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The herald., 1898-08-21
CURIOUS FACTS

The amount of silk produced by each
spider is so small that scientist computes
that 663 ,b22 would be required to produces
pound of thread.
More men have died and are buried on
the Isthmus Of Panama. along the line Of
the proposed canal. than on any equal
amount Of territory in the world.
There are seven continental countries
whose entire population is respectively
either below or not in excess of the present
estimated population of London-Sweden,
Norway. Turkey in Europe, Denmark, Por-
tugal, Greece and Holland.
The list and 9Th days of January, the 18th
of September and the 25th of March have
been celebrated as Christians day, and It
was not until the middle of the fourth cen-
fury that the church council fixed the date
as at present. &
1t is said that the castor oil plant Is ab!
horred by nearly all members Of tho ami.
NAL world; that moles may be driven from
a lawn by planting a few castor beans N
1t, and that neither the terrible army wos1n
nor the all-destroying locust will eat 1t.
The smallest cows in the world are to be
found in the Samoan islands, The average
weights of the males do not exceed 100
pounds. The females usually averasa
about 100 pounds, and are very stockv
built, and are seldom taller than q Mertno
sheep. The color OF these animals Is nearly
all alike. reddish mouse color, marked
with white. They have very large heads.
and their horns are Of exceptional lesagth.
What is said 10 be the smallest watch in
the world is on exhibition In shop window
in Berlin. The Liliputian timepiece was
made in Geneva. in Switzerland Its diam
eter is less than half an inch; its thickness
is little more than a tenth Of an inch. The
entire works of the tiny watch comprise
e6 individual pieces. After having been
wound up with its diminutive key, It will
run for Is hours. The preliminary work IN
the making of the watch was very expen.
sive. and the selling price rs $l250.
Swiss funeral customs are peculiar. At
the death of personsthe family inserts
formal, black-edged announcement in thA
papers, asking for sympathy. and stating
that 1.-The mourning urn" will be exhibited
during certain hours on a special day In
front OF the house where the person died
there is placed little black table, covered
with black cloth, on which ste nds black
JAR Into this the friends and acquaintance
of the family drop little black-snar9insxA
visiting cards, sometimes with a few words
OF sympathy on them. The urn is put On
the table on the day of the funeral.
The herald., 1898-08-21

Annapolis, Wilmington, Marietta, Helena,
Nashville, Wheeling, Newport and vicks-
burg. Simply described, the process con-
sists in withdrawn all sap and moisture
from the lumber In a vacuum. and then fill
ing the pores with phosphate of ammonia.
This mineralized wood can not he set afire.
a flame from a blowpipe will only char It.
Chips cut from It and thrown into fire will,
not ignite.
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~, 800. 49, s,,o,, o.uo,,-o,.n..a So.
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fights under modern conditions has moved
that fire ia an important peril. Explod-
ing shells set fire TO everv bit of woodwork
within range of the living fragments. and
to put out the fire is exceedingly DIFFICULT
under such circumstances. II follows.
therefore. that everything possible ought
to he done to eliminate this danger in mar
thine warfare.
can American oer,cer m ors NJ +he ch,.
rese vosso,s n tha fouo,,s. ho,tIe. -, vol,
-;ver sa,d .f+orx,,ord +h.+ ~. .h.,,. r,o,,
the Jananesa puns first sn,,t I'm the wood
,yor, into rirdl,ng wood and thon set ers
IN q The Same eNrect was d,scovered an
the Jananese sh,ns al a result NJ the Chi
nose p,,n fire On Octoher n 1904 the bu.
reau NJ ordnance Of tho navy subm;tted a
statement showing that in the sea fight re-
ferred TO five Chinese ships and one Japan-
ese vessel had been set on fire by explo-
siye shells. owing to the presence of bulk
heads and other structures of wood. This
was the first lesson afforded to,naval ex-
perts oni the subject, and 1t resulted in the
adoption by this department of a require
ment that all ships at that time building
should be fitted with fireproof wood
throughout.
From the fierceness of the flames which
DESTROYED the vessels of the Spanish SQUAD
ron off Santiago. it would appear that
great deal of wood must have been used
in their construction, in the shape of heavy
The herald., 1898-08-21
A Pretty Incident

According to the oxford Democrat, a
lady was sitting on the piazza the other day.
with red rose pinned on her gown, when
suddenly humming bird flew to the paz-
"a, perched on her shoulder and slipped
from the rose at her throat. Now all that
will be necessary for those wanting to wear
birds on their summer hats-perhaps the
scheme wouldn't work so we'll in winter
is to put the proper flowers filled with honey
on the place where the bird ought to be.
Viola tout!-Lewiston Journal.
The herald., 1898-08-21
THE MAN WHO COOKS THE GRUB

We have read in song and story
OF "the man behind the gum
He is given al! the glory
OF the battles that are won;
They are filling up the papers
With his apotheosis.
And they tell about his capers
While the shells above him hiss;
But behind che grimy gunner,
Steadfast through the wild hubbub,
Stands a greater god of battles
It's the man who cooks the grub.
When the sky is rent with thunder
And the shell screams through the air,
When some fort is rent asunder
And Destruction reve.s there;
When the men in line go rushing
On to glory or to woe.
With the maddened chargers crushing
Heroes who are lying low.
There is one but for whose labors
There could be no wild hubbub,
And the greatest god of battles
Is the man who cooks the grub.
What of ships with armor plating?
What of castles on the heights?
What of anxious captains waiting
While the careful gunner sights?
What of all the long-range rifles?
What Of men with valiant hearts?
These were but impotent trifies,
But inconsequential parts
OF the whole, without the fellow
Who must scour, scrape and scrub
For the greatest god of battles
lie the man who cooks the grub.
Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1898-08-21
ES HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST u, 1898

There are also the peaceful people here who
merely desire good government and care
but little whether 1t comes from America
or Spain.
MARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM,
Correspondent Of the Leslie Syndicate, In
spector of Supplies, Head Of Nurses
STAFF Womens Auxiliaries National
Guard.
The herald., 1898-08-21
SONG OF THE RAPID FIRES

You may take the thirteen-inchers.
And the Fights and six and fours;
You may take the heavy battery.
And the rain of shells 1t pours;
You may take the grim projectile
And the mighty solid shot,
But we, the rapid firers,
Are the guns that make things hot.
Oh, it's swift the turrets swing US,
And with steady, ready ken
We reach the decks and sweep them
With their livinA walls of men!
It's ping, and sping, and splutter.
And it's beautiful to be
The tenors in the chorus
That. is sung across the sea!
Swing your broadside into action,
Let the forward turrets play,
Hank the thunder of the cannon
As they dance in deaths chasse!
Sweep the courses with the squadron.
Let them give and take again,
Send the foe the thunder challenge
Blu it's we that take the men!
Oh, It's terrible to hear us
And it's lively when we sing,f
As across the heaving pillows
To the foemens deck we spring.
We are tenors on the chorus,
But on starboard or on lee,
We are heard above the thunder
That is sung across the sea!
We are flame and fire and terror.
We are twenty to their one;
We are up again and at them
Ere they charge the heavy gun:
And our lips are red with battle.
And our threats are hoai. n with smoke
When we land upon their qua ter
And they feel our lightning troke.
Oh, it's rapid. rapid, rapid,
Jolly rapid fires are we,
Singing round the ranging turret
And across the surging sea.
We are brothers to the heavies
And we strike where they have missed
And there's doom upon the quarter
Where our twenty bolts have kissed
Swing the Founders into action.
We shall beat the batteries yet!
From the furnace to the funnel.
Where the naked seamen sweat,
We are heard amid the chorus,
And they know our surging shout.
As we sing across the waters
From our triple steel redoubt.
Oh, it's rip and roar and rumble
When the thirteens sink the foe.
And it's death upon the pillows
When the solid Founders go;
But it's swift the turrets swing ua
And with steady, ready keA
|. We search the decks and sweep them
With their living walls of men.
Baltimore News.
The herald., 1898-08-21
Soldier and Sailor

Napoleon's observation that a soldier
could be made in three months, but that it
took six years to make sailor is illus
trated by the different courses that have
been followed by our government in this
The herald., 1898-08-21
Uses Of Coal

Coal is not only a source Of heat and light,
but a storehouse of colors, medicines, per-
fumes and explosives. From 40 pounds Of
gas tar in ton Of coal over 5000 distinct
shades Of aniline dyes are made.
The herald., 1898-08-21

ship, even II there be only slight danger OF
Its doing harm, is demoralizing. 1t is de-
moralizing at any time. indeed, but espe-
cially during a battle."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The herald., 1898-08-21

those who have wrecked my life?
ut is all over our land" she continued,
more than a hundred thousand families
have been robbed in this manner, the men
murdered, the women and children massa-
cred in cold blood or deliberately starved
to death. Their belongings. or what re-
manned Of them, have been taken by about
twenty thousand Royalist families who
enjoy them still. Is 1t more than Justice
that the survivors of the one hundred
thousand should demand an accounting
from the twenty thousand?"
These Cubans are not unanimous in their
views. Almost every little town and viii
lage has its own opinion in regard to public
policy in the future. Some want independ-
ence and republic. Some are imbued with
lthe socalistic doctrines Of Madrid; others,
demoralized by years of cruelty and oppres-
sion, are rabid anarchists of the Barcelona
school. In our own country we have had
little experience with this last morbid out
growth of European life and look at an
archism as possessing German flavor like
sausage and sauerkraut but as a matter
of fact there are more anarchists in Spain
than In the rest of Europe combined.
A Spanish official book makes the state
ment, based on police census that there
are no less than fifty thousand believers in
the doctrine Of destruction. With such
auspices, 1t is no wonder that the creed has
found converts among the Cubans. An
other group desires to be annexed and held
under protectorate. They do not believe
their own people capable at present of self
government. Another desires to be an
nexed and to become state Of the Union
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-12-17

"It is said that Gov. Ellcrbc
will recommend to the legislature
the passage Of Il bill giving the
counties OF the State the privil-
ege Of local option. For Charles,
ton and perhaps one or two other
counties this might he advisable,
bat not for the whole State. -
Denmark Times. How now! Whv
should "Charleston and one or
two other counties" be specially
favored above oil the rest of the
State with the privilege of get
ting what they want. Why should
counties which favor license be
given tho right to adopt that
system while tho counties which
favor prohibition are refused the
right to adopt prohibition! We
have heard of . scheme among
dispensary advocates to exempt
Charleston and Richland by name
from the operations of tho dis.
pensary law in the hope that it
will abats the opposition TO the
system. But it will not work. If
local sentiment is to prevail in
two or three counties it should
prevail in all the counties And
this liquor question will povsr be
settlcd until it is settled in ac-
cordancs with local sentiment
mark that.-The State.
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Beware of OintmcntS for Catarrh
hat Contain Mercury,

as ne c"ry NHl q t the ..',. Of
IA " mri"t \ derau he
ww".e 3 - m when ',Irrii q il trough
tn r.."u ~ sur such 81 les
- IN never b- sed -X""pt on re-
scnl'iinn~ from rrru Abe physicians,
"a he q ,na2, they VIII do is ten old
q tie goo" ou can p.ssibly e.. i've
irU." tncm fiai y tarrh ure,
manufactured by Iheney & %,
Toledo o cnntsins no mercury and
is taken internally, scting direct up.
on the bloui aud mucu as surfaces OF
the system In buyIng Halls catarrh
Care He -uie YOU get u,e genuine |!
is AIKEN Internally aud IL mad in TO~
ledo, Ohio, by + Cheney i 90.
Testimonials free
nes- sold by Druggists, price 75e per
bottle.
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Look Out FOR This Man.

Our Collector. Mr.. Il Il Riddle,
will start out next week on his
annual collecting tour. BE ready
friends. II is II great con
vcnicncc TO You to have him call.
1t saves Vou 4 trip to town or the
expense of registering Il letter.
We hope you will load him down
with silver for we need it, and we
thank YOU in advance for the
honest effort YOU will make to
pay us all you can. We have
none hut honest men on cur sub
SCription book that is our be-
licf-and the subscriber who can
not pay all that he is due will
have our sympathy. We will feel
that it is because or Inability on
account of cheap cotton and no
desire to have IL work hard all
the year for him for nothing. Pay
all you can and enable us to oav
all we can.
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EATEN BY CANNIBALS.
The Horrible Fate OF Belgian
Traders in Africa.

Brussels, Dec. 14.~-Advices
received here from the governor
Of tho Upper Congo confirm the
news brought by the steamer
LcopoIdvillc, from Africs, which
arrived vi Antwerp yesterday that
four Belgian traders had been
killed and cstcn by the natives Of
Upper UbSnght. The governor
adds that the traders escort Of -
soldiers were also massscred and
that another detachment of 40 sol
diHrs in charge Of tno white oiii-
GERS, who were proceeding to the
assistance Of the traders, were
surprised by the natives and all
were put to death.
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lou cSn't always tell how much
religion man has st home by the
w'y be shouts st a camp meeting.
One of Blaine srsyings:"I don't
know why this man should he my
enemy. | never did him favor. "
There are people who think that
If they behave themselves on Sun
day, they have done moro than
enough.
Many man will fight you, if
you kick his dog, who lets his wife
carry in all the wood.
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AUDITORS NOTICE

LAN' ASTER, =. G.. Dec. 6 1898
NOTltE is hereby given that this
" Office will be open from the lst
day of Jan to the 2Orh day of Feb.
'S9S Tor the purpose of receiving the
eturns of the taxpayers of Lancaster
ountY
All pers ms having property in their
possession or c0nIr'i, aS Managers
i"ldeIs, or a. husband l. ,r"nt, GUAR
dian. Trustee Executor Admi i4,ra
TOR, Receiver, Accounting Officer,
gent htt"rn"y or Factor. on the Is,
'ay f Jamunr 1899, are required to
h~t the same for taxation within :hp
ime required by law, or incur tie
"'nnitY OF fly ger cent which at
aches IN ctS" % fii u t 70 do so
re Poi Tx o. Ore Doiinr is laiI
'pon al IN itr persons. h",ween tn.
yea o. - At - ara, cxreot u r
""s who AR m imet and una,Ic to
earn su"prrr.
" "'fricrt Suliiers a,e exempt
ron P'i FAX At 81 year. ge
rh' vi ii.pr or "A n~-istan' will a..
ii the ir.!"wing places in tn cn,,n =.
rn the ds e. below for he con
r'.Ien"e - h" up ic.
os" "It Tu sda'y, Jan. 10 1899, at
,m.
peasant Va lAY, We inesday Jan.
l'"5
" NJ ~ r1dty January - 1890
Va N''E Friday. January Is
80
''iXie VI Dwight p VI Mon.
! Jt!u| . 1899
!'"ae7N..'.. thursf"N ia uary II.
500
i"xa "w W"I"esdAy Ian Is, 1899
la f""k ""rch, I"ur"daV, Jan.
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BUCHt~H'S 11aicu .S0fye

The Be II SAI.vE in the world for
cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, SILT
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter. Chap
ped Hands, Nhilb aims, Corns, and al
skin er"pti"ns, nj positively cures
Piles or no pay required 1t is guar.
anteed to give psrfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents Der
box For sale by Crawford Bros
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Domestic Amenities.

He-Tbey say one should learn
from the mistakes he has made
and the foolish things he has done.
Shelf you followed the advice,
dear, you'd be one OF the bright
est men on earth. Detroit FREQ
Press.
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III They Only Knew

If those subscribers who are
owing The LEDGER only knew
the Inconvenience aud loss we suf.
fer on account Of their tardiness,
we suspect that they would, with.
out delay, make an honest effort
to pay what is due.
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Wasn't that frightful error Of
an exchange in referring to our
lawmakers as"Gcu gia Saloons,
il stead of Georgia soIonsf Savan-
nah journal,
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Cheap Enough.

The Ledger (Somi wookIyJ, The
New York World Crri-wcckly)
and Home and Farm, all three pa
pcrs, one year for 81. 10.
The Ledger Semi weekly, The
Atlanta Constitution Weekly and
Home and Farm, all three papers
one year for 1925.
The Ledger (Semi weekly and
Home and Farm one year for 81. so
Or, all four papers one year
for $500.
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Eight men we're killed and four
seriously injured on the \ Y Gen.
trti Railroad Tuesday. They
were shoyclIing Snow of which
there were numerous drifts on the
line
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Mothers
FI i G n d

dread, suffering or gloomy fore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the joy of Motherhood.
Its use insures safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
conhnement-in short, it makes
Childbirth natural and easy" as
so many have said. Don't be
persuaded to use anything but
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a" IN" prO y ma CredIfOFS OF
o"HU u, BOD"rs, Dec. Hsed.
All Persons indebted to the late
John j. Bowers are hereby nOti-
fed to settle their Indebtedness at
once and all persons having claims
against the estate of the said John
j Bowers, deccase. are requested
to present the same, properly GER
titled to, to the undersigned at
once.
w. u. Clvburn,
Executor.
Halle Gold Mine, Nov. IA. 1898
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Pay your 81 description to the
Ledger.
.aS Subscribeto The LEDGER
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IC l'lliI
LANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILW AY
BETWEEN CuE.TER AND LANCASTER
Schedule in effect Daily except SUNDAY
or aud after Sept II, 1898.
LEDGER

WE~TBOUND EASTBOUND.
! NJ. u ". 4 ~. y -
95i = ~ Ar Chester LY IL 90 100
Q o. . % Richhurg II IS 745
S 55 4 So BsIcombville IL 81 755
PM
s 3& lS3 Fort Lawn 12l2 SIS
S co 4 90 Ly Lancaster AR u 50 So
Connects at Chester with Southern
R0i'way, Seanosrd Air Line and Car
oiina and North Western Railway.
Connects at ancaster with the Ohio
River & Charleston.
Leroy Springs. Pres, Lancaster, :. &.
J NJ Heath, G.. p. A., "
w II Hardin, V p aud Aud, Chester
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MOTHER! ?'::: e; :; 5:::.:2 !: !: a.! G

and about Which such tender and
holy recollections cluster as that
of MOTHER she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guild
ed our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Moth
er is beset with danger and all ef-
fort should be made to avoid it.
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SUBSCRIBE Now!

If you arc not already a sub
scribcr to The Ledger subscribe
now and get the benefit of our
clubbing rates.
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MOTHERS FRIEND

Ny wife suffered more in ten min
utes with either OF her other two chill
dren than she did altogether with her
last, having previously used four bot
ties of Mothers Friend 1t is q
blessing to any one expecting to be-
come a MOTHER" says Customer.
HENDERSON DALE, Carmi, Illinois.
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Educate Your bowels with Cascarets.
Candy CathaTtis, cure constipation forever
l0c. tSt. II G. g. G. fail t-Nls refund Jyousy
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OF Druggists Mt 800 or s"nt BY express on receipt
Of price. Write tor book containing Testimonial 10
and valuable Information for all Mothers, free.
The Brs6fcld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga
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SO assists nature
in the change TAX
ing place that
the T. ecta mt
Nj o t h cr is cna-
bled to look for
w ar d with out
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So-Co- Hnc for FIfty Cents,

Guaranteed tohscco nsDit eyre. makes weak
nsR stroS.2, Ssood pure. 50c 81. All ovugrISIs
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:'7 Care Oenstimt,on Forever.

- t10sS~..rts CaUGy Cn'har'iC toe o. cSa
t,S.I Sd c'.Sa, uvJE. ..l,ti ryiu!,I .uuuy,
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Eg 80 s 9s 2l.s aasiasss q q a 81 as2sS:a g g
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-11-10
Male Felinity.

Talking about the humanity OF man
and the felinity of woman" said the
independent woman, "let me tell you a
little story of a man and cat. The
story was told to me by the wife of the
man, who is domesticated woman. 1t
seems that the family cat, besides being
of sportive disposition, had more in
genuity than most cats or understood
better how to relieve the tedium of a
domestic existence. This cat caught a
mouse. Being well fed, her sporting in
stinct came into play, and she kept the
mouse to amuse herself with. That is
feline custom, as you are aware, but
where this cat showed superior mental
ity was in hitting upon place to hide
the mouse, thus protracting the amuse-
ment. She kept it in an old shoe IN
storeroom. The man Of the house dis
covered the proceeding, and was almost
as much amused as the cat Did he put
a stop to it? No, indeed. For several
DAYS he fed both the cat and the mouse,
after which the cat would take the
mouse out for its daily exercise, to the
delight of both conspirators Then the
mans wife found them out. She took
the mouse away and let it CO. New
York Commercial Advertiser.