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where once had also been fountains.
gardens and statues.
In what WAS known as the central
section of the city there is perhaps
slightly less devastation than any
where else But even there it is next
to impossible to distinguish one honse
from another. In one Of the ruins,
however, | found a little crevicc filled
with clay pipes, not one of which bad
been broken in all of this ruin. Walls
had tumbled and toppled around them.
and the blasts Of suprrheated gases
had killed and destroyed all life for
miles around. and yet these little
fragile pipes had remained intact. In
another place we found nest Of china
ware. with only Il few pieces cracked
by the intense heat. Here, also. im-
mense rocks had fallen. but in such a
way as to protect the ware.
Walking over and along where once
was the Rue Victor Hugo down into
Anse one is most forcibly reminded Of
Lord E.ytton'S last days OF Pompeii
There, where those smOldrrins ruins
are now seen once stood the palalial
residence of Domcd. \ little beyond
had lived Ciadi;ls and down this street
had fled t,lullclls. hearing in his arms
the beautiful form o! his beloved lone.
But from ST. Pierre no human soul es-
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BOSTON'S AERIAL CAMP
A Unique Hospital For Sufferers by
Heat Prostitution.

A "roof garden" for the treatment OF
heat prostration cases is the latest ad-
dition to the equipment of the Boston
City Hospital Relief Station, says the
Boston Herald. The fiat top of the
building has been closed by raised
platform, inclosed by Il wovenwire iron
fence, and from iron stanchions erect
ed at convenient points awnings nave
been stretched. When the work is COM
pleted the roof will have the appear
ance of a camp Of four or five tents.
Each tent is equipped with two cots
and supplied with tables, chairs, etc.
as we'll as adorned by plants and ferns.
The sides of the tents are not placed
in position in fair weather, in order
that the patient may receive the tuli
benefit Of the circulation of air, and
when this circulation is not naturally
induced electric fans will be operated
MS auxiliaries. In addition to the mum.
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HUMOROUS

Wigg-1s he a man of intelligence!
Wagg-I suppose so. At any rate, ne
has never served on a jury.
Halton-What is the difference be-
tween a physician and medical e1-
pert? Steele-About s4S every visit
White Chick-My mother had four
legs. Black Chick-Get out! Write
Chick-Yes; my mother was an incuba-
.or.
Blobbs-What silent, taciturn fell
low Gotrox is. Slobbs-Yes; he be-
lieves in letting his money do the talk
ing.
Tommy-Pop, what is a despot2
Tommy's Pop-A despot, my son, is
-a-well, it's something like hired
girl"
Nell-Why doesn't she try to i'm
prove her mind? Belle-I suppose
she's too busy trying to improve her
complexion.
Hook-What was the outcome of
their marriage? Nye-The outcome?
How do I know? don't even know
their income.
"Poets," remarked the Wise Guy,
"are born" That's funny" said the
Simple Mug. 81 always thought they
grew on trees"
Tiger-Why is Miss Hippo chasing
Mr.. Monk through the jungle? Lion
Why, he had the audacity to ask if sne
wished her picture enlarged.
Miss Olde-How did your trousers
come to be worn at the knees? Cinder
SANDY kneelin' down an proposin'
to pretty ladies like yourself, mum.
Amelia" faltered the young man,
"I love you." "Oh, herbert" she said,
clasping her hands together, what d
long long time it has taken you to say
so.''
The Caller-I wish TO leave this man
uscript with you. may not be I'M
ished poet, but. The Editor-But il
you're not quick, you may be. Ah! Go
ing?
Poet-This little poem is all my oWo.
1t is my first, and worked hard.
Editor-Indeed? l wouldn't be SO
cruel as to take it from you, then.
| Good-day.
81 was without money" related the
great tragedian; "but l toured the Far
West" Indeed" calculated the
friend; "who was behind you?" "Oh,
the sheriff, most of the time" :
Lady" began the dusty wayfarer,
could you help poor sufferer of Mont
Pelce?" Mont Pelee?" echoed the
housewife. why, you are no resident
of Martinique" 81 know dat, mum. but
l am a sufferer just de same. Half De
things kind ladies had saved for me
dey sent down dere."
Hester-People are 80 queer; l sang
at an entertainment the other evening
and if you'll believe it, not soul had
a word to say about my performance.
What do you think of that? Bertha
They certainly were very considerate,
dear; but | should think they might
have found something to say that
would not injure your feelings.
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r.ountain appeared TO be submerged,
smoking, burning mass. There was
binding flash, and it appeared as II
some keen-edged knife had cut the
stalk of the flower, and with loud
report, like the guns of the navies OF
the world simultaneously exploding,
the black cloud swept down the noun
tain upon the little city. Lightning
flashed and cracked, and the surround
ing world became as dark as the dark
est night. As the cloud reached the
city there was another binding fash
and n loud report, and from north to
south st. Pierre burst into flames.
The only fire from the volcano was
that of lightning. FLAMES do not come
from the crater.
Only q short distance from where
the uuays Of st. Pierre were formerly
situated stands the ruins of the beau
tiful cathedral. Only a small section
of the front and rear walls are now
standing. and between them are huge
stones-the wreckage of the towers,
the immense bell and the broken and
desolated altar. The t:ow of mud has
buried nearly everything. Here, In
this .wreckage, were found many bod
les, and it is very probable that at the
time Of the eruption the church was
filed with people praying to the AL
mighty for deliverance from the vol
cano. These people, De it known, had
been given not less than twelve days
warning of the subsequent catastrophe.
The first eruption, Oh May Sth, left
standing a large part of the cathedral,
but. the second eruption. on May Goth,
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New Field For Young Men

There appears to he new field OPEN
ing up for ambitious young men. 1t Is
the field of scientific forcstry-one OF
the most important matters of the day.
The young forester has prospects OF a
salary that equals that of the average
college professor TO men of mental
and physical vigor who delight in ma
ture and outdoor life, this would seem
to be congenial and lucrative occu-
patton. In fores ID States the aban-
doned STUN lands need scientific at
tpntion.-SucceSS
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over the entire city, knocking down
buildings with the ease that ten pins
fall when struck by the rolling ball.
There must have been wind with the
fury OF q terrible cyclone, for. iron
bars as large as a mans wrist. We're
bent and twisted and huge trees have
Ebeen literally torn from the earth and
least in every direction. Where there
|! yare no rims to be seen T. was due
Ito the fact that they had been buried
War below the rivers of mud, which
,llad flowed down Pelce's side through
this natural gateway into the city. But
most surprising Of all, there was no
slcva.
| Looking to the north. to the east
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caped, and the novelist Of the future,
who attempts to narrate and describe
the horrors which befell ST. Pierre CD
that fatsfut morning of May Sth. must,
If he be trIthfHI, bring a ,sr different
ending to his book ;taH Lord Lytton
gives to his famous work. Tbe silent
evidences given by the dead bodies
scattered throughout the ruined city
show conclusivGir that some Of tie
people, at least, saw the tfhtrlwind Of
black cloud, flashing lightning, burn
ing gases AHd boiling mud coming
toward st. Pierre from The burning hole
on the summit of Pelee, but not one
escaped. York Independents.
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An Exception.

at is a great injustice to say that
we put prices up" said the trust mag
rate.
81 am sorry If l have done you any
Injustice" answered the plain citizen,
"but there is a general impression to
that effect"
"It is a very erroneous impression.
When we desire to buy anything our
selves we always put the prices down"
Washington Star.
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from the sea and throws forth for
many thousand feet higher massive
clouds of now white and now black
smoke and vapor. 1t seems as if some
giant hand, controlled by supernat-
ural power, has, with one scoop, dug
out near the mountains base an i'm
mense hole with an opening only to-
ward the sea and Mt. Pelee. In this
hole there once thrived one of the most
prosperous cities in all the West In
dies-it was the site of st. Pierre.
Now it is hard, from the distance of q
mile for one to discern that there re-
mains anything which bears re-
semblance to the works OF man. a lit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-13
Grinding Grain in Japan.

Japan and the Japanese are progress
sive, but hand labor is so cheap that
progress in some directions will he nee
essarily slow. There are now hundreds
of water, steam and electric power es-
Establishments in Japan, but the hand
mill is still exclusively used all over
the agricultural districts of the Mi
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-13
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The biggest average farm in. the
world is in South Australia, where the
average squatter holds $4,000 acres.
The largest library in the world IS
the National Library of Paris, which
contains ~ miles of shelves, holding
1,4GO, 900 books. There are also 175,OOO
manuscripts, 100000 maps and charts,
100000 coins and medals.
It is a hundred years since King
Frederick William III OF Prussia issued
an order forbidding officers and men to
take off their hats in saluting and Or
dering the salute to be bringing the
hand TO the level of the eyes.
Milan has curiosity in clock
which is made entirely Of bread. The
maker is native of India, and has de-
voted three years of his life to the con-
struction of this curiosity. The clock
is of good size and goes we'll.
II is estimated that there are fewer
than 10000 wild elephants left in all
the countries on the globe, and that
five of these will be killed off where
one is born. 1t is a matter of only a
few years when the last one must go.
Probably the most expensive book
known is that which the Amcer OF Al
eanistan has presented TO the Shah OF
Persia. 1t is a manuscript copy OF the
Koran. the binding of which is worth
$3.50 1000. This binding is of solid gold.
2 ga inches thick, the carvings, which
are the work of an Afghan goldsmith,
are incrusted with precious stones
167 pearls, 122 rubies. and 1O9 diamonds
Of the. .purest water.
The following curious advertisement
recently appeared in Spanish journal:
"This morning heaven summoned away
the jeweler, Sicbald Illmaga, from his
shop to another and better world.
The undersigned. his widow, will weep
upon his tomb. as will also his two
daughters, Hilda and Emma, the for
mer of whom is married, and the latter
is open to an offer The funeral Will
take place tomorrow. His disconsolate
widow. Veronique Illmaga. P. s.
This bereavement will not interrupt
oalr employment, which will be carried
on as usual: only our place of business
will be removed from No. Lessi de
I,eintures to No. Rue de Missionaire
Our grasping landlord has raised the
rent"
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Japanese women servants have the
reputation of being the most aristo-
cratic looking and naughty menials in
existence. Some idea of the prettiness
and daintiness of their dress may be
obtained from the accompanying pic
ture, which shows typical servant
girl' of the land of the chrysanthemum
about to set off for her mornings mar
keting. These dainty little creatures
are the most thrifty of workers, and
the best of housekeopers and COOKS,
and if it were possible to induce few
thousand of them to immigrate to
America solution of the ever existing
servant girl problem" might speedily
be found.
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SCENES IN THE DEAD CITY
or ST, pIIRRE y - ~
BY WLidAM MASON

the place where the city hdd 0ice
tbren and the works Of nature in tile
t.rYar. toward the mountain.
jBnt let us enter the town. 1t hardly
Stems possible to tell in which Airec-
5tfDn and where the streets had former
lS5run. Houses were toppled in and
scattered themselves to such an extent
that;it appeared as if the same giant
hand which had once formed the site
fnf st. Pierre had now swept itse'f
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The Field OF Danger.

Greene-Some folks fancy that golf
Is a dangerous game. Do you thirk
there Is any danger in it?
Gage-I had two friends who got en-
gagged on the golf links last season.
Boston Transcript.
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Salmon frozen in Oregon and
shipped to the cities of Germany can
be bought there for 35 cents pound.
while German salmon costs SLIPS a
pound.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-13
THE MARCH OF MEDICAL PROGRESS,

We used to have the measles -
When We were children small
And various other ailments
Which commonly befall.
Although their names were simpl
They filed US with dismay,
But with maturer sorFowS
We laid them all away,
It's "teno-synovitis" !"
That gets US going lame;
We find there Is "a new disease
That goes with every game.
And mid these strange Affections,
Some comfort we may clusch;
Although their names are moIo.severe,
They do not hurt so much.
-Washington Star.
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Like American Shoes.

The sale oI line shoes of American
manufacture in Canada has trebled In
f,r years. 1t is estimated that it will
this year amount 10 SJ00,0U0.
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shops, banks and opera house and a
city hall was now but a gray waste. on
which dust and ashes had drifted In
large piles covering heaps of stones
that had formerly been reared in mag
niticent editices. The ruins of the
Hotel de Vile, the City. Hall of st.
Pierre, are shown in the photograph.
This building stood in n great square,
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Through the pItchy swhfHg above
lightning played necessarily afd hel0w
ON the side of the mountain monster
Jets started upward until the whole
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VI 7HEN we landed at Fort dc
n France, just two weeks at
NM ter the fearful catastrophe
4 Il which in one blow laid low
the most prosperous city, not only OF
Martinique, but in all the Lesser An
TILES, 1t was difficult to realize that
Only sixteen miles away lay the worlds
4reatest picture Of ruin and death.
Betwceii Fort de France aid The
jot where once was st. Pierre the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-13

Der of bath rooms especially provided
in the body Of the building for the
treatment of heat cases, portable
bath tub will be installed on the roof.
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kado's Empire. Tile cut shown here
with executed in Japanese style,
shows the process.
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1t is a hundred years since King
Frederick William III OF Prussia issued
an order forbidding officers and men to
take off their hats in saluting and Or
dering the salute to be bringing the
hand TO the level of the eyes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-13

The biggest average farm in. the
world is in South Australia, where the
average squatter holds $4,000 acres.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
HORSE WINS EXCITING CHASE
CARRIAGES AND PEDESTRIANS SCAT
TER IN SEVENTH-AVE. AS MOUNT
ED POLICEMAN PURSUES
AUTOMOBILE.

The blotter of the West One-hundred and
the effect that at 8 p nj. yesterday Charles w
Whitney. of No. 331 Madison-ave., was arrested
for running automobile at rate of fifteen
miles an hour in upper Seventh-ave In the
building at the address mentioned is the branch
office of H. n. Whitney & Sons bankers and
brokers, whose main office is at Nos. 1918
Broad-st
Mounted Policeman James Cavanagh of the
Highbrfdge police station, who watches Seventh
ave. from One-hundred- and thirty-seventh-s st to
observation-disclosures third-st was sitting on
his horse at One-hundred- and -fortieth- h-st when
there shot past him gray automobile, in which
were seated a and a woman. The auto
going south. Cavanagh wheeled his horse
around and shouted for the man to stop, as he
estimated that the vehicle was going at least
fifteen miles hour.
Catch me II you cant" the man shouted and
with the words he made the automobile go a
little faster. Cavanagh put spurs to his horse,
and followed that startled SeVenth-ave.
Horses were frightened, and several runaways
were only averted by the good horsemanship of
drivers At cross streets pedestrians scurried to
the sides of the avenue for safety. At One
hundred and thirty-Seventh-st Cavanagh was
abreast of the automobile, and told the young
man he under arrest. He stopped, and the
equipa ge escorted TO the West One hundred
and-twenty-fifth-st. police station by the police
man. The prisoner gave the and ad-
ress mentioned. He took his arrest lightly.
He sent message from the station house, and
soon Dederick Brandes. liquor merchant of
No. Ii West One hundred -and-twenty- first-st..
furnished bail in the sum of $500 Mr.. Whitney
was directed to be at the Harlem police court
this morning, and he and the woman rode away
in the automobile.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterdays RECORD AND To-DAY's FORECAST
Washington JAM 25.-The storm which the
middle plateau Friday night has moved eastward and
southwark into the south plateau and Western Texas
and in combination a high 10 the northward
has caused winter type OF storm IN the
extreme West snow. very temperature and high
northery line OF temperatures tonight
extends and Northwestern Kansas
the lake region and the upper
Mississippi Valley into the lower Mississippi
Valley Emergency warnings covering these conditions
were issued morning In East the weather has
generally cloudy with local rains and since
Friday night Rocky Mountains the weather
has cleared except Arizona. with cold wave over
central portions, warnings for which
were issued Friday night The storm will probably move
rtheastward the upper lake region Sunday, and
snow will be general in the lower Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys upper lake region. extending
by night into the lower and the northern
ton Atlantic States. There will be rain
Sunday in the Southwest probably changing and
rain in the Valley and the Southeast extending into
the southern portion Of the Middle Atlantic States by
will cold sunday in the extreme Southwest and
at night IN the nuuts n, 1 ~ e re e.,
9sy in the southeast colder Monday Val
ley the W not be cod Monday in the Northwest
eastery; on the Middle Atlantic Coast they will fresh
eastery slowly increasing; the South Atlantic Coast
easserIy: on the East Guf they and
possibly brisk to sGuthery and on the West
northwesterIy. and becoming high Steamers which de
to northeasteriy partly cloudy
% 1a9o fom Mobile 10 BroWnsSiile and cold wave
ings in Arizona. New-Mexiec, the interior OF Texas
western and Southeastern colorado Kansas Missouri
Eastern Nebraska; Eastern and Southern Iowa Illinois
interior Northern California and Utah Emergency
and Indian Terrtories Northern and western Texas
New-Mexoo, Colorado South Dakota, Nebraska Kansas
Iowa and Southern Minnesota. and emergency low tenn
perature warnings for California
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
PATRICK VISITED BY HIS SISTER.
SHE SPENDS SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE PRIs
oNER IN THE ToMBs.

SHE SPENDS SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE PRIs-
oNER IN THE ToMBs
Miss Emma Patrick sister of Albert T Patrick.
called on her brother in the Tombs yesterday. 1t
is the Arst time she has her brother since the
murder charge has been hanging over him. Miss
owing TO the fact that the visitors hours at the
prison and the court hours conflict she had been
unable to him until yesterday
Miss Patrick accompanied by Mrs. Addie NJ.
Francis the former landady of the prisoner. and
another woman, who refused to give her name.
They arrived at the prison just before 10 a. at
which hour visitors admitted and were shown
into the anIeroom by the keeper who admitted
Mrs. Francis shook hands warmly with him and
introduced him Miss Patrick.
Promptly 10 o'clock the three women handed In
their passes and went into the inner prison.
Warden Flynn directed keeper to guide them to
Patrick's cell. The meeting between brother and
sister was anectonate according TO the keepers.
Miss Patrick remained with her brother the limit
of the time allowed visitors, until O'Clock.
When she came out she was smiling and appeared
In the best OF spirits. She refused TO have any
thing say about the meeting with her brother
or what passed between them, as did Mrs. Francis.
A large crowd. attracted by the rumor that Miss
Patrick was in the prison. gathered. and several
cameras pointed at the entrance through
which she would have to come. When Miss Patrick
at first caught sight of the crowd and the cameras
she drew back. but after minutes hesitation
boldly walked out. holding her head high and not
even degning to draw down her veil She and the
other women walked over TO Broadway and took
a car uptown. Patrick had no other visitors yes
terday 1t Is said that his little daughter. who
came up from Texas with his sister. will not see
her father in the Tombs. as he does not wish his
children to know that he Is IN prison.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
RED TAPE RELEASES OLIVE OIL,
CUSTOMS OFFICERS THOUGHT THEY HAD
UNEARTHED SMUGGLING PLOT.

Giuseppe Siccardi. an Italian ship chandler of
Brooklyn. has just happily through har-
rowing experience with the New-York customs
officials. Siccardi on January Ia delivered a lot
of ship stores board the italian bark Carl
baldi, Captain Parodi. which lying at the
Atlantic Docks. about put to Among
these supplies were four of olive oil. al
most necessary of life for Italians. In due
course the Garibaldi cast loose and towed
down the Narrows and out to by a tugboat,
the Jacob Cooper. The Cooper. however. on her
return brought back unexpected cargo,
for Captain Parodi the Garibaldi was on her
way out of the harbor discovered the olive oil.
He had ordered four OF kerosene oil. and
apparently substitute however excellent
would satisfy him, for he would not let the tug
boat leave him until he had put aboard of It the
four cases of olive oil. with accompanying
letter to Siccardi. When the Cooper tied up at
the Atlantic Docks the customs officers found
and seized her consignment OF olive oil. and for
a while were joyful in the idea that scheme
of wholesale smuggling had been unearthed
BY and by Siccardi appeared with his letter. to
corroborate the explanations of the tugboat
men, and after several days spent In unwtnding
red tape the ship chandler got back his rejected
but palatabe wares