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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
NOT FOOLED BY Sailing.
The OId-FnshiOned Method of SWIM
ding in Mine Sales Is Now
of No Avail.

The scientific prospector of to-day
goes armed with accurate knowledge
which enables him to ascertain the
relative value of mines. To him the old
fashioned deception of Sailing mines
has no terrors. 1t is impossible for a
person TO salt mine to-day so that the
expert mining engineer. who is chem
ist and an assayer as well. is deceived
into reporting the mine to be worth
more than its actual value. The early
trick of the mine salterS was simply to
mix little gold dust and small pieces
of unrefined gold in the dirt. SO that
upon superficial examination It would
seem as if rich vein had been struck.
few swindling cases like this served
to put the prospectors on their guard
and they demanded to see and test more
of the dirt than that found on the sur
face. Then followed the more exact
ing method of sailing the mine by lon1
ing shotgun with fakes and small
pieces of god and shooting them into
the vein of ore. For awhile this sue
ceeded very well with the placer
miners, who would very often purchase
a sailed mine for large sum and dis.
cover the swindle a few days after the
men who had perpetrated the fraud had
escaped, says Truth.
The modern mining expert would
smile at such simple sailing method
to-day and the fraud would be detect
ed in short time. But mne-salting .
methods have improved with the skill
of the experts and the engineer sent
out to examine a mine in the interests
of capitalists must be on the lookout
for frauds. There are men who can
salt mines with remarkable skill
and accuracy and. deceive any but the
most careful. The expert salt miners
have two good tricks which they some
times work off on the unwarv. One is
to whitewash the sides and faces of the
rock in a solution of auric chloride.
which, when the chloride of gold is
Try, is hard to detect from the genuine
deposits of the precious metals. The
xpert engineer to-day usually takes
amples of the rock or dirt from vari-
nus parts of the mines. seals them in
mall bags and personally ships them
III to some trusted assayer. With NV
'odermic syringe loaded with a solu-
ion of chloride of gold enough of the
recious metal can be injected into the
ags when the experts back is turned ;
or few moments TO raise the sam A,
lie dirt to an apparently enormous
alue. I
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW,
1t Is Great Distance from Those
Primeval Maids to the
Sewing Circle,

The skill of the Zulu of South At.
RIGA in sewing fur is household word
in South Africa, and some of the 9th.
er tribes compete with them. The
needle employed is widely different
from that used by the ordinary
needlewoman. In the first place, it
has no eye; in the second, it is like a
skewer, pointed at one end and thick
at the other, says Stray Stories.
The thread is not of cotton, but is
made of the sinews of various animals,
the best being made from the sinews
in the neck of giraffe. 1t is stiff
inelastic, with great tendency to
"kink" and tangle itself up with any
thing near it. Before being used it
is STEPPED in hot water until it is
quite soft, and is then beaten between
two smooth stones, which causes it to-
separate into filaments, which can
thus be obtained of any strength and
thickness. Thus the seamstress has
considerable amount of labor before
she commences with the real work in
hand.
Finally she squats on the ground
for no native stands to work or do |
anything else who can possibly help
it), and, taking her needle, bores two
holes in the. edges of the rug or gar
ment on which she is working. The
thread is then pushed through with
the butt of the needle, drawn tight,
and two more holes are made with
like result, the skewer progressing
very slowly compared with an Eng
lish needlewoman, but fast enough for
a country where time is of no value
whatever.
The skin upon which the seamstress
Is working is dampened with water
before she commences, and as the
damp thread and hide dry out it
brings the work very closely together.
This is carefully attended to, and the
work is not allowed to get dry until
finished, when the seamstress lays it
Hat upon the ground, pulling it this
way and that, and mixing and arrang-
ng the hair for several hours, until,
he skin being generally dry, it is i'm.
possible to find the joint or hem with
he naked eye.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
The Chipese situ.t,on

The cause for the present Chinese entan.
clements is not religious differences, but the
ABUSE OF the Chinese immigrants by the for
eign powers. Another great revolution comes
from the abuse of the stomach. Overtaxed
digestion produces constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and fatulency. Hostetters Stom
ach Bltters is the best medicine to take, 1t
Will restore a healthy tone to the entire sys-
TEN, and thus prevent nervousness, sleep
!essness or dependency. Don't fail to give
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
Explanation of Gossamer Threads.

EApuhhuOn OF OOssamer Threads,
The silken threads that cover the
bushes in the autumn. cling to our
clothes and faces and simmer in the
sun are spun by the running spiders.
They crawl to the top of a bush or
fence, place all their feet in a bunch.
with the head held down and the
hinder part of the body up, and then
exude from the spinning apparatus at
the tip of the abdomen a thread or
brushlike cluster of threads which is
caught by the breeze and floats out
as it lengthens, until finally it has
buoyancy enough to carry the spider
away aloft out of sight or drift him
across the country until he strikes
some foothold and stops. Then he
may simply rest and soon fly again.
or cut loose and let his thread float
wherever the wind will carry 1t. 9th
er spiders draw out a thread behind
them as they walk along, or let them
selves down by a line from the
branches of trees. and these cables |
are what we call gossamer.-Little
Chronicle.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
Made Her Hnir Curl.

"Since marriage I have had no need of
curling irons" said Mrs. De Tanques
But still your hair is perfectly dressed.
What's the reason"
We'll, when you've got husband You'll
find that he can come home at any old hour
in the morning with an excuse that would
make your hair curl kansas City Star.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
Best for the Bowels,

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start, getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine. mt
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c. &C.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

1t requires no experience to dye with
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling
your goods in the dye is all that's necessary.
Sold by all druggists
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
Very Low Eates to the North West via the
Missouri Pacific Railway.
81. Louis
To

DV' 11OuIS VH6 ItUIHU
to Way. Trip.
Anaconda, Butte Helene, Gar
rison and intermediate points. $500 81. 90
Spokane, Tacoma Seattle, Port
land, Vancouver, Victoria and
intermedite points. ...,......... $1,000 5000
Tickets on sale every Tuesday up to and
including November %. For further infor-
nation see your City Ticket Agent, or write
any Missouri Pacific representative, or H.
C.TowNsESD, g. P. & T. Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
After kissing Her Good-By,

. Alice-She says she married him because
he was different from the other men she
knew.
Maude-He must have proposed to her.
Town Topics.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

l do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
10, 1900.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

Qualified Praise-Brown-"Do you be-
lieve in sea bathing?" Robinson-"Oh, yes,
l think SO. Many people have been known
to survive it."-Town Topics.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

Tacklet on-'l'm glad your yacht beat
Bragman's. He was blowing SO much be.
fore. the race. It's your turn now. He
laughs best who laughs last" Mainsel-
Yes, but say, rather; He laughs best who
tufts first philadelphia Press.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

An Atchson young man is called lilly"
by his acquantances, because he tolls net.
--Atchison Globe.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
The Rest Presentation for Chill,

and Fever is u bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TOXIC It's simply iron and qunine in
atasteiess form No cure no nav. Price SOC
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

Many Lines There.-Tellet-"To be sue
cessful in business a man must confne him
self to one line" Askit-"What if he is a
pamist ?'-Baltimor American.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

Don't drink too much water when cycling.
Adams Tutti Frutti is an excellent subSti-
tute.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

Stoughton-'Dd you have a good time
at the banquet last night" Manhattan
splendid. | drank myself into insensibil-
ity before the speaking began. Boston
Transcript.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

He-A friend of mine, Just returned from
Lapland, tells me the people there depend
largely on the reindeer.
She-Do they? thought it was the snow,
love A moment later She was in lapland.
-Philadelphia Press,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16

"Then how do you know she doesn't"
81 watched a French walters face the
other day when she was talking to hun, and
I'll be banned if ne didn't look as if he had
the toothache. '-Detroit Free Press.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-16
The Seminary Kind.

Johnson-Does your wife speak French!
Thompson-She thinks she does.
You don't speak it, do you?"
People's voice., 1900-10-04
HUMOROUS.

Wife-"It takes two to make a quar-
rel" Husband-''True, my dear.
Where there's a will there's always Q
won't, t,"-Chicago Daily News.
If man is engaged to a girl and
she elopes with another man. the
party of the first part is saved from
getting a mighty poor wife.-Chicago
Daily News.
Muriel-"Your brother proposed to
me during the service in church last
Sunday" Zoe-"You mustn't mind
him. He often talks in his Sleep
The Smart Set.
Learn to be a worker. Every mans
success is founded on hard work,
backed by honesty, a little common
sense and good deal OF taste.-Atch-
lson Globe.
What" exclaimed the orator.
"What two things are helping man
Slno 10 get up IN the world|' The
alarm clock and the stepladder," an
swered the dense person in the rear
Of the hall.-Baltimore American.
The Cruel Man.-Daggs-"I think
Miss Hinote's vocal solos sound better
when one is some distance off," Wages
-"Undoubtedly-now the farther
away from her can get the better
enjoy her singing."-0hio State Jour-
nal.
He Was Geneyous.-When the queen,
during stay IN Scotland, visited the
Tay bridge, one feature of the at.
tendant ceremony was the presenta.
tion OF beautiful basket of flowers.
The queen smiled as she took it, but
Dundee was not yet satisfied that Il
had done all in its power. The pro-
vost stepped forward with low bow.
"And, your majesty" said he, you
need not return the basket. london
Outlook.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
WOMEN'S PAY IN RUSSIA.
Those Who Work for q Living Get
Small Remuneration for Their
Services.

"Can women practice law in Russia"
The question was asked Of Miss Alice
Serber, the woman lawyer, by writer
in Success. Miss Serber replied:
20, no! the great majority of the
men of my native land would be hor-
rifed at the idea. The women of Rus
sia who desire or are forced to work
for their living can become dressmakers
at dollar and half to two dollars a
week; they can be school teachers at
a little more. None Of the professions
is open to them, except medicine. and
for this they must have certain high
status in society, and must have large
means to defray the great expenses Of
the women's course at the university.
There is a considerable number Of
women doctors in Russia, but most Of
them studied and obtained their diplo-
mas in Switzerland, where the atti-
tude toward ambitious women is much
more liberal than in the domains Of
the car. A woman servant in Russia
is doing well to receive $40 a year for
her services. The wives and daughters
of the peasants work harder than the
men. They bear nearly an equal share
in the labor of the fields, and in ad.
dition have all their household duties
to attend to-"
People's voice., 1900-10-04
J.. A-l'S ARMY AND NAVY.
,="tat Military Progress of These
People Exceeds That of
other Nations.

since her war with China, Japan has
made more progress as a military and
naval power than almost any other
nation in the world. OF the Ss2,500,-
COO war indemnity she received from
China she has spent 100000 on her
army and more than S5O,OOO,O0O on her
navy. At the beginning of that war
Japan's army on peace footing con-
sisted of $1,000 officers and men. This
has since been increased to $4,000 on
peace footing and $4,000 on a war
footing, relates the Little Chronicle.
Since the war with China she has
added four frst-class battleships,
six first-class cruisers and large fo-
tilla of torpedo boats. Besides these
she has nine second-class cruisers,
five third-elass cruisers, ten coast de-
fense vessels, two first-class and IS
second-class gunboats, four dispatch
boats and a torpedo depot ship. The
japanese navy is now larger than the
Russian navy. The naval and mill
tary officers are as carefully trained
as those of European nations. Jap
anese naval students are to be found
at Annapolis, in this country, and in
all the best naval schools of Europe.
Her new warships are among the best
that float. Two Of the new battle
ships are exact copies of the great
English battleship the Royal Sover-
eign, and our own cruiser Charleston
was modelled after the japanese cruis'
er Naniwa.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
CLEOPATRA USED COSMETICS.
The Worlds Most Beautiful Woman
Used Artificial Aids to
COmeliness.

When Cleopatra made captive the
aeart of Mark Anthony. the victor OF
Philippi, she was "a years old. At this
ace women of the orient begin TO show
lsigns of a decline of their physical
charms. The fact that the star-eyed
/ Egyptian was then in the height OF her
! beauty warrants the assertion that she
wisely used whatever cosmetic art was
known at that time to improve her per-
sonal appearance. And even if she had
not employed the salyes, etc, there is
certainly one thing she would not have
failed to DO. and that is to darken her
eyebrows. All the women of the orient
darken their eyebrows and eyelashes
to-day. Just the same as they did thou
sands of years ago. Proof of this was
found in the graves which contained
not exactly eyebrow pencils, but tiny
boxes filed with black paste and small
wooden implements for applying the
same. This was used not alone by the
women, but by the men also, says a
London exchange.
Even manicuring was known in those
ancient days, because we are told by
the best authorities that Paris had
most shining nails and Garkened both
~. o,-o1o~lr- CyJ ~
1t would be an easy matter to ridi-
cule all the various ingredients of these
slaves, but it would be injustice to do
so, because some of them have been
used ever since through all these CEN
turtles and have thoroughly proven
their efficacy.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
THE LOVE OF EXCELLENCE.
Sense of Things Well Done Has a
Salutary Influence on
Character.

There is great satisfaction in doing
things just right, writes 0rison S. Mar,
den in Success. 1t is perpetual tonic
to feel each night that you have not
been slurring things during the day
that you have done everything you at.
tempted just as well as it could be
done. This sense of completeness, Of
things well done, has a most salutary
Influence in strengthening the charac.
ter, and bringing all the faculties into
harmony, in qualifying US for better
and higher work.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
ODD EFFECTS OF CARGOES.
Bufferings Caused to Sailors at Sea
by Coffee, Sugar and Pine
Lumber.

1t was in one of the little river front
eating houses in Brooklyn frequenteo
by sailors from the coasters which are
loading or unloading. A big, powerful
sailor, who looked as if he had never
in his life known what it was to be
sick for Cay, entered and took chair
opposite a bngshoreman who had al.
ready ordered and was waiting for his
dinner As the sailor was looking over
the bill Of fare with that critical and
hesitant eye that characterizes Jack
ashore from long voyage with a dis
eliminating sea appetite upon him, the
waiter brought in a cup of steaming
coffee and set it down before the long
shoreman. As the odbr of it reached
the sailors nostrils he bent upon the
cup gaze of concentrated disgust and
hatred. Then he turned deadly pale,
rose from his seat and staggered to-
ward the door, relates the New York
Sun.
Been drinkin' a little too much for
your tonnage, mate?" asked the pro-
prietor, helping him to the door.
Haven't had drop to-day" said
the man. ITS that coffee"
Whats the matter with the coffee?"
asked the proprietor, angrily. There
amt any better coffee than that on
the river front"
That's all right" replied the sail.
or, with an effort, "but l just got in
off coffee ship this morning.
"0h," said the proprietor, compre.
hendingly. "If that's the case III fix
you off in the corner where you'll be
all right"
A table was set for him far from the
others, and there he ate his dinner in
apparent peace. Now there was in the
eating house a landsman of an inquir.
Ing turn of mind who ftiled to under
stand the wherefore of all this, so he
questioned the proprietor, who has
been long on the river front and is him.
self graduate from before the mast
and has sailed in many waters of the
world.
Nothing queer about that" he said,
in response to the lanGsman's oues-
ton. Hes been out on coffee ship,
that's all. He won't want to see or
smell coffee for weeks, let alone taste
It."
do they feed them nothing but cof-
fee on the coffee ships?' asked the
landsman. in the innocence of his soul.
.Feed 'em? 'Tisn't the feed. It's the
smell that knocks EN- For week or
ten days il isn't bad; in fact. it's ra ther
q pleasant smell, ttat of the green
berry, but after that it begins to get
on your mind, In damp weather il
It's a long voyage it's something ter
rible. I've seen = whole ships crew
In dead calm over the rails, just get
ting breath enough TO swear between
times. If anybody had been going by
they'd have thought there was a Slip
full of lubbers getting the worst of the
ground swell. By and by breeze came
up and didn't take any orders from
the captain TO get us astern and to
windward of our cargo in two seconds
But We hardly had strength enough
to work that ship the rSst of the voy-
age home and if we'd struck another
calm spell l reckon we'd have all
dropped overheard from pure dis
gust"
People's voice., 1900-10-04
Generally Other PeopIe's,

Many people express opinions, hut
lew form them.-Chicago Daily News.
Jim MCCullOch was up from Cald.
well last week. He says that Mt
and Mrs. Chas. Anderson, survivor,
Of t1e Galveston storm, are at the
home of Mrs. AndersOn's father, DR..
Noble, at Caldwell. "Buck" Ander-
son and his children are at Renfrow
OF. They are destitute. The re-
port that Buck" Anderson and fam
lily were drowned was started by a
telegramreceived by DR.. Noble from
his daughter, asking him to send twC
tickets for herself and husband
Caldwell people naturally supposed
that the rest Of the AdderSOns had
been lost.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
Mean Human Nature.

"Jones always wants his vacation the
last man in the Office
whats that for?"
"He gets keen relish out of the fact
hat We are all working with nothing
10 look forward to while he is joyously
Sl4."1Detroit Free Press.
People's voice., 1900-10-04

harley Anderson, who recently
arrived from Galveston, tells many
pathetic incidents Of the food of
which he was an eye witness. One
was Of woman who was fOnnd dead
holding an infant, which was found
tobealiye, in her hands. The poor
mothers instinct, as shown in her
attitude, was to hold her babe above
the waters to save It's life. 1t was the
mothers love dominating in the awful
catastrophe Of food and death. A
man who had lost his entire family
came along and when he saw the babe
alive he begged for it and his request
was granted. The whole incident is
doubtless one of the most touching
recorded in histOry.-Caldwell Ad-
vance.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
CONSUMPTION

is, by no means, the dreadful
disease it is thought to be
in the beginning.
1t can always be stopped
in the beginning. The trouble
is: you don't know you've got
it; you don't believe it; you
won't believe it till you are
forced to. Then it is danger
Gus.
Don't be afraid; but attend
to itquick-you can do ityour-
self and at home.
Take SCOTS Emulsion Of
Cod Liver Oil, and live care.
fully every way.
This is sound doctrine.
whatever you may think OF
be told; and, if needed, will
save life.
If you have not tried it. send for
free sample, its agreeable taste will
surprise you.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists,
4OS Pearl Street, New York.
soc. and Sl.OO; all druggists.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
TAKE THE
Missouri Pacific R'l'y
From Kansas City to
St. Louis and the East
Elegant Service, Low Rates
For further inform alton address
]. II. LYON,
Western Passenger Agent, Kansas City. Mo

Just forty-eight hours is sufficient
time to cure bad cold when you take
Krause's Cold Cure. 1t will net nau.
seate the stomach or eonstipate the
bowels and is pleasant and safe to
take. Costs 25 cts Sold by H.F.
Smith, Druggist.
OFor sprains, swellings and lameness
there is nothing so good as Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. Try it.' For sale by
all druggists.
People's voice., 1900-10-04
Administrators Notice.
STATE OF KANSAS, |

STATE Or KANSAS, &C
SUMNER COUNTY.
In the Probate Court in and for said county:
In the matter Of the estate of Thos. V. Og-
den. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters OF ad.
ministration have been granted TO the under
signed OF the estate OF Thos. V. Ogden.
late Of said county, deceased. by the honora-
bic, the probate court Of the county and state
aforesaid. dated the
1st day of September AID. 1900.
Now. all persons having claims against the
said estate are hereby notified that they must
present the same to the undersigned for al
lowance within one year from the date OF
said letters, or they may be preeluded from
any benefit of such estate; and that II such
claims be not exhibited within three years
after the date Of said letters thev shall be
ofrever barred. B f. OGDEN.
Administrator Of the estate of Thos. V.
Ogden. deceased.
First published in VOICE september 6 1870
People's voice., 1900-10-04
Safety of the Mails.

Out of 100000 pieces of registered
mail handled annually in the United
States, the loss has been only one.
thousandth of one per cent, and in
the transmission of ordinary letters
the loss is but seven-thousandths OF
one per cent.-Chicago Inter Ocean.