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o Hampton

Did you ever notice the man in the
switching tower? Does it ever occur to
you that the lives of every living person
on train frequently depend on the prompt
ness and intelligence with which he moves
the switch levers under his control?
If men could only realize how small a
thing may act at the critical instant to
switch them from dangerous track on to
one Of perfect safety, the yearly deaths
from lung diseases would be less by many
thousands.
II had regular consumptive cough OF. xhich
was afraid, and everybody cautioned and
warned me concerning it," SAYS Mr. A F.
Novotny, P. o. Box I437, New York, in signif-
cant letter to Dr. r. Y. Pierce Of Buffalo. n. "
When started to take your medicine was
losing Alright rapidly, was very pale and had
no appetite whatever. l used three bottles of
DR.. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery and now
my condition is changed entirely | do not
cough at all; / haye gained eight pounds in
weight, have gained my healthy color; and my
appetite is <Hoytuoas can and will recommend
your medicine to everybody who may be III need
of it; as it is sure cure, and no huinbug as so
many other patent medicines are. 1t is by far
the superior of ALL
One chapter of Dr. Pierce's great thou
eand-page illustrated book, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser tells of
nearly one hundred men and women thus
promptly switched from the track of death
by this matchless remedy This book is
sent free for the bare cost of mailing. III
one cent stamps or cloth bound for Il
stamps But only one copy to one family
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ernments as a final settlement OF the
dispute. Other lines were subsequently
proposed by the Venezuelan govern
ment, and in 1886 Lord Rosebery adj
vanced to the Venezuelan minister the
proposition of still another new line.
-Four years later Lord Salisbury at
tempted to establish still another boun-
Diary, and all the while it was notice
able that Great Britain was not exact
ly receding farther into Guiana at each
new proposal.
Since the beginning of the dispute
Great Britain's demands have so shift
ed about that nowadays man repre-
senting the various proposed lines,
marked out in different colors. looks
very much like skein OF tangled yarn.
The Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers, two
streams of considerable size flowing
into the Essequibo form practically the
basis of contention in the interior of
the disputed territory. While the orig
inal Schomburgk line had cut straight
across the Cuyuni, the expanded line
bent to the west. so as to take in the
entire course of the river
Recent gold discoveries and mining
developments along the Essequibo have
made the territory in dispute especially
valuable and given additional zest to
the commissioners who are now carry
ing on this tremendous international
lawsuit.
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UNCLE BILLS IDEAS.

A person who really enjoys happiness
is generally in that state.
Some men are all out of humor when
they can find nothing to grumble about.
Only fool can act sensibly around
a woman; wise man generally makes
a fool of himself over one or two.
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A TORNADO


age.
ELIZABETH, n. j., August "A
tornado swept over this city this after
noon, doing great damage. Houses,
hcurches, factories and all buildings
in the storms path, which was three
blocks wide, suffered The storm came
from the southwest and passed to
northeast. Its elocity was so miles an
hour and its duration ten minutes.
The towers of the First Presbyterian,
Third Presbyterian and Central Bap-
fist churches were thrown down. The
Lyceum Theatre was totally unroofed
and the Star Theatre roof was ripped
of and hurled two blocks away.
Scores of dwelling houses are with
out roofs. The streets are filed with
debts.
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HIS PURPOSE.

$50 you desire to enlist in the Filipino
army?" said the recruiting officer.
Yes" answed the native.
You are not afraid of trouble, then?''
''Wel, TO tell the truth. l am / can't
feel sure I'm doing all that's possible to
keep out of danger unless 1 get right next
to Aguinaldo. '-washington Star
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AL OF TROOPS FROM FORT
MONROE WILL BEGIN TO-DAY.
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Advices
received by Surgeon General Wyman
up to 9 o'clock tonight from Hampton
show that the only change in the yell
low fever situation is the addition of
four suspected cases to those already
IN existence. These have beel sent to
camp to the hospital.
This information and the additional
statement that there has not been
death since 7 o'clock last evening and
that everything with reference to the
disease is more than favorable, was re-
reived from Governor P. T. Woodfn,
b. the Soldiers Home. He also wired
that he is quite sure the pestilence will
be stamped out.
From Dr. White, who has general
charge of affairs at Hampton, but who
remains away from the Institution.
word came that the situation is I'M
changed. Governor Woodfin has pre-
pared list of all members of the home
who have ben furloughed since July %,
at the same time giving their destina-
tion. This will be telegraphed to Sur
geon General Wyman and will be
spread broadcast through the press,
thus enabling municipalities where the
inmates may now be, to detain them
for a reasonable length of time.
Dr. IWyman has sent dispatches to
the health commission of Baltimore
and the president of the board of health
of Richmond, asking them what meas
ures are being taken regarding refu-
gees from the home at Hampton or
the adjoining town of Phoebus. The
doctor thinks it is of the utmost i'm
portance that all such persons should
be kept under close observation for ten
days following their. departure, partic-
ularly those who stopped over one
night in either place.
Replies have been received from
both places showing the surgeon gen.
reral the activity of the officials inter-
ested and their ability to cope with the
situation.
Surgeon Farqubar, at Portsmouth,
about twelve miles from Hampton, re-
ports finding four colored people who
had been at the latter place. The au-
thorities sent them back to Hampton.
DR.. -Wynan does not think such course
safe, however, and has directed Sur
geon Farquhar hereafter not to send
such persons back to Hampton, but to
have them taken to Craney Island,
where they may be detained under OBJ
servation.
DR.. Wyman says that although
Hampton is not infected, he thinks it
best to take charge of people who may
come from Hampton and keep them
under observation until limited Pc
Rod of time. Arrangements have been
made to send to the home two immune
male and two immune female nurses
and two immune physicians.
The removal of the troops from Fort
Monroe and the officers and their fam
lilies, it is expected, will begin to-mor-
row when a passenger steamer is
scheduled to leave at 2 O'Clock for
Cape Charles. A barge with cars is
expected to go to the reservation to-
morrow to take the baggage and equip
ment of troops over to Cape Charles.
The quarantine ship jamestown,
anchored in the waters of the
bay, will be made a sort of half
way landing place, where persons and
supplies may be landed from Norfolk
and other places and then shipped to
Old Point by launch, thence to be sent
to Hampton.
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OLD TINE STOCK JoBBlNG.

that financial crash of almost two CEN
turtles ago which was known as the South
Sea Bubble. The eighteenth century had
its mammonolators as wei as the nine
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GOOD ADVICE.

Young Doctor: II wish 1 could get away
from my practice for a months vacation
Old Doctor: Don't do it. You should
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teenth. and while many OF these money
maniacs came to a violent end. went mad
or were overwhelmed by hopeless ruin the
rest of London town prodncei just such
earicatures as Is shown In administration.
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DAILY AND SUNDAY REGISTER.

Daily Register ana Harper's Weekly$ S.lG
Daily Register, INCLUDING Sunday
and Harper's Weekly................. II .Qo
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D aias $50
pai,v register, including Sunday
and Harpers Magazine. .............. Il. 50
DaiiV Register and Harpers Bazaar. $50
Daily ,Registear' pi insina.Hs sunday. :, "a
naily Register and Scribner .:.-.....- 40
D angS scribners .............., .....,,. 1880
Daiiy Register and ticsmopontan.,.. $50
DDauy Register. Including sunday
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OUTLOOK Is ENCOURAGING.
No D6aths From Yellow Fever Sircs
pm, Tuesday.

-FOUR SUSPECTED CASES PLACED
UNDER SURVEILLANCE AT THE
HAMPTON HOME YESTERDAY
BALTIMORE AND RICHMOND
TAKING AMPLE PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST INFECTION-REMOy-
AL OF TROOPS FROM FORT
MONROE WILL BEGIN TO-DAY.
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WEEKLY.

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man ........ss- .+s...s.- ...s...s...-... *
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Naatxiy .......s.s.s,. .i.s'...-.s......... AZ
UeelSly Register and Harper's Maga-
zine s,..,..... 40
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Bazaar ........,..;....,.;;,.....; AZ
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Weekly Register and TINS Century. a.
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Weekly Register ana oh,9 FARMER, H.t
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Punialipg o Shyster.

On one occasion, says the Colum'
bian, Lord Norbury, of England, OBJ
served an attorney Of doubtful reputa'
ton prospecting in the dock for bust
ness, and determined to make an e1'
ample of him. Just as the attorney
was climbing over the rails of the
dock into the courthis lordship called
out:
"Jailor, one of your prisoners il
escaping. Put him back"
Back the attorney was thrust, ano
the following colloquy ensued:
"My lord, there is mistake here
I am an attorney"
"I am very sorry, indeed" saio
Lord Norbury, "to see one OF your
profession in the dock"
"But, my lord, I am innocent"
"Yes, they all say that" was the
judges reply. "a jury of your OWL
fellow countrymen must settle it."
"But, my lord," exclaimed the now
desperate man, "there is no indict
ment against me-"
"Then," said his lordsh:p, "you
will be put back, and if no one ap'
pears to prosecute, you will be dis
charged by public proclamation at the
end of the assiZes."
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employed are of the handsomest.
The Innings alone are made of fabrics
that were formerly deemed quite
beautiful enough for a handsome
evening gown. The fur and lace used
for trimming must needs be of the
rarest description.
There is no question but that the
wraps this winter are to be every whit
as costly as those of the last few
years. The designs have been sent
over to this country, and women who
have been abroad buying their winter
wardrobes have sent over accounts OF
the new wraps that have just been
designed over there. The present
fad is to have at least one long black
satin wrap. This, at first sight,
would seem to be a most economical
investment, for tits not so conspicuous
as the light brocades or velvets, OF
which most of the wraps are made,
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Starting q Cocoauut Grove.

It is not difficult to start a cocoanut
grove in Porto Rico. The only things
needed are the land and the nuts.
The nuts are laid upon the top of the
ground, few inches apart. The air
there is very moist, and after short
time each nut sends out sprout from
one of the little eyes at its ends. The
sprout grows up into the cir, and at
the same time root shoots out of its
base down into the ground. Within
few months the sprout has grown
as high as a table. The root is now
broken off and the sprout and nut are
planted where the tree is to stand.
The nut is buried about six inches in
the earth, the sprout remaining above.
The earth is now pressed tightly down
over the nut, and the planting is
done.
The trees there have been set out
irreguIarly. They should be planted
about fifteen feet apart, or just about
as far as the trees of our peach orch
ards. This will give 1913 trees per
acre. They begin to bear at five
years, and need practically no culti-
vation. Grass can be sown in CO.
coanut orchard and cattle pastured
upon it. Such an orchard in full
bearing would produce, with the pres
ent facilities for shipment, $193 per
acre, with no other labor than the
gathering and shipping of the fruit.
The cocoanuts ripen all the year
round. They drop off themselves
when ripe, and the men go daily from
tree to tree to pick up the nuts. Each
nut has thick green husk upon it..
This is torn off, and the nuts then
look as we see them in our ,stores.-
Frank G.. Carpenter, in the Washing
ron Star
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Figs Go to Court.

An English solicitor was defending
fruit broker in an action brought for
the recovery of 500, the price paid
for q consignment of figs which the
plaintiff declared to be unfit for humen
food. The defense alleged that al
though moderately discolored by salt
water, as the plaintiff knew when he
bought them, the figs were perfectly
wholesome. The figs were in cour:.
The plaintiff, coster, who con-
Quoted his own case, was skilfully
cross examined. The trial was OBJ
viously going against him, and once
or twice he retorted so hotly that the
Judge threatened to commit him for
contempt.
At length the coster grew desperate,
and turning to the opposing counsel,
hoarse and perspiring, he said:
''Look here, guvnor, you say them
figs are good to eat and say they
lint. That's all there is between US,
lin't it? Now, s'elp me, if you'll eat
Two of them figs and you ain't sick
Immediately afterward, I'll lose my
ease."
The Judge at once saw the propriety
of this suggestion and asked the law
yer what he proposed to do.
"Your Honor is trying this case, not
T." was the reply.
"No! Mol The offer is made to
you," said the Judge.
A hurried consultation took place.
Counsel suggested that it was the So
iicitor's duty to submit to the expert
ment. The solicitor refused. The
croker himself was then asked if he
would risk it.
"What will happen to me if T don't?"
said he.
"You'll lose the CASE" replied both
bis legal advisers.
"Then," said he, hurriedly, close
The case, lose the case.". And so he
aid.-Youth's Companion.
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Why He Stays Single.

Possibly the best-known unmarried
man of letters to-day is Henry James,
the novelist. He maintains stoutly
that the artist, no matter what the
medium of his expression, should re-
main single, on the ground that the
petty cares and carpings of domestic
life tend to wear on delicately adjust
ed nerves and exhaust the mental fiber
of genius, whether its possessor be a
painter of pictures, a:worker in words,
a modeler of statues, o composer of
music, a singer or one who amuses
the people from the stage. There be
some, undoubtedly, who will surmise
from this that Mr.. James has been
unfortunate in the choice of his un-
married friends. but others, perhaps.
will agree with him fully. His
bachelor apartments in LONDON are
said to be exquisite in furnishings and
appointments, and, despite his cynlc-
lam, the novelist is not disliked by
women, nor is he hater Of the SEX
Atlanta Constitution.
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ExtinCuislled.

It was q tram car and he was fear
fully and wonderfully got-up masher.
Over his "pince-nez" he eyed the other
passengers haughtily, and they in turn
looked at him with the amused, in
lulgent smile with which the public
usually regard the genius. Presently
a soldier of the Scsforth Highlanders
entered and took his seat beside the
masher. A stalwart, soldierly look
ing fellow, he soon became the cyno-
sure of all eyes. The masher looked
at him for moment, then siding up
to him he said condescendingly:
IT ssy-er-Mr. Soldier. I've got
er brother who is q soldier, don't
you know?"
"Is that a fact?" said the soldier,
taking a comprehensive look at his
questioner, "weel, that's kinna queer
tae. Ye see, I've got brither who's
O confounded idiot, so we're aboot
even, I'm thinkin'."
For moment the dude looked as if
he had swallowed something that dis
agreed with him, then he sank back
in his seat and thought it over for the
remainder of the journey.-London
Spare Moments.
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Made Good His Remarks.

A lecturer who protested against
people going to sleep during his dis
quisitions on heather lands, would, if
he perceived any tendency in that di-
rection, introduce some queer or
startling statement to revive their
tagging attention.
On one occasion when his audience
seemed rather somnolent he thun.
dered out:
"Ah, you have no idea Of the suffer-
ings of Englishmen in Central Amer
lea, on account of the enormous mos
quitoes. A great many of these pests
would weigh a pound, and they will
get on the logs and bark as the white
men are passing"
By this time all ears and eyes were
wide open, and he proceeded to finish
his lecture.
The next day he was called upon to
account for his extraordinary state
ments.
"But T didn't say one mosquito
would weigh pound" he protested;
"I said great many CT them would.
I think perhaps a million of them
might do So"
"But you said they bark at the mis-
sionaries," persisted his interlocutor.
"No, no, my dear sir; I said they
would get on the logs and on the bark.
You misunderstood me-"
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Why the Sailors Went DRY.

Louis, an old sea dog from Austria
who has sailed the briny deep from
Bafin's Bay to No Mans Land, enjoys
comparing his present position in the
American marine service to that he
once occupied wher sailing in an East
Indian ship from Liverpool to Cal
cutta. The vessel had been becalmed
and the water supply ran short during
q terrible hot spell. The crew had to
exist on mouldy sea biscuits, while the
captain, big bully of an Englishman,
lived in luxury. The crew did not OBJ
ject to this until one day, when every
man was almost prostrated by the heat
and lack of sufficient water, they dis
covered that the captain, knowing the
suferings of the men, had been taking
baths daily in fresh water IN a tub In
his cabin. Almost an open mutiny
broke out, and squad of the tars,
headed by Louis, was sent aft to see
the captain about getting some more
drinking water.
He told the captain frankly that they
knew of his taking baths daily in his
cabin in fresh water, and that every
instinct of humanity dictated that he
should forego his fresh water baths
until he reached port and gave the
crew the water which he would other
wise have used for his ablutions. The
captain became livid with rage at the
"audacity" of the men.
"What!" he shouted. "You bloom
ing lubbers want to take away from
me my morning tub! Not ye, says L.
cawn't do without me tub, so L
cawn't, ye know. Do ye think I can
give ye all the drinkin' water ye want?
Not me, says I. Get out O. here"
That evening he gave each man an
extra half pint of water, bnt he had
fresh water bath each morning, never
theless.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
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NEW YORK FASHIONS
Designs For Costumes That Have Be-
come Popular in the Metropolis.

feels uncomfortably tight it does not
fit. The gowns that she makes real y
fit, and they do not pull or draw in
any direction. A pretty little tailor
gown made in New York City accord
ing to French methods shows plainly
what this fitting really is. The gown
is made, of course, on silk lining.
There is guimpe to it, and where the
material of the bodice comes over the
edge of the guimpe it is not tackled
once and the sleeves are sewed in, not
to the cloth of the bodice, but to the
silk lining, and where the cloth of the
gown fits up around the arms there is
not a stitch taken to hold it, and yet
it never shows line that should not
show. It fits, and that is the secret
of it.
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WHY She Declined 1t.

He pointed at his new horseless car
riage, and, with a wildly beating
heart, asked:
"How would you like to take wed.
ding trip in such vehicle as that?"
She shook her head and replied:
"No; I don't believe I would care
to do co."
The hope that had been in his
breast left him suddenly. The word,
which had seemed so bright and beau
tiful but O moment before, became
dark, and life retained none of its
former sweetness. She did not love
him after all. Alas! he has been
mista--
Because" she went on, interrupt
ing his gloomy thoughts, ''it would
be possible, if we went in your private
yacht, to get so much farther away
from the haunts of men than if we
confined ourselves to this thing. Oh
course, we wouldn't need to care for
the crew. ."-Chicago Times-Herald.
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tails, and his happy thought has
evidently found instant favor, for
these trimmed coverts are almost the
first of the touched wraps to go
into active service.
Evidently womankind is not yet
prepared to resign the comfort OF the
short, close fitting fur jacket, for it is
easy to count them by the dozen in
the furriers' cupboards, while they
are being snapped up over the coun-
ters. Until last year these "cozies, !"
as they are termed by the trade, were
cut of Eton shape, sheered off
sharply at the waist line, or flute of
fur stood like saucy little tail about
the hips.
Now the mode is to fit the short
haired fur basque-wise to the body,
letting a spade.shaped tail fall below
the waist line for five inches at back
and front, but cutting out the pelt
high on the hips. Not one pinch of
fullness is given the sleeve at the
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Handsome Coat For Winter Wear.

The little covert coat has been i'm
proving the shining hour by assuming
decorative touches of fur that will un-
doubtedly prolong its sphere of use
fulness far into the season. 1t has
appeared lately in gray, brown and
green, cut on the mode of basque
coat that is fitted to the figure with
a rounding tail on the hip and fiat
collar revers folding in group OF
three on the shoulder. An enterpris-
ing tailor saw fit to run narrow
piping of mink on the edge Of the re-
7ers, over the fronts and around the