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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17
Two Bills Alike.

Young Henry Miller, of New York,
got a bonanza when he was paid of
the other day. His wages were given
to him in the shape of eight new So
bills. He put them in his pocket, and
some time afterward, when he took
them ont to examine them he dis.
covered that two Of them were ex-
actly alike. The numbers of both
were the same. This gives them great
value from a collectors point of view.
The bills were printed by the Govern
ment and issued by the Southern
National Bank Of New York. The
Government number on each is II
476,32l. The bank number is 1850,
and the consecutive bank number
1883. When the exact similarity of
the bills was noticed it was supposed
That one was n counterfeit. Close
examination showed il was not The
signatures on both bills are genuine.
Plainly there was an error. Mr..
Miller says that several banks have
offered him large sum of money for
the bills, aud that the Southern
National Bank told him he could fix
his own price and they would pur-
chase. He says he will hold the bills
New Orleans Picavnpe.
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He Lives on Monkey Diet.

A recent session Of the Missouri
Valley Horticultural Society at Kan
sas City was addressed by w. s. Man
ming, of London, whose card is in
scribed, "Fellow of the Royal Botanic
Society and Hon. Secretary and Lee
turer of tho Natural Food Society to
promote Food Reform Based on Sci
ence." Mr.. Manning's hobby is, as his
card indicates, food reform" He
advocates that the human family
should live solely on diet of fruits
and nuts, and he practices what he
breaches. He said in his address that
for eight years past he had not swal.
lowed drop of liquid refreshment of
any kind nor morsel OF cooked food.
Ho had subsisted solely on fruits and
nuts.
my breakfast this morning con
sisted of half pound of California
figs, two oranges and two bananas
mashed up together, followed by =
tomato salad and a handful Of nuts.
This meal was eaten raw, as all my
meals are"
"What did you have for dinner?"
asked member of the society.
II have not yet eaten dinner. eat
but two meals day. My dinner will
come between and 10 o'clock this
evening, and will be repetition OF
the breakfast. "
Mr.. Manning claims that an exclu.
sive diet of fruits and nuts contains all
the nutriment that the human body
needs, and he claims also that the body
fed on such diet cannot be sick. mir.
Manning is not crank. He Is de.
scrihed 10y tho Kansas City Times as
an intelligent, well educated, horid
faced robust man. He has proved tC
his own satisfaction by experience that
the reform Of which no is the apostle
Is q good ihing.
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Royal Buckwheats.

For generations it has been the GUS
tom to mix the batter for buckwheat
cakes with yeast or emptyings, retain
ing portion OF the batter left over
from one morning to raise the cakes
for the following day.
Ii kept too warm, or not used
promptly, this batter becomes exces-
sively sour and Objectionable. Buck
wheat cakes raised by this means are
more often sour or heavy than light
and sweet. If eaten daily they dis
tress the stomach and cause skin erup-
tions and itching.
have been making buckwheat cakes
this winter with Royal Baking Pow
der, mixing the batter fresh daily, and
find the result wonderfully satisfac-
tory. They are uniformly light and
sweet, more palatable and wholesome,
and can be eaten continuously without
the slightest digestive inconvenience.
Besides they are mixed and baked in a
moment, requiring no time to rise.
Following is the receipt used:
Two cups of pure buckwheat -four
mot prepared" or mixed, one cup
of whest flour, two tablespoons of Roy al
Baking Powder and one-half teaspoon,
ful of salt, all sifted we'll together. Mix
with milk into a thin batter and bake
at once on hot griddle. Once prop
erly tested from this receipt, no other
buckwheat will find its way to your
table. domestic Cookery.
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A Wharf n Mile Long.

The now wharf just completed NJ
Santa Monica, Cal, for width, length
ond cost Is unsurpassed on the coast.
1t reaches ont into the Pacific Ocean
nearly milo, being 1893 feet i'm length
1t Is lHl feet in width and has seven
tracks Vt affords wharf room sulli-
cient for eight ships, each drawing
twenty eight feet, that being more
than the draught of most of tho largest
freight ships in the world. Santa
Monica Is II charming little city Of 1903
inhabitants, situated on the ocean
beach in Los Angeles County. sixteen
miles from Los Angeles. So delight
ful IL the climate and the temperature
OF the sen that an ocean bath can be
enjoyed almost every dav i'm the vcnr,
winter rs well rs summer
The shortest distance across the con
tincnt, connecting the ocean commerce
of the Orient and the Occident, is
from New Orleans or Galveston to
Santa Monica, il being iG6 miles ncarcr
than to san Francisco. This Gnct has
been taken advantage rf Ivy the South
ern Pacific Company III the conStruc-
tlon OF tho immense wharf, rs Santa
MonicH's beach slored so gently that
ships could not mako landing. BS
the Use of the new wharf tho largest
ships can now receive or dischnrgc car
goes directly from or to cars, thus
greatly lcesening tho distance between
China, Japan, Great Britain and Eu-
rope, and consequently decreasing the
cost OF transportation.
Starting from tho shore on n curve
the approach goea straight out to deep
wntcr, then turns northward making
an L. shaped structure. The approach
to the wharf liz 3l0O feet long, twenty
eight feet wide, md contains 1914 bcnts
sixteen feet apart. Two tracks arc
laid upon this, and thorc is also walIt-
way ten feet wide. Chicago Tribune.
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Descendants OF MOntezuma.

Tho action of the Mexican Govern.
ment in recognizing the claims Of the
Marquis of Castellanos and other lie.
scendants of the Montezumas by tho
payment OF annuit %. 3 regarded ig
Madrid as partial restitution of Sc.
questered estates rather than as pen
sion, as was announced from the City
of Mexico.
The living descendants OF the line oil
Mexican kings vino were overthrow
by CorteZ are connected with the first
nobility Of Spain and boast family
tree which reaches back TO the four
tnenth century. They reside at Sala.
manca. They have not largo for
tame, but possess sufficient means tu
enable them to- appear at court. Up
TO 1850 they received handsome rev
enucs from ontailed estates in Mexico,
but the estates we're seized by the
Mexican Government and for forty
three years they have not derived a
penny from property TO which, as heirs
of Montezuma, they claim to be enti-
tied. Tho present head OF the family
is senior Don Augustin Mslconado y
Carbaial Cano Montezums, Marquis of
Castellanos and of Munroy. The Mar
quis is lawyer, graduated by the
Salamanca University, but he devotes
his time to agriculture and to- large
factory which he has in Old CASTLE. -
San Francisco Examiner.
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Don't Fold Your Letters to the Queen,

A useful piece of information 10 any
OF those suffering from that drra,l5t
infliction cacoothes scribcndi, aul who,
in consequence feel themselves in,'
PEELED to write to Queen Victoria, will
do well to bear in mind is that they
must on no account fold the paper un
which they have written. No conf
munication which bears cvidcn", Of
having been creased will ever fall into
Her Maiesty's own hands. Thoprop, T
method is To write on thick, glossy
Hhite paper and to dispatch tho his.
sive in an envelope which tits it. Any
folded communication never reaches
The Queen. for the simple reason that
she won't look at it. All such lctt,ra
are opened by the mistress of The
robes, and ns n rule their contcpts
never get beyond her, or il The letter
Is Of importance it is returned 10 tho
writer with directions how to forward
it t--London Letter.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

SEStToR PAsco. OF Florida, Is n native O,
England.
REv. w. +. FIFE Is called the MOODY o,
the south"
The King of Italy Is not much over FIVE
feet in height.
TuE King of Bavaria has a salary OF sI,-
412 900 year.
THE Princess OF Wales denies that she has
withdrawn from society.
Tue friends of DIR. Nansen, the Arctic On.
plorer entertain grave fears for his safety.
Mrs. CoLrAx, widow OF the former Vice
President. IL said to be practically penniless.
MRS HErTy GREEN, the richest woman i'm
America, IL said 10 pay 81 week for board.
Ex-EMPREss Frederic, mother OF Emperor
william. bears tho distinction OF being the
most unpopular person In Berlin.
NINE. NAVARRO MARY Anderson) fs stayinp
at Nice. Italy, this winter. She is III with a
nervous affection, and can neither visit nor
receive visits.
ExUSIrED STATES SENATOR Moaros
SMITH WILKINSON, President LincoIns con-
fidential adviser, died, few days ago, at
Mankato, MINI.
CAPTAIN T.. J.. ZALISsKI, the inventor of
the dynamite gun, has been placed on the
retired list OF the army on account OF dis
ability caused hy paralysis.
The Prince OF Wales, so II Ia said, has to
handle his hat SO much in acknowledging
the honors done him on the street that he
has to have now brim TO II every fortnight.
JOSEPH KEPPLEB, the cartoonist, first at
tracted the attention Of an empioye OF Frank
Leslie's publishing house by some clever carl
catures on the back and margin OF q restaur-
ant bill OF fare.
MISS HARRIET LANE JOHNSON who presided
at the White House during Buchanan's ad-
ministration, has purchased the old Travis
mansion In Warrington and will make Il her
permanent home.
LIEUrESANT JoHS II. ALEXANDER IA tho
first colored man TO hold the professorship
Of military science and tactics In any institu-
tion. He was recently appointed to this posi-
ton in the Wilberforce University, Ohio.
BUFFALo's blind lawyer, Louis l.. Uiman,
has been made "a United States Commissioner.
He Is thirty-one years old and was made
olind by an attack OF scarlet fever when no
was five years OF age. He was educated mt
;hc Institute for the Blind in Batavia an 4 tho
Perkins Institute in South Boston, Mass. and
II the law school In Buffalo.
SENATOR CoLoUITT. OF Georgia, who was
stricken with paralysis about year ago,
,annot walk He h rollei into and out Of
he Senate Chamber In wheei-,ha which
1e occupies during tho sessions. Despite
his physical innrmity Mr.. Colquitt * said TO
be \ formidabl" candidate for rr-clcctioL
dis term will expire March 8, 1895
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Cnninrc Gi q rIsrins Frog.

a curioua denizcn of tho deep, cap.
tured 10y Landlord Stephen D. Barnca
ana his men while fishing in tho Kill
Won Kull, has been on exhibition Gt
Bergen Point. N. j. Its month 10
nearly M wide ns the head, which is
very broad. Its body is narrow com.
pared with the head, md tnpers grad.
unlly to tho tail. IL is On inhnbitant
of the bottom Of the sea, where il bur
rows in the mud. II 10 supposed 10
entice smaller fishes within reach OF
it's great Jaws by means Of two long
and tasseled tcnteclcs, which il slowly
waves TO and fro. From this belief
the monster is known as the "nnglcr, .
or "fishinB fros. San Francisco
Chronicle.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds bcSS products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efiectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver ard Bowels without weak
enine them and it is perfectly free from
evc"y Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute il offered.
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SELECT sIFTINGs.

Se' oo'h"ho e"hhci Is o4 miles long.
Petrifying human flesh is lost art.
Coins were at one time made of
leather.
The Czar of Russia's typewriter is
his wife.
The most frequent crime in Califor-
mia is burglary.
Iron and steel are made by native
tribes in the interior Of Africa.
1t is estimated that the worlds cu.
cumbers are worth SS, 600, 900 annually.
Real agate marbles are made from
agate found in Oberstein, near the
Rhine.
A cat with "eight well-formed legs"
is owned by Edward Franklin, of
Athens, Ga.
The largest locomotive was built four
years ago for the Northern Pacific,
225, 900 pounds weight.
The Greeks consume annually to
each lnhabitant five pounds of sugar
and one pound of coffee.
The highest natural bridge is at
Rockbridge, Va, 200 feet from the
"utOh w thC ppNtout VI Tue HTCn.
Engineers on the first locomotives
we're equipped with tin horns, with
which they warned people from the
tracks.
If ancient history is to be taken as
an authority, Phayllus of Crotona
could clear fifty-six feet at one "stand-
ing broad jump"
At Cannae, where the Romans sus-
tanned the worst defeat they ever ex-
perienced, there were lac, 900 men on
the field, Of whom 80, 600 were killed.
A large elephant had to be killed at
Stuttgart, Germany, on account of his
temper. A single bullet from n small
bore rife delivered in the forehead
dropped him dead.
Toronto, Canada, has an Office called
the department of neglected children,
which is superintenLud by J. J. Kelso,
whose duty it is to find suitable homes
for unprotected children.
The largest nugget of gold found in
Mexico within the memory of white
men was picked up by Mexican at
Planchas placerS Sonora, in the spring
VI i''-' IL Meipuc iOuEleen ana one
half pounds.
The estimated population of Mecca
is about 80, 900, while the number of
pilgrims masSed together there last
year from al parts of the Moslen
world WAS variously estimated at from
300, 900 to 300, 900.
Application was made at the New
a
mourning stamps, and the applicant
expressed great disappointment wher
he WAS told that the Government did
not keep any in stock.
Revenue officers have captured, in
North Georgia, the smallest still on
record. 1t is complete, with cap, tubs,
and all appurtenances, and il not over
eight inches high. Strange to say, Il
colored man weighing 225 pounds was
arrested for running it.
The average number of students i,
tho reading room of the British Mu
scum IL 651 each day. The attendanc,
in the library and sculpture CALLER,
has been less this year than usual, bu'
the number of visitors to the museum
shows an increase,of 50, 600 over las
year.
While making some excavations he
meath n church in the Prussian towI
of Angerburg, the workmen made
horrible discovery--a small walled il
space in which they found human
skeleton, Il broken chair, and the re
mains of n helmet and pair of boots
The walls bore marks as of finger-nai
scratches, and there was other evidenc,
that some person had been walled il
diva
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A Rice Elevator.

The National Rice Manufacturing
Company, of New Orleans, has com
pleted the first rice elevator. The new
process of handling rice will greatly
reduce the expense. The elevator is
fitted with delicate machinery, which
cleans, weighs and automatically sorts
the rice into six different grades. -
New York Dispatch.
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100 Bu-. Wheat From Tma Acres.

Th'T remarkable yield was reported 10y
Frank Close, Minnesota, on two acres of Mar
vel Spring Wheat. Speaking OF this wheat,
this new sort takes tho cake. II IL the great cot
cropping spring wheat in the world. Farmcrs
who tried ~ the past season believe seventy
five To one hundred bushels can be grown
from one acre, and are going to get this yieII
for 1894. At such yield wheat pays at 9Nc u
bushel. SaIacr is the largest grower OF vege-
table and farm seed in the world
" YoU WILL cur THIs OUT AND SEND Ir with
7c postage to tho John A. Salaer Seed Co. la
Crosse, Wis. you will get free their mammoth
catalogue aud a package OF above sprjns
wheat. A
THIS country's coke trade in Mexico Is
growing very Tapidly
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

Branding and cropping Too ears ans
nose we're common punishmerts ir
England until the beginning of the
last century.
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III your Back Aches, or you are all worn out
good for nothing, IL Is general debility,
Browns Iron Bttcrs will cure you, mike YOU
strong, cleanse your liver. and give you good
Rppetite-tunes the nerves.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

For impure or thin Blood, Weakness MaIa-
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and BiliouSuess,
TAX Brown Iron Bitt"rS-it gives strength,
maxim: old p,rspNs feel young-and Young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

A HOUSE has been opened In Chicago where
poor girls may obtain board and lodging
free until May.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

CnUGHS AND HoARSESESs. The irritation
which induces coughing Immediately relieved
by use of "BIOrnS bronchial TrOchsS." Sold
only in boxes
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ILLINOIS railroads paid dividends last year
OF s2s, 7l2, ,961, against S25, 1927, SIS in 1892.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

The Germans collectively refresh
themselves with $500 tons of rice
every year.
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Japanese Tooth Powder, muinr.
lsgL" loy mailed for 10 cents. Lapp Drug
Co, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

BARREL OF Missouri apples is worth moro
money than the same quantity OF Florida
oranges.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

The South African gold mines are tncreas-
Ing greatly in productiveness.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-17

A COMPARISON OF French exports shows q
great decrease in the year past.
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THIS country's coke trade In Mexico Is
growing very rapidly.
The evening world., 1894-03-08
HAS ISELlN HOPE?
Rumo TINT the Virilnnt owner
VIII We'd Miss Goddard,

II is being mouthed among the gos-
sips OF the fashionable world that G..
Oliver Iselin IS about to marry again.
The lady whose name is mentioned in
connection with the rumored event is
Miss Hope Goddard. one Of the most
beautiful of American young women.
She lives In Providence and IL one Of
the, wealthIest heiresses Of Rhode ISL
and, her fortune. inherited from her
father. counting up In the millions.
Miss Goddard IL Of the statuesquc.
almost severe style of beauty. She Is a
frequent visitor to New York, spending
most Of her time either in this city or
Newport. She was the guest OF Mrs.
Frederick Vanderbilt, the friend OF her
glrlhood In Providence, only last week.
Miss Goddard has been much courted,
and there was n rumor last season that
she was engaged to j. J. Van Allen. Mr..
Cleveland's nominee for the Italian
Ministry.
c. Oliver 1selin Is one OF the owners
Of Nigilant. Nalkyrie's conqueror. He is
now iI Europe. His first wife was the
beautiful Fanny Garner, who died after
a very short and happy married life.
Mr.. Iselln is also a very wealthy
The evening world., 1894-03-08

tapped the red bricks with her heels.
"Sergt. Travers came off worsted
among the men the other night. 1
heard"
THE odds were all against the one. as
usual" she said. "Your barrack jokes
are seldom funny"
He laughed. why do you care for
him, Mollie?"
II don't"
"All right, Mollie," he said in a tone
that indicated 'all wrong"
Its getting late" she remarked.
'They are setting the tea-tray."
shall I help you down."
Her toes were on a level with his chest
as he fronted her. She carefully scru-
tinized the height from the ground.
mo, hank you
"Oh. all right" he responded. with the
same dubious infection.
She heard his pur click over the
frosty ground. She watched the patch OF
scarlet merge into the gloom and reap
pear In the lighted room OF the house.
Then the tears trickled down her cold
cheek and froze there.
A boy was spinning a top In the next
garden. She leaned towards him.
Little boy" she whispered. ''g.ve me a
push
The little boy, mounting an inverted
bucket, pushed and heard a mufied
thud on the other side OF the wall.
Every girl In the little garrison town
who possessed an invitation TO the non
The evening world., 1894-03-08

commissioned officers ball was prepar-
ing for the evenings festivity.
Mollie Henderson pirouetted around the
small limit of her chamber. n gauzy be-
ing I'm white. The circumscribed mirror
had been tilted up and tilted down. only
a quarter of her form being visioned at
one time.
The edge OF her skirt and white satin
slippers were undergoing reflection when
her brother shouted through
the keyhole;
you'll do, Mollie! You'll beat Georgina
Webb hollow
"Oh, Bobby. darling, do you think SOP
she cried, opening the door.
positive. Here are two boxes. Guess
ones from the Sergeant"
Each box contained a spray OF
flowers. She held the red roses admir-
ingly.
Dear Mollie. please wear my flowers"
was ~pencilled on a sheet OF paper bearing
the name OF Sergt. Travers, The lilies OF
the valley were accompanied by a scrap
OF paper From Jack"
Which shall l wear. Bobby" 49, she
asked excitedly, laying the roses md the
lilies together against her bodice.
Both the boy replied, promptly.
"Oh, ! can't. l think-I think the red
looks better on the white. The lilies are
a trlie insipid, and yet-oh, l must wear
the roses: the red looks lovely!"
She turned from her brothers inspec-
ton. with the roses clustered at her
The evening world., 1894-03-08

from her voice, "Dat the other man
gave 1t to me, Jack"
"Nevrr mind; you have worn It,"
He passed out of her sight as Travers
came INTO 1t bearing the ice,
Take 1t away she said to him, pet
u~llntIy, Il don't want it,
s"rgt.-Major Boynp was down with
the fever, His comrades talked seriously
together. Some Of the men hung round
the hospital to which he had been re
moved and begged constantly for the
latest bulletin.
Near the group Of soldiers stood Mollie
Henderson. Every day she gathered
new Of her cousin from their fragment
AIRY conversation,
Hes mortal bad remarked one.
AYE. sinking East, ! heard"
Hes stlcking to his coiors to the
last" spoke auo,her, They say he's
calling out her name often
"And she don't care Il rap for him
"Sht amt good enough for cur Ser
geant- Major, they murmured together.
"Pr'aps shell be sorry when"
some one pushed through the group.
Each man fen aside as Mollie, her face
white and strained, passed b. them
and obtained adm!ttance into the hos
pital.
Presently one Of them looked up at, tbs
Majors window,
Lets hope she'll be in time. mates"
he said huskily.