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CONGRESS IN SESSION.
The Daily Routine of Both
Briefly Epitomized.
What la Italni? Dona to Allay Finan
cial Depression nnd Bring Relief.
FrFTEKNTn Dat.—Among the billa
introduced in tho Donato Wednesday
was one by Mr. Paaoo, as n substitute
for the minority bill of tho flnanco
committee (proposing siIrer coinage at
20 to 1). Tho substitute proposes a
commission of three citizens of tho
United Htatcs to ascertain nnd report
before January, 1H9I, the intrinsic re
lative value of gold nnd silver, and
t hat on that report the secretary of the
treasury shall lix nnd determine tho ra
tio. The resolution offered Tuesday by
lVITer, inquiring of thoaoorutary of tho
treasury ns to tho conduct of national
banks in refusing to pay promptly in
currency in checks of depositors, was
then taken up, and a motion to refer
it to the finance committee mndo by
Mr. Hoar. Mr. Voothees favored a
reference of tho resolution, nnd said
that it would not be buried in tho com
mittee. Messrs. Mandorson, Kyle and
Hill opposed it, and insisted on tho
adoption of the resolution. Mr.
Qoiman spoke against its adoption.
Tho discussion was cut off by the ex
piration of the morning hour nnd tho
resolution went over without action.
Mr. Hoar made an argument against
Mr. Butler’s amendment to the na
tional bank circulation act—repealing
tho 10 per cent tax on state
bank circulation. At the oloso
of Hoar's remarks the national
bank circulation bill was laid
aside without action nnd tho report of
tho committee on privileges and elec
tions in favor of seating Loo Mantlo
ns senator from Montana was taken
up but, without action on it, the sen
ate, at 5:45 o'clock, adjourned until
Thursday leaving tho Loo Mantle case
still opon,
Hixtkrntii Day.—The five-minute
dobato iu the house on the Wilson bill
began Thursday morning with a spoeoh
by Mr. Waugh, of Indiana, who spoko
for repeal as to the interest of bi-met
allism. Mr. Homers, of Wisconsin,
favored bi-metallism, but would not
vote for unconditional repeal. Mr.
Johnson, of North Dakota, spoko for
silver. Mr. Pickier, of Houtli Dakota,
asked unanimous consent to change
tho voting order so as to tako a vote
Monday on the amendment confining
froe coinage to tho American pro
duct. This was objected to by
Wilson, iu charge of the admin
istration bill. Mr. Pickier thon
tried to arrange for a vote on tho
American product froo coinage propo
sition after the Wilson bill had been
passed, but again objection was made.
Ho then proceeded to criticise Presi
dent Cleveland as being under English
influence. Lucas, of Houtli Dakota, and
Mr. Hartman, of Montana, spoke for
'free coiniige. Mr. Barthold, of Mis
souri, declared for repeal and the ex
tension of bank circulation. Mr.
Honk, of Ohio, spoke for uncondi
tional reponl, Mr, Heard, of Missou
ri, was against the Wilson bill, hold
ing that tho people wore entitled
to something more. Mr.
Dlugloy, of Maine, advocated tho
repeal of tho purchasing clause. Ho
had voted for tho Hlmrmun bill only
ibecauso it oontaiued restrictions that
would postpone the evil day.
, Hkventkbntii Day.—At tho oloso of
the routine morning business of tho
sonato, Friday, which comprised no
matter of puhlio interest, except tho
presentations of communications from
the treasury department, adverse to
any special legislation in regard to the
penalties on the whiskey tax. Mr.
Hill addressed tho chair and was reo-
oguized. Ho yielded, however, to Mr.
Vest, who sout to tho clerk’s desk nnd
had road, a communication from tho
director of the mint giving statistics
as to tho purchase, cost and coinage of
silver. Mr. Hill then resumed the
floor. The announcement that Mr.
Hill was to speak once more
made the senate chamber the
focus of public interest. He spoko
for something over two hours, 'l'hero
was accorded him the strictest atten
tion from the start to tho finish. Hines
his sensational support of Puffer's
(resolution there has not been consid
erable curiosity as to his real position.
'Ho declared himself to be on the dem
ocratic platform, nnd in favor of uu-
Iconditional repeal. Tho pledge to lii-
'mctallism was more than empty
words. New was not the time
for experimental legislation or tho
'discussion of ratios. Tho sen-
’atn, he predicted, would repeal
the Hherman act as soon as possible.
There would be no filibustering. Ho
said congress should adjourn as soon
as the repeal was enacted. Ilia speech
was admirable iu argument. There is
no denying its strength or its effect,
THU ltOtlSM.
Fittienth Day.—The house met at
'10 o’clock Wednesday morning, nnd
tho silver debate was opened at once
by 0. W. Htono, of Pennsylvania, who
spoke for repeal and adjured the mem
bers to disregard partisan feeling iu
dealing with the subject. Mr. Covert,
of New York pleaded for uncondition
al repeal, and oumpariug silver to a
faithful servant fallen into bad habits,
held that nothing would suftloo to re
store it hut tho gold cure. Mr. Fitch,
of New York, followed iu tho snmo
line. Dulzell contended for tho re-
peal of the purchase net nnd ascribed
all difficulties of the present situation
to democratic hostility to the tariff.
Mr. Hatch, in speaking iu favor of
freo coinage, advocated a caucus of
democrats of the house ami aeneatu to
interpret the Chicago platform every
man of whom would pledde "his life,
fortune and his sacred honor" to abide
b.v tho decision.
Hixteknth Day.—The house joint
resolution ns to town sites iu the Cher
okee outlet was reported in the senate
Thursday morning and an attempt was
made to have it passed lull objection
was made and it was placed on tho
calendar. A question of precedence
between Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, nnd
Mr. Puffer, of Kansas, as to which
was entitled to tho fioor, was
decided in favor of Mr Stewart,
who then offered to yield his right
if Mr. Peffer desired particularly to
address the Semite. Mr Puffer de
clined the offer, but said that he
would bo very much pleased If he
oonld proceed now, [Laughter.] The
vice-preaident, however, took Mr.
Htewart at his word and recognized
Mr. Fcffer. Mr. Peffer thereupon
proceeded to address the senate on the
silver question. He requested that ho
should have a patient and attentive
hearing (such as he had given to other
senators), as he represented at least a
million and a half of voters who be
lieved just as lie did.
Hkventp.f.nth Day. —Friday was tho
second day of the dobato under the
five minutcs-rulo in tho house. Noth
ing sensational transpirod. Aside from
the speeches delivered by Mr. Burrows
and Mr. Springers there was none
that commanded tho attention of the
membors; nnd, indeod, those two
speoohes were not listened to with the
interest they deserved. They day wns
a day of calm—a proenrsur of the
storm to be precipitated Saturday. A
large number of members addressed
tho house, but for the greater part
they wasted their eloquence on empty
benches. The silver debate was be
gun promptly by Mr. Pendleton, dem
ocrat, of Texas, who expressed bis in
tention to vote for the free coinage of
silver at any ratio that hail been sug
gested, but ut the snmo time lie held
the purchasing clause of the Hherman
net responsible for the pres
ent hard times. Others who
spoke were Mr. Bowers, repub
lican, of California, for free silver;
Mr. Piggott,democrat, of Connecticut,
spoke in favor of repeal; Mr. Dockery,
democrat,of Missouri,for free coinage;
Mr. Cobb, democrat, of Alabama, for
froe coinage; Mr. Marsh, republican,
of Illinois; Mr. Joseph, democrat, of
New Moxico ; Mr. Mooney, democrat,
of Mississippi, all in favor of free coin
age. At 6:45 o'clock the house took a
recess until 8 o'clock p. m., when tho
dobato under tho five minutes rule on
the silver questiun was concluded.
Eiohtkbntii Day—The galleries of
tho house were full of spectators
Hnturday morning before tho hour of
meeting, attracted by tho announce
ment that tho last day of the great
silver dobato was to bo signaled by a
battle of the oratorical giants of the
house. The chaplain, in his opening
prayer, asked God’s blessing on
the closing hours of this long hobate.
The speaker announced the ordor of
the day's proceedings. Under tho
hour rnlo, ho said, the time in favor
of tho hill would oloso with the mem
ber from West Virginia (Mr. Wilson)
and tho timo in tho opposition to it
by tho member from Missouri (Mr.
Bland), Tho first thirty minutes was
assigned by Mr. Wilson to Mr. Clarke,
democrat, of Alabama. He believed
it tho duty of congress to fix the ratio
between silver nnd gold at
111 to 1. Ho whs followed by
Tom Heed, of M si no, tho giant of
tho republican pnrty. Mr. Bond was
never in better trim, and lias never
delivered a speech to equal this one.
Ho demonstrated a broadness of views
nnd a generosity of interest which
has seldom been heard from him.
After Mr. Bond came Mr. Denrmond,
of Missouri, in favor of uncondition
al ropral, and thon Mr. Williams, of
Illinois, who opposed repeal. Then
came Private John Allen, of Missis
sippi, who delivered ono of
tho most humorous speeches of
his life. Ho nrguod for free coinage.
Mr. Cookran, tho Tammany orator,
then took tho floor nnd made the
greatest speeoh of liiH life and by odds
tho strongest argument which Iiiih yet
been made in either house of congress
in favor of tho unconditional repeal of
the Hherman law. Mr. Bland fol
lowed Mr. Cookran. Several oth
er briof speeches wore delivered,
after Mr. Bland’s, nnd then
the debate wns closed in a strong
twenty minutes’ speeoh by Mr. Wil
son, of West Virginia, tho anther of
the repeal bill. His most, significant
utterance was that the administration
would, after the repeal of tho Hlier-
man law, endeavor to enact legislation
looking to the continued use of silver
as a money metal. At the night ses
sion there were a number of good
speeches delivered, the priuoipnl one
being by .Toliu B. Fellows, the New
York orator, ami the great debate was
closed.
THE SITUATION IN BRUNSWICK
Latest Advices State that There Is Now
no Fever In the City.
It was oifieinlly bulletined by tho
Brunswick, On., health beard Friday
that there is now not a ease of yellow
fever in Brunswick and not u suspic
ious case. Tho Cox infant is six miles
in (lie country and the doctors are idle
for want of pat ients. Very little sick
ness of any kind exists, and the phy
sicians are unanimous iu tho assertion
that tho majority of the people left iu
the city are in a remarkably healthy
condition. The outlook is hopeful
ami cheering.
I'NOl.K HAM TO Tlllt KKHOVTK.
A Washington special of Friday
says: The government is going to
take care of the Brunswick sufferers.
There is a quarantine fund of several
hundred thousand dollars provided for
just Hiieli emergencies. Through tho
infiuonoe of Judge Turner that lias
been placed at the disposal of Surgeon
Geueral Wyman to be used for tho re
lief of the people of Brunswick.
Judge Turner had a dispatch from
Brunswick that $1,000 a day would bo
necessary. That much will bo pro
vided by the government if found ne
cessary, and there w ill bo no one in
Brunswick who will want for food
while there or for transportation to
leave.
A CUT IN WAGES.
Employes of the Mobile ami Ohio Kali-
read Bill (<et Less Money.
A Mobile, Ala., dispatch of Friday
says: J. C. Clark, president of the
Mobile and Ohio Bailroad company,
and General Superintendent McLaren
and committees representing the or
ders of conductors, engineers, fire
men, trainmen and switchmen, held a
conference regarding a reduction in
wages. The men refused to accept a
reduction of 7) per cent without tho
i stipulated sixty days’ notice.
The company made a counter prop-
i osition to accept n reduction of 10 per
. cent for several mouths, and at the ex-
j juration of that time, if the financial
condition of the road was unchanged,
! the reduction should continue. This
1 was refused. President Clark then
i told the men that the scale of reduc-
| tiou submitted to them was impera
tive
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
from Onr Most Important
Telegrapliic Advices
And Presented In Pointed nnd Reada-
ble Paragraphs.
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
Ttie Drift of Her Progress and Pros-
- perily Briefly Noted.
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
The Western Brass Foundry, at St.
Louis, Mo., was burned Thursday.
The loss is very heavy.
Clark’s thread mills at Newark, N.
J.. which have been shut down for tho
past three weeks, resumed operations
Wednesday morning on three-quarters
time.
A conservative estimato plnces tho
total loss by Thursday's fire in south
Chicago at $000,000. The -hoariest
loss was on tho Hirnday Creek Coal
Company’s dock, which was damaged
to the extent of $120,000.
A London cable dispatch says: At
the regular weekly meeting Thursday
of the directors of the Bunk of Eng
land, it was decided to raise the bank's
rate of discount to five per cent. This
is an advance of ono per cent.
The town of Merced Falls, Oal.,
was destroyed by fire Thursday. The
Merced woolen mills, valued at SI25,-
000; Nelson’s flour mills, $25,000;
and tlio warehouse of the woolen mill,
containing goods wortli $50,000, were
burned. The town has about 150 in
habitants, mostly employes of the
mills.
Tho froo silvorites held a meeting nt ^
Cooper union, New York City, Thurs- gency iu tho money market makes t
day night. There were 8,000 persons | atoppago of business necessary. T,
present and much enthusiasm was dis
played. Besolutions favoring tlm freo
coinage of silver were adopted.
Speeches were made by Hon. W. J.
Bryan, of Nebraska, John G. Boyd
and Gen. A. J. Warner.
A cable dispatch of Wednesday from
Constantinople states that owing to tlm
prevalence of cholera in Busin, flic
Turkish government has ordered five
days’ quarantine against all vessels ar
riving from Bussinn ports. Excep
tions will bo made, however, in the
cases of vessels from Bntoum, Odessa
and Helmstopol, which will not bo
subjected to any quarantine delay.
Fire broke out Thursday afternoon
in South Chicago. A gale was blow
ing and tho flames quickly swept
through live blocks to the lake. Most
of tho buildings destroyed were frame
dwellings occupied by employes of the
large stool mills of tho Illinois Steel
company. Two hundred and fifty
houses woro burned and 7,000 people
wore made homeless. Tho money loss
is estimated nt n million dollars,
The appraisement of tlm personal
effects of the banking firm of E. K.
Smith & Co., of Columbia, Pa., which
failed recently, shows their affairs to
bo in a deplorable condition. The
cash on hand with the securities will
amount to loss than $1,000. Tho de
posits’ amount to $151,000, and tho
claims of preferred creditors, not de
positors, to over $00,000; so that, un
less tho latter are set aside uh fraudu
lent, the creditors will got next to
nothing.
A special from the Salt Lake, Utah,
says tlmt, in speaking of the conven
tion of the wostern and southern
states, which he Iuih been petitioned
to call, Governor Stone said that ho
would be glad to do anything that was
essential and proper for tho well be
ing of the south nnd west. Ho said
that such a convention for tho consid
eration of questions affecting particu
larly tohso two sections without refer
ence to tho east, might result benefi
cially.
Tho Italian government is taking
steps to punish the officials who are
held responsible for not preventing
tho recent rioting in Borne. Tho mas
sacre of ltnliana by Frenchmen at
Aigues-Mortcs on Thursday came as
sudden thunder from the clear interna
tional sky. Already it lias become tho
subject of voluminous correspondence
among the foreign oflloes of tho Triple j
Alliance, and during the next few days
probably will be made tho most im
pel tant incident in this dull season
among the Continental powers.
Tho Michigan Peninsular car shops
nt Detroit will bo shut down for three
months. The shops have a capacity .
for building 10(1 cars a day, anil be- ! asters have been avoided by a more
fore flic financial stringenov arose general pooling of resources and a
employed six thousand men. All offleo j greater spirit of mutual helpfulness
employes will be laid oil* without pay, j and forbearance than were some weeks
and all superintendents and chiefs of ! ago. One large stock failure for sov-
departments will bo on half pay. An oral million dollars was thus pr.
F, 0, Turner A Co. 's sash factory at
Mobile, Ala., a two-story brick build
ing, was burned Thursday night. Loss
$20,000; insurance $10,000.
The board of health of Wilmington,
N. 0., met Friday and declared quar
antine against Atlanta and Columbus,
On., because of the number of refu
ges at those plnces from fever infected
ports.
The Standard Oil company has pur
chased a lot in Spartanburg, S. ('.,
and will erect three oil tanks with a
capacity of 25,000 gallons each. Spar
tanburg will bo made a bulk station
and distributing point.
Chairman T, A. Goodwyn, of the
Alabama state Jeffersonian democratic
executive committee,lias called a meet
ing of that body to be held on Sep
tember 7th in the city of Montgomery.
Tho call announces that matters of im
portance will be considered and acted
upon.
The directors of the first national
bnnk of Dayton, Tennessee, have de
cided to suspend the payment of de
positors for sixty days and a circular
to that effect has been mailed to tho
depositors. Tho assets are more than
double the liabilities, but the striu-
tlio
stoppage of busluess necessary. The
bank hopes to resume in two mouths
or less.
A Nashville dispatch of Wednesday
says: Jere Baxter has secured back
ing nnd will nt once proceed with the
completion of thoNaslivillo nnd Knox
ville railroad,whiolt is intended to run
from Nashville to a point on the Cin
cinnati Southern. The road is already
in operation from Lebanon to the
Crawford coalfield, n distance of fifty-
six miles, having eighty-four miles to
be ini i it.
Owing to the stringency of money
nnd genernl depressed condition of af
fairs, the city of Birmingham, Ala.,
Wednesday night voted to issue city
paper. Scrip or promises to pay bear
er will be issued in denominations
from 25cents lip. It is estimated that
$75,000 at least will bo issued in this,
form. Tho bond sale the first of next
year will liquidate the paper which
will bo discontinued. Tho interest
and bonds to bo taken up between now
nnd Janury lmvo been provided for.
A dispatch of Thursday from Fort
McKavett, Texas, stntoB that tho nu- t
morons cattlo thieves and smugglers :
wlio infest that section of the upper
Bin Grande border, are being rounded
u]i and that thorq in much excitement
over the arrests which have already
been made. Sheriffs froiq Valverilo
and tho surrounding counties have
been out night nnd day for the lust
week; iu nil, about fifty men. The
hunt is not over yet, nnd more arrests
are exoetod to follow in a few days.
Tho New Orleans Clearing House
Association met Thursday and took
action on the proposition made to is
sue clearing house certificates for
small sums to take tlm place of cur
rency. The recent notion of the banks
left tlje planters without, the money to
move tlm crops and a plan to over
come this state of affairs wns thus ren
dered advisable. After discussion tlio
following plan wasndoptod: Issue cer
tificates of deposit to persons having
money on deposit, payable to them
selves or bearer, in minis of $5, $10
$20 or more, and make tho certificates
pnynblo through tho clearing house.
BUSINESS IMPROVES.
l)uu A Co.’s Report of Trade for tlm
Past Week.
B, G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: The improvement ob
served last week has become much
more distinct and general. While ac
tual transactions have increased but
little, the change of public feeling is
noteworthy. There are fewer failures
either of bankers orof important com
mercial or manufacturing concerns,
than for some weeks past. Many dis-
WHILE IN THE WAR
1 win tusken ill with spi
nal diM0«r«ind rheuma
tism. i want home and
t was coiu ltied to my bed,
unable to help invueli
\\for 22 month*. After
flyears off misery a ooin-
IIpanion machinist ndvie-
'o<l me to take Hood's
.-Hrsapairilla. I Rot &
bottle ai id could quickly
note a change for the
better. Alter taking •
M«* Wlicrlrr bottllW 1 Wft* Weil UflU
Mr. Wilder. LftVO |M)t b|oc<( bwm
troubled with my old comp.mints.” Jam. A.
Wtikelku, MM) Division rtt., ‘Baltimore, Md.
Hood’s 5, ;> Cures
Hood's Pills cure liver Ills. 21
How to Clean the Face.
Theatrical people know that oil
cleans tho akin better than wator.
Generally other people do not. If ac
tresses undertook to got their makeup
off with water, they would need soft
Hoap and a scrub brush to do it, and
tho skin would inevitably ooino with it.
They used once cocoa butter. Now they
use cocoa oil, which is a better prepa
ration of the same thing. Drug stores
keep it. Some keep it fresh, and
somo keep it rancid. Take care not
to patronize the second class, and in
cocoa oil you will have the most de
lightful of all emollients for tho oil
bath.
If you want to boo how effective it
is, come in from a railway journey on
a hot day, when the windows have
beon up and you lmvo had as much,
benefit of the smoko and soot as tho
fireman. Tako tho most vigorous bach
you can devise or endure, then sprend
some cocoa oil on the face and rub it
off. The blackened towel will tell the
tale of failure for the bath and tri
umph for tho oil.—Boston Gazette.
Ilis Only Fear.
First Boy—“I’m savin* up money to
buy a gun. I’m going west to fight
Indians.”
Second Boy—“1 ain’t.”
“No, ’cause you’re ’fraid of tho In
dians, that’s what you are.’*
“Huh I Who’s ’fraid of Indiuas?
I ain’t. I could vauqneriah a dozen
of them with one hand.”
“Then wlmt is you ’fraid of?”
“I’m ’fraid mebby a big alligator’ll
get after mo and chase me up a tree,
and then a big cyclone might come
along an’ blow the tree here, an’ thon
pop lid catch me and lick me.”—
Street <t* Smith's Good News.
Dainty Splashers.
In a summer cottage quite the effec
tive feature of every bedroom was tho
waslmtand splasher. A wide piece of
cottage drapery, shirred on ft slender
gilt rod and suspended by white rib
bon bands, formed the background of
the toilet stand, falling to tho floor
and coming well out on both sides.
The protection of tho delicate wall pa
per was perfect, and the graceful ban
ners imparted an airy effect that add
ed much to the prettiness of tho
rooms.—New York Times.
official of the company says contracts
can bo secured easily enough, but
railroad companies are not able to pay
for cars and tho shops cannot bo run
on credit.
General Turner Ashby, camp No. 2,
confederate veterans, of Winchester,
Vo., spent Wednesday upon Gettys
burg battlefield. The visit of these
veterans of Leo's army was utilized by
the United States government commis
sioners, for the purpose of marking tlio
position of nineteen confederate com
mands, composing tho regiments of
Johnson’s brigade, of Ewell’s corps,
Smith’s brigade of Early’s division and
the Stonewall brigade of tho Second
Virginia Infantry, Carpenter,s Virgin
ia battery and Crenshaw's battery of
Pegrnm’s battalion.
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
I in Wall street on Thursday, and
the market for securities, though at
times depressed, by the dosing of
heavy loans, has been extremely dull
without material decline.
Money on call is more abundant
and lower, as many interior loans
have been paid since the banks ceased
to send currency away, and advanced
the rates for renewing or extending
such loans,but there is little relief as
respects mercantile accommodations,
as the use of the cheek in tho place of
currency increases, and the secretary
of the treasury in answer to an inquiry,
has stated that no legal objection
exists to tho use of sight drafts on
New York for small sums.
The difficulty of collections nnd the
interruption of exchanges are nearly as
serious as ever. The number of in
dustrial establishments resuming busi
ness begins to compare fairly with tin
i Two Collisions In Which Twenty.One " um , b, ' r ' v ' f ,rk ' A ’ Uttl ? ,, “ t '
„ , , tor demand appears for some products,
I cople are killed. I 8Uch ns uiro uui ] B and barbed wire, of
j A frightful accident occurred Satur- which important producers have been
I ni « ht ,lt tho Rush wick junction of j iai© for nearly two months. But in
the Long island railroad. A ltocka- | geueral the consumption has so farde-
| way train ran into tho roar of a Man
hattan Beach train about 11.35 o’clock,
telescoping several cars. Sixteen dead
have been taken from the wreck, and
it is estimated that the number of in
jured will reach in the neighborhood
of thirty-five or forty people, many of
whom, it is believed, will die.
COLLISION ON T11K HARLEM.
A head-cud collision occurred Sat
urday near Dykesmau station, N. Y.,
on the Harlem railroad. The trains
i were u northbound express and a
i southbound accommodation. The two
locomotives came together with ter
rific force, completely wrecking them
! both and also wrecking the first pas-
I senger train. Four peopl
! outright, and a number i
less injured.
I la 1ST4 all London houses were com-
pelted for the first tiiqe to be connected
witi) tevrtn.
creased that the southern furnaces aro
offering pig iron at very low figures
here, and standard makers in Penn
sylvania are contemplating a re
duction in prices. Though currency
is at a premium of 1 to 2 per cent,
tho demand is less than a week
ago. Receipts of gold from Europe
during the past week have been
$6,700,000, but the Bank of England
has raised its rate to 5 per cent.,
which is expected to stop further
shipments of gold to this country and
the Bank of France has lost during tho
past week about $1,600,000. The ab
sorption of money has not vet ceased,
and credit substitutes are in use os yet
re killed poorly supply its place,
re more or The failures for the past week num-
1 her 410 iu the United States and
twenty iu Canada. Of the comraer-
| eial failures in tho United States 140
j were in eastern states, sixty-five in
southern and 180 in western*
A Polite Dog.
Mother—“Did you thank the gentle
man who carried you across tho crowd
ed street?”
Wee Bon—“I tried to, but T didn’t
know what to say—tho words wouldn’t
come somehow; but I guess it’s all
right, ’cause my dog wagged his tail
enough for both of us.”
Stock From Roasts.
Just before the roast is done pour
into the pan in which it is cooking
about a pint of hot water. Remove
the roast and turn the gravy into a
dish. When it is cold, there will be
found a supply of pure, rich meat
stock ready to flavor sauces or to im
prove soup stock.
A Wide Choice.
Guard (at the Wold’s Fair) — “I ad
vise you to go to your State building
and make that sort of a henrdquartera
for receiving mail, writing littery,
resting, etc. What state aro you
from?”
Drummer—“Well—er—which State
building is the most comfortable?**
A News Average.
Hustling Editor—“How many mur
ders did that man commit?”
Assistant— “Onereporter says three,
another says five, nnd another says
nine.”
Hustling Editor—“Three, five, nine,
eh? Oh, well, we’ll have to strike an
average*, make it 850.—New York
To Render Canned Goods Safe.
If you are the least bit nervous
about canned goods, soak them—pens,
lobsters, anything—an hour in iced
water before heating them. This w ill
remove nny tinny taste that will bo
noticed iu them and take awuy the
least shade of reproach that may cling
to that best friend of tho busy house
keeper, the canned article.—St. Bonis
Republic.
Great Saving of Leather.
Little Dick—“Pupa, didn’t you tell
mamma wc must economize?”
Papa—“1 did, my sun.”
Little Dick—“Well, I was think in’
that mebby if you’d get me a pony l
wouldn’t wear out so many shoes.”—
Street it* Smith's Good News.
Good Manners In Children.
It is no wonder that there are so
many ill bred men and women in the
world When ono sees the lack of pains
tilnen by parents to instruct their lit
tle ones in forms of table and social
etiquette that are so easily taught to
the pliable infant mind, but which,
loft unnoticed, are soon supplanted by
actions that become bad habits in a very
short time.
It is no unusual sight to behold a
child drinking from its saucer with no
word of admonition from tho mother
or nurse who sits near by. A thirsty
little one will drink from a cup in
which there is a spoon, and later years
will see no harm in continuing the
practice. Many a child eats with his
knife, and yet how easily could the
fork or spoon be substituted in its
place if tho parents gave but a tiny bit
of attention to this branch of their
children’s education.
Selfishness is fostered so easily
through a lack of watchfulness. Tho
gentler courtesies that count for so
much are not instilled in childhood,
and in later years the man or woman
is regarded as a bore. Good clothes
are not everything. Even good health
is not the ono point desirable in a
child’s makeup. Good manners should
be added to health aud attire in order
to gain a perfect ensemble that counts
for so much in the world’s judgment.
No one can estimate how great a
factor in life is the possession of good
manners. They are the open soasarno
to the best of society. They are the
hall mark of the gentleman or lady,but
they must be acquired in infancy.—
New York Telegram.
Last Word.
A young girl onco heard a bit of
wisdom from the lips of a very aged
woman—a woman w ho had rounded tho
full term of ninety years, and with
eyes still bright and clear looked out
upon the inrolling waters of eternity.
The girl was impressed by the empha
sis with which the venerable dame said
to her, “Bessie, never insist on having
the last word.” The determination to
have the final word leads to more
quarrels and more bitterness of feeling
at home than almost anything olso in
domestic life. The fact is, that ono
may ho control her tongue ami her
eyes that she may allow her opponent
the pleasure of this coveted conclud
ing thrust and yet placidly retain her
own opinion, and in tho homely, col
loquial parlance of the upcountv,
where one finds strong-willed people
living together in great peace with the
most pronounced diversity of charac
teristics, “do hb she’s a mind to.”
Table Decoration.
All forms of table garniture aro re
quired to bo low. The tall vases are
used upon mantels in the drawing
room, the sitting-room and tho little
reception room, but no longer upon
the table, where their height proves a
hindrance to dinner chat. The custom
of putting huge pioces in the centre
was never good, but so long as fashion
declares iu its favor it held neverthe
less, and only very few had tho courage
to denounce it. Now*, when it is tho
correct thing to arrange tempting bits
of color as low as can be, tho wisdom
»>f the change cannot bo denied, and
diners out gain an enlarged view of
their neighbors and vis-a-vis.—Ex
change.
Character In the Eyebrows.
Highly arched eyebrows are said to
denote vivacity and brilliancy, level
brows, strength of intellect; regularly
curved eyebrows express cheerfulness;
square ones, deep thought; irregular,
fickleness, versatility, excitability;
raised at the inner corner, melancho
ly ; joined over tho nose, an unsettled
mind; thick and bushy eyebrows de
note physical strength.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Over U ii ii t n I. rim in*
Spreads tho infectious air poison of chills ami
fever, a complaint to tho eradication ami
prevention of which Hosteller's stomach
Hitters ts special y a 'anted. VnM and fertile
d strict< arc period rally visi cd by this re
lent lc** malady. Fortify with the Ritters
an I prevent It. Rheumatism, constipation,
h'Holism*a. I ver trouble and nervousness
nr** conquerable in any state by this compre
hensive medicine, indorsed ami commended
by intelligent physicians everywhere.
of the heart. Only
If your Back Ache*, or you a>
gtxsl for nothing, it 1* ge
Urovrn'a Iron inters will cure
strong, cleanse your liver, and ,
) you a good
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spent over anything you have
Anything to repent of.
Statk or Onio, Citt or ToiJtuo, I
Lee as Tot: ntt.
Frank J. CUkhet makes oath that he is the
senior partner *if tho lirmof F. J. Chrnky A
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Cttarrh that
c mnot be cured by the use of H all’s L'atawrh
Cure. Frank J. Cn ney.
worn to before me and subscribed in my
presi
e, thi«6(h day of Decemb-r. A. D. lSSii.
, —i A. W. Gleason,
\ SRAL f
' — • — N’ltary Public.
Hall’s t 'atarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for test.menial*, free.
F. J. Ohint y & Co., Toledo. O.
p*F' 8old by Druggist*, 75c.
We Cere Rupture.
No matter of how long standing. Write
for free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. J.
Hoi!eusworth A Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y.
Price $1; by mail, 11.15.
We pi
ul tlu
Ladle* needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Brown's Iron
Hitter*. It i* pleasant to take, cores Malaria,
Indigestion.Binousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
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If afflicted with s
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For Summer Cookery
Royal Baking Powder will be found the
greatest of helps. With least labor and
trouble it makes bread, biscuit and cake
of finest flavor, light, sweet, appetizing
and assuredly digestible and wholesome.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings oomfort nnd improvement nnd
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The ninny, who live bet-
tei .nan others nnd enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world’s best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a jx'rfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions end
met with tho approval of the medical
profession, because it nets on tho Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c nnd $1 bottles, but it is man-
ufnetured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if ollered.
“August
Flower”
My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be
came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like a charm. My wife received im
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. Site was completely cured—
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
thecase. C. H. Dear, l’rop’r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. (i>
A romedjr which.
If used by Wives
about to experience
Die painful ordeal
attendant upon
Child-birth, prove*
an infallible mmmjiI-
th; for,andobT!aU‘s
tlio torture* of con
finement, k'HEoninji
tiio dangers thereof
to both mother and
child. , v old by all
druggist*. Sentby
expro** on receipt
of price, 91.50 j*cr
bottle, charges pro-
paid.
• RADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA. Ga.
McELREES’ f
WINE OF CARDUU
Foi Female Diseases, f
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
THOMSON’S g
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No to*l« r«*!u;rrd. Only a hamtnor ne*leJ tn diif«
111 r inch th m e**Lv and quickly, ltaring die clinch
abaaiatrl; smooth. Rcqulrin* nu lio e to tie rn»de In
the leather nor Mirr tor tua Ulvaia. That- are strong,
Congti and dtirahlr. Million* now in u$e. All
Mn.tht. uniform ir •••■irted, put up In t»oxa*.
Aak your dralar for them, or wtfil Wo. hi
•tatapa for a box ol 100, actor ted *uea. Mau’fd by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFQ. C0. f
WAT.TVtAH, MASK.
iodide potaaMnm, aamnpirllla or Hotfipriinr* fad.
jr-i .mutoo a cunt*-—and otir Ma “laCynhilcnc 1* thu only
tbinff tbkt Will cur© permanently. V *ltivc proof scat
scaled, freo. Cook IUmkut Co., Chicago, UL
Fa N Td EA L fa M I "y 7/1 E D l C I N E|
■ For I ndigcai Ion, lilllutiamaa.
lliudu. be, < ouatlpotlon, llnd
, Compl. ilon, Olfrtialte Hrcuih,
I and all disorder* of tbc Stomach,
l Liter and Bowels.
I RIPANS TABULES
;act gently yet promptly. Fen
| digestion follows their one. Sold
? by druguhta or sent by maiL 1* ■«
l (6 TialsLWe. Package • 4 boxea), #2.
I For free samples address
Itll'ANH i'll I III CAL Cl
CANCER
(THE!) WITHOUT THE KNIFE
Or use of painfu , bur drip, poisonous pl-is-
ters. Cancer* exclusively tren cd. Dr.
P. B. Green** .Sanatorium, Fort Pay e, Ala.
ZEngleside *:■ K.etreat.
For Disease!! of Women. Scientific treatment and
cures uuarauieeJ. Elegant apartment* for lad It* l*e-
fore and during confinement. Address The Resi
dent Pbyalclan, .1-72 Baxter Court, Naahv.lle, Tenn.
Ily liteehamcal Means 1*
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OI It SPEC. IA1.TY-
ir science. You can laar
>out oar method* and (
by addressing
I. B. SEELEY A- CO.,
CANCER Cured Permanently
NO KNIFE. NO POISON. NO P LAST Bit.
JKO. B HARRIS. Fort P ya**. A!a.
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