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Power of a Uniform.
The United States urmy Is clever
enough to appreciate the attractive
power of a handsome uniform. The
gaudy posters, printed in blue, red,
white and gold, which the recruiting
offices stick up in government build
ings find on trees, fences and cliffs,
barn doors, roofs and assembly rooms,
illustrating the several branches of the
service, do more to secure enlistment
than all the wur talk and promises of
promotion put together. The prospect
of strutting around in a bright uniform
causes young and old men to bury the
thought o fhardshlp. The ambition to
shovv off Is well-nigh universal.—New
York Press.
Honeymoon Finding.
She—“ Yon haven’t told me you
loved me onoe today.”
He—“And you haven’t asked nae if
I loved you since the day before yes
terday.’’
The honeymoon, shuddering, saw
its finish.”—lndianapolis Press.
Tho Chinese Situation.
The cause for the present Chinese entan
glements Is not religious differences, but the
abuse of the Chinese immigrants by the
foreign powers. Another great revolution
comes from the abuse of tho stomach. Over
taxed digestion produces constipation, in
digestion, dyspepsia and flatulency. Hos
tetler's Stomach bitters is the "best medicine
to take. It will restore a healthy tone to
the entire system, and thus prevent nerv
ousness, sleeplessness or despondency. Don't
fall to give It a trial.
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His Nerve.
He—How I envy the man who Just sang tho |
solo.
She Why, I thought he hod an exceptional- I
ly poor voice.
Ho -Oh, It Isn’t his voice I envy; it's his '
nervo.—Tlt-Blts.
Motherhood \
How shall a mother who is weak and siok with some
female trouble bear healthy children P
How anxious women ought to be to give their children
the blessing of a good constitution I
Many women long for a child to bless their home, but be
cause of some debility or displacement of the female organs,
they are barren.
Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound more suc
cessfully than by any other medicine, because it gives tone
and strength to the parts, curing all displacements and in
flammation. <
Actual sterility in women is very rare. If any woman
thinks she is sterile, let her write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass., whose advioe is given free to all expectant or would
be mothers.
Mrs. A. D. Jarret, Belmont, Ohio, writes:
" Dear Mrs. Pinkham ? —I must writ© and tell you what your Vege
table Compound has done for me. Before taking your medicine I was unable
to oarry babe to maturity, having lost two—one at six months and one at
•even. The doctor said next time I would die, but thanks to Lydia E.
Plnkhnm’s Vegetable Compound, I did not die, but am the proud
mother of a six months old girl baby. She weighs nineteen pounds and
has never seen a siok day in her life. She is the delight of our home.”
Mrs. Whitney’s Gratitude.
“ Dear Mr. Pinkham :—From, the time I was sixteen years old till I
was twenty-three I was troubled with weakness of the kidneys and terrible
pains when my monthly periods oarae on. I made up my mind to try yoMr
■acsap^gi' Vegetable Compound, and was soon relieved.
The doctor said I never would be able to go my
full time and have a living child, as I was con
stitutionally weak. I had lost a baby at seven
WgfeSaßriyTa months ana half. The next time I continued
jj&ja ~ I'll to take your Compound ; and I said then, if I
UghS went my full time and my baby lived to be
as 225yi Ita three months old, I should send a letter to you.
Bk A Ml *by 1® now seven months old. and is as
a /ll healthy and hearty as any one could wish. I
BL cannot express my gratitut© to you. I was so
pYMIBh. V ' i bad that I did not aare to go away from heme
Jto stay any length of time. Praise God for
Pi BW* 'I i dn Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Coin-
pound| and may others who are suffering
r ... do as I did and find relief. Wiahfctg you suo
oess m the future a in the past, and may many homes be brightened as
mine has been."— Mbs. L. Z. Whitney, 4 Flint St., Somerville, Maas.”
The medicine that cures the ills of women id
Lydia E. Pinkhsam's
Vegetable Compound.
SCSI'S I Thompson’s EioWotor : Ideation this Ppsr f ' , “'‘2,'?.!^ r “” r ''
A Landmark Destroyed.
; One of the landmarks in the religious
history of the West Indies was de
itroyed a few weeks ago by the de
molition of tho ancient dwelling house
of the Moravian station at New Hern
hut, in I). W. I. New Hernhut was
the first Trotestant settlement in tho
West Indies, and was established by
the Moravian pioneers In 1732.
—T3fi
Easily Remedied.
Guest—l really don't know what I
should do; If I take a whole portion It
Is too much, and a half is not enough.
Walter—You needn’t worry about
that. Take a whole portion, and we
can make it somewhat smaller
Artillery Keocks Out Storm Cloud.
Fighting cyclonic storms with artil
lery is becoming frequent all over
France. Recently a terrific shower of
hail destroyed the vineyard crops in
: Bordeaux, but the growers of Sainte
Mi lion, having been warned by tele
graph that the storm was travelling
toward them, immediately appealed to
| the military authorities. Five huge
guns were got ready and when the
towering black cloud came sufficiently
near It was cannonaded into shreds,
which drifted away harmlessly.—New
York World.
Tho Important Question.
“The salary of the Czar of Russia,’’
said the leading Juvenile, “Is $12,000,-
000 a year.”
"Yes,” answered the heavy man, as
he sadly shoved his hands down In his
pockets, “but docs he get it?”—Chi
cago Times-llerald.
Legislative Melange
Wright’s Disfensary Bill.
Mr. Wright of Floyd introduced his
dispensary bill Monday morning and
it was referred to the temperance com
mittee.
It is an amendment to the local op
tion law, and gives to those counties
having cities of 5,000 population and
upwards the right to vote on the qnes
tiou of establishing a dispensary, if
they so desire.
To call such an election it would re
quire one-tenth of the qualified voters
of the county, as now provided in the
local option law, and the ordinary is
to determine such qualifications.
In the event “For dispensary” car
ries, the mayor and council of such
city, shall, within thirty clays, elect
three citizens to serve as dispensary
commissioners, one for one year, one
for two and the other for three.
Their successors are to hold for
three years, and the two hold over
commissioners are to nominate a suc
cessor to the one retiring, their selec
tion to be confirmed or rejected by
the mayor and council.
The dispensary shall be. maintained
only in the fire limits of such city, in
the central portion, and a manager is
to he appointed who shall give a
$2,000 bond, the commissioners to fix
his compensation.
All bills for liquor are to be paid by
the city treasurer on vouchers from
the commissioners, and-the revenue is
to be turned into the city treasury
daily. The stock is to be analyzed
from time to time by a competent
chemist and not sold in quantities less
than a pint, nor to be drunk on the
premises. The dispensary is to re
main open from sui rise to sunset.
The manager shall sell only for cash.
Payment by the city shall be refused
for impure or unwholesome liquors
sold the dispensary commissioners.
No liquor shall be sold to persons to
sell again, either lawfully or unlawfully
and the profits on any liquors are not
to exceed 50 per cent. No loitering
around the premises is allowed.
The dispensary commissioners shall
make an annual report to the mayor
and council of such city on or before
the first day of February in each year,
showing the receipts and expenses of
the dispensary for the calendar year
preceding and the amount of the net
profits, if any. Such net profits, if
any, shall go to paying the expenses
of the city, then to the establishment
of homes for dependent children, and
the remainder thereof be divided be
tween the city and county in propor
tion to the population of each. The
part awarded to the county shall be
paid over by the city treasurer to the
county treasurer and may be appopri
ated to any purposes that the county
authorities may lawfully appropriate
money for.
No person holding any office or po
sition of any kind under the charter
or ordinances of such city or county
shall he eligible to be chosen as a dis
pensary commissioner or manager of
dispensary during the time for which
he was elected to such office or posi
tion, and all persons chosen a dis
pensary commissioners or as managers
of dispensaries shall for the time for
which they are chosen and for the
term of one year thereafter be inelig
ible to election to any office or posi
tion under the charter or ordinances
of such city or in Baid county; pro
vided, that dispensary commission
ers and the managers of dispensa
ries may be always re-elected commis
sioners or managers, respectively.
The dispensary commissioners shall
he paid for their services such sums
as the mayor and council shall deter
mine, which shall not be less than
SIOO per annum each.
The bill is not to operate in coun
ties where prohibition now obtains
either by high license or local option.
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To Balk Pension Schemers.
Mr, Harvard, of Dooly, changed his
mind about introducing his pension
bill until it was seen whether a consti
tutional convention would be called or
not, as he sent it forward when his
county was called.
Mr. Harvard’s measure seeks to
weed out frauds in the pension lists,
especially in the indigent class. He
says there are instances where pen
sioners have deeded their properiy to
their wives and daughters in order
that they might be put on the indigent
pension list.
His remedy is for the grarnl juries
to recommend such claims from their
several counties and that they be not
allowed by the pension commission
unless so recommended.
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Wants Registered Bonds.
Instead of the conpon bonds now
deposited in the treasury by insur
ance, fidelity and other companies,
Senator Ellis wants registered bonds
in order that the treasurer may be
more completely protected from any
chance of loss by theft.
Of these coupon bonds there are
about $90,000 worth now on deposit.
| If they \jrere §tgien they could be used
almost as readily as cash by the thief
who stole them. Registered bonds
could only be disposed of after a record
of the transaction had been duly made.
It. was on this account that Mr. El
lis on Monday morning introduced his
bill requiring the substitution.
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Will Benefit Teachers.
Air. Gresham, of Burke, wants to
enlarge the powers of county school
commissioners in granting extensions
of first grade licenses toschool teach
ers, and has drawn a billfor that pur
pose.
Under the present law first grade
teachers are licensed for three years.
Mr. Gresham wants to make it discre
tionary with the commissioners about
extending such licenses, where the
teacher has given satisfaction and
shown much aptitude for his work.
It is known that in some instances
some of the very best of teachers have
been graded low in certain branches—
geography, for instance—where the
teachers’ merit did not come into con
sideration at all, but it was simply
dependent on the memory to recall
geographical names aud places.
ELECTION DAY CASUALTIES.
Bloody and Fatal Riots Occur In
Denver, Col., and a Small
Indiana Town.
At Denver, Col., two men were kill
ed and four wounded at the polling
places at Twenty-second and Larimer
streets. The polling place is in a
tough section of the city. At an early
hour a crowd of toughs attempted to
get beyond the limit line. Officer
Carpenter ordered them away, aud
with other officers, began to push tho
men back, whereupon John Brand
ford, colored, shot Carpenter, killing
him instantly. Detective Carberry,
seeing his brother officer fall, shot
Brandford. Immediately a fusilade
began, and before the battle was over
four men had been shot.
Intense excitement prevailed in the
neighborhood of the shooting and it
was feared a general riot would follow.
The riot call was sent to police head
quarters and in a few minutes fifty
policemen were on guard around the
polling places.
Judge Hallett, in the United States
district court at Denver Monday, is
sued an order forbidding United
States Marshal Bailey to appoint dep
uties to serve at the polls on election
day. Judge Hallett is a Democrat
aud an ardent anti-imperialist. Mar
shal Bailey, a Republican, refused to
obey the order of the court.
Sheriff Jones swore in 200 Republi
cans as deputies to serve at tire polls,
and the Democratic fire aud police
board appointed 500 special policemen.
A race riot is reported as having oc
curred at the little town of Caseyville,
Ind., Monday night, between Aus
trians and Americans, in which an
American named Grover was shot and
killed and an Austrian saloon wrecked.
Several hundred shots were fired.
A big political row occurred at Dia
mond, Ind. Over 200 6bots were
fired. One man was instantly killed
and three were badly wounded.
The vote in St. Louis was heavy and
early. In the twelve congressional
districts iu which the Republicans
caused warrants to be issued for
alleged fraudulent registrations, as
expected, trouble came early. War
rants were to be served by the Repub
lican deputy sheriffs, while the Dem
ocratic police guarded the polls. The
first deputy sheriff who ventured in
side the prescribed limits of a down
town polling place was arrested by a
policeman and taken to St. Louis
headquarters. The city warrants he
had were taken from him.
At Savannah, Ga., L. M. Pleasants,
James Whitman and King Callan,
prominent Republican workers, were
arrested and put in jail, charged with
buying votes.
SENATOR BACON RE-ELECTED.
Georgians Give Him Another Term of Six
Years In U. S. Senate,
Wednesday Senator Bacon was
formally declared elected United States
senator by the Georgia legislature, in
joint session, for the term of six years.
The unanimous vote of the members
present, 109 in the house of represen
tatives and thirty in the senate, was
cast for the re-election of Senator Ba
con.
Tho senator briefly addressed the
assembly, thanking the people of the
state for the unanimous indorsement
given to his labors.
FOUR POWERS IN COMBINE.
United State* Joins a Combination Against
An rlo- German Kntents.
“The Novoc Vremmya,” says tho
St. Petersburg correspondent of The
London Daily Express, wiring before
the election of McKinley was known
at the Russiau capital, “announces,
with official sanction, that an under
standing has been reached between
Russia, France and the United States
aud Japan, by way of counterpoise to
the Anglo-German agreement, adding
that the results will become specifical
ly apparent if McKinley i3 re-elected.”
TWO STATES
Rssult of Election In Kentucky
And Nebraska Is Speculative.
BOTH SIDES ARE MAKING CLAIMS
Democrats Seem to Have Both Slates, t: a t
Republicans Have Not Conceded
Anti Are Hopeful.
A special of Wednesday from Omaha
?ays: Election returns in Nebraska
are so close as to be watched keenlv.
Chairman Liadsey, for the Republi
cans, claim that McKinley carried the
state by 7,000 or more,the Republican
state ticket wins by 5,000 to 7,000, aud
that the Republicans have a majority
of seventeen in the legislature.
Against this the Democrats claim
that Bryan carried the state, though
by a narrow margin of perhaps not
more than a thousand; that fusion has
a safe working majority in the legisla
ture, that fusion state officers are
elected by three to five thousand. The
legislature will be in doubt until com
plete returns are iu. Indications are
that it will be fusion by a small ma
jority. Both parties are claiming the
lead on joint ballot.
Democratic National Committeeman
Dahlmau states that tho Nebraska leg
islature will be fusion by eleven ma
jority; that the fusion state ticket is
elected by about 5,000 majority, and
that the Bryan electors win by 1,509.
Republicans are inclined to concede
the legislature on the face of the
present returns, but they allege fraud
in Douglass county, Omaha, and will
contest. So far the returns show
gains in the legislature of sixteen
members for the fusionists over two
years ago.
OLD STORY IN KENTUCKY.
A Louisville special says: At 1:30
Thursday morning, with returns from
all but sixty-two out of 1,854 precincts
iu Kentucky, The Courier-Journal puts
Bryan’s majority at 7,784 and Beck
ham’s at 4,068. The missing sixty-two
precincts are about evenly divided be
tween Democrats and Republicans.
Governor Beckham, at Democratic
headquarters, said:
“I am absolutely certain that I
have been elected governor by a ma
jority of between 5,000 and 10,000
votes.”
Leslie Combs, chairman of the Re
publican state campaign committee,
said:
“We still believe Mr. Yerkes has
been elected by a majority of 3,000
votes. Our figures show that McKin
ley has run 900 votes behind Yerkes.
At least 3,000 Republican ballots have
not yet been counted in certain coun
ties, and these will increase the Re
publican vote. We also claim the
election of four Republican congress
men, namely, Boreing in the eleventh
district, Irwin in the fifth, McKen
zie Moss in the third aud Hopkins iu
the tenth. We are also of the opinion
that Sam J. Pugh has been elected
over Kehoe iu the ninth district.’
Independent voters charge that the
Republicans are holding back the re
turns in the eleventh district, and that
the Democrats have done likewise in
the first, the Republican and Demo
cratic strongholds, respectively, each
waiting for the other side to make a
showdown, and that is responsible for
the delay in ascertaining the result.
REPUBLICANS HAVE HOUSE.
Indications are That They Will Have 303
Members and the Democrats 155
The control of the national house
of representatives goes with the pres
idency. The roster of new members
of the popular branch of congress
shows that the Republicans were more
successful Tuesday than their highest
estimates. While the returns are not
complete in all the districts, the indi
cations are that the Republicans n 1 l
Lave 202 members, while their oppo
nents will have but 155. The oflicia
vote may make a difference in a few
of the close districts, but it now looks
as if Speaker Henderson will have a
working majority of 47 —certainly no
much less than that.
government Receipts and Expenditures
Government receipts: From
revenue, $338,710; customs, $227, 3W,
miscellaneous,sl6s, 203; expenditure?,
$1,080,000.
THE SAME IN PORTO RICO.
Governor Allen Wire* McKinley How tho
Klectlon Went.
It is estimated that 75,000 Republi
cans voted at the election in Porto
Rico Wednesday for a commissioner
to congress and members of the bouse
of delegates. Not more than 200 Fed
erals voted. The election was exceed
ingly orderly. There are no reports
of disturbances. Communication witn
the interior is shnv. ,
Governor Allen, in a cablegram oi
congratulation to President McKm cy
savs: “I am gratified and delight*
The outcome in Porto Rica is a guar
antee of the island's future.