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Aithdrawal I IS UNCERTAIN ■inrs Are Engaged In Consider* ' I jpg Momentuons Question. BOARD PROBABLE Washington Officials Have Long I Conference Regarding Situa- I tion With minister Wn. i i Washington special of Friday say 6: l|j known that the government has in- knowledge of the attitude of the powers regarding tho Russian ■joposal, but it is still awaiting; official ■prices as to some of them. The in ■ jnaation concerning those regarding ■riiicli no official announcement has received it is stated is practically ■Hat which is in possession of the gen ial public and is based on newspaper ■reports and the opinions of official or ■ of the various countries. I Minister Wn arrived in Washington ■ from Cape May late Friday afternoon ■ toii proceeded directly to the state ■iepartment. It is understood that he ■lid received an intimation that the ■ iepartment officials were desirous of ■eonferriug with him. For nearly an ■ konrthe minister was closeted behind ■ looked doors with Acting Secretary ■ Hill and Assistant Secretary Adee. I i'one of the parties to the conference I re communicative as to the confer ■ pace i but at its conclusion Dr. Hill re* ■paired to the white house with a port* I folio well filled with papers. I For several hours peceding the min |liter’s visit Acting Secretary Hill and ■ Assistant Secretary Adee had been en ■gaged in short conferences, and it was gathered that the negotiations relative to China were approaching another phase, and that another announcement of some kind was iu preparation. When the United states made its re iponse to the Russian note on the 20th altimo the officials here expressed the belief that about a week’s time would be required to determine upon the next hep, and at the end of that time it would be definitely known whether or not the troops were to be withdrawn from Pekin. That period of time has 1 low elapsed. The reports from the European chan* i eellories indicate that, officially at lent, this important subject is being (reeled with the greatest deliberation, j ind at least another week, and prob- j iblyeven more time, maybe consumed iiframing the last of the answers to tie Russian note. ■ Meanwhile our government has ■ pretty well satisfied itself as to the ■ tftitrule toward this last proposition ■ of each and all of the powers interest ■ ediu the Chinese problem. It may be ■ that this knowledge is regarded as I sufficient upon which to base another I forward and perhaps, in this case, an independent movement by the United States toward the ultimate withdrawal of the troops and the settlement with China which the government has had in raiud since the beginning of the trouble. The consultation with Mr. Wu is believed to have been inspired by a desire to loam something of the per sonality ol Chinese notables whose names have been suggested as proper to constitute the Chinese side of any commission which may be made to ar range a settlement of the difficulties. Mr. Wu is au ardent adherent of Earl i Li ’ It seems to be regarded as highly Probable in official circles that when the time arrives for the negotiations f°r the settlement with China this Koverument will appoints commission f° r that purpose rather than place the Be gotiations iu the hands of a single individual. There have been various "’gge-tions as to who might be ap pointed upon euch a commission but dis positively stated that as yet no definite selections have been made, As to the numerical strength of such •commission the general impression s eeias to he that it would not consist of more than five members, more liko v three and possibly of only two. It <a o be s.tated upon the highest au -1 thority that there will be upon the ooffimission some American of pre eminent ability. COTTON TOO HIGH. •’'Kusta, Ga., Mills Announce a Tempor ary Close Down. A serious feature to Augusta, Ga., la the present high price of cotton is "re announcement that the cotton m ‘lls will close down. For the past • Tear or so, since the price of cotton * as low, the cotton mills have been persistent bears. They bought on! y enough cotton to meet cur reut demands. The consequence is 'hat the steadily rising market finds 'hem without stocks of raw material au d the present price of cotton goods too low to be manufactured from high priced cotton. free blood and skin cure. Cancers, ulcers, old sores, scrofula, . bumps and risings on the skin, pimples, boils, catarrh, offensive eruptions, aches and pains, eating sores, blood | poison, eczema, scabs or scales, and all blood troubles cured forever by taking J 1 to 8 bottles of the famous B. B. 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Ayer’i Sanaparllia Ayer’i Hair Vigor Aver'i Pills Ayer’i Cherry Pectoral Ayer'i Ague Cure Ayer’i Comatone Travels of a Hobo Cat. A hobo cat, which likes to ride on the trucks beneath a parlor car, and which has covered in that way more than a thousand miles in the last four days, is being petted here by Parkers burg, W. Va., railroad men, with a view to Inducing it to give up its tours. Within the past four days it has traveled on the trucks from Cin cinnati to Pittsburg and return on the Ohio Valley express, and has come as far as Parkersburg on its second trip. It is believed to be the same cat which recently journeyed in a sim ilar way through Pennsylvania.— Washington Post. Seaboard Air Line Railway. Arrangements have been effected by which 1,000 mile books, the prioe of which is $25 each, issued by the Sea board Air Line Railway, are honored through to Washington over the Penn sylvania Railroad; from Portsmouth to Baltimore over the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, and between Clinton and Columbia over the Columbia, New berry & Laurens Railroad. This ar rangement includes the books issued by the Florida Central & Peninsular and Georgia & Alabama Railroads. Her Reolv. The Husband (sourly).—You ought to know better how to use money. The Wife (sweetly). Perhaps I could learn if I lmd a little more to practice with—Puck. Cramned Cobb—“l am building anew house.” Webb—“ Why didn’t you have your old one remodelled?” Cobb—“ Couldn’t afford It.”—Harper’* Bazar. Deafness Cannot Ise Cored by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is cniy one way to cure deafness, and that is hy constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous ltnlng of the Eustachian 'lube. When this tube Is In flamed you have a rumbling sound or linper tect hearing, and when It is entirely closed Deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflam mation can be taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but au In flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. _ , . _ F. J. CHXNKT & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Not. Too Lonely. •‘Didn't you hate to go away and leave your papa so lonely ln the hot town?" -Ixinelv? Papa always spends more money while we’re gone than we spend on our trip. — SBBBBBBSCTSBSaBgaBI Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed [ YOU KNOW WHKYOIIRE TfaflNfi WT 1 GROVE’S \ Tasteless Chill Tonic \sr m llif V AJVrIWNo* ■ &*** beoauso tho formula Is plainly printed on oaoh bottle, I] it > - showing what It contains. Imitators do not advertiseßjjj*‘ their formula, knowing that you would not buy their medi-lfy cine if you knew its ingredients. Grove’s contains lron|| ’ , and Quinine put up in correct proportions, and is in a taste less form. Grove’s is the original Tasteless Chill Tonic II I ‘ and any druggist who is not pushing an imitation will tell you|| . I that all other so-called “tasteless” Tonics are imitations. I| | Grove’s is the only Chill cure sold by every druggist in i| the malarial sections of the United States and Cuba that is guaranteed to cure any case of malaria, chills and fever, or money refunded. Pricej|CMxnts. This Dog Died Hsarlbrokea. "Toots,” the beautiful black collie dog, whose young master, Albert Serle Johan, ended his life three weeks ago, at Evansville, Ind., be cause he thought his sweetheart had Jilted him, is dead of a broken heart. After the young man’s body had been buried the dog was kept closely at home, and when allowed to leave would dejectedly make the rounds of the haunts of Ids master when alive. Charles Johan, the dead boy’s father, tried to carry out his son’s last re quest to “be good to Toots,” but the collie became more listless each day. until one day last week he went out In the back yard, where he used to romp with his master, and. turning his sharp muzzle skyward, he gave vent to a weird, dismal half-bark and half cry, and dropped over dead in the grass.—lndianapolis Senutlnel. Cenerous Impulse Thwarted. “What a lovely fan, Clara!" "Isn’t It sweet? I bought it for Julia on her birthday and liked it so well that I kept it myself."—Chicago Record. He thinks he lives, but he’s a dead one. P erson * s rea hy alive whose liver Is dead* During the winter m °st people spend nearly all their time in warm, stuffy houses or offices or JM| exercise as they ought, and everybody knows that people gain weight in and rotting matter staying in driven out. But the liver was over you arc, with a dead liver, and spring is the time for resurrection. Wake up the dead I ’Get all the filth out of your system, and get ready for the summer's trials with clean, clear blood, body, brain free from bile. Force is dangerous and destructive unless used in a gentle persuasive way, and the right plan is to give new strength to the muscular walls of the bowels, and stir up the liver to new life and work with CASCARETS, the great spring cleaner, disinfectant and bowel tonic. Get a box to-day and see how quickly you will be To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. 424 Keeping Even. “Why don’t you economizer’ asked the pedestrian Indignantly. “I hare economized," answered Meandering Mike. “I started out wit’ nothin’ an’ I’ve belt right on to It.”-*" An Expensive “Tip” is the one which you cut off and throw away every time that you smoke a Five Cent cigar. There is nearly as much labor in making this end as all the rest of the cigar, and yet every man who buys a cigar cuts it off and throws it away. You get all you pay for when you smoke Old Virginia Cheroots Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. 7 Still One Point Ahead. Briton—Don’t be bo rabid in dislik ing us; your country was settled by the English. American —Yes; but look how you Improved after you got here!—Puck. ss&saE til CURES WH£ft£ All HSfc FAILS. ” O M Ttast <V>u#h Syrup. Tosuw Good. C*e / In time. Sold by dru<?git,a. 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