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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

At Ballarat. Australia, = ruined gold
miner once committed suicide ia =
dramatic manner. During the time
of the gold rush a certain deserted
claim was for years held sacred, and
the tools streWn about the windlass
were left TO rust away untouched. \
party of varsity men, old school fel-
lows and of gentle birth, had sunk
their shaft th-re aud worked without
success until their money was spent.
One evening one Of them az work at
the bottom of the shaft shouted,
"Haul up, boys, the time Is come at
last" They hauled up, and when 1t
came to the top they found their COM
ralo's lifelOss body hanging from the
chain. He had detached the bucket,
tied a moose about his neck, fastened
the moose 20 the chain, and was hanged
by his dearest friends. The party
had been much liked and respected
by the other miners, VINO would read
lily have subscribed 1000 ounces OF
gold dust co give them fresh start,
but ere the dawn of the next day the
whole party had disappeared. leaving
their claim in the same state as it lay
at the time of the tragedy.-London
TaleOraph
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

nerves are crying out for assistance.
The cry should De needed in time. Lydia
=. Pnkhara's Vegetable Compound
was prcpa rcd 20 meet the needs OF
yvomans system at this trying period
OF her lie.
The Vegetable Compound IS an N
vigorating strengthened OF the female
organism. It builds up the weakened
nervous system and enables a woman
20 pass that grand change trium-
phantly.
IL does not seem necessary for as %
prove the honesty of our statements.
bat 10 is a pleasure - publish such
grateful words rs the following:
g" have been using Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for some
time during tho change 81 life and IL
has been saviour ~ life unto me. J
can chccrfuNy recommend your medi-
cine Co AZ women. and know il will
give permanent relief / would D.
glad 10 relate uN sN.,ti,nce % any
sufferer NLs. DELLA WATSON. g.,
/ We~t -fh 49, , frr',-~ti "N'.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09
\ FireproOf Tree.

A government report from CoiIm-
bis contains description of tree.
known az the chaparro, which Is said
to possess the quality of being ire
proof 1, grows on the vast plains OF
Columbia and the north Of South
America, called cavannas. extensive
districts which are parched with heat
except during the rainy season. IL
has long been the custom - clear The
ground for the new vegetation which
springs mp so luxuriantly on these
plains after the rainy season, 10y means
o. fire-and such fires, miles IN extent,
kindled by the herdsmen. destroy
everything in the shape Of vegetation
except the chaparro tree, which sur
wives 10 afford welcome shade IN an
almost treeless region.
II is small tree. seldom growing TO
more than twenty feet IN height, with
girth of abo1t three feet, and 1t owes
its projection from fire to the nature
of its hard. thick bark. The bark lies
on the trUos in loose layers, which do
not readily conduct heat 10 the more
delicate parts of the structure. j Is
q general idea among the natives that
this tree grows only where gold i
abundant in the soil below. That II
is common in auriferous districts il
ipdispD, able, but there Is no ground
for supposing that it does not grow
elsewhere.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09
Rider Outlasts the Horse.

Bismarck, who had worn himself
out in the service of Germany and Of
his emperor, rarely refers 10 his lebors
for the Fatherland. One morning he
and the Emperor William were riding
together II the park. They had not
gone far when Bismarck complained
of fatigue. The emperor. who was
quite fresh, said some~ hat testify:
Chow Is it that, though l am a n
older man than yourself, prince, l can
always outride you?'
B:smarck's reply was as reproachful
as il was epigramma;ic.
"Ah, sire, be SAID, the rider al
ways outlssts the horse.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

The ''mad- dog scare" 10 exaggerated,
says Outing. Rabies and the posi-
biiity of q human being contr acting il
are worthy of serious consideration,
yet genuine cases Of it are very rare.
The so-called ''mad-dogs' shot in the
streets of our cities during the heated
term were, in very few csser, IL suy,
suffering from rabies. This terrible
disease does not suddenly develop, as
do the common fits which may be pro-
duced by varying causes Rabies
takes time TO reach the dangerous
stage, aud few dogs, il properly cared
for, could develop il without their
owners knowing that something seri-
Gus was the trouble. Horses kill
many more people than dogs are re-
sponsible for, yet we do not contem-
plate the extinction of the equine race.
III the crumpled- horn source OF the
family milk supply happened TO toss
the son and heir over the barn, should
we advocate that the entire tribe OF
Bos be destroyed
The real difficulty about the dogs rs
not SO much their fault as the fault OF
their owners. People who do moi
know how to take care Of and contro
dog should have no right TO Owl
one. A dog should never be KEEP
where the owner cannot be certain
that the animal will do no seriou
damage, will be properly fed, exer
cised, and kept in general good condl
ton. Savage dogs and wandering cur
should be destroyed
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

The other night I heard . distin-
guished Scottish preseason relate
curious coincidence which might odd
another to the many subtle, insoluble
questions relative TO the speculative
regions of the unknown in nature, AMI
mate and inauimate. He stated that
one day a woman was brought to has
surgery, having been shot IN the head
with n bullet from a pistol. She had
been in an auction room. While the
suctioneer was exhibiting and selling
the pistol, il went off and shot the wo-
man. Re was unaware IL had been
loaded The bullet was not found.
The woman died. The auctioneer WAS
tried for manslaughter. but was acquit-
ted, the jury finding that the cause of
death was accidental.
About ten years thereafter another
woman was brought 10 the surgery of
/ the preseason one day. She had been
shot In the bresst with bullet from
pistol. The woman and her husband
had intended TO emigrate. Tho hus-
band had bought a pistol 10 defend
himself from the attacks OF robbers or
savsges In "a foreign land. While ex-
aiming the pistol in his house 1t went
of, shooting his wife. who was sitting
opposite. The bullet was found the
woman recovered. The husband was
tried for reckless use Of firearms, but
was acquitted. After the trial the Grim
inal officer-who, singularly enough.
had charge Of both csses-presented
the pistol 10 the professor. IL was the
same weapon that had caused both &C
cideuts. lie stated that the criminal
authorities had returned the pistol Oh
tho first occasion 10 the party TO whom
II belonged. After the second accident
1t WAS deemed advisable 10 put to-
weapon in safe keeping. Ultimately
the professor handed over the pisto
as a unique but dangerous relic 10 4
Scottish museum. IL bears hIstori
cal inscription.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

The annals of commerce are not en-
tirely without a spice Of romance
There is little retributive justice that
savors Of the novelist's art In the way
the spoiler is sometimes spoiled IN
business relations. In an article Gu
titled made in Japan" the Pail Mall
Gazette shows how nations have en-
croached upon one another's business,
aud -saped for time q rich harvest.
only % see the same tactics employed
by a rival people. aud be forced TO
stand aside while the trade slipped
from their hands into the keeping OF
another nation.
In old times the Dutch, by import
ing English clay, made good profit
out of limitations of Chinese porcelain,
aud presently the Dutch product be
care world known ~ Delft ware
+ Brt the Dutchman was no more Sc
4 cure in his profitable trade than bad
beer his predecessor, the ChinamNn.
The English potters took 10 copying
the Dutch pattern. and sold their pot
terry much cheaper. aud the north Of
England became headquarters for tn,
Delft China.
Again, however. the spoiler has beer
spoiled. OF late the japanese have
made themselves masters Of the art @
reproducing the patterns best liked N
Eosland. aud have begun - encroA,h
on the donna n long moDopolized b,
the English potter. The japanese
product is FINER and stronger. an
above all cheaper than the best Eng
lish ware. aud japan Is providing th'
mark,t- with goods which were orie
inally Chinese monopoly.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

The colors of<hs ,ferent races de-
pend upon the tsignsA in the epidsr-
mis. especially in its deeper strata
Lima. Peru. il 10 have a supply OK
electricity for lighting and other pur-
pose from power plant on a stream
several miles away.
\ 40 power dynamo and sew
eral motors TO use the power il gem
crates have been ordered from an
American manufacture for some car
shops in Nagoys, Japan. This - said
10 be the first plant OF Us kind in Asia.
ID. Nacfarlsne Moore. os Newark.
who has given several pnbhc and pri-
vate exhibitions Of his vacuum tube
tight. Is now talking Of wing 70 illum-
mate street bv strius.ng n chain 81
thess tubes from pole Cd pole like an
( overhead trolley wire.
+ Dr. Keller opened tho in.estines Of a
/ ,arce number OF spiiers and found
/ that they are voraciou~ enemies 81 the
most noxious insects. According 20
his idea spiders are more beneficial TO
/ .h, maintenance of forests than all the
insect eating birds put sether
=, DISTINGUISHED an electrician "a
Siivanus T. Thompson 90 Lon Ion. au
thor Of standard teVthn.k which ha-
been IN use many vears expresses q
hope that Ma-comi's sv.tetn of tele-
graphing without wire. may prov,
available for communication across the
Atlantic
About two han lrel electric brake
/ I
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09
THE TURN OF LIFE

Is the most important period in wo-
mans existence. Owing to modern
methods Of living. not one woman in .
thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
q train of very annoying and some
times painful symptoms
Those dreadful hot flashes. sending
the blood surging TO the heart until IL
seems ready To burst, and the faint
feeling that follows, sometimes with
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09
UnconceaIed Weapons.

London papers are crying ont against
the carrying of unconcealed weapons
by women. they being melted thereto
by two cases which have recently oc-
Cured of persons ioosing their sight
through contact with hatpins. In one
of the cases, man who was riding Ia
ali omnibus had one Of his eyes pierced
by pin IN the hat OF woman sitting
next 20 him, her head being thrown
against his face 10y sudden Jolt of the
vehicle; and in the other girl was
blinded 10y pin in the hat OF her com
panion with whom she was playing
Who has not trembled at sight OF the
long and keen-pointed weapons which
the woman wear SO recklessly?
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

zee permanently cured. No iits or nervous
nat- after first NiN's use OF ur. khnc'- Great
Ntr.e ke-tfrrr - trial bottle and TREATISE free
l-t. l.. IL. httNA. Ltl.. 9l Arch ~. fbla-.Pa
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

Ttsn'. l4r. Cog Cnn.smu tion has saved me
nt s N.....- N.N. ~. I. 1T AftnN. AolAln.
Place. nlt..L 0rc. Md. bee. =. i-yL
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

Happines- b. lixe a sunbeam. which the
least shadow intrrccpts. while adversely 1,
as often as the rsia ~ spring
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

let f-ientshir creep gently @ a height.
" 30 rush g. i,. 81. may soon ruu .t-elf .ut ~
breath
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

chills. as II the
heart were go
ing 20 stop for
good. arc symp-
toms OF n dan
gcrous nervous
trouble Those
hot flashes are
just 50
many calls -
from ma ~
turc for
help. The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31
HORRORS OF THE KLONDYKE.

GREAT FALLS, MONT, July 23.-
Frank Moss, an old-time miner in this
section, who four years ago was one OF
a party of Americans to first visit the
Klondyke country, returned today,
and tells a story of horrors and star
walton seldom equalled even in modern
novels.
He describes Klondyke as placer
camp, 7 miles long and 13 miles wide,
located in a sink, walled in by bowl
ders of rock 5000 feet high. Gold, he
says, abounds, but no ordinary man
can stand the hardships of the unciv'
ilized region.
When Moss left here four years ago
he was sturdy fellow over 6 feet tall.
From hardships and privation he is a
cripple for life and badly broken in
health. In three years he saw over
1000 graves made in the Klondyke
basin, a large majority dying from
starvation. The steamship companies
bring in all food and allow no private
|importations. Consequently it is not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31
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many went home to vote for him. 1t
proved to be decidedly McLaurin
meeting. More than half of the 1000
persons, present were strongly for Nc.
Laurin before the adjournment, and q
great deal of this would have been ac-
complished if Senator McLaurin had
not opened his mouth. The conspir-
acy against him was so patent, the
means employed so unfair, the argu.
ments against him so unjust, and
withal the outrageous treatment he
received at the hands of the combina-
ton opposing him had it's effect in his
favor. That inherent desire for JUS
tice and fair play made those who
were in doubt, McLaurin's friends.
When the candidates attempted to
charge that McLaurin was for putting
Negro labor in the factories, they
went one step too far, and, instead of
having the effect they desired, they
made several hundred votes for him.
As a whole, the people behaved
beautifully, and while all were cheer
ed, all received respectful attention.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31

uncommon to 60 for weeks with but a
scant supply and for days entirely
without food.
The gold brought in last week to
Seattle, Moss says, does not represent
the findings of individual shippers,
but large proportion was con6scated
from the effects of these 1000 miners
who fell prey to the hardships.
At the death of man possessed of
dust his body was buried without a
coffin, and the dust divided among
those who cared for him. With proper
reliefs established by the government,
Moss says, gold can be taken out at
the rate of $4,000, 900 a month.
The richest strike has been made by
2l-year-old boy named George Horn
blower, of Indianapolis. In the heart
of barren waste, known as Bowlder
field, he found nugget for which the
transportation company gave him
$500. He located his claim at the
field, and in four months had taken
out over 100000.
The richest section of Alaska, Moss
says, is yet undeveloped. 1t is 100
miles fIom Klondyke, and known as
the Black Hole of Calcutta. 1t is in
habited by former convicts of Bohe-
mia, and murders and riots take the
place of law and order.
A few months ago Klondyke Or
ganized a justice committee, and its
law prevails there now.
With the great crowds preparing to
go to the scene now, Moss says, hun
ger and suffering will be great when
added to other hardships to be over
come by those who survive.-New
York Telegram.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31
McLAURIN AND EVANS.
TiIlman on the Campaign-Considers 1rby
Dead Duck.

Tillman on the CamPaign-Consiuers lrp1
Dead Duck.
While in Charlotte on Sunday las
Senator Tillman was interviewed by
a reporter of the Charlotte News or
the senatorial campaign in South Car
olina. He claimed to be entirely neu
tral, and declared he would take nj
hand in the fight.
SENATOR" he was asked, "who ha:
the best chance to win the coming
senatorial election ?"
"Well, that is hard to say. McLau
rim has a good record and has many
friends. Evans seems to be gaining
strength daily, and as for the Other
candidates I don't think there is any
show"
"Then you think that it has morrow
ed down to two, do you?"
"That is my idea exactly. Irby has
never had the ghost of show. His
record while in Washington will de-
feat him for any position in the gift Of
his state. He is just like man that
had been buried for six months and
has scratched out"
"What about Mayfeld and Duncan
have they no show?"
II do not think 80. AS said be-
fore, I think the fight is between Nc
Laurin and Evans"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31
MORMONS AND "GENTILES."
Their War In Fairfield Continues to
Excite Interest.

Their War In Fairfield Continues to
Excite Interest.
The war of the "Saints" and "Gen-
tiles" in this section approaches q
crisis, says a Ridgeway special Of
Wednesday to the Columbia State.
Last Saturday night company OF
whitecappers, attired in regulation
suits of white, and with faces masked,
paid visit to the dwelling of a Mr..
Branham, an adherent of Mormonisra,
where two missionaries of the faith
boarded, over the line in Kershaw,
and extended them warning to desist
and leave this scene of labor on or
before the 1st day of August.
It is stated that four elders left the
neighborhood as requested, but they
have since, during the present week,
returned with reinforcements of four
more, resolved to maintain their foot.
ing with active resistance, if obliged to
use force to protect themselves.
They communicate with Elder Kim
ball, at the head of the propaganda es-
tabished by the Mormon organization
in Chattanooga, which is headquarters
for the territory east of the Mississippi,
and will doubtless act in accordance
with his instructions. Perhaps this
high official and the government of the
state might, with advantage to the
peace and dignity of the common
wealth, appoint plenipotentiaries to ad-
Just terms of settlement, after the
manner of the Trrco. .Grecian war, and
thus bring matters to decent and sat
isfactory termination.
Meantime, Mr.. w. W. Collins, whose
house was recently fired into, as pre-
viously reported, came to this town
yesterday upon business, and while bis
horse was standing tied in a lot, some
one took his saddle off and injured it
by abuse and otherwise wantonly and
maliciously used it, as charged in the
warrant which Magistrate Hinnant
has issued at the suit Of Collins, against
one James Harrell, whom the prose-
cutor charges with the offense.
Collins says that at present he will
not attempt to prosecute any one for
the shooting into his house, and it is
understood that the man, Smith, who
came from Seneca to erect the new
church for the members of his faith
has given up the job and resbipped
his tools.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31

WHEN WE GRow.-Some interest
ing results have been yielded by
the investigations concerning human
growth, which have been made by a
committee of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science. 1t is
shown that growth is most rapid du-
ring the first FIVE years of life, when
both sexes grow alike, the boys being
a little taller and heavier than the
girls. From five to ten the boys grow
a little faster than the girls, but from
ten to fifteen the girls grow the faster,
and between the ages Of eleven and
half and fourteen and half are actu-
ally taller than the boys, while from
twelve and half to fifteen and half
they are heavier. The boys then take
the lead, growing at first rapidly but
afterwards slower, and complete their
growth at about the twenty-third year
while girls grow very slowly after fif-
tern, and reach their full stature at
about the twentieth year. 1t is gen.
orally supposed that "grown up'' peo-
pie do not increase in height, but these
researches appear to show that men
gain slowly in stature until their tif-
tieth year, and make more rapid in
crease in weight up to the age Of sixty.
Statistics are too incomplete to deter
mine the growth of women after the
age of twenty-three.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31

MCLAURIN MADE FRIENDs.-The
Spartanburg Daily Herald in its in
troductory to the report of Tuesdays
meeting, says:
1t has long been recognized that this
was an important meeting. 1t was
conceded on all sides that 1rby's
strength in this race lies in Spartan
burg. The Piedmont Headlight has
been devoting all its space to him fol-
weeks, and in every issue recently the
Irby voters have been urged to turn
out in full force and cheer the great
"Commoner."
1t was thought that great mary
would respond, and while McLaurin's
friends made not the slightest effort
conceding that Irby would have the
crowd here, it developed that of those
who came to howl McLaurin down,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31

April 81 and December 81, 1893, 49,
600 bankruptcies and suspensions of
commercial and industrial concerns
took place, and more than 600 banking
institutions and banking firms were ser.
iously injured or wholly ruined. The
total amount involved in these bank
ruptcies and suspensions during eight
months was,s57O, 100000 1t is report.
ed that sl,2OO,OO0,OOO of railroad
properties were forced into the hands
of receivers, and that {, 100000 persons
were forced out of employment into
idleness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-31
D0MESTIG uNHAPPINESS.

Four-fftns of the domestic unhappi-
ness that prevails is due to the ignor-
ance of those who are called upon to
take charge of housekeeping mat
ters. 1t has long been the practice of
newspaper writers to lay the entire
blame at the door of the woman. This
is not fair. A woman, to be sure, is
not fit to marry who does not know
how to make a bed or shirt bake
loaf of good bread, broil beefsteak,
boil potato or an egg, and make
cup of good coffee. But, on the other
hand, is nothing required of the man 2
Has man any legitimate excuse fo5
being ignorant of the qualities of
meats, vegetables, fish, etc., and of
those articles, of whatever kind, that.
enter into the leading details of house
keeping2 The house is the woman's
sphere, we admit; but it is simply to
manage and direct affairs. 1t is the
mans duty to provide her with every
thing needfnl for convenience and
comfort. When he fails to do this, he
fails in one of the first essentials of
housekeeping.
The fact of the matter is that both
men and women are, as a general
thing, lamentably ignorant in all that
relates to housekeeping. 1t has be-
come Questionable to be presumed to
have any knowledge upon the subject.
Husband and wife alike scout the idea
that it is proper for them to know any
thing in regard to the doings of the
kitchen, much less to make the pur-
chase or direct the manner of prepar-
alton. For fashionable lady to ad-
init that she had directed the cooking
of meal would be to acknowledge
that her servants were deficient in
those qualities which all servants
should possess. In other words, it
would argue that she was not willing
to pay the price for frstclass help.
With most men it is a boast that
they never know what they are
going to have for breakfast or dinner
until they see it before them on the
table. This is wrong. A man may,
or ought, at least, to know what IS IN
the larder, and his knowledge of its
contents should be derived not from an
inquisitive examination of its contents
only but from the fact of his having
assisted in providing them.
If husband and wife would share
each others burdens little more full
ly in matters relating to housekeeping,
if women were more familiar with their
duties and men would manifest more
interest than simply providing market
money, and enjoying or finding fault
with the food that is set before them,
not a few of what are now very un-
happy households would speedily be
changed to delightful homes.