracts void, but to
make them payable in any kind of
money other than gold.
The convict bill, which had for sev-
eral days been crowded out by other
business, came lip as the regular order
at 11 o’clock.
After a few speeches it was the con¬
sensus of opinion that no two mem¬
bers of the house are agreed on any
one point affecting u settlement of this
perplexing question. As a matter of
fact,, there is one point upon which
there is unanimity and it is that the'
house is hopelessly muddled. 1
A catechism was filially decided on.
Six questions have been prepared,and,
hy beginning at the bottom,it is hoped
to arrive at some idea of the general
opinion. Those who have no opinions
are expected to receive impressions
from the answers of others. Tuesday at
11 o’clock was set for the time to ex-
amine tho legislative pupils. From
the results thus obtained a committee
of three will draft the measure which
will relievo the painful embarrassment
under which the house now labors.
During the session Speaker Jenkins
grew very wroth at the way members
ihe ball during the transaction of
important business, and intimated
that ho would use force to have a ma-
jority present if the occasion again
demanded it.
senate had just enough of its
members in the chamber Friday morn-
ing when the roll was called to begin
business. The first thing in order was
tho consideration of thebillof Senator
Hopkins providing for election of
judges and solicitors of the superior
court. This bill was discussed at
some length on Wednesday and was
then made the special order for Friday
morning.
Owing to the exceedingly light at¬
tendance Senator Hopkins moved to
displace the bill and make it the spe¬
cial order for Wednesday, December
1, Senator Hattie objected, but the i
motion was carried and the bill went
over.
Senator Gray introduced a joint
hition memorali/.ing congress to refund
q,,. w >ttou tux collected during the
war. The resolution was adopted.
\ f ow local bills wore passed. These
hills received only 23 votes, which
was just a constitutional majority, nnd
had one vote been cast against them
out of the 23 they would have been
lost. When it became apparent that
there was hut little business before the
senate nnd that it would be a hard
matter to obtain a quorum Saturday.
the senate adjourned until 12 o’clock
Monday.
| TWENTY YEARS IN THE l’EN,
Meinei* Whs One «f » ltarty of Kight Who
A **n nit ed Mr*. Cilettson.
Frank, alius “Dad” Meiuer, was
convicted at Newport, Ky., Wodues-
day night, of assaulting Mrs. William
Gleason October (fib and sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
1 laxson and Greer have previously
received the same sentence for the
saiao offense, lhere are five others
tried for this offense and all will
no doubt receive twenty years each.
I he defendants belonged to a gang
* k, d insulted ladies, and their outrage
0,1 Mrs. (Henson was such that lynch-
' !1 ” " as averted only by the transfer of
prisoners to Maysville.
MUTUAL CONCESSIONS MADE.
1 rouble Between Illinois Miners nnd
<IV*erat«»r* Adjusted.
The conference at Joliet, Ill.. Wed-
nesday between the Illinois miners
and operators has resulted in mutual
concessions. The scale of prices was
adjusted satisfactorily. The most im-
portant demand of the strikers, that
the scale be paid on the basit of gross
weight alone, was uot eutirely settled,
though the mine operators conceded a *
point.
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« THE MANIIE8T0 m i v i I'rvTii kfvT SENT OUT OUT BY in
CUBAN ASSEMBLY.
spfllN ^ ^yjQ^OMlC DECREE
Both Cuba anil I'orto Kieo Ar« Included
In the Itoyat Grant—Anx¬
iety la Allayed.
c u p an constituent assembly,
whi(jh met recentIy a t Camaguey to
“
remodel the constitution and - elect , , a
new president, issued a manifesto
w i,ich reached the offieo of the Cuban
junta in New York Friday.
The document is dated at Lahaya,
October 18, 1897, and is signed by
Domingo Mendez Capote, as president
of the assembly.
The document says that the assem-
bly before adjourning deemed it its
duty to proclaim, among other things:
“No special laws, no political re¬
form or autonomy, nothing, in short,
that the Spanish government may be
willing to grunt that means Spanish
sovereignty over Cuba shall be accept¬
ed by the Cubans as a settlement of
the war.
“Independence or death is and shall
be the unalterable and sacred motto of
the Cubans.
“The Cubans have not resorted to
arms in order to obtain any xiolitical
measures which does not once and for
all solve the question. That is t-lie
reason we will accept nothing short of
absolute independence. constitute
• • It is our purpose to an
independent state, orderly, prosperous
and happy, over the ruin of a worn-
out colony. determined to
“We are firmly carry
on war until victory or death crowns
our effort.”
AUTONOMY GRANTED.
Docrei'K for Cuba and i'orto Rico Given
Out by KpuninU Government.
Advices from Madrid state that the
Official Gazette published Saturday
morning the royal decrees granting
autonomy to Cuba and Porto Eico, thus
removing the anxiety that had begun
to be expected on all sides as the result
of the government’s reticent and un¬
explained delay.
Article 1 explains the principles of
the future governments of tlio two
islands.
Article 2 decrees that tho govern-
ment of each island shall he composed
of an insular parliament, divided into
two chambers, while a governor gener¬
al representing the home government
shall exercise in its name the supreme
authority, faculty
Article 3 declares that the of
making laws of colonial affairs rests
with the insular chambers and the
governor general.
Article 4 directs that the insular
representation shall he composed of
two corporations with equal powers:
A chamber of representatives and a
council of administration.
| Article 5 provides that the council
of administration shall consist of
j thirty-five members, of whom eight
shall he elected and seventeen nom-
inated hy the government,
Article (3 provides that the members
of the council of administration must
be Spaniards, thirty-five in' years of age,
who wero born the island or who
have resided there continuously for
four years. It specifies numerous
officials, such as senators, presidents
of courts and of chambers of commerce
a nd other bodies as eligible to election
to the council.
Article 7 to 14 inclusive deal with
nominations and the conditions of elec-
tion to councils.
Article 15 empowers the throne or
the governor general to convoke, sus-
pend or dissolve the chambers with
a u obligat on to reassemble them with-
in three months,
CONSTANTINOPLE THREATENED.
Tlio Power* Have Decided That Turk*
Muxt IS vacua to Crete.
The Romo correspondent of The
London Daily Chronicle says:
“Tho report is confirmed that the
powers have decided to blockade Con¬
stantinople in case Turkey refuses to
withdraw her troops from Crete and to
accept a European governor of the
island.”
HKilUUNDEKS MUST (JET OUT.
Chine*© Merchant* of San Frnncisco Com¬
bine Against them.
The San Frnncisco Chronicle says
that the Chinese merchants of that
city have combined to suppress the
murderous highbinder’s societies.
These business men have formed a
compact not to submit to further
blackmail, and without their usual
income, the highbinders will proceed
to leave the city or go to work,
Over twenty highbinders' societies
are affected by this arrrngement. and
while the exact membership of these
societies is not known, it is expected
to be in the neighborhood of 1,500.
PENSACOLA HAS Bid FIRE.
Firebug* l>e*lr«»v Lumber Ynrd ami Two
Freight House* ami Tlieir Contents.
About 3100,000 u'orth of property
was burned at- Pensacola, Fla., Thurs-
day morning by a fire that was started
j,y an incendiary iu the old compress
building, used by several firms as a
warehouse for the storage of hay and
f et >J stuffs.
All of the contents of both freight
depots were destroyed, together with
two freight ears and two horses.
Twenty or thirty houses were afire at
onetime, but most of them were saved.
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RELIEF FOR PEASANTS.
Mnrahal Blanco Has Been Authorized to
Sign a Credit For S tOO.OOO.
A special from Havana says: Mar-
Blanco, captain general of Cuba,
h“ s been authorized by the govern-
ment at Madrid to sign a credit for
S100,000 to be devoted to the immedi-
ate relief of the suffering peasants
' vlj0 111 a T have been gathered in the
.
vicinity of the towns occupied by the I
Spanish troops as a precautionary
measure.
BEWA RE OF MOR PHINE. -
Mrs. Plnkham Asks Women to Seek Permanent TL
Cures and Not Mere Temporary Relief JJ
From Pain.
woman Special to forms acquire of suffering the of suffering morphine 1 lead is many a habit., dull, a -AA I ffejL
One of these forms accompanied by 1
persistent pain in the side,
heat and throbbing. There is disinclina¬
tion to work, because work only increases
the pain. symptom of a chain . of Jf j
This is only one she cannot bear
troubles; she has others
to confide to her physician, for fear of
an examination, the terror of all sensitive,
modest women. her condition, but
The physician, meantime, knows
cannotcombat her shrinking terror. He yields to X
her supplication for something to relieve the pain,
lie gives her a few morphine tablets, with very
caution as to their use. Foolish woman ! She
grave help her right along ; she be >
thinks morphine will -
comes its slave !
A wise and a generous physician had such a case ,
he told his patient he could do nothing for her, as j
she was too nervous to undergo an examination. I n despair, she went ... to visit .
a friend. She said to her, “Don't give yourself up; just go to the nearest
druggist’s and buy a bottle of Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
It will build you up. You will begin to feel better With the first bottle.” She
did so, and after the fifth bottle her health was re-established. Here is her own
letter about it;
•• x was very miserable; was so weak that I could hardly
$pPBWBRF $3g§SgjsBBbk T pct n round the My bouse, monthly could periods not do had any work stopped without and I feel-
i j n , r (j,.,.,! „ u t. was
fio tii-cil and nervous all of the time. I was troubled very
l \ much with falling of the womb and bearing-down pains.
? A friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vego-
\ J table Compound ; 1 have taken five bottles, and think it is '
the best medicine I ever used. Now I can work, and feel
like myself. I used to be troubled greatly with!
AX jL mv head, but I have had no bad headaches or palpi-
Sr IjK. tation of the heart, womb trouble or bearing-downi
pains, since 1 commenced to take Mrs. Pinkliam’s
"v medicine. I gladly recommend the Vegetable Com-
v- pound to every suffering woman. The use of one
bottle will prove what it can do.”-Miss. Lucy Pkablby, Derby Center, Vt.
PONIES OF ICELAND.
PERFECT MARVELS OF ENDURANCE.
They Have a Peculiar Pacing Cait Which
Under Creat Weight Conquers Space-
Can Swim Like a Fish and Climb Like
a Coat.
If the camel is the ship of the desert,
the Iceland pony is the cab, train,
omnibus and tramcar of the wonderful
country to which he belongs. To be¬
gin with, he is a misnomer. He is not
a pony, in the ordinary sense of the
word; he is a horse; in bone and
sinew, in strength and endurance, in
manners and deportment—a horse in
everything, in fact, except in inches;
and a sober, steady, hard-working
horse, too. He is very “multum in
parvo,” a “concentrated essence” of
horseflesh. He can swim like a fish,
climb like a goat and jump like a deer.
He sticks at nothing, and takes every
variety of travel—bog, lava bed, sand,
bowlders and grass mounds—with un¬
disturbed equanimity, If he has to
ford one or two rivers with strong cur¬
rents flowing girth-deep, it is all in
the day’s work. Only give him time
and periodical halts for refreshment,
and he will do his fifty miles per day,
and thrive upon it.
Iceland ponies are bred in hundreds
in the large grass plains in the south¬
ern districts of the islands. Little or
no care is taken in selection, so that
halt hands, though here and there one
improved, the average pony standing
from eleven and a half to twelve and a
half hands, though here and there one
will reach to nearly thirteen hands.
Every variety of color is seen, but
skewbalds of many shades are the
commonest. The chestnuts, as a rule,
are the finest, and the browns the
hardiest. Beautiful cream colors, with
light points, are not infrequent; black
is very rare, and roan also. Their
paces are fast, considering the size
of the animal, a journey of thirty-two
miles being often done in six hours or
less, with heavy baggage. They trot,
canter and gallop, but the pace most
esteemed by the natives is the amble
or "skeid,” in which the fore and hind
legs on a side are advanced simul¬
taneously, giving a running action,
very smooth to the rider. A good
“pacer" is considered very valuable,
and often sold for a high figure. Some
of these ponies amble so fast that they
keep ahead of another going at a
hand-gallop, and they maintain the
pace for a day’s journey under a
weight of eleven to fourteen stone. Ice¬
land ponies are steady and fast in har¬
ness, though wheels are a compara¬
tively new departure in their country.
They travel mostly in strings, often
tied head and tail. Hay, baggage and
household goods are thus transported,
and building material also. You meet
a "timburlestur,” or timber team, of
from eight to ten ponies, one carrying
planks trailing on each side, another
strips of iron, another bundles of tools;
a number of spare animals run¬
ning loose, and not infrequently a foal
or two.
It is as rare to see a dead Iceland
pony as a dead donkey though their
skulls are often visible, half trodden
into the miry ways surrounding the
farms. The pony begins work at six
or seven years—hard work, that is to
say. He is early apprenticed to his
trade by following his mother at hat
avocations, and when he is foot sore
is strapped upon her back. He works
well up to twenty years and over, and
often remains fairly sound to a ripe
old age. He feeds on the fat of the
land in the summer, and in the winter,
if his owner is poor, must live on his
wits and his stored condition. Farm¬
ers who are fairly well off keep their
animals in during the winter and feed
them on hay; but, notwithstanding,
many of the ponies have a hard time
of it. The Icelanders,h owever, keep
their steeds as .well as their means al¬
low, and treat them altogether in a
brotherly fashion.
“Having W obtained right. a box of
Hunter* of Louisville. (•«.. which I
f I spent S’*)* for 'ch ffe ren t 'ki nil s' of
remedies and the ^k: 11 of doctors, all for no
good, until I got the Tette tux e. lain now
" e11 - Accept thanks.' Yours
Savannah, By mail fur Ga. 50c. in stamps by J. T. ^uptrine,
Three miles make one league; they also
make tlie legs of the man tired who has to
walk them.
Che w Star Tobacco—The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
It is not considered profane to speak of a
well-mended stocking as being darned good.
M r-. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children j
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma- 1
t on, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle, j
Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an A No. I
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Ills., April 11,
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A fertilizer containing nitro¬
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less than 3% of actual
9
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Our books tell all about the subject. They
are free to any farmer.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
03 Na»*»u St., New York*
GEORGIA
TO THE FRONT FOR TRUTH,
Ranger, Ga., write**: Twelve
ycarB ngo I had Heartburn,
Kidney pated Bowels, Disease. Glimmer- Const!-
*«~ ing Beioro my Eyes,
'W* Belched tip Gas, find other
troubles, Was completely bed
run down and in most
of the time, Ilnd a Doctor
attending me, but nothing
did me any good until used I quit Dr.
everything else and
M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine, which completely cured me. I
have tried ‘’Black Draught,” but think Dr.
M. that A. Simmons Livoqjiferficine is ahead
of or any other medicine.
Palpitation of the Heart 0
“Whenever one becomes sensible of thO
beating of their own heart, they are liable
to bo frightened of heart and disease. imagine If they they really havo
Borne form Simn&onsSquaw Vico
YCino havo palpitation, is certain Dr. for it, but in tlio
a cure
majority of each cases the trouble arises
from some form of gastric difficulty. Tho
stomach, distended with food and gases,
will derange the heart in some persons,
While indigestion with its many variations
is responsible for very many so-called heart
troubles. The digestive organs need to ho
stimulated by the use of Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine, when the general health
will improve and the heart renewit a normal
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Athens, Ga., writes: In
1872 I had suffered for
years from Bilious Head¬
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Black Spots before my
^ W eyes, mouth, Bad very Taste little appe¬ in
ar M. tlte. A. Two Simmons Packages Liver Dr.
Medicine cured me, and
#- & K annoying for 10 years symptom. I never had From an
«|l living on river I contracted
“ Malaria, which it is now
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Thedford’s “Black Draught” and found
such a difference between them and M. A.
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Spread the News. Tell it far and wi<56
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thing to the “Black and
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fiscais.
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