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Electricity Delivered to Families*
teries of all sizes, at the
d00rS t0 llfi8 ^Jtoaenmers in New York, has been just
milk is noiV A company
ft s purpose, ■£»«• and also to
b rr ia
1 »„l,tse. Mr. Isaac L. Rich, one
officers of the new company
, , „ ,lmw a meat deal to perfect
the°electrict interview storage ®id: battery, -There seems in » re- to
«nt Z * general idea that m order to have
current on tap one must have a dyna¬
and steam engine to run it, anil
mo 1 a expenditure at the
ZL B incur o large coukl be
Noting T re erro ‘
There are thousands of , per
neons- would like to run sewing
sons who grinders by elec
machines or coffee electric
tricity, or to burn one or two
1,gh ^quantities. no use for the
cur rfflUn They can
be accommodated. Storage cells
now made in all sizes. The small
are now and fur
est weight but four ounces,
nish current enough for one lamp.
We intend to sell electricity exactly
the milkman sells milk. We first
as cells. When the current
supply the empty
is used up the maid will put the
or exhausted cells in the hallway or
beside the basement door, and our
man, as he makes his morning rounds,
will collect them and leave freshly
charged ones in their place. The same
cells^of course, are times.”— used over Columbus and over
again a great many
Enquirer-Sun.
Two of a Kind.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitts were out driving.
“I wonder,” said she,“just what the
poor horse’s feelings are. It must be
just horrid to be driven and dragged
about without any idea as to where
one is going, except as some one di¬
rects.”
“I think I can appreciate his feel¬
ings,” replied Mr. Fitts. “I amagine
[that [you he feels just about shopping as I do when
Idition.” take me out on a expe
A WAR ECHO.
I EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN DE.
SERVES A PENSION.
And the Lone Limb is not the Only Ilea
son for a Government Reward
Either.
(From Journal , Lewiston, Me,)
Samuel R. Jordan ha3 just given the Jour
nai an account of his life, which in view of
bis extremely hard lot for the past few years
will be read with interest.
“I am 48 years old and have always lived
In New Portland. X enlisted in the army in
^862 as a private in Company A. 28th Me.
Volunteers. My army experience injured my
health to some extent, although I worked at
blacksmithing some part of the time, when
luddenlv, several years ago, I was prostrated
Fith what able physicians pronounced Lo
lomotor Ataxia. At first I could got arouad
jomewhat, fepidly until yet I the had disease hardly progressed quite
igs any feeling in my
and feet, they felt like sticks of wood
P d 1 grew so much worse that I could not
Dove for three years without help, as my
eighbors and friends could testify, I em
kyod several physicians in my vicinity, and
Newhere, and they all told me that medi
r PS w °nld not help me, that they could do
Flung to effect a cure, and that in time I
Md become entirely helpless. I became
|s P i enraged. friends. Shortly I was a great care to my wife.
after I met an old army
w.raile. .Mr. All. Parlin, a resident of Mad
Maine, and he incidentally mentioned
had Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
L' an ” al 3 <ase trouble, of rh eumatism and a spinal and
r that he had suffered with
nSi i hv°/> h - Sarmy lifc -‘ ftn ' i be °u greatly
few week^T ^ K Uld egan m0ve t°- feo1 them fl dirked httl'U After im
dement l(«d n Con dition. I a
t :■ v^l7 soon was en
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wa"t without crutches, my general
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a Prest-notion <Uld wer ? flrst compounded
ll! ticebv Used 33 such in general
an Physician.
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WASHINGTON NOTES
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
The treasury department has issued
to all income tax collectors a series of
supplemental instructions to conform
to the recent decision of the supreme
court.
In accordance with the usual custom,
Good Friday was observed for a holi¬
day by the supreme court of the United
States. No business of any kind was
transacted.
An intimation of the aggressive fight
which the new silver party will make
for the white metal is found in the
announcement made Tuesday that the
ex-Congressman Joe Sibley, of Penn¬
sylvania ; Senator Setvart, of Nevada,
and General Warner, president of
the bimetallic league, will go to Colo¬
rado next week to open the campaign
in that state.
Owing to the troubles in Cuba, the
mails for that country and vicinity
have fallen off to such an extent that
the postoffice department has permit¬
ted the Plant system to make one less
trip per week from Savannah to Tampa
by rail and the same permission has
been granted on the steamboat line
from Tampa to Cuba. In consequence
of the prevalence of yellow fever in
Cuba the department is making pre¬
parations to fumigate mails from all
tropical countries, which is an unusual
precaution to be taken so early in the
season.
Secretary Herbert had decided to
award the construction of two of the
torpedo boats to the Columbian iron
works of Baltimore and one of them
to the Union iron works of San Fran¬
cisco, but subsequently he changed his
mind and awarded the contract for
building all three of the sea going
torpedo boats to the Columbian iron
works of Baltimore, Md., awarding
none to San Francisco, as was at first
intended. The boats will be of about
138 tons displacement and will have a
speed of about tw r enty-four knots. The
vessels, exclusive of armor, will cost
$97,500 apiece. The Columbian iron
works were the lowest bidders.
Annulled the Contract.
Secretary Herbert has annnulled the
contract with Johg Gillies, of Brook¬
lyn, for the New York navy yard dry
dock and advertised for proposals to
complete the work. The contract was
made November 17th, 1892, the dock
to be delivered to the government in
tbirtv-two months. The price to be
paid was $462,619 and up to date pay¬
ments to the amount of about $165,000
have been made to Gillies. It has
beeti a foregone conclusion for some
time that the contract would never be
completed and several days ago the
department permitted other builders
to take measurements with a view to
estimating on the remaining work.
The Ineome Tax Puzzle.
The treasury officials, in the ab¬
sence of the full text of the supreme
court decision in the income law, are
still groping in the dark as to its exact
meaning, and have, therefore, been
unable to send out supplemental in¬
structions to collectors as to how- the
act, that still remains, shall be carried
out. Collectors will have to be
guided until they receive official in¬
structions by their own best judg¬
ment. Many telegraphic inquiries,both
from internal revenue officials and pri¬
vate parties, are being received at the
treasury, and are being answered as
•well as they can be with the existing
light. It is admitted on all hands, as
the matter is more closely studied,
that much confusiou must necessarily
arise from the elimination of mental
receipts from the returns, as this ex¬
ception will affect cognate questions.
Commissioner Miller is devoting his
entire time to -straightening out the
tangle and hopes to have comprehen¬
sive supplemental instructions ready
for issuance at the earliest moment
possible.
Improvement of the Missouri.
Secretary Lamont has approved the
project submitted by the Mississippi
commission for the improvement of
that river from the head of the passes
to the mouth of the Ohio river, under
an appropriation of March 2, 1895, of
$2,665,000, and increased $8,000 by
unallotted appropriations of 1894.
The remaining unexpended ajipropria
tions are as follows: First and second
districts, lower St. Francis, $88,000;
upper Yazoo, $100,000; upper White,
$53,000; lower White, $75,000; lower
Yazoo, $150,000; upper Tensas, $300,
000 ; middle Tensas, $1430,000.
Fourth district, lower Tensas,
$132,000; Atchafalaya, $152,000; La¬
fourche, $90,000; Barataria, $60,000;
Ponchartrain, $150,000; LakeBorgue,
$50,000.
Construction and river repairs, first
and second districts—Restoration of
old work at Daniel’s point, $60,000;
new r construction above Daniel’s point,
$L30,000; new construction of Osceola
bar, $78,750; purchase of tow boat,
$30,000.
May Pay in Silver.
Careful inquiries, both at the Chi¬
nese and Japanese legations at the cap¬
ital and of officials of the state depart¬
ment and officers of the navy, who, by
residence in both the contending
countries, have become familiar with
their customs and currency, seem to
indicate a strong probability that the
indemnity to be paid by China to Ja¬
pan will be paid in silver and not in
gold, though no definite official state¬
ment to the effect has yet been received
at Washington.
Silver is the measure of value, to a
great extent, in both countries. Japan
has not been called upon to negotiate
any European loan payable in gold lor
the prosecution of the war. There¬
fore, she has experienced no especial
drain of gold. China, on the other
hand, being heavily indebted to Eng¬
land and other European nations, has
exported within the last few years large
quantities of gold, and the national
treasury does not now contain any con¬
siderable amount of this metal. More¬
over, silver is the only medium of ex¬
change in the Chinese empire,and this
being the case, it would be much easier
to pay the indemnity in that metal
than in gold.
Some misunderstanding exists as to
the meaning of the word “tael” in
which the indemnity will be paid.
The “tael” is not a coin, but a weight.
It varies in value according to the
price of silver. In Peking at the
present time one tael is equal to $1.50
in Mexican silver dollars, or 75 cents
in American gold. The silver is put
up in the form of bullion or ingots,
each ingot containing silver to the
amount of from 20 to 50 taels. Be¬
yond the fact that strong grounds ex¬
ist for believing that the indemnity
will be paid in silver and that at no
time has gold been stipulated in the
negotiations, no further details are
obtainable at this time. The “tael”
which will be used as the measure of
value will be no doubt the Hai Ivwan
tael, in which customs duties are paid
and whose value is as above stated.
CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD.
Federal and Confederate Veterans
Will Meet There in September.
Secretary Lamont has decided upon
the main features of the official exer¬
cises authorized by congress in the
dedication of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga national military park.
The ceremonies will begin on the bat¬
tlefield of Chickamauga September
19th, and will comprise the formal an¬
nouncement of the opening of the
park by the war department, repre¬
senting the government; two orations
by speakers of national prominence,
and the proper military display. On
the following day exercises in continu¬
ation of the dedication, relating to
the battles of Lookout .Mountain and
Missionary Ridge, will be held at
Chattanooga with a somewhat similar
programme. take
In case of rain all exercises will
place at Chattanooga under cover of
adequate capacity, to be provided as a
prudential measure. The secretary
will arrange to have all the armies rep¬
resented in the battles participate in
the dedication by setting apart the
night of September 19th to the Union
and Confederate armies of the Tennes¬
see, and the night of the 20th to the
armies of the Potomac and northern
Virginia. The regular army will be
represented by the lieutenant general
and a detachment of troojis. The So¬
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland
will hold its regular annual reunion at
Chattanooga on the evening of Sep¬
tember 18th, preceding the dedication,
and to this all official visitors and rep¬
resentatives of the other army socie¬
ties will be invited.
ANOTHER RECESS
Taken by Tennessee’s Law Makers for
a Breathing Spell.
The Tennessee legislature took a re¬
cess from Friday until April 22d.
Finding that it had nearly 2,000 pages
of printed evidence to digest, the com¬
mittee on the governor’s election made
the request and the recess resolution
went through with but little objection.
The penitentiary committee will also
continue its investigation during the
recess. The senate killed the bill reg
ulating the charges of telephone com¬
panies, only six members voting for it,
while twenty-one voted against it.
Mr. Ledgerwood’s bill raising petit
larceny to stealing $100 was passed.
Under the operations of this bill the
number of convicts in the state peni¬
tentiary will be greatly reduced.
The house refused to allow the state
printing committee to investigate dur¬
ing the recess. A resolution revoking
the authority of the revenue commis¬
sion was adopted, but its effect killed
by a motion to reconsider, which was
entered on the journal.
An excellent photographic counter¬ Ex¬
feit of the National $5 note of bauk, the American of New lork
change discovered in the
city, has been money
sent to the National bank redemption
division of the treasury for redemp¬
tion. The note is of the 1893 series,
check letter F, with the portrait of
Garfield upon it. A warning has been
sent out by Chief Hazen, of the secret
service.
Sam Small Steps Down.
The Rev. Sam Small has tendered
his resignation as editor of the Nor¬
folk (Va.) Pilot. The cause of his
leaving the paper is said to be a con
flict of authority in its management.
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Lightning Tempered by Telephones
The German department of tele¬
graphs has been investigating the ef¬
fect of telephone wires on atmospheric
electricity. The result has shown that
such telephone wires materially weaken
the severity of thunder storms and de¬
crease the danger from lightning.
This investigation has been conduct¬
ed along practical lines, and the offi¬
cial data embraces information from
340 cities with telephone wires and
from 560 without them, with the sur¬
prising result that the danger of dam¬
age by lightning in the wired cities is
as 1 to 4.6, or nearly five times more
danger from lightning in cities without
telephone wires. Another peculiar
fact was established by this investiga¬
tion; that in places without telephones
an average of five lightning strokes
occur per hour during a thunder
storm, while in cities with telephones
only three occur. While it is very
dangerous to use the telephone during
a thunder storm, yet in other respects
this useful instrument and its conduct¬
ing wires, instead of increasing the
danger from lightning, as many sup¬
pose, is in reality a very efficient pro¬
tection.
“The Altogether.”
A well known electrical man in Bal
timore, who is noted for his quiet hu
mor, went into a restaurant the other
day and gave the waiter this shock:
“Have you read ‘Trilby?’ ”
“Tassir,” said the waiter.
“Well, then, bring me some of ‘the
altogether. J
Alter . , consultation „ with , the ., .
proprie
tor and a complete failure to interpret
the order, the joker was asked to ex¬
plain what he wanted. All he said
was “hash .”—Electrical Review.
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HAVE YOU FIVE OR MORE COWS ?
If so a “ Baby ” Cream Separator will earn Its cost for _y
you every year. Why continue an inferior system
another year at so great a loss ? Dairying is now the
only profitable feature of Agriculture. Properly con¬ : s-.:»
ducted it always pays well, and must pay you. You
need a Separator, and you need the BEST,—the
“Baby.” All styles and capacities. Prices, $75.
Upward. Send for new 1895 Catalogue.
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO •f
Branch Offices: General Offices:
ELGIN. ILL. 74 C0RTLAN0T ST.. NEW YORK.
A GREAT COUGH REMEDY.
Perhaps you may think that Scott’s Emulsion is
onty useful to fatten babies, to round up the angles and
make comely and attractive, lean and angular women,
and fill out the hollow cheeks and stop the wasting of
the consumptive, and enrich and vitalize the blood of
the scrofulous and anaemic persons. It will do all this
—but it will do more. It will cure a
Hard, Stubborn Cough
when The the ordinary cough s}u*ups and specifics Grip entirely
fail. cough that lingers after the and Pneu¬
monia will be softened and cured by the balsamic heal¬
ing and strengthening influences of this beneficent
food-medicine, namely, Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver
Oil and Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda.
Refuse substitutes. They are never as good.
Scott & Bowne, New York. AH Druggists. 50c. and St.
The Hindoo Plant Trick Revealed.
A. French scientist, M. Ragonneau,
discovered that the formid acid,
which ant hills is impregnated,
stimulates the growth of seeds.
a little experimenting with this
the learned Frenchman was able
duplicate perfectly the Hindoo trick
making a plant grow witli great ra¬
His further researches have
led him to believe that this discovery
may be profitably applied to agricul¬
ture. By infusing ants in boiling
water acid as strong as vinegar oan be
obtained. M. Ragonneau has achieved
the beet results and most perfect
growth by using earth moistened with
a solution of 5,000 parts of water to
one of acid.
The Door of Life.
m and The the fear dangers of pain
m many of parturition a woman’s fill
breast with dis¬
may. There is
¥. no reason why
childbirth should
be fraught with
danger and distress.
It is a natural function, and should be
performed in a natural way without un
due suffering. Nature never intended
that women should be tortured in this
way. gestation Pierce’s
Taken during Dr.
Favorite Prescription robs childbirth of
its dangers to both mother and child, by
preparing £ the system for delivery, thereby
ho rt en ing labor, lessening pain and ab
fcreviating the period of confinement,
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My heart is very sad to-night,
Unrest is In the air,
I cannot tell Just what it is,
Dyspepsia or despair.
It is dyspepsia,
and
A • Ripans o Tabute
will dispel it.
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y «£ We wlllseudto any address mu-collection of^
\ Flower Seed— more than 20 1 annuals— also a copy s
T y of Woman.vrhen 10c. to cover postage and pack-* *
mg U enclosed with the request for the seed.
Show tious, this & c . to WOMAN .1 friends, PUB. send CO., 50c. and Richmond, get 6 collec- Va. 4
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