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The leader., 1897-11-17
MEXICO'S RICH MINES.
American Prospectors Are Now
Taking Hold of Them.
The states of sonora and chihuahua
Contain Fabulous stores of
Pure silver md Cop
per Ores.
Especial Los Angeles tcal) letter.

Especial Los Angeles (cal) letter.
Recent reports of discoveries, or
rather rediscoveries, of rich silver mines
in the adjoining Mexican states of So
nora and Chihuahua have turned a
large number of prospectors in that
direction, which will somewhat coun-
teract the rush TO the arctic. Since
the exhaustion of the Nevada mines
prospectors have percolasd through
Arizona into Sonora and Chihuahua. a
few rich strikes, followed by the usual
general rush to the new FL Dorado, will
hasten the inevitable-the acquisition
by the United States of these provinces,
which hang like ripe peach ready TO
drop into the hands of anyone who is
willing to grasp them. These states
are, and have been for centuries, terror
lied by Apache Indians, and the we'll
TODD ranchers, as well as the wretch
eddy poor who are safe from the depre-
dations of the Apaches, look to this gov
eminent as the only relief from the
plundering Indians. The ranchers
realize that stable government would
enhance the value of tneir property and
the laborers feel that they would then
have some incentive to accumulate
property, and the mines could be
worked in greater security. Indian
raids have been the greatest drawback
to the development of the mines. Yet
more silver has been taken from the
mines of these provinces than has been
produced by the remaining states of
Mexico; more than the output of Cali
fornia in the golden days." or of Ne
vada in the bonanza days.
These mines are not yet exhausted
For three centuries. Mexico, or New
Spain, sent about $1O,OOO,OOO yearly to
the mother country" This was the
kings fifth" which he demanded as
The leader., 1897-11-17
1hE OTHER BOYS.

.,pr,ma. / want baseball bat
= r7ir Of high. tan boots
bcycle. a camera,
rsaI gun that shoots,
some = skates" Ctwas thus my Teddy whined
Tn TN source Of all my ioys),
-, ,.rket and a tennis cap,
fEe all the other boys!
90, nan, to ride a century;
pTv me a pony, too;
ming in swimming after school,
Tbe other boys all do"
,,,,4Iy is six, they are sixteen)
t..,vben YOU buy me some toys,
mt n sweater and a watch,
IN All the other boysF'
.rs,sa other boys! they make me long
n vines-oIe pair would do
, No b,Voon. train, express,
- s1T,,, method, old or new,
,,Ee my Ted and fly where none
This argument employs;
., ,r,rt 10 be, and do. and have,
~. all the other boys!'
EIsanor W. +. Bates, in n. Y. 1ndepend
put.
The leader., 1897-11-17

fifth, the king of Spain confiscated it,
and, under government officers, the
product gradually "petered out"
Shortly afterwards, the Apaches took
to the war path and almost desolated
the country; and for near 100 years
this most wonderful mine in the world
has remained abandoned and forgot
ten.
On the western side of the range is
the town of Batopilos-a camp honey
coined with veins of almost pure sill
yer. Boss" Shepperd, once well known
in Chicago and Washington city, has a
group of mines here, and is several
times a millionaire. The oldest and
richest mine is Bueno Successo GOOD
success) which was discovered by an
Indian who had swan to the opposite
side of the stream and saw flashes of
silver on the banks, sparkling in the
sun. He used chisel to cut out the
pure silver, and when the mine had
filled with water he quit work. He took
ont a fortune and was ennobled. A
laborer named Busta Mente discovered
lei Carmen, and was made marquis.
He was taxed about 25 cents on every
five dollars, which built the cathedral
at chihuahua, the gold and silver or
naments of which is valued at 500, 900.
One of his descendants became presi-
dent of Mexico.
Another remarkable discovery was
that of the fabulously rich Catoree Lad
rones Fourteen Robbers) in San Luis
Potosi. A negro fiddler Ia rarity in
Mexico), on his return from fandango,
canned on the mountain. In the morn
ing he found in the embers of his camp
fire a chunk of pure silver. He had
built the fire over the vein. He was not
ennobled, but we next learn that the
mine had been located by IA robbers,
as the camp has borne the name of
Catorce for more than a century. A
railroad extends for about two miles
under the mountain to haul out ores.
The leader., 1897-11-17
800 Reward S1GO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Cat1rrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patiers
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. II;
proprietors have SO much faith in its Gu a
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The leader., 1897-11-17
A Terrible Threat.

Preacher didn't see you in church
last Sunday?
Householder-No, I had to stay at
home 20 keep the baby quiet.
That's no excuse"
ut isn't. hey? Well, next Sunday I'll
bring him 10 church with me and see
bow you like TN. Y. Journal.
The leader., 1897-11-17
How She Classified Her.

''She is such a plump, fine-looking
girl" said her admirer.
1T is evident to even a casual obser7-
erthat she is an extraordinarily healthy
girl" admitted her rival.
But there was that in her tone that
made the admirer look up inquiringly.
Il have the authority of learned
doctor for the statement that real
healthy girl is almost invariably awk-
ward
And thereafter that admirer never
discussed that subject with that rival.
-Chicapo Post
The leader., 1897-11-17

They were happy, blessed as two people
must be who love with all their hearts and
trust each other from the Utmost depths Of
their souls That their life was all smooth
| do not aver; but it was like what learned
men tell us of the great ocean. The storms
only troubled its surface, and came from ex-
traneous agencies, such as no life is free
from. In its deepest depths was perpetual
calm-D. NJ. Craik
The leader., 1897-11-17
A Big Regular Army.

The mightiest host of this sort is the army
of invalids whose bowels, livers and stomachs
have been regulated by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. A regular habit of body is brought
about through using the Btters, not by vio-
lently agitating and gripping the intestines,
a flow of the bile into into it's nTon @ channel
Malaria, la grippe, dyspepsia, and tendency
to inactivity of the kidneys, are conquered
BY the Ritters
The leader., 1897-11-17
An Average NeiGhbOr.

Miss Skinpenny-This ere cheap but
ter amt fit to eat.
Mrs. S.-No, it amt. Run into Mrs.
Goodsoul's and borrow pound, She
always has good butter-the highest
priced in market. Tell her we'll pay
her back tomorrow.
Miss S.-Goin' 10 git butter to-mor-
row?
Mrs. Swell pay her with this.-N.
Y. Weekly
The leader., 1897-11-17
The Local Flavor.

An American, who had left his ma
tive country to travel in Europe, with
the maxim: "When in Rome do as the
Romans do" well in mind, found him
self in Marseilles. He wanted some ice
cream and went into restaurant and
ordered it. .'What flavor will you
bave?" asked the waiter. The Ameri-
can besitated a moment, and then re.
membered his maxim. on garlic l
suppose" he ansSered.-Youth's Com
~ nion
The leader., 1897-11-17
MILLIONS FROM FRACTIONS.
Great Fortunes Accumulated on Sim
gle Cents and Parts Thereof.


gle Cents and Parts Thereof.
There have been in recent years sew
eral instances of sudden wealth. South
Africa and Cripple Creek have pro-
duced millionaires over night, and BIZ
cycle and patent medicine promoter in
England made $10,000,000 in few
weeks; but these instances are so rare
as TO be the sensation of the two hemi-
spheres.
There are several thousand people
who are each worth 81 900, 900 or more,
and there are several more thousand
who are on the road to become million
aires. 1t is interesting to know that
the most of these are persons who got
their riches on small fractions of cent.
The street railway magnates, who are
rising to millions and tens of millions,
are fully satisfied with part of one
cent of the nickel they collect, because
there are so many of them. The sugar
kings have reduced the price and i'm
proved the quality of sugar, but as long
as they get their fraction on each
pound the Americans buy they can
make profit all the way from 20 to so
per cent. The coal oil monopoly has
also reduced the price and improved the
product, but its little fraction makes
the greatest moneymaking enterprise
in America. The man who invented the
patent beer stopper is getting bigger
income than the president of the United
States. A cheap headache remedy is
allowing its proprietor TO spend $780,
900 year and still lay up another $780,
900 for rainy day. The railroads are
getting their support from the frac-
| tons on the tons. And so it goes.
The first thing is to get control of
some article of universal use. and the
small fractions will do the rest. But
the same principle runs through all
business, and large sales and small
profits is the order of the times.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The leader., 1897-11-17

Etu Teeth with Glass.

The latest use for glass is instead OF
gold as material for stopping decay,
mo teeth. 1t answers splendidly. and
Is far less conspicuous than the yellow
metal OF course. il is not ordinary
class. but is prepared by some new
patented process which renders II SOIL
and malleable,
The leader., 1897-11-17

Nellie Chaffie tried very hard to get soma
conversation out of young Clamwhooper,
but he answered in monosyllables. At last,
hearing violin playing in the next room, she
asked:
do you play the violin?" :,
"No: that's a fellow in the next room"
he said, with sudden outburst of loquac.
ity-N Y. World.
The leader., 1897-11-17
strong

mabel, is it fact that you serve
refreshments to all the young men who
call on your"
"Yes. papa"
well, you must think have money
to burn. feeding danes that way
Detroit Journal.
The leader., 1897-11-17

Neophyte-I don't see why you should
give Wiklow two dollars day and me
only dollar and half.
Observation-Disclosures is an exper.-
enced hand.
Neophyte-Then the work mnst come
good deal easier to him than it does
to me, and he oughtn't to get so much.
instead of getting more,-Boston Tran
script
The leader., 1897-11-17
A Valuable Endorsement.

Isn't the butter rather strong to-
day, Mrs. SmallP" asked the star
boarder.
ut may be, Mr.. Hunker," was the
landlady's suave reply, "but if it is,
that fact only establishes its genuine
ness. Imitation butter never gets
strong."-Town Topics.
The leader., 1897-11-17
Heavy Gale.

A Yankee, in describing a gale of wind
says: "A white dog, while attempting to
weather the gale, was caught with his
mouth open and turned completely inside
ont Tit Rits
The leader., 1897-11-17
What 1t Was.

Papa-Alce, ! thought l heard loud
smack in the hall last night.
Alce-Yes, Mr.. Upsley made that noise
with his lips when / told him you had
cleared $4,000 in a wheat deal.-Cleveland
Taodnr
The leader., 1897-11-17
His Advantage.

Slapshard-Hello, old man; how are
you?
Spunkup-You have the advantage of me,
sir.
That's so. / don't know you. Y.
Journal
The leader., 1897-11-17

Because 1t is made from selected stock of
the best grade of leaf that grows. The ingre-
dents used in its manufacture are absolute
ly pure-nothing injurious to the system en-
tars into 1T
The leader., 1897-11-17

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
The leader., 1897-11-17

Nothing tries a fellows patience more
than to find all the windows locked when he
tries to raise them suddenly in the morn
ing.-Washington Democrat.
The leader., 1897-11-17

Pisos Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a cough mcdonnell. NJ. Abbott, 1888
Seneca ST., Buffalo, n. Y, May 8, 1894.
The leader., 1897-11-17

A person looking out for old people al
ways makes a good impression.-Wa Washing
ton Democrat
The leader., 1897-11-17

She-'I hear you have just got married;
is it too late to offer congratulations" He
ooh, yes; | was married three weeks ago"
The leader., 1897-11-17

How My Throat H2rts.-Why don't you
use Hales Honey OF HoGrehound and Tar!
The leader., 1897-11-17

We should call learning to ride bicycle
in the hot sun, work.-Washingto Demo-
|
The leader., 1897-11-17

I'm afraid" said the candidate, gloom
lily, "the other side has me beaten and they
know it"
"Why do you think so?" asked his friend.
'Well, there are very few campaign lies
being circulated about me."-Puck.
Explaining TT presume the reason
why the chainless bicycle isn't as well
known as the other kind" remarked. Rivers,
''is that it always travels in cog."-Chicago
Tribune
The office never gets left when it starts
out to seek the man.-Chicago News
The leader., 1897-11-17

Flies are never as active as when you
want to sleep in the morning. Washington
Democrat.
The leader., 1897-11-17

az saw him with his arm around you"
"Sir,'
an the waltz. you know"
"Oh!'-Chicago Post
The leader., 1897-11-17
Cruel Man.


II cried all day yesterday.
"What for?'
at was our wedding anniversary, and
Henry said: 1T seems to me that some
thing awful occurred ten years ago to-day,
but | can't remember what it was. DE
troit Free Press.
The leader., 1897-11-17

It's Different Then

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-08-05
Treacherous Cape Cod.

Nobody knows how many vessels
have been wrecked on Cape Cod since
the bleak December day when the May
flower rounded Race Point and sought
shelter in what is now the harbor of
Provincetown. The number is very
great, however, and the loss of life on
this most dangerous part of the whole
New England coast has been something
appalling. A list, admitted to be in
complete, of the wrecks since 1878 shows
that Isl vessels, including three steam
ers, have gone to pieces on the pitiless
sands of the cape and had not the waves
always FASTENED TO remove the evidences
of their work the shore all the way from
Chatham, at the elbow of Massachu-
sets arm, to the crook of her bent
hand would be piled high with the ribs
and planking of shattered vessels. a
large proportion of the cape's victims
are coasting schooners. with only an &C.
casional bark or brig. These dis
asters. therefore. rarely attract much at
tention, but they are tragical none the
less, and almost every storm adds to the
number of dreadful stories which the
ighthouse-keepers and members of
the life-saving service have to tell.--
n. Y. Times.
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HABITS AND HEALTH.
Peoples Instincts Are Usually a Good
Guide.

Peoples Instincts Are Usually Good
Guide.
Almost all men have certain ways
of living which they have found con
ducive either 10 health or work, and a
very large section of them suffer great.
ly from n torrent of criticism for those
ways. There are men who never need
exercise. or, as Mr. Chamberlain says
in his case, do much better without il,
and If they escape the minatory lee
ture once a week they are greatly IA
yored by fortune. There are other men,
quite numerous. who benefit by eXer-
else in big draughts but not in homeo-
pathic doses, who exert themselves fu-
riously once a week, or during an an
nual holiday, but for the rest of their
time benefit most by bodily torpor,
They are not scolded, for, as a rule,
they are considered too far gone for
that operation to be beneficial, but they
are habitually and very openly disbe-
lieved. They are talking nonsense, it
is held, on a matter they know nothing
about.
There are thousands of Englishmen
who are never at peace If they are not
warm, and are told by all sincere
friends that they are killing themselves
with "coddling;" and tons of thousands
who can neither think nor work unless
they are cool. and who are pestered by
everyone who knows them about wraps.
We used to lecture one old gentleman
ourselves because he would ride on
omnibuses, wanting, he said, full air"
and the lectures did not stop when at
81 he WAS more hale than the lecturer at
IS. Modern biographers are particular
" impervious to reason on this point.
They note at once the smallest depart
IRE from the usual in the habits OF
daily life, as if it were an alteration,
never thinking that their victim prob
ably knows himself great deal better
Shan they can know him, or is obeying
an instinct as deeply planted and as
beneficial as that which induces a dog
occasionally to eat grass. There are
mer, Scotchmen and Scandinayians, no
doubt. mostly, who simply must get
into the cold" for a few weeks every
year, who thirst for it like a Swiss for
and there are thousands of
women who would live to 100 if only
they could have a month of year in a
place where they were warm all
through. To condemn such instincts
as self-indulgence, unless they conflict
with clear duties, is foolish.-Lcndon
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It's Own
Exclusive Class.

Welcome Soap should not
be compared with other laun-
dry soaps
1t stands in a class by
itself, and should be sold
without reference to other
prices.
1t is absolutely free from
harsh alkalies, corrosives, and
other authorizations.
1t outsells all other laun-
dry soaps in New England,
and yet no prizes have ever
been given with it except
the prize in itself.
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"who Is Mrs. Jerusalem ,y

A good story was told the other day
about bright little girl in this city. She
seemed to be in a brown study one after
noon, when she suddenly turned to her
aunt and exclaimed:
aunt Lucy, who is Mrs. Jerusalem ~
Don't be silly, child" said her aunt,
What makes you ask such foolish ques-
tions?"
"Why," said the little girl, "this isn't
silly question; don't you sing, oh,
Mother Dear, Jerusalem and l just
wanted to know who Mrs. Jerusalem
was. I have been thinking about her for
long time. "-Pougsleepsie Star.
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HUMOROUS.

"A Woman's Question - "Tillie
Brown had dreadful bad fall from her
wheel Monday" WAS she Creased for
it?"-Chicago Plain Dealer.
Feminine Evasion.-"Julia, you said
you weren't going to wear any more
dead birds on your hats" "Iknow; but
this redbird died a natural DEATH
Chicago Record.
-Resident-"Think of commencing
business, Ell? Seems to me you are
rather young for family physician"
Young Doctor-"Yes, but-er-I shall
only doctor children at first. It'll Bits.
-She-"They say that the ones who
really appreciate the actors are those in
the top gallery" He-''I Shouldn't won
der. You see, they are high enough to
see over the hats. "-Yonkers Statesman.
you remember Borrows?" do
~" "Well, he caIGe in to-day. and paid
me ten dollars he owed me, and hardly
knew him." 'Well, / don't wonder.
That's not at all like him."-Yonkers
Statesman.
-Appropriate.-"Y don't bring the
chickens out prominently in your pic
ture of farm life" said Rooster. "Um!
No." replied the artist; I've just made
them lay figures. philadelphia North
American.
Secondhand Bricabrac-"O
mercy, Bridget, how could you have
broken that precious vase! 1t was 400
years DID," Bridget tcalmly) If
il was an ould thing like that, yez can
take it out av me next weeks wages. -
Truth.
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An An-sumcient treason.

mo, lady," remarked Mr.. Waggles,
as he dexterously slipped the remainder
OF the pie into his pocket unobserved,
81 can trooly say as 1 never touches
cards now in any form wotever-they're
dangerous"
"That is right, my good man." said
Mrs. Easything, earnestly. And what
caused you to give them up? Did you
realize that they were leading you to
perdition?"
Worse than that, lady. The last time
I played a game o. cards found a spade
in me hand IN. Y. journal.
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HER REMARKABLE.
Dozen Ideas VIII sug-
10 the Reader
|Perusing This.

4 ON that a passenger on board a
thought to the man at the
4 rarer still that a man chosen
- by the people does. SO. OF
4 qrs placed on the Presidential
4 nassed through Pittsburg and
4 city on its way to Washington,
H. cluster of white carnations
4 he preserved for generations and
II 10 children and grandchildren
4 M petals and stems viii hold
rTbat was the handsome bouquet
n President Mckinley to the
. engineer in charge of the train
4 Spoken about. This graceful
fresident has nothing to do with
4 Engineer o. X. Parker, Of No.
Ii st. Adams, VT, passenger
n the c. V. X. R. We merely
linn in this way so that in a
II reader may know whom we are
and if afflicted as he was, the
valuable advice can be utilized.
he saws: ''Backache was a great
offering 10 me, and at times |
for ANYTHING. Doan's Kidney
4 wonderful amount of good. I
ksd how quickly they helped me.
4 5n.hs ago | felt a soreness over
i bothered me during the day
fast. or ran, or made a misstep so
4 body 1t bothered me at night
ly turned in bed, and often felt
a night as il a knife was being
nv back. | consulted two
Z Of whom said | had strained a
ament too deeply seated TO be
ordinary plasters. He prepared
hi which were so powerful that
u my back but did not remove
bns day l was complaining TO Mr..
when he advised me to use Doan's
saving that he had tried them and
d much benefit. | bought two
tey removed the soreness. ! can
Twist or turn without being afraid Of
I twinges. rest well at night,
Implications which followed from
kidneys have been greatlyrelieved.
asure in recommending Doan's
! to all railroad men. "
BY all dealers. Price, so cents.
| Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
Agents for the United States.
|er the name, "Doan's," and take
,a
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EuuaIIy UnIucky.

Sympathetic Lady-So your husband
was killed?
Mrs. Rooney-Shure, an he was, mum.
ind it was from the 18th floor he fell
IAN unlucky number for him."
at was that; but I'm thinking it
would have been just as unlucky for
him, poor man, If he had fell from the
e6th.-N. Y. Tribune.
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svedes Make Mntches.

Sweden is the greatest match produc-
ing country in the world, although the
industry is conducted on an enormous
scale in the United States and else
where.-Chicago Chronicle.
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AT what age does a man really begin
10 feel the weight of years.
Usually on his 21st birthday; and
It takes the sensation at least four or
five years to wear off."-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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Frances-Yes, he is pursuing litera-
ture.
Gertrude-Indeedl And is he very
successful?
"No. 1t is still a long way ahead of
him."-Cleveland Leader.
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Nurnery schcmes.

"Baby's went an swollered my pen
ny"
That's an right; let's both cry an
mamma II give us a nickel."-Chicago
Record.
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A man often wears poor clothes Just
IN show his wife how extravagant she
is.-Washlngton Democrat.
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We are apt to think only those are
great who favor us.-Washington Dem
ocrat.
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80 Oor. Free and Centre SITS
= agent for Whites New
T. send for circular,