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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
nIkRH0MN nVFO color any thing any
WLEWIF HIN color. Never tall
D'NtN OaaS - @ ~ Never fade
THEY CRACKED CLAY PIGEONS.
Gun Club Had It's First Shoot Yester
day.

Quite number of interested spec
tators witnessed yesterday the first
contest of the Americas Gun Club this
season. The day was fine, the birds
flew nicely, The Workmanship was OK
ceIlent and scores of clay pigeons and
blue rocks were neatly smashed. Mr..
j. w. Hightower, president of the
club, made the highest score. The
club will shoot every Friday afternoon
during the summer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
What Thin Folks Need

Is a greater power of di esting and
assimilating food. For them DIR. KING 8
New Life Pills work wonders They
tone and regulate the digestive organs,
gently expel all poisons from the system,
enrich The blood, improve appetite,
make healthy flesh. Only 2jcat e, j.,
Eldridge drug stores.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
Keller In SIX Hours,

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by "New
Great South American Kidney Cure. !"
1t is great surprise on account of it's
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or female. Relieves retention of water
almost Immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this Is the rene
DIV. Sold by E. j. Eldridge, druggist,
Americas. Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
Wanted.

Men to learn barber trade. Here is
your chance, only eight weeks requir-
ed, steady practice, expert instructions,
tools presented, wages Saturdays,
diplomas granted, positions guaran-
teed. Write nearest Branch, Moler
Barber Colleges, New Orleans, La. or
ST. Louis, Mo.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

81 have used DeWitt's- Little Early
Risers for constipation and torpid liver
and they are all right. am glad to in-
dorse them for I think when we find a
good thing we ought to let others know
it," writes Alfred Heinze, Quincy, Ill.
They never grippe or distress. Sure,
safe pills. w. A. Rembert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
AGENTS WANTED

LIFE OLE II. DEWITT TAInTAGE, by his
son, REV. FRANK DEWITT TALMAGE ane
associate editors of Christian Herald Only
book endorsed by Talmage family. Enor
nous profit for agents who act quickly
Outfit ten cents. Write Immediately CLARK
a CO., ee2 s. Attn ST., PhlIa., Pa Mention
this paper.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
TO Mothers in This Town.

Children who are delicate, feverish
and cross will get Immediate relief from
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders fos
Children. They cleanse the stomach,
act on the liver, making a sickly child
strong and healthy. A certain cure for
worms. Sold by all druggists, $50. Sam
pie free. Address, Allen S. Olmstead,
Leroy, n. Y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
TWENTY-THREE TO NINETEEN.
Americas Beat Dawson Badly at The
Bat Yesterday

The first game between Americas
and Dawson, played or the local dia-
mond, was that yesterday afternoon,
resulting in victory for the Americus
team. The score was "a to 10. A good
game was played by the young ball
tWirIers of both clubs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

Cut this out and take it to all drug
gists and get free sample of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the
best physic. They cleanse and invigor-
ate the stomach, improve the appetite
and regulate the bowels. Regular size,
25c, per box
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
what is Foley's Kidney Cure.

Answer; 1t is made from prescrip-
ton of a leading Chicago physician, and
one of the most eminent in the country,
The ingredients are the purest that
money can buy, and are scientifically
combined to get their utmost value.
John r. Hudson.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

Nice home on College street. next to
Mr.. g, Wheatley for rent by M. Cal
IaWay,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
When a man is old enough to know
better, he is too old to do it,
Rheumatism Cured In "a Hours

z. y. BIackmore. of Halter & Black
more, Pittburg, Pa, says: "A short
time since [ procured bottle of MYS.
TIC CURE. It got me out the house
in twenty-four hours. / took my bed
with Rheumatism nine months ago and
the MYSTIC CURE is the only medi-
cine that did me any good. l had five
of the best physlcians in the city, but
received very little relief from them.
know the MYSTIC CURE to be what
it is representa- and take pleasure in
recommending it to other poor suffer.
els. Sold by E, j, Eldridge, Druggist,
Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

The more some people explain the
deeper they get into hot water.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

o. Worth gGR 800. tG You 0od to Gnss sb ID
water during sleep sAnti-Diuretic"
stops it Immediately. 81. Sold by r.
j. Eldridge, druggist.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

A mans conscience is more elastic
than his suspenders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24

Love may make the world go round,
but money helps to push it along.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
Wants others tn KNOW.

When it comes to board bills, lands
man is an experienced skipper.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-24
WHO COME TO THIS
Big TOWN OF OURS.
People Who Travel in Trains Back
and Forth.
THESE VISITORS TO AmERICUs

Are Among the Recent Arrivals Here
= Read the List Below and See
If Your Own Name Is Written
There.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Last View of the
Demon, Mont Pelee,

Leaving Fort de France at l o'clock Mon
day morning. May 10, the Luckenbach ran
past st. Pierre and then under the brow of
Pelee long before daylight. The volcano at
that time was an awe-inspiring spectacle.
Great clouds of feecy vapor were rolling
aloft. not only from the main crater. but
from many other seams or vents that had
been opened along its slopes. Some Of these
are well down toward the base. The moon
was shining full and touching with silver
the great columns of smoky vapor that
rolled aloft in rings and spirals toward the
zenith. Only from the mouth OF the main
crater was the fleecy mass Redeemed to an
angry russell glow by the fiery furnaces
beneath.
AS the Luckenbach skirted the shore, CIV
ing the volcano a wide berth OF not less
than four miles, the distant muttering of its
thunder could be heard, and as the steam
ers passengers and crew listened ave-
stricken. the topmost crater belched again.
Long tongues of fire shot UP through the
smoke. now black and Hurled with ashes and
dust. The heavens glowed red above old
Pelee's crest, as they do when some gil
gantic confiagration at night writes It's sig
nal aloft where all may read 1t within a
radius Of miles.
The horrors encountered in an afternoons
pilgrimage through the dead city of St.
Pierre must stamp themselves for life upon
the memories Of those who saw them. AS
we forged seward our last glimpse of the
fiery mouth of the demon that had wrought
such havoc was a spectacle never to be for
gotten.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Calm of Fateful
Morning Abnormal.

Baron de Fontenilliat and / had been in
French Guiana on a business trip relating
to some mining property in which We are
interested. We learned, upon our arrival
at Carbet. that Ar eruption of Mont Pelee
had destroyed a part Of the village of
Prccheur. on the other side of the harbor.
That was the eruption of May 3. We made
immediate arrangements to visit the scene
of the disaster. Two negro boatmen were
employed to take us across the bay. and
1t was the fact that we made an early start
the next morning that saved our lives.
AS we made our way across the water
We more than half-faced Mont Pelee, which
was throwing off a heavy cloud OF smoke,
steam and ashes. No flames were TO be
seen.
"On shore the Inhabitants could be seen
making their way about the water front.
The city was to the right. Small craft piled
about the harbor. some trading with the
ships that were at anchor. while in some
fishermen were going out to the fishing
grounds just off Carbet.
Il should have said tina the calm of
the morning was almost abnormal. Not a
ripple was to be seen on the face of the
sea-
THE rumblings from the bowels of the
mountain were majestic in tone. / canno
tell you Just how they sounded. but per-
haps you can imagine a mighty hand play
ing upon the strings of a harp greater than
all the world. The notes produced We're
deep and full OF threatening. There was a
Earring sensation and every now and then
there was a commotion of the waters that
caused a swell without making the surface
break.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Dragged Into Water
By His Companion.

MY brave companion had the same i'm
pulse that actuated the negroes. He sprang
into the water. and when he saw that l did
not move, he reached up. and. catching me
by the shoulders. dragged me from the
boat. / was stunned at first and. though it
was not a physical injury. 1 could not move
of my own volition until the cool water re-
stored my senses. 1t was so that we could
see all that happened about us.
The Grappler rushed through the water
as far as her anchor cable would permit.
Then she seemed to- rise by the bow and
when she settled back she sank almost be-
fore the force of the explosion had spent
itself. The Roraima was all a mass OF
flames for several seconds.
we could see the poor wretches aboard
or her rushing about in a vain attempt to
escape from the fire that enveloped them.
Captain Muggah-or. at least, / suppose
that 1t was he-made an attempt to give
orders to the maddened crew. Then he
staggered to the railing and fell overheard.
1.-The Roddam was also overcome. Her
gangway was over the side. Her upper
works were wrecked. but by heroic effort
those on board were able to let 60 the
anchor. and. after man. attempts, the ship
began to move. She literally era wIed away.
1t was a splendid display of courage. At
least three hours elapsed after the explo-
sion before the Roddam cleared the harbor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Fort de Frances
Scare Not Serious.

This task was to have been undertaken
yesterday, and the officers of the British
warship interchangeable were to have made
a similar effort 10 recover the BODY OF
the British Consul. Mr.. Japp. Though
neither the body of the British official nor
those of Mr.. and Mrs. Prentis can be POSI-
lively identified, the position in which each
was found leaves little doubt as to their
actual identity.
The proposed expedition into the buried
city had to be prepared yesterday, because
none of the native guides or negroes who
are to be employed in the task was stout
hearted enough to undertake it since the
slight scare caused in Fort de France by n
renewed shower of ashes Saturday night
which a shift of the wind blew in from the
crest of Pelee.
For a time during Saturday evening Fort
de France was In a state of trepidation
and anxious eyes were directed all night
toward the crater of the volcano. There
was nothing approaching a panic, however
and when the Luckenbach left the harbor
OF Fort de France at l o'clock Monday
morning. May 10. it was expected that the
recovery of the bodies of both the Amer
lean and British Consuls would be accom-
plished later in the day.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27

wreck of a volante which had stood direct
ly In front Of the house where his daughter
was a guest, told plainly enough the story
that they had been about to start for a
"riv" when the storm of death swept
through the streets and blasted them with
its fiery heat.
Ia me building of the English bank the
bank clock was plainly visible, its hands
standing at five minutes past s. Other
clocks were found in the ruins. however.
which had been stopped a few minutes be-
fore s.
TIL vaults of the British bank have not
yet been forced open. and. when we visited
the place. the ruin was entirely Snguarded.
British expedition. under the auspices
of the officers of the interchangeable. is ex-
pected TO recover the specie and other valu-
able property from these vaults at the same
time it makes the effort to recover the body
of the British Consul. From the vaults of
the Bank of Martinique 5000 in specie
has already been recovered. and from it's
private vault compartments have been ex-
cavated jewelry. silverware and other pri-
vate property on deposit there to an aggre-
gate value of $4,000.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Ruins of Cathedral
Sight to Behold.

Through Victor Hugo street We penetrat-
ed to what had been the Cathedral de
MoulIace. Had 1t been hammered for a
fortnight under the guns of a fleet Of bat
tleships its ruins could hardly have been
more complete. Aloft, in the remnant OF
the higher of its two towers, a pair of
bells yet hung lettering in the belfry.
There for scores Of years their mellow
peal had summoned the pious Catholics of
St. Pierre to early masses. But the peak
of the tower, smitten by the resistless
blast, had been detached bodily. together
with the heavy iron framework supporting
the largest bell of the chime: and the whole
mass, twisted, bent and afterward welded
in the fiery furnace. lay half buried forty
feet away, in the patio of what had been
the Parish house.
OF that structure, which had adjoined the
Cathedral, and which,, like it, had faced
upon the Place de Moullace. not a fragment
was left save its foundation walls.
In what had been its center could still be
traced the circular basin from which had
spurted a pretty fountain of water. This
was filled with ashes. mortar and dust.
through, which projected the fragments OF
human bones.
Directly In front of the cathedral and the
parish-house was the Place de Mouilace. A
little Eden it had been, green and 1resn
with the verdure of the, G%ocoanut and the
roval palm. under the shade of which the
residents OF st. Pierre were wont TO gather
in daily gossip.
Not so much as the stump of a tree re-
NAMED to indicate the former beauties OF
this little bit of tropical Paradise. Trees
as sturdy and tall as many Of the beautiful
elms of Central Park had been shorn off
and shriveled under the blast, and then
their stems had been literally uprooted and
sent HURTING through space against the
wrecked walls of the church.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Monument Guards
City of the Dead.

Perched on the summit of a high hill
southwark of the ruined city and on the
line of the road to Fort de France a granite
monument stands conspicuously facing sea-
ward. Sentinel-like, unscathed by the'blast.
it stands as though keeping watch and ward
over the dead. Its mountain pedestal is
the first patch of visible green sward spared
to peep out to the southwark of the area of
arid desolation. Powdered as 1t Is with
siftings of volcanic dust. one may yet read
upon its face that the citizens of st. Pierre
erected it to commemorate the sailors who
lost their lives in that harbor in the great
cyclone of 1892. just a decade before the city
itself was destined to meet its doom.
With little difficulty a landing was effect
ed on the Marina directly in front of the
ruin of the large rum warehouse of LASER
Freres. The wharves in front were Uttered
with an ineXtricable tangle of rum casks,
barrel hoops and slaves, heavy iron anchor
chains, piles of conch shells and other mari
time debris. The heavy masonry walls Of
the building. falling outward, had tumbled
great masses of stone and shattered ma
chinery over the entire area and the pow
derry c~overlet of fluttering dust had swathed
the whole in a cloak of neutral gray. Up
to the second story above the ground the
thick stone walls of the front had stood,
though scanned and lettering.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Newspaper Party's
Search of Ruins.

Here in the main doorway. at the very
threshold of tie place where he had toiled.
was seen the first mute relic of human
traeedy-a negro. broad-shouldered and
strong. He had been a stevedore or ware
house porter, probably. The stone arch Of
the doorway had saved him from being
crushed under the falling walls, and the
masonry had shielded the body partially
from fire.
The sleeves of his shirt had been rolled
UP to the elbows. Death had found him at
his daily task and had struck him down
where he stood; or. perchance. had caught
him in one desperate effort at flight
through the doorway toward the harbor
so close beyond, whose waters were soon a
seething caldron under the blast of fire
that scourged both land and sea.
Along the water front the piled debris
was not so formidable as TO seriously i'm
pede 4 good climber, but the moment one
sought to penetrate to Bouille street, the
next thoroughfare back from the shore, he
encountered difficulties that called for the
skill of an Alpine mountaineer. Mingled
masonry, crumbling mortar, mud and ashes
formed a foul, noisome series of hillocks.
beneath which the dead lay by thousands.
At every step the explorer encountered
relics suggestive of the simple home life
of the people. The wheels and pendulum
of a mantel clock were kicked from out the
debris as the party shuffed through the
flying dust.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Terrific Explosion
From the Crate.

Out from the shore put a small launch,
carrying the pennant of Fovernor Moullet.
The Governor, at the last moment, had real
lied that the situation was filled with a
terrible danger. He was tempting to es-
cape with his family and a few friends. l
had commented to Baron de Fontenilliat
upon the appearance of the Governors
craft. Neither of US gave to the incident
its true significance.
While We were talking there came an
explosion that was beyond any that ever
before happened l can only liken 1t to a
shot from a mammoth cannon. The breath
OF fire swept down upon the city and water
front with all of the force tina could have
been given to 1t by such a cannon. The
explosion was without warning and the eff
feet was instantaneous.
"Cinders were shot into our face with
singing effect. The air was filled with
flames. Involuntarily We raised our hands
to protect our faces. I noted the gesture
when l saw the bodies of the victims on
shore. Arms had been raised. and the hands
were extended with the palms outward-a
gesture that in a peculiar manner indicated
dread and horror.
"When the explosion came our two boat
men were either thrown from the boat or
with a quick impulse they sprang over
board. 1t was the one thing to have done
to save their lives. but, unfortunately for
them, they lost their presence of mind, and,
instead of staying by the side of the boat,
they swan away in the direction of Pre-
chure. which we were approaching when
the disaster came.
1T was impossible for them to land at
P~rechure, so they were compelled to put
back. They then struck out across the bay.
evidently hoping to reach Carbett. We saw
neither of them again, and I have no doubt
thew were drowned.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
rald-Republic
Boats Arrival.

over the entombed city the volcano, from
a dozen vents. yet pours its streaming va
pors In long, curling wreaths tina mount
thousands Of feet aloft, like smoking IN
cense from a gigantic censor above the
bier Of some mighty dead.
such was the picture when the Herald
Republic dispatch boat, Mary E. Lucken-
pach, yesterday stood in toward the shore,
picking her way carefully among the
charred wrecks that dot the harbor, and
whose blackened timbers are the sole relics
Of steamships. merchantmen and smaller
craft that went down. staggering and biaz-
ing, ten days ago. under the tornado Of
fire.
NO sign OF life was there. As the steam
ers boat was lowered away and pulled In
toward the strand, SO recently the center Of
a commercial seaport's busy life, no sound
broke the perfect silence. Away to the
north and southwark, close to the waters
edge, stretched the serried battiements OF
ruined walls. their tops ragged and crum-
bling. their roofs gone. Blackened holes
marked where their doors and windows
had been. But the seward row was only
the first Of many like it, marking the lines
where the streets had run. Tier above tier,
tney stretched on the rising slope OF the
mountain, like the tiers of an amphithe-
alter. following the crescent curve of the
roadstead.
Northward the ruins on the higher ground
showed how the growing town had en-
croached, unsuspecting. upon the rolling
foothills. and even upon the steep ~inclines
OF the monster that was destined to de-
stroy 1t from a vantage point 1000 feet
above. Then the panorama OF ton
merged into the cleaning gray avalanche
or dust that buries utterly what was
proudly known as THE New Town"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27
Consul Prentis Had
Thought of Leaving.

One of the chief centers of American in
terest was naturally in the ruins of the
charming little villa in which the late
Thomas T. Prentis. his wife and two daugh-
tiers made their home. He was the Am
erican Consul at st. Pierre.
With a feeling that appears now almost
like a premonition of disaster, he had
come to entertain a strange repugnance for
his post of duty. In this feeling his wife
and daughters shared. Mr.. Prentis and his
friend, Mr.. Ayme, stationed In Guadeloupe,
had actually discussed seriously a possible
exchange of billets. as Mr.. Ayme. thought
better of st. Pierre than did his friend in
the consular service.
Several days ago, attended by a guide,
Mr.. Ayme penetrated to the house &C.
cupied by the dead Consul. He found 1t as
we found 1t yesterday. In the ruins of the
structure, between what was formerly Mr..
Prentis's consular office and the apartment
used as his family dining-room. were I'M
covered what are believed to be the re-
mains of the Consul and his wife. Mr..
Ayme carefully noted the location. and
then consulted with the Captain of The
United States steamship Cincinnati. Two
metallic caskets now lie on the cruisers
deck ready to receive the bodies as soon
as they can be removed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-27

not a ripple to break the mirror-like clear
ness of still waters. 1t was as II the hush
Of death lay everywhere. True earthquake
weather, more than one of the villagers OBJ
served. as they noted the oppressive still
ness OF the air and the strange quiet of
the racked earth.
Thomas T. Prentis. United States Consul
at st. Pierre. was sitting on the veranda g.
his homo in early hours of the following
morning. A friend came driving by in a
buggy.
You had better get out of this" he
called to the Consul. I'm getting out, and
getting out as fast as / can"
"Oh. you are just merely a little scared
Mr.. Prentis replied. There is no need of
any one going away"
Its better to be safe than sorry" re-
torted the citizen as he whipped up his
team and hGstened on.
1t is from this man who witnessed the
disaster u short time later from a neishbor-
ing elevation, from the few who survived
the wreckaSe in the otiing and the few who
looked on the cataclysm from distant points.
that the only eye witness version can be
lad