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IN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS.
Daily Rontine ot Boa H«s o! tto
Filty-Second Congress.
Measures Discussed and Bills Passed
By Our National Law-Makers.
THE SENATE.
Mr. Teller, in the senate, Friday, in
presenting some petitions against the re¬
peal of the Sherman act, declared that,
in his judgment, there was a decided
majority on both sides of the chamber
opposed to the repeal of that act, and
also that in his opinion it could not be
made a political question at the next ses¬
sion whatever might be the inclination
of the incoming president. Mr. Hill said
that, in his judgement, the best way to
test the sense of the senate was by a di¬
rect tice motion, and he, therefore, gave no¬
that on Monday, during the morn¬
ing hour, he would move to take up the
hill to which Mr. Sherman referred. The
senate then proceeded to other business.
The house bill to ratify and confirm an
agreement with the Cherokee na¬
tion of Indians, of Indian Terri¬
tory was taken up and many amend¬
ments were offered, discussed ar.d dis¬
posed of. The bill was laid aside with¬
out final action and at 3 o’clock the bus¬
iness of the senate was suspended in or¬
der that fitting tributes might be made
to the memory of the late Senator Bar¬
bour, of Virginia, who died in the city
of Washington on the 14th of May, 1892.
Eulogies of the dead senator were pro¬
nounced by Messrs. Daniels, MandersoD,
Faulkner, Gallinger, Platt, Hill, His-
cock and Hunton, Mr. Barbour’s success¬
or in the senate. The usual resolutions
were agreed to and the senate—as a fur¬
ther mark of respect to Mr. Barbour—
adjourned till 11 o’clock Saturday.
Saturday morning the senate proceed¬
ed to the consideration of the house bills
on the calendar. The first takeD up was
the bill to promote the safety of em¬
ployes and travelers upon railroads by
compelling common carriers engaged in
interstate commerce to equip their cars
with automatic couplers and continuous
brakes, and their locomotives with driv¬
ing wheel brakes. At the suggestion of
Mr. Harris, the bill was laid aside tem¬
porarily without action, Mr. Harris
stating his belief that its passage would
put into the hands of receivers a
majority of the railroads of the south.
Consideration of house bills was inter¬
rupted to permit Mr. Teller to report
from the judiciary committee a new bill
to submit the McGarrahan claim to the
court of private land c!aim9 and it was
placed on the calendar. The hour9 as¬
signed to the consideration of house bills
on the calendar having expired, the con¬
ference report on the bill concerning tes¬
timony in criminal cases under the inter¬
state commerce law was presented and
agreed to. Mr. Harris asked unani¬
mous consent that the consideration of
house bills on the calendar be continued
in the morniug hour Monday, and that
the quarantine bill shall not be sub¬
ject to objection. Mr. Frye suggested
as an objection that Mr. Hill had
given notice that he would move
to take up the hill to repeal the
Sherman act in the morniug hour of
Monday. After some time this point
was waived and Mr. Harris gave notice
that he would immediately, on the con¬
clusion of routine business on Monday,
move that the senate proceed to the con¬
sideration of the quarantine bill. The
senate thorize then passed the senate bill to au¬
the construction of a railroad
bridge across St. Mary’s river between
the states of Florida and Georgia. Memo¬
rial proceedings in memory of Mr. Gam-
bee, of South Dakota; Ford, of Michi¬
gan, ami Stackhouse, of South Carolina,
late members of the house of representa¬
tive?, were begun at 4 o’clock p. m. and
after eulogies on each of the dead repre¬
sentatives the customary resolutions were
agreed to aud the senate adjourned until
Monday at 11 o’clock.
In the senate, Monday, Mr. Morgan
demandc I the regular order of busiuess,
and the vice president decided that the
regular order of business was the motion
of Mr. Hill to take up the bill to repeal
the Sherman silver act. After a good
deal of confusion aud parliamentary
wrangling the question was brought to a
direct vote on Mr. Hill’s motion to take
up the hill to repeal the Sherman act,
and the motiou was defeated—yeas, 23;
nays, 42. Twelve democrats and eleven
republicans voted to take up the bill—all
the free coinage senators voted together.
Several who had not been advocates of
free coinage voted against the motion.
This vote, however, cannot be considered
a test of the silver question in the senate,
because should it have been adopted
Senator Hill’s bill would have become the
regular order and would have oc¬
cupied the time of the senate every day
after 2 o’clock until disposed of.
The senate, Tuesday, ratified the Rus¬
sian extradition treaty with amendments.
The Norfolk and Western railroad bill
was reached on the calendar and laid
aside on account of the absence of Mr.
Gorman. In response to the senate reso¬
lution the chief of engineers of the
United States army submitted several
communications showing that the mate¬
rial used in tho construction of the new
library building consists of imported
from foreign countries and not home
production. The material is Vienna and
African marble imported in rough, to
cost about $40,000; Italian marb’e im¬
ported in rough, costing about $57,000;
foreign mahogany wood costing bills $6,000.
A number of unobjected passed, house on
the calendar were among them
sixteen private the relief pension of the bills; assignees also .*enate le¬
bills for or
gal representatives of John Roach, de¬
ceased, to pay the balance due on the
United States ship Dolphin.
THE HOUSE.
The anti-option .... bill the .
came up m
house the thing Friday morning,
The speaker rendered a dec sion that the
bill would first have to be referred to one
of the standing committees of the house
and when report*.1 back to the house,
being a revenue hill, it must be consid-
ered in committee of the whole. Mr.
Hatch then moved that the bill be
ferred and to his the motion committee demanded on agriculture the j
upon pre-
vious question. After considerable de-
bate, in which Mr. Boatner.of Louisiana,
was the principal speaker on the part of
the opposition, a v ;te was taken and the
bill was referred to the committee on ag¬
riculture by 151 to 54.
There was an unusual scene on thefl ?or
of the house Saturday morniDg. The con-
house aD ‘lt ^T^JVb^ t
of sff Georgia, the chairman of the foreign
tirs cotninithc. Mr. Blount retires
from congress on the 4th of March after
a service of twen y yiars. T e man-
agetUvtit of this bid on the floor was
1‘ oktd upon theref re. as probably
the last conspicn u> tet of the Geer-
gian on the floor of the house. In view
of this fact bis colleagues had determined
to do him honor. Their determination
was, however, unknown to the Georgian.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, was the first
speaker. To the surprise of a majority
of the members of the house he began in
eulogistic terms of Mr. Blount as a legis¬
lator and patriot. Among other things
he said: “I know that there id general
regret on the part of the gentlemen here
that this distinguished gentleman volunta¬ now
retires from legislative duties,
rily, and seeks the peace of his own
fireside at home. I feel assured that
I speak the general sentiment of every
member when I say that the retire¬
ment of Mr. Blount from his high po¬
sition in congress takes from the legisla¬
tive duties one of the most conscientious
and upright legislators and gentlemen
who have ever figured in our affairs, and
I feel assured that he will carry with him
the respect and confidence, and C3teem
of every gentleman comprising this great
house, and that the general wish will
follow him for his future happiness and
prosperity.” (Applause.) Mr. Hitt, re¬
publican, of Illinois, speaking for the
minority, endorsed every word that Mr.
liolman had uttered. Messrs. Bland,
Springer and O’Neil also made highly
complimentary addresses. Mr. Blount
was very much moved when he rose to
respond to the expressions of the friend¬
ly feelings of his colleagues. As he took
his seat he was warmly and earnestly ap¬
plauded and he was for the remainder of
the day the recipient of congratulations
tor being the first member of the house
who ever received such a tribute of re¬
gard aud esteem from his colleagues.
Monday was suspension day in the
house and absolutely nothing was done,
although the body was in session
five hours and under the rules
any measure having a two thirds
majority of the members present
in favor of it, could be passed under a
suspension of all rules. Oates, of Ala¬
bama, expected to call up the bankrupt¬
cy bill, and had arranged to be recog¬
nized for this purpose. Mr. Kilgore, of
Texas, who has been fighting this meas¬
ure all the tim a , began filibustering as
soon as the house met and continued his
tactics all day. It was nearly three
hours after the house met before the
journal could be read and approved.
Tutsday morning in the house, the
reading of the journal having been com¬
pleted, the speaker stated that without
objection it would stand approved. The
routine business haviug been disposed of,
the house proceeded to the consideration
of the legislative appropriation bill.
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
After many delays the Panama investi¬
gation was begun Monday morning by
the special committee appointed by the
house for the purpose.
The agricultural committee of the
house met Saturday morniug and de¬
cided to report the viDti-option bill back
to the house and non-concur in the senate
amendments and ogrte to the request of
the senate for a conference.
Senator Gordon introduced a big peti¬
tion from Columbus, Ga., Friday, asking
for an Increase of the appropriation for
the public building, also petitions bear¬
ing the names of nearly all the corpora¬
tions, bankers and business men of Sa¬
vannah asking the repeal of the Sherman
bill.
The report of Representative Oates on
the investigation into the Pinkerton sys¬
tem and Homestead troubles was at last
piloted Tuesday, tbroughdhe judiciary committee
the comittee by c majority vote
ordering it reported to the house with
leave to the minority to file their separate
report.
The committee on rules has reported
the resolution providing for the consid¬
eration of the silver bill on the 9th aud
10th of February. A cloture amend¬
ment will be offered in the house pro¬
vided the advocates of the bill to repeal
the Sherman law have sufficient votes
to vote down the previous question on a
report.
The senate judiciary committee, on
Monday,took up the nomination of Judge
Jackson, but its consideration was post¬
poned until next Mondsy on account of
objections made by democratic members.
It is understood that at the next meeting
of the committee an effort will be made
to cause the nomination to be favorably
reported to the senate.
The placards bearing the word
“Closed,” which has been displayed on
the front door of the white house ever
since the day before Christmas, when the
president’s grandchild was stricken with
scarlatina, were removed Tuesday, and
the public part of the house is once more
open to visitors. The president will now
probably the resume his tri-weekly receptions
to public.
The naval committee of the bou*e has
decided upon a policy of economy this
year, and no provision will be made in
this year’s naval appropriation bill for
new cruisers or new battle ships. The
committee Tuesday morning practically
agreed upon the bill it will report to the
house. One new gun boat, to cost not
exceeding $400,000, is the only new war
vessel provided for. The bill is of a
more routine character than usual, and, |
roughly speaking, its aggregate appro¬
priation iast is about $2,000,000 less than
year’s act.
The indications are that Judge Jack¬
son’s nomiration to succeed Justice La- i
mar as justice of the supreme court will |
not be confirmed. Senator Harris, of i
Tennessee, is vigorous in his oppos tion of! j
to the confirmation, »s are a nraber
other senators, including many republi- i
cans. ference There Judge seems to bo marked iudit- j
to Jackson on the part ol
all the senators. The demoersts. bn as a
rule, seem to oppose his nominal on
the ground that they do not want Presi- !
dent , Harrison • to .. appoint . . republican ...
a as
circuit judge m the district over which
Judge Jackson now presides. j .
m ill Abandon Their Petition.
Advocatts m the bouse of the repeal
of the Sherman law held a conference
Tues adopted Jay declaring , aft . en ? 00D ;, that it had been ^ dis- 3S
covered that a majority of the house was
in favor of the repeal of the Sherman
silver bullion purchase act and that it
had been decided to abandon the attempt
to get a majority of the democrats to
sign the cloture petition and to make a
fight on the floor of the house, where all
friends of honest money—whether dem-
cents or republicans-might the join in
the attempt to secure repeal of the
law. :
_
A COMPRESS EXPLODES
± nd Thirteen Men Probably Killed,
Besides a number Badly Injured. j
The Planters’ compress boilers at Vcks- |
Burg, Miss., exploded at 11:30 o’clock ■
Thursday, lhe compress was torn to
pieces. Three men so far have been taken
out dead. Ten people are still in the
ruins. Seven men have been taken out
.
more or less injured. ;
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TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
TDe News ol the World Condensed Into
Pithy amd Pointed Paragranl^.
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
The Michigan supreme court handed
down a decision, Friday, in the contest¬
ed election case in the fifth congressional the
district, seating Charles E. Belknap,
republican candidate.
The Pennsylvania house of representa¬
tives, Tuesday, by vote of 150 to 18,
passed a bill to prohibit the manufacture
Mid sale of cigarettes within the common¬
wealth. The bill now goes to the senate.
A c tble dispatch of Tuesday to the New
York World from London says: Algerncn
Sartoris, who married Nel ie Grant,
daughter of Genaral Grant, died Friday
at Capri, Italy. He had not lived with
his wife for some years.
A Indianapolis special of Tuesday says
that a strike is threatened by the engin¬
eers on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. They had asked for three and
a half cents for passenger men and were
refused. The question of a strike in
consequence is being considered.
The First National bank of Little
Rock, Ark., closed its doors Thursday.
Its liabilities are understood to be over
half a million dollars. The cause that
lead to the suspension was the issuance
of fraudulent paper by former officers ol
the bank to the amount of several hun¬
dred thousand dollars.
Fire at Philadelphia early Saturday
morning at the Twenty-fifth ward gas
works totally destroyed the purifying
house and two sheds, one of which was
owned by the city. The total loss is es¬
timated at $150,000, of which the city
loses $25,000, the remainder falling upon
the Philadelphia Gas Improvement Com
paDy.
An explosion occurred Thursday night
in mine No. 11 owned and operated by
the Osag Coal and Mining Company, at
McAllister, I. T. Two men were killed
and perhaps more, it not being known
how many miners were exposed to the
explosion. A windy shot being fired in
an entry east from the main shaft was
the cause of the accident.
Cablegrams of Tuesday are to the ef¬
fect that the city of Brisbane, in Queens¬
land, continues completely isolated by
floods. In the region about Wide Bay,
Queensland, hundreds of houses were de¬
molished by the rushing waters; thous
aDds of destitute people have taken re¬
fuge in the hills, without shelter and nec¬
essaries. At Brisbane business is com
pletely suspended.
A dispatch from Scranton, Pa., sa}s:
Miss Anna E. Dickenson, lecturer and
actress, on Saturday brought three suits
in the circuit conit of the United States,
directed against tight persons, two of
whom are physicians, asking damages
aggregating $150,000. These suits are
directed against the persons who wcr<-
instrumental in lodging her in the Dan¬
ville asylum for the msane iu February,
1891.
A Kansas City, Mo , dispatch says:
Cass county judges, who have been in
jail for nearly a year for contempt of
court, appeared before Judge Phillips
Tuesday morning and reported the adop¬
tion, by over 2,000 majority, of the 70
cent bond compromise proposition sug¬
gested by Judge Phillips. He accord¬
ingly discharged them and remitted their
fines. If the bondholders accept the com¬
promise new bonds will be issued.
A rear end collision and explosion of
two car loads of powder occurred on the
Lake Shore railway three qu trters of a
mile east of Strycker, O., Thursday af¬
ternoon. Westbound local freight No. 8
ran into the rear end of extra freight No.
583, w T hick had parted from the main
part loads of the train, explodeding two car¬
of powder and blowing the ca¬
boose and three cars to atoms and badly
damaging the engine. The engineer and
firemen saved themselves by jumping.
There was no one in the caboose and no
loss of lives resulted.
A special of Saturday from Hampton,
Mich., says: A terific b,izz mi has raged for
the past two days with mercury 30 to 40
degrees below. Snow - drifts are as high as
the tops of passenger coaches. Mineral
Range and Hancock and Calumet pas¬
senger trains, consisting only of one
coach and baggage car, takes two and
three powerful engines to haul them.
The mines are shut down for lack of fuel
and stamp mills for 1 ke of rock. Train¬
men are having their faces badly frozen.
It has been more than a quarter of a cen¬
tury since there was so many’ - continuos
blizzards and such low temperature.
THE TEXAS BURNING.
Governor Hogg Wauts legislation
f Against g ? lnSt Mob 00 Law
A . special . dispatch , of , iuesday , ,
from
Au8t 1D » Texas t sa J s -' A message con-
. the burning of the Smith
cerm °g negro
Hogg for .J 1 ® submission 8 . n _. P_ re to P a I^ the d V legislu y G / jVrrnor u e.
The governor says it becomes his pain¬
ful duty to emphasiz: the necessity of
taking some steps to prevent mob vio¬
lence in Texas. That the recent terri¬
ble holocaust at Paris is but an illustra¬
tion to what extent a mob will g°
when the „ laws . „ are inadequate . ...... to check It. “•
“ “ ^ affair was
f. o:° f an auoeioiig a barbaroiis crime,
nn te was cer-
J 1 laws punubmenl of the under state tbeconsti- Cmlizi-
rc’oltmg execution of he age, in which
a large | number of citizens openly, ^derlk in
broa d publicly become m by 7
met hods shameful to humanity.
That crime committed at Paris is a
pisgrace to the state. Its atiocity, in-
humanity and sickening effect on the
people cannot be obscured by a reference
to the previous act of the culprit in bru-
tally taking the life of the innocent
cb To'contend i i( j
that his executioners can
cej^er be indicted nor tried in the
co Unty where the crime was committed
U a pretense nnd mockery. He says if
the legislature will enact suitable laws
and pUce tbem at bis command every
pe^ ^ bo takes part in a mob sball
brougbt s t0 tria! ’ the strength of the
macb icerJ of jus tice fhall be thoroughly
test€( j j n tbe e g or {
A POPULIST SENATOR
Elected by the Nebraska Legislature
After Much toting,
A specUl from Lincoln, Nebraska,
says: Judge W. B. Alien, popu ist,
was elected United States senator Tues-
day morning, receiving seventy votes;
four more than were necessary to a
choice.
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Reports of Bradstreet and Dun & Co.,
for Past Week.
Bradstreet’a report of business for the
past week says: Features of the business
week include an unusually large number
of decreases in prices for staple articles,
among which are pig iron, 21 cents; finish¬
ed iron, 50 cents; wheat, 1-2 cent; corn,
7-8 cent; oats, 7-8 cents; lard, 3-4 cents;
cotton, 5@ 1-16; raw sugar, 1 16 cents; hogs
10 cents, and steel, billets, petroleum
there and high has wines as well. In contrast
been an advance of 1 cent in
special grades of domestic woo', 1-2 cent
on sole leather, 1-8 on hides and pork 50
cents, as well as advances for rubber
goods, shoes and bricks. East and south
milder weather has opened up the ave¬
nues of trade, but in the northwest a
seoond cold snap has further restricted
business. So far as heard from the vol¬
ume of transactions throughout the coun¬
try in January, with few exceptions was
the largest of any in that month on rec¬
ord. *
REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH.
Business in the south has been favored
by the opening up of traffic routes, and
advices from the larger cities announce an
improvement in the demand for spring
goods. Some delay in placing orders for
hardware and clothing is experienced.
Wholesale merchants at Baltimore report
collections in the south freer and trade
improving. At Richmond the demand
for groceries aud shoes is relatively most
active, but there is a good request for
plug tobacco, cigarettes acd cheroots,
while the lack of demand for pig iron
causes prices to tend downward. There
is no change in trade conditions at
Charleston, where the prospects for
spring business is good. Memphis mer¬
chants report considerable activity in
hardware and planters’ supplies. A like
state of trade is reported at Birmingham,
where the volume equals the average for
the season. Wholesale business at At¬
lanta is active aud of satisfactory propor¬
tions, but warm and damp weather has
checked tbe retail trade.
Generally favorable commercial con¬
ditions in the region tributary to New
Orleans promise much for the merchants produce
of that city. The movement of
is large, exci pt that of meats, which has
bern checked on account ol higher
prices. Large sales of sugar and rice
cause prices to tend upward.
The production of cotton goods at
eastern mills is heavier than in any pre¬
vious year. There are no stocks in hand.
The output of print cloths is sold ahead
to April and there are no stocks at Fall
River against 229,000 pieces held there
a year ago.
WHAT DUN SAYS.
Dun’s weekly review of trade says*.
Actual business is surprisingly large for
the season, and yet fears about the fu¬
ture are also large. Congressional uncer¬
tainties cause fears, but the prosperity
and needs of the people make business
what it is, and never before has the dis¬
tribution of it products to consumers been
larger than has been thus far this year.
Hence industries are remarkably pros¬
perous. The volume of trade measured
by the clearings in January was nearly
12 per cent larger than in any previous
year, and the railway movement sbow9 a
great increase in thetODuage transported.
Yet it is probably safe to eay that rarely,
if ever, except in a time of panic, has
business been more cautiously and con¬
servatively regulated. Monetaiy uncer¬
tainties are excused by tbe continued
outgo of gold, but the passage of the
anti-option bill by the senate has had no
effect upon the market as yet.
At Louisville, prospects are encourag¬
ing; at Nashville, business is good, and
at Kuoxville, improving with money ir
better demnad. At Little Rock collee
tions are slow and many planters are be¬
ing carried over, but at Mobile trade is
very satisfactory with good prospects. with
Business at New Orleans is quiet
money in good demand aud easy; cotton
more active and sugar strong and trade
in rice improving. The wonderful de¬
mand for textile fabrics is unabated.
For brown and bleached cotton the mar¬
ket is said to be the best for twenty
years and some makes of sheeting have
advanced.
The price for manufactured products
of iron and steel are depressed beyond all
precedent and nevertheless sales continue
remarkably large, and the volume of bus¬
iness is greater than in any previous year,
Tbe stagnation in steel rails has beer
broken by the placing of orders fo«
00,000 tons by the Pennsylvania railway, ha^
and in plates orders for 20,000 tons
been placed for Cramp’s, at Pittsburg
mills, though at very low prices. Large
structural contracts have also been placed
for buildings in New York. The uncer¬
tainty about the monetary future retards
business engagements, but in other re¬
spects trade is most satisfactory, and per¬
haps all the more safe and healthy for
the feeling of caution that prevails.
Business failures duviug the past week
number, for the United States, 255; Can¬
ada. 46; total. 301.
HEADING THEM OFF.
An Uncle of Hawaii’s Queen Reaches
Washington Ahead of Commission.
A Chicago special of Thursday says:
John M. Cleghorn, from San Francisco,
an uncle of Princess Kaiuliani, the heir-
apparent to the Hiwaiian throne, stole a
march on the Hiwaiian commissioners,
who are on their way to Washington to
present the claims of the provisional gov¬
ernment.
As soon as the news of the revolt be¬
came known, Cleghorn packed his grip
and took tbe first train for Washington
with the result that be arrived
in Chicago forty-eight hours ahead
of the commissioners, and will reach
the capitol that much in advance of
them.
His purpose is to present the claims of
his niece to the United States govern¬
ment before tbe commission appointed
by the provisional government arrives at
the national capitol.
He is a brother of A. S. Cleghorn,
whose deceased wife was the sister of the
depcsed queen Lilinokalani, and whose
daughter, the heir apparent, is at a fash¬
ionable school in England. He will lay
before President Harrison the claims
of bis neice, Friocess Kaiuluni, and
will plead for the establishment of a
protectorate with the princess as queen.
MRS. WHITNEY DEAD.
Wife of the Ex-Secretary of the Navy
Dies Suddenly.
Mrs. William C. Whitney, wife of the
ex-secretary of the navy, died at her
home, No. 2 West Fif ty-seventh Sunday street,
New York City, at th ree o'clock
morning, of heart disease. Only Mr.
Whitney and the nurse who at’ended her
during her illness, were present at
the death bed, the end coming unex¬
pectedly.
Feather Beds.
Dr. Kellogg, in “Domestic Sanita¬
tion,” sums up their objectionable quali¬
ties thus; “The usunf feather beds may
be shown to be detrimental to health in
several ways, but we wish to call atten¬
tion to the fact that they may be a source
of contaminati on of the air immediate¬
ly surrounding a person during sleep.
Feathers themselves not only undergo a
slow decomposition, evolving foul and
poisonous gases, but, on account of their
remarkable hydroscopic properties, in
which they are equalled by few other
substances, they absorb the fetid exha¬
lations from the body which are
thrown off from the skin during sleep.
As this c >nt nues, often for a long
time, the accumulations may become
very great and the feather bed
bs converted into a hot-bed of diseased
germs. As feathers suffer little loss by
use, the feather bed often becomes an
heirloom and is passed down from one
generation to another. The older it be¬
comes, the worse it is. It is somewhat
alarming disease to reflect upon the amount of
genns which may bo stowed
away in a sack of feathers which has
done service during a hundred years or
more. Subject to all the accidents and
emergencies of domestic life, it has, per¬
haps, carried a half dozen persons
through typhoid fever, and pillowed the
last months of the gradual dissolution of
a consumptive, besides being in constant
use the balance of the time.”
Wanted Some Excitement.
Petted Boy—“Mamma, may I go sled¬
ding?”
Fond killed Mamma that (nervously)—“A boy
was on hill last winter, and
two boys were hurt only last week.”
“May I go skating?”
“Horrors, no? You might break
through and get drowned!”
“May I go play in thestree?”
“There was a terrible runaway right
past the house only three days ago, and
there’s no telling what moment another
may happen. Sit down, and I’ll read to
you.”
“Well, mamma, please read me some
nice little story about a boygettiu’ struck
by a meteor while his mamma was read¬
ing to him.”—Street & Smith’s Good
News.
An Ignorant stranger.
Stranger— “Where is the court -house!’
Boy—“Bout six blocks west from
here.”
Stranger—“But I don’t know which
way is west.”
Boy—“W’y jus’ stan’ with your face
to th’ north, and’ then y’r right hand’ll
point east an’ y’r left hand west. Thort
everybody knew that.”—Street & Smith’s
Good News.
If Checkmated Early,
Rheumatism is shorn of its terrors. When it
is young, annihilate it with Hostetter’s Stom¬
ach Bitters and prevent life-long torture. If
it is chronic, it is always liable to attack the
heart with a fatal result. The poisons taken
to themselves cure it simply dangerous alleviate its pangs, and • re
in a slight overdose.
Indigestion, liver or kidney trouble, costive¬
ness, ma aria and loss of appetite and flesh
are remedied by the Bitters.
Wife (significantly)—“That pocket-book you
gave me for a Christmas present was empty.”
Husband (grim y)—“Yes it was mine.”
An Important Difference.
To make it apparent to thousands,who think
themselves ill, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by th*
California Fig Syrup Co.
Any lady who goes to church to show her
new sack is sackreligious.—Wilson Mirror.
•JTA.TX OIOHIO, CITY Of TOLWDO, » ^
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is the
senior Co., doing partner business of the in firm the of City F. J. Cheney Toledo, &
County and of
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of $100 for each and. every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank j. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., J&A.
1 —’— 1 A. W. Gleason.
•< SEAL >
_ Hall’s ■ Catarrh Cure is taken Notary internally Public.
directly the and
acts on blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
tar Sold by Druggists, 75c.
For Coughs and Throat Disorders use
Brown’s Bronchial Troches. "Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except I
think better of that which I began by think¬
ing only well oi."—Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold
in boxes.
Our old reliable eye-water cures we ak orin-
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price25c. John R. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va.
rs::-
P:-‘ I
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Mr. Wm. Wade
Of Lowell.
INDIGESTION RELIEVED
Good Appetite and Good Health lie-
stored by HOOD'S
Mr. Wm. Wade, the well known boot
and shoe dealer at 17 Merrimack St.,
near the Postoffiee, Lowell, says:
“When I find a good thing I feel like
praising it. and I know from personal experi-
ence that Hood's Sarsaparilla is a fine medi-
cine. I have for a good many years been serj.
ously troubled with
Distress in Wly Stomach
and indigestion. I had medical advice, pre¬
scriptions and various medicines, but my
trouble was not relieved. At last I thought I
would try Hood’s Sarsaparilla and I must say
the effeet teas surprising. Soon after
I began taking it I found great relief, and now
Hood’s parilla Sarsa¬ Cures
eat without having that terrible distress. I
also rtat well at night and am in good health,
for ell of which I thank Hood’s sarsapa -
villa.” Wm. Wade.
Hood b Fill)* are the best fiver invigorator and
cathartic. Purely vegetable.
_
TO YOUNG MEN.
Splendid opportunity to learn a business that will
give steady employment and a salary of 81000 a year,
lend 2c. stamp for circular, containing S3E. lCtb. full N.Y. Informa¬ City.
tion- AddressOeo. H. Lawrence.
Cheap Music.
Fair Customer—“Have you a piece
called the ‘Moonlight Sonata?’”
Cleric—“Y es, madam; Beethoven’s
‘Moon light Sonata.’ Here it is.”
“What 19 the price?”
“Only twenty cent?.”
“Ob, that’s too cheap, Show me
something better.”—New York Weekly.
Mrs. Wearie—“When you sweep little
Johnnie’s room, don’t put the sweepings
in the fire.”
New Girl—“Why not, mum?”
Mrs. Wearie—“The last time I did that
the stove exploded.”
TYOYAL BAKING POWDER imparts that pecul-
JLv. • iar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed in the
finest food, and which expert pastry cooks declare is
not obtainable by the vise of any other raising agent.
RpTAL v RpTAL
B&lcir\<J pyw&ef* B&K ir Vj
Ab&ol tttely Absol utely
PuJ[re P u Ir e
Royal Baking Powder is shown a pure cream-of-
tartar powder, the highest of all in leavening strength.
— U. S. Government Food Report.
Royal Baking Powder is superior in purity,
strength, and wholesomeness to any other powder
which I have examined .—New York State Analyst.
Good Manners at Home.
The presence of good manners is no
where more needed or more effective than
in the household, and, perhaps, more
rare. Wherever familiarity exists there
is a tendency to loosen the check upon
selfish conduct which the presence of
strangers involuntarily produces. Many
persons who are kind nnd courteous in
company are rude and careless with those
whom they love best. Emerson says:
“Good manners are made up of petty
sacrifices,” and certainly nothing can
more thoroughly secure the harmony and
peace of the family circle than the habit
of making small sacrifices, one for anoth¬
er. Children thus learn good manners
in the best and most natural ways, and
habits thus acquired will never leave
them. Courtesy and kindness will never
lose their charm, while nil spurious imi¬
tations of them are to be despised.—
The Republic.
The Taxes We Pay.
The Washington Post presents some
interesting tax figures:
For the next two year9 our government
will spend annually more than $500,000,-
000. To pay one year’s expenses of the
government it will take nearly the com¬
bined wheat and oat crop. Our annual
output of gold, silver, copper, iroD, coal,
Petroleum and lead will not foot our tax
bill for twelve months. Nor can we do
it with a year’s product cf cotton, wool,
rye, barley, wine, potatoes and tobacco.
The combined capiialization of our
national banks is $509,000,000. One
year’s taxes will nearly swallow it up.
Now, all this 1 b the Federal tax. We
have also to pay city, e unty and State
taxes. We pretend to be a nation of
plain people, with no aristocracy, no
princes, no standing army and no expen¬
sive frills, and yet our taxes are more
enormous than those of Austria, Germany
and Great Britain.
Bantams in the Garden.
Most people prefer to leave fowls out
of, rather than in the gard n. But they
mean large fowls. Bantams will do some
scratching, but not nearly so much as
will the larger fowls. They are very act¬
ive and catch numerous insects and grub*
and slugs i jurious to the garden plants.
If one will use the feathered legged
kinds, the Cochin and the booted ban¬
tams, he will find them to do les9
scratching than the clean legged breeds.
About the best, as a gardener’s assistant,
is the booted white bintam, for the im¬
mense growth of feathers on the toes—
sometimes five inches in length—prevent
these little fowls from doiog much in¬
jury with their feet.—L Fisher, Queens
County, New York.
ifl < M PS md-m r^l /3 # 1 tnCJ •••
Do Not Be Deceived '———-— -
with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the
hands, Injure the Iron and burn red. j 1
The Risinc Sun Store Polish Is Brilliant, Od or-
less. Durable, and the consumer pa/s tor no tln
glass package with every pur 1
or
A Woman Has j
very little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and Is
entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping or
any ordinary iutles.lf afflicted with SICK li KA D-
ACHP. DAY A I'TKit DAY and there * s
few diseases that yield more promptly to prop, r
medical treatment. It is therefore of the utmost lin-
EuS”?ss.*rss 2 .T?Sr.“.r» a a'xa»
sstK^ssatfjs«.ts&iraf& PILLS, which be procured Drug Store,
may at any
or In will be mailed to any address on the receipt of 25c^
postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
be careful to procure the genuine article. There are
several counterfeits on the market, well calculated
to deceiTe. The genuine Dr. C. McLane’s Celebrated
Liver Pills are manufactured only by
FLEMING BBOTHEBS CO., Pittiburgli, P*.
1 SgGRflfli 5 POSES 25=]
SHILOH’S
I8H CUB? .CURE.
Cores Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat. Sold by all Druggist* on a Guarantee.
as LIGHTNING The 60 Day Cabbage.
Th:* is sbsnlatelr the earliest eibls/t in tie wo rW. Seed
very scarce. Fkg., 15c.; % os , S5c ; Ji lb., ge, MM Jd.
THE EARLIEST VEGETABLES
re * ch **
13 jikgs. Lamest YagataM* Novelties. ft, postpaid.
FOR 14c. (WITH CATALOGUE, 19e.'
TtceirtSfHk :*• °° r ***** v. send, postpaid, open
1 pncksje Si* Weeks - Riiith, 10e.
* “ Silver Si«u Letmee. Ik Is all 9 rtrksfts.
1 Giant Prolific Toocto. 20c. Ikied nee hers
1 laut?Giant Cucumber, 10a sni'er 90e.
* \ * Brilliant Flower Seeds, 36e. ALL FOR 14c.
H mwj if SALZER’S SEED CATALOGUE
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£ - JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis.
A Latter-Day Marriage.
D jwoton—“So you are really going to’
be married?” fixed, We’re 1
Upoton—“Yes, it’s all hired
rented a furnished flat, and I’ve a
dress suit for the occasion, and Mane uai
borrowed her cousin’s wedding ng, ana
new caterer has agreed to lend us his ■
a show-cake, provided I
plaster of Paris
mention his name in the papers.
It is said that the custom of firing
morning and evening salutes costs this
government $1,000 a day. If this be so
it would be economy to fire the custom.
—Concord Standard.
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The Marked Success
of Scott’s Emulsion in consump¬
tion, scrofula and other forms of
hereditary disease is due to its
powerful food properties.
Scott's Emulsion
rapidly creates healthy flesh—
proper weight, Hereditary
taints develop only when the
system becomes weakened.
Nothing in the world
of medicine has been
so successful in dis¬
eases that are most
menacing to life. Phy¬
sicians everywhere
prescribe it.
Prepared by Scett * Tourne. N. Y. All
“German
Just Syrup” bad cold, and hacking
a a
cough. We all suffer that way some¬
times. How to get rid of them is
the study. Listen—‘ ‘ I am a Ranch¬
man and Stock Raiser. My life is
rough and exposed. I meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
I sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. I have used Germvi 1
Syrup five years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one I had was stopped in
24 hours. It is infallible.” Jame9
A. Lee, Jefferson, Col.
MERCURIALS^ “About ten I s.s.s.
years ago con¬
tracted a severe case of blood poi¬
son. Beading physicians prescribed medicine
after medicine, which I took without any relief.
I also tried mercurial and potash remedies,
with unsuccessful results, but which brought
on an attack of mercurial rheumatism that
made my life RHEUMATISM
one of agony.
After suffering
four years I gave up all remedies and began
using s. S. S. After taking several bottles I
was entirely cured and able to resume work.
(-1 s.s.s. Is the greatest medicine for blood
poisoning to-day on the market.”
Treatise on Blood and Bkin Diseases mailed
free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
WITH
THOMSON’S gif®
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No too !« required. easily On!f and a hammer needed to drive
Eli I c ine b th ra quick.?, ltav:ng the ditch
Sbgo be utel, y smo m> th- R.-quItlng Civets. nr. hoe to be made in
leai her ■ nd nor 1 burr lor t:.e Mil!to-.s They are strong,
(ouch a rl nrahlr. no-* in use- Aii
eneths. uniform «r ass-xteit, tut ui> In boxe*.
A»k y« our dealer for them, or send 40c. in
vtnmps for a box <jI assorted rises Man'td by
JUDSON L THOMSON MFG. CO..
WAI.TH4JI, MASS.
BICYCLES.
Complete chear> line of hijeh. medium
t jrrada Bicycle s. San-
dries of fill kinds.
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in See-
“js fr, 1 ' 1 "" t f»•'’U tlebsl
Musaasseau*. 0 ..
|H Plso’s Remedy for Catarrh is the
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest
CATA R R M
H Sold by druggists or sent by mail,
50c. E. T. Hazeltine, Warren, Pa.
frcit^treesT
r— I N F A athori Md Life. Bonan--.
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