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ing a stop of any kind, again creating
q record. She steamed 2,S44 knots at
uniform speed of thirteen knots an
hour. The total number of days she
spent at sea, out of the eighty-one re-
quired to make the voyage, was fifty
nine. 4
Starting in perfect order the great
ship arrived on the Florida coast in eX-
actly the same condition, ready, and
more ready than most of the ships she
found there, to go into the battle, where
she outfooted the feetest of the fast
cruisers and did more execution than
any other vessel engaged in the de-
struction of the Spanish fleet that tried
vainly to escape from Santiago ON the
morning of July 4, 1898.
The commander of the vessel at the
time she grounded was Capt Wilde.
The Oregon weighs, roughly speaking,
5000 tons. The range of her four 49,
inch guns is ten miles, and they hurl
projectiles weighing LOO pounds, pro-
PEELED by $50 pounds of POWDER which
gives them power to pierce twenty
seven inches of steel at 1900 yards.
Her eight eight-inch breech-loading
rifles and four six-inch breech-loading
rifles complete her main battery. For
an enemy that ventures within close
range the Oregon has a secondary bat
terry of terrible destructiveness.
The body of this monster is 34S feet
long, and its extreme breadth is 691!
feet. 1t is protected by side armor Is
inches thick. The armor of the 13-inch
turrets is 10 inches in thickness, of the
! S-inch turrets 6 inches and of the
Sponsors 6 inches. The 13-inch bar
bettes are protected by II inches OF
Harveyized steel, the S-inch barbettes
by inches.
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mild-eyed beasts to the death of the
cyclist himself at the hands of the
frenzied driver.
As of the oxen, so of the mules, high
spirited and inexperienced horses, and
even the generally phlegmatic common
donkeys of the land. The cycle is quite
as likely as not to excite In them all
feeling of alarm akin to Madness: We
write this with an especially tender
recollection of the Overturn of large
wagon of goods and human beings,
drawn by four mules, all of whom took
flight most gracefully under the gen
tie stimulus of our melodious bell This
was ON the high road between Burgos
and Madrid. 1t was a petrifying calam-
ity at first, though in the end, happily,
it did not mean anything very serious.
An oath or two from the swarthy Cas-
titan men of the party, n good deal Of
tugging with the aid of other mules as
well as the terrified four, some sobs and
prayers to the Virgin from the women
and children thus surprised and cap
sized, and 4 peseta or two from the
cyclist himself for the bruises of the
youngsters, with all the regrets he
could signify-and that was the full
tale of the mischief. But the cyclist
subsequently reflected, with a curdling
of the blood, about the awful conse-
quences if the disaster had happened
on the edge of preciplce instead of on
the borders of wheat field.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
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Hands Mere in His Pockets.

There was a garden party for char
table object out in the suburbs one
evening recently, and for the space of
one long minute in the latter part of
the evening l thought l was about to
witness what they call on the stage
thrilling situation. l went to stroll-in
the grounds with a young girl who
wanted to ask my advice about what
sire had already made up her mind, and
we wandered where Japanese lanterns
were few. She was telling me all about
Charley-or. perhaps it was Dick.
when suddenly in the dim light before
us we saw the young marhimself. His
back was toward us, and he was walk
ing somewhat closer than was entirely
necessary to a girl in light organdie
frock. The gown looked almost white
in the faint light, but about the waist
of it was a wide band of something
dark The girl beside.me stopped short
and drew a deep breath.
"Ohl' she gasped.
Just then the couple in front of us
stepped into the bright light of a lem
tern. The wide black band was still
about the girls waist, but both Dicks
20 hands were in his pockets. My COM
panion drew another long breath.
"Ohy' she said AGAIN. Washington
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Queer Device for Gambling.

1.-THE queerest gambling device that I
ever saw was a check perforator," said
j. H. Irons of the United States mar
shaps office. 81 went into a downtown
bank not long ago at the noon hour to
serve a paper on the president. There
was a board meeting on in a back
room. 1 noticed all of the clerks in
bunch playing some game, and went
over to see what 1t was. They had one
of those revolving check perforators
with numbers on 1t from O to 9. One
man was spinning and acting as bank
err while the others were laying bets
on the numbers. They were operating
on the old wheel-of-fortune system.
got so deeply interested that forgot
all about the paper had to serve until
there was a sudden scattering of the
group and disappearance of the per-
forator and the cash on the board 1
turned and saw the president. When
he entered the banking room every
clerk was busy at his desk" -Pittsburg
News.
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skinnine che Rope as a Cure.


Skipping-rope exercise for middle
aged gentlemen affected with oliver"
or Indigestion is the latest alleged med
ical fad to which the humorists of the
press have directed their attention. The
London correspondent of the Gazette
asserts that this novel form of adult
exercise is being used on rainy morn
ings as a substitute for the mile and
half run before breakfast, which has
been prescribed by west end physi-
clan as a remedy for that condition of
liver which in London is due to want
of outdoor exercise and late hours, hard
work and bad air. There are profess
sional men and others who take their
run in the park before breakfast every
fine morning and who bless the good
physician who discovered this simple
way of restoring health. Its effects in
some cases have been marvellous. By
run" is not meant sharp walk, but
actual running.-Birmingha Ge"att'
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A CYCLIST IN SPAIN.
Some of the Annoyances to Which He
Is Subjected.

Some of the Annoyances to Which He
Is Subjected.
An odd and extremely aggravating
obstructionist to be reckoned with in
the realms Of Don Alfonso and Don
Carlos is the creaking::. OK. cart. On
frst-class roads the thing is-not formid-'
able, but met in the mountains. where
there is not one only, nor any fewer,
than twenty of them, in a long. ear
tsrmenting procession, 1t becomes veX-I
atious. 1t is worse still when, in de-
scenGng one or other of the glorious
mountain zig-zags, you see a dozen or
two of the monstrosties studded about
the road beneath you.
Of course, no man will be likely to
cycle in these countries without a
brake. Even then, however, it gals
prodigiously to pull up in the very mid
die of ecstasy time after time. More
over, there may be a very profound
rayine on one side of the road, and it
Is somewhat more than possible that
the oxen, heavily. yoked though they
are, may yield to panic at sight of the
cycle. Then anything may happen,
from death of one span of beautiful
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THE OLDEST LOCK.
Gigantic Ancient Key Found in tn
Ruins of Nineveh.

Gigantic Ancient Key Found in the
Ruins of Nineveh.
The very oldest lock in existence is
one which formerly secured one of the
doors of temple of Nineveh. 1t is a
gigantic affair, and the key to it, as
large as one man can conveniently
carry, reminds one of the scriptural
passage where the prophet makes ref
erence to such instruments being car
ried on the shoulder. Tine exact words
in the passage referred to are: and
the key of the house of David will
lay upon his shoulder"
This enormous key to the lock from
Nineveh is nearly three and a half feet
in length, and of the thickness of a
four-inch drain-tile. 1t was found at
the head of a ruined chamber, where
a large wooden door had probably once
stood, the gigantic brass hinges and
heavy bars being still in fair condition,
though somewhat corroded. This relic
of the olden times has but little re-
Semblance to the keys of modern manu-
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VaIue of NettIcs.

The common nettle, long considered
by all but the stupid donkey as least
among the herbs of the field, has at last
come into its own, and now stands ac-
corded high place among the house
hold remedies. A learned Bohemian
herbalist has lately published a pam
phlet on nettles and their Importance,
while Father Kneipp sings the praises
of herb dumplings made with ncttles
as nourishing and wholesome. He con-
cludes his panegyric with this prescrip-
ton for the helpless rheumatic: 'Let
those who are suffering from rheuma-
tism and can no longer find any rem
edy for it rub or strike the suffering
part with fresh nettles for few min
utes daily. The fear of the unaccus-
toned rod will soon give way to joy It
it's remarkable healing efficacy" Buff
falo Commercial.
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With the aid of the Oregon the Texas
forced the Almirante Oquendo ashore,
where her colors were lowered.
Flushed with victory the crew of the
Texas started to cheer, when Philip
said: Don't cheer, boys! the poor dew
lis are dyingw
After the battle was over, Capt.
Philip called all hands aft, declared
that he believed in God the Father
Almighty" and asked all the officers
and men of the Texas to offer silent
thanks to Him.
This incident was in keeping with
the life of the rear admiral for he was
religious man. He was a devout
church member and an habitual reader
Of the Bible. He never offered liquor
to his guests and never swore, his only
expletive being, "by crackey."
Rear Admiral Philip was born in
New York in 1910. He was appointed
to the Naval Academy on September
20, 1858. On January l, 1861, he be-
came midshipman and saw his first
service on the Constitution and the
Santee. He served during two years
of the rebellion on various vessels of
the Gulf blockading squadron. In the
siege of Charleston he was wounded in
the leg. After the war he was assign
ed to the Wachusett Of the AsiatiC
squadron, and from that time on his
/ service record shows him serving in
every quarter Of the globe. He was
commissioned as rear admiral on
March 3, 1899, soon after he had been
appointed commandant of the Brook.
Ign: Navy Yard. His service in the
navy up to January 1 of this year com
prised more sea duty in active work
afloat than fell to the lot of any Other
officer of his grade and only two real
admirals had put in less shore service
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Notes from the Oil Fields.

The last oil well finished by the
Parker Oil Company is on the pump.
Water has been encountered by sew
eral companies operating south of the
break at McKittrick.
The location of the first well of the
La Jolla Oil Company will be about a
mile and half south of La Jolla
The Northern Consolidated company
has leased the Fithian ranch at Car
pinteria, comprising about 5000 acres.
1t is reported that a number of COM
panies at McKittrick have struck large
bodies of salt water, and are about to
abandon the territory.
The Globe company on 30-2S-2S,
Kern county, has succeeded in casing
off the water from the first 80 feet of
sand in it's third we'll.
Fourteen wells of the Yukon Crude
Oil Company are now on the pump,
and No Is will be finished soon.
The Jewett- Blodgett- Oil Com
pany has filed articles of incorporation
in Kern county. The capital stock of
100000 is divided into shares to that
amount at 81 each.
The citizens of Covina are becoming
interested in oil. A company has been
organized with the following: B. F.
Rowland, F. M. Chapman, E. McCaige
]. L. Matthews and J. R. Hodges. The
land secured is on the Rowland tract
near Puente
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Eighteen new cotton mills are now
in progress of erection in Tennessee,
with an aggregate capital of $3,20O,0O0.
The National Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers has gained over 5000
members in the present year. Nearly
200 local organizations have been
formed.
The shamefully inadequate wages
paid to laborers in British arsenals,
government dockyards, are well
known, and all the clustering patriot
ism in the world cannot make nineteen
shillings a week a living wage for
hard worked man, writes an English
labor leader.
The executive officers of the Nation
al Boot and Shoe Workers Union have
instructed its organizers to unionize
the craft in the West, and that section
will soon be visited with a corps Of
energetic workers, who will demon
strate to employers who do not use the
label what a disadvantage there is in
opposing organized labor.
For the assistance which we have
received from organized labor in the
past we are sincerely thankful, writes
the secretary of the United Hatters of
North America. The support given to
us by our friends has enabled us to
unionize oyer twenty factories during
the last eighteen months, and with q
continuance of it we will be able 10
unioniZe every hat factory in the coun-
try.
In speaking for a shorter workday
before a committee of the Massachu-
sets Legislature, James Z. Carey said:
when 1 was in the council of Haver-
hill fighting for q shorter workday,
they told me to so to the Legislature;
now you tell me to go to Congress for
a national law. When 1 get there and
demand it they will tell me to go to
III. 1 may. have to go there for an
eight-hour day, but l will fight for il
all the way" .
President Perkins, of the Internation-
al Cigarmakers' Union, has some oe
the quality of prescience which goes to
make n prophet. In his journal last
February he predicted a gain for the
year of 10000 members. Returns for
five months show that more than 5000
of the anticipated number have been
gained, and the remainder seem almost
in reach, as members are enrolling
themselves faster than ever. April 8
product of cigars was 427, 952, Cos, as
compared with 3S1, lis, lbs. an increase
of AZ, 1914, $50. The cigar-making indus
try has been fourishing for the past
six months as never before.
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CAPT. WILDE. menSely ValudDle
orders from other nations to American
shipyards. She made known to the
world the ability of Pacific coast build
ers-3,OOO miles from American iron
fields-to not only equal the achieve
ments of their rivals on the Atlantic
coast but to surpass in every detail of
warShip construction the best achieve
ments of the shipbuilders of any coun-
try.
Coming out of the yards of the Irving
NJ. Scott Company at San Francisco in
May, 1896, she beat all existing records
for ships of her class on her trial trip,
showing a maximum speed of 1874
knots per hour.
The Oregon went into active service
early in 1897, and was the chief vessel
of the Pacific coast squadron when
early in 1898 Capt. Charles e. Clark, Of
the Monterey, was given command Of
her and ordered to sail around Cape
Horn to take part in the impending
battle with the approaching Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera.
That voyage was the most marvellous
exploit of its kind in the history of sea-
going battleships. Aside from the fact
that the Oregon is the only battleship
that ever rounded the Horn, the voyage
was productive of many unprecedented
achievements. For example, the Ore
CONS complete journey from Puget
Sound to Sand Key, Fla, done in
eighty-one days, covered 1902 statute
miles, or 1874 nautical miles, the long
est voyage ever made by battlesh1p.
She steamed 4,726 miles without MAX
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Cat Resisted Deep Water Baptism

"a little boy 1 knew of in the West"
writes Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, in
the Ladies' Home Journal, be
longed to family who had trained him
to believe in the deep-water form of
baptism, and was experimenting with
the household cat and a bucket of wa
ter. The animal evidently did not be-
lieve in immersion, for she resisted, bit
and scratched and used bad language
in the cat tongue, of course. Finally,
the little boy, with his hands covered
with scratches and with tears in his
eyes, gave up the effort to effect the
regeneration of the cat. 'Dog-gone
your he cried-notice the choice of cpl
thets in the use of the word dog
go and be an Episcopal cat if you want
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11
Try Aliens Foot Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen.
nervous and hot, and get tired easily.
If you have smafting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools
the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures ingrowing nails, swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions OF
all pain and gives rest and comfort
We have 0,G10 testimonials. Try it to-
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for Csc. Trial package FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N.
Y
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HOW'S THIS

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of cstarrh that cannot be. dured by
Halls CataTrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney fG the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligation
made by tb cir firm.
WEST & TEUAx, Wholesale Druggists Toledo o.
WALDne KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Tciedo, o..
Har's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing al ectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of.the system. Price, 75e. per bottle. Sold
by all druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the BEST 49,
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HOITTS SCHOOL.

Menlo Park, San Mateo County Cal,
with its new buildings newly furnished
and complete laboratories, beautiful
surroundings and home influences, is
one of the best equipped schools for the
training of boys and young men on the
coast. 1t is in charge of DR.. Ira G.
Hoitt and is accredited at the univer-
sites. Send for catalogue. Tenth year
begins August 6, 1900
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REAR ADMIRAL PHILIP.

Gained Undying Fame When Cervera's
Fleet Was Sunk.
The part which Rear Admiral John
w. Philip, who died in Brooklyn re-
Gently, took in the Spanish-American
war made him one of the best known
men in the country. At the time of the
destruction of. Cervera's fleet he was in
command of the Texas. 1t was a sec
ond-class battleship, and while the
faster vessels were off in pursuit of the
Spanish craft, Philip was left behind.
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Matches.

One firm in Austria uses ten tons of
phosphorus year, and turns out over
$4,000, 100000 matches. Another COM
pany, an English one, uses 100000
pounds of sulphur, 100000 feet of
choice white pine timber and $50 tons
of strawboard for boxes in the same
time.
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"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-Iwas sick for
two years with falling of the womb, and
Inflammation of the ovaries and bladder.
I was bloated very badly. My LETT limb
would swell SO could not step on my
foot. had such bearing down pains I
could not straighten up or walk across
the room and such shooting pains would
go through me that thought I could
not stand it. My mother got me bottle
of Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Com
pound and told me to try it.s took six
bottles and now, thanks to your won
derful medicine, am a well woman"
-MRs. ELSIE BRYAN, Otisville, Mich.
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philadelphia Press:) Its strange"
remarked the sentimental young Bene-
lick, 'how fate throws different peo-
pie together. By way, how did you
come to know your wife?"
81 DON'T" replied the old married
man, land 1 never expect to-
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The American Working Man.

Much comparison has been made be-
tween the endurance of the Chinese and
the American working man. Those with
authority say that the average working
man of America is as superior to the Chin
csc as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is to any
other dyspepsia cure. The Bitters also
cures constipation, indigestion and pre-
vents malaria.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

China, has won a
place in history
and in the popular
affection paralleled
only by the Consti-
tuition, the Merri-.
mac, the Hartford
and the Olympia.
She m a d e h e +
builder f a m o u S,
and brought i'm
lIn
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Sir George Whites Cold Brick.

The people of Greymouth, New Yea
land, have n pretty wit. They are send
ing Sir George White lump of local
gold shaped into brick. 1t bears the
inscription, "To General Sir G. s.
White, Defender of Ladysmith, from
Greymouth, n. H." On one face aye the
words, "This is a brick" and on the re-
verse, you're another"
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

Please try a 1Oc box of Adams Sarsa-
parilla Pills if constipated, bilious, sick
headaches, not appetite, poor digestion,
impure blood, and see how good they
are. The regular Csc boxes will take
care of themselves. At druggists.
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Carter Ink

is so good and so che p that no family can
afford to be without it. Is yours Carter's?
&. The actress who offers to pct 1000
on the result of the Presidential cleo
tion, expresses entire willingness to
have the newspapers print the item,
and even use her name
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11
Models of Inventions

R. c. Gill, superintendent of models
in the, patent office at Washington, has
charge of about 100000 models of Uni
ted States inventions granted during il
period of something over 4 hundred
wears.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

A woman has a terribly strong in
stinct in an affair of the heart. If she
could use the same genius in ferreting
out murderers, she would soon be a
bondholder.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

The Kern river branch of the
Southern Pacific is expected to be
turned over to the operating depart
ment before the end of the present
week
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

A cargo of lumber and coal recently
taken to Nome sold there, the lumber
for 500 a thousand feet and the coal
for $50 a ton.
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For a Wasp Sting.

1t does not appear to be generally
known that in case of sting by a
wasp, if that wasp or any other wasp
be at once caught, the sting cut off,
and the body Of the wasp crushed and
rubbed over the place stung, it affords
not only instantaneous relief and free
dom from pain, but any swelling is at
once reduced. With bees, as they al
ways leave their sting in the wound, it
is necessary to do nothing more than
crush and rub the bee ON the wound
This is a certain remedy in every case.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an
infallible medicine for coughs and
colds.-N. w. Samuel, Ocean Grove,
N. J., Feb. IT, 1900.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

Eyes, he boasts that he has lived
nearly 20 years without ever having
been inside bank"
What is he; bank director?'-
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Science has retired the pill. A to0thsome
fragrant, medicated tablet fills the need of the
nour-Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Druggists,
Toe, 25c, SOC.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11

Probably no one ever mourned for
the dead in a manner satisfactory to
all his friends.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-08-11
TOADSTOOLS KILL THREE

Chicago.-Three persons are dead in
the home of ]. A. Norris, near Harvey,
ILL.,, the result of eating toadstools,
which they mistook for mushrooms.
The dead are:
MRS. EDITH NORRIS.
MAUD NORRIS.
THOMAS NORRIS.
Thomas Norris, 10 years old, I'M
doubtedly saved those yet alive Half
clad and suffering with pain that al
most crazed him, he rode barebackAto
Homewood three miles away, and fell
exhausted as he reached the Norris
house, in time to save four of the
seven who ate the deadly toadstools.