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The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
Weighing r.. impe,a.n,,,,

Almost Incredible as It may seem.
the largest weight which the govern
ment assayer employees in making an
analysis Of gold bullion is the Infinite
simsi French half gramme, or about
seven and three-fourths grains troy;
and the balances used in this work are
80 sensitive that a weight Of one-twen-
tleth Of m'lieramme, which is less
than one-thousandth part OF a single
grain, will cause the indicator needle
TO defect very appreciable distance
from the zero point on the graduated
scale marking the equilibrium. These
minute balances are. of course. in
closed in glass eases provided with
sliding windows to exclude anv drat,
OF air: the beam Is usually made OF
aluminium. and the knife edges rest
on Jewels: the weights are made of
gold, silver and aluminium, and are
graduated from the half gramme. which
is aroi.~arlly denpminated "one thou
sand, down to the ten thousandth de-
gree.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
L ". Of A. Resolutions

Whereas, God our father, the
author of our being, has in his wis.,
dom seen fit to promote our Neigh
boris little daughter, Edna Holly
b .xter, from her earthly home to
lnr celestial home above and where
as by her promotion, the family has
lost loving daughter and the
community aud friends a ray of
sunshine.
Resolved: That while we bow in
himble submission 10 the divine
Will we would ask for sustaining
grace for the family in this their
hour of sorrow.
Thereto ne it resolved; That
Holly Leaf Camp No. 7742 extend
Our heartfeI, sympathy to the be-
reaved family.
And be ii further resolved.
That these resolutions be sprea'l
Vi on the Minutes Of our Camp
and a copy he ;'esel ted to'le be-
ieavea family. nra. "a c, .py sent to
he Holly Cilieiiain fer pub!irn
iicn, and cur Chatter draped iii
L ourning for thirty dnys,
JAMES BAIRD,
Committee HAS. PRoCToR,
\. JoIGENsoN
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
Saves Two From Death.

Our little uaug liter had an al
riost fatal attnck of whooping
= ugh mud bronchitis, writes Mrs.
VI. x Haviiand OF ARM nix. n. Y,
but when all Other remedies
failed we saved her life with DR..
Kings New Discovery Our niece,
who has consumption in an adj
Y, iced stag. slso used this Won
az rfui meIi, ile and today she is
Ie fectly we'll" Desperate throat
t'..i ilng disrasts yield 10 DR..
X np's, NJ" Discovery as TO 10
o. or medicine IN earth. Infnlli-
b!.. FER oughs and COLES. 5Oc and
$l.0u bottles guaranteed by lkel-
II Bros. 'l'rial'boit'es free.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
WOMEN PORTERS
Garry Over . Hundred Pounds and Earn
Twenty Cents q Day.

Chambers Journal: At the age OF 3
OF 10 the woman porter of Martinique
can carry heavy basket or tray con-
talnlng weight of from 25 TO 80
pounds. She then begins to go on long
pedd!ing journeys with her mother.
elder sister or responsible female
frienu, walking barefooted as many a.
Is miles a day. At IS she is vigorous
and tough a. mountain pony, and,
like most mountain-bred women, she 10
comely. She carries now upon her
head a tray and burden of from 120
to $50 pounds, earning less than 30
shillings month by travelling so miles
day as an itinerant seller. Forty
or so miles always bearing burden OF
over 100 pounds-for stones are added
as the tray is enptied OF merchandise,
to maintain the customary weight
and this ar an income OF franc
day. Out OF the franc she has her food
and sleeping quarters to Nocure. and
her clothes to get. Twenty francs .
year will keep her in clothes.
A brief chemise and a light calico
robe constitute her travelling apparel.
On her head she wears a soft toche OF
pad. upon which the tait (tray) 10
placed. She wears no shoes: she naeds
none. The soles OF her feet are tough.
ened to something like India rubber,
feeling no asperities OF surface. bidding
defiance to the sharpest flints. Her
food is slmple-flve sous a day for
bread or biscuits. few sous for "a
gout, q few SOUS for some cheap liquor
20 mix with her drinking water: per-
haps Is sons in all. Her sleeping quar-
terl might be expected to bring her
daily expenses no to franc: neverthe
less such is her ability to economizs
that she not only manages to live On
her income (which seems Incredibly,
but actually saves enough to set her
self up in some simple business when
hef youth and physical powers d.
oinA
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
The CostIIpst wfoa

The most costly and precious wine
in the world is that contained in cask
named the Rose. in the Bremen town
hall cellars. This Rudesheim. of the
vintage of the year 1868, is of the color
of old ale and has wonderful aroma.
1t is never sold. but is used exclusively
for he sick Of Bremen. the only ex-
cePtions having been when d small bot
tie was presented to Emperor William
J., another to Frederick Ill, ara one
20 Prince Bismarck. The supposed
money value of this wine is something
beyond credence. but. as it is never
sold, this detail is of slight Importance.
Old as it is, 1t is improbable that any
but connolsseurs could get 1t dcwn, as
the taste is something terrific.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
BREAD 1900 YEARS STALE.
:, WAS Baked In Ponpsii Before the
Eruptfona.

:, Was BAKED In Ponps,i Before the
Euptiona.
sufferers from Indigestion are ad
Sis'.a 10 eat stale bread; the staler
the better, they are told. There IL In
The museum at Naples some bread
which ought to be stale enough for any
body. 1t was baked one day in Au-
gust, 70 A. D., in one of the curious
ovens sti1l to be seen at Pompeii, says
tue London Mail.
More than eighteen centuries. thers-
fore. have elapsed since 1t was drawn
all hot" and indigestible from the
oven. So II may claim to be the Oldest
bread in the world You may see |.
In a glass case on the upper floor OF
he museum. There are several loayes
OF 1t. ore still bearing the impress oS
the bakers name.
In shape and size they resemble the
email cottage loaves OF. England. but
not In appearance, for they are ~
black as charcoal, which. in fact, they
closely resemble This was not their
original color. but they have become
carbonized. and II eaten would prob
ably remind one Of charcoal biscuits
When new they may. have weighed
about a couple Of pounds each. and
we're most likely raised with Ieaven as
Is most Of the bread in oriental coun-
tries at the present time.
The popular idea that Pompeil wa
icstroyed by lava is fallaclous one
" lava stream had descended .,o:,
me city the bread and everything ell
In the place would have been utterl.
destroyed. Pompeii was really burie,!
under ashes and fine cindArs called By
the Italians lapilli
On that dreadful day In Angus,
when the great eruption Of vesusvius
took place, showers OF nns ashes fen
hrst upon the doomed city. then show.
ers of lapilii. then more ashes, and
more lapilli. until Pompeii was covered
nveT to depth in places Of fifteen anA
sven twenty fset
Other eomsstibles besides the bread
sare preserved. and may now be seen
IN the same room In the m,seun
There are various kinds Of grain. fruit
vesstables and even pieces Of meat
N2s' interesting 10 . dish of valnuts
some cracked ready for eating, other.
whale. Though carbonixed, like all
the other eatables. they have preserved
shcir characteristic wrinkles and lines.
There are hgs, too, and pears, ths
former rather shrivelsd, as one would
exaect after all these years. the latte
certainly no longer Juicy" But pc:
haDs the most interesting relic in tbt
room is a honeycomb. every cell >
whlrh can be distinctly made out. II
Is so well preserved that It is hard to
res'!-e hat the comb Is no longer wax
nor the honey honey.
plece Of the comb seems to have
tc7H cut out. and one can imagine
some young Pompelian having helped
h.r'sFlf to It and sitting down to eat
Sier he had to Jump up and hy for
hi- life One cannot help wondering
w'a' became Of the piece whether the
ycurs fellow toAk 1t with him and ate
l. as he ran. or whether he left 1t or
hi, plate. intending to return tor II
vAA4l ths ssgtisa was ~.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
A sprainsd Ankle Quickly cured.

"At ne time lsnifercd a severe
~rr,. u Il he ankle" "snyr Geo. 4.
a-y .ii;or f the Guide, Wash-
TO-, Va. '.>ft rusin, seye,n
sell = -: istn ed medicines will
,l,t success. ] trie,: Cl,amder'nin's s
Fan L III. nd AR ll,n~rd 10 sny
that ic.,nse ~ Don as began
its use I'd :. complete cure speed
Il. folio e'i,'' Sul,. by lkelmnn
Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
Said t, he the ra.te,. ve..o, ano.,

The Ake5on0. the new Japanese de-
stroyer, is said TO be the fastest vessel
atioat She Is the third of six commits
stoned by the japanese government.
two O. them having already be n sent
out. She can hold more than 1oU tons
of coal. is 22Q feet long, 201a feet beam,
with an armament of one l2-pounder
five G-pourters and two 1S-inch swivel
torpedo tubes. Steam N is supplied by
four Yarrow straight tube water tube
boilers, each indicating l,600 horse
power and weighing eighteen tons
each. One of her best features is that
during her trial trip at full speed no
flame was visible at her tunnels. The
absence of heeling, too, when she
changes her course. so marked In some
Of these boats, is remarkable,
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31

The PRESBYTERIAN Aid Socieety will
serve ice cream. cake and strawberries
in the evening June lst. for benefit OF
the Church Building fund. AT Harc's
Hail or the School house.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31

Address Gen. Pass. Once, A. T. &
:, +. Ry.. Topeka.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-31
TIL lONMONEK. ~,
....,.. isssed Weekly. ........
*Wrn. j. Bryan#
=. Editor and Publisher.
Lincoln Nebraska.
Payable in Advance.

No travelling canyaSscis are en-
,loved. Terms for local agents made
known upon application. All none,
should bc sent by r. O. order. Express
order. ur by bank draft on New York
or Chicago. Do not send individual
checks or stamps.
The Ceinmoser and TIE Chjrffsjs One
yess for I've DeIIsss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
WANTON ABUSE OF NEGROES.
U~nofendinE Men and Their Wives
Set Upon and Beaten by
White TOuEhs.

Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. ga riot
broke out between a crowd of 5000
people at Fairview park, yesterday, in
which four negroes were badly in
jured and one, named Harris, had his
right arm broken. The trouble was
caused by a gang of white toughs
known as the 'Bungaloos." Members
of this gang to the number of $50 con
g~regrated al the park and began a
determined effort to drive all negroes
out. Near the hoathouse a dozen of
them attacked Il negro with his wife.
He was knocked down several times
with a club. He fought, injuring two
of the gang, but was compelled to run
toward the pavilion where the park
officers came to his rescue. The fight
was continued to the car, and after
the negro and his wife were on the
car tones were thrown, injuring the
wife. Harris was attacked in another
part of the park about the same time
and his right arm was broken before
he was rescued. Two other negroes,
one with his wife, were badly beaten.
-Four members OF the gang were ar
rested, the others scattering in the
woods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
THE SOLDIERS IN MANILA.
Present Force Considered made
quate for Emergencies, and to
be Reinforced.

Manila, Aug. 26.-In the city of Ma
Mia there are now less than one thou
sand effective soldiers, and it has been
decided to increase this number by
four companies of infantry. The Of
fetal reason for the increase is that
the guard duty is too heavy for the
present force. AS a matter of fact,
however, there is a feeling that, al
though there is no apparent uprising
in the future such as is always posi-
BILE among the Malays, it would be
better to have a sufficient body of
troops available.
Gen. Chaffee says he considers the
city of Manila to be perfectly orderly
rising.
Commissioner Wright thinks the
people Extremely peaceable." He is
satisfied hat although among a GER
tain class there is some discomfort on
account of the land tax, which is not
yet understood, this class is not like
ly to foment trouble.
Many army officers say they are
gratifed at the increase in the mill
tary force. They think that, with the
military guard withdrawn from the
prison, an uprising there might result
in the release of about eighteen hun
dred prisoners.
Civil officials look upon this con-
tingency as unlikely, inasmuch as the
600 white police could mobilize at the
prison before any of the prisoners
could escape and become dispersed
throughout the di~saffected district
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

when Mark Hanna runs for
president as the friend of organized
labor you'll see the trusts backing his
bunko game for all they're worth.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Cuban congress is worry
ing over how to elect a president.
Later they will find that it is easy
enough to elect two, but the trouble
will be to get the right one inaugu-
rated without a revolution.
The plain fact of the matter is
that the republican party has been
Hannaized, and in this condition will
never lift q hand in sincerity and truth
to stay the course of monopoly or drive
the syndicates out of the government
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. (Mass.l
Republican.
That transport that shipped the
water through her portfolios. enough
to put out her fires directly she wealth
cred the Golden Gate, can hardly be
considered a safe boat to carry Uncle
Sans soldiers, though she did cost
q barrel of money, which no doubt
some one got q commission out Of.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
FINE ARTS AT WORLDS FAIR.
MIR. Charles NJ. Kurtz, of New York,
to Be Prof. HaIsey c. Ives
Chief Assistant.

ST. Louis, Aug. 26.-Charles NJ.
Kurtz. of New York, who was assist
ant chief of the department of fine
arts at the Columbian exposition, has
been assigned to the same position for
the Louisiana Purchase exposition by
the executive committee. The appoint
ment was made at the recommends
ton of Prof. Halsey C.. Ives, chief of
the department of fine arts, and OF
the committee on fine arts.
This appointment gives ST. Louis
the same organization which produced
such al. excellent result for the CO.
lumbar exposition" said Isaac w
Morton, chairman of the committee
on fine arts. "Mr. Kurtz has an es-
tablisbed reputation as an organizer
of gre at art exhibits. He has a wide
acquaintance among artists and col
Iectors, both in this country and in
Europe, and can elicit their best eff
forts"
"St. Louis fine arts section starts
out under attractive auspices" con-
tinued Mr.. Morton. 1T has on it's
staff two men who were the moving
force in the greatest temporary art
display that has been collected in this
country up to the present. These men
have overcome all the difficulties that
lie in the way of such a work, and are
in position to be pioneers in new fields
while holding all that is good in the
old fields. 1t is certain that no time
Or money will be spent in fine art col
lection experiments at the ST. Louis
exposition"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
TURKEY YIELDS TO FRANCE
Rupture of Diplomatic Relations Be-
tween France and Turkey
Avertcd.

Paris, Aug. 25.--Turkey has yielded
to French pressure, as was inevitable,
and a full rupture of the relations
between the two countries has been
averted. The official communique an
nouncing the granting of the French
demands follows:
"Insconsequence of the declaration
made to the porte by the French am
bassador hat he acts under %instruc-
tons from the minister of foreign
affairs. an imperial trade has been is
sued declaring hat no obstacle shall
be opposed to the free exercise by
the Quay company of the rights re-
sulting from their concession"
A firman for the settlement of the
matters in question will, it is believed,
be issued shortly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
GAofeD AMI fsiL DowN DEAD.
Sudden m of United States Dis
trict Attorney Evans, of
Minnesota.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 26.-Robt.
g. Evans. United States district attor-
ney for Minnesota, died suddenly, yes
terGay, from heart disease, on the
balcony of his home in Queen avenue,
kenwood.
About eight o'clock Mr.. Evans went
to the bedroom of his daughter to
awaken her. He grasped the foot rail
of the bed and shook it, seemingly un-
aple to speak. Just as she avoke Mr..
Evans staggered from the and
made his way, with difficulty, to the
balcony over the front porch. There
he seized the railing, threw back his
head and gasped, then sank to the
floor dead.
He had been a sufferer from heart
disease for over a year, and a sudden
attack of the trouble carried him OFF.
Mr.. Evans was AZ years old. He was
a prominent candidate before the Leg
islature last winter to succeed Sena-
ator c. NJ. Davis, in the United States
senate, but was defeated by NJ. E.
Clapp, of St. Paul. He had been en-
tertaining Senators Fairbanks, of In
diana, and Quarles, of Wisconsin, the
past week, and the party returned
from a fishing excursion to Alexandria
on Thursday. He seemingly was in
excellent health up to a few hours be-
fore his death.
Dr.. Moore, his physician, says he
does not think the runaway accident
of eight days ago in which Senator
Fairbanks and Mr.. Evans were badly
bruised and shaken up, in any way
FASTENED Mr.. Evans death. He over
worked himself in the late campaign,
and it is thought this aggravated the
trouble. His wife died four months
ago, and it is believed by his friends
hat this great loss FASTENED his
death. He leaves three children, Mar
garet, %; Stanley, 20, and Graham,
II,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
BY IT'S OWN WEIGHT.
Protection No Longer Protects and Is
Fast lettering to It's
Ruin.

The price of wool is now lower than
it was before the Dingley tariff rates
were adopted, which are the highest
that the country ever saw. This pro-
lection prohibits any kind of wool
that is grown in the United States
from coming in from other countries,
our wool growers therefore have a
monopoly of the home market except
for special kinds of woods not pro-
duced here. The extraordinary fall
in the price of wool has been brought
about by the greed of the protection
lists. The advance in the price of
wool when this high tariff went into
effect and the demand for cheap
clothing induced manufacturers to
mix other materials, mostly cotton,
wooden appearance. The people that
labor demanded cheap clothing, in
fact they could pay for no other and
now having become used to this
mixed material at the low prices, they
continue to want and purchase it.
The stories are full of fake "woolen
goods that look well but with a very
small proportion of wool in their
composition.
Protection does not protect any
longer, it is killing the goose that
lays the golden eggs. If it was not
for the increase in the demand for
mutton and lamb, the sheep industry
would be at a standstill, but the high
price that the beef trust is charging
for beef and the wisdom of the sheep
growers in raising mutton sheep have
overcome to a great extent the Amer
lean prejudice against mutton and the
prices of sheep have kept up while
wool has been falling. There is no
credit to be given to the Dingley
tariff for this condition of affairs, as
there is no importation of mutton
and if the tariff on wool was reduced
to a evenue basis it would stimulate
the manufacturers to use more wool
and the price would advance. Wool
clothing will outlast the rubbish that
is now being palmed off on the Ameri-
can people three for one, and consid-
ering the quality can be purchased
cheaper than ever before, and yet but
a comparatively few are able to buy
ssall wool and a yard wide"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
THE MOB WAS MEMORABLE.
Henry Noles, the Negro of A9ra
Williams Near Winchester, Tenn.s
Burned ut the SsaR

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 26.-Hen.
ry Ncles, the negro who criminally as
saulted and shoJ to death Mrs. Will
Jams, wife of a prominent farmer near
| Winchester, Tenn, last Friday, was
captured early yesterday morning at
Water Tank near Cowan, Tenn. He
was taken to Winchester by his cap
tors and placed in the county Jail.
Sheriff Stewart made haste to try to
barricade the jail and protect the
prisoner. Soon an angry mob of sew
eral hundred men gathered and made
an attempt; but Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney Matt n. Whitaker APP
peared and made a speech to the
crowd. He appealed to them to as
sist him in allaying excitement and
unfolding the majesty of the law. He
promised to reconvene the grand jury
to-day to promptly indict the negro
and have him. speedily tried at the
present term of court, assuring the
crowd that his conviction and legal
execution was a foregone conclusion.
This appeal was supplemented by
Judge J. j. Lynch, Capt. w. P. Talley,
Jessie NJ. Littleton, Foster Ramsey
and others.
No sooner had their appeals been
made than several hundred citizens
from the neighborhood where the
crime was committed, came up and
augmented the crowd to thousands.
They swept forward upon the Jail,
overpowered the sheriff and his dep
uties, took the prisoner and started
for the scene of the crime, IL miles
distant, at 1915 a. m. The mob vas
orderly, but determined. 1t seemed
that the whole population for miles
around had turned out to see the fate
of the wretch. A procession three
miles in length followed the mob to
the Williams home. Arriving at a
point in sight OF the scene of the
crime, the negro was placed upon u
stump, and given a chance to make 8
statement.
He mounted the stump stolidly.
and laughed as he began his state
ment. He said:
Tell all my sisters and brothers to
meet me i'll glory. l am gong to make
hat my home. Tell my mother 10
meet me were parting will be no
more"
He was then asked as to whether
anyone else was implicated in the
crime. He stated emphatically that
there was no one implicated but hin.-
self.
Thy did you kill Mrs. Williams"
he was asked.
Il just done that because l had
nothing else to do"
He finished his statement at 1925
o'clock. He was taken from the stump,
carried to a tree near by, bound to the
tree by chains and his body saturated
with oil.
At 10:40 a. m. a match was applied
and instantly the ouivering body was
enveloped in flames. Fence rails were
pitched about the burning body and
soon life was extinct. The negro made
no cutlery at any time, and died as
stolidly as a stole. There were no dis
orderly scenes about the burning
body. At least six thousand persons
witnessed the horrible fate of the ne
gro. Many remained until nightfall,
augumenting the blaze until the body
was entirely consumed. They then
departed for their homes quietly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29
FACING STARVATION.
Terrible Suffering Reported from
Zacntapata County. Texas-Re-
lief gen Needed.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 26.-Re-
ports from Zacatapata county confirm
the news that the poorer classes there
are facing starvation. They must
have immediate help in the way OF
food or the results will be terrible.
Range water has failed, and cattle
are too weak to travel and are dying
rapidly. The country is literally
burned up by drought. There are no
s~vergreens to be seen but cactus plant.
This county is so miles from the near
est railroad, and whatever in the way
of food that is sen to the farmers in
the tamine-stricken plane must be
hauled from Laredo, a W. days trip
at best.
Mayor Hicks of this city has start
ed Il relief fund, and has already sent
a small sum of money to Laredo to be
used in buying food for the sufferers.