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Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
\ Mother Tells How She Savcsa
 Her Little DauS Shtcr's Life.

am the mother of eight children and have had great deal of experience wi;h medicines. Last summer my little daus Inter had the dysentary in i:s worst form. We thought she would die. l tried everything could think of, but nothing seemed to do her any good. l saw by an advertisement in our paper ,ha, Chamberlein's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recom- mended and sent ard got bottle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever had in the house. IL saved my little daughters lie. 1 am anxious for every mother 10 know what an excellent medicine il is. Had ] known :, at first 1t would have saved me a grea, deal of anxiety and my little daughter much suffenng.-Yours truly, Mas, GEO F BURDICK, Liberty, R. ]. For sale by all dealers in medicines.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
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DIsPEE LODGE. NO. no. MEETS EV- H cry WedresdIy evening. I. CcNsIA- pI.r, N. C. EMIL MARKS. R. :. Nis- ing brothers cordially invited to attend
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
Tbor.anis a-s rryiag It.

In order to prove the great merit of T,y's y,sara Balm. the most effective euro for Csssr,h ard Cold in Head, we have pre- pared 6 generous trill size for 10 ee=ts. Get it of your dru ys.st CT lend 10 cents to
 ELT BROS, o6 Warren St, \. Y. City.
 Isufered from cata-rh of the wors. kind ever eince a boy. and l never hoped for cure. but Eiy's C-ean Balm seems to do even that. Many acquaintaaces have used it with excellent resuits.-Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren Ave, Chicago, Ill.
 Ey's Cream Baln. is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury TOT any injurious drug. ITice, sO ecnts <. druggists or by mail.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
KNIcHIS OF PYIhlAS

ICDGE. NO. 10. K. OF ? Tx meets every Tu-sday cveniug. H. l. M.HH, (. C. 4. F.. WITTiG. K. K, S Visiting brothers co,dilliy invited.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
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Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
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lNIFORN RINK, K OF P. MEETS
 frs, Tuesday in month, after regular K P. meeting. VIM F. LONG, Capt C. M PORTER. Sect
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21
NOODMEN OF TIE WORLD
WOCOMEN CIRCLE

~uEFN GROVE, WOODMEN CIRCLE U Mes's ,s first a3t Rips lA'i F,Ie F4g1i'ys w e e BERTHA WI1TfC. (. Wishing members ars cordially invited.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-08-21

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
The Drift of the ocean.

Siberian rivers wash down the timber
which foods have uprooted from their
banks. Carried out into the Arctic ocean,
this timber is drifted southwark along the
east coast Of Greenland. As it approaches
Cape Farewell it is caught by a branch of
the gulf stream flowing northwest and
stranded on the west coast of that ice
bound region. It is treasure trove to the
Eskimo, for it is the only wood to be
found in his t~fccless land. Thus the Es-
kimo sends no fleet OF steamers to fetch
his timber from afar-the ocean lands it
on his shores ard charges him no freight.
By united system of river and ocean cur
rents he obtains the growth of temperate
lands.
And the ocean does yet more for the
Greenlander. The seal is to the Green
lander what the reindeer is to the Lap
lander or the palm tree to the inhabitant
of the tropics. And it is on the drifting
ice foes that the seal comes to his shores
md supplies him with most Of the neces-
Earies of life. So also the kindly ocean
lands a rich load Of driftwood Oh the
bleak shores of Nova Zembla.-Gentle-
mans Magazine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11

the purpose. The poisonous nature Of alb
solutely pure water would surely have
been recognized and felt long since were
it not that its effects in their most marked
form can seldom occur, for through a
train of circumstances absolutely pure
water can rarely be found. The ordinary
distilled water, even when freshly distilled,
is not absolutely pure, while that used in
the laboratories and clinics is generally
stale, has been kept standing in open yes
sells, generally in rooms where chemicals
of every sort abound and whose gases and
ef1uvia are taken up by the water.
"Water melted from ~natural-ice," says
Hoppe, twas purer than even boiled dis
titled water. Our patients are delighted
when we get for their use this transparent
and brilliant ice, and we Gas physicians)
think that surely nothing can be safer
than water melted therefrom-if the pa
tient is allowed to hold a bit of the ice in
his mouth and swallow the water. If this
process is permitted for any length of
time, we hear complaints of weak stom-
ach, 'catarrh of the stomach ETC., which
we must charge up solely to the purity
of the water"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
WILL SLEEP AT HOME.
OUR SOLDIER DEAD TO BE BROUGHT
BACK FROM FOREIGN GRAVES.
Uncle sam viii Give to Each of His
Silent Heroes All the solemn Hon
ors OF a Military Burial In sacred
Soil.

Uncle Sam Will Give to Each of HIS
Silent Heroes All the solemn Hon
ors of q Military Burial In Sacred
Soil.
Some time before the end of February
it is expected that a United States war
vessel, flying her colors at half mast,
will steam slowly up the Potomac. She
win carry below decks besides her Off
GERS and crew a company of silent he
roes-all that remains of the boys in
blue who fell in battle around SANTA
go or succumbed to disease after tho
battle was over and the fever came.
Uncle Sam is not always just and
tender in the treatment of his fighting
men, but he is not wholly lacking in
finer sentiment. 1t has been the inten-
ton of the government all along to al
low none of its fallen soldiers to lie in
forgotten, lonely graves. but official ac-
ton. when directed outside of certain
grooves, is slow to begin. A government
expedition has been finally sent to
Cuba, however, for the purpose Of re-
patriating the email of all American
soldiers buried there.
1t will probably be satisfying to most
Americans to know that this work is to
be lone thoroughly n carefully in
spite of h many difficulties attending.
The relatives and friends of soldiers
who gave up their lives in their coun-
try,s cause will be glad to know that
the government intends to give to each
of the soldier dead a burial with mill
tary honors.
This done, no one can reproach the
nation with allowing its fallen heroes
to sleep in unknown and ~unhonored
graves. Similar expeditions will also
be sent to Honolulu and the Philip
pines.
The expedition which has been sent
to the West Indies is under the direc-
ton of MIR. D. H. Rhodes, government
inspector of national cemeteries. He
will take with him a separate casket
for every soldier now lead in Santiago,
Havana or Porto Rico. In his party will
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11


open IN tllG direction where Captain JACK
wa standing. livery few steps General
Candy would look back, apparently to see
If he was being followed. They shook
hands with Captain Jack. The Indian
chief dropped his blanket from his Shout
ders to the ground and suddenly turned
and picked it up. This was the signal for
attack. There were a roar andFsmokc
instantly from all the rocks around. Gen
eral Candy fell in his TRICKS. Colonel
Thomas ran ten steps and tumbled for
ward, as did George Meacham. Meacham's
squaw only escaped"
After that more attention was paid to
the advice of the chief scout. Major Dram
nan had the cave surrounded by a double
ring of guards, knowing very well that
the supply of horse meat, on which the In
dams were living, was about exhausted.
Soon he found that Jack was sending the
squaws and children away to save food.
Every Indian that attempted to escape
was captured by Drannan and his men.
They all said, We heap hungry"
One nisst Drannan, scouting al usual,
crossed the Grail of three Indians. One
track was quite large and long o second
smaller and one quite small.
Ohpbalh OtCNy lAo SAtNH i0 pASti
little girl are running away" said Dram
nan at once to Black Bess. "They are
starving, and they've started out to Clear
creek to catch fish.
The major had been in the saddle %
hours, but he never hesitated. He took
up the trail and followed it asrapidly as he
could push ahead. Across miles and miles
of gravel ridge there was nothing to go by
except sometimes a bent twig or a pebble
turned by the feet. Finally the major
looked down in the valley from the top of
a high ridge and caught sight of the three
Indians. He trernblingly put his field
glasses to his eyes, and, sure enough, it
was Captain Jack, his squaw and little
girl.
Where are you going, Jacks" asked
the major as he rode up to the big chief
who had been causing all the trouble.
Heap hungry said jack cejectedly.
"Guess go Clear creek catch fish"
A few hours later the old scout rode into
camp with his three prisoners. The cap
ture put an end t % the Modoc war.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11

747-.I !. ~ Ia. 3 n !. -.-.-.. 100 T.
grooming OF fhe dearh chant, timed now to
ms own footsteps 70 has death.
AZ he catlle round Q hen.e OF the rock
the altar game IN sight, ana with the last
nope OF 9dylng man ne leaned Forward
ana sawthe sunilghe stealing toward the
edge OF fhe piood stained stone.
u was noS YET tl1ne.
XnstanG, ne h~arangued his guards
again charging Uhem not TO lay their
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
4 ssilIed rax1dermist.

Nearly all the maryelously lifelike
groups Of stuffed birds and animals at the
New York natural history museum have
been prepared by a woman The artist
naturalist whose work here is SO much adj
mired is Mrs. Il. S. Mogridge, an English
woman who comes from o family skilled
in the work for generations. Her brother
is at present the taxidermist to the queen
of England Mrs. Mogridge is a woman
well advanced in years, whose work shows
awide knowledge of animal and plantlife
as well as skill as an artist. She has a
quiet little studio in West Ninety-sixSh
street, and here she has brought not only
the specimens to be worked on, but sorae
surrounding accompaniment of it's life,
such as samples of weeds and foliage.
These details aid much in the lifelike re-
production, for she initiates them in q
wonderful manner, the realistic back-
ground often bringing out beautiful points
in the birds and animals that are mount
ed.-New York Letter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11

E hlINOlN DaOA Ooh ILL "a
be a corps of undertakers, a number of
assistants and a body of soldiers be-
lieved to have knowledge of the corpses
as yet unidentified.
Uncle Sam will have the dead pre-
pared for burial upon the battlefields
where they now rest. They will be in
cased in collins of handsome design,
not the plain boxes usually employed
for soldiers dying on duty. The utmost
solemnity is to be observed during the
entire work, but no risks such as might
lead &c outbreak of disease in this coun-
try will be taken. The caskets are to
be of uniform pattern. The exterior
of each will be of lark wood, the corpse
resting within a Theoretically sealed in
terror casing of zinc. The rims of the
latter will fit together on rubber
1anges. After a generous coating of
white lead has been applied between
these rubber rims will be drawn tight
Iy together with screws. Each casket
will come to this country and to its
final destination in an outside case of
heavy wood.
On account of the tremendous order
given, which has thus far called for
1,400, each casket will cost less than a
third of what a private individual
would have to pay for the same finish
ings. Those who wish to claim a rela-
tive or friend thus removed will receive
the remains, transportation prepaid, if
application be made to the quartermas-
ter general of the army, Washington,
at once. Each body not so claimed
upon arrival In this country will be
cared for by Uncle sam and buried in
one of the national cemeteries, probably
Arlington, with the most impressive of
all military ceremonies-a soldiers flu
neral.
The utmost pains are being taken to
obyiate the necessity of, having the
caskets opened after being received by
friends. Bodies which cannot be iden-
titled in spite of every possible effort
will be buried side by side with those
identified, but unclaimed.
After finishing his work in Cuba Mr..
Rhodes will proceed to Porto Rico,
where there are but a trifie oyer 200
bodies to be removed. About the same
number rest beneath the soil OF the
Philippines, while there have beer a
few deaths among our soldiers station
ed at Honolulu.
Care is being taken that no other
than the proper body a possibly be
delivered to the relative or friend max
ing application. Uncle Sam is aware
that any uncertainty in this respect
would cause unbeatable upeasiness and
distress.
Not only does the doing of this work
contribute something to our national
self esteem. but, in contrast with the
neglect of Spain, the bones of whose
fallen soldiers are scattered for miles
about Santiago, 1t furnishes to the
world a striking object lesson of Ameri-
can character.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11

SAME NAME AND SAME AGE AS THE
MARTYRED PRESIDENT.
The Living braha Lincoln Is q
Pennsylvania Farmer and Clings
to the District Settled by the Fore
fathers of the Emnncipator.

The arrival Of the ninetieth anniver-
adds interest to the fact that there is
now living in Churchtown, Lancaster
county, Pa, an Abraham Lincoln who
is of the same age as that which the
martyred president would have reached
had he survived. The present Abraham
Lincoln is a cousin of the great presi-
dent.
In general appearance he is not I'M
like his distinguished relative, having
the same large, erect, gaunt form and
high cheek bones. Mr.. Lincoln is a
farmer and owns ar estate, White Hall,
in CaefAsarvon township, two miles
from the Berks county line.
While he never saw President Abra-
ham Lincoln HI had communication
with him by letter when the martyr
president occupied the White House.
MI. Lincoln has never held any public
office. He has a wife and a daughter.
He is a Republican.
There are in eastern Pennsylvania a
number of relatives of the emancipation.
Most of them are farmers, and the fam
lily resemblance is strong. At Reading,
the capital city of the Pennsylvania
German county OF BerKS, IN a lOl Oh
ancient, musty and almost forgotten
records stored away in the courthouse.
are many interesting facts relating to
the Lincolns.
One thing not known by many in this
generation is that an Abraham Lincoln
was prominent in that section during
and after the Revolutionary war. Dow
the turnpike, eight miles below Read
ing. is the ancient home of the forefa-
theirs of President Abraham Lincoln.
The birthplace of Daniel Boone, the ia
nous pioneer of Kentucky, is a short
distance away. The house is still stand
ing.
The Boones and Lincolns in those
days were on the most intimate terms
They came from Exeter, England, and
the township where these old buildings
are located is called Exeter. They were
Quakers. and generations of them are
buried in the graveyard of the old Exc
ter Friends meeting house not FAR
away.
The history of the Lincoln family in
America begins near the close of the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
Two Young Women on n Farm.

John Schultz of McCalmc@t township
is a good farmer and has a fine farm, and
on his farm he has a coal bank which is a
source of considerable revenue to it's own
er. Mr.. Schultz has q family of grown
children, mostly girls, and in order that
their father need not be put to the extra
expense Of employing a number OF hired
men to carry on his extensive business
two of the girls work on the farm the
same as men and have become quite prof.
cient teamstresses and plowgirls. They
can handle a fractions team of draft horses
just as well rs a big man. During the
harvest time these two valuable daughters
conduct the hauling in of all the grain
and see that it is properly stored away ip
the mows, and in the winter they bundle.
u D mount the seat on the twin sleds in
which is attached their f~avorite team and
deliver hundreds of bushels of coal in
town and in the vicinity. These girls are
not a bit more afraid of the cold than they
are of the work which they go about per-
forl:.ing so cheerfully. They rise early,
go to the barn, and by the ligh5 Of the
lantern feed and curry the horses and
throw the gears IN them as quickly as the
men. The girls are perfectly contented
with their lot in life, and their kind of la
Dor must agree with thena, as they look
much healthier and more robust than lots
of girls who lie in bed in the morning
while their mother kindles the fire and
cooks thesmorning meal. OF cour it is
not expected that all girls who are so for
tunate as to be farmers daughters should
do the blowing and teamA about the
place in order to obtain robustness and
the best of health, but still it ought not
to Inconvenience them much to rise before
their mother and make the fire occasional
ly.-Punxsutayyney & Pa Spirit
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
real SPANISH SPOOK.
Major Day and His Haunted
Porto Rican Castle.
STORY OF A TORTURE CHAMBER.

For Three Nights the Ghost Tried to
Brighten Away the American In
truder-cIatter of Goblin Hoofs at
Midnight.
Major o. S. Day of the Fifth United
States artillery has taken possession of the
haunted San Geronimo c~astle, says the
New York Sun. He has heard the Span
ish ghost, and, to the utter astonishment
Of negro residents, driven him freny the
tnusty old walls. But the spook did not
retreat meekly. He made three visits to
the major. driving a span of horses across
the stone bridge and into the yard on
bright moonlight nights, and convinced
him at least of the truthfulness of one
Spanish ghost story.
San Geronimoaa little one story stone
castle, is situated on a picturesque head
land of the north coast at the eastern end
Of San Juan island. AS early as the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
onc on ssae Eawye-
a sailor was called up as . witness.

A sailor was called up as q witness.
"Well,'' said the lawyer, s'do you know
the plaintiff and defendant?'
II don't knowthe drift of them words, !
answered the sailor.
"What! % not know the meaning of
the words plaintiff and DEFENDANT" con
tinued the lawyer. "A pretty fellow you
must be to come here as a witness! Can
you tell me where on board it wa that
the one man struck the other?"
"Abaft the binnacle,'s said the sailor.
"Abaft the binnaelel" rejoined the law
yer. "sphat do you mean by that?"
"A pretty fellow you" said the sailor,
ito come here as a lawyer, and don't
know what eSaft the pinnacle meansp'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11

ENlNG EAP1OolON.
but able seamen, and of their conduct he
had no occasion to complain until one day
when he WIS near. the Asiatic coast lie
was summoned to the deck blythe sounds
of @ life and death struggle. Is he came
up the companionWay he saw his mate,
the only American aboard, battling with
an angry group Of mon. 1t was q mutiny.
Before he could interfere the mate lay
senseless, his head laid open by m iron
bar welded by Il brayFny s1ilor. The mu~
tinoers hurled the body overboard and
oyerpowered Hepwoyth. T!ac1 & big II
tive, his c~ountenanee rendered ficndisil byf
the Cutting OF his thirst for bl3odsllaa,
stood over I~Iepwotth and said to hiia,
sWm You rGn up the black Tag orfoIlow
the Ilate2'
Hcpwortl knew that if he were thrown
overheard there would be nc man left On
board who understood navigation, and lie
thought the men would not execute their
threat. But he underestimated their dcs-
perate courage. When 10 refused, they
put him in an open boat, with provisions,
and set him adrift. Then they hoisted
sail and left him to his fate.
It must have been two days or more
that Hepworth rowed and sailed the boat,
following the pathway Of the sun across
the heavens. Then he saw land and II
last pulled his boat ashore upon @ beach
near a thick wood.
He kBew that he was somewhere uron
the Philippine group. He Gid nau know
the ferccious ways of the natives, or he
would not haFc left his fowling piece in
the boat as he did. Taking the proNi-
sions, some water and his powder flask to
xna+nrf - n NV hn tor+1 10 v,
the neighborhood.
A savage, naked and armed with q rude
spear, neiselessly sprang from a thicket
across his pathway. Hepworth regretted
leaving his gun behind, but before he
could retraee his steps he was surrounded
by grinning wild men, his arms were pin
toned, and he was led away through a
tangled underground.
Much to his surprise Hepworth was
taken to a hut much better than the aver
age, where native wine and abundant
food We're set before him, and two native
girls were assigned to attend to his wants
This generosity puzzled the old sailor, but
day by day he picked up scraps Of the Ian
guage until he could understand bits of
the conversation of those about him.
Then he learned tnat he was one of
three white victims held for the sacrifices,
when sailors washed ashore or Spanish
prisoners, kept in rude plenty against the
coming of the feast, We're slaughtered to
propitiate the heather gods and eaten by
the warriors whose superstition it was
that the flesh of white men would make
them brave in battle.
With all a Yankees ingenuity Hep
worth began to plan for his escape.
He learned that, two American. saiIors-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
INDIAN VENGEANCE.


A strange story of an Indian hunters
thirst for vengeance comes from the seal
coast of the north Pacific. Whenever the
traders anna to the village where the
hunter lived he had always ivory and
skins to give them in exchange for tobacco
and other good things. He got married
and in o year his little son was born. The
father thought there never was such a son,
and as soon as he was able to walk he be-
gan training him to be even q mightier
hunter than himself. The child grew to
be a sturdy little fellow, and soon excelled
In throwing the spear, in handling the
kyak and in sharing the wild fowl.
One day the father was at work on a
canoe and the boy was hunting. A big
walrus showed up on the edge of the ice
and the lad made for it. The father saw
the boys danger and started to the rescue,
but he was too late. The how speared tho