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Precious Stones In a Crater.

An interesting discovery from geo.
logical point Of view, says LIE Genie
Civil, was recently made by an explor-
er in the mountains Of Whites Hoek,
Natal. On the summit of an extinct
volcano, on the edge Of a lake that oc-
cupies the crater, soundings revealed
layer of sand enclosing small dia-
monds. 1t would be interesting to
know whether these diamonds were
there accidently, that is, as the result
of washing operations carried on by
the natives, or whether this discovery
corresponds to an actual mine OF dia-
monds, for the hills of Whites Hoek
are not situated in regions known to
be diamond bearing. On this last
hypothesis, the presence Of precious
stones in the crater Of a volcano would
doubtless throw some light on the
formation Of the gems in nature.
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PRESIDENT WILL ACT.
The Shooting OF Bogansville's Postmaster
VIII Result In Prosecution.

The Shooting OF Bogansville's Postmaster
VIII Result In Prosecution.
The attempted assassination Of the
colored postmaster Of Hogansville,
Ga, has attracted the attention OF the
whole country.
The shooting has aroused the gov
eminent authorities, and President
Mckinley himself is making q personal
effort to have the would.be assassins
Of the negro punished.
District Attorney Angler announces
that he will prosecute ex-Postmater
Hardaway to the fullest extent of the
law for violating the postal laws.
1t develops that the Hogansville
people had been told by the govern
ment authorities that they would lose
their postofiice if they did not raise
the boycott against Loftin.
The general opinion Of the federal
authorities is that the shooting of
Loftin was the immediate result Of the
visit of the postoffice inspector to
Hogansville some days ago. The in
spector went to Hogansville TO inves.
tigate the reported boycott He found
on arriving there that the citizens had
not only boycotted Loftin, but were
running postofice Of their own, with
e1-Postmaster Hardaway as their
postmaster.
The inspector called meeting of
the citizens at his room at the Hogans-
vile hotel The business men Of the
town responded and met the inspector,
who told them that they were violating
the law by operating postoffce in
opposition to the regular legal Office.
He further told them that they must
raise their boycott or lose the post.
Office altogether.
No attention was paid to the inspec.
tors warning and his efforts to adjust
the trouble proved vain. When he
left they were still running the oppo-
sition postofice. A day later Loftin
was shot.
District Attorney Angler has re.
ceived positive instructions from
Washington to prosecute the case.
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stantly, also headache, and
was SO dizzy. I had heart troubl. N
seemed as though my heart was IN :.
throat at times choking me. IcrS|
not walk around and could mi !.
down, for then my heart would be,, y
fast I would feel as though | rs|
smothering. I had to sit up in MI
nights in order to breathe. l was N
weak could not do anything.
I have now taken several bottles \
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Can
pound, and used three package, n
Sanative Wash, and can say AL
perfectly cured. I do not think 4
could have lived long If Mrs. Phil
hams medicine had not helped me- 4
MRS. JOSEPH PETERSON, 51a East 81
Warren, Pa.
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Breeding Ground Hogs for Fooo.

Henry Singer, a well-known ant.
thrifty farmer, OF near Duvall Station,
Scott County, KY, has for the past
two years been DEMONSTRATING the
ground hog with much success. Mr..
Singer found a burrow in which he
captured seventeen ground hogs, and,
taking them into a small lot on his
place, he built o close wire fence
through which none could escape.
Last year the hogs increased to 205,
and this year there were 1878. OF
this number Mr.. Singer killed 1000,
which he sailed away and will smoke
dry, as Kentucky farmers do with Or
binary pork. The ground hog, when
SO cured, is O great delicacy, and Mr..
Singer has more than enough to fur
nish his meat for the coming year.
Southwestern Stockman.
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Giant of the Tar Heel State.

Will Austin, the toll man of StanIy
County, is now working at the old
blacksmith shop on Leo street. He
was twenty. one years old on the 18th
of April, measures 6 feet "a inches
in his stocking feet, and is still grow
ing. He weighs 225 pounds and is
apparently a skeleton now, but with
large bones and muscles. He lifted
when only nineteen years old bale
of cotton weighing over 500 pounds
and carried it some twenty five yards.
Only recently three northern gentle
men offered him S., 600 to go in train
ing for five years to fight the cham.
oion Of the world. He has never
smoked, chewed or drank any intoxi.
cants, and looks the picture Of health.
Salisbury IN. C.) World.
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ATKINSON CRITICIzEs M'KINLEY,
Intimates That President IL Accessory
to HogansvilIe Crime.

Intimates That President IL Accessory
to Hogansviile Crime.
Governor Atkinson, OF Georgia, tel.
egraphed the New York Herald, in
response to request for his views on
the Loftin shooting, that President
Mckinley is morally an accessory to
to crime of the man who shot the Ho-
gansville postmaster.
The governor does not defend the
crime Of the would-be assassin, but
he blames the president for the condi-
ton which brought it on.
The telegram was in response to q
request from The Herald for the gov.
errors views, and was substantially as
follows:
1.-THE court will convene In that county
In November and the grand jury will inves-
tigate the matter, and II there Is evidence to
convict anyone there will be no trouble in
Furnishing the guilty party. The officers
are capable men and will do their duty.
The shooting Of the negro In universally
condemned by the people.
1.-THE same spirit OF candor In which !
have written compels me to say that oui
people are uniformly OF the opinion that the
man who appointed the postmaster at
those citizens who furnish ninety-nine one
hundredths OF the business Of the office,
who own almost the entire property Of the
community and who represent the forces
which made and constitute the civilization
Of the community, knowing at the time that
the appointment would be taken as DELHI
crate effort on his part to degrade and
humiliate them, was himself, from o moral
standpoint, an accessory to this lamentable
crime.
Gwen these men, who took this view, do
not blame the republican party for giving
positions to the negroes who have been
faithful to them, but It would have been
better for the negroes and pleasanter for
the white people Of the sonth II they had
given them positions where they we're not
brought 80 directly In contact with the peo-
pie to whom they are offensive as officers.
"You ask me what is going to be the ef-
feet Of this. Ireply that the effect will be
the same 1t would be in Ohio II the same con-
ditions prevailed. Leaving out the ques-
tons arising from prejudice, what would be
the result In Ohio II the president, in max
ing appointments, ignored the views OF
properly holders and all the best elements
Of the community, and over their violent
protest appointed to office man whom he
knew to be offensive to them?"
The governor concluded with the
statement that the law would be en-
forced in Georgia without fear or TO-
vor.
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PAINTING THE CAPITOL DOME.
coyernme,' Tugs Paint BY the Ton 'o'
that Purpose.

CoyernneJ }uys Paint ~ inc W" W.
that Purpose.
When me time comes to give the
dome of the Capitol a nice, clean,
white dress, the government buys
paint by the ton.
The Goddess of Liberty, perched
nearly 400 feet in the air, has been
siehing for some time for somebody to
come up to her high abode and attend
to her toilet. Although made OF
bronze, the action Of the atmosphere,
and especially the electricity which
plays about her massive form, give her
a greenish look which she does not
like. Consequently, within the last
few days, ladder has been rugged up
from the balustrade at the summit OF
the dome TO the foot Of the statue and
fearless men have been at work scrap
ing the statue and especially repairing
the iron pedestal upon which the great
figure rests, which is getting musty in
the Joints. The ladder, outlined
against the sky, attracts general at
tention, while the human figures that
run up and down its thread-like steps
look like miniature men.
When the statue and its pedestal
have been duly cleaned and repaired,
the dome will be painted. This will
take three or four tons of white lead,
and the immense area of the dome can
be imagined when it is stated that it
will take half dozen men at least two
months to go twice over the surface.
The men who do the work are not al
ways the same. Any man who knows
his trade and is not prone to dizziness
is selected. When the dome is freshly
painted it presents dazzling appear
ance in the bright sunlight.
The painters are under the charge Of
Albert Porch, the rigger of the Capt.
tol. He has no regard for height and
has accomplished some remarkable
feats to prove his clearness of head
and frmness OF feet. When the
knights Of Pythias held their celebra-
ton in Washington he placed num-
Der Of electric lights around the God
dess, and then, in sheer bravado,
upon her head, and, placing
Lis feet against her bronze crest Of
feathers, stood upright, with arms out
against the sky. In this
elevated position he remained several
minutes while those who watched him
held their breath in fear. A single
mistep would have meant tumble to
instant death. Porch is the only man
know to have stood on the top Of the
Goddess head. Washington Post.
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Separable Tandem.

A Western manufacturer has placed
on the market novel separable tam
dem Of exceedingly ingenious con-
struction. In changing from tan
dem to single machine, by unscrew.
ing four lock nuts, one in front OF
both saddles at the tube joints Of the
upper frame and one in front Of both
hangers on the lower frame, the mid
die section of the tandem is taken out.
The front and rear sections are then
Joined, the lock nuts frightened, and a
single machine is the result. 1t is
claimed that this unique wheel,
whether used as tandem or single,
is rigid enough to satisfy racing
man,
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PROPOSITION 3.
LIVER MEDICINE CRRTrFICArEs

Write us 1st How long you have known
used or sold DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver Med
cine. end State Diseases it cured. Sd Civ
names Of those cured. 4th State the differ
ence between Its strength and action lnt
~ strength sp Rar aG9n o. and nh c KEN
nooga Medicine Co. q "Blsck Draught," bob
Of which contain Woody Bulbs Of Rootutat
Stems OF Herbs, and have sold at about
cents per package, and should not retail q
over 10 cents IL consumers are not imposed
upon. while DR.. NJ; A. simmons Liver Med
cine, made from the purest and most c.n
fully selected Drugs, regardlessof cost viii
the Bulbs OF the Roots and Stems Of th.
Herbs BY our secret process extracted and
thrown away, cannot be sold at less than .
cents The reason Of the difference 10 this
en On ssni ~ s S tss snprs %sn SsS
uring and selling medicine under the nans
Of "Dr. Simmons Liver Medicine"
Zeilin's answer to our bill said, the medl'
cine was designed as "cheap negro medl'
cine for the negroes Of the Mississippiysl
ley" And zeilin's manager testified IN 2.
all the Liver Medicinethey make is made B!
the Same formula" What more conclusivs
eviden~ o could there be that oil their Liver
Medicine 4" cheap negro medicine"
Again, the United States Court, In ths
Ieilin case at Knoxville, Tenn, enjolnedth..
."Black Draught" from perpetnting frau
by using the words constituting our trad.
name, and "Black Draught" was not know
till after 1870 yet they falsely advertise tha
II was established in 1910, and fitch our trade
by allowing their customers to untruthfnl!
represent It as the same as our genuine arth
Gle, they giving color Of truth 20 the de-
oeption by publishing the picture OF q D,
Simmons on their wrapper, thereby ase
ciating their erticle with our Or. NJ. A; Sin
mons Liver Medicine, which he establishA
in 1870. and every package Of which hu
borne his picture since 1870,
On receipt Of letter enclosing q recently
taken Photograph we will mail you a 81 n
Package Liver Medicine lFREEl.
c. r. SIMMONS MED. CO.,
ST. LOUIS No
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SCOURGE IS MAKING STRIDES
ITS ADVENT IN TEXAS TOWN
CAUSES CONSERVATION.
The SITUATION IS STILL SERIOUS
Reports OF . Day From Various Tewns
and Cities In the Infected
Districts.

The town Of Beaumont, Texas, has
had q case of yellow fever. This Is
the verdict Of DIR. R. M. Swearingen,
state health officer. A majority Of the
local health board differ from the state
official, but his verdict is the accepted
one and the town is virtually isolated
and the citizens are fleeing TO the
woods for refuge from the dread dis
ease. The illness pronounced yellow
fever, and which caused death, devel-
oped in Thomas Lovejoy, aged thirteen
years. The little fellow was news
boy and among other newspapers he
handled New Orleans paper.
Houston IL Excited.
The death of the Lovejoy boy at
Beaumont caused CONSERVATION in
Houston. The town is rigidly quar-
antined. A number of health officers
met Wednesday for conference on
the situation.
Report From New Orleans.
The official record in the New Or
leans board Of health Office Wednes-
day night showed q total Of twelve
cases for twenty-four hours and two
deaths.
The new cases are for the most part
widely scattered and several Of them
at least do not seem to have been the
outcome of local infection. It is ap-
parent that the microbes brought over
in baggage from Biloxi and Ocean
Springs are still incubating and that
many more casss, Of fever are to be
looked for.
Slight Increase at Mobile.
There was slight increase in the
number of new cases OF yellow fever in
Mobile during the twenty-four hours,
ending at noon Wednesday, bnt this
was Offset by the announcement that
there were no deaths to report, that
five of the patients we're discharged
and that all of the patients were doing
we'll.
Fever in Louisville.
The second case of yellow fever to
develop in Louisville, KY, was an
nounced Wednesday by Health Officer
White. The first case was that Of
Frank DeRumsey, who died August
10th. Mr.. DeRumsey We from Ocean
Springs. Soon after his arrival he was
taken sick. He was removed to the
infrmary, where he died in few days.
Every precaution was taken, and there
was no spread of the disease. The
second case was reported by Health
Officer White Wednesday afternoon.
The patient is John McDougall, q
machinist in the Louisville and Nash
vile shops at Mobile. McDougall av-
rived from Mobile on September 9th.
Worse at Biloxi.
The fever situation at Biloxi, Miss,
was less favorable Wednesday. The
record showed one death and five new
cases. The death was Michael Levy.
DR.. John Guiteras, the government
expert, passed through Memphis
Wednesday night en- route to Cairo.
He was on board the government tug
Minnetonka. His mission was to
trace the origin Of two cases of fever
at Cairo. At a point near Gold Dust
the tug sank. The doctor and crew
made their way to the shore in boats.
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REFUGEES SUFFER-.

President Advised Of the Situation M
Brandon, Miss.
President Mckinley received tele.
gram Saturday from the mayor of
Brandon, Miss, stating that a number
OF yellow fever refugees were there in
sorry, plight, owing to the lack Of
protection and inability TO move away
on account Of numerous guarantees,
closing all avenues to them. he asked
Tor tents to shelter them, but gave no
particulars as TO the number needed
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PHYLLIS accidentally discovered a doll
that her mother had concealed in a
trunk in readiness for the little lady's
birthday. The following day at din
ner she surprised the family by re-
marking "I'm trying SO hard to forget
something want to remember that
don't feel very hungry"
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And you viii receive eoods nv u.,

oo mere Is more Catsrrh In this section y, a.
county than all other diseases nut toesth une
ncurasie for few years was supposed Be-
pronounced It local disease ana y1a ms doctors
cnra x rfithheaies and BY constantly fsiling to
eurs s T'n lossl trestmsnt pronoanced Il ino
constitntionass h dis mas proven catarrh TO be
constitutional treatment Hall's Cstsr figures
nh a,nui "a BY +. J. Cheney CO. To JIuhe
market n it is oniy SSonsttutional cure on tSe
~ crops TO tcsspoonfui. It ects Ssrsn,,i,r from
Thsv az ana mucous surfaces Of the svster un
sls eI es one hSndsed dollars for any case
monisls S Cs5e send for circulars and test.
sold by Druggists 5sc' '~ |o-Toledo o.
halls Family Pills are thu hast
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s,u Hampshire Woman Preacher.

The Rev. Mrs. Nancy W. 2. smith,
OF Medford, Mass, has accepted the
pastorate of the Universalist church az
Newfields, near Exeter, n. H., and has
entered upon her duties there. As the
first woman preacher in the Granite
State. she is attracting attention. She
was formally welcomed by her congre-
CATION on July 23, and is now offcialiy
installed. Mrs. Smith is married.
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Upon the stomach and bowels are porpe'i ,,Ieu
by m uItitudes OF injudictous people VINO, up9i,
Experiencing the annoyance Of constipauon q, ~
q slight degree, inhltrate their po sbe ,n,es.
final m membrane TO a serious extent someumes
even, superinducing dysentery or pies; mU y,
letters stoma Blters is the true succee sne ra,
inc gentle and effec ual IL also banishes dys.
pepsia. msiariai complaints, rheumatism ana
kidney troubl
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CONvICTs UNDER DISCUSSION.
Georgia Penitentiary Committee Hold an
Important Meeting.

OcorRie Fenitentiary committee Hold an
Important Meeting.
The Georgia house and senate peni-
Tertiary committee met in the respect
i've chambers at Atlanta Tuesday
morning, and after few preliminaries
went into joint session.
The first thing done was to notify
the governor of their presence and in
vite any communications from him.
Pending his appearance General Roy
Stone by invitation addressed the
body, urging the employment Of the
convicts in road work and the creation
of q state highway commission. He
told what had been done on the roads
OF California by convict labor and
showed what benefcient results had
followed good roads in New Jersey.
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CHAD POLICY" SAYS BACON,
Il the Appointment OF Colored Men to
once in the South.

once in the South.
Senator Bacon, Of Georgia, has a
signed interview in the New York
Herald, in which he says in part:
"The appointment Of colored men
to Office in the south will certainly
lead to race antagonisms and estrange-
ments which would otherwise not ex-
list. Such appointments are of small
benefit to the few negroes thus ap-
pointed, and are Of very great injury
to the masses Of the negroes in the i'll
feeling engendered between them and
the whites, upon whose friendship
and good will they are wholly depend
ent."
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A Prose Poem.
ZEN. Medicated Smoking Tobacco
Ana OtU~

ma CIgarettee
Are absolute rem dies for Catarrh
Hay Fever, Asthma and Colds;
Besides delightful smoke.
Ladies as well as men, use the.. ,ood.
NO opium or other harmful drug
Used in their manufacture.
EE.M. fs used and recommended
BY some Of the best citizens
OF this country.
IL your dealer does not keep ER.M
Send lsc. for package Of tobacco
n ana &C. Tor package Of cigarettes,
Direct TO the EE-M. Company,
Atlanta, Ga,
Andyou viii receive goods bv mail
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PASSENGERS DROWNED LIKE RATS
English and Austrian Steamers Collide
and the Latter Goes to the Bottom,

A dispatch to the London Daily
News from Vienna says that while the
steamer Iks, with crew Of ten and
carrying fifteen Austrian passengers,
was entering the port at Flume, on
the river Flumara, Tuesday evening,
while storm was blowing hard, she
collided with the English steamer
Tyria, which was leaving.
The bows Of the Ika were stove in
and she sank in twenty minutes.
Boats were hastily put of and saved
the captain and seven others, but most
Of the passengers were drowned.
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Largest Creamery.

The largest creameryin the world is
located near St. Adams, Vt, convert
ing the milk at $4,000 COWS into TO-
600 pound f'-ttor daily.
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BILOXI APPEALs FOR AID.

Mayor Of the Town Calls FOR Help for Fac
tory People.
The city council Of Biloxi, Miss,
adopted resolutions calling on the pub.
lie for aid, stating all factories and
other industries have closed down.
thus throwing laboring people out Of
employment; that nearly all sick are
OF that class and unable to purchase
medicine and other things necessary
In such emergency. The appeal ia
signed BY the mayor and council.
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Swearing Won't HELM 1t.

make deck hand hustle, but II won't help
letter, or Ringworm. II you use Tetterine, Il
will make you comfortable and save swear
words. 80 cents at drug stores, or BY mail for ~
cents in stamps from ] 7. Shuptrine, Savannah
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SI.oo FOR YOUR PHOTOGRAPH,
PROPOSITION 1.
souAw VINE WINE CERTgFICArEs

Write us list How long you have used o.
sold Dr. Simmons squaw Vine Wine. mi
State Diseases Il cured. Sd Give names d
those IL cured. 4th State the differens
between Its strength and action and h,
Cardui. On receipt Of letter enclosing n
Gently taken Photograph we will send YOU
el.00 Bottle Squaw Vine Wine GREE.
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few crab apples planted in the YARD are tne
most fragrant boomers and make oehsh''u'
Areseryea
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
meas her arst days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerye Ras,orer. s2trial bottle and treatise free'
DIR, r. H. KLINE. Ltd. g3l Arch ST. fhiia"' rs'
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,ra1 ,sSs o 9; cured me Of Throat and LUNG
Huntington, inS So ssr; ;,tssSndins-F exDS
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any part Of Texas. A'A' ~