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BURNING MOUNTAIN.
(l fcias Bc;n On Fire for Over a Hundred
I Years.
m. mountain, which has heen on fire
{W more than one hundred years, i9
sj f jated just west of here. So close is
if that its shadow envelopes the town
■ ; 5 p. m. at this time of the year, and
/ et the people hereabouts think no
/(lore of it than of the beautiful Grand
! Ivor which washes the feet of the huge
pile where the lire has burned so long.
To the* tenderfoot, however, the glitter
ing patches of deep red fire, where it
} breaks out on the side of the moun
tain, and is exposed to view, there is
nothing in all this state quite its equal.
The lire is fed by a big vein of coal
which the mountain contains. Just how
the coal became ignited is not knovy* 1
The oldest resident says it was <’
■'hen he came here, and -
us, who section,
w-<a burning many years before
■+e man crossed the rtSuti-
The supposition
" ad by a forest fire at
,a the century,
lered and steadily burned
. At night, wifi life the
Sdark, is the best time to s*>e
Then it is that it resembles
no as* given ’"s t> (
1 vein add 'Oku
- to the scene.*' es the
•face of the mounte iS sunken,
ouowing where the burned ofit
. Its course. _v-' <
Efforts have been m*de to , extin
guish the fire. Some time ago a com
pany which owns a large-*amount of
coal land here constructed a.,ditch from
a point several miles ab*A the moun
tain into which it suecejpfrl in turning
the water which form Elk
creek. : \
Previously a shaft ad been sunken
In the mounta *ar 'into this shaft
the iyas perm dto flow. The
shaft was soon i|l' out the fire was
above the levetf ne water, and the
effort was a tafit^e.—Newcastle corre-
Bpondence Kan®3 City World.
r Happenings. *
**' You say I was born In Yon
jfapa, but where was mothe*
y %
iier—ln Liverpool. *
,ly—And where were you born,
. Ja? , * •:
Father— Ip Glasgow
isi\W -It's very strange, papa, that
we three should have met.—Pick-Me-
Up.
Some people nppnr Atly talk so that they
Won’t. have to listen M other people.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Hkojio Quixivk Tables.
’I druggists rotund thg money if it fails to
E. W. Grove's signature on each boz.
i politician is addicted tell bolts
So; 47.
Look at your tongue.
Is it coated ?
Then you have a bad
taste in your mouth every
I morning. Y’our appetite
is poor, and food dis
tresses you. You have
freiuent headaches and
are often dizzy. Your
stomach is weak and
your bowels are always
constipated.
There’s an old and re
liable cure:
Don’t take a cathartic
dose and then stop. Bet
ter take a laxative dose
each night, just enough to
cause one good free move
ment the day following.
You feel better the
very next day. Your
appetite returns, your
dyspepsia is cured,
headaches pass away,
your tongue clears up,
your liver acts well, and
your bowels m$ /onger
give you trouble.
Price, 25 cents. All druggicts.
“ I have taken Ayer’s Pi Us fa,' 35
years, and I consider them %he best
made. One pill does me more good<f
than half a box of any other kind T .
have over tried.” ->
Mrs N. E. Talbot, *
March 30, lb'J9. Arrington, Kans.
/tl'ulc(Tharasscn’sEweWatcr.
PINE LUMBER TRUST
A Big Combination That Will Control
The Market.
FOURTEEN COMPANIES ABSORBED
if
The Value of Plants Brought Into*the
Deal is Estimated at $ 25,000,
Lelmout Heads the Scheme.
1
Baltimore, Special.—A ma.mini h,
consolidation of lumber cornpa
will Drobably be announced vn r j
w jk or ten days. Fourteen 1
panles, at the least, are to be incnid*/ .
in the combination, if the plans do
not miscarry, and others, mak
ing, perhaps, a tQ * < if.2o, are expect. |
e:l to be added. fof the corpora
tions now intffc>' y. Ta ■the negotia
tions and in* ii-g the largest of
them, is as /oitbwst Atlantic Coast
Lupiber Company, of Georgetown, S.
t^,BrMining Lumber Ccfnipany, of
C.; Camp Lumber Cotn
tf an \* Tankim, Va ’’ a P e *" ear
F of Wilmington, N.
; (a/fpanufacturing Company, of
Va.; Greenleaf-Johnson Com
v, of Norfolk, Va.; E. E. Jackson
D. C.; Roan
-9 § and Lumber Company,
..Ttoper Lumber Company,
Suffolk Saw Mill Com
daltimore; Tunis Lumber
of Baltimore; W. W. Tunis
Lumber Cos., of Norfolk; Vir-
Saw Mill Company, of Norfolk,
s said the deal Is the result of a
meeting held 'in this city prior to the
election. Among those who partici
pated in this conference were August
Belmont, of the New York banking
firm, and of nearly all
the companies named above. After the
conference the party proceeded to Nor
folk, and inspected the plants of some
of the lumber compan.es. Conferences
have since been held in New York and
the negotiations, it is said, have prac
tically reached a practical termina
tion. It is understood that all the
capital to secure the consolidation will
be forthcoming and that the Belmonts
will finance the deal, the total Value
of the various plants being about s^s^
000,000. . S
Mr. Auerbach is to attend to the
legal side of the proposition. The
combination is to control the market,
for Carolina pine, which is said to
have been much demoralized by com
petition between iue numerous con
cerns in the trade. . This class of
lumber figures extensively as building
material, being used in every why
that lumber is necessary in the erec
tion of all classes of structures. Ae
c-ording to a prominent lumber man,
it is not proposed to advance prices,
but to make money by economizing in
the operating aad also not
to increase the ex® vf lumber.
Gossip about the deab ‘ equent in
trade circles to-day. Tv-Senator
Tunis Lumber fiich has
its :Mls at fi-ned from
New* ' * ' de
tails- ** Ifcadmitfeed,
hov are in prcP*
gre ' this State,
Its I f the Surry
I Lr Con'. is also inter
|c| "le stb. , ( iex and South
1-a i ... which penetrates
.... x cf the former com
t a narrow gauge line, 23
niSes ilgth, and would doubtless
be includa * in the deal.
icer Killed.
Franklin, Special.—The Lake
Shore train, which left this
for the West at 7 o’clock Friday
evVing collided with a Pennsylvania
freigk‘ cn the Lake Shore, between
Polk a- 1 Raymiltcn, 12 miles west of
Franklin>- rr he engineer of the freight
was killed; and fireman
and Frank Pa3e. of the passenger
train, were badly Tttjuj'.ed- Baggage
master Tom Sutton, of Gil City, and
three passengers are mirsi:V&
Assigned to Slations.
Washington, D. C., Special—The
troops which will return from Porto
Rico as a result of the abandonment
of the island as a military deparunent
have been assigned to the stations in
this country as follows: Tv,i> com
panies of the Eleventh InfantPjt will
go to the Washington barracks, whi<f
the other two companies cf the sai
regiment will be sent to Fort McPhr
son, Ga. Two troops of t&ij Fifth 1.
fantry will be assigned to Veffrt-soi
barracks, Mo., and two
of the same regiment will I
Ethn Allen, Vermont. £ .
W\
Makes a D
Pekin, By Cable. — I er .
in-chef of the intei , eS)
Count Van Walderst aco
iCliing and Li Hung jhi-
Fneso peace commie ini*
perial palace. V< * de
manded that the 3 be
withdrawn from L the
territory occupied m tae . .orcev
adding that if thi#was ft the dis
patch of militaryJfepeditil by the
allies woiSd be dyseontinue
. ltox Killed.
Eibdwh, GST, % NB^ecial.— At HeArd
mont. 12 miles below Elberton, Satur
day afternoon, Hon. W. F. Mattox
was shot and killed by his son-in-law,
J. B. Jones, Jr. No particulars have
been obtained except t-at tney were
shooting at each other. Colonel Mat
tox was about 67 years of age and ha 3
long been one of the most prominent
I men in his section of the State.
A COLLEGE BURNED,
Many Young Ladies Have a Fearfully
Close Cali.
w " ®
150 I BURNING HOUSE.
Virginia College, at Roanoke, Com
pletely >esf* /-ed at an Early Hour
lr tl oir^’ifig.
* '*• ■
Roanoke, Va., Special.—Virginia
c v >-’'TP ! je > an institution for young lar
situated just outside the city
‘limits of Roanoke, was totally do
**'oyod l>y fire at an early hour Wed
lay morning. It was a snort while
aftor the rising bml had been rung,
when It >was discovered the nallways
of ’the j building v/ere filled with
young ladies were no
tified to lose no time in getting out exf
the building; to etop for nothing.. The
wort waa quickly passed a’ound and
the young ladies, 150 in number, made
their way out, many of them thinly
eiad, hardly any with anything more
than the simplest costumes of the
bedroom. There was little confusion
and no great excitement. As soon as
man reached the scene they cheerfully
loaned their overcoats to th girls in
light costumes. Some of the neigh
bor* in th%meanwhlle brought blank,
ata, and who had the least
clothing went into near-by house#
■She fire started in the boiler
exactly how la not known. Pomade
quick work and in less than
the buildings were entirely jjßtroyed.
The desks from the busines-ironi-ce and
a few articles of xurniture was about
all that was saved. The building was
of brick and fitted with all modern
conveniences. The loss ia $75,000,
with about $25,000 insurance. The
building belonged to Mias Harris and
Mrs. Boatwright. The students will
be kept together In Roanoke a few
days until it is dec. ed where the
school will resume.
Naval Appropriations.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
tomparatlve statement of estimates
and appropriations for the navy for
the fiscal years of 1901 and 1902,
shows that the total appropriations
lor ijie year 1901 were $65,130,910, and
the total estimates fcrl9o2 are $87,-
172,631. The principal items in the es
timates for 1902 are as follows: Pay
of the navy, bureau of or
dinance, $2,601,456; bureau of equip
ment, $4,164,802; public woirks, yards
and docks, $12,302,540; public works
at Naval Academy, $3,000,000; supplies
and accounts, $4,843,849; construction
anr repair, $88,070,824; steam engineer
ing, Hi 'lD; marine corps, $2,918,-
620; • e of the navy, $21,772,917;
armorL -d armament, $4,000,000;
tqiiipjaßt, $400,000; emergency fund,
J6oo,wkT?Among the new items esti
mated for are: Traveling cranei at
Norfolk, navy yard, $140,000; ircha.se
of land at Norfolk navy yard, $250,000,
and torpedo boat storage plant at same
$100,000; quay wall at Key West naval
station, $100,000; torpedo boat storage
olant at Pensacola navy yard, SIOO,OOO,
,
Report of Treasurer Roberts.
Washington, D. C., Special.^—The
Annual report of the Treasurer 0$ tho
United States, Ellas H. Roberts, on
the operations and condition of the
TTe.uju.ry, was submitted to Secretary
3-age, Monday. Mr. Roberts says the
growth and prosperity of the country
and general activity of business are
reflected in the transactions of hia of
-500. Tho net ordinary revenues of the
£overnmenit for the fiscal year were
107,240,852 ,the largeet in the- history of
the country, exceeding those of 1866,
ha next highest, by $17,291,288. The
increase of $51,280,232 over the preced
ing year was contributed from all the
;emeral sources, but chiefly from cus
toms and internal revenue. On the side
yf the expenditures there wms a net
decrease of $117,358,388 in comparison
with. 1899, so that the deficiency of
r 99 for that year was converted
mbo a sajfplus of $79,527,060 in 1900.
(
~ Statement.
New fcvh ►weekly
of i . ig&3 of Luc associated
banks shows: $787,846,100, in
creased $2,189 6fD; deposits, $839,670,-
100; increase $8,578,300; circulation,
$30,677,500, decrease $28,200; legal ten
der, $58,784,800, increase $2,012,500;
specie, $158,852,500, increased $2,595,-
8>>0; total reserve, $217,587,300, in
creased $5,208,300; reserve required,
$209,917,585, increased $2,144,675; sur
plus reserve, $7,669,775, Increase, $3,-
‘3,725.
Boers Active.
-ondoa, By Cable.—Under date ot
- hannesburg, November 12, Lord
p c t.~)ytelegraphed to the War Office
as
es small-parties of Boers in the
Reitz and Vredo district®
rocentlyW The commandoes appear to
be acting independently and with no
object except to give as much annoy
ance as possible to the British. Cur
casulties in these skirmishes were two
killed and seven wounded. Dougl3S
arrived at Ventersdorp, oNvember 11,
from Zeerust, oapturing during the
march 21 prisoners and a quantity of
cattle and sheep. Ventersdorp, which
has been a depot of supplies for the
Boers, will now bo cleared out.”
Telegraphic Briefs.
Rush Medical College, at Chicagr,
HI., is to have anew SBO,OOO building,
and Dr. Nicholas Seim has given $.0,-
COO for the purpose.
The gymnasium of the University
cf Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, Md.,
was destroyed by fire Saturday.
Seven persons were burned to death
in a fire Col lowing a train wreck at
OffejAxtcxi Heuwe.
Best Fop the Bowels,
No matter what alls you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascakiets help
nature, cure you without a gripe or pain,
produce eu*y natural movements, cost you
just 10 cents to start getting your health
back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab
let has G.C.O. stamped on It. Beware of
imitations.
Senator Hoar told the Smith college
girls the other day that the angels of
glory couldn’t compete with tnem in a
beauty show. And the dear creatures
no doubt nudged and whispered:
“Isn’t he a sweet old caramel?” —Den-
ver Poet.
Indigestion lea bad 00m panion. Get rid
of it by obewing a bar of Adams’ Pepsin
Tutti Frutti alter each meal.
The men of most means are the meanest of
most men, sometimes,
FIT? permanency cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first da/'* use of Dr. Kline’s Grest
Nervo Restorer.s.l',rial bottle and treatlsefree
Dr. K. H. Kline. Ljd ’(-Arch St. Phila, Pa.
T h ,e bald-headed uy console himself
by the fact thuthe in that way.
rt,
Tlie ISeet ytlon For <Mile
and Fever Is JV- - , f Ghovx’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic. pie iron and quinine
in a tasteless f -e, no pay. Price 25c.
Perhaps the,’ lepartment stores
because thosh want to depart.
Ploke Smith, < a, has present
ed traveling 110 • ourtee coun
ties in Georg}- £ are intended
for the scho' ad are to make
the circuP Is.
♦ .yltSd.
f _ eßi_ar in each southern state;
#r to sith and traveling expenses;
txperleno *oP* ely necessary. Address
Penlcks To fa.ks Cos., Penlcks, Va.
Speaklnf he effect of civilization
upon the na, the wealthier mem
bers of tl ibes In the territory are
sending children to Haskell In
stitute ’ eial cars.
Beware Ointments for Cntarrli
Th t Contain Mercury.
as moreury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange thewhole system
when entering It through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions!rom reputable physicians, as the
damago they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Cos.,
Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of tho system. In buying
Hall’s ( atarrh cure be sure to get the genuino.
It is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. ( heney & t o. Testimonials free.
£3?~?old by Druggists; price, 76c. per bottle.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
IlKirDjtighterWinto Womanhood
lill
Every mother possesses information of vital value to her
young daughter. That daughter is a precious legacy, and
the responsibility for her future is largely in the hands of the
mother. The mysterious change that develops the thought
less girl into the thoughtful woman should find the mother
on the watch day and night. As she cares for the physical
well-being of her daughter, so will the woman be, and her
children also.
When the young girl’s thoughts become sluggish, when
she experiences headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits
an abnormal disposition to sleep, pains in the back and lower
limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the
society of other girls, when she is a mystery to herself and
friends, then the mother should go to her aid promptly. At
such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young
system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance in
this hour of trial.
The following letters from Miss Good are practical proof
of Mrs. Pinkham’s efficient advice to young women.
Miss Good asks Airs. Pinkham for Help.
June 13th, 1899.
“Dieae Mbs. Pibkham: —l have been very much bothered for some
time with my monthly periods being* irregular. I will tell you all about
it, and put myself in your care, for I have heard so much of you. Each
month menstruation would become less and less, until it entirely stopped
for six months, and now it has stopped again. I have become very ner
vous and of a very bad color. lam a young girl and have always had to
I /I^rv^va ,
MISS PEARL GOOD
Whai a Wife Did.
‘Took!” said a man in an omnibus,
ns he and other business men were on
their way to the city, “my wife is the
most methodical, careful, neat woman
you ever saw. It is all nonsense foi
a womnn to let a bouse run into dis
orderly ways. You ought to see how
m.v wife does things.”
“Well, of course, that is all very
well in theory,” responded another,
“but the best housekeeper gets be
hind, or something, sometimes.”
“My wife never does. She is al
ways the same. She keeps everything
in first-class order.”
‘She must be a very remarkable per
son,” said another man. “How long
have you been married?"
■’Ten years. And she has never
disappointed me. Why, gentlemen,
she always puts everything in the
same place, and you know just where
t find everything you want. For in
stance. I went to my handkerchief
drawn- this morning before daylight
and took out a handkerchief and put
it in my pocket before starting out,
and I know just as well as I know
my own name that that handkerchief
is just such a size, and has has my
initials worked in silk in one corner.”
And the boastful man put his hand
in his pocket and pulled out —and un
folded—a white nightcap, with long
strings dangling fiom it!—Tit-Bits.
Good Position.
Trustworthy men wanted to travel. Experi
ence not absolutely necefsary. For particulars,
address Peerless Tcb. Wka., Bedford City, Va.
The mistakes of our life may be many
but we sincerely hope that we may
ifbver arrive at the condition that de
serves the attention of the acrostic
fiend.
All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless
Dies, as thoy color all fibers at one boiling
Bold by all druggists.
Watt’s Official Railway Guide of the South
Is an indispensable companion to the traveling
man and an acknowledged need of the man
of business. The price Is 25 cents. Issued
by Watts Publishing Company, Atlanta, Ga.
Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infalll.
ble medicine for coughs and colds. —N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove. N. J.. Feb. 17, 1900.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Tor children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion. allays pain,cures wind colic, 250.a bottle.
work veiy hard. I would be very much pleased if
you would tell me what to do.”—Miss Pearl Good,
Cor. 29th Avenue and Yeslar May, Seattle, tVash.
The Happy Result.
February 10th, 1000.
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—l cannot praise Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. It is
just simply wonderful the change your medicine
has made in me. I feel like another person. My
work is now a pleasure to me, while before using
your medicine it was a burden. To-day I am a
healthy and happy girl. I think if more women
would use your Vegetable Compound there would be
less suffering in the world. I cannot express the
relief I have experienced by using Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound. Miss Pearl Good,
Cor. 29th Avenue and Yeslar M’ay, Seattle, M asli.
R3 and t&L Owing to the fact that some skeptical
n A people have from tine to time questioned
gg, <3 ki £ Cif the genuineness of the testimonial letters
we are constantly publishing, we have
dtposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass.. $5,000,
which will be paid to any persen who can show that the above
testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the
writer’s special permission.—Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Cos,
£££ S^UPS
TEH CEKTB
Libby’s ssjps are as good as soups
can be. Some cooks may know
how to make soups as good. None
can make them better none so
cheaply. Six plates of delicious
soup for 10 cents —and think of
the bother saved!
OxtaH, "tollagatawny, Chicken,
Mock Turtle, Tomato, Vegetable,
and Chicken Guiibc.
At your grqcrs, in cans ready for instant
serving —juit tjeat thefn.
LIBBY, KoHEILL & LIBBY
OJU0&30
Write lor our booklet, “How to Make
Good Things to Eat."
Fhctk rm irg course given, pori-
H IT** TIONS lUAIIANTEED by
tjjsjf p-q 85,000 deposit. R. R. Farx
m Ia Pro fL_Ga.-Ala. Bus. College,
S3 Uk t mat *Aj3 Macon, Georgia.
Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup Quick, sun? results.
Kefuse substitutes. Get Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup.
Saw Mills
$129 TO $829.00
With Improved Rope and Belt Feed.
SAWS. FII.ES and TEETH In Stock.
Engines, Boilers and Machinery
All Kinds and Repairs for same.
Shafting, Pulleys, BelUng. Injectors, Pipes,
Valves and Fittings.
LOMBARD IRON WORKS! SUPPLY CO,
AUGUSTA, GA
IgfAMTCn I agents for the
MAN I til - OLIVER TYPEWRITER.
BS Use your influence and earn a machine
for yourself or make a nice profit by selling
a few machines among your frien is. v\ e sell
on installments and take other makes of
macnines as part payment.
Send for Catalog and Terras.
J. E. CRAYTON, Gen’l Agent,
ANDERSON, S. C.
Bosley in Chickens
For 43c. Lu stamps we send a I<X)
PAGE BOOH giving the experience
ot a practical Poultry Kalaer—not
an amateur, Out u mau
lor cioiiArs and cents—our lug
.years, it teaches how to Detect
[and Cure Diseases; Peed for
also for Fattening; which Powlsto
t>ave for Breeding; everything re
quisite for profitable Poultry rais
ing. HOOK PC RI.ISH lNt>
/ \j
CO, 131 Leonard Street, New Vouk.
no O Q V NEW DISCOVERY; gi Tm
UKvrW ¥ quiok relief and cares wore*
case*.- Bo "I testimonials and lO *1 nv, treatment
Tree. H. K, GREEN 3 SUMS. Box 8, AUaata, G*.
ATTENTION is facilitated if you mention
this paper when writing advertisers. 50.47
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HICKS’ <
CURES
HEADACHE AND LcGRiPPE. '
The Thistle as Fuel.
There are farmers in western Ne
braska who have made hundreds of
dollars each fall baling and selling for
fuel the common Russian thistle, but
a few years ago regarded as a menace
to western agriculture. These are not
isolated exceptions, either. The thistle
abounds through the western counties.
In the fall the weed is to be found in
enormous quantities through the open
country. The special baling machines
can place in compact packages, similar
to baled hay, hundreds of pounds of
this weed in a day. It makes excep
tionally fine fuel, and In the west, re
mote from coal fields, where a ton of
coal costs sls and the farmer must do
the hauling ten to twenty miles, the
Russian thistle is a fine substitute.
Again, the common “tumble weed” is
baled for fuel. It resembles the Rus
sian thistle, with the exception of the
thorns, and is even more prolific. In
the fall of the year It assumes a ball
like shape, and in the first winter wind
breaks its frail stem and sends the
fluffy roll of dr.y vegetable matter
bounding over the prairie like a great
ball. From this fact its name, “tumble
weed” is derived. The first ravine or
“draw” the weed strikes affords it a
lodgement, and successive balls soon
make a pile as big as a freight car.
Farmers drive their wagons into these
draws, load them down by pressing
them with their feet Into great wagon
boxes and burn them in the “grass”
stoves.—The Country Gentleman.
Jeremiah Lynch, a prominent citizen
of Dawson, now visiting in this coun
try, says: “Dawson, with its three
daily newspapers, electric lighting
plants and a population of twenty-five
thousand people, is now hardly a
week’s journey from Seattle, and one
can travel all the way with entire com
fort. It is about three days by steamer
from Seattle up the coast, a few hours
by rail over the White Pass road, and
then two days by steamer to Dawson.
During the last summer a steamer has
been running every day each way be
tween the terminus of the railroad and
Dawson. That city, it is not generally
known, is north of the mouth of Yu
kon.’’