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A Maryland Snake Story.

The latest authentic snake story 1s
from North Glenwood farm, near Eas-
to1,.one Of the country places in Talbot
County, Md. The other day a big
blacksnake was seen emerging from
m ice pond. 1t was killed. A pro-
tuberance was noticed about the mid
die. The snake was chopped In two,
and a porcelain turkey nest egg rolled
out. Captain Noble Robinson was
tenant on the farm last year. Mrs.
Robinson raised turkeys, using china
nest eggs in their nests. She says
that fourteen months ago she missed
the nest egg from a nest near the ice
pond. She supposed a boy who had
the range Of the meadow had taken
it. When the egg from the snake was
shown to Mrs. Robinson she identified
it as one she had lost by a certain
incised mark upon it. The snake had
carried the china egg fourteen months
in his vcrmiform appendix, apparently
without having appendicitis. But he
must have thought very hard Of it,
and that it was very singular that it
could not be digested.
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Our Adopted IsIands.

Governor Dole, of Hawaii, has de-
cided that subjects Of foreign Powers
cannot hold office under; the govern
ment Of the Territory of Hawaii.
i Governor General Wood, Of Cuba,
has appointed a commission of eleven
to manage and superintend all State
charities At present over $14,0oO,-.
600 Is Invested in State charities. .
During the past week 100 Fllipinos
were killed on the Island Of Luzon
and eleven Americans lost their lives.
The new charter of the city Of Ha-
vana will give greatly increased pow
ers to the recently elected officials.
1t is improbable that any special
session of the Hawaiian Territorial
Legislature will be held.
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Foreign.


General Lord William Seymour
commanding the forces in British
North America, left Halifax, \. 81
for England, going via New Yort
City.
Carthagena, Colombia, is not only iH
the throes of revolution, but of starv4
ton.
The panic among the Chinese in ting
Southern provinces of the empire y
completely stopping trade. Most q
the native cotton mills are closed.
Another. revolution is impending ID
Venezuela, headed by DR.. Pietrie.
The French Senate and Chamber
of Deputies voted credit of $5.0OO,O00
additional for the crisis in China. =
Six hundred Afridis made sudden
night descent OH two hundred Afghanss
who were engaged in building Il fort
near Dacca, and killed a number of
them.
The steamer Alameda has sailed
from Sydney, n. S. W., with $2,50O,CUo
in gold for San Francisco, Cal.
P:"is gave the Boer ENJOYS Il warm
greeting on their return from their
American visit.
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson,
Governor of tho Gold Coast. announces
his safe arrival at Akwebusu.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies
has approved the commercial agree
ment between Italy and the United
States.
General Dodds, hero of the Eahomcy
campaign, will head the French eX-
pedition to China.
The London Times's Lorenzo Mar
ques correspondent says that former
President Stcyn and General De Wit
are the only obstacles to the termina-
tion of the war in South Africa.
General lamont was removed from
his post as InspectOr-General Of the
French army for criticising the action
of the Minister of War.
President Kruger, Of the South Af-
rican Republic. has moved his head
quarters to Nelspruit, on the Delagoa
;Bgy Railway.
&tim, in Paris has increased since
LII exposition opened, murders being
sdRfty occurrences.
LIS officially announced that Gen.
Lord Methuen has. captured An
ds5ss Wessels, the head Of the Afri-
kander Bund.
The first Canadians returning from
the &Boer war report that out of 130U
men 500 were stricken with cnteric
fever.
General Roberts, in order to check
TN operations of Boer spies. requires
that ever male more than sixteen
years of age shall be registered, and
Shall carry peinit.
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THE COUNTRY WILL OUTLINE THE
TOWN..

Come to the woods. forget TIE street
Where tratics noisy wheels are heard,
And with those soul inspirers meet
The murmurlng pine and singing bird.
Let US forget the lines of care
That on our faces deeply press,
And b-eathe awhile the perfect air
That longs to make our troubles less.
What means this endless toll and strif-'
The wish to seek and win and hold?
There is IA better, grander life
Outside OF titles and OF gold.
Tho men may study to deceive,
And to their aid call every art
Great Nature loves alone to weave
Her truths around the trusting heart.
When piles of ick in ruins lie.
And wealth and power are both laid low;
In valley sweet. on hilltop high,
The grass, the flowers, the trees will
grow.
Men may tear down the forest fair
TO build themselves feeting crown;
But meath great Natures fostering care
The country will outlive the'toBn.
When our weak hands shall cease to strive,
And from our grasp all power has past,
Nature. her heart with love alive,
Will take MS to herself at last.
Thomas F. Porter, in the Boston Globe.
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The Paris Ghost Mystery.

The Paris "ghost mystery" in which
a whole neighborhood is disturbed
nightly by the cries of child for help
remains as impenetrable as ever.
There is absolutely no doubt as to
the reality of the cries. The Chief OF
Police has listened in the vicinity Of
the haunted house." and has heard
them himself. The house from which
the cries appear to come has, however,
been thoroughly searched, with no re-
suit.
The police are now inclined to believe
that the cries are a practical joke on
the part of q very clever ventrlloquist.
He must be very persevering, though,
as the sensation is now several weeks
old.-Paris correspondence in New
York Times.
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Domestic.

A pet robin gave the alarm when
burglars entered the house Of Walter
Sigler, at NIillerton, N. Y, frightening
them off. r
T. B. Cossit, founder of La Grange,
Ill.,. committed suicide by shooting.
He was eighty years old and was de-
spondcnt from long illness.
Seven persons were injured in q
collision Of three trolley cars in New
City.
will not be separated long," said
Lawyer Jacob C. Meinzer beside his
wife's new-made grave recently, and
his body was found in Brooklyn, N.
Y, where he had taken poison.
Francis Truth, who advertised him
self as a divine healer, appeared in
the United States Circuit Court at
Boston, pleaded guilty and was fined
$500, which he paid.
George ]. Scnweiafurth, claimed by
his followers to be the true Messiah,
has rcnounced the faith and announced
that he will leave .--e heaven" at
Rockford, ILL.,, at once.
Lightning shattered the foremast Of
the United States collier Caesar, at
Norfolk, Va.
When it was discovered that Post
master James Bell, Of Gainesville,
Fla, was $1400 short in his accounts,
he died from grief.
BY tile sinking of 4 skiff on Lake
Charles, La, Mrs. Amanda Johnson
and her son and daughter were
drowned.
A locomotive struck pleasure car
riage at Florida Ind, killing Noah
Blickcnstaff and three Of his children.
While trying to keep her four-year-
old stepson from screaming after she
had beaten him. Mrs. Rachel Miller
choked the child to death, at st. Johns,
Ohio.
To escape detectives Of ten cities,
who had all but run him down, Her.
mann Kurth, accused Of swindling,
committed suicide at st. Paul, MINI.
General Randall, on his arrival in
Alaska, is expected to clear squatters
off Government land at Sin Rock. !
Six masked burglars wounded thei
engineer of the Cold Spring Brewery
Lawrence, Mass, cracked the safe andl
escaped with $500.
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The
Pizskhal11
Record

IS a proud and peerless
record. If is a record OF
cure, of constant COM
quest over obstinate Ills
Of women; Ills that deal
out despaisy suffering
that many women think
Is woss,an's natural heri-
fages disorders and DIS
placements that drive out
hope.
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A Bequest to Francis Joseph.

Among the many bequests which
have fallen to the lot of the Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria is hotel at
Brunn, left him by the proprietor sew
eral years ago. 1t was valuable
property. The Emperor accepted the
bequest, although he did not employ it
for his own benefit, but sold it for an
enormous sum, which he gave to
chilG's hospital.
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Why Women Get Along Together.

Women always can get along to-
gether, because, if they haven't any
thing else in common. they can always
compare their neighbors.-New York
Press.
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Fish in n Hospital.

Fish have their troubles, and there
are hospital tanks to which unfortu-
nate specimens are relcgated. Bob"
IN Aquarium goldfish, has lost his
tail, but his social standing and his ap-
petite still remain, despite his fore,
shortened aspect. A catfshs scaught i'll
the Hackensack Meadows has turned
completely white. He is a4Teak. of
nature, and will not asseeiAte With
others of his kind. Perhaps tie big
sest brock trout In captivity is 1.-The
collection. but fungi attacked him and
he was pumped into saltwater pool.
where he is slowly aregaining his
strength in an element fatal to the fun.
Gus. This specimen is2Ebout the only
inland ilsh that can live for more than
nisSGlrSs in salt water. A curious
His seen in the striped bass.
S11e is transparent yell
Ie scenes in the
er Of rude wood
Glens which have
put out OF COM
+ail and Express.
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Admiral Dewey's wife has bought
Big Fish Island, not far from Halifax,
N. S., and will build q summer resi-
dence there.
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Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating. aching feet, ingrowing nails,
corns and bunious. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Silk worms, in Flammarion's expert
ments, have attained their maximum
production in white, red and blue light
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

London has 1864 policemen, or
nineteen to the square mile. Sixty
per cent. of them are on night duty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

It's the man with an elastic conscience
who stretches the truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

, A telegram may be paid for in advance
hut nevertheless it goes on tick.
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What Shall We Have For Dessert
This question arises in the family daily. Let
Us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, delicious
and healthful dessert. Prepared In min. No
boiling! no baking! Simply add little hot
water & set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange,
Raspberry and Strawberry. At grocers. 10c.
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Conductor E. D. Loomis, Detroit Mich,
SAYS: "Thc effect of Halls Catarrn Cure. is
wonderful" Write him about it. Sold by
Druggists T5t
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Jell.C. the Now Dessert

Jell.O, the Now DesserI
Pleases all the family. Four favors:-
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and dStrawberry.
At your grocers. 10 cts.
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Russian soldiers are supplied with
handkerchiefs at the expense of the Gov
arnrne.1t
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Don't drink too much water when cy-
cling. Adams Pepsin Tuttl Frutti is an
excellent substitute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

A tree is always rooted to the spot, and
vet it leaves every spring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

Even the man with thin voice may in.
dulge in heavy conversation.
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To Cure . Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BHoAo QuININs TABLrTs- AL
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure.
6. W. GnovI's signature Is on eack po3. &c
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Carter's Ink Is Used by tho

Some men are too busy making money
to find time to spend it.
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Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
o. ESDsLEY, vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900
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The Best Prescription for Chilb
and Fey.r 4, a bottle Of GROVES TAsTILsss
CHILL ToN1c It is simply iron and qulnlne IN
A taatalsaa form. No cure-no pay. erice oVo.
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Modesty is sometimes only another
name for deceit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

A man may make his mark in the world
without making it dollar mark.
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greatest railway systems OF the United States,
They would not use it il it wasn't the best.
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The undertsEsr never requires rehear'
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MISUNDERSTANDING Syrup for children
teethfng, softens the gums, reduces inhamms-
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie. 2oc.a bottlI
The sulphur mines of Sicily yield over
100000 tons year. sssss
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lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
FEAST FOR WHEELMEN
MILWAUKEE'S NATIONAL l.. A. w.
MEET WILL BE A GRAND AFFAIR.
Races VIII BE Conducted IndOors-Vis-
itOrs Will Be Treated to Many
Novel Amusements.

The entertainment programme for the
national meet of the League of American
Wheemen, which will be held in Milwau-
kee July 10 to Is. and which will be one of
the features of the meet has been COM
pleted. The details, of course, have not
been given out for publication, but an out
line of the general events has been ar
ranged and folders containing the pro-
gramme will be issued in few days.
The opening day, Tuesday July 10. will
mark the opening of headquarters at the
St. Charles Hotel. AS soon as this is ac-
complished the various committees will be-
gin the task of issuing badges and SOU
venirs, register the wheelmen and make as
signments to the hotels. The day. accord
ing to present plans, will close with recep-
tons at the various clubs and concerts at
the several parks.
On Wednesday, July IL, II. L. Marshall
will conduct runs to Lake Park, which
overlookS the blue waters of Lake Mich
igan: to Mitchell Park. where a 100000 con-
servatory was recently erected, and to
South Park, where there is a lily pond of
nearly mile in diameter. Short runs to
the neighboring towns will also be made
In the afternoon there will be multicycle
race on Grand avenue, which has been ar
ranged by "Wallie" Sanger, the former
champion, r. Il. Anurde and +. e. Cramer.
The schooner" excursions on Lake Mich
igan will be held in the evening. Ac-
cording 10 present plans, large
lumber carrying vessel will be transformed
into palm garden" and visitors will be
given a ride which they are not apt TO for
get. The vessel will practically be set adrift
and when the proper time comes, if ever
a tug will be sent after it.
The annual smoker will be the feature
of the third day, excepting. of course. the
races, which will be held every evening at
the exposition building. On Friday, July
-. there will be a picnic at North Mil
waukee, at which a. d. Meiselbach will
be the host. There will be an outing at
Whitefish bay for the ladies, and several
runs. Good roads day will be celebrated
on Saturday, July IA. with exhibitions of
road building. The meet will close with
Sunday evening races.
The following is an outline of the gen.
eral events as arranged thus far and addi-
tional features will be included before
everything irf9 he line of entertainment is
completed:
Tuesday, July TO-
Opening at headquarters in ST. Charles
Hotel
Registration of visiting wheelmen.
Issuing of badges and souvenirs.
Assignment to hotels.
Special trips about the city.
Receptions and concerts at clubs
Wednesday, July H.
Runs TO parks and neighboring towns
Multicycle race down Grand avenue
Schooner excursion on Lake Michigan.
Thursday, July H.
Runs.
Boat ride on lake.
Evening races at exposition.
Annual smoker"
Friday, July 3D.
Runs
Picnic at North milwaukee,
Ladies' outing at Whitefsh bay
Evening races at exposition.
Saturday, July A.
Runs
Good roads day.
Evening races at exposition.
Sunday July Is
Evening races at exposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

TAKES THE NORRIS PARK 100000
NATIONAL STALLION STAKES.
Race Il Run I'm a Cold, Driving Rain,
with Track Ankle Deep in Mud
Close at Louisville.

NEW YORK, May ia cold, driving
rain and a track ankle deep in mud made
the conditions for the running of the $4,000
National Stallion stakes most unfavorable
at Norris Park to-day. Only a small
crowd, in comparison to the expected
throng. braved the discomforts of a jour
ney to the track. Bonnibert, the property
of S. Fleichmann's Son, won the rich stake.
II was run the third race. and nine high
class youngsters faced the starter. Of the
original nine announced Barretto and Elk
horn were scratched, but Green B. Morris
added Golden Age and r. Walden e. Sons
Educate. Bonnibert closed slight favor
tie, at II to g. over Bellairo and the Nor
ris stable, which were quoted at to 1
each. Every horse in the race had a fol-
lowing, however. Telamont being backed
down from 20 to II to /. They were sent off
on the first break to good start, with
Telamont first. AS they reached the half
Bonnibert rushed to the front. All through
the last sixteenth it was stirring strug-
gle, but as they neared the wire Bonnibert
drew further away and won cleverly by
length and a half. Belario had again
rushed up into second place and in hard
drive finished second, head before Golden
Age, third. Kenilworth, the stable COM
panion of the latter, fourth. AS the
horses came back to the stand to allow the
Jockeys to weigh in it was found that Bel
lario had broken down. McCue. his jockey,
says that he seemed to slip as they came
out of the dip and his off fore ankle was
badly wrenched
The other stake features were the Ladies'
and the International steeplechase. Oneck
Queen, the second choice. won the first cas-
lily and Vanship the steeplechase. Dare All
fell at the water jump. but the jockey es-
capped unhurt. Summarizes:
First Race-Seven furlongS; selling. King
Bramble, 103 (O'Connor). to l and to 5,
won; Native, 107 SHAW, II to and to
10, second: Brusquerie. SO Galley, 8 to /
and to 2, third Time. 1:322.
Second-Five furlongs. All Green, 10
(Clawson). IL to 10 and to 5, won; F'lara.
107 (O'Connor), 3 to 1 and to s. second;
Dandy Boy. ITO (Hayden). to l and to 5,
third. Time. 1:02H.
Third-NatiOnal stallion stake; five fur
longs. Bonnibert. 122 turner. IL to and
even, won: Bellario, 112 (McCue), 8 to and
to 5. second; Golden Age, 10 (AIitchelD,
4 to l and to 5. third. Time. 1:00%.
Fourth-The Ladies'; one mile. Oneck
Queen, III CMaher), to and to 5, won
by two lengths; Indian Fairy, 121 (OCon-
nor, TO 10 and out, second: Motley, 121
(Hamilton), to l and even, third. Time,
1887.
Fifth-One mile. King Barleycorn, 122
(Turner), to 10 and out, won Brisk, 1O3
(McCue). 8 to / and Z to 10. second; Maxine
Gomez, 113 (MitchelD, to 1 and to 5.
Sixth-International steeple chase, about
2ls miles. Varship. 162 (Maru. to 1 and to
l, won; Ronkonkoma, 1S2 Donohue), 10 to
l and 4 10 l. second; Mars Chan, 1877
Heides), IL to 1 and to 1, third. Time
5:0i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

Kentucky Stock Farm Purse for Foals
of 1900 to TrOt i'm 1903

LEXINGTON, KY, May 19-The closing
of the Kentucky Stock Farm purse for
foals 1900, to trot in 1903. received for it's
sixth renewal 5S5 entries, the largest num-
Der in its history. Thirty-one States and
Canada contributed entries. Of the nomi-
mated mares sixty-seven have records of
2:20 or better and thirty-five of 2:15 or bet
ter. The following have records better than
2:10: Nancy Hanks, 2:04; Lady Nottingham,
2:06%; Aileen. 2:074; Vera Capel 2:071l :
Grace Hastings, 20S; Rachael, 2:0S; Red
Silk, 2:10. The eligibles to this stake repre-
sent 204 leading sires.
Purse Manager Kenney said the Indus
try has been favored with a quartet of
liberal futurities this season. and all four
literally patronized. The 81 entrance to the
$4,000 stake offered by the Hartford man.
agement was so unique that the Charter
Oak Park track broke all records in future
stakes. The historic Kentucky futurity,
with a guaranteed value of $40, 900, which
closed March Is, received over 200 more en-
tries than ever before The increase of en-
tries for the Stock Farm purse is 60 per
cent. over last year. The last of these
great offerings for this years foals was
presented in a $4,000 event by the Terre
Haute Trotting Association. Two hundred
and seventy-five nominations were re-
ceived. The earning capacity of the three
year-olds in 1908 will approximate $50, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

while our life varies little, and the weeks
slip by. marked by the dividing Sunday
holiday.
After rather a slack interval the bonn
bardment has been resumed with vigor. and
the old monster gun, which has now fired
about 1900 shells and must be getting
rather tired, has cruised right round the
town and doomed destruction at us from
no less than five different points Of van
tage.
lowing to the present perfected bomb
proof accommodation. casualties TO life
have been certainly less frequent from shell
fire, although heavier from rife shots. A
small proportion Of these 100-pounder shells
do not burst, and TO possess these gives rise
to great competition, as they fetch about
f6 sterling In town.
I'm spite Of the most stringent military
orders against unloading these awful
bombs, and the strictest inJunctions 20 bury
same Immediately, till such time as they
can be attended to by experts. no less than
three men have come TO a dreadful death
on three separate occasions by undertaking
this forbidden task. being absolutely blown
into tiny fragments 10y the shell igniting
while they were poking inside IL with some
steel instrument; and not only have they
killed themselves. but caused the death
more than Gnce OF some unsuspecting foot
passenger many yards away. II would seem
that the terrors of the Smelling were not
enough for these foolhardy persons. who
certainly paid for their temerity by their
lives"