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WHEN THE EARTH QUlVERED.
Scene at a Camp Meeting During the
Charleston Earthquake.

Hcene at camp N letting During the
Charleston Earthquake.
There is something very uncanny
about an earthquake Shock" said gem
tleman yesterday. The sensation" he
continued, caused by the quivering
and rocking of the earth thrills every
fiber in a person with awe. | saw this
fOrcibly illustrated at the time Charles
ton was wrecked. That earthquake
shock was perceptible throughout Geor-
gla, being especially noticeable in the
middle part of the State.
THE night of the earthquake there
was Methodist camp meeting in pro-
gresS at Bluff Springs, near Zebulon.
There was a great crowd at the meet
ing, and the people didn't seem to be
in very religious fra ne of mild to
me. The preacher delivered an elo-
quent sermon on death and the judg-
ment, and at its close mourners were
invited to the altar. But the people
didn't take kindly to the invitation,
and only three or four went up to be
prayed for. The minister begged the
people to come forward, but his ap-
peals fell on deaf ears. Back some
distance from the stand the young peo-
pie were chatting as unconcernedly as
if the issues of time and eternity had
not been presented to them.
1.-THE minister seemed to be disoour-
aged by the GOODNESS of his hearers,
and was on the point of closing the
service. But just as he was about to
say let us pray the first slight shock
was felt. In an instant everybody un-
der that stand became as still as death
itself. Faces blanched and eyes were
opened wide in terror. No one at first
seemed to realize what had caused
the earth to rock as if in q spasm.
With the coming Of the next shock,
however, some realized what it meant,
and the cry Of Earthquake was heard.
Hardly had the dread word been
uttered when there was a rush for the
mourners' bench. 1 never saw such a
stampede in my life. In less time
than it takes to write the altar was
surrounded by hundreds who were
dazed by terror and crying on. the Lord
| for mercy. A third shock came while
those frightened people were at the
altar, and it came near throwing some
Of them into commissions.
1.-THE minister was the only one who
seemed not to be frightened, and he
began praying in tones that had q
quieting effect on the people. But il
was hours before calm was restored
and fear banished. The quivering OF
the earth had something so uncanny
about it that the people were ready
to believe that the end of time was
| at hand.
81 shall never forget that scene OF
1000 persons who had been deaf to
the appeals of the preacher, fleeing
in terror to the altar when they felt
the earth begin to rock. Atlanta Con
stitution.
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Her Challenge.

A woman in Cape Colony on trial for
some offense was told that she might
challenge" any one on the jury to
whom she objected. She Immediately
took advantage of the permission by
challenging a highly respectable farm
er. On being asked afterward what
her reason had been for doing so she
explained that she had supposed she
was obliged to object to some one. SO
she had nickpd out the u@lcSt.
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Puts Rosin on His Nose.

isn't it strange" said Mr.. Burton
while in a reminiscent mood. chow dis
cOveries are made? OF course that is a
general statement, but to the case in
question. 1 wear glasses, as you know,
but found great trouble in keeping them
on. They were continually following the
laws of gravity, and falling to the floor.
The trouble was that l did not have a
bridge of size, and l spent money and
time experimenting with different kinds
of springs and clasps and nose pieces,
but all proved failures.
"Now, the other night l had au idea
Chats all right. am guilty of an idea
once in awhile) that if l would put some
powdered rosin on my nose that would
hold 'em for awhile, so l accordingly
hunted up my friend, the yiolinist and,
getting some rosin, made the test.
WAS it a success? Why l can turn a
handspring backward and those glasses
are still doing business at the old stand"
Richmond Times.
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IFobxnn,s Choice.

How many of us who Use or hear the
familiar expression, 1t was Iobson's
choice" are acquainted with the real
sort of selection that Tobias Hobson
offered his guests? This is the genuine
version of the tale: The said Tobias
Hobson was a Cambridge innkeeper,
with 40 horses in his stables, some bet
ter, of course. than others. When a
traveller came to request a mount, he
was obliged to take the steed that
stood nearest the door, although there
were so many others advertised as for
hire. If the traveller objected to that
mount, all he could do was to wait un-
til some other traveller had come for
one and so removed this and left its
next door neighbor nearest the stable
door
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@9A@EsE 81
stitution

A pelican's pouch is large enough to
hold seven quarts of water.
In British India only 91a per cent of
the population live in cities.
British colonies are seventy times as
large as the area of the United King.
dom.
The Romans built London about the
year 80 y. D., but London wall was
not built until BOG A. D.
In China funeral professions have
the right of way in the streets, and all
traffic must make way for them.
There are irrigating bitches at Las
Cruces, n. NJ, that have been in con-
tinuous service for three centuries.
Florida has been health resort as
far back as the days of Ponce de Leon,
who pronounced it the Land of Flow
ers."
A London bootblack displays this
sign in sight of his patrons: IF you
like my work, tell your friends; if you
don't like it, tell me-"
A tunnel, 1,4OO feet below sea level
and twenty-five miles long, has been
planned between Vanqueros Bay,
Spain, and Tangiers, Africa.
One of the latest inventions is an
imitation vaccination scar that you can
paste on your arm and thus fool the
health officer. The scar costs a dime
What an English paper says is the
greatest incubator in the world Is at
Batary, near Sydney, Australia. 1t ac-
commodities II, 440 duck eggs or 14,0S0
hens eggs.
Eastern oysters do not reproduce
we'll in the colder waters of Oregon and
Washington. An attempt is to be made,
therefore, to acclimate there the fine
large oysters of northern Japan.
Three hundred persons in London
earn living-and several of them are
growing richly providing meals for
the cats of the metropolis, which they
deliver regularly once, twice and thrice
a day, as may suit the owners of the
feline pets.
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Eczema
Turkish Rhubnrb.

Possessing SAVIOR all its own, we
come on scores of large cases full Of
big. irregular blocks of bright yell
low colored root. "Rhubarb," says our
guide, Indicating it. "AhI Then it
comes from Turkey" we cry joyfully.
glad to display our learning for once.
but our friend smiles contemptuously.
There is no such thing as Turkey
rhubarb," he says, land. what is more.
there never has been" All the rhu-
barb OF commerce halls from China,
reaching us through Russia for the
most part, but because in olden days 1t
made its journey by way Of Turkey
it became known as Turkey rhubarb.
and Turkey rhubarb it will remain be-
cause of the conservative tendencies
of the British public.-Good Words.
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gerous, nervous trouble. Those hot
flashes are just so many calls from
nature for help. The nerves are cry
ing out for assistance. The cry should
be needed in time. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound was pre-
pared to meet the needs of woman's
system at this trying period of her life.
1t builds up the weakened nervous
system, and enables woman to pass
that grand change triumphantly.
81 was a very sick woman, caused
by Change of Life. 1 suffered with hot
fushes, and fainting spells. was
afraid to go on the street, my head and
back troubled me so. was entirely
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound" - Mrs. JENNIE NOBLE,
SOLO Keyser ST., Germantown, Pa.
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HOW'S THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & co, Props,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known F.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WaIding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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SINKING SPELLS
ALARMING SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN
A SWORN STATEMENT
Mrs. It. Clark of Rome, y. Y. Tells Why
She Is Now Recommending Well
known Remedy to Her FIiends.

Indigestion and stomach trouble
have many results that are not al
ways readily traced to theiI real cause
Sometimes the kidneys are apparently
affected but more often an irregularity
of the hearts action produces a far
more alarming symptom. The cause
is easily explained and is removed
when the stomach trouble is cured.
A case in point is that of Mrs. w. T.
Clark, of 31S West Thomas street.
Rome, N. Y. She says:
ITO begin with, ! had gastritis,
which brought on sinking spells for
about an hour every morning. l was
very weak and nervous and finally was
compelled to take to my bed. My
illness began in the spring of 1897,
and continued for about four months
For about half this time l was con-
fined to my bed. l suffered greatly
from the stomach trouble and nerv-
BUSINESS, but what alarmed me most
was the sinking feeling at the heart.
Il had read about DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and when
some of my friends recommended the
pills very highly, 1 decided to give
them a trial. 1 bought one box and
by the time this was used up the
sinking spells had ceased. l felt
better but continued taking the pills
until I had used twelve boxes. 1 still
keep the pills in the house for l be
/ lieve that they are a splendid med3
| icine. I always recommend DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills to my friends who
are ailing for l know that they will
do all that is claimed for them"
Signed. MRS. w. T. CLARK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9Th. day of April. 1900.
BENZ. 5. BROWN.
/ TSeall Notary Public.
/ No discovery of modern times has
proved such a blessing to women as
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. Acting directly on the blood
and nerves, invigorating the body
regulating the functions. they restore
the strength and health in the ex-
hausted patient when every effort of
the physician proves unavailing.
These pills are sold in boxes at so
cents a box or six boxes for $3.50. and
may be had at all druggists. or direct
by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
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THE OEER'S HORNS.
They Present all the Phenomena of
Animal and Vegetable Growth.

Animal ana NeSC11Die Growth.
Why and bow is the deer so peculiar
iy unlike any other of the bovine race,
the horn differing so materially from
ali The horned cattle in its composition,
grnwtl. maturity and decline? 1t pre-
SCENTS all the phenomena of animal and
vegetable growth. 1t sprouts from the
brain without any prolongation of the
frontal bone. Ii rises and breaks
through the sinews and takes root on
the bone. growing the same as a vege-
table. 1t is Eourished by and secretes
albumcn upon the surface and diSposes
of the fibrinP the same as an animal.
1t is clothed with skin and hairy
coat very different from that on the
rest of the body. This covering and
other animal bodies that of being a
styptic to stanch its own blood when
wounded. 1t carries marks of the age
on the buck by putting out an extra
branch each year. which shows an ad-
ditional power each year to produce
them. And this power does not exist
in the female. So this difference is
more distinctly marked than in any
other class of animals. Again. the horn
possesses properties unknown in any
other animal matter. 1t is entirely in
odorouS. capable of resisting putrefac-
ton aud almost impervious to the eff
fectS of the atmosphere.
And still water at 800 degrees f. will
dissolve these horns readily, even
though they are not soluble In alcohol
and resist the action of acids and aka
lies 1t is the only vegeto animal sub
stance that we know of that does not
perpetuate itself by procreation.
The male and the female are sustain
ed by the same nutrition and elements,
and the male only produces horns This
phenomenon is quite as much of n curl
osity as the absence of the horn in the
buck after shedding.
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The British Cabinet.

The authority attached in England to
simple custom or usage cannot be better
illustrated than in the fact that, although
the cabinet has existed as the real eX-
ecutiye power in the government for
more than n century and a half, it is an
institution entirely unknown to the law,
never having been recognized by any act
of parliament. There is no official an
nouncement of the names of its members
and no official record of its meetings.
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Singing Soldiers.

A London paper notes that during
the recent Austrian maneuvers the
General In command tried the original
experiment of using the singing of
songs as the means of ascertaining the
whereabouts of the different compan-
les of the corps d'armee.
He commanded ench battalion OF dI-
vision to learn a certain song of war
and sing 1t when attacked. In this
way he was enabled to discover, when
some distance off, which battalion was
being attacked by the enemy.
The songs consisted of old folk-song
familiar to the men. To each battalion
was attached n few musicians and
drummers, who assisted the singing
soldiers.
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AND DANDRUFF
An Interesting Parallel and Valuable
Deduction TherefrOm

Cutting down thistles 10 more re-
Iieves the land of thistles than does
securing the scalp cure dardrulf. In
each case permanent relief can only
come from graduating permanently
the cause. A germ that plows up tho
scalp in searching for the hair root
where it saps the vitality, causes
dandruff, falling hair, and badness.
If you kill that germ, you'll have no
dandruff, but a luXuriant suit Of hair.
Newbro's Hepricide is the only hair
preparation in the world that cures
dandruff, falling hair and badness ny
killing the germ. Destroy the cause,
you remove the effect"
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my brain is on fire." tragically ex-
claimed Mrs. Bobkins rs she threw
herself down upon the sofa.
why don't you blow it out?" alb
sentmindedly replied Bobkins. deeply
absorbed in the evening newspaper.
And then he lodged flying hair
brush
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Wife: John, wish you would have
a new clothes wringer sent up today.
Husband "a butcher:) My Gear, that
isn't exactly my line.
Wife Then whose line is it in?
Husband In the clothes-line, prob
ably.-Chicago News.
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At Menlo Park, San Mateo County,
Cal, with its beautiful surroundings,
perfect climate, careful supervision,
thorough instruction, complete labor
atories and gymnasium, easily main
tains it's position in the front ranks
of schools for boys on the Pacific
Coast. Ira G. Hoitt, Phi. D., Principal.
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A woman who once kept boarders is
a very valuable member of society, ow-
ing to her ability to estimate how
many chickens it will require to make
sandwiches for given number of hun
CRY women.
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What kind of pictures would you
hang in dining room?"
well, I'd draw the line on paint
ings of beef on the hoof and still-life
studies in canned truck. "-Chicago
Record
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Farmer Hornbeak:

Farmer Hornbeak: Josh Hayrake
is awfully down on automobiles. One
on 'em run over his poor ole mother
in-law.
Farmer Whiffltree: Kill 'er?
Farmer Hornbeak: Nope; never
hurried her a gol-dinged particle
Judge.
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Mrs. SUBWAY see that Venus
turns round only once year.
Sumway-She doesn't meet many
women with new bonnets on, then
Stray Stories.
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THE A. B. c. of Photography" by
Fayette J. Clute. is one of the best
text books for amateurs ever pub
lished. Price % cents by mail. Cam
era Craft Pub. Co., $50 Suffer ST., San
Francisco
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"Too bad about young DR.. Bright
having to move to some other town
just as he's established a nice prac-
tice."
why does he have to move, them"
His wife's sister is going to marry
the undertaken. "-Philadelphia Press.
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Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to
use for their children during the
teething period.
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Amateurs, develop your own plates
at home. K. G. powder developers, six
packages % cents. For sale by all
photo supply dealers, or Kirk, Geary
& Co., $50 Suffer ST., San Francisco,
Cal.
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"Those folks in the next flat are
awfully pretentious.'
Are they?"
Yes. She sends her visiting card
over-two middle names on it-when
she wants to borrow butter"
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Adams sarsapariIIa Pills

Cure constipation, sick headaches,
biliousness, dyspepsia, 10 cents, 25
cents. Druggists.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly
spoken of as a cough cure.-J. w.
O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave, N, Minneap-
oils, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
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1t pleases a woman immensely to
have the neighbors tell her that the
child her child plays with puts him
up" to his naughtincss.
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The Charge Of
Life

j.. Is the most important period in wo-
mans existence. Owing to d odern
methods of living, not one woman III
a thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
a train of very annoying and some
times painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to the heart until it
seems ready to burst, and the faint
feeling that follows, sometimes with
chills, as if the heart were going to
stop for good, are symptoms of dan
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Stops the Cough

and Works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo- Qulnine Tablets cold
in one day. No cure. No pay. Price Is cents.
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A baby Is like n crop of wheat. 1t is
first crashed. then thrashed. and finally
II lircunrS the flower of the family
~ N..r'. v'-.,,.i.G
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The Best Prescriptton or MaIaria.

ChilIs and fever is bottle of Groves taste
less Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and qunine
in a tasteleSs form. No cure-no pay, Price soc.
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YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
because the formula is plainly printed every
bottle showing that it Is simply Iron and Qui-
nine in tasteless form. No cure. No pay. 50c.
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q hear you didn't have anything
stronger than coffee to drink at the
banquet?"i
"No; it made me think of fake
seance; the spirits didn't materialize. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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ETC Permanently Cured No fits or nervousness
THO after first day. of Dr. klines Great Nerve
Restorer. Send for FREE 81 90 trial bottle and treat
se DE-. Il. H. KLINE Ltd g3l Arch ST.. Philadelphia Pa
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Doubled The Fee.

A clergyman who used to be 4 pastor
of church in Kansas City says that
on one occasion lie had rather an anus
couple in that city.
The gentleman" said the clergy
man, was a handsome, noble looking
young man and the bride to be more
than usually beautiful. 1t was plain TO
be- seen that the prospective groom
thought he had secured the one prize in
all the matrimonial market and was
correspondingly elated.
Just before the ceremony the gen.
tleman handed me the marriage license
to see that it was all right. Inside the
license there was a crisp So note. plac-
ed there as the fee. The couple stood
up before the few witnesses in the par
lor. the ceremony was gone through
with, and they were pronounced hus-
band and wife. The first thing the new
husband did was to draw his wife to
him and imprint a fond kiss on her
sweet lips. 1t seemed to thrill him
with unexpected JOY, for, Immediately
turning to me, he said. 'Parson, I'll be
switched If paid you enough for this
job and. pulling from his pocket an
other So note, he thrust it into my
hands."-R Baltimore Sun.
Coated with chocolate, very small
and easy to take as sugar are Adams
Sarsaparilla Pills, for sick headache
constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia
sallow complexion. They purify the
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-07

Indigestion, bad stomach, constipa-
ton, sick headache. That's the pro-
gram. Next program, Cascarets Candy
Cathartic, instant relief Druggists, 10c,
25c, soc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-02-21
MADE TO

by geologist and mining expert Of
worldwide reputation. Professor Ben
jamin Siliman. who spent several
months there, then being connected
with the United States surveying corps,
and in his official report says:
Here are countless millions OF tons
of rich gold quartz reduced by the
great forces OF nature to condition
ready for the application of the hydraul-
Tic process. while the entire bed OF the
Rio Grande for over forty miles is a.
sluice, on the bars of which the gold
derived from the wearing away of the
gravel banks has been accumulating
for countless ages, and now lies ready
for extraction by the most approved
methods Of river mining. The thick
ness of the Rio Grande gold gravel ex
ceeds in many places 900 feet, or nearly
three times that of the like beds in
California, while the average value per
cubic yard is believed to be greater
in the New Mexico beds than in any
other such accumulations yet discov-
cred.
II have made a reconnaissance Of the
whole of this gravel along the
Rio Grande, and have examined with
all the care possible in the time at my
command the character OF the gravel
and its contents of gold. Nothing. I
am persuaded. since the discov-
cry OF California and Australia is COM
parable for its immeasurable resources
of gold available by the hydraulic pro-
cess to the deep placers Of the Rio
Grande."
Other reports from eminent mining
experts of national. reputation pro-
nounce the property Of this company
the richest and most extensive known.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-02-21
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Successful experiments have recently
been accomplished In wireless telegra-
ply. and its adoption will undoubted-
ly be Il good thing. and revolutlonize
many ways OF doing business. One
writer has gone 80 far as TO say that
wireless lelegraphy is the greatest dis
covery OF the age. We beg to differ.
Don't overlook Hostetters Stomach
Bltters when you talk about the gree,
things OF the world. This peerless med
icine has done more to promote health
and settle stomach troubles than any
other medicine In existence. 1t cures
dyspepsia. indigestion. malaria and
constipation. II never fails. Try 1t,
and be sure and get the genuine. with
our private revenue stamp over the
neck Of the bottle. Don't let the drug
gist palm of Substitute"