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Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
DEFIED UNCLE SAM.
Troops and Miners Clash at Topkuk
Beach.

Seattle (Wash. 1.-The Times says
the first serious trouble between the
military and the prospectors in the
North this year resulted in the arrest
of over one hundred of the miners
who went to Topkuk, about fifty miles
south of Nome city. The men had
been forced to quit work on the Top
kuk beach by the authorities several
days before, but the ground had prov
en- to be rich and they went back to
work again. Ten of the prisoners were
brought to Nome July 20, ond released
on bonds.
The clash occurred July II. About
a week before over a hundred miners
were forced to quite work along the
beach at Topkuk by soldiers that were
landed from the United States trans
port Seward. Soldiers were on duty
day and night to guard the cliff from
being torn away by the miners, who
were only too eager to get to the rich
pay streak which was already uncov-
cred for a width of several hundred
feet Under the conditions of suspen-
sion of work, the miners were allowed
to work their dumps, which were
pretty nearly completed this week.
That having been done, the miners
had consultation and decided to defy
Uncle San and return to work
The soldiers were all mustered out
on the beach and with bayonets fixed
attempted to force the men to leave,
but not a man stirred. A parley en-
sued, with the result that thirty or
forty miners submitted to arrest and
were put under guard. Others quickly
took the place of the arrested men
and were in turn themselves arrested,
until the soldiers have now more than
they can attend to.
perplexing problem now is how to
house and feed the miners. If they are
not fed, the soldiers are in danger of
being oNerpowered unt11 relieved by
the revenue cutters Or transports.
The trouble is the elimination of a
contest of the creek claimants of No.
1, of which there are two factions. One
faction claimed to have located the
tundra claim in December last, and
were suffered to be in possession. The
other faction claimed that because the
initial monument of the first faction
was set up on the beach and not on
the tundra, it was not a legal loca-
tion, and was "jumpable," which they
accordingly are alleged to have done.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
All The Comforts of Home.

Do you know of a train outside of
the Northern Pacific's new "North
Coast Limited" that is wide vestibuled
from end to end, electro lighted, pro-
vided with an observation car carried
at the rear end of the train for 1000
miles, in which ladies and gentlemen
are surrounded with all the modern
comforts CT modern civilization, i. e.
Ladies' Parlor, Writing Room. Ti'r"
Observation Platform, Gentlemen's
Smoking Room, Card Room, Toilet
Rooms, Barber Shop and Bath -
Try the "North Coast Limited" It
runs daily and no extra charge is made
for travelling on it.
A. D. Charlton, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, 255 Morrison St.,
Portland, Or.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
ATcHIsoN GLOBE LIGHTS.
comments on Everyday Matters by an
Original Genius.

comments on Everyday Matters by an
Original Genius.
You can't curse bad luck away.
Every one is bilious enough at times
to be romantic.
The bigger the time. the longer it
takes to get over it.
Dont be fond of people; it is weak
ness that will only make you trouble.
occasionally man has no other sue
cess than to illustrate what bad man.
agement can do.
II you feel that perhaps you are
something of bore, that settles it.:
you are big one.
Ii there is any one thing that looks
particularly shiftless. it is false teeth
that need cleaning.
Some people resolve to make the
world joyous by their example, and
are too good-natured.
You can't tell about marriage: the
happlest couple we ever knew. made
the worst wreck Of it.
Livery woman complains of some
nelghbor who never comes over except
Wnen she wants to borrow.
1t causes general smile when a
WIDOW expresses her intention of wear
ing her mourning veil forever.
Some women walk into a store. and,
alter looking" for a long time, buy
the Worst-looking things in stock.
There are so many rains upon picnic
parties that the times demand the in.
Ventlon of a sandwich that is water
proof.
When man admires a woman. he
! wonders that all other women are not
IKE her; it seems so easy for a woman
TO De amiable, patient, and agreeable
| Usually, before man fails in busi-
ness, he has a great deal to say about
now hard he has worked, and how he
mas failed to receive proper apprecia-
ton.
The elocutionist who sbreaks down"
IN DOING her act, should console her
self with the thought that every one is
rejoicing that at least one number will
not be encored.
Ii a man knows enough to earn the
money to buy lot of useless forks and
spoons. his women folks should not be
hard on him because he doesn't know
how to use them.
Something is wrong. The times are
producing girls and boys heavier ard
larger than those Of ten years ago, but
cherry tree branches have not grown
proportionately stronger.
When a woman brings out only one
glass, calls it a loving cup, and asks
all her guests to drink out Of 1t, there
is always suspicion among those not
posted on social customs, that she
hasn't enough glasses to go around.
For three weeks after marriage. the
average woman actually and honestly
thinks she has married the best man in
the world. After that she "hides her
feelings" so that no one positively
knows how long a woman is satisfied
with q Ynop
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
AN OLD BILL

For Furniture Eighty Years Ago Causes
Com parisons.
Early in the second decade Of the
century the fashionable cabinet maker
Of that day made for a New-Yorker ex-
lied to Philadelphia a quantity of ma
hogany furniture. The bill for that
furniture has recently come into the
hands Of a cabinet maker of to-day,
one that loves his trade and it's tradi-
tions, and that makes faithful repro
ductfons of the very articles named in
the bill of more than eighty years ago.
The old bill and the present cabinet
makers scale of prices afford an oppor-
tunity Of interesting comparison, and
the comparison shows that prices in
that period Of nearly a century have
undergone no very marked change. The
chairs made by the cabinet makers Of
eighty odd years ago at something
more than $21 each now fetch $25 each,
and the change in the prices Of other
articles is less rather than greater.
Meanwhile the cost of raw material
has somewhat increased. Tools are
perhaps, better than they were in those
early days, and the wages of journey
men are somewhat better now than
then. Profits, or at least so much of
profits as is represented by interest on
capital invested, have decreased. Mean
while the demand for cabinet-made fur
niture has by no means increased in
proportion to the increase Of popula-
ton, for by far the larger part of the
furniture now made is turned out by
wholesale from factories equipped with
labor-saving machinery unknown in
the early part Of the century. 1t is
owing to the fact that most Of the de-
mand of to-day is supplied from this
source that the price of cabinet-made
furniture of the best quality has not
doubled and trebled in the last eighty
years. The cabinet maker of to-day is,
indeed, in a better situation than the
old-fashioned shoemaker and the old
fashioned harnessmaker, but he is hard
pressed by modern machinery.
That human nature has not greatly
changed in one respect during the last
eighty years is shown by the fact that
the Philadelphia customer of eighty
years ago failed to pay his bill for q
year after his furniture was delivered.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
Evaporated Eggs.

Fourteen thousand dollars worth of
eggs in one carload seems like a large
story, yet that was what IL load was
valued at that lately left Springfield,
Mo-, to go to San Francisco. They
were evaporated eggs put up in one
pound tin cans with screw tops. 1t
takes about four dozen to fill one can,
and the process of evaporating takes
about eight hours, yet the factory at
Springfield has a capacity of about 400
cases or 10000 eggs a day. The tins
are packed sixty in a case. This load
was to be put on steamer bound for
the new gold-producing section on
Cape Nome. Many have been sent to
European countries and England has
placed them in their rsr of hospital
supplies. Many are also used in the
Klondike country, as they can be used
for any cooking purposes excepting to
boil.-Cultivator.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

tears and honors to the sacred memory
of Humbert of Savoy. You, in the bit
ter sorrow which has struck my house,
have shown that you consider this sor-
row as though it were that of each in
dividual among you.
'This solidity of thought and af-
lection will always be the most certain
bulwark of my reign and the best
guarantee of the unity of the country.
ton as citizen and as King"
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
HOW'S THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of catarrh that cannet be dured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. e-sr --ss-y
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo o.
We, the undersigned have known f. J.
Cheney fC'. the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligation
made by tn eirsffrEn
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
WALDIEG KEENAN, & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Tc.edo, o.
Hai,'f Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing al. ectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all druggists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
England's Indian Soldiers.

England thinks the handsome Sikh
soldiers can be trusted anywhere, and
one finds them policing the streets Of
Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.
Fine looking fellows and trusty they
are. So are many native regiments,
Moslem and Hindoo. And with 100000
such soldiers, stiffened by 10000 with
white faces, India is equipped, Mos
lens constituting the garrisons on Hin
doc soil and Hindoo holding the forts
among the Mohammedans. A man is
trusted best away from his own people
and among his foes.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
HOODS Sas-sapas-iIEa
Futile Effort to Kill Persia's Ruler.

Paris.-An attempt on the life of
the Shah of Persia was made but luck
lily it resulted in no harm to His Ma
jesty. A man broke through a line of
policemen as the Shah was leaving
his apartment and tried to mount the
royal carriage step. He was seized
and placed under arrest. He held a
revolver in his hand but as soon as
his intention was OWNED the police
disarmed him before he was able to
fire
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
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 smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease. It 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 $4,000 testimonials. Try it to-
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for 25c. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S; Olmsted, Leroy, N.
Y
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

philadelphia Press:) 'It's 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 I never expect to-"
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
Cat Resisted Deep Water Baptism.
San Francisco

Cat Resisted Deep Water Baptism.
"A little boy ! 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 epi-
thets in the use of the word dog
'go and be an Episcopal cat If you want
sHr
Santa Ana's new tax rate is $2.05 on
the S100
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
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
ese as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is to any
other dyspepsia cure. The Bitters also
cures constipation, indigestion and pre-
vents malaria.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Orpheum.-Week commencing Aug. $.
Adgie and her lions. A wonderful act.
Caroline Hull The Tobins. Williamson
and Stone. Maize King. Sheckles and
Davidson, Los Angelnes Athletes. Dom
ohue and Nichols. Clayton White, Ma
rie Stuart,
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
HOITTS SCHOOL.

Menlo Park, San Mateo County Cal,
with it's 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-
stiles. Send for catalogue. Tenth year
begins August 6, 1900.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

The actress who offers to bet $4,000
on the result of the Presidential cleo
ton, expresses entire willingness to
have the newspapers print the item,
and even use her name
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
TOADSTOOLS KILL THREE

Chicago.-Three persons are dead in
the home of J. 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, 13 years old, un-
doubtedly saved those yet alive. Half
clad and suffering with pain that al
most crazed him, he rode bareback-to
Homewood three miles away, and fell
exhausted as ne reached the Norris
house, in time to save four of the
seven who ate the deadly toadstools.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Eyes, he boasts that he has lived
nearly 70 years without ever having
been inside a bank
what is he; a bank director ?"-
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Iw was sick for
two years with falling of the womb, and
Inflammation of the ovaries and bladder.
l was bloated very badly. My LETT limb
would swell SO could not step on my
foot. Ihad such bearing down pains I
could not straighten up or walk across
the room and such shooting pains would
go through me that thought could
not stand it. My mother got me bottle
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told me to try it's took six
bottles and now, thanks to your won
derful medicine, I am well woman"
-MRs. ELSIE BRYAN, Otisville, Mich.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an
infallible medicine for coughs and
colds.-N. w. Samuel, Ocean Grove,
N. j.. Feb. IL. 1900
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
No More Canon-Bau pills

Science has retired the pill. toothsomt
fragrant, medicated tablet fills the need of the
nour-Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Druggists
10c, Csc, SOC.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Many of the best vineyards about
Oleander, Fresno county, have been at
tackled by the red spider recently.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Please try 10c 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 25c boxes will take
care of themselves. At druggists.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

A cargo of lumber and coal recently
taken to Nome sold there, the lumber
for 500 a thousand feet and the coal
for $50 ton
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
Mg Condition Could
Have Been No Worse.

/ decided to try S. S. S.,
but must confess I had
little faith left in any
medicine. After taking
the third bottle I noticed
q change in my condi-
ton. This was truly en-
couraging, and I deter
mined to give S. S. S. a
thorough trial. From
that time on the improve
ment was rapid ; S. S. S.
seemed to have the dis
ease completely under
control; the sores and
ulcers healed and / was
soon free from all signs
Of the disorder; I have
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
Carter'S Ink

is so good and so che p that no family can
afford to be Without it. Is yours Carter's?
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
When the
Hair Falls
anied by
mucous patches in
the mout b, erup-

colored splotches,
Auuf swollen glands, aching muscles
sand bones, the disease is making
$50 rapid headway, and far worse
symptoms will follow unless the blood is
promptly and effectually cleansed of this
violent destructive poison.
S. S. S. is the only safe and infallib1e
cure for this disease, the only antidote
for this specific poison. 1t cures the
worst cases thoroughly and permanently.
M4 Condition Could sa tns ssi' R11oa ,o
Poison. I tried
HAVE Keen NO WOP&c. three doctors, but
'-.-s h e i r treatment
did me no good was getting worse all the
time nv hair came out, ulcers appeared in my
throat and mouth, my body was almost covered
with copper colored splotches and offensive
sores. 1 suffered severely from rheumatic pains
In my shoulders and arms. My condition could
have been no worse only those afflicted as was
lost ell hope of ever being we'll again when
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Household words are those found in
q receipt for rent. =. u.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
OVARIAN TROUBLES.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compor
Cures Them-TWo Letters from Wnm

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Cures Them Two Letters from Women.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM :-T write to
tell you of the good Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
me. Twas sick in bed about Ave weeks.
The right side of my abdomen panied
me and was so swollen and sore that
could not walk. The wxHxN
doctor told my hus- ~
band would have to
undergo an operation. ~@
This L refused to do & MANI
until I had given your S&q|ElSAHH
medicine trial. Be- < I ISsaI ISsaA
fore had taken H IllgJI Aggts
one bottle the IL. YI12|fss4ft YI112)7l 80
gan to disap- S W
pear. I con- s. MN ! !,
your medicine -EVI l.
until the swelling IA
was entirely gone. III
When the doctor M
came he was very
much surprised to
see me so much
better. ."-MRs. MARY SMITH, Arlington,
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17
The PUF-eSf
and Best

Articles known to medical science
are used in preparing Hoods Sarsa-
parilla Every Ingredient is carefully
selected, personally examined, and
only the best retained. 1t is pre-
pared by combination, proportion
and process peculiar to itself and known
to no other medicine, and by which
the full medicinal power of all ingred-
tents used is retained. It cures
when cure is possible. Get only
Hoods, because
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

Santa Ana's new tax rate is $2.O5 on
the $100.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-17

better. ."-MRs. MARY SMITH, Arlington,
Iowa.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-11

On me last morning several letters
from friends and relatives arrived con.
tanning encouraging messages for the old
master. While his wife was occupied
/ in reading them for him Rossini discov.
cred among tho many dainty cards and
envelopes a large envelope addressed to
him personally. Seized by an inexplica-
Bile and marvellous fright and horror be
whispered with parched lips: what is
this? Quick-look and see what it is"
But before Signora Rossini could open
the envelope the old composer sat up
stiff on his pillows. His lips moved
without emitting a sound. his eyes glar-
ed dreadfully, and he motioned his wife
to listen.
There! Michel Plivee's masterpiece,
which for years had been locked up in
the dressing chest. was playing. 1t play
palpiti." Human hand had not touch
ed it!
Signora Rossinl was stricken with ter.
ror. Tremblingly she opened the mys-
FERROUS envelope. Her husband seized
the contents. One long, awful stare. and
the old artist fell back on his pillows
with wild cry: Il knew it. 1t meant
death"
He clutched the papers so tight In bis
death grasp that it was difficult to get
them out Of bis hands. The contents
were three checks on the bank of Milano.
bearing the numbers 6. 81 and u and
amounting to over a million francs.
Rosslnis widow donated the money
for the erection Of an orphanage In the
composers birthplace, Pesaro. but his
tory does not explain the mystery sur
rounding the figures. the watch and Mi
chel Plivee.-New York Press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-11
North Orange Street

Mrs. Philip Riley Of 103 North
Orange street, says: II was inter-
viewed sometime in the summer of
1897 by 4 gentleman who asked me
for my experience with and opin-
ions of Doan s Kidney Pills. Prev
ious to obtaining them at Danforth's
Pharmacy, l suffered dreadfully
from pains across my back. I
dreaded even to stoop, so that the
results obtained from using Doan's
Kidney Pills l know how to appre-
ciate. One and a-half boxes cured
me. l am not the only one in our
family who has used Doan's Kidney
Pills and received marked benefit.
Both my husband and mother have
taken the preparation and we can
all Join in emphatically endorsing
it. / told the interviewer at the
time what l have just stated and
now some ten months afterwards l
can conscientiously say my opinion
about Doans Kidney Pills Is unal-
tered. They arc up to representa-
TONS"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-11

The steamboats,, City of Chester and
Brandywine will, on and after Saturday
mako four trips daily. between this city
and Philadelphia. leaving this city at Z. 80
and 10 30a III. and | and 10 p. m. The
boats have been put in first class condition
and will make good time boz b going and
returning, Every effort will be made to
accommodate passengers the ride on the
river will prove O pleasure in warm
weather. The following named officers
will guarantee good management.
City of Chester-Captain George W.
Lnckey. First Mate and Pilot, George
Dolbowi Second Officer, John Webb; Pur.
Ser, John &, Bennett.
Brandy Charles Moncrlef
First Mate and PHO, Edward II. Wilson
Second Mate, Richard Moncrief; Purser.
William Frederick,
Tho sale of the 50-trip tickets this sea.
son has far exceeded that Of former sea-
sons up to the present date.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-11
BY J. H. Wisely.


Rossini was happy-happy as a child
on Christmas eve. His national hymn for
the Italian people had been accepted gra-
ciously by the king. who showed his ap-
probation by presenting to the composer
magnificent watch. Rossini never tired
Of showing It to his friends. and they
were enthusiastic in admiration Of its
costly workmanship and the number ot
unrivaled diamonds set in the case.
"A royal diamond for every note, 81.
gnors." the master is recorded as saying
to a gathering Of friends, "and by press
ing a spring 1t plays the prayer in my
composition Moses"
Six years passed.
One day as the great Italian composer
was sitting In cafe he was asked to
show his timepiece. Rossini touched the
device, and while his friends listened and
marveled the watch played in exquisite
harmony the prayer Of the ancient proph-
ct.
A stranger who was seated In corner
of the cafe rose and said, "Signor, you
have q fine watch, but I'll wager large
sum Of money that you do not know all
Of its various capacities"
"Signor." said Rossini 10 surprise, "for
six years ! have carriod III. Ills watch in
aonor Of my king, and in that time II
never has lost or gained minute. 1t
chimes the hours and the quarters, Its
dial denotes the. minutes and the date of
the month, and It plays, as you have
heard, the prayer in Moses"
The stranger smiled and shrugged his
shoulders. Nevertheless, maintain my
claim. I'll wager as much as 10000
francs against your watch that you do
not know fully it's mechanical abilities"
The stra nsor's confident assertion BAT.