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Show V x 1 III' AT BOSTON ES TIMBER LANDS OF MEXICO. T Valuable ' Tracts 'Still Immensely Standing In That Country. The depletion' of forests In the rWith United States la th cause for th attention which haa haen given to timber lands in Mexico. This eountry ha vast tracts of valuable timber which only await tha advent of the railroads to maka them .of enormous commercial value. In th of the republic th hard and the placard placed upon them southern part aa such wood, mahogany, ebony and la about aa follows: cedar, have long been exploited and Old Stats House. enpply la growing very limited "The first building " waa erected th within the access of transportation S 1658. facilities. Large forests of such timDestroyed by fire 171L ber still exist, however. In th more "Present building erected 1718. remote sections In th central and Old 8outh Meeting House. northern parts of th republic there building In Bos- are large tracts of soft pine, oak and "pie oldest church ' ton, built 1730. miscellaneous varieties, on Southeast Corner of Tremont and th western slop of especially th central Court eta. mountain range, where there ar aa Site of United States custom yet almost no transportation facilibouse, 1759, ties, and along a wide strip of land Washington lodged here, 1789. extending wastward from th gulf "Daniel Websteris-la- w office here." coast .Hanover at. American House. Gen. Joseph Warren's bouse stood Alcohol From Peat bere. He waa killed at the battle A company has recently been orof Bunker hill, 1775 ganized at Rendsburg, Prussia, for the Noe. 30 to 86 Unlon-- t purpose of distilling alsohol from "Site of the Green Dragon tavern peat The company la now building The Son of Liberty met here; it a distillery which it hopes to be able waa styled by the British and the to put in operation some time during this month. According to ita process, Tories, a hotbed of sedition.' " Hanover at. Just South of Cockerel the company will be able to distill alcohol cheaper from pest than it can Hall. "Here was shed the first blood of be obtained from other substances, the Revolution; Christopher Snyder and will, therefore, be able to sell ita killed here by an informer to the product for fuel purposes. crown, Feb. 22. 1770." " Shouting Their Praises. 16 Hull at. Frlarpotnt Miss., August 22 (Spe"Built 1724 Staff headquarters of Gen. Gage during the battle of Bunker cial). Cured of Bladder and Kidney Trouble after 26 years of suffering. Hill." Rev. H. H. Hatch, of this place, la Christ Church, Salem at "The Christ church or Old North telling the public the good news and church, from which was bung the shouting the praises of the remedy celebrated signal lanterns on the that cured him Dodds Kidney Pills. eventful night of April 18, 1775 The Rev. Mr. Hatch aaya: I have been suffering from Bladchime of bells is the oldbst in Amerder and Kidney Trouble for 26 years ica." and I have tried everything that peo130 Prince at "British Major Pitcairn wounded at ple said would do me good. But He waa nothing did me any good except Bunker H11L died here. Dodds Kidney Pills. "I havent felt a pain sines 1 took DECORATION Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me health and I feel like a new man Dodds Kidney Pills are th beet I ever bad. All Urinary and Bladder Trouble are caused by diseased Kidneys. The naturaLway to cure them la to cure th kidneys. Dodds .Kidney Pills never fall to cur diseased kidneys In any stage or place. They always cure Backache and they are the only Men Who Wore the Gray Fraternize Those Who Wore the Blue Points of jmvi' r slaves that should seek refuge among them. For a full quarter of century thle arrangement seemed to work to the of all. Then the Inevitawas precipitated by conflict ble trifle. two maroons of Trelawney , In 1785 Town were convicted In the Island courts of having stole a pig nd were publicly whipped by the' hangman.! Great excitement waa aroused in all the free communities. So threatening did affair beoom that the whole laland was declared order martial law, and British troops Invaded the reserved territory around Trelawney Town.. After a desperate struggle the troops were repulsed, and then settled With the pathetic stoty of th fined Arcadians we are all familiar. The tale of the maroon, transplanted from the sunny hill of Jamaica to the bleak coast of Nova Scotia, and atom-vexehaa had bo LoiAfvHow to giro It Immortality. Tet the fate of the maroon waa aa aad, aa tragle nod a an deserved aa that of the Arcadian. Near Halifax la "Hampaen Town," a community of negroes. , Part of these of American are the descendant lave, emancipated by the Brltlah troops at the time of the burning of In 1812. apd taken on , Washington their war vessels to Nova Scotia. By far the greaterpart, however, are descendants of the maroons, whose number, throughout the entire province, la estimated at between 1.000 and 10,000. Hr J' v The unique feature, and in aoma reaped the most important feature of G. A. R. week waa th reception tendered twenty-fiv- e distinguished soldier by Edward, W. Kinsley poet 113 In Faneull hall on Monday evening, Aug. 15. of one of the Beneath the roof-tre- e countrys historic public buildings, consecrated to the cause of American liberty In its broadest sense, these oldtime antagonists, the men of the Grand Army and the defenders of 'the Confederacy, aat at table. Incidentally, the member of the noted Lafayette post, 0. A. R.. of New York were also the guests of their Boston comrades. The Southerners who accepted the Kinsley post Invitation are Gen. Fltz-hug-h Lee. Gen. Theodore S. Garnett. CoL William F. Cameron and Capt: Benjamin C. Wherry of Virginia; Capt. Thomaa C. Tlmberlake of Kentucky, Judge Jacob S. Calloway of Tennessee; CoL John Wilder Atkinson, Col. Wilson 0. Lamb, MaJ. B. F. Dixon and Cyrus B. Watson of North Carolina; CoL Edward Cox, CoL William M. Crumley and Capt Edward 8. Gajr of Georgia; Gen. Julian W. Whiting of Alabama; CoL Luke W, Finlay of Mississippi; Gen. William J. Behan, CoL Benjamin F. Eshelman. Col. William Or Vincent and CoL Andrew R. Blakeley of Louisiana; CoL J. N. Simpson. CoL James B. Simpson, Judge George Clark, Col. J. T, Trerevant antFE. W. Taylor of Texas; Edward Clifford Brush of Florida (now of Boston). 'The formalities Incident to the recomception of the Southerners menced at 1 p. m. Monday, Aug. 15, at which .hour n luncheon was given ratls-fsctlo- d I ns.: r.i rr fiv 4 ' PV T t : - a Jk " 'HW jwi Government House, Bridgetown, Possibly In no part of tbe earth were the African slave treated with greater cruelty than in Jamaica. Even th Spaniard of Cuba and Porto Rico were merciful in comparison with the British slave owners on Jamaica -plantation. In consequence of the cruelty of Ihetr masters many negroes fled to the uninhabited portions of the Island. The western part of the island was the safest, and therefore the preferred place of tbe refugee, being very rugged and broken, and abounding In cut lout natural depression or amphl-theatercalled cockpits." wild, precarious they lived existence, tbelr num.aad aami-aavsbers constantly Increasing by accessions from the plantations. Through the medium of their friends still remaining la bondage they were able to obtain arms, ammunition and supplies ot various kinds, and, owing to their knowledge of the surface of the country and their practice ot the "drum language," derived from their kindred, the Dwallaa of the west coast of Africa, enabling them to give warning of approaching danger, they were able to defy the colonial authorities. Frequent raids were made upon tbe plantations of their old masters, and several times they even attacked important towns, the friendly negroes till la aervltuda keeping them advised as to where their pillaging expeditions could be made with least danger. Tbe planters were compelled to barricade the borne and be continually on the watch for danger, 8oldter were quar- - TREMONT ' dawn to: the slower but safer methods;, of a blockade. Had the slave throughout th Island chosen to re-- 1 volt at this time the whites undoubtedly would bare suffered' the same fate aa those of Hayti extermination and another black republic like San Do-- 1 mlngo and Hayti might have been born, but the plantation slaves bad aeen the maroons surrender one after th other of the refugees to th barbarous punishment that awaited them from the masters from whom they bad fled. They therefore regarded them as their enemies and viewed the struggle with Indifference. The soldiers and planters secured 200 bloodhound from Cuba to aid la the Investment of Trelawney Town, end every negro that ventured forth In search of food or supplies waa relentlessly hunted to death. 'Finally, eter seven month erf hopeless resistance. the maroon, numbering 400, surrendered, reduced by starvation rather than by fotce of arms. It was solemnly agreed by tbe colonials that blacks the lives and lands of th should be spared, but that the maroon republic should lore their lndepend-- 1 cnee and right of self government No sooner bad the troops secured the arms ot the blacks than the governor proceeded to violate the rove-nant. The maroons were herded together like cattle and driven on board a vessel for transportation to Nova Scotia. All of tbe other free towns suffered th same fate. The exiles were landed In Nova Scotia Just as the rigor of the north- - I, i IM I'LfwKS Or - u j , 4 1 . l i i ' Wrv v d' 1 I ar w &Wim New Algonquin prominent at the battles of Lexington afid Concord. This bouse built prior to 1723." Flag Sign for North Sq. "In this square tbe British troops assembled on tbe night of the llth of April, 1773, previous to their march to Lexington and Concord." Dock Sq. Opposite Brattle 8L Dock sq The mob which figured In tbe Boston massacre gathered -- in thle square before going to 8tate street." Brattle St Way From Washington St to Brattle Sq. "Here stood tbe British barracks whe? tbe outbreak started which led to the Boston massacre,' Marc 5, One-Quart- 1770." Faneull HalL "A gift of Peter Feneull to the town of Boston. i tbe food. "Th Cradle of Liberty. Tbe speaking waa done on a aovel Graves Commander "Opened tor tbe first tlm March 4, plan. giv the address ot welcome before dinner was 1743. 1768." "Burned served and between the courses the commander ot Lafayette post and Northeast Corner Kilby Bt and Liberty Sq. such of the other Northern guests M "Site of tbe stamp office destroyed were Invited to apeak were introduced. ; Stamp Act riot, by th mob during ' For the remainder of the evening 1765." th Southerners had the right ot way, South Corner Washington and Eases Sta. and some notable addresses were "Site of the Liberty Tree, ao named, made. The event eclipsed in Interest and in 1763; destroyed by British, 1775." Cematery In Boston Common. significance any reunion between The British soldiers killed at BunkNorthern and Southern participants In the civil war that has tv been er Hill He burled here." held. Washington St Just South Clifton PL , Tbe line of Colonial entrenchments MANY - PLACES OF INTEREST stood bere during tbe siege of Boston, lt Native With Denksy Cart. tered near th tree villages, aad at era winter were approaching. Scantitime th governor general waa com ly clad, a befitted their former home In th tropica, without means of pelted to appeal tor assistance to th and worn and amadated by friendly Mosquito Indian pf Nicaragua. The friendly relations thus es- lamina during aaven month of siege, tablished between Great Britain and nundreda of them perished erf cold, the Mosquito were afterward mad hunger and disease. Their evil reputhe pretext for declaring a protecto- - tations had preceded them. Nova Scotians bitterly resented this attempt to rate over the Mosquito coast. ot Finally the planters became tired of quarter upon them a horde and exoutlaws from Jamaica, war and of made slate constant this nor assisttended neither 1759 In th sympathy overture to the refugees. nelittle maroon republics were, formally ance. Under the pressure ot direconcessity and without restraints ot recognized, limit of their towns defined and right of absolute science or of previous training, !t la self government conceded. In return tot strange that tha maroons soon the negroes agreed, wbe outside the cam to deserve the evil name that Malta of their own communities, to t had been bestowed upon them. They becaps thieve, highwaymen, pick the laws of the Islands and murderer. np, dead or alive, all runaway sub-laten- semi-sava- care-tufi- y re-pee- a pocket!-someti- me Nor Spot Clothes DIRKOnOHS FOR USES around in the toater. IT WAS A GIRL. Why Frank Goodbody Seemed to Be Temporarily Deranged. This porning when court opened a man, whom his friends could hardly recognize. ' rushed in and with wild gestures and disheveled hair, shouted "Stop the deal, adjourn court, cut out the venires, give the witnesses a s furlough, tell the jury to bring in any old verdict, send the jail boys In a turkey dinner, never mind county expenses. Ill settle that and ee that your salary goer on; whoop la!" and as he turned three back somersaults and retired from th courtroom, he added. "Its a girl, weighs ten pounds, came to the house about 1 oclock this morning, didnt register, but we adopted her without and be never went to th papers! trouble of .walking downstairs, but jumped astride of that ' spiral rail and disappeared. Mother and child doing well, but It Is doubtful If Frank Goodbody can pull through. Tombstone Prospector. ten-day- THE WHY SALVATION ARMY." Name of Great Organization a Matter of Chance. In a note upon the origin of th Salvation army the following account of the selection of the title is given by London Opinion: William Booth the younger one day wrote at hla fathers dictation the words vTh Christian mission la a voluntary army." Suddenly Mr. Booth leaned over hla sons shoulder and substituted the word salvation" for "volThus was the Salvation untary." army born. And the addition of th . various military titles followed naturally, though curiously enough that of eaptaln waa originally Intended to be nautlcaL In order to please th remedy that ever cured Bright's Die- - Whitby fishermen. As for Mr. Booths title of general, the credit for It belongs to Capt Cadman, who one day Down to Bed Rock. announced him at a meeting aa th Aa English newspaper tells a story general of the Salvation army, and of a noble lord when fifteen years ago that has stuck to him ever sine. wwwwww bo was a rapid youth who had not yet of Oranga Blossoms, Meaning succeeded to the title. One day at the Tbe orange tree la regarded as a races he lost 8100,000, all th money he could raise by pledging his prop- prince among trees, and the emblem of genius. A peculiarity of this tree arty and borrowing from hla friends. Is that It bears fruit and flowers at Going up to his father, who waa la same time. Ita leaves are ever the he th racing lnclosure, said, by way and as It grows older It grows et announcing hla 111 fortune: "Will green, In beauty and fruitfulness, it blossoms you giro me a match to light my cigath air with their fragrance. rette, dadT For I shall not be able to flUlng It la Indeed a fit emblem of marriage buy on myself." promise and hopes The orange tre Is considered typical of love, because, For Your Perfect Comfort At 6L Louis Exposition, which la very though Its fruit is golden apd its flavor severe upon the feet, remember to take and scent delicious. Its rind Is bitter, along a box or tw of ALLENS FOOT and, as every one knows wbo baa exEASEL a powder for Hot, Tired, Aching, perienced It, Cnplda dart cause pain. Swollen, Sweating Feet. 80,000 testi- The orange la emblematic of gratitude monial of cores. Sold by all Druggists, aa well as of genius and love. PhilaKo. DONT ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE. delphia Ihqnlrer. Ediblt Birds Nests. Keep Up Ancient Custom. Coron, a little island of tbe PhilipA curious old custom la said to b sources of on chief Is the from pines, still kept np at the picturesque which Cdtne edible birds nests. It has of Balnbrldge, Eng, sheer walls of rock fronting the sea, where village 's night at nine in which ar deep holes where a cer- oclock a horn la blown on tht largo tain aea swallow builla Its nest The village green to aid any wayfarer who wild aborigines, Tagbanonnas, collect chance to be lost on th surth nests from tha cliffs by means of might rounding fells to find his way to th long vine ropes, selling them to Chi- villas. , nes traders, who export them to their AS EASY own country, where they ar considered a great delicacy. The nests ar Needs Only a Little Thinking. three inches long and bring $13 (MexiThe food of childhood often decides can) tor bunches of ten or twelve, according to six. The gum of which whether one is to grow np well nourthey are largely composed la a secre- ished and healthy or weak and sicktion from th salivary glands ot th ly from Improper food. wallows. Its Just aa easy to be one aa the t other provided we get a proper start Privileged Guest. A wise physician like the Denver Of a prominent lecturer of London Doctor who knew about food, can acan acquaintance says: "On one occa- complish wonders provided the pasion he was the guest ot a friend of tient Is willing to help and will at mine, a busy Liverpool merchant, aad only proper food. when the popular lecturer returned Speaking of this ease tbs Mother tram th hall he asked tor all torts said' her Httls four year old boy waa of Impossible dishes and llqnld con suffering from a peculiar derangement coctions peculiar to abstainers a da of the stomach, liver and kidneys and mand which somewhat upset th rou- his fast became eo swollen he couldnt tine of th household. When In bed take a step. "We called a Doctor who hla nervous temperament waa tried: said at one wa must be tery careful h could not bear the licking ot th as to his diet as improper food waa clocks, ao h paraded the house in th th only cans of his sickness. Sagas mall hours of th morning and especially, be forbid. "So tbe Dr. made up a diet aad the topped tham all In consequence of this th servants had to be roused principal food he prescribed was hot th gneet Grape-Nut- s by violent and the hoy, who was vary was not to be distressed, so he arose fond of sweet things took the Orap again and ordered the servants back Nnts readily without adding any to their rooms and locked them la and sugar. (Dr. explained that th sweet then went back to bed." to not at all Uka eans la Grape-Nut-s or beet sugar bat to the natural sweet Frovtalen From Trot. ot th grabs.) Thr la a tre which grow In "Wa saw big Improvement tnsld a are ah Sumatra, Algeria and China, which to tow days aad now Grape-Nut-s known as the vegetable tallow tre. most bll only food and bo to once d From Its trait large quantities of oB more a healthy, happy, and tallow are extracted, and th fruit youngster with every prospect to to gathered to November or December, grow up Into a strong healthy man. when all th leaves have fallen. Ex- Nama given by Postum Co, Battlt cellent candies are mads from the ber- Creek. Mich. Th sweet of Grape-Nut- s ries of a tree which grows la some Is tbs No known as post Sugar, not parts of South Africa and th Axoraa. turs-sweAt Sierra Leone to frond the cream digested In the liver like ordinary trait trek, the trait of which la very sugar, but Feed the agreeable in taste. In Ceylon there to youngsters a handful ot Grape-Nut- s th bread fruit tree, from which R when NatUr demands sweet and food to mad In the same way that we prompts them to call for sugar. mak bread. It to said to bs equally Theres n reason. Get the little book "The Road to good and nutritions. In South America w tad th milk tre. WaQvCto" In each pkg. Wen-sleyd- club. Thle waa exclusively for the guests and their accompanying ladles. At 2 o'clock the members of Kinsley post, 'In uniform, arrived at the clubhouse and were introduced to the guests. At 3 o'clock the post reformed and marched to the South terminal to receive the members of Lafayette post of New York. The latter were escorted to their hotel. oclock the company Promptly at aat down at round tables la Faneull hall, each of these accommodating seven persons. Some sixteen ok the more distinguished guests, with the commander of Kinsley post and the toastmaster, occupied teats at a long tabla on the platform. Covers were laid for about 300 In all. Young women waiters Jn special uniform served a K Wont Freeze, Spill, Break ' w the visitors at the I -- WASH CLUE Costs 10 cents and equals ao cents worth of any other kind of bluing. 4 K 1 TEMPLE 1 I re-M- Historic Interest in the City. azasssflcm&Kr , s 177S." Atlantic Av Corner of Pearl 8L Historic Spots In Boston Pointed Out .. to Visitors. Boston Tea Party tablet decorated All of the places of historic febrest with flags- - No further wording con1m the city proper were ipia.!y sidered necessary. Battery Wharf. placarded during encampment week From this wharf the British emj ao that the visiting thousand Mn!d J not fall to aee them in their barked for the battle of Bunker HUL ;., about tha city. A list of the p;ACea Jane 17, 1775," b every-winter- bell-ringin- g; rosy-cheeke- al 1 |
