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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-04-09
MOther'S S
Fr riie i nd

dread, suffering or gloomy lore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the JOY Of Motherhood.
Its use insurcs safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
CONFERENCE.-THE short, it "makcs
Childbirth natural and easy" as
so many have said. Don't be
persuaded to use anything but
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-04-09

When Baby was sick. We gave her castoriA.
When she was a Child. she cried for Castoria-
When she became Mis-. she cluns to CaStoria.
whea she had Children, she gave them castoria
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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 eff
fort should be made to avoid it.
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EOTHER' FRIEND

My 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 a
blessing to any one expecting to be-
come MOTHER" ;" says a customer.
HENDERSON DALE, Carmi, Illinois.
OF Druggists nt $780, sent by express on receipt
OF price. Write for book containing testimonials
and valuabo information Tor all Mothers, FREQ.
The Bradield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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so assists nature
in the change TAX
ing place that
the + eta mt
Nj OF h cr is ena-
bled TO look for
W ar d wit h out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11
FOOLED OLD BARNUM.
Bill Hardy's Story of How He Kept n Trout
Alive with Whiskey.

LIVINGSTON MANOR. N. Y, Sept. 10.-"There
goes q man who once fooled the late 2. Il.
Barnum." said q commercial traveller for a
New York drug house. AS he spoke a power
full built mar Of 20 years came In the hotel
and sat down.
Tell him about 1t. Bill" said the drummer.
The old man, whom every one hereabouts
knows as old Bill Hardy" began and told the
following story:
1T was back in 40 that saw that F. t.
Barnum had offered $500 for trout that
weii;hed i've pounds or more. l made up my
mind to get the money. I was fishing one day
at Shin Creek. now called Lew Beach. when I
caught a dandy trout. won't tell you how
long II was. but 1t weighed Sd pounds. The
question was how to get that fish down to the
Crystal Palace in New York. 1t was fore the
Midland was built. and the nearest station
was Coshecton. on the New York and Erie
road. over forty miles. j got a pail. though.
that was oblong and filed it with water, L
right. but | had q hard time on the train. |
and changed the water in the pail, which was
heavy. but l was strong in those days;
y went direct to the Crystal Palace and
me he'd be in at 8 O'clock the next morning. 1
was put out at that, as the fish was getting dis
old Bulls Head Hotel ana all night worked
on the fish. The next morning he seemed bet
ter. At 8 o'clock l was waiting for Barnum.
He came in and Immediately began TO dispute
about it. I never made such an Offer he
said; and more than that. 1t won't weigh five
pounds / just hauled out q wad of bills and
offered to bet him 500 it did weigh five
pounds. .
around tomorrow morning. and II 1t is
alive. I'll pay you $125,'
II went back to the hotel and began to think
about It.. The fish was dying, / thought. How
could | keep II up till the next mornings. 1t
would lean over and turn over. l worked
hard on that Ash; changed the water every
key in the water. Well. talk about a frisky
fish! He was as game as II ne were only five
minutes out of the Beaverkill. While he was
%grudginGly gave me the money. / called
around that afternoon and found the fish was
don't know how whiskey affects fish now. but
what do you say If we have some at pres
ent2"
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line. No breeze vas stirring and the
energy the drop gathered In ita flight was SUM
Client 70 overcome atmospheric resistance.
1btii d II rS sS%9bti9q Ssar n eol tss tSgs I PsTPsod die lar
Incidence of the newspaper mans cyclone and
the TALL OF my ink Is remarkable. but II was un-
doubtedly ms fluid which bespattered your
velocity OF the cyclone which the newspaper
nian admits was q spent one. could hardly have
been great enough TO make the oscillation OF n
drop OF Ink and your collar noticeable to you {:
but tumbling from n distance OF three miles the
painful blow
when tho newspaper man recovered his
equilibrium he, valiantly defended his theory
that his ink had, struck tho civil engineer. The
aeronaut and scientist hereupon started n long
wranRle 10 prove that Il was his drop of ink.
Tho civil engineer took neither side, but pres
emily he said: Gentlemen, there Ia but one
ysis, made OF the stain on the collar. and you
shall compare II with the analyses OF the writ
ina fluids you respectively used on the occasion
oil. this remarkable event
and after some further discussion and agree
ment that II was the most wonderful thing
which had ever como to our notice VIC sepa-
Were the analyses ever made 2" asked the
landlady as the travelling salesman paused.
Mary. pass a cake to Mr.. Gripps."
Yes, ma'am." replied the travelling sales
man. helping himself to three. they were
And who was riEht-the aeronaut and sci
enlist or the newspaper man 2" inquired the
elderly maiden who goes In for cults and who
why. as to that. continued the travelling
salesman, 1t was. n sort Of Lady or the Tiger
affair, for the analyses showed that the ink on
the collar and the Ink used by the aeronaut and
the same manuiactory and contained the same
Ingredients"
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HAMMoND,s GROWING STONE
Carried in His Pocket When n Boy and II
Now Weighs Sixty-ave Pounds.

From The Chicago Record.
The most interesting thing ! saw down In
Maine was a growing stone that belongs to
H. H. Hammond OF Smiths Cove. near Winter
Harbor. and lies upon a granite rost beside the
steps that lead to his front door. 1t is egg
shaped and OF perfect symmetry. with the ex-
ception that 1t Is somewhat fattened upon the
side which rested upon the ground.
Thirty years ago or more William Hammond.
a brother OF II. H., who now lives in San Fran
cisco. picked up this remarkable stone upon
the edge OF the cove. He was then a boy 10
shape, and smooth surface. which contains o
gooI deal Of mica schist and sparkles in the sun
The boy took the stone home in his pocket. for
1t was very small in comparison with its pres
into a quart cup. He played with it in the yard
for several years. and It lay. upon the mantel-
but as he grew older he lost interest In the
plaything and it rolled under q lilac bush be-
side the front door. There it remained for ff-
turned from San Francisco he recognized it,
but was much astonished to find that II had in.
creased in size and weight to q most remarks
BILE degree. When. he, was a child. as 1 said. he
carried, the stone in his pocket, When he re-
crown ofa stovepipe hat and weighed at least
twelve or fifteen pounds more than when he saw
it last. II. ii. Hammond became SO much in
terested in the phenomenon that he removedit
from the ground beneath the lilac, bush and
his front door. where the sun rests upon 1t the
greater part OF the day.
Shortly after it was placed there. about six
years ago. itr. Hammond got the meat pedllef
to put it on his scales. and its weight was forty.
one pounds, which was marked with a PENCIL
years later il had grown TO fifty pounds. On the
18th day OF May last the stone was weighed
atsiNty- five pounds. Mr.. Hammond then made
a series of measurements and will preserve
them for future comparison. The circumfer-
encc of the stone by tape measure. the longest
way. is 3 feet 2S inches. while Mt the widest
part the narrow way it is 2 feet "A inches.
Mr.. Hammond Is q respectable farmer. Is o
deacon in the Baptist, church; and was horn in
the house where he lives. Even II lie did not
have SO high reputation for truth and verac-
ity.' the facts about the growing. stone have
ever since young Hammond came back from
California and found it under the lilac bush.
Mr.. Hammond has been offered large sums Of
money for the curiosity, but will not part with
it for any price.
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YARN OF THE NEW TonK,s CAT.
Every Jacky Sure That the Animal Was
Blown Overheard by an 8-Inch Gun.

Every Jacky Sure That the Animal Was
Blown Overheard by an S-Inch Gun.
There is q war story going the rounds which.
however strange it may seem. is vouched for
by every jacky and several officers on the
cruiser New York. and then the cat is exhibited
as convincing proof. The cat is a black one
called Niger. He is young and is active In this
northern climate. but on the blockade he spent
much time sleeping. His favorite resting place
was the forecastle. and he was often to be seen
stretched out on the cool side Of q hatch coam-
ing or at the base of the forward turret.
On the night of June 4, the one after that on
which the Merrimuc was sunk, the New Or
leans, on the eastern end Of the blockading
taken to be q Spanish torpedo boat. The New
York headed In the direction of the firing inn
mediateIy and also opened fire. The frst shot
was from one Of the S-inch guns In the forward
tnrret. aimed pretty well forward and with but
slight elevation. or course. the, concussion
expected. and several men standing about the
forecastle We're thrown from their feet by the
Now the chief beauty of the story is that no
one saw lust what happened to the cat at the
time the gun was fired. and there has been no
ply a hiatus lett. and the story jumps to the
next morning watch, when the men engaged in
washing down the decks heard the p~laintive
1t was finally located at the foot OF the port
forward sea ladder. Beside this ladder hung
tie water. With his claws frm y iGmibeeddedf in
the yery. end OF one q them clunG Niger, the
ana SI"ff ii fGsdi RRs OF out t n tS hsl' Sate Sl' and Sr6 S9Ta
him up to tho forecastle. whore, he was rubbed
dGT, fed, pHstted and wondered over unit. the
the bridge and wanted to know why the wash
ing down had been stopped. That offlGer Is
was blown overheard by tho discharge Of tho
gun and spent eight hours in the waters OF the
Caribbean hanging at the end OF q rope.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
REEDS SARCASTIC
 DEFENSE OF HOUSE RULES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The House to- day, for the second time during this Con- gross, refused to consider the Lodge inn migration bill. At the last session an at tempt was made to take it from the Speakers table, but it was defeated by a large majority. Danforth of Ohio. chairman of the Immigration Committee, thought the bill would be stronger after the elections were over, but to-day when he tried again to secure consideration the House declined, loo to 103 to take 1t up.
 An interesting but brief debate on the rules was precipitated during the session by Grow of Pennsylvania, during which DeArmond made a spech on the deca- dence of the privilege of debate in the House and held Speaker Reed responsible for the fact that the House had had no opportunity to adopt new system of rules at this session. The Speaker re- piled with sarcastic speech, in which he referred to the complaints of John Ran dolph in the early days of the century to show that the sfrne remonstrances were made then that 6ere being heard to-day
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
RESTRAINTS FOR
 SAMOA'S THRONE Mataafa and TanO Will
 Contest. TAMASESE HAS WITHDRAWN HE RETIRES IN FAVOR OF THE
 LATE KINGS SON.
TAMASESE HAS WITHDRAWN
British and German Bluejackets Landed to Show the Contend ing Natives That Peace
 Must Prevail.
Correspondence of The Call.

APIA, Samoa, Nov. 30.-Mataafa's s followers have notified the Chief Jus tice that they met on November 12 and elected Mataafa King. Last night the opposition met, and Tamasese, who had previously been named as their choice for the vacant throne, withdrew in favor of Tano, son of the late King. All the factions opposed to Mataafa will unite on Tano and will present his name to the Chief Justice, who gave the natives twenty-one days from No vember 25 in which to chose a King failing which he would nominate one.
 Mataafa has been proclaimed King of Atua and Aana. On November 2S Ma taafa's adherents came to the Chief Justice and said If there was no ob jection they were going to proclaim him King. The Chief Justice read them the treaty and said there was no ob- jection to their doing so.
 Considerable excitement was created here on November 10 by the landing of a party of bluejackets from the Brit ish and German warships. While no serious trouble Is anticipated at pres ent, the representatives of the powers thought 1t wise to make demonstra tion, owing to the number of natives who have congregrated at Mulinuu, so as to show that the powers had deter mined to protect the white residents.
 The party landed at Matautu and marched through the town, headed by the German band from the Buzzard with the drum and fife corps from H. M. S. Porpoise. After making the dis play both parties returned to their re- spective ships.
 Mataafa's followers are known to have large number of rifles secreted.
 On November 2S native arrived from Pango-Pango and said that two United States war vessels were there. The consuls have no intimation of any war vessels having been ordered to Apia. The BIzZard left on November IS for Germany, via Sydney, and goes off the station. The Ringdove has also gone to Sydney. The German warship Fake and the British warship Por- boise have received orders to remain in Apia and await developments.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
VOL LUNTEERS TO SETTLE
 IN THE PHILIPPINES
Astor Battery Inaugurates a Move ment for the Development of
 the Islands.

MANILA, Dec. H.-At an enthusiastic meeting of the Astor Battery at its quar- ters to-day preliminary steps were taken to establish the Philippine Development Association of American Volunteers for the purpose of promoting the development of the islands, when the volunteers are discharged from the service. While will ing to bear arms as long as required. many of the volunteers are desirous of re- maining here to engage in various enter prises. Some of them are determined to settle down in the islands even If they are compelled to return to the United States in order to get their discharges. The association proposes, however, to communicate with the United States au- thorities in order to obtain the discharge of all volunteers who are desirous of set ting down here, and will urge that the men be granted travelling allowance in lieu of transportation when their time has expired. Meantime the association intends to procure information regarding the resources of the islands. Its mem bership is confined to enlisted men of good character.
 The Astor Battery has been ordered to deliver up its equipment to the Quarter master, preparatory to embarking in homeward- bound transport.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
BERESFORD URGES ENGLAND TO ACT Criticizes the British
 Government. RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY EXCELS WINNING AT EVERY POINT IN
 THE ORIENT. At Port Arthur the Traveller Found Tremendous Preparations Be-
 ing Made, as If for
 Battle.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, Dec. 1.-The Elm Hongkong:
 At a recent banquet at Shanghai Lord Beresford said:
 Wherever I have met Britishers they say they dare not make extensive in vestments; there Is no security for the future"
 Lord Beresford said he would do all he could to convince the British that the policy of drift in China must cease. The speaker then referred to the Russians and said he went all through Manchuria and everywhere were armed Cossacks.
 Why were they there? There was no reason in a peaceful time for such a state of affairs. Things look very black for trade in the near future
 "At Port Arthur when I arrived tre- mendous preparations were being made as if for battle. asked an officer why these preparations were made. He answered it was necessary to procure food. He took up the trade of Port Arthur and found that in the last three years three vessels came there and their cargo was-seaweed.
 If the Konshing case had happened in America, it would have been settled long ago. When I go home I will urge settlement. Great Britain has not a single sod in China which belongs to her sphere of influence. When it comes to diplomacy Russia always wins.''
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15

ment with this Chinaman whereby he was to escape punishment for his own crimes in consideration of his testimony in the case against Williams The Dis trict Attorney was a party to this agreement, flor he told me so him. self" said MT. Wise.
 When a raid was made on Chinese from the Omaha Exposition, Moore in formed Wong Sam that such raid was to be made. He then went to Los Angeles and only returned when all had escaped. In the case of the Chi nese woman, Fong Suey Won, Moore and a woman from the Mission were the parties responsible for her release on the plea that the poor woman wanted to get back to China. He made these representations, although he knew that she was a procuress and therefore guilty of felony. He thus secured her release before the Chinese Bureau knew the facts. Collector Jack son has exonerated Meredith. The Treasury Department understands the case Meredith's conduct was all right according to Colonel Jackson.
 "Moore's dislike of me dates from the time when three Treasury Department agents held their usual investigation of the customs department affairs. Moore was one of the three, the others being ex-Governor West of Utah and Inspector Dullom. Moore had given Governor West a list of questions to ask me. I knew this and in the pres ence of all three pointed my finger at Moore and said: There Is man about whom I have written a letter concern ing improper advances toward ladies' This statement of mine should have been included in the testimony taken by these three inspectors, but I after ward ascertained that Moore had caused to be stricken out of the report my reference to him in connection with women. Nor can you find it to-day in this report filed at the Treasury De- partment.
 Moore proposed to Greenwall in the penitentiary that he would secure his release if he would offer testimony against others. The very day I left the Custom-house he discharged Mrs. Houston, a relative of Senator SinTp- son of Los Angeles, who placed Per kins in nomination for Senator at Sac- ramento, on the plea that as I had en- ployed her as a typewriter she was friendly to me and her retention by the new regime might be detrimental to the service Collector Jackson acted on his suggestion and she was discharged but MT. Jackson afterward regretted that he had acted so hastily and at the instigation of this man."
 Mr. Wise related many other stories about Moore, showing him to be thor oughly small, mean and contemptible but these stories, while showing the small caliber of Moore about his f1nan- cial and social doings, are too mean and trivial for publication.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
BRYAN AND HIS ISMS
 HAD GRANTS SUPPORT
San Diego Candidate for the Senatorship Was Leading Silver Republican
 Two Years Ago.

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