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! Chineje Pirates
1 StlU PI/ TKelr Trade In
CKfna Seas • ••
The present unsettled state of affairs
In China has given a fresh Impetus to
the ancient Chinese diversion of pir
acy, and only the other day an Ameri
can vessel was attacked by pirates In
the Yang-tse-Klang river. Piracy has
never been fully suppressed In the Chl
si«*se seas. The hotbeds of this species
of crime are at Amoy and Macao. Here
the pirates lie in wait until their many
spies, who are scattered about all the
principal ports, bring them word of
the sailing of a richly laden boat. Im
mediately they sail out to sea in their
shallow-draught Junks with the inten
tion of Intercepting the vessel near
some shoal water, over which It would
be impossible for the sailing schooner
to follow them In case of detectloa. A
favorite device Is to ship several of
their fellow cutthroats In the guise of
seamen. These gentry pose as harm
less, hard working coolies, until their
comrades’ junks are in sight. Then,
all In a moment, they show themselves
up In their true colors. All opposition
speedily is stunned or knifed, and the
few remaining Europeans or loyal na
tives are only too glad to hold up their
hands In token of surrender rather
than incur the fate of their slaughter
ed bretheren.
Wltliln fclglit of a Gunboat* V
Last January a British launch was
captured by pirates In the Chek-Hu
eng-Shan district, almost within sight
of a British gunboat. The gunboat—
the Sandpiper—had stuck on a har.and
the pirates saw their oportunlty. They
swarmed aboard the launch, killed the
pilot, made a prisoner of the super
cargo, end looted both the launch and
the lighter which she had In tow. Then
they took to their Junks and disap
peared, This sort of thing frequently
has taken place almost within pistol
shot of British gunboats In the Hong
Kong dock yards. A well-known ease
of the capture of a merchant steamer
by Chinese pirates was that of the Na
moa, which occurred in November,
1890. This vessel was a good-sized
k lir.er and carried five European and
250 Chinese passengers. Among th"
latter were several rich merchants who
were returning to their homes
from the Straits Settlements with their
carefully hoarded savings. This fact
becoming known to the pirates, fifty of
them took passage in the vessel. She
had barely been five hours at saa, and
the majority of her peaceably disposed
inmates were comfortably settled at
y their evening meal, when fifty yelling
savages, armed with revolvers and cut
lasses, suddenly appeared on deck.
Carefully covering the officers' quar
ters, the villa'cis started to fire upon
the passengers below. I.i so doing they
killed the captain, wounded the first
officer and made the second officer a
prisoner. Then they looted every pos
sible article of value in the ship. They
shut the surviving Europeans in a tiny
cabin end navigated the vessel back
to Pinghoi. Here they were met by a
fleet of pirate Junks, into which they
speedily transferred their plunder.
They abandoned the vessel after dam
aging every bit of her machinery
which they could readily reach. Even
tually the Imprisoned Europeans hurst
open their prison house, repaired the
damaged engines and made the best
of their way back to Hong Kong. Re
cently a launch belonging to a British
naval officer was approached by pir
ates while she was lying peacefully at
her mooring In Canton harbor, right
under the guns of the responsible port
r officials. The pirates took the launch
up the river and held up every promis
ing looking merchant vessel they met.
When they had filled the launch with
booty until she could hold no more
they ran her ashore,landed their spoils
and made off. The natives of Archln,
on the northwest coast of Sumatra,
are as notorious pirates as the Chi
nese.
A Woman's Armament.
In July, 1898, the steamer Pegu
stopped at the Bast Indian port of
Erld, one of the places where pepper
is taken on. At that port the steamer
was boarded by 11 Achlnese men and
one woman. Capt. Ross, who com
manded the Bteamer, searched the men
for weapons,as lo customary when tak
ing natives on board a merchantman.
The men were found to be unarmed,
but the woman, as afterward j was
learned, had concealed about her cloth
ing a fine assortment of Malay knives.
When the captain and the chief engi
neer, Cragle, were at dinner, six
armed Achlnese burst Into the cabin
and attacked them with great fury.
The officers defended themselves with
chairs, end although badly slashed,
managed to reach the deck. Cragie
ran to the engine room and locked
himself in, but the captain was cut to
pieces as soon as he reached the deck.
Meantime the other Achlnese had kill
ed the mate and the men at the wheel,
cutting them down on the bridge. Two
more of the crew were killed on deck.
There were several Chinese passengers
on board, five of whom were killed
outright, and five driven overboard,
where they drowned. The Achlnese
ran among the passengers rnd crew,
cutting right anil left, and wounding
14 of them. Having terrorized every
one left alive on board, they broke
open the ship's strong box and looted
It of $15,000. Then they lowered away
cue of the steamer’s boats, placed thel;
booty In it, got In themselves and ea
eaped.
Itunton nml IlnKIniure lluipItaW.
The principal hospitals In Boston
are: Boston City Hospital, Harrison
avenue; Boston Lying-In Hospital, 21
McLean street; Carney Hospital, old
Harbour street; South Boston; Child
ren’s Hospital, Huntingdon avenue;
Infant’s Hospital, 37 Blossom street;
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,
176 Charles street; Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital, Blossom street; Mass**
chusetts Homeopr.thic Hospital, Bast
Concord street; New England Hospital
for Women and Children, Dimock
street: St. Elizabeth Hospital, 61 West
Brookline street. The principal hos
pitals in Baltimore are: John Hop
kins Hospital, North Broadway;
Maryland General Hospital, Linden
avenue; Maryland University Hospi
tal, Lombard and Greene streets; St.
Agnes Hospital, Carroll Station;
Union Protestant Infirmary, 1514 Di
vision street.
Southern I'dltorial on Negroes.
Augusta, Ga„ Chronicle: The people
of this community are thoroughly
aroused on the question of seperat*
accommodations in the street cars foi
whites and negroes. In many Instances
where no lawlessness results there ara
collisions and incidents of an unpleas
ant nature that would be avoided by
the observance of the rule requiring
white passengers to be seated on the
front seats and negro passengers on
the back seats and as the number In
creases for the intervening seats to be
filled until there is no more room for
passengers of either race without en
croaching upon the seats occupied by
the other. When this occurs, the con
ductor and motorman are prohibited
from taking on any other passengers
Fenian Raid Medal*.
Medals are being Issued by the Do
minion government, under instructions
from the Imperial government, to Ca
nadian volunteers who took part in
the Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870.
, Recently a number of mines In Col
orado hare passed Into the hands of
women operators and are being
worked nt a profit. Other women have
made a study of mining, have Invest
ed their SMCey In prospects, or leased
locations and are reaping rich flnau
dal rewards In consequence of their
shrewdness and judgment. The sue
cess of the pioneers In this uew Held
has Inspired others with a desire to
take part In the hunt for gold which
Is going on In Colorado. Not all of
lh« women who have taken up mining
sngage In ths actual work which gt*e»
on In shaft or tunnel. In furl, very
few of them have the strength (or this
employment, hut they are even more
profitably employed In figuring on the
purchase of supplies, marketing the
urea and Uioklng after the finances of
•wry department. There is one worn
an In ths lUn Juan mining district
• ho goes sven farther than the moat
of her ees rthr . «ts on uvernlls ami
"jumper" and when is • a*ton requires
goes Into the n trklngs of her esten
slve mine nnd '*bosses ' the men who
nre working with pick, shovel and
tram car and »hu nre employed In th*
ewncentrmtlng mill Her mine, which
Is near the celebrated Camp Bird,
owned by Millionaire Thomas P.
Walsh, la one of the greatest produ*
dug gold mines in the state and hag
been made so largely through her en
terprise. Empire, a little mining town
In Clear Creek county, la the head
quarters of three progressive women
miners. Two of these are from Hoa
ton—Misses Mary and Edith Tracy.
They were formerly stenographers
mid came to Colorado two seasons
ago on a pleasure trip. They took the
famous eicueslon trip over the
Georgetown lv p, which Is the heart
of the Clear creek mining country^
and lierame interested In the subject
of mining Instead of returning to
Denver with oe re* of the eirursiou
Ists. they rental usd for some time st
Empire and -.ad* ,« (borough study of
the district. They knew nothing of
ertual mining, but they learned read
ily and concluded that a little capital
might be Invested In some of the
properties that were lying Idle. They
went hat k to Ituetoa end secured some
funds with which to re enforce their
own savings They decided not to In
trust the money to a manager Hi red
a little cable erected oa e (delta whkfc
I bey sec ursd. - Chicago Chronicle.
Made a Pinter of a Toe.
A substituted forefinger was shown
b,v a Koenigsberg doctor at a surgical
congress in Berlin recently. He had
cut oil the patient's second toe and
sewed it to the stump of the missing
finger, and the operation was success
ful. The doctor did not explain how
or where he was going to get a new
toe for the patient, so it looks like a
case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
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You can generally tell if a woman
has on torn gloves by the suspicious
way in which she holds her hands.
One
Woman’s
Letter
SAYS
“I doctored with two of
the best doctors In the city
for two years and had no
relief until I used the
Plnkham remedies.
“I¥ly trouble was ulcer
ation of the uterus. I suf
fered terribly, oould not
sleep nights and thought
sometimes that death
would be such a relief.
“To-day#ama well wo
man, able to do my own
work, and have not a pain.
“ I used four bottles of
Lydia E. Plnkham’s Vege
table Compound and three
packages of Sanative
Wash and cannot praise
the medlolnes enough.’’—
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS,
634 Pine St., Easton, Pa.
Mrs. Plnkham advises
suffering women without
charge.
Lydia It. Pinkbam Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
Garter Vacancy.
According to the London Chronicle
there la now a garter vacant, and If a
plebiscite decided on whom It should
be bestowed there le not a doubt but
that K. O. would be placed after the
name of the field marshal commanding
In south Africa, who most certainly
merits the distinction quite as much
as Lord Elgin, on whom It was so
properly conferred by Lord Salisbury.
In the last two centuries the garter
has been only thrice given for military
services—to Marlborough, Wellington
anil Lord Anglesey—and, strange to
say, no naval commander appears to
have had It; not even Nelson.
Japan*** I.ov* of Nature*
The Japanese Is a born lover of na
ture. Whatever he produces, from the
most painstaking work of art to the
simplest household utensil, Is after
natural models. In the representation
of figures and scenes the Japanese dis
play a perception which Is astonish
ing. With a couple of strokes of the
brush they reproduce what they see
with a truth to life which Is almost
incredible.
Eye* of tile Home-Fly.
The common house fly Is said to he
provided with 16,000 eyes; that Is to
say, his two compound eyes have each
8.000 facets. By this singular arrange
ment be Is enabled to see in every di
rection, and to elude with great skill
and success the many dangers that
threaten his dally existence.
Famine* of Modern Time*.
The worst famines of modern time*
were the famine In Ireland in 1846-47,
In which 1.000,000 people perished; the
Indian famine of 1866. which claimed
1.460.000 victims; the Indian famine of
1877, In which 500,000 people perlehed;
and the great famine In Chinu in 1878,
In which 8,500,000 died.
Improved Electric I-amp.
An Improved electric lamp has a
pencil of refractory material suspend
ed inelde the bulb and surrounding the
wires, the passage of the current
through the latter beating the pencil
and causing It to glow with a white
light.
SmUiw r**e* Coaf*r*ac«.
The Pennsylvania clergyman who
tried to separate two pugilistic deacons
and was "punched" by them finds but
little satisfaction In the fact that all
three are now arrested for assault sad
battery.—Providence Telegram.
This la the tine of year when men
would like to have a law passed to pre
vent women from heuscclsanlng.
Caterpillar* to Cent* m Qnart.
The village of Saratoga haa reop
ened Its public market tor the pur
chase of the forest tree caterpillars
which atarted out to destroy the street
shade trees, says the New Tork Preas
Three hundred people, residents and
visitors, brought the pests In palls and
pans and received 20 cents a quart for
them from the village, which buries
them alive. Nearly |200 was paid out
yesterday. This method of extermin
ation Is found more effective than
spraying the trees.
And AU Wu nright Again.
A widower down east felt keenly the
death of hia wife. She was a good
woman, and he mourned for her tak
ing off constantly. He had a handsome
monument erected at the head of her
grave, and thereon placed this beauti
ful inscription: "The light of my life
has gone out." In the course of a year
he met and married a woman who very
much resembled bis first wife. In or
der that she might not feel too keenly
the position in which she was placed
he added to the inscription on the
monument: "But I have struck an
other match.”—Freeport Journal.
On* of tit* Emperor1* Fade
Among the many fads of Emperoi
William is hi* passion for collecting
boots and shoes of famous people, his
collection of these particular objects
of attire constituting a fitting pen
dant to his huge museum of uniforms.
The collection is kept in the marble
palace at Potsdam and there are some
2,000 pairs, from Greek sandal* and a
pair of slippers reputed to have be
longed to Mahomet to the boots of
W'allensteln, of Guntavus Adolphus, of
Peter the Great, of Frederick the Great
and lastly of the first Napoleon.
Sir Richard Cartwright.
Blr Richard Cartwright belongs to
one of the old Tory families of Upper
Canada, and in the early days of bis
publlo life gave an Independent sup
port to Sir John MacDonald. Since
the period of the "Pacific scandal" he
has acted with and been a member of
the Reform party. He was Finance
Minister In Mr. Alexander McKenzie’s
cabinet. Sir Richard was nsver a
member of a government of which Sir
John MacDonald was premier.
The Pancock Feather C'rnia.
One sees new examples of It con
stantly. There Is a craze for peacock
feathers. An elaborate housegown,
for example, Is of gray panne with
long peacock feathers embroidered on
the skirt. This frock Is cut tn the Di
rectorle fashion, with a short bolero
of guipure edged with chinchilla. The
collar and revere of the little jacket
are faced with a changeable blue and
green velvet.
Millionaire to Psddler.
Less than two years ago Grant Gil
lette was perhaps the leading cattle
dealer and speculator in Kansas. He
was worth millions. Just before
Thanksgiving, 1898, he collapsed
through overspeculation. Cattlemen
and banks are now fighting over the
remains of his once vast estate, and
Gillette Is now peddling in Chihua
hua, Mexico.
In Honor or lils I,ost I.eg.
An odd celebration In New York the
other day was that of the tblrtyslxth
anniversary of the loss of the leg of
former Senator Matthew C. Butler of
South Carolina, who came out of the
battle of Brandy Station in 1863 with
only one leg. The celebration was a
dinner at Delmonico’s given by Mr.
Butler to some of his friends.
Ladles Can Wmr Shoos.
One size smaller after usingA lion's Foot
Exse, a powder. It makes tight or new
shoescasy. Cures swollen, hot,sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package Fit EE by mail. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
Cooperative Mines in Colorado,
Officers of the Colorado State Fed
eration of Labor are arranging to lease
from the state a large amount of coal
and mineral land on which mines will
be opened on the co-operative plan.
II Condon Were H. sieged
ft has been estimated that ths food
supply of London would not last out s
week if its communications with the
country were broken and the Inflow of
provisions stopped by any causa.
Street Railroads in Orest Brilaia.
Some nineteen or twenty British
cities own and operate street railway
systems, and of the whole track mile
age In Greet Brltiln over one-thtrd Is
owned by the public.
BriiUant Before Morn,a
Glow-worms are much more bril
liant when a storm Is coming on than
at other seaeons. Like many other
mysterlee of nature, this curious cir
cumstance has never been esplained
Opportunity often goes past the door
where the knocker is kept too bright
Married Mora Than Seventy Tears.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Brown, who
live half a mile from Hagerstown,
Ind., have been married over seventy
years and are etlll comparatively
hearty. Mr. Brown was born Decem
ber 26, 1808, and his wife July 17,
1811. They are the parents of eleven
cbildrsa, six of whom are still alive.
God uses the chaff to protect the
wheat.
What we can is the measure of what
we ought
Cartor's Ink Is Used by tha
greatest railway syttems of tba United States
They woulJ not uac It if It wasn’t tba bait.
Holy Joys are current coin In heaven,
but they will not pay church expenses
on earth.
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FI Tt r»r#d. Ifo fit* or after
fin»t day • um nf Dr Klfn#’* Oraat N*rv# hrstorg#.
tend for FlivK 0*4.00 trial bolt I* and trMilia
Da. IL II. IUua, Ltd , Ml Arch Ht.# 1 tuiadalpfcla. Pa.
It Is always easier to weep over the
wanderer than to keep him at home.
Dyspepala U tha bane of the human system.
Protect your naif against lia ravages by tba um
of Bet-man's Pop.la Gum.
The blusterlngs of the Intidel are the
winds of a tempest-tossed heart.
Plan's Cur* Is the beat medlclno we ever used
lor all afTectlona of the throat and lungs — Wa
O. Enubuct, Vanburen, lud., Feb. to, 1800.
When fortune knocks at a man's
door It's his own fault if the knocker
is out of order.
The favorite for rciiortng Ilf* aud color to tba bait
la 1’arrrr • Hair IIai.bam.
UiKuaBcoRRi, the beat cure fur come. IScte.
Some girls seem to think their edu
cation is complete if they know all the
latest coon songs.
Are Ton Cuing Allan’s Inot-Baaef
It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 26c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Every man deceives himself more
successfully than he deceives others.
A Crnwliar Would Hava linn*.
“Really," exclaimed the waltreas In
Mrs. Starvem's boarding house, who
had seen better days, “we never fur
nish a knife with pie.” "No?" re
marked the new boarder. “Well, then,
bring the ax."
Mix all your grief with gratitude
and it will taste of the latter.
Hall's Catarrh Car*
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
There Is no harm in the tongue when
work keeps pace with word.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
for rhll Irrn tratblnf. softrnsthn Rums, reduces In
flsunusilou. slisjrs psla, cures wind colic. Sic s bottle
The plea of consistency often means
cowardice.
Curs tli»t Dandruff
by using Coke Dandruff Cure. Wo guar
antee it to cure or refuud the money.
You rarely convince a woman of a
wrong opinion by arguing with her.
Itsautlful, Flos I.loen
Is best preserved by the use of “faultless
Btarcb.” All grocers— 10c a package.
Always be willing to take advice,
even If you do not follow It.
Use Magnetic Starch—It nas no equal.
The man who marries a widow
musn’t expect his wife to believe every
thing be tells her.
If you have not tried Magnetic Starth
try it now. You will then use no other.
Many a day shall we rest In the
grave.
Try Magnetic Starch—It will last
longer than any other.
.A letter Is one of the best evidences
of culture.
Magnetic btarch is the very best
laundry starch in the world.
One of the best places to cultivate
patience is at the dentist's or the ocu
list.
Soldiers' Homestead Claims.
The friends of the veterans of the
Civil War are complaining of the un
fortunate delay of the C >neral Land
Office in acting on the applications for
soldiers' additional homestead rights.
Senators and Representatives In Con
gress who are friendly to the old sol
diers should inquire into this matter.
IIIa'i Vain* Varlm With As*.
Judge Addition Brown of the United
States district court in New Yor*
City baa aecided that the amount tff
damages collectable from a common
carrier whose negligence has resulted
In loss of life varies with the r.-je of
the victim. Thus the widow of a
man aged 50 got 15,000, while the
widows of two other men, each aged
37, received |7,600.
The price of success varies with the
ability, temperament and conscience
of the worker.
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B*4 Cross Founder Poofh
Dr. Henri Dunant, who did so much!
to humanize war, is living almost pen
niless In the hoeplce of Heiden in Ap
penzell, Switzerland. He was instru
mental in founding the Red Cross so
ciety by a literary work called “Ua
Souvenirde Bolferlno,” in which he
described vividly the sufferings of the
wounded and aroused ths conscience
of Europe. The Geneva convention of
1864 resulted, and the neutrality of
hospital and ambulance servlcs was es
tablished.
Write* a* Well a* 11* Fight*.
General Andrew Slierldan Burt,
colonel of tho Twenty fifth (colored)
Infantry, which has so distinguished
Itself in the Philippines, has the pen
of a ready writer and is contemplat
ing a history of the Philippine con
flict
Denying a fault doubles it.
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SOLDIERS’ HEIRS
Heir* of Union Soldier* who made homesteads of
leaa than 160 acre* before June Ti. IS74 mo matter
If abandoned), If the additional homestead right
was not told or used should address, with full
particulars, HENRY N. COFP, WuUaiua, St a
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