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J'on’t Warwick—I’ve Turn the read that Clerk. tha Boer,
are a very r«ligi„, JH people; that they
n ?™ \\ r ickwire ! ,Be Profanity No, In nny form.
ao I’to read. Why,
U is .aid that they won't even use
• bullets without apologiz¬ ‘ B
ing!—Puck.
Tlie t'titnoao Sit nation.
The causa for ih» present Chinese entan¬
glement* l.not religious differences, hut tho
aliuae ot the Chinese immigrants by the
Torelgn power*. Another great revolution
eomw from the abuse of the atomaeti. Over-
dlg^Uun“wo«,^a stomachitittrrs 1 an !?‘
tetter'* i» the beet medlpino
to take, it will restore n healthy tone to
uTr^e1ttr° ****"'• ani ' prevent nerv-
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He—How | onvy the man who just Ming thn
•olo.
, Why, I thought ho had an exceptional
iy poor' voiro.
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nerve
To Cnr« a Cniit In One I>hv.
Tnki* I.AX,TITS IlKOMO QCINIMt T4HI.KTrl. All
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tr«rtt«ii. b#»»‘ how f**w iiioimMi.-ntH
oro to fatnouM doctors or rturjf<'oriM
* PAWoiit; “Oh, doctor, look at ourcomo
toricH
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fttomn di and howei troahicn quickly cur«»d by
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DiMpFOitntrlcA Ya r Alabama,
The next Alabama lo(ff?ilHtnrc um have a
titlm her of hills for < , <»iiHld« , t atlon JouMiik to
tho establishment th© dispensary system In
H itumhor ot counties throu#,'hont tlio ttiato.
BovBk, Trinity Sjirlags, Iml.. rvn. lft, l’joo.
Mutli, it lllfrereure.
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•eft to you."
Motherhood
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someakeptical people havo §3
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pubffshing, letters we are ■
constantly we M
J have deposited with the
National City Bank, of
m Lynn, Mass., $5,000 which
will be paid to any that person
A who will show the
ri following testimonials are
not genuine, or were pub-
wkR*# lished before obtaining
I l the writers’ special per-
mission. — Lydia E,
Pinkhak Medicine Co.
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How shall a mother who is weak and sick with some
female trouble bear healthy children P
How anxious women ought to bo to give their childron
the blessing of a good constitution child ! bless their home, but be¬
Many of women debility long for displacement a to of tho femalo
cause some barren. or organs,
they Preparation are for healthy maternity is accomplished by
Lydia E. Pinkhnm’s Vegetable Compound it gives more suc¬
cessfully strength than by any other medicine, all displacements because and tone in¬
and to tho parts, curing
flammation. *
Actual sterility in women is very rare. If any woman
thinks she is sterile, let her write to all Mrs. Pinkham, would- Lynn,
Mass., whose advice is given free to expectant or
be mothers.
Mrs. A. D. Jarret, Belmont, Ohio, writes:
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham :—I must write and tell you what yonr unable Vege¬
table Compound has done for me. Before taking your medicine I was
to carry babe to maturity, having lost two—one at six months and one at
seven Tho doctor said next Compound, time I would die. but thauks to Lydia E.
Piukhaiu’s Vegetable I did not die. but am tho proud
mother of a six months old girl baby. Sho weighs nineteen pound* and
has never seen a sick day In her Ufa. Sho is the delight of our home. ”
Airs. Whitney’s Gratitude.
" Dear Mb. Pineham :—Front the time 1 was sixteen years old till I
pains wa* twenty-throe when monthly I was troubled periods with weakness I made of the kidneys mind and to terrible
my Vegetable came on. up my tvy your
on*ey ^-AA f-V | Kt ct m wib w Compound, and would was soon able relieved.
Tin* doctor said 1 never Ihj to go my
f u u time and have a living child, as I was con¬
V;' stitutionally weak, I had lost a baby at seven
1 months and half. The next time I continued S
to take your Compound: and I said then, if I | r
Lv J ^ }} went my full time and my baby lived to be \
^ three months old, I should send a letter to is you.
& My healthy baby is now seven months old. and as
and hearty a« any one could wish. I
cannot express my gratitiito to you. 1 was so
bad that 1 did not dare to go away from homo
to stay any length of time Praise Hod for
Lydia E. Plnkham‘8 Vegetable Com¬
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mine has been. —Mrs. ‘rsr L. Z r M uitney, 4 Flint St., Somerville, Maas.” as
The medicine that cures the ills of women is
lytlia Em Pinkham’s
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Mark;
Sea Serpent* Old sad New.
In the autumn of the year 1540, the
llrst white explorer* of Californio,
whose adventures were forcibly told
in 1MJ8 by our correspondent, Mr. H.
G. 1>ulog, reported that m the wntcrB
of the Hulf of‘California they saw a
great serpent. As described by .Mar¬
tinez, who chronicled tin* adventures
of the little band, its head was of the
! bigness of a wine cask, and It had
! eyw about . the . size . of . a breast plate
mid long white teeth. As It swain
r,lHt '‘'rough the water about at.) pace,
fro,u ,l,e tdiore, it held its head high
above the surface, and over the waves
were f ro in six to nine folds of Its
Hwlnmdng body. In the summer of
Unity 3fl0 years later—certain Atueri—
cans who were engaged In the eonfein-
platlve pursuit of fishing in these
8auu ' wa '<‘™ «'ff Guaymtts-saw and
promptly reported nnother sen sepent
whose description would well enough
fit the one reported by Martinez. Thus,
after three and one -half centuries,
comes to us confirmation of the obser-
rations of Father Jayme, Martinez,
Kfttredn and Ik?jar.—Forest and
Stream.
Power of a lloiform.
The United States army is clever
enough to appreciate tlie attractive
power of a handsome uniform. Tlie
I' 08t(,r8 > red.
white /unJ gold, which tho recruiting
offices stick up lu government build-
lags and on tfeCi, fCPCfl and dift,
t>;irn doors, roofs and assembly rooms,
Illustrating the several branches of the
service, do more to secure enlistment
thun a11 ui “ wnr ta,k iuu] ° {
promotion put together. The prospect
of strutting around in a bright uniform
causes young and old men to bury the
,hou * ht ° nuin!sl ' ii> ' The )t>«l>ltlon to
show olT is well nigh universal.—New
York 1‘ress.
Going: to Paint
^ y our House ?
Well, Kuu iy Mixed Paints are
the and t Uvsi;>©*t. Write for prices to
McNEAL PAINT & GLASS CO..
Makvfactcrkks,
10 ?f. Fo-*.rth Atlan'n, fi*.
Mention this Paper In wi'itt.'KF to ateertisers.
ASC-1900-15
WHY THE TRAMP IS THE BIG
RAILROADS’ 1ST EXPENSIVE PATRON,
s \ NE of the greatest Rourees of
/ \. ) 1 annoyance and perplexity to
every railroad superintendent
' the "hobo." The members
of tl,Ifi gentry have selected
'ho road < t steel as s natural successor
^ or '‘ K '' r purposes to the “king's high-
wn >'” of 11 ***** and a half ago. It
18 8tated ®« ^od authority that the
various railway lines of the country
apond each year more than a million
dollars hi attempts to keep their lines
free from tramps.
It Is easy to understand, says the
New York Herald, why the “hobo”
prefers the railways to the highways,
In the first place, they offer the most
direct routes between towns, and, in
spite of beliefs to the contrary, tho
genuine “hobo” prefers not to stray
any further than Is necessary from
these centres of population. It Is
easier to count tics than to pick one’s
way through the uncertainties of
country dirt roads. The railroad is
never muddy in wet weather nor very
dusty In the dry season. Moreover,
there is always the alluring possibility
of stealing a ride on the trucks, the
“blind baggage” or within the friendly
shelter of some box car.
\Y. ile the railway is a great boon to
the members of the genus hobo, it can¬
not be said that the reverse is true.
In fact, so great a dislike do the rail¬
way officials show to the free and in¬
discriminate use <f their properly that
they spend thousands of dollars in em¬
ploying men to drive the tramps oft
trains and away from the line.
A single line of railway—one of the
more important companies—spends up¬
ward of $40,000 every year in lighting
tramps, and it is probable that most of
the through lines pay out not less than
$25,000 apiece In attempts to keep their
lines clear of these unwelcome travel-
ers.
If these men are driven off one train
they catch onto the next that comes
along. If they are sent to the peniten¬
tiary they servn their terms and return
to the ro,.d. No amount of beating or
imprisonment serves to discourage
them, and the problem of dealing with
them is a source of continual perplex¬
ity to railway officials.
The use of the railways by the invet¬
erate hoboes menaces not alone tho
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property of the companies themselves,
but also the pence and security of the
sections through which they pa ss,
which is practically the same ns say¬
ing of the whole country. On this point
the opinion of an expert is available,
and is interesting as showing how the
present lax system of policing tlie ririi-
way lines tends to keep filled the
ranks of the vagrant and criminal
classes. Mr. Josiah Flynt, who has
spent many years among tramps stu¬
dying their ways and habits, says:
“All the great railways arc spending
thousands of dollars on their ‘detec¬
tive’ forces, as they call them, and
they nre all overrun by mobs of ne’er
do wells and criminals. There are no
Worse slums in the country than are
to he found on the railroads. Reform¬
ers and social aglt tors are accustomed
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to speak of the congested districts of
the large cities as the slums to which
attention should be directed, but in the
most congested quarters of New York
City there are no greater desperadoes
nor worse scenes of degradation than
may he met on the “iron highways” of
the United States. A number of rail¬
roads are recognized by vagrants and
criminals as the stamping ground of
particular gangs that are generally
found on the lines with which their
names are connected.
“Take the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad, for example. For
several years a mob of cutthroats and
‘hold up’ men. called the ‘Lake Shore
Push,’ were operating on that propor-
ty. The hangman's noose and long
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sentences to the penitentiary have
weakened the gang and removed its
terrors, but originally it was a strong
criminal combination.
“The men had no leader or organi¬
zation in the strict sense of the word,
but they were bound together, as well
as criminals and thugs can he, by the
determination to keep the Lake Shore
Railroad, from the outcasts’ point of
view, in their own hands, and there
have been times when it, was all a
man’s life was worth to be caught by
tlie gang on a freight train. They had
made up their mind that a syndicate
of ruffians was as appropriate and like¬
ly to succeed as any other kind of syn¬
dicate, and for several years they lev¬
ied toll, In the shape of money or any¬
thing else of value that they eotihl get,
on all strange wanderers found on the
property which they had picked out
as their territory. If a man whom
they located beating his way on a
freight ear refused to pay toll they
pummelled him until he acquiesced in
their demands, and then, If they hap¬
pened to he drunk, they were as likely
ns not to throw him off the train.
Only a few of the original gang are
alive or free to-day, but it still be¬
hooves a man beating bis way on the
Lake Shore to he on the lookout for
men of their stamp.
“Besides holding up tramps they also
robbed freight cars, and I doubt
whether any other gaug in the country
ever brought to such perfection this
kind of thieving. The robbery gener¬
ally took place at night when the train
was going round a curve. Two of the
gang would board the train before the
curve was reached, carrying with them
a rope ladder which could be fastened
to the running hoard on the top of the
oar to be robbed. One of the men
saw to it that the ladder did not slip,
and the other climbed down to the
side door of the car, broke the seal,
opened the door, and threw out on the
ground as much plunder as he thought
could be carried away, the same being
picked up later by the rest of the gang
scattered along tlje track, The two
men would jump off the train ns soon
ns It slackened Its speed sufficiently
to allow them to do so, rejoin the
‘push,’ and help In distributing the
plunder among the ‘fences' In neigh¬
boring cities.”
The method generally adopted by
the railway companies in ridding their
liues of tramps, and the one which Is
being followed by the Central road at
the present time Is that of scaring the
great number of hoboes away from
the line by making examples of a few
of their number. The Central employs
on its Hudson River division four de-
tectives in who are county empowered of the to make State j
arrests any
through which the line extends. ,
These men are the general officers of ;
tire detective force, and in the per-
formance of their duty they are able
to call upon other railway employes
who hold local commissions in the va¬
rious towns along the line. Since tho
order was issued to use more stringent
efforts in getting rid of the tramps
those detectives and their local assist¬
ants have been exceedingly busy. Be¬
ginning at the southern end of the di¬
vision they have worked their way to¬
ward Albany, riding on freight trains,
going through the yards in (he differ¬
ent towns and raiding the hoboes’
camps along the railroad property with
the aid of the local police force in the
different places, Half a hundred
tramps have been arrested and sent to
jail, and a number of their established
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camping spots along the line have
been broken np.
The problem of dealing with this
nuisance is a less serious one for the
Eastern roads than it is for those of
the West. In the first place, in this
part of the country the tramps are dis-
tributed over a great many lines. In
the second place, towns are closer to-
gether, and it is always possible to
turn the hoboes over to local magis-
tratos to be dealt with. In the West,
however, where the towns are further
apart, the question of what to do with
the hobo after he Is caught Is often a
grave and difficult one, and some of,
the Western roads have adopted the
policy „ of . permitting .... the ,. tramps j. to ride
undisturbed on their freight f- trains so
, long „ as they ,, . do . not , interfere . . with the
railroad property or steal the cars.
„. Tlie tramps . themselves .. , are well „ aware
as * to which i , ,, lines have . adopted . , . tins .
policy, ‘ and they are to be found in
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great . numbers , along , all „ these roads. “ ,
y, It is . a well-known ,, , fact among their
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fraternity . that ,, ... the railways . will ,,, not
put them off tra ns in passing over
the Rocky Mountains or across the
Southern desert. The lines in these
sections have suffered so much from
fires started by tramps that had been
put off trains that they prefer to
carry them as free freight rather than
to have miles of their property de¬
stroyed. One of the easiest “lays,” in
tramps’ parlance, to be found in the
country is that extending from Texas
to Southern California, or from Den¬
ver to Salt Lake City, so far as beat¬
ing one’s way is concerned.
It is estimated on good authority
that there are no less than 100,000 pro¬
fessional hoboes in the United States.
These men travel from end to end of
the country over the railroad lines,
and live by preying upon the property
of the companies or upon the people
who live along the roads. The cost of
unwillingly supporting them amounts
to hundreds of thousands of dollars
every year, but thus far no way has
been found to successfully suppress
them.
IN A CHINESE! MANSION,
Ceremony of Five O'clock Tea at a Man¬
darin’s House.
At a reception given in 1S98 by the
higher provincial and city officials of
Shanghai In honor of Prince Henry of
Prussia, the chief magistrate extended
f; iro ,igii me an invitation to several
American Indies, mostly wives of na-
vnl o! Hcers stationed in the East, to
vjslt llis family. The ladles were de-
lighted with tliis opportunity to see a
Mandarin home, and accepted. When
the reception took place they were
carried In chairs through the Chinese
city to the palace called Magistrate’s
y ameUj w j, ere tlio whole company,
( . ()nl , )0S cd of eight ladles and a number
of gt . nt lemen, mostly officers of the
j Ioc . Jcae y t W cro most hospitably re¬
cf , lml ,,' v rhe chle f magistrate. The
f . omp . inv was taken into the reception
room> whleh contained only a number
of ebony chairs and tables and an
opium sofa. Tea was served in pecu¬
liar Chinese cups and polite questions
were exchanged between the Mandarin
and lbs callers. In the meantime the
ladies had sent their red Chinese visit¬
ing cards, specially prepared for the
occasion, to the family of the magis¬
trate, who now awaited them. We
consequently left the reception room
mid went to another section of this
large official building. We came
through the middle door, or door of
honor, into a small courtyard which
adjoined the private residence of the
Mandarin. It was a neat little Chi¬
nese mansion composed of three front
rooms, one of which was to the left,
being the Mandarin’s private apart¬
ment, one to the right, the women’s
apartment, and the third compart¬
ment lay in the centre and was con¬
nected with the small courtyard and
with tho adjoining rooms on the right
and left. The centre room was par¬
tially decorated for the occasion. A
large table was covered with all kinds
of Chinese sweets and pastries; the
wife and mother of the Mandarin as
well as the children were expecting
the foreign Indies and took them to
their rooms. The conversation among
the ladies was somewhat difficult, as
they had no interpreter. I had to
serve as one from tlie centre room,
where I also interpreted for the Man¬
darin and his gentlemen guests. Af¬
ter we had amused ourselves and been
entertained a good long hour we sat
down at tlie table, headed by the chief
magistrate. The ladies of the house
remained at the door of their room and
looked curiously at the entertainment
going on at the table. The Chinese
ladies did not sit down, it being a
violation of etiquette for them to join
a company of gentlemen at table, a
privilege, however, accorded to
foreign ladies. We were served with
tea and champagne, which latter was
not cooled, as the Chinese do not in¬
dulge in cold drinks in summer. They
drink hot tea as tlie most healthful
beverage. After tlie entertainment
the whole company returned to the
Model Settlement on the Whangpoo
River. M'e were all delighted with the
unique reception of the Mandarin and
his family.—Collier’s Weekly.
A Free Telephone.
Recently an experiment has been
made of the use of a free telephone.
It was in an inconsiderable town in
Wisconsin. A tree telephone station
was established, placed In a promin¬
ent position, and the public invited to
use it without let or hindrance. Tho
result is accepted as a test of the
utility of free telephone service, al¬
though it was an entirely unjust and
partial one.
The telephone company, at the sug¬
gestion cf the Mayor of the commu¬
nity, established a free public station.
It was placed In a booth at the inter-
section of two principal streets on
sidewalk. At night the booth was
ligl f d f ectrhd ty . its interior
C0 “ t4U “ ed notl “ n ,f ^ a card of the
sub ® crlbers a “ d tke instrument. n Two ,
or th ™ 3 ®°“ths after the experiment
"I? 8 inaUgm J ted Jt f as declared
ha ™ p r ?, ved a popular success trora
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J f , 1 , !° sequel . aot . satisfact „ °rf-
Whi,e company's lwt of subsenb-
era ,X° s inareasiag wlth ^markable
rapidity ’ aad tl,e ‘“crease was gener-
aUy re ^"ded as due to the increased
Value of thc telephoae 8ervice ta mel ;
f ar f f , by reason °* th f naI f e f of
peopl ® Wltb who “ ihe free teepbonc
brought tbem ln communication
three months 1 later f the experiment
‘’ abandoned as a failure
The reason for the failure, ’ as de-
dared , , bv , the company and the mer-
chants, , , was the ,, abuse of , the free f ser- '
vice , , by ? certain . ■ irresponsible ■ ,; ,,. members ,
f L , !l d th tae p , ,, f e
offered to , tnem. “Youngsters and , lr-
responsibles” i , „ had , . defaced . . . the booth
and used , the ,, instrument “recklessly
anfl viclonBly> ma!ilng teiephone calls
raftc]lie f and worse.”-St. Paul
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Why the Yeomen Were Released.
Talking of the Yeoinen brings hack
a good yarn that is going round the
camps at their expense. They are no¬
torious for two things—their pluck
and their awful bad bushcraft. They
would ride up to the mouth of a foe-
man’s guns coolly and gamely enough,
but they can’t find their way home on
the veldt after dark to save their
souls, and so fall into Boer traps with
a regularity that is becoming monoto¬
nous. Recently a British officer who
had business in a Boer laager, asked
a commander why they set the Yeo¬
men free when they made them pris¬
oners. “Oh.”’ quoth the Boer, with a
merry twinkle in his eye, "those poor
Yeomen of yours, we can always cap¬
ture them when we want them.” This
is not a good story to tell if yo« want
an encore, if you happen to be sitting
round a Yeoman table or camp fire.—
London News.