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IMPRESSIONS OF GUAM. WHAT’S TO BE SEEN IN OUR NEW 1 PACIFIC ISLAND. Site First Sight in Disappointing, But It Has flood Points Which Grow on Son , —The Native Soldiers—It 1* Strategi¬ cally Very Important. Concerning Guam, our new ^powies eion in the Ladrone Islands, a corre¬ spondent of the New York Sun who went thither in the U. S. S. Yosemite write*** f«Uewss.i" The first sight of Guam was rather disappointing. There were several rain squalls' bn the horizon, lookout and in reply to the questioner, the picked put the blackest looking squall, and said: “That’s Guam, sir!" As the squall disappeare d, the island de¬ veloped into a bold mouutuinou s range, not altogether tropical in aspect, In¬ stead of the thick t’hflifiptnd forests and heavy foliage of the mountains, the hills in Guam are rather barren looking, the trees are clustered together) while the red clay and soil shows through in patches here there. As the ship approa oiled nearer, the lowlands came into view, aud the thick groves of coooanut trees, mangoes, and bananas proved that the reports of tho fertility of the island are not without foundation. The harbor of San Luis de Apra is by far the best of any in the whole Ladrone group, being sheltered in all weather except southwest gales. On entering, the ship pressed close to Orote Peninsula, a high promontory harbor, forming the and southorn then swinging boundary to of the the northward, slie anchored under the lee of Cabras Island, which forms the northern shelter. Extending in a cir¬ cular direction from the end of Cabras IslSud is a coral reef bare at low water, and coming within a ship’s length of Orote Point, giving the harbor the shape of a horseshoe. Occasionally, during the wet season, a swell rolls iu over the barrier reef, but for tho greater part of the year the harbor is quiet and smooth. Oue serious draw¬ back to the harbor lies iu the diffi¬ culty of landing cargo, owing to the coral growth which extends out for more than a mile from the shore, A pier could readily be built, but the easiest and cheapest solution of the problem is to send out from tho United States several small wooden atom wheel steamers, drawing only a few inches of water, and thus capable: of passing over the inner reef at all stages of the tide. Around the shores of the harbor are Apra several towns, Sournay, Sau Luis do and Piti. The last named is the port of entry for tho island, and con¬ sists of two stone buildings and about a dozen native huts. The first sight of the town was not interesting, for ^in the plaoo is on low land, and just now the rainy season, is mostly under water. A few minutes sufficed to tako in the sights, consisting of natives,water buffaloes and dogs, and then through the kind offices of the principal in¬ habitant, a Mr. Wilson, the party ob¬ tained a carriage aud drove up to Agana, the capital of the Island. The road is about four miles long, and has been an excellent one, but at present it is sadly in need of repair. It winds ia and out amoi eoooanut groves, sjav an *ngi iMfia. crosses ay. I Rfcerh half of th{ island,Tmd the 9 ^’s.t «EeS£SSSJaEs.Sft; v 8 AkliTuLi r L sp 5 1 »ii i a ouo wonder. Itoltt»r.i. so little. Realizing that ti e large mamnty of the natives are only semi civilized, the place presents a very oreditable appearance. The streets are regularly laid out, and are clean the houses are whitewashed and neat in appearance, aud there are no street Wafers or beggars hanging around. The better class, that is the fore gn era aud hal castes live in stone houses^ with the inevitable red led roo . The natives live in frame houses with thatohed roofs. The point of interest ,n tlie town s the ^ plaza on which are si uated ho palaoe, the barracks and the oathe dral. These are quite respectable outside looking buildings from the but on close inspection the palaoe and barracks were found to be -n a AUhy oonditiou, with no attempt at safi ta t.°n, and with th» di rt o! ?ea« le.t undisturbed Before the Americans can occupy these buildings there will have to be a thorough house o eamug from top to bottom and a plentiful distribution o disinfeoting material. The cathedral is solidly built, with no pretense at ornamentation. Within, two things struck the visitor as strange, an organ and a sign reques - ing the congregation not to bring their into church. I The town boosts of Hwo distilleries, where la tuba is made. This is made by fermenting and distilling the sap of the ooooanut tree, and it is said that it can give points to Jersey light uing. The natives take to it kindly, however. All the stone buildings have tbiok walls and heavy ironwood rafters supporting the roof. They ore built in this manner to withstand tho earthquake shock*, which are of fre quent occurrence, though rarely the se veto. Typhoons oooasionally visit beyond island’ but do little harm blowing down a few trees and knook lug down some of the native huts, Outside of Agana the native huts are built of palmleaf matting, with ham boo beams huts aud rafjiers, dbwn lava heavy house gale these go like a gale of the cards; a few hpnm apTB ujter nobody the houses aro up and is the worse for the experience. Agana ed at about 7000 souls, of whom tbe better ot*M, grho ore also the conlroL ling class; number about 100. Sinoe the plaoe was captured by the Charles ton in June, 1898, there have been several acting Governors appointed who have kept law and order iu the island, but have allowed public works and buildings to fall into disrepair, They arq not altogether to blame, for during tne past year they have been in a stata of unoettainty. There have been rumors on tho island that Guam was to he returned to Spain, and no tnan cared to be overzealous in his loyalty ta tile United State* for fear that he would suffer for it if Spain re¬ sumed ifl^'tule.'- Their doubts! are now set at rest by the arrival of Gov 9 T , ernor Leary and the promulgation of his proclamation. The people are glad to be under American rule, and al¬ ready arches are going up in the streets and oouimitteea are being formed to welcome the Governor when he takes up hi* official residence in Agana. The natives are peaceful and gentle in disposition. The Filipino con¬ victs, sent here front-Manila? seem to be the only disturbing element on tho island. These Filipinos tried to in¬ augurate a revolution last March, but the plot wa3 nipped, in the hud by the naval officer in chargo bore at the time. There are several schools on the island, but education is not gen¬ eral. The native ia indolent, and be can see no benefit in education. He works if bo pleases, and after a few days knocks t^» off with money enough to keep him test of the year. It costs him he nothing to build his house, and if is out of work and out of ' funds there ale'the breadfruit trees,' the cocoauuts and the bananas grow¬ ing wild. Why should he disturb his siesta? In the past there was an ad* ditioual rcasou why he should not work; he was taxed heavily for every¬ thing he owned. When the natives cultivate the fields, they rarely live on tho land they till. Instead they prefer to group themselves in little villages, of which there are a number scattered about the island. When it oornes harvesting time, all the men assemble on one plantation, build a hut, and live and work together gathering in the erop. When they have finished, tho whole body of them move to the next plantation. It is also an ocoa sion for merry-making, in which la tuba plays au important part. There is rarely any disorder, but when neoessary to quell a disturbance the force is furnished by a company of native artillery, the only military fcrce on thn island between the evacuation by the Spanish troops and the arrival of the Yosemite. Every one unites in praising theso native soldiers. Their behavior is excellent, and their appearance is surprisingly neat and military. Guam is an island of great possi¬ bilities. Strategiently, it is important in being a link in tho chain between San Francisco and Manila. Commer¬ cially, it may be important, but at present little is known of its re¬ sources, as the island has never been developed. It is known, however, that the land is. qjtreinely fertile— coffee, oocoHnuts,*l' s, limes, corn, sugar cane, all groi h but little at tention furthe vcggflE rJfl jhe ►cereals planting, Few other have been tried, experii^f! hplHH kjittle doubt that the Ddertaken will laud prove general? that j&kj IQ rity of the is ' She water buffalo varietjfthi'ii lifet |«t horses do not . In th 2? Wf ,twen ty-two and they hors^jpoh* ai*4 m .’fcjj-by island, the ow wealthy sight class. to ijLuncon);- jfpkldio of mon gallojjfiii see Imptnedly a buffalo, pH* along the muddy tt pis 8 and deer roamtpii sstho isl and. V Copra, the dried lectin if• the 00 - coanut, is the principal*: »Ie of ex port. The other pvoduc are raised for home consumption 0 : ! It is not known island^ what because mineralajfh n^^dy h«S gre in tided. the ever kni > ii the a kiim'e.m tills," y with the broken ral stone, can be shaped or plastered, and becomes w«r*r- is the material used 7 for ’T”' the walls „ T “; of J, ’ fcrs? 3 s „ >mooth <( , g , ike oemented roacl . fi6 veral kinds cf lumber, ^ mogt valnable beiug the iron d This i8 usetl in the floors of tho hou8e ^ the rafters ’ eto . It ia ex - di ^ , ( ard and £ he vy> j and re8ist8 „ in o j’ even t ter0 o when U8ed f J ilw tho wharveB . Some of tho in bUauts that tUe floors in their h m ore than one hundred * old> ; and there appears no neces for r moral . TU e woodwork of a houge take8 longer to complete than , na8on ^ There are no sawmills, jV ank mu8t bo cnt ont by h d faot the uat ivo's idea of aroUitecture aud of agriculture aro of ^ moat F imitivo order . A Baw lind a Latohet for t he first, the fora of a as ^ j QW and a jaaohete for farm ^ .„ ids3 of tools, and with ^ woria patie ^ ntly away to the d If it ig u t fiui8hed to-day, no m ’ to-morrow will do; time is no matter to him . T ah of G , m is fftirI lea8 . M ftnd hea nhful. The island . g Bituated in latitude thirteen de f twenty & . Bix minutes north and ^ itude de ^ ee8 forty minutes ' atld j, b tbe xea ch of the mon 800n8| and within the tradewind balt . As the island is ouly thirty ln ji e8 [ oug and i e88 than ten miles w i d6f t be influence of the trade wiud j 8 felt throughout iia area, and the heat of the tropioal sun is tempered thereby. Fevers are almost unknown, and there ore few of the tropical dis ea8Q8 here. Unfortunately thero are a fow oase8 0 f i op rosy. The lepers were confined in a hospital, tut when the Spaniards evacuated the island, the lepers were released and aro now scattered and hidden about the j„] aud . One of the first duties of the medical officer will be to corral and segregate these unfortunates, The rainy season lasts from May to Ooto- rains ber> and dm q ug this time it hard, giving a gloomy aspeotto every- has thing. Once the rainy season passed, for the remaining months of the year it is bright, pltasant weather, witb 00 i Eventually Guam will have trade a cable will lie landed, and the people will be in touoh with the world, but at present g roa t e r isolation could hardly be im ag i nod . There is no commercial routa wb i c h includes the islnud, and communication is depandent upon an occasional army transport or a man 0 (. war stopping in the harbor. It comes hardest on tbe pioneers on the y ()8om it 0 , marooned, as one officer i aU gbingly expressed it, but there is a cheery Bpirit and an eager desire to work on the port of all to do their share in the development of our couu try. The richest aore of land in the world i* that near Lionsar, in Thibet, on whioh gi ows the sacred tree of Thibet. * Why So Many British Officers Get Killed in War. f lib , ■el sv ■vT\] z iff! it A 1 4 . • xll/j/fl •iL 1,1 * is. -N s • -tZtl ■K.J „ The extraordinary fatality among the leaders of tho British soldier's in actions at Smith Hill, Elandslaagte and Belmont is clearly explained in this picture. While the meu iu the rushes up the Kopjes took advantage of every cover, the offioers esteemed it their duty to stand erect. In this posi¬ tion they became conspicuous quarry for the Boer marksmeu. ooooooooaooooooocooooooooo § The Plans for tlje f | OOOOCOOOOOOQCCOOOOOQOOQOOS Twelfth Census. | All through the past six months preparations have been going busily on in Washington for a great publish¬ ing enterprise, whioh will be launched promptly ing on the first day of the com¬ Juno. The results of the under¬ taking will begin to appear in finished form two years from that date, and will continue to be brought out at in¬ tervals for three or four years there¬ after. The publisher is the govern¬ ment; the publication will bo desig¬ nated as the Twelfth Census of the United States. The twelfth census will differ in sev¬ eral particulars from any of tho pre¬ ceding cues. It will be conducted on i 8 * 3 §JI 1 / A dmk WILLIAM H. MEBRIAM. (Director of tlie Twelfth Census.) a larger scale, as there are of course more people to be enumerated. It will embraoe a greater area; for the first time tho inhabitants of Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Eico are to be in¬ cluded in the oount. Moreover, the coming census will' t|f bo the first in whioh all the work recording and computing statistics is to be done by, meobanijujL^Means. ffii eqtric u nenlus, lenth but in enum eration they will be ilelied upon en¬ tirely. Tho thorough organization neces¬ sary in order successfully to carry through suoh au undertaking as this may be appreciated whon one reflects upon tho labor involved in counting seventy-five millions of anything—-a task that would require one man’s un¬ divided energies for twelve hours a day during more than a year and a half,. In tho oase of tho census tho labor is multiplied by tho considera¬ tion that the seventy-five million units are human beings, conoerfilng each of whom a dozen facts must be recorded, and that they are scattered over some four million square miles of the earth’s surfaoe. The task of taking the census will require altogether tho services of more thau forty thousand persons. They will be separated into two main di¬ visions—the field forces, and the head¬ quarters staff in Washington. The former will inolude by far the greater number—nearly forty thou¬ sand, all told. These will bo the enu¬ merators, who will gather the re¬ quired information from all parts of the country, aud the superintendents work. in charge of this branoh of the The data thus collected will be com¬ piled and prepared for publication by a staff of three thousand clerks in the central office." Roughly speaking, there beono enumerator for each township through¬ out the country, or, in the cities, one for each ward. The euumerarfttors will be local residents appointed the by the Director of the Census, on recommendation of some influential persou, usually the Congressman from the district. The superintendents will have charge of divisions generally tlie same in limits as the Congres¬ sional districts. In the case of the larger oities, however, there will be \, < JvTW Q B9B mT g inrp c. —-r i'RONl' VIEW OP NEW CENSUS BUILDING. but one superintendent to each city, altbongh bis territory may iUolnde sev¬ eral Congressional distriots. In Mas saebuoetts, where an efficient oensus bureau exists under the direction of the State authorities, there will be a single superintendent. expected The enumerators are to start on their rounds on June 1, 1900. They will be supplied beforehand with portfolios containing blank schedules on which to enter the name of each person iu their districts, together with the information provided - for by law. Most of them can complete their tasks within r few days, and will receive from 350, to $150 far their services, according to the amount of work in¬ volved. As soon as the schedules are completed aud revised, under the di¬ rection of thedistrict superintendents; they will be forwarded to Washing¬ ton. Here is where thg^work of putting the census data into intelligible and valuable form will be done, and here is where the tabulating machinery will come into play. These machines, by the way, are the invention of a former census employe, Mr. Herman Hollerith. They were designed with a speoial view to use iu the census, although they have proved valuable for other statistical work. By this system the statistics con cerning each person will appear on a separate punched card. About seven ty-five millions of these cards will be required, therefore, to contain all tho data oolleoted for the census. The cards are numbered to corre spoud with the numbers opposite the names in the schedules. They con tain two hundred and eighty-eight The punohed record cards are counted, or tabulated iu tho electrical tabulating ma¬ provided chines. These with machines aro OODOO__ Ei~\WI "0 0 0 a cirouit clos¬ 'AT ing device, into which the -__' 0 cards are rapidly fed one by one. The holes in the card TIM through control a the number eleotrio of counters, circuits If \ 1 whioh will as desired, couut the simple facts all* to the number etc., or the of most males, complicated females, yy /1 combination whioh the statis¬ I ■ tician may ask for. agggg - ^ gjtl m =s m Wm j > n BUS S= H\ 111 ( St Otis# n KBsT-aaS U'b ¥ :iKG MACHINE. , thi ciTTVI wdf fSB be done witpAmall machines, something keyboard like a typewriter, punches. called kb About one thousand of these HB m keyboard punches will be m- used, and tho entire work of gUl transcribing individual the 75,000,000 records or more hi will working months be after done days, the or in first nearly about reports four 100 TABULATING RECORDS. are in. symbols, each of whioh' is an ab¬ breviation representing some fact within the range of the census enum¬ eration. They are punched by means of an electric machine. Iu recording the statistics a clerk ;TT^^s s*5g a _ 4 «* i CM QC yttr'r 1 *' - I 4 * ** ** * * *-* mu* IX ac m ** *j *, ■*, ~Z *7^ I ijiii lliiiilli si:::::: I m — Hifiii; ;'; i::::; - pSiiiiif i ELECTRICAL TABULATING-MACHINE. reads from the schedules the tion entered opposite seated a certain name to an operator at tbo of the punohing-machine, With little praotice this can be operated as fast nn an Experience has shown the average number of records that one clerk can trausier from the to the cards is seven hun¬ dred per day. It is the Intention of the Census Bureau to put one thous¬ and clerks at work with these ma¬ chines as soon an tho returns are iu, so that this branch otthe work should be completed in about a hundred days. the pnncbing-machlne the From record oards go to tho electric tabu lating-maohine, which is even more ingenious. In form it is something like an upright piano. In the face of the upper part of the box are set a | number of indicator dials, each one devoted to some one set of facts emu* i ' prehended tti the census. Insiduthe machine is a complicated system of eloctrio wiring connecting these indi¬ cators with the operating apparatus. It is tho missiou of this machine to total the various facts recorded on tho punched cards. To do this the punched qards are slipped into the machine beneath a set of electric nee¬ dles, mounted on spiral springs. The operator presses these needles down I if # I n —- •* IMS ? il f. > 0 THE ASSISTANT PUSECTOD. upon the card. Wherever there are punch-holes the needles pass through and dip into a cup of mercury placed beneath. An electric circuit is thus completed, which moves up the indi¬ cators on tho connected dials one point and records the particular fact indicated by each punch-hole. The totals are always in view on the indi cators, and are copied off on slips at the end of each ruu. Each machine is capable of disposing of five thou sand cards per day. The statistics computed by the ma chines' will be copied on record slips and turned over to another force of one thousand clerks, whose business it will be to make up tables aud prepare copy for tho printers, By the act of Congress providing for the coming enumeration it was stipulated that the four principal re¬ ports—on population, mortality, agri¬ culture and manufactures—must be ready for publication on July 1, 1902. The Director of the twelfth cen- 8113 is William R. Merviam, ex Governor of Minnesota. The actual work of preparing the statistical in¬ formation of the census for publica tion will be in charge of Assistant Di rector Frederick H. Wines. Mr. Wines has had long experience in this sort of work. He was in charge of oue department of tho eleventh cen¬ sus, and wrb employed also in tho census of 1880. As assistant to Mr. Wines there are five chief statistioians, all experts in their lines, to each of whom will be assigned one depart¬ ment.—Harper’s Weekly. How II« Obtained SlUnc*. The tea things had been cleared away, and the hiead of the establish ment was trying to read the evening paper, while his better half busied herself with some fancy work, and at the same time endeavored to interest him in the gossip of the neighbor¬ hood. “Maris,” said he, glancing up from his paper, “did yon ever hear the story of preoious gems?” “what is “Why, no,” aha replied, it?” “It’s an old-time fairy legend that iny grandmother told me when I was a boy,” he continued, “about a wom¬ an from whose lips there fell either a diamond or » ruby every time she spoke a word.” “Well, go on,” she said. “That's all there is of it, Mafia,” he replied. “But I was jnst thinking that if suoh things happened nowadays I’d <?pen a jewelry shop the first thing in the morning.” consecutive Aud then for thirteen minutes silence reigned supreme.—■ Tit-Bits. Pointed Paragraph*. A good character is more easily lost gained. talks—but it with Money favored few. converses the Luck is blamed with a lot of mis of which it is ignorant. The way of the wise man is to let a woman have her own way. One is apt to strike a happy vein in the vicinity of the funny bone. If yon don’t care for the things you can’t obtain you will be fairly happy. Probably the most difficult man in the *M>rl(l to please is the ope who doesn't know what he wauls.—Chi¬ cago News. PICKING BIL LIONS O F FLOWERS; Work of Women Where the Perfume lu¬ ll tint rv is Carried on in France. jhrance, Grasse, in the southern part of i3 the centre of tho perfume Industry. There women aud girls may be seen, with broad hats on their heads, Ufa. gathering flowers from 5 until m. and then returning withtheir •fragrant burdens to the houses; where they pluck the leaves from the blos¬ soms and pass the rest of the day ia preparing them for tho work of ex¬ tracting the essences of essential oils, vyhich contain the perfume itself. Ia March they begin plucking vio¬ lets, from which violet water is made, aii'd from the beginning of May to the end of June they gather tho jessa¬ mine, roses and orange blossoms, as well as the tuberoses in July, the mignonette in August aud the oasflia iu September. The nimble fingers of tho -women must move rapidly to pluck the millions and billions of leaves that go to make up the 1,200, 000 kilograms of rose leaves alone that aro used each season, Besides there arc a million kilograms of jessamine to be plucked, and violets and orange blossoms to the extent of two million kilograms a year. To give an idea of the number of plants that aro raised for this huge result, it is calculated that each stalk of jessamine yields two kilograms of blossoms a season. So there must bo at least, five huudrod thousand stalks to yield the million kilograms required. But tho gathering of the blossoms is only the beginning of the work, for then tho flowers must bo picked apart and all the spoiled leaves thrown aside. Then the making of the per¬ fume begins. Tho leaves are spread one by one upon layers of pure lard that cover plates of glass. Three or tour times theso ilower-layCvs are re¬ newed before the lard has absorbed all of tho perfume that it cau hold, for the fat has a peculiar attraction for the essential oils of tho flowers. This perfumed lard is the pomade of com¬ merce, not. the pomade used for hair or beard," but the crudo material out of which this is afterward manufac¬ tured. The lard is then either shipped as it is to other manufac¬ turers, or put into alcohol which draws oil' the perfume from the fat, having a stronger attraction therefor than the lard and the result is the finest eau de cologne. Most of this pomade is shipped as it stands to all parts of Europe and America, but some of it is reserved and the oils are extracted by distilling processes, mak¬ ing the purest extracts. WORg T'OF Wl SD0M. The canter of tho world is homo. Wrong, when strong, is always de¬ fiant. Looking at the sun will never make au eagle out of a crow. Character building never has to stop for change of weather. Character always has more iu the bank than it checks out. Some of the greatest strangers in this world are parent and child. Everybody pushes makes way for the man who to the front in earnest. Ordinary ability and extraordinary perseverance will move the world. The man who loves little is little, no matter what size hat ha wears. seTa boy’rigl't. The strongest man ii generally tho one who has had the most to over¬ come. No lion-hearted man ever escapes getting some scratches from the lion’s paw. Some of the brightest things this world contains cau only be seen through tears. It is hard to make a dyspeptio be¬ lieve the world will ever beany better than it is now. There is always a to-morrow coming that is packing its trunk and making its start to-day. The manner,in which truth is pre¬ sented has much to do with whether it will be fought or loved. The world is always ready to take off its hat to the man who does the j'ight thing at the right time. If the truth could be known, it would be found that people of medium talents average up better in the mat of accomplishment than those of great ability, for what can be done easily is often not done at all, while the man who has to walk or work his passage geuerally manages to get there.— Ham s Horn Brown, m Indianapolis Journal. Tale, of a Ilellred Detective. “I recall a case where a man was ‘wanted’ in the West Indies,” said a retired detective, well-known in Scotland Yard. “He was traced to Pimlico, but I found he had gone away from the house an hour or so be¬ fore I arrived. The only clue was that ho had taken a cab with a gray horse. My game was to look for a gray horse in a cab, and I had not walked a quar¬ ter of a mile before I hailed the driver of such an animal. It was the very cabman I wanted. My man was not inside, but I succeeded iu arresting him at Liverpool, and took him back to the West Indies. •‘I recollect another ca3e iu which, while tracing the abductor of an heir¬ ess, I came upon another couple who had eloped under precisely the same conditions from Germany. “Once I had a curious presenti¬ ment. A man was arrested for fraud, and as he stood in the dock at tbe po¬ lice court I felt, that he had something upon him. He had been searched, but I had him searched again—still without result. But I still was con¬ scious of the same presentiment, and 11-ad him stripped. Iu his sock there •was a little bottle of poisoD.”—Lon¬ don Daily Telegraph. Giant Policemen. Four brothers named Kavanagb; from t)ie county of Wexford, who have just been admitted as recruits to the ranks of the Dublin Metropolitan Po¬ lice, have created a mild sensation, as each of the brothers stands exactly six feet six inches in height and is built in proportion. They are sons of a far¬ mer, and are men of splendid physique, in addition to their unusual height. Two other brothers remain at home, who are presumably the dwarfs of the family, being each only six feet three inches in height—but perhaps they have not yet attained their full elevation. Tie Natal Carbineers. Tho Natal Carbineers are the oldest volunteer cavalry corps In Natal. Henco It was not Inappropriate (hut they should bear the brunt of the des¬ ultory fighting, that took place west of Ladysmith, at Bester’s Station aud neighborhood, In tho opening days of the campaign. This corps has twice been under fire, ’and lost several men on both occasions. Iu 1873 a patrol of 37 Carbineers sent against a refractory native chief lost throe men In a fight at the foot of tho Drakensberg Momr tains, In the Zulu war, at Isaudhl wana in 1879 22 of their number fell In action, Most of the members of tile organization are in the Natal civil service, - Must Have Bean Born Lucky. “How did you make out with that effort to break your uncle's will?” “Fine! After it was nil settled up, aud the lawyers had the estate I didu't owe them a cent.” — Chicago Tliues Ilerald. Xew Pas* In lioclty Mountains. Alter nnmeroas h»irbrea<U]i escapes many liirilltDg a^lventuicA, a party of explor¬ er* in ths Rocky Mountains stumbled onto for a pH-as where iliev had boiiovod it poifeiblt) who none to extst. in «. liko manner, people have hollered dyspepsia incurable are as ton inhetl to find that there Is a vrav to hoaltlL Hostettar's stomach Bitters used faithfully make-* the digestion strong, tho bowels regular, the liver active. Try It. “Do In Training. oathY” vow understand the nature of an asked the judge. “1 should think I ought to,” said tho ner¬ vous ] r.tle mull. ‘M’ve been putting up stovepipes for my wife all moyniiur.” j* My Mother Had I Consumption •with “My mother wn3 troubled consumption At for many years. last she was given up to die. A neighbor told her not Cherry to give up but try Ayer’s Pectoral. She did so ind was speedily cured, and is I now in the enjoyment of good health.” Feb, 1899 D. P. Avoa,N.Y. Jolly, j, . iUcaasmaasaaBiSaroasssKSKBasfflaffisasnKSK Cures Hard Coucfhs No matter bow bard your cough is or how long you have had it, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is the best thing you could risky possibly take. But it’s too to wait until you have th]s it’s h unpoKime If t6 coughing cure disease. ►> 1 you wait are until today, dont tomorrow, but get a bottle of and Cherry be relieved. Pec¬ toral at once It strengthens weak lungs. MuS3V&B Three a0o„ iliten: riifhjt 2Bc„ enough for asthma, for an bronchitis, ordinary hftariatittftt, Old ; Juat wfcooplttjfteontfh, hara colda; moat oeonomlcal for chronlo c«aca aud to >;e*p u» hand. EhWM'NWWWI G HO will ICE always Vegetables find a ready market—but only that farmer can raise them who has studied . the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity . hy the , judicious . ,. . Use Oi e well v balanced 5 ,i nnrP( 4 fartili/prs leruiizers. 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