BAILROAD TIME TABLES PSNS'A K. K. ■ ASI. WEST 7.13 A. M. 9.14 A. M. 10.17 " 12.:« P. M. S.*l P. M. 1.53 " #.OB " .51 " SUNDAYS. 10.17 A. M. 4 53 P. M. D. L. & W It. H. BAST. WIST. 8.38 A. M. y.09 A. M. 10.1U " 12.47 P. M. 2.11 P. M. 4.35 " 6.10 » 820 " SUNDAYS. fl.» A. M. 12.47 P. M. B. 10 P.M. 1.20 » PHIL'A <S RKADINO K. K. KOSTH. SOUTH. 7.32 A. M. 11.26 A. M. 4.00 P. M. 6.05 P. M. BLOOM STREET 7.34 A. M, 11.23 A. M. 4.W2 P. M. 'i.o4 P. M. pH. J. MWKIfI'ORT, SURGEON DENTIST, Uvvinmon MILL ST., Opposite the Post Office. Operative and Mechanical Dentistry Carefully performed, Teeth positively extracted without pain.with Oas, Ether and Chloroform: Treat- Ins and Filling teeth aSDecialtr ■yy ■. HANK WENT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office over Paules' Drug Store MONTOOMEKY BL'ILDINO, ILL. STREET. - - DANVILLE. PA J. J. BROWN. THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es and artificial eyes supplied. 311 Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours—lo a. m.to 5 p. in. Telephone 1436. Aa Imprtaoni Renolve, When little Dickie Swope's a man. He's goin to be a sailor, And little Haraej Tincher, he's A-jroin to be a tailor; Bud Mitchell, he's a-goin to be A stylish carriage maker. An when I grow a grea' big man I'ia goin to be a baker. An Dick'U buy his sailor suit Of Hame, an Hame'll take it An buy as fine a double rig As ever Bud can make it. An then all three'll drive roun' fer me, An we'll drive off togewer, A-elii)fr>n pie crust 'long the road Feriver an ferever. —James Whitcomb Riley. Passing Boasts. Gotham Maid—We have the best dressed men. Chicago Maid—Oh, well, we have the bMt dressed beef!— Chicago News. Decline of Tanning In Maine. Scarcity of hemlock bark is reported to have caused the almost total extinc tion of the once prosperous tanning in dustry in Maine. Though there is a large growth of hemlock in the state, It Is 80 far from practicable tannery sites that the cost of hauling prohibits Its use. Electrical Horsewhip. An electrical horsewhip gives the an imal a shock Instead of a cut. A small battery is controlled by a push button. The Polite Isur,v.lar. The r#ttli!i« of silver sp< ,ns awakened the lady in ii:«- <!rutl of niffht. "Who's there?" she <ric<i as she leaned ever the balustrade and peered down into the darkness. "Who's there, and what are jou doingV" The stranger in the dining room replied with startliug candor, "Jimmy Dores, ma'am, at your service," and gathering as much of the lutter as he could, fled hastily.—Catholic Standard and Times. Paying For It. Client—Your fee is exorbitant. It didn't take you a day to do the work. Lawyer—lt is my regular fee. lam not rharging yon for time, but tor the cost of my education. Client—Well, give me a receipt for the cost of your education, so the next fellow won't have to pay for it too.—London Fun. A Hlihop i Hetort. At a dinner party a young man was once talking rather foolishly about Darwtn and his books, and he said to the bishop of Winchester (Wllberforce), "My lord, have you read Darwin's last book on the 'Descent of Man?' " "Yes, I have," said the bishop, whereupon the young man continued: "What non sense It is talking of our being de scended from apes! Besides, 1 can't see the use of such stuff I can't see what difference It would make to me If my grandfather was an ape." "No," the bishop replied; "I don't see that It would. But It must have made an amazing difference to your grand mother!" The young man had no more to say. Heard Him Sigh. "I have been sitting on the porch listening to tlie sighing of the wind," she said sentimentally by way of ex planation of her long absence from the Louse. "Yes; I heard him sigh," promptly put in the small boy. "Him? Who?" demanded the head of the household. "Why, that young fellow you always said was nothing but wind," answered the boy. And thus was the secret be trayed.—Chicago Post. n n «pi Ameaameiit. Years ago a bill entitled "An act for the preservation of the heath hen and other game" was Introduced into the New York house of assembly. The speaker of the house, who was not especially interested In matters of this kind, gravely read it, "An act for the preservation of the heathen and other game." ITe was blissfully unconscious of his blunder until an honest member from the northern part of the state who had suffered from the depredations of the frontier Indians rose to his feet. "I should like to move an amendment to the bill," he said mildly, "by adding the words, 'except Indians.' "—Youth's Companion. The Account. "1 have called," said the reporter, "to tern If yoa wish to add anything to our account of your wlft?'s reception this evening. We have mo«t of the details and a long list of names. Including those who will assist her in receiving." "No," replied the business man. •There's only one cnr.t that I'm ex pected to take any Interest In, and there'll be no one to assist Die with that."— Exchange. Tortured A Witness. Intense snffering was endnred by with ness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, Ky., before he gave this evidence: I (toughed every night until my throat was nearly raw: then tried Dr. King's New Disoovery tvhich gave instant relief. I have used it fn my family for four years and re <«mroejid it as the greatest remedy for '' Kgfcs, Colds and all Throat. Chest" and Lung troubles. It will stop the worst congh. and tint only prevents bnt alwo toteiy cires Coi«s;i nipt ion. Pritte 50c and $1.(10. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Paulas fc Oj'i Drug i&ore I BRILLIANT IN COLORS PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION WILL GLOW WITH WONDERFUL RADIANCE. Electrical Illuminations nnil Other Features In Which Buffalo'* Fair Will Kxcel All Former Enterprises of This Description. Even the Buffalonian cannot compre hend the exquisite character of the great Exposition he is building. Is it any wondevr, then, that distant na tive still asks what it is fo be? Indeed it is to be everything that is graceful, harmonious and beautiful. Form and color will join their wonderful forces to please the eye and delight the sense. THE ELECTRIC TOWER. "Magnificent" is not too strong a word to express the character of the com pleted work. He is a man of dull imag ination who, now visiting the grounds, cannot picture in some degree the come liness and stateliness of the finished * enterprise. The Pan-American Exposition is in tended to be in every way an artistic triumph. From the very beginning it has been the purpose of those who have been intrusted with the making of this Exposition to present to the world the most artistic creation ever conceived for a like purpose. The ar rangement of the buildings, the style of architecture, the decorative work, the embellishment of the grounds and the electrical illumination are some of the features that will stand out promi nently in the Exposition picture. There are 33 acres in the courts around which stand the principal Exposition buildings. While the whole Exposi tion plot of 350 acres will he as beauti ful as nature, witli the artistic help of 1 man, can make it, the several courts will be the particular center for formal decorative work. The courts are ar ranged in the form of a cross, the north and south courts bearing the names of Court of Fountains, Plaza, Fore Court and Approach and being nearly 3,000 feet in extreme length. The Transverse Court Is known as the Esplanade and is 1,700 feet from east to west. Two subordinate courts open into the Esplanade, known as the Court of Lilies and Court of Cypresses. The combined area of these courts is approximately two and a half times the area of the courts at the World's Columbian Exposition and for this rea son gives a far greater opportunity for artistic treatment. It has been said of this Exposition that it would outrival all former enter prises in a number of important fea tures. The first of these is in the court settings Just described. The second is In the plastic ornamentation of buildings and the elaborate use of sculpture for decorative purposes. As a third may be mentioned the hydraul ic and fountain effects. These are of a most elaborate character and are to be seen in all of the courts. A fourth feature is the horticultural dec orative work. Sunken gardens and formal floral ornamentation will be em ployed at every point where the bright colors of foliage and flowers will add to the beauty of the scene. As a fifth feature may be noted the color decora tion of the buildings. This is a very elaborate undertaking, the result of mature study upon the part of the best mural painters of the world. C'onsid ered a very difficult, if not embar rassing, problem at first, it has been worked out by patient study until re suits very pleasing and happy have been achieved. A sixth point of excel lence will be the electrical illumina tlon of all the courts. Then the bril llance of the gardens and the radiant beauty of the buildings will be height ened by the glow of 200,000 electric lamps arranged with artistic concep tion and illuminating with fantastic hues the numberless fountains and pools and turning the sceue into one of unrivaled splendor. The style of architecture Is what is described as a free adaptation of the Spanish renaissance. It is particularly appropriate for the purposes of an Exposition since it gives opportunity for the employment of many architec tural features of a festive character Thus the visitor may see many lofty towers and lanterns, graceful domes and minarets, airy pavilions and other decorative work that will produce a sky line free from any suggestions of monotony or severity. The Electric Tower, standing in a Lroad pool between the Court of Foun tains and the Plaza, is to be the center piece for electrical illumination. This tower i* 80 feet square and 375 feet high, with circular wings curving from the east and west sides to the south ward and forming a semicircular space in which are to be many beautiful fountain features. From the southern face of the Tower a cascade will gush from a niche, 70 feet from the ground, and fail upon a terraced base. At night this cascade and the fountains and pools will be illuminated in fantastic colors. Floating lights upon all the pools will form an interesting feature of the general scheme of illumination. Some 30 or more American sculptors of renown are at work upon the deco rative groups which are to have a place-at this Exposition. These are to be nearly all original productions under the master direction of Karl Bitter. It will be the most elaborate use of decorative sculpture ever under taken at an Exposition, there being more than 125 groups. These will adorn (lie fountains, bridges, entrances to buildings and other salient points. Besides the pools and fountains, with in the several courts will be a grand and stately canal which \ftll surround the entire group of buildings, fn the southern reaches of this canal are A Woman's Awful Peril. "There is only one stance to save yonr life and that is through an operation" were the startling words heard by Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her doctor after he had vainly tried to cure lu>r of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones had formed and >-h>- constantly grew worse. Then she began tk» use Electric Bitters which wholly cured her It's a wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures Dyspepsia. Loss of Appetite, Try it. Only 50 ots. Gua an teed. For sale by Paules & Cos Drug gists. art irk..., I,uuie& oi water known as me Mirror Lakes, from which lagoons ex tend in several directions, thickly set with aquatic plants of rare species. In addition to the sunken gardens and other floral features of the courts will be the horticultural exhibits In the southern part of the grounds. These will consist of several acres of beds of ■ the finest productions of the best nurs- I eries and greenhouses of the western ' world. The competition for supremacy will be very keen and the lover of flow ers will have a rare opportunity to 1 make a comparison of the merits of the productions of competing growers. MARK BICNNITT. I BAY STATE AT BUFFALO. | Fine Historical Exhibit Will De Marie liy Man»aeliuwettn. The historic commonwealth of Mas sachusetts will have a most Interesting exhibit at the Pan-American Exposi tion at Buffalo. It is being collected through the co operation of various societies, such as the Sons of the Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, Sons of the Ameri can Revolution, Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, the Society of tlie War of 1812 and kindred organizations. The chairman of the Massachusetts l'an i American commission, Mr. Walter Oil man Page, is a leading spirit in these societies and is anxious that the wealth of historic material possessed by Mas sachusetts should be adequately repre sented at the Pan-American Exposi tion. The matter of a building has not yet been definitely decided, but it is prob able that the old Providence House, which was one of the historic buildings of Boston, will be reproduced as a home for Massachusetts exhibits at the Ex- THK PROPYLS A. position in Buffalo. This building was typical In its style of the old fashioned Boston architecture and, in addition, possessed a special interest from Its historic associations. It formerly stood on the Washington street end of Prov idence court, partly on the site of what is now Clark's Tavern. One of the members of the Massa chusetts commission to the Paris Ex position, who recently returned from the French fair, secured there about 450 valuable exhibits, which will be transferred to the Pan-American at Buffalo. Ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg and City Treasurer E. T. Tifft of Springfield returned recently from a visit of a few days in Buffalo very enthusiastic over the prospects for the success of the Exposition and are anxious to have the good old Bay State well represented there. ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT. That of Foodai and Their Aec#«orlei, liioln<l iii k Pan-American Spices. A very dainty pamphlet has been is sued by the Division of Foods and Their Accessories of the Pan-American Ex position at Buffalo. The food work at the Pan-American comes under the general department of Horticulture, Forestry and Food Products, of which Mr. Frederic W. Taylor is superintend ent. Mr. G. Edward Fuller, as assistant superintendent, has entire charge of the Division of Foods and Their Ac cessories, and he has prepared himself for unusual work in this line by spe cial travel and study such as no one else probably ever undertook with the same object. This pamphlet calls the attention of Jobbers of teus, coffees and spices and all dealers in food prod ucts generally and their accessories to the interesting, useful and educational work In their lines of business which is going on for the Pan-American Ex position of 1901. The assistant superintendent, Mr. Fuller, says:"ln the far east there are foods and condiments of which we are almost utterly ignorant here, and one of the aims of the food exhibit will be to educate the people of the western hemisphere to the cultivation of the products which flourish in the east. It will be my aim to show how simple and profitable it would be, for instance, to grow in the West Indies what is grown in the East Indies. The climate and soil conditions are remarkably similar, and the conditions are favor able. "The best proof obtainable or desira ble that the soil and the climate of the West Indies is as favorable as that of the East Indies for the production of spices is already available. The prod ucts now received from the West In dies are not equaled by those from any other section of the world. At the present time they grow better allspice, ginger and red pepper there than any where else on the globe, and the va nilla bean, which is queen of spices, as the nutmeg is king, is found nowhere in the world In such perfection as in Mexico. The coffee grown in Mexico has a flavor obtainable in no other cof fee, not even the Mocha or Java sur passing It. Emperor William of Ger many appreciates that fact, and all of ' the coffee used in the r •• .! ' is sent from our ne:: V •:< czuelan cacao, fr. u-h oboe is made, is aupe> i r IJ : :.<* Easi l:e! an product. "With the view of uia -!n<» « r the: In one effective itistniei : i.-eful exhibit the ecoii i!> p!;.:iis. vines and trees of tropical Pan-America which produce teas, coffees, spices and kin dred things, it has been decided to appropriate considerable space at the PKAT. OF PAX—AMERICAX EXPOSITION. Pan-American Exposition for their dis play on a scale never before attempted. To show ibis interesting c " World's Uhampiou, "I tried many remedies to cure piles,' writes W r . R. Smith, of Latham. 111., but found no relief till I used Bneklen's Arnica Salve. I have not been troubled with piles smoe " It 's the only champion pile cure on earth and the best salve in the world 25c per IH>X. guaranteed by Fan lea Cos druggist. | the Pest an vantage an attractive cou | servatory has beeu provided, while a museum, as an annex to this, will con j tain finished products as well as rare and curious articles to illustrate a va riety of features under the head of 'Foods and Their Accessories.' "It is a fact well known to experts in exhibition matters that a scattered display of special articles loses force, while a condensed exhibit of a line of things pertaining to a specific subject becomes educational. Now. as the ob ject is to increase the production aud promote the consumption of the things called for. much trouble and expense is justified In makiug this collection unique and unparalleled. "It is intended to make the exhibit of red peppers tlie finest and most ex tensive collection ever made, with the object of demonstrating by special ex biblt connected with the 'accessories of food' that Pan-America can pro duce all the red peppers consumed In Pan-America. It is perhaps only known to experts that vast quantities of red peppers are imported from Europe. Asia and Africa every year because Pan-Americans are not actively alive to their own interest in this important matter." One of Many Enthusiasts. Joe Mitchell Chappie, editor of The National Magazine, published at Bos ton, was in Buffalo recently and be came much Interested in the Exposi tion. On his return to Boston he wrote to an official of the Exposition as fol lows: "1 was indeed sorry not to have seen you when in Buffalo, but 1 did see the Exposition and was astonished be yond measu e. I wish that you would send on anything that you think inigtit be of interest to our readers and make It as attractive as possible, and 1 shall keep on hammering away at the Expo sition editorially until it opens, because I am thoroughly enthused over the subject" Brnr.ll to Be Represented. The Brazilian government early in the season sent out invitations to all agricultural and industrial societies to prepare articles for exhibition at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo in 1901. A large number of coffee pro ducers have agreed to send a full line of samples of the best Brazilian grades of this commodity. Bnlldlniis Going I p. The magnificent buildings which are to house the exhibits of the Pan-Ameri can Exposition at Buffalo next sum j mer are fast progressing toward com pletion and will soon be ready for the | collections which are on the way from j all quarters of the American continent. < The scene upon the grounds of the Ex position, in the northern part of the ! city, including part of the famous Dela ware Park, is a busy one, and every day sees some definite progress made In the construction work. Conditions have been very favorable to rapid work, and the Pau-American Exposi tion bids fair to break the record in the matter of swift construction of Ex position buildings and their entire com pletion before the time arrives to open the gates to the general public. Conneeticat at Paa-Amcrican. The state of Connecticut is getting together a large display that will rep resent her farm, fruit and dairy inter ests at the Pan-American Exposition next year. JlenJamin H. Lee of Hart ford is the commissioner In charge of the work, and he is assisted by a com mittee composed of N. S. Piatt, chair man, New Haven; Professor C. 8. Phelps, secretary, agricultural station, Storrs; J. A. Dubon, Poquonock; Pro fessor A. (J. Gulley, Agricultural col lege, Storrs; E. 11. Jenkins, agricultural station. New Haven; J. B. Noble, dairy commissioner, Hartford: B. C. Patter son, master of state grange, Torring lon. The Governinent's Building. The Government buildings at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo are being built by Rasmussen & Streh low of Omaha. The contract calls for a group of three buildings connected by curved arcades. The main structure is to be 400 by 130 feet, with a dome 250 feet high, and the smaller buildings each 150 feet square. All departments of the government will make up to date exhibits, which the members of the Government board are now busy collecting and getting into shape. JndßinK a Ram by His Head. Coarseness In a ram's head is a sign of inferiority. That noted breeder Bakeweil, who made the beautiful Leicester, Insisted on this as a leading principle. Chonchon, One peck of green, tomatoes, three onions, six green peppers; ohop fine, scald in their own Juice and drain. To three quarts of best cider vinegar add one small cup of ground mustard, one tablespoon each of cloves and allspice and five tablespoons of salt. Put all together and let It just come to a boil. Chopped cabbage and chopped tart apples may be added If liked in onantities to suit the taste. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CORED. T. A. Slocum, M. C., the Great G'hem ( and Scientist, Will Send Free, to li ■ A .'Hided, Three Bottles of his Kev.lv Discovered Reme >lit-.- io Ci'.jv (Xinsqmptioii t 11' A!! I.ling Troubles. Nothing could be lairer, more philan thropic or carry more joy to the afflict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocum, M. C., of New York City. Confident that lie has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will send, free, three bottles to any reader of the AMERICAN who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course of medicine" has permanently cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty—a duty which he owes to human ity—to donate his infallible cure. He has proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on rile in ids American and European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't dei<iy until it is too late. Con sumption, uninterrnped, means speedy and certain death. Address T, A .Slocumt M. C., 98 Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postofiice address, and please mention reading this article in the AMERICAN' March 4 9 DE WET, THE RAIDEIi EXPLOITS OF THE DASHING BOER FARMER SOLDIER. In the Cronje Campaign—Bold Cap tares East of Bloemfontein —On Roberta' Rear at Wepeuer—Raiding North of the Transvaal. [Copyright. 1900, by G. L. Kilmer ] K o a separate force he attacked French's column on the Modder river when It was swooping down upon Cronje'a hard pressed band. The lively tactics of the outsiders bothered the British not a little and delayed their attempts to force Cronje to the wall. One day De Wet sent a messenger through the lines urging Cronje to cut his way out, he having a larger force, to join his own. After Cronje surrendered and the British turned to move on toward Bloemfontein they found De Wet in front of them. Too weak in numbers to withstand the whole British army, he nevertheless obstructed the British advance and, outwitting French, who bent all his energies to the capture of the wily fanner soldier, rallied his commandos at Winburg, which he made the base of some of the most re markable exploits of the war. De Wet had other things besides a clear head to make a good soldier on the spur of the crisis. lie is an Inveterate hater of the British and declared that he would rather see his own blood spurting than have the Englishman Frazer take the chair as president of the Orange Free State. Besides, when a young man—he was 40 at the outbreak of this war—he had been among the stormers of Maju ba Hill. The name of guerrilla and raider will cling to De Wet, of course, for nothing succeeds like success, and the British generals, so called, who have allowed the Dutch farmer to play with them as a cat with a mouse will have extra ti tles tacked to their names for defeat ing those preposterous and uncivllzed Boers. Ivorn Spruit, or Sannas Post, was the scene of De Wet's first master piece in war. There the British, march ing in full battle array, with cavalry, infantry and artillery, were cleverly headed off, surprised and routed, with a loss of 7 cannon and 500 men. De Wet, with 400 Boer riflemen, struck the telling blow and captured tl;. prizes. At Ivorn Spruit the British, who were making a leisurely retreat toward Bloemfontein, had to cross the partly dry bed of a creek. Under the sharp banks of the crossing De Wet massed his 400 soldiers, and at a signal the whole force opened upon the British wagons, which were In the advance. The British cavalry galloped to the aid of the wagons and was stampeded, and the artillery met a worse fate, for the horses were shot down and the guns and gunners captured before a shot could be fired in self defense. In fact there was no defense at all at Korn Spruit, for the Boers also attack ed the rear column, and the British commander was glad to get out of the trap by a flank retreat in the fact of the enemy. De Wet started the cap- ' tures on the road to Winburg and sent I his men off toward separate points, j While the tactics of the Boers at the time were in the nature of guerrilla . warfare, their field of operations was ; wide and the results of a kind to crip ple Lord Roberts' army for a time. The British were In Bloemfontein j and hastily concentrated at that point from all over the Free State and Cape Colony, ready for a quick advance northward Into the Transvaal. At Dewetsdorp, southeast of Bloemfon tein and south of Korn Spruit, there were about 000 Irish rifles and North umberland fusileers. Having orders to march north, they reached Itedders burg just as De Wet passed in the vi cinity with only a handful of his men. Rallying the scattered burghers of the region, he rounded up the British and held them on a kopje until messengers sent in all directions brought up help and among other resources four of the light guns captured at Korn Spruit. The British evidently had no fight in them, for the whole outfit surrendered to De Wet after losing 45 men in de fense of the kopje. De Wet's exploits at Korn Spruit and Reddersburg appeared at the time to be the haphazard efforts of a beaten foe to hamper the march of the enemy. On the contrary, De Wet's presence and activity on the flank and rear of Lord Roberts' army were part of a plan to stop the British advance from Bloemfontein, and the plan was car ried out with remarkable military skill. At the outset De Wet so maneuvered as to keep an open road east of Bloem fontein near the neutral border of Ba sutoland for the force under Olivier, which had been cut off ou the south, to march through and join the main Boer army at Winburg. This done, the next thing was to pick up the British contin gents that were moving lu to close the gap. Korn Spruit and Reddersburg, with the capture of 1,000 men, a train of wagons and 7 guns, were Incidental to the bolder object of compelling the British to not only halt at Bloemfon tein, but turn around aud fight for the safety of their rear. The divislou of Colonials, which had no longer an ex cuse for •emaining in Cape Colony aft er Olivler's escape northward, encoun tered trouble on the borders of Basuto land while marching toward Bloemfon tein to join Roberts. Suddenly news came that the Colonials under General Brabant were besieged at Wepeuer. By whom they were besieged was a mystery, since Lord Roberts had an nounced a clean sweep of the Orange Free State east, west and south of the farmer Boer capital. The Boers who had penned up Bra bant had cannon, and the British lead er gave reports of their strength and doings which led to the conclusion that there might be 10,000 burghers lu his rear. Speedily two whole divisions of the all conquering army aud several scattered contingents took their long ing eyes from Pretoria and faced the other way to march to the relief of Brabant's Colonials. It seemed that the wnr winMn't urot on ot all without A Keen Clear Brain. Your best feelings, your social position or busines success depend largely on the perfect action of your Stomach and Liver. Dr. King's New Life Pills give ] increased strength, a keen, clear brain, > high ambition. A 25 cent box will make ( yon feel like a new being. Sold by i P&nles & Cos druggists l the British rushing to the relief of something or other. General Rundle's division moved in toward Wepener from the railroad on the West, and then Lord Roberts was forced to send troops out aud clear Rundle's flank—in other words, relieve Rundle from Boer attacks. All this time the British dispatches were filled with the brilliant plans on foot to surround and capture the Boers who had surrounded and menaced the capture of Brabant. But the mystery was all solved when it turned out that the Boer leader at Wepeuer was De Wet, a customer as difficult to surround as a lively rooster with a good pair of wings. He played the game to the lim it. had the whole British army moving or alert to head him off and surround him either at Wepeuer or on his retreat from there. The history of Wepener may be read in what followed. De Wet disappear ed, the siege was raised, and Roberts, who had been held at Bloemfontein by the guerrilla until a South African winter was on, finally marched north, only to find I)e Wet in his rear again after crossing the Yaal. It was plain that the Boers had aban doned the idea of stubbornly defending the Transvaal in the face of large bod ies of British. But De Wet, the Free Stater, was not among the pacified burghers who bowed before the British president, Frazer. The very day that Lord Roberts hoisted the flag over Jo hannesburg De Wet captured the Im perial yeomanry battalion at Lindley, 40 miles due east of Kroonstadt. From that time on his campaign was in the nature of a raid lasting three months CHRISTIAN DE WET. [Chief of the Boer raiders.] and covering a distance of 1,000 miles. May 31 he captured the yeomanry and three days later took In 180 highland ers with a convoy of wagons. June 2 he cut the railway in Roberts' rear 100 miles soutli of Johannesburg and in a day's operations destroyed the track uorthward for 50 miles. Turning southward again De Wet captured the crew of a construction train and also the Fourth Derbyshires. His old enemy of the Wepener cam paign, General Rumlle, was coming up the railroad and, marching to meet him, the raider took in another con struction train and destroyed three culverts on the railroad. On Jul} - 2 he fought with Rundle at Winburg, then dashed 80 miles east almost to the bor ders of Basutolaud. Bundle start ed after the nimble Boer from the north, and Hunter moved up from the south, but De Wet broke through Run dle's lines and reached Lindley again, i east of Kroonstadt Overtaken at j Lindley and his force partly dispersed, j he boldly struck out for the railroad, captured a supply train aud 100 high- I landers and after cutting the telegraph ' and track pushed northwest to Reitz | burg on the V'aal. Meanwhile the British were tireless : In their efforts to head off De Wet. j General Colville, whose division twice met with disaster at the hands of the : raider, was recalled home and threats made that others would share a like ' fate unless the thing was stopped. But De Wet plunged across the Yaal and broke into Metliuen's lines on the railway in the western Transvaal. After rounding the British position at Yentersdorp the raider pushed north as far as Rustenburg, 40 miles from Pre toria. Metbuen turned his whole force against De Wet, but had no better suc cess than Roberts had had in the Free State, where at one time in July 35.000 troops were trying to hem in the raider. Forced westward by Methu en's swarming detachments De Wet entered the bush veldt and turned southward, once more to cross the Yaal and penetrate to the mountains of the Free State beyond Kroonstadt. Making Ileilbrou liis headquarters, he rallied a respectable force, and, al though Lord Roberts sent three bri gades to entrap him, he again slipped out. The equal of De Wet as an irreg ular campaigner would lie hard to find in the history of modern war. GEORGE L. KILMER. » neii unyiuK snoes. Do not trust to the appearance of your shoe after it has been fitted aud fastened up. Try it before you buy it, not merely stepping upon it, but walking in it long enough to learn if it brings comfort to every part of your foot. The foot is smaller when you are sitting down, and a shoe that will seem the acme of com fort becomes an instrument of torture when your muscles expand from the weight of the body and the blood flows down to the feet, as it does in walking. I heard a woman complaining of her feet the other day and pitied her until she said that she was wearing a No. 5 shoe when a 0 fitted her better. "Why do you go through such senseless misery?" I asked. "Because I will not wear such a large shoe, even if I have to remove a smaller one every ten minutes uutil it is broken in." The breaking in, by the way, means a stretching of the leather and cloth to accommodate the abused feet. That destroys the shape of the shoe, but allows the wearer the satisfac tion of admitting that she wears a No. 5 shoe. Funny, isu't it?— Philadelphia Times. Dolly was out for a walk and met an old friend of her grandfather's. "And how old are you, little one?" asked the old gentleman. But Dolly was indignant. "I'm hardly old at all. I'm nearly new!" she answered, tossing her head. Had Seen Sister. It was Dot's first visit to the country, and she was very much interested in the pigs' curly tails. At last an idea occurred to her. "Auntie," she said, "does uncle put the pigs' tails in curl papers every night?" A little lemon juice added to the water in which rice is boiled will keep the grains separate. A cut lemon, too, may be used instead of vinegar In make touuh meat tender. Rub thoroughly aud let stand three or four t:•:i>•;t - - before cook lng. Colds Melt Away. if you use Kranse's Cold Cure. Pre pared in convenient capsule form they are easy to take and effect a speedy cure of the most obstinate cases. Price 25c. Sold by Rossman & Son's Phar macy CHINESE TEA TRADE. HOW THE MATERIAL FOR THE CUP THAT CHEERS IS HANDLED. Mnehlncry Inknonn In the Market- ITIK OFF rhineie Trn Adnlteratlon it mi ('hrntliiK Common— Onr Tea I'usaen TliruuKb Many Hands. [Special Correspondence.] SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.— The United States is a very large consumer of tea, although coffee exceeds it in populari ty. Much of our tea is imported from China, the annual trade amounting to millions of dollars, and it might be well for the American tea consumer to ex amine a trifle more closely than he usu ally does the conditions surrounding the production of his favorite drink. Many of the features of the trade are not such as to commend the product LO the favorable attention of a fastid ious consumer. In the first place, while the tea re mains in China all the handling of the TEA AWAITING SHIPMENT, j crop is done absolutely without ma i cliinery. The native grower has no use I for foreign inventions, and as for the | native wholesaler or shipper he like i wise finds cooly labor too cheap to be I replaced by expensive machines. With tbe exception of rice tea is the Chinese ' crop of greatest importance, and it is I only second to silk as an article of ex ' port. The Chinese themselves are great ; tea drinkers. A somewhat curious re ! suit ef Chinese tea drinking is that the i foreign consumer of Chinese tea some times, of course unconsciously, uses tea i leaves that have already done service ;in Chinese houses. The exhausted j leaves are frequently dried, recolored and added to make up the bulk of a shipment. In the Chinese tea trade, as in everything else, the native i.s tilled with guile and deceit. Tea is grown by a vast number of Chinese farmers, for every tiller of t:,.r soil in the tea growing districts has b!.s j patch of tea shrubs, just as in Ireland | every landholder grows his own pota- I toes. The crops require an endless amount of care and watching to keep j them from being stolen, as do all other ; Chinese products. When, however, the time for harvesting arrives, the real trouble begins. There is a very great number of processes to be goue through ; before the crop is ready for market, picking the leaves, drying them in the | sun, remolstening and redrying them, i sorting and packing being only a few | of the many labors to be performed, j Only in countries like China, where j labor is cheap to an incredible degree, I is it possible to grow tea for general ) consumption without machinery. the time of harvest or some j times after the tea has been prepared i for shipment the wholesale dealer j comes around to purchase it. In China I the tea trade is principally in the | hands of a number of petty merchants, who purchase the leaves in lots r.f 50 or 100 pounds from the farmers. These traders travel from place to place in China and not only buy the tea out right. but also arrange for its transpor tation to the points of exportation. The "heathen Chinee" knows that stone or iron weighs more than tea, and at al most all stages of buying tea in bulk from a Chinaman eternal vigilance is the price of not buying stones cunning ly concealed in the bales at the price by weight of tea leaves. One China man does not of course hesitate to swindle another when he gets the chance. When the leaves finally reach the ex porters at Shanghai, Canton, Amoy and other cities, they are stored in ware houses awaiting shipment. There also the tea is graded and sorted. There are a very groat number of grades and kinds of tea, although some dealers claim that all the varieties may be grouped under four or five heads. Ex perts on the other side say that tbey can detect many minute differences, some going so far as to say that they can tell by the taste the parts of the various provinces from which the tea comes. The ordinary classifications, oolong, English breakfast, black, green, etc., are familiar to everybody. Some times the various colors are natural; more often they are given to the tea by artificial means. Tea that has been shipped across the sea loses much of its aromatic flavor. Tlio voyage causes fermentation among the leaves and consequent deteriora tion. This accounts in a great measure for the superiority of Russian tea ofteu remarked by travelers. Tea Intended for the Russian trade is transported acress Siberia and thus escapes the sea voyage. Bad as the Chinese adulterators of tea are, it is only when the leaf reach es England, France or Germany that the ingeuious tea merchant uses ma chinery to complete the falsification. When the tea finally reaches the oon sumer. it is more frequently than not a far different article from that which grew on the shrubs in China. CHARLES E. UOBIXSON. She Couldn't Stand It. "No," said the beautiful actress; "I cannot be your wife. 1 love you dearly, | Mr. Frost, and if you had any other name 1 would be glad togo through life sharing your joys and sorrows." "But," he protested, "my name should not stand in the way. What is it Shakespeare says? 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' What is the matter with my name? Does history record a single dark or unworthy deed committed by a Frost? No. Ah, darling, say you will make me the happiest man on earth!" "No, no! 1 cannot! 1 cannot!" she moaned. "Why, if 1 were to marry you every newspaper paragrapher in the country would have something to say next morning about 'the Frost Miss Darlington received at yesterday's per formance.' " —Chicago Times-llerald. The Best Cold Cure. one you ean take without interrup tion to business. One that does not effect the head or hearing like the con tinued use of quinine. One that cures speedily and leaves you feeling fresh and clear-headed. Such a one in Krause's Cold Cure. Price 25c. Sold by Ross man & Son's Pharmacy. BARGAINS BOOKS. Stationery, Fountain Pens, Gold Pens, Pocket Books, Card Cases, Sterling Silver —AND— Ebony Toilet Sets, Albums. 1 Silt ill Ms. —AT— A. H. GRONE. Shoes, Shoes Stylisii! Oiieap! IReliaTole I Bicycle, Gymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AND THE Snag Proof Rubber Boots A 51 ECIAI.TY. A. SOU AT Z, This season s most artistic ">>MILLINERY^" productions are here to interest in< please, Exquisitely trimmed Hits Toques and Bonnets, and untrimme<" shape* of the newest and most approve* style. Call and see them. They wil. need but little praise from us to makt them appreciated. Also a line of un trimmed Hats in all the popular shape at Reduced Prices. nil. 122 Mill Street. Mil M! A Reliable TO SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, etc. PRICES TOG LOWEST! QDILITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSOiV NO. 116 E. 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