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Evening star., 1897-02-06

failings could have been eliminated, the
little skipper with the red peaked beard,
would certainly have been, from an own
er's point of view, the best commander
sailing out of any English port. No man
ever wrenched such magnificent amount
of work from his hands. But II was those
other failings which kept him what he was,
the pitiful knockabout shipmaster, living
from hand to mouth. never certain of his
berth from one months end to another. =
That afternoon Capt. Kettle signed on
his crew, got them on board and with the
help of his two mates kicked the majority
of them into sobriety; he received visit
and final instructions from Gedge at 6
o'clock. and by nightfall he had filled in his
papers. warped out of dock and stood anx
iously on the bridge watching the pilot as
he took the steamboat down through the
crowded shipping of the river. His wife
stood under the glowing arc lamp on the
dock head and waved him goodbye through
the gloom.
Capt Kettle received his first fright as
he dropped mis- pilot just outside the Tyne
pier heads. A man-of-war's launch steam
ed up out Of the night and the boarding
officer examined his papers and asked ques-
items. The little captain, conscious of hav-
ing no contraban6 of war on board just
then, was brutally rude; hut the naval Of
ficer remained stolid and refused to see the
insults which were pitched at him. He had
an unpalatable duty to perform; he quite
with Kettles feelings over the
matter, and he got hack to his launch
thanking many stars that the affair had
Ell ded so easily. But Kettle rang on his
engines again with very unpleasant feel
irgs. 1t was clear to him that the secret
v as oozing out somewhere; that the Sultan
of Borneo was Suspected that his course
to Cuba would be beset with many we'll
armed obstacles: and he forthwith made
his first ruse out Of the long succession
which was to follow. He had been instruct
ed by Gedge to steam off straight from the
Tyne to a point deep in the North sea.
" here a yacht would meet him to hand
over the consignment Of smuggled arms.
But he felt the night to be full Of eyes, and
for a Havana-bound ship to leave the usual
steam lane which leads to the English chan
rel was equivalent to a confession Of her
purpose from the outset. So he took the
parallel rulers end penciled off on his chart
the stereotyped course which just clears
Evening star., 1897-02-06

A million of suffering women cry with
uplifted hands for some relief from the
pains and tortures of diseases peculiar to
their sex. A million more suffer in silence
rather than subject themselves to the ab-
horrent and humiliating examinations and
local treatment SO uniformly insisted upon
by physicians
The saddest thought OF all is that all
this agony of body and mind is absolutely
unnecessary.
Female weakness" car be cured-sure-
ly, speedily,-without exposure, with slight
expense-without leaving your own home.
any disorder or disease of the organs dis
tinctly feminine. No matter how hopeless
you think your case-no matter how many
doctors have told you that you were in
curable-no matter what you have done or
left undone, the "Favorite Prescription "
will cure you. Perhaps its greatest use
fulness is In preparing women for the ordeal
of child birth. Taken during the expectant
period il practically elm mates pain and
danger at the time of partiIrition.
Miss Lauretta McNees. of Reno (P o. Boz 7zl,
Washoe Co., New, writes: 81 have discontinued
taking the Prescription and will not take
any more lat present). Last month had
pain at sll and worked ever, day without any
! never had pain during thai period cannot
eay too much for your me iicines. especially
the Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pei
let's know Of lady in the family way who
and she says she was not sick like she was With
her hrst baby. This was her second baby. She
thinks it a grand medicine. SO do L"
For constipation the true scientific cure In
Or Pisrce's Pellets Mild, farmles1, YEA sure,
10 other pill can compare with then.
Evening star., 1897-02-06

but whether he was in pajamas in the
chart house, or whether he was sitting on
an upturned ginger beer case under the
shelter Of one Of the upper bridge canvas
dodgers. with his tired eyes shut and the
always the same; he was always ready in
stantly to spring upon the alert One dark
night an iron Delaying pin flew out of the
blackness Of the fcrecastle and whizzed
within an inch of his sleeping head, but he
reused so quickly that he was able to shoot
the thrower through the shoulder before
he could dive back again through the fore
castle door. And another time when pow
.dering gale had kept him on the bridge for
forty-eight consecutive hours, and a depu-
tation of the deck hands raided him in the
chart house ON the supposition that exhaus-
ton would have laid him out in a dead
sleep. he woke before their fingers touched
Evening star., 1897-02-06
A Paying Partnershfp.

From the New York Weekly.
Struggling Playwright (gloomily)-"There
Is no chance for talent in these days, no
chance at ALL"
Stranger-'That's because you don't know
now to use your talents. Go into partner
snip with me, and We'll both make for
tunes. All you need to do is to write a ten
act play. I'll get it produced at the Fash
ion Theater' at my own expense and Veil
divide tile profits'
..AreT you; the manager of the Fashion
Theater?"
No; run the saloon next door"
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Not Legal Tender.

From the Detroit Free Press.
What's the matter, chum?" asked the
college student of his roommate, who was
making the air a dark blue
Matter? 1 wrote the governor to send
me some money for text books, and here
he's sent me the books. 1 can never paw
my bills at this rate"
Evening star., 1897-02-06
No Greenhurn,
From Judge.


Boat Oficial-"To put out that electric
light turn 1t Off same as You would gas"
Pat-"Av coorse! Orm no granehorn:
but yez may lave me a few matches in
case Oi warts { loight ii agin.''
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Drove 700 Turkeys Ten Miles.

From the York, Pa, Times
drove of seven hundred turkeys arrived
at Hanover yesterday from East Berlin.
ten miles distant. for dressing. The fowls
were no more trouble than a flock of sheep.
except when some became stampeded. in
which case they all fly after their leader.
The drovers are provided with long poles,
to which long pieces of cloth are attached.
Evening star., 1897-02-06
His Desire.
From Puck.


Old Flint (savagelye"So you want to be-
ccme my son-in-law, young man?"
Young Swift (promptly)e"No; 1 merely
want to marry your daughter"
Evening star., 1897-02-06

pclofc. AHu ne shouted al eACuSe dCTOSS
to the spokesman on the chart house roof.
Il To his surprise they seemed to give
weight to It, There was a short consulta-
| tion and the steamers slipped along over
parallel courses.
Have you got dysentery bad aboard?'
came the ext question.
once more Carnforth prompted and ket-
tie repeated his words: Look at my
decks" said he. IAN my crew are below.
I've hardly man to stand by me-.
There was more consultation among the
gunboats officers. and then came the fatal
inquiry, What's your cargo, eaptain?"
"Oh, Goals" said Kettle, resignedly.
-" What; j.. you're bringing Tyne coal to the
Just GOALS" said Capt. Kettle, with
bitter laugh.
The tone of the spaniard changed.
"Heave to at once" he ordered, whilst I
serd boat to search you. Refuse, and I'll
blew you out of water ("
On the Sultan of Borneo's upper bridge
Carnforth swore. 'tEh-ho. skipper" he
said, .the games up. and there's no way
and sacrifice the ship and the whole lot of
us? Come, I say, man, ring of your en-
gines, CT that fellow will shoot. and We
shall all be murdered uselessly. tell you
by James" said Kettle. SIS it? Look
there, and he pointed with outstretched
arm to the hills on the shore ahead. Three
| angle, burning nike Elswick furnaces
amongst the trees. They're ready for us
over yonder. Mr.. Carnforth and that's
their welcome. Do you think I'm going to
thus far?' He turned to the Danish quar-
termaster at the wheel, with his savage
| face close to the mans ear.
Starboard." he said; hard over, you
| bung-eyed Dutchman, Starboard, as far
as she'll co.
The wheel engines clattered briskly in the
house underneath, ana the,Sultan of Bor-
eight seconds the officer commanding the
gunbaat did not Zee what has happening,
and and that eight secondS wa4 fatal to them.
When the inspiration came. he bubbled in
noisy orders; he starboarde& his own helm
he rang full speed ahead Ito his own en-
gines, and he ordered-every rifle and ma
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18

for half a century-less a decade-he had
been in the show business and up to
within a few years was a leading clown.
He was here with John Robinsons' circus
years ago and from the ring, as clown,
made the announcement of the death of
our beloved General Robert E. Lee.
We have heard that announcement
spoken OF frequently and our citizens re-
member, in deep appreciation, the beau-
tifuI tribute which the clown paid.to our
Southern hero.
The clown! He thinks lightly and as
vapor who sees in clown simply a Iudi
crus human parrot. Listen well to the
clowns OF former years and in their run
ming talks, while playing there in the
sawdust rings, you will hear nonsense,
idle chatter, fine humor, polished wit.
s Mp Pathos, and excellent philosophy
Where IS that man, woman or child
whose sentiment whose ideal of excelsior.
whose aspirations, whose resolutions for
more beautiful life have been weakened
his part? -e ~"" pay
me writer does not attend circus per-
form ancles because the rules of his
church forbid it. But whether it be an
e e ent OF weakness or not, he will al
way Sunless great change comes over
him-have a fond recoIIeetion Of the
clown Of former times.
Ahd 70 Mr.. Lowlow-nowa clown no lon-
gef-,IHE PROGRESS sends greeting. Nav
ms heart--in the evening of life-gloW
h Hs'n I'm; .ne recollection OF surity-that in
caused many to laugh, has been the
means OF many enjoying hours of plea e.
nre; all done-by clown.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18
The Texas & Pacific give you
choice OF routes via Memphis,
Shrevepo ort New Orleans.
Mr.. A. j. Reynolds Dead.

Mr.. A. j. Reynolds Dead.
Last week THE PROGRESS contained q
notice OF the departure of Mr.. A. J. Rev
noids for Hinton, West Virginia. to
be treated, and it hoped to soon
have him with US again. But instead
our paper is under tthe painful necessiv
OF saying that "Uncle Jack'' is dead.
MI. A. j. Reynolds was one of the hest,
known mon in this city though he came
here only about thirteen or fourteen, year
ago: He took charge of the City Hotel and
made it hosiery that travellers delight
ed to stop at. A progressive citizen
gentleman OF broad views, deep, charita-
Die feeling and an earnest Christian he
soon made his way to prominent place
IN the hearts OF our people,
MAJ. a. }. Reynolds belonged to that old
class OF our people whose hear was nure
whose conscience was void of offense to-
wares any one, but was under comnlete
bondage to the principles of truth. riebt
and honesty, and whose word was nc
Used. ' "a prom
He was true and faithful member of
the First Presbyterian church Of Shreye-
port, and in his death that holy orpaniza-
ton lost a valuable friend and su pnorter
while our city has suffered the loss of .
splendid citizen. - ="
HIS remains were inferred at Mindep
MS former home, Thursday.
interment.
To his widow and children THE PRo-
GREsS extends It's tenderest sympathy.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18
A Popular Platform.


The platform adopted by the
Caddo Democratic Club in the re-
cent Constitutional Convention
compaign met with almost gen
eral approval by the people
throuhout the State. Several par
ishes embodied the main features
in their own platform, while others
adopted ours as a whole.
One of these parishes was East
Peliciana.
The following little extract is
from the Clinton Waterman, de-
failing a meeting held to nomi-
nate two delegates to the Con
vention:
Col. Stone was followed by Hon.
d. w. Pipes, who, after pleaging
himself to act in convention as he
had always done in public or pri-
vate life for the best interests of
the people he represented, read to
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18
The Old Clown.

Mr.. John Lowlow, Press representative
OF the ''Humme1, Hamilton & Sells Unit
ed Show" paid THE PROGRESS an appre-
ciated call Wednesday afternoon. We
found Mr.. Lowlow to be such genial
gentleman that he was led into CONVEX
sation about the circus business. He said
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18

The hypocrite does his church
little harm. It is the inconsis-
tencies Of the loyal and honest
christians that Satan uses to resist
the influence OF the Gospel.
~
ihat person who points out the
acts OF the hypocrite as evidence
that Christianity is failure, is a
more dIspicable wretch than the
pretender he holds up to the light.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18
MADAn RuMOuR says

MADAM RuMOuR SAYS
That the Chr stmas exercises Of
the Jordan street Sunday school
will be interesting and in Instructive.
They will take place on the even
ing Of December 31st.
That everybody is invited to
attend Jordan street church to-
morrow morning and evening at
IL and 7:15 o'clock. The pastor.
Rev. II. w. May will preach on
both occasions, nothing prevent
ing.
That She wonders if the Con-
stitutional Convention will grant
woman suffrage, or have VIC be-
come civilized enough for that.
vet?
That there is good prospect of
having Salvation Army here in
january
That the "giving up to another
by Caddo statesman CO story''
is very generally received with a
smile, which is a smole indeed.
hat those who want their favor
ties to win the bicycle had better
begin to hustle. Come to the Of
ice and get some cupons; $3.50
lget a hundred, $4,000 will get
EsGi ~.
That our editor has listened in
vain for the gobble of the turkey
which some one charitably in
clined-hath sent hi m.
That petition is being circu-
lated to have certain house on
or near the corner of Texas and
Common streets vacated. This
petition will be prese nted to the
City Council.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18

That the turning of a tune is
quite frequently done by news
paper as well as the player of an
instrument.
That unselhshness is unknown
to Caddo politicians, and our
people receive the statement with
a few grains of salt.
That She hopes there will be a
great revival of interest in the
Home Library Association. New
members and new books are badly
needed.
That ell of our people will in
dorse the $50 days. movement in
augurated by Major. Mcclellan
against the "Weary Williams"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-18

the meeting the platform recently
adopted by the Democratic Club
OF Caddo parish. This platform,
upon motion, was unanimously
sdopted.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08

MYOTICE no CREDITORS. 1sElsss 81
s.AsSs AL lpeTsons having demands a9Ainet
the Eatase Of Alexander Or, deceased,
ere hereby otifed TO present Shesn. prop
erly psoven, 10 the 1ndssaia aSed within
the time p4escli ibe6 By law, ard those 10.
,aehte1 90 make payment NJ s. s :Ssss
si5 JOHN: Il. ORR Executor.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Sixty Eight Miles All Hour.

OMAHA, Ncb. Nov. 90. The mon
Pacific Road has made another record
Tor fast running. a mail train has
been shot across the country, from
Cheyenne 10 Council Bluffs, Jl9 miles
IN ''''' minutes. This is actual clap.
scli time. aud includes all .-tor-. In
sIne- Ner' chanYci twice aud one
engineer wa. rclicvcI. al The rcru-
las tops were made aliI ore cxtra, ,
when au air BRAKE burst aud had IT, De
repaired at the expense Of scvcral
minutes.
y burned-ou, br;lgc, near Medicine
Box Wyoming, dclaycl,hc mail train
iYc hour and dirty minutes. The
train reached Cheyenne five hour,
late II WA necessary to reach Coun
cil Hlni's on tim or lay Il heavy iinc
t. the Government. II was nlosc
remarkable run against time Che
ycnnc t" sydney, l02 miles. was made
IN lD7 minutes. Engineers were
changed, and the run from sydney 10
North Platte, l23 miles. was made in
ll9 minutes. On this run stop was
made ut ,Julcsburg to get the Colorado
mail. From North Platte to Grand
Island, l3S miles, the time was l54
minutes. Engineers were changed at
Lexington, and other stops were nc r
ccssary. From Grand Island to Coun-
Gil Bluffs, 1876 miles, the time was 1G5
minutes, including Il stop Of five min
utcs to fix burstcd tank hose. rcgu~
lar station stops, delay by Missouri
Pacific freight train entering the
Omaha yards, and other annoyanccs.
The mail was landed in Council
Bluffs with l3 minutes to spare, the
actual average running from Cheyenne
being a little more than 62 1-2 miles
an hour.
The most wonderful burst of speed
was shown on the 100-milc stretch be-
tween Grand Island and Ames. This
was covered in 93 minutes, actual
time. From this must be deducted
five minutes for the delay with the
broken hose at Columbus, making the
time 89 minutes for the 100 miles, in
cludlng all regular stops, or more than
68 miles an hour.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Women Jurors In Idaho.

Boise City, Idaho, has experimental
with women jurors, and the result has
been entertaining anyway. Perhaps
it was instructive, too, for in the end
justice was done, and the next time
these particular women sit ON jury
they will have learned the fundamental
principles of law.
1t was probate case before Judge
Blake. The jury was mixed in tho
matter of sex, there being two men
and four women. Mrs. r. Il. Green,
Mrs Royakin, Mrs. Il. J. Pasmore and
one unmarried woman, Miss S. Il.
Wood. Perhaps the men couldn' t ex-
plain the fine points of law, or perhaps
the women wouldn't let them. Any
way, after being out six hours, when
the hearing of the evidence took only
one hour, and after celebrating IN
voices which reached the uttermost
parts ct the oouTt building, the jury
came into court with the announce
mcnt that they couldn't agree, no,
never.
I'VE cant agree, that's all there is
to it.. l never saw such lot in all my
life, was the report brought by Mrs.
Green, the foreman. They had been
laboring heavily under the impression
that the statements of the district
attorney we're part of the evidence.
In telling the story Mrs. Green told
ten times more than the judge thought
should be given out in open court,
but there was no stepping the flow Of
words until the source had been ex.
hausted.
When the judge gave the jury to
understand that the statements of the
district attorney were not evidence
the jury retired and in few minutes
brought in verdict giving the plain.
tiff every cent asked for.
The jury was seriously put out
because the bailiff hung around so he
could hcSr every word that was said
aud when another court officer wen,
into the jury room to build fire the
women begged him to give bis opinion
on the case.
But the judge was molli6ed by the
verdict. because the jury had agreed,
and that was more than the previous
jury in the same case, jury composed
entirely Of men, had done.-KansaI
City Journal!
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Benefit From Weeping.

We have heard Of people "sick
from weeping" but now it appears,
according to the Hospital, that tears
are positively beneficial. This is
partly due to the increased depth Of
respiration and the improvement in
often ianguid circulation thereby in
duccd, but to large extent it is the
result of the muscular exercise in
volved by which the general vascular
tension, and especially the blood pres
sure to the brain, is mnch reduced.
The profusc flow of tears, no doubt,
also acts strongly on the cerebral cir
cuiation in still further reducing ten
sion. The sobbing movements again
have good influence upon ne cir
culation. All of which makes US in
favor of what is known as "a good
cry ~
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Heaven Lost lis Charm.

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- One Of our exchanges reports the
following as curiosity Of law: "a
young man purchased 2 600 extra fine
cigars, and had them insured for their
value. smoked them up and demanded
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
All Sorts OF Paragraphs.
Faith in God will never grow

- Faith in God will never grow
stronger by ncplccting prayer
A hot argument strange AS it
may sound, can most ciTcctually cool
Il man.
pcopc who are addicted to tat
tie, ros,ir and scandal are 40 bc,i4r
thar llore they talk about
Wei to the length Of two and
v'c-fmlril4 miles has been drawn from
The body Of . single spider
Wh4ti. that which you cannot
hold 10 minutes, although it is "as
light Il, feather = Your breath.
Nlirs allie Hughes, Norfolk. Va.
was irIghtinlly hurntd ~. The face ind
neck. Pam was instantly iolirved by
btNir's Witch l!azei Salve which heal
ed the injury wi hnut leaving a scar /,
- ,h" famous pile remedy. Evans phar-
macy.
r. The most pnrular female in the
| lnitcd States is the blonde lady whose
face adorns the twenty dollar gold
piece.
say, DO you believe that story
OF the goose laying golden egg Z"
"Wcll it would be just like Il goose to
do such a foolish thing
- Tom -"Why do you call your
mother the mater 2" Dick Any
woman who could succeed in marrying
off my four sisters deserves the title"
Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa,
says: MY child is worth millions to mo;
yet would have lost ner by Group had
not invested twenty-five cents in bottle
Of One Minute Cough Cure" 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles Evans Pharmacy.
= Shect-iron is rolled so thin at
the Pittsburg iron mills that Is 600
sheets are required to make single
inch in thickness. Light shines as
readily through one of these sheets as
through ordinary tissue paper.
- One Minute Cough Cure cures quicH-
ly. That's what you want! Evans Phar-
macy.
"At no time, said the Cornfed
Philo rhcr, ''is man SO willing to
take the burden from the weak shoul
dcrs Of frail woman as when she is
harassed with the care Of large and
paying property
= In Alaska the natives use fat |
fsh, like smelt, for candle. They
light them at the tail, and they barn
Is minutes. There are millions of
them. The crabs measure aix feet
from tip to tip of the claws.
Miss Bette Runnels, of New
Orleans, a social favorite aud young
woman of genuine worth, has the
unique distinction of being the first
female law student in the State of |
Louisiana. She has matriculated at
Tulane University and will take the
full law course preparatory to entering
the practice.
- Quick firing guns are more de-
pcnued upon at the present day than
extreme length Of range, and in this
respect what is considered the most
wonderful Of guns, perhaps, is one of
the Maxims, which can fire as many
as GOO shots q minute, and ye. is so
light that soldier can carry it strap
ped 10 his back.
Bi!liken: "What's the matter,
Wiiiikcn e Wiiiiken: Matter
enough. You know, some time ago
assigned all my property to my wife
to-to keep it out Of the hands of-of
people 1 owe, you know ?" "Yes."
"Well, she's taken the money and
gone off-says sho won't live with me 4
because swindled my creditors"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08

Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, O.. says:
"After two doctors gave up my boy to
die, saved him from Group by using
one Minute Cough Cure.'' lt Is the
quickest and most certain remedy for
Sougha, colds and all thruat and lung
eOubiee. Evans Pharmacy.
A mrn of 100 and o woman of 20
have just married at St. Joseph. Mo.
Love may not be entirely blind in this
case, but perhaps has to wear very
strong glasses.
Mrs. NJ. B. Ford, Rrddell's, Ill.,, suf:
fered for eight years from dyapepsia and
chronic constipation aud was finally cur
ed oy using DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
liver troubles. Evans Pharmacy.