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PASrEoS AND PESITESTIARY.

sea. in order to give landing for lighters
from the vessels which have TO anchor FAR out.
Three times before the capital. san Salvador
has been almost DESTROYED BY earthquakes
and eleven times il has suffered severely since
1915. In 1913 and 1854 the capital and several
other towns and cities were nearly destroyed.
San Salvador stands at an elevation of 2. 500
feet. about eighteen miles back from the coast
anu IS surrounded by group of volcanoes, of
which two are active. one in particular. known
Yzalco. throwing out volumes of smoke
ashes and lava every seven minutes with the
regularity of elockwork, like the putting of q
great steam engine.
These volcanoes. with all their awful mys-
terry. the occasional occurrence of earthquake
and the strange rumblings that are often heard
In tie bowels of the earth. cause the ignorant
classes TO attach strange supers;itions to the
disturbances of nature which aifiict the coun-
try.
THE GREAT VOLCANOES.
In his writing On San Salvador Mr.. ". E.
Curtis gives a good description of these VOL
canoes Within view Of the capital are eleven
great vOlc,uoes. two of which are increasingly
actIye while the others are subject to occasional
eruption The nearest is the mountain o. San
Salvador. about 5000 feet high. and showing to
great advantage, because Ii arises abruptly
from tine plain Ii l. only three miles from the
city. to the westward. very steep. and it, sides
are broken BY monstrOus gOrCes immense
rocky declIyitles and projecting cliffs. The
summit Is crowned by cone of ashes and
scoriR that have been thrown out in centuries
past. but since ls56. subsequent to the greatest
earthquake the country has known, the crater
has been extinct. and is now filed with q bot
tomle>s lake. Two active volcanoes are san
Miguel and lzalco. and there are none more
vioient the face of the earth.
They present magnificent display TO the
Passengers o: steamers sailing by The coast or
anchored of La Libertad or Aeaiutla con-
stantiy olischarglng masses OF lava which flow
down their sides in blazing torrents and
illuminating the sky with flames issuing from
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The Telephone - . Weather Prophse

From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The telephone is about TO have q new aP-
plication- namely, that Of foretelling storms.
new discovery has been made - 70 one Of
the properties of this means Of transmisting
soute. Byplscing two iron bars 1t ssvea OF
eight meters distance from each other, and
then putting them in communication on one
side 6y a copper wire covered with rubber.
and on the other side with . teiephona, Q
storm can, IL is said, be predicted Il lssss
twelve hours ahead through . dead sound
advances the sound resembles the beating c
hsiIstones against the windows. Every fash oe
lightning and, Of course, every clap q thunder
that accompanies the storm produces . ohork
similar 10 that Of u stone cass between ~ -
phracm and the iustrumonA
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A BUSINESS BLOCK.


usual. but seemed to be confined to that
particular locality. They left the place in
terror and. returning week or two afterward
found that all the buildings had been shaken
down. trees uproOted and large craters opened
in the fields which had been level earth before.
From these cr:.ters smoke and steam issued
and occasionally flames were seen to come ont
OF the ground. Some brave herdsmen re-
manned near by to watch DEVELOPMENTS. and
on the 23d Of February, 1910. they beheld a
spectacle which no other man has been per
mitted to witness. About 10 o'clock in the
morning the grand upheavel took place. and it
seemed 10 them they fled in terror that the
whole universe was being turned upside down.
First there was a series of explosions which
lifted the crust of the earth several hundred
feet. and out of the cracks issued flames
and immense volumes OF smoke. An hour or
two later there was another and a grander con-
vuision. which shook and startled the country
for a hundred miles around. Rocks weighing
thousands of tons were hurled into the air and
fell several leagues distant. The surface of the
earth was elevated about 5000 feet and its in
ternal recesses were purged OF masses of lava
and blistered stone. which fell in q heap around
the hole from which they issued These dis
charges continued for several DAYS at irregular
intervals, accompanied by loud explosions and
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The schooner Persia, from Kingston for
Toronto, foundered Monday of Point Peter
light. Ontario. The crew we're saved
The annual convention of the National Rail-
way Postal Clerks Association opened ON Tues
day ct Alexandria Bay, NY.
Fourtsen-year-old William C. Drans6eld Of
Msveurs, NJ, vs. On Tuesday drowned at New
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The craters at regular intervals. 1zalco Is as
stated. a. regular ~ clock. the erupiions
occurring like the beating CI mighty pulse
every seven minutes IL is impossible 10 con-
ceive Of a grautier spectacle than this monster
Ii rlses 1000 feet. Almost directly from .he sea-
and an immense volume OF smoke like a rlUne
\ constantly pouring out Of its summit. broken
with such regularity by masses q: flame that
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All Sorts.

ONE-THIRD of the crime committed in
London is perretrated on Saturday
nights.
UNLIKE most vegetables the tin-p'ate
plant will leave in Novcmbcr.-Chicago
Times
THERE are considerably over a hun
dred thousand acres devoted to tobacco
in Virginia.
SIN HUNDRED buildings in New York
city have been condemned as unsafe by
the fire department
CoNNECTICrT last year took out more
patents in proportion to population than
any other State in the Union.
THE statement is made that in all
their wars the British have won the av-
erage of 81 per cent. of the battles.
HARVARD COLLEGE is 225 years cd,
and has graduated 1000 students. 4
little more than half of them are living.
AMONG recent inventions electricity is
now in use for heating fat irons used by
tailors, and its employment in thera-
peutics is constantly on the increase.
THE fall of rain in the mountains of
Southern California has greatly increas
ed since the formation Of Salton Lake.
AMONG the recent inventions is cal
endar that will register for the next tive
hundred u ars. besides telling any dati
figure within that period.
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EMrrH ,H or CHINA crnmcnt to suppress
the rising. A British gunboat is sta
toned at TicntSin and another has now
assembled the Iang-tse River t. lchang-
1t is said at Shanghai that the french
Minister has made an imperative de-
mand on the thincSc Government or
punishment of the icb Is who perpr-
tratcd the massacre o. the Belgian
priests and nuns and also the exemplary
degradation and punt hment of the Man
darinS who toasted and encouraged the
rioters Orders have been given by the
government for the immediate exec /
tior of all Prisoners. except tie leaders,
who are to be reserved for t'ayi, alive
and other fortunes. provide c are
caught.
Tie situation in China is attracting
great attention in polit cal circles in al
the European capita's This is not only
due to the fact that several of the pow
rrS haze made demands upon tn { hi
nese Government regarding the treat
ment of their resi- e@tive subjects i'll that
country, which the present condition Of
affairs prevents being settled, bnt be
cause of tho extreme Importance at
tachcd TO the reports that England ha :
come to an understanding with China by
which mutual aid will be rendered in
the event Of certain contingencies
The correspondent of the Paris Figaro
cables from Shanghai that pour parlers
have been opened to bring about an
alliance between England and China for
the purpose Of coping with luss.a.
The correspondent adds that China Is
sending troops To the Pamir to check
the Russian movements in that part or
the world, China canning that Russia is
encroaching on her territory.
Tho correspondent at TicntSin teie-
graphs: 1T is reported that a band of
rebels have murdered il Mongolian
prince Some more !!agcS have been
sacked and looted, and all the native
Christian residents have been found
massacred The Mandarns are not at
tempting to stop the butrherr, which is
Icing executed by an organization called
a temperance league, with its object the
exterminati on of foreigners and Chris
tanS. The senior British officer has re-
ceivcd a message from Nluchang stating
that the revolt there has been sup
pressed and the rebels Dispersed 4
laconic dispatch from Chinese sources
announces that number OF the rcbe :
have been summarily hcheaded
\ dispatch from rckin says: The
Chinese Government has received an Off
cial report from Brigadier General Nj h
commanding the troops in the kinchow
district, announcing that he engaged ant
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defeated the reb"'s, killing their leader
manding the imperial forces at Jeho also
amour ceS successful engagement with
the rebels,
According to the cable dispatches that
have been received from Fekin and
Shanghai the rebellion began TO tie
south of the military headquarters of
Mantchuria-Girin - anG when last
heard from the rebel, wci-, in the prov
ince IF Shong King. and within four
hundred mil of rekin, This being the
case the or. at bulk of the Northern
Chinese army is far beyond the present
advance, aid presumably, as yet, unac-
quainted with the revolt. if not actually
in sympathy with ii.
The duties of the northern army have
priucipaliv been to watch the Russian
frontier, which is marked by the | sSuri
and Amur Rivers. the latter extending
nearly 10 Lake Baikai, at the extreme
south of which is Irkutsck, the capital
of Eastern Siberia. Ii seems that Il see
Ond rebel army is marching on Pekin
from Mongolia. Il vast district inhabited
for the most part by uncivilized nomads.
Mantchuria has population of r..
600. 900, while Mongolia is cred ted with
1000. Geo The defense of rekin will de-
pend ulon Ii Hung Chang. the \ircroy
of Bet hill. whom Gen. Grant STYLED
the Rism arcl of thina- He has popu
lation of %, 900 coo under his rule, and
his army is tho best organized and drilled
in the empire.
The great struggle hctwcen the Chi
ncsc army and the hordcs is expected to
take place at the Great Wal. This
marvellous work of defense was built by
Chi-ilwang-t more than 1000 years ago
for the purpose of keeping off the Tar
tarS But the wa is 10 more occupied
bv troops In the towers there are
generally guns mounted, but they are of
an antiquatcd pattern and would be
almost useless for repc ding troops armed
with modern weapons. The height of
the wall varies, Including the parapet,
from :wrntysiX to fifty feet. and de-
rcndS on the character OF The slope that
it is built upon. The b: eadtl of the
outer parapct is fourteen feet on the
top, with gradual increase toward the
ground, both aspects of tn" wal: having
Il considerable Slope Each tower has
four embrasurcs, which are used as
lookout places. TIE wall is on the
who'e ~ good repair. 1t passes within
thirty miles of Pck II. If the forces OF
| the empire. VIII ch still remain loyal. be
| concentrated near to where the rebels
must pass the wall, they may make seine
| use of this clumsy. Anticipated bnlwark
| Of defense and save China from the
| pcrils attending On Il usurpation of TIE
/ Il rome
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-12-10
A CHRONIC OFFICES SEEKER.

There died in Washington City the
other day a man who had wasted his
whole life in seeking an Office. He
wanted to be a Consul, and he spent
his time and fortune in trying to get
ii. The passion dcgencratcd into d
mania with him. and he kept at it
until the nervous strain wore him out
While this is singular and cxcep-
tionaE case, it is Il fact that many a
man loses his life from the nervous
exhaustion consequent upon catching
cold. allowing it to run. and under the
pressure trying to keep up with the
demands of his business. He finds
suddenly that he has the pneumonia.
and the attack that he ordinarily
might Withstand is too much for him
in his weakened condition. REDS
GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE
will cure the worst cold no matter
how long its standing or how far it
has progressed. See that you get this
remedy. and take no other.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co. Peoria. I'll.
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august
Flower

"I inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. I suffered
two years in this way consulted i
number of doctors. They did me
no good, I then used
Relieved In your August Flower
and it was just two
days when felt great relief. l soon
got so that I could sleep and eat, and
| felt that l was we'll. That was
three years ago, and am still first
class. l am never
Two Days. without bottle, an1
if feel constipated
the least particle a dose or two OF
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use ofitwithout any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While l was sick |
felt everything it
seemed to tie man could feel. I
was of all men most miserable. can
say, in conclusion, that I believe
August Flower will cure anyone OF
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMisery with Judgment. A
NJ. Weed, 22o Belle
tontaine ST.. indianapolis. Ind" .
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SHIL0H'S
C0NSU N PTI0N
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure IS
without parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos
tive guarantee, ties, that no other cure can sue
cessiully stand. That it may become known,
the Propretors, at an enormous expense. are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
Cough, Sore Throat. or Bronchitis. use it, for
it will cure YOU. II your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly. and relief
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption. use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE. Price 10 Cts, so cts. and
$500. If your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS cts.
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RIDING on 4 RAIL.


At Rotzum. Ohio. John Springer bet VIM
Noble an oyster supper that he could sit
the longer on a rail fence. At o'clock
the next morning both men were still there.
having spent the night on the fence, while
their respective families supplied them
with hot coffee and warm clothing. The
whole community is deeply interested in
the outcome. Springer is Il large. heavy
man. while his opponent only weighs l10
pounds After twelve hours on the fence
Noble looked almost as fresh as when he
lat down. but his heavy companion ap-
pcared to be suffering.
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DUEL WITH BULL WHIPS.
Novel and Terrific Baltic Between Rivn
Missouri "COw- Punchers."

A teamster for a saw-mill company.
which operates In the bottoms near
Chlllicothe, brings report Of queer
duel that was fought last Sunday, says
the st. Joseph News.
For some time there has been bad
blood between Jas Stevens and William
Graham The trouble originally arose
over the relative merits Of the two men
as oxen drivers, or "bull punchers, :"
each claiming to be the best in the sec
ton. The matter was kept within the
bounds of wordy war until last Sun
day, when it was decided to settle the
matter b. fight with bull whips.
These ar dangerous weapons in the
hands OF an exper,. They have total
length of about fifteen feet and, when
well handled, the wiclder can take a
strip of hide from the flank of a bullock
at every pop
The prcliminarie> We're all arranged
and the men were given plenty of room
in which to circulate There were no
seconds, ami the understanding was t!.at
the men should fight until enc cried
enough" The employees of the mill
ranged Themselves in circle about one
hundred feet in diameter. and the men
were to d to g. in aud fight.
They approached within fifteen feet
OF each other and halted. Then both
began circling the long whips over the
heads, waiting for an opportunity to
give cut Graham was the first to try,
but his b Ow was lodged by Stevens.
who also sent lis lash wide of its mark
This was repeated several hines, when
stevens Sent his la>h directly at the
handle Of Graham whip, and by a quick
twist tore it from his grasp
Graham quickly recovered his weapon.
but not before stevens gave him two
fear vi lash"s, one drawing blood from
his bach. and the other tearing a strip
out of his trousers leg, tn pain so en-
ragged Graham that he made a savage
onslaught on Stevens. cutting him twice,
once across the face.
Stevens kept his temper and again
caught Graham's whip. tut before the
latter could recover ii he was whipped
about the head and face until he was
completely blinded and at the mercy OF
his antagonist. who dashed him into in
:enSibiity before he cried for mercy.
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TO put DOWN THE REBELLION.
England Negotiating with China with
AinAS IN .isl.r Tut

England Negotiating with China with ii
View to Suppr">-in. the Outrages.
Although the Chinese legation persists in
denying the Importance If the iusurrertion
in China, adyiceS received hy the French
Government do not bear out their estimate.
According to one official dispatch the Brit
iSii Government i negotiating with China
with view To lending her assistance in
men and money against the rcbcsS, In ex
change for the services China seems dis
posed TO sign a treaty of alliance with En-
gland. ce1in- IaugtSc and pledgin- her
self to oppose Russia in the event of an
Anglo-kuSsiaa war. The French Govern
ment has sent orders to the commanders of
French ships in the East II hold themselves
in readiness to sail 70" Chinese waters.
Missionaries and diplomati>ts familiar with
celestial ways are of the opinion that the
resurrection Will soon spread To the south
trn provinces
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SHOT DEAD ON THE STEPS.
Terrible Tragedy mt salt Lake City. Grow
ing O;gi OF Municipal Trouble.

At Salt Lake tt1t. TOR the past SIX
months Their. has been It muddla in the
police department on account of charges
preferred aganst William 7. Parker
captain, and A, b. Glenn sergeant. For
several days Parker had lcca drin king
heavily. and the fac, that Ilc was Ia he re
tired preycd ON his mind. Among those no
testified against Parker at the investl-a-
ton was Officer Gror-e Albright. The two
men met in trout of the city hail. when
Parker graSped Albright by the neck. and,
placing } revolver against his body pulled
the trigger. The weapon missed fire. and
before Parker could pull the Fri ger again
Albright shot him tWi ice. Parker fell dead
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Confederate NAVY Buttons.

crate navy have been very highly pri ed
in the South since the war as relies. and
have. where Il cy could he obtained. been
used as vest and cuff buttons. Owing to
their scarcity they have been in very
active demand. but they now EN- des-
tined TO become drug on the market.
as resident of Norfolk, ". Va. has
received letter from the firm in Lon
don which made them during the war.
stating that they still ha the dies and
,an furniSh the buttons in any number.
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LIVED WITH HIS ANIMALS.
Death of an Eccentric and Wealthy Char
actsr at Nindcncr, Conn,

Aaron Nash. al eccentric character. has
died recently at Windemer, Conn. He was
sevcnty-tivc years of age, For years he
had resided in an old house with his sister.
The house was much dilapdated, being
without windows and doors. unpa intcd, and
with very little furniture. The other oc
cnpants of the house were cats and dogs.
rabbits, white rats, two hogs. Il calf and
innumerahic chickens Mr.. Nash was as
rested 4 short time ago for uc-lccting his
stock aud ii cost him several hundred dol
lars to settle the case He was worth $780,,
900 a short time ago and invested Il large
amount of it In property, but not taking
care Of 1t he lost ii He had no faith in
banks and always kept large sums of money
in the house party of relatives intend
to tear the old house II pieces and search
for the money which is supposed to be hid
den there
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telcstiais Continue to Gross the Border
from Mexico Into the states.

At san Antonio. Tex, United states Mar
shall Frick received telegram from Eagle
Pass stating that three Chinese had been
arrested there for lawfully entering the
United States from Mexico. There ar.
six Cinnamon i'll jail at p'i Rio, an
ether border town.. They are guilty
Of the same oitcn>c. There have
been thirtytiyc arrests and convictions
of Chinese who have violated the exclusion
law in the western district of Texas tn the
past three months. a lar-.e portion of those
recently captured Were imported from
Cuba by railroad contractors in Mc>icn.
When the Monterey \ Mexican Gulf Road
was completed hundreds uf them were
thrown out pf emuIoymcnt, and they are
now making their way into the United
states in large numbers.
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Deafness Can't he Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness and that il by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an i'll,
famed condition of the mucous lining OF tho
EustacEian Tube. When this tube gets H.
famed. you have q rnmhling sound or ilnper-
feet hearing. and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is The result, and unless the nfiamina
ton can he taken out and this tube restored 10
It's formal condition hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases oug of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condi.
ton Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
of Deafness caused by catarrh' that VT
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars. free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists T.s
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FIVE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Three Trains in Wreck on the New York
and New England.

Ehrcc Trains III u W reCk on the New AoTk
and New England.
A terrible accident occurred on the New
York and New England Railroad at East
Thompson, Conn. The steamboat train
h und east and two hours late ran into a
freight train at a crossing AMI five persons
were killed outright. Another was burned
To death in the smoker. which took fire. aud
several others were seriously injured, in
Guiding at least one fatally. The passenger
engineer il among the killed All traffic l.
blocked. \ VIC king train from Norwood
with one hundred men has gone IL the
scene. as al - has Il special train with ply =
>iciau@ from Boston. The Long Island en-
press was pa ;sin, on the other track at the
time and all three trains were piled up
The eng inecr of the Boston train ana his
fireman we're reported killed. The cars al
most immediately took fire and doctors have
been summoned from nearby points. The
accident is said t, have been due to an open
u,
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FOUR FIRE-BUGS CONFESS.
Investigation of the Conspiracy at st.
Paul Leads to Startling Disclosures.


Paul Leads to Startling Disclosures.
Tho st. Paul police have been busy maxi
Ing arrests in the incendiary conspiracy
made public. but only four names of the
principals have been made public Moritz
Michael, the leader of the gang, has con-
fessed that he was an incendiary in Chi
caSo when he ran a clothing store on
Dcsplaincs street, between Madison and
Monroe. and that he has fred seven houses
in st. Paul. His uncle. Marx Michael. i Inn
plcated with him in the last two fires. Ju-
Illus kosenthal Is mixed up in the same The
fourth prisoner is Ida Cess whose house
burned Il mouth ago and who received her
insurance money. MOritZ Michael confess ed
To having received $500 and some jewels
from her. The other arrcS are of people
whose houses nlysteriousiy burned and who
are to be put through an inquisitition pro-
cess before their names are given out.