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TIME IS ESTEKEED For Final Ratification of the Hay=Panncefote Treaty. goes over until next march The Question Considered and Agreement Is Reached In Ex ecutive Senate Session. A Washington special says: The friends of the Hav-Pauncefote treaty occupied nearly all of the time of the senate in executive session Tuesday, Senators Foraker and Morgan being the speakers. Previous to the taking up of that treaty the senate, for the purpose of clearing its caleudar, disposed of sev eral other treaties of comparatively little importance. Five conventions in all were latified. Among thedocuments thus disposed of was an agreement supplementary to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty itself and extending the time within which it may be ratified. Uuder the terms of the original treaty the time for ratifi cation expired five months ago. The agreement favorably passed upon Tuesday extends the time until the 4th of March, during which the treaty may be completed. The other treaties which w ere rat ified were as follows: Extending for one year the time within which the commercial treaty with Argentine may be ratified. Extending for a year the time with in which the treaty with Great Britain for reciprocity with Jamaica may be ratified. The new extradition treaties with Bolivar and Chili. When the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was taken up attention was given to a resolution offeied in open session earl ier in the day by Senator Tillman, calling for the correspondence between this government and the government of Colombia relative to the right o? the United States to construct a canal across Colombian territory. The res olution was agreed to after it was amended at the instance of Senator Morgan so as also to call for all the correspondence with the Panama Canal Company, including all offers on the part of that company and all negotia tions ■with it concerning the Panama canal. Senator Foraker’s speech from first to last was a defense of the Hay- Paunceforte treaty. He praised iu high terms the services of Secretary Hav. Any fair-minded man, he said, must recognize that in negotiating the pending treaty the secretary of state had accepted conditions as he fonnd them, and that in falling into the policy of neutrality he had only fol lowed historic precedents. Every ad ministration since 1850 had given some recognition to the Clayton-Bull wer treaty, and that document was to he found in the government’s latest treaty compilation. Mr. Foraker also contended that there is an implied reservation in the treaty as it came to the senate to pro tect the canal from enemies. The treaty guarantees its neutrality in time*of peace, he said, but we reseiwe the right to do with it as we see fit in time of war, except that we caauot fortify it. He also contended for the safety of the canal, even though it should not be fortified, for it was ab surd, he said, t.o suppose that any en emy would attempt to sail its ships through a canal 175 miles long owned, controlled and policed by this country when actual hostilities were in pro gress. In this connection he called attention to the fate of the Maine, which was on a peaceful mission and had been anchored iu a harbor of the country with which at that time we were at peace. Senator Morgan covered much of the grouud he had covered in his previous argument in support of the Hay-Paun c dote treaty, until he referred to the proctoc.ils existing between Nicarauga aud Costa Rica regarding the canal, and said that the ratification of the Hay treaty is a debt we owe to them. Those countries, if they see fit, might rise up and refuso to allow- us to do anythiug; hence, we could not afford to do anything that would offend them. For this reason he would have the ueutrality of the canal assured aud the pending treaty ratified. RACE RIOTS IN JAMAICA. Ulack Soldiers of British West India Kegitnent Mutiny and Attack Citizens. Terrible race riots have occurred at Kingston, Jamaica, led by several hundred negro soldiers of the British India regiment, supported by natives of their own color. They attacked civilians in the street and maltreated them so badly that many were taken to the various hos pitals and placed under treatmeut. Colonel Allen, who commands the regiment, endeavored to control hi.r men, but was unable to do to. Ke then organized the police and swore in citizens as .special officers. NEW DISEASE !N 7CVV?4. ft >* CaPed “Grocers’ Dyspeosia.” and Buyers Who Sample Are Victims. Hundreds of men in this cltv are gof fering from a most insidious and energy-sapping form of indigestion known as •‘grocers* dyspepsia.” Buy eis for grocery houses and commis sion merchants are the ones who suf fer from this peculiar aliment, which :s caused by their inevitable pro pensity to taste the crackers, fruits, spices and other tempting forms of food which are displayed by the whole salers. “Do you see that tall, lanky, cadaverous fellow over there,” asked a prominent wholesale grocer. “Well, what would you say was ailing him? Dyspepsia? Well, sir. you have hit the nad on the head. But It isn’t any common, ordinary sort of dyspepsia from which he is suffering. Not a bit of it. It's what we in the trade call •grocers’ dyspepsia,’ and it seems to me the name fits the case exactly. Now just watch him. “You see the first thing he does is to make for that open bag of roasted cof fee beans. There go some into his mouth. Now let us see what the clerk is going to show him. If it is anything softer than a coconnut, you can wager ho will sample it. Prunes! Well, he is good for about an eighth of a pound of those.” "Now- that fellow—he’s a well-known buyer ror one of the largest grocery stores up town, by the way—probably visits from eight to ten wholesale houses in the course of a forenoon. In every one he will taste of something, a cracker, a cinnamon stick, some dried fruit or, worst of all for the state of his health, a handful of cloves. It doesn't seem much, to be sure, but he gets the habit, and day after day he goes through the same performance, and then wonders why he is troubled with indigestion. "I was speaking to a doctor about it only last night. lie said that eating continually, a3 many of these buyers and commission merchants do, is enough to ruin the best digestive ap paratus provided by nature. The stomach can’t stand the wear and tear of always being obliged to work. Then, much of the stuff that these men can't seem to resist Is bad enough, even when taken with other food. When taken alone they prove most pernicious iu their effects. Take spices, for ex ample. They continually excite the secretion of the glands of the diges tive organs, and in time succeed in ex hausting the gastric juices. Then the glands themselves become abnormally large, with the result that they are unable to perform their proper func tions. “The punishment for these indiscre tions seems bad enough, doesn't it? l'et I like to think of it as a sort of divine retribution, for there is another side to the story. You can readily realize that the loss to us is consider able when I tell you that some fifty first boss did to me, of these men come In every business day in the year, and that fully three quarters of them indulge, so to speak. I know no way to cure buyers of the habit except to do with them what my first boss did to me.” “What did he do?” was asked. “Well,” said the grocer, with a slight chuckle, “when 1 was a lad, my first position was with a wholesale grocer. The morning I started in the boss said to me: ‘Y’ou see a lot of nice things around here—raisins, fruit, crackers, cinnamon, etc. —don’t you? Now, I want you to eat all you feel like eating. Understand?’ “Being a most innocent and unsus pecting youth, I followed his direc tions literally. I didn’t do a thing to those raisins. I also dipped into the coffee and sugar, and polished off about a half pound of crackers. “The next day I stayed at home with mother. When I appeared again, and was greeted with a knowing wink from the boss I tumbled to his scheme. It was successful, for I never cared to taste of the dainties I saw around af ter that.”—New York Mail and Ex press, The Largest Toy Factory. The largest toy factory in the world is In New York City, where playthings iu tin are manufactured literally by the million. It stands five stories high and turns out 1.C07 dis tinct varieties of tin toys. The out put of circular tin whistles is 20,000,- 000 per annum. The extent to which the fruit trade has been developed may be judged by the fact that the Admiral Schley, one of the four modern built swift sailing fruit steamers now running be tween Jamaica and Boston, recently brought to Boston 3(5,053 bunches of bananas, to say nothing of 208 bags of cocoanutß. La,Cre oI& Hpj%Reji-^yer is a Pei-fec FORTRAIT CAMEO CUTTING. Only One Exponent ef the Art in This Country. Chicago claims the only portrait c meo cutter in the United States. There may be other cameo cutters, but portrait cameo cutting is as far be yond ordinary cameo cutting as is por trait painting beyond photography. It is an art in itself. The only portrait cameo cutter is A. TTylen. a native of Sweden, where'he learned the art of engraving on metal, which Is the basic art of cameo cut ting. He learned cameo cutting in Vienna. Like other fine arts, cameo cutting requires infinite patience, be sides artistic sense, and It was not until Mr. Hylen had worked for some th mk like 40 years that he considered himself a competent portrait cameo cutter. Cameo cutting Is one of the oldest fine arts. It probably originated in India, but was carried thence to Egypt, where It flourished before the time of Moses. It was carried from Egypt to Fersia. In those early days it is be lieved that the art of cutting precious stones was a part of the literature of the times, rather than a means of ex pressing the artist’s sense of the beau tiful. and it was not until the art was taken up by the Greeks that It at tained that perfection which has since distinguished it. With the decline of the Roman empire it became n lost art, but was revived in the Renais sance and became more prominent than over. Up to that time the art had been one of engraving on precious stones, but the artists of the later period not only discovered that it was possible to put pictures and portraits in shell, but they carried it to such perfection that shells are now universally employed for the finest work. The shells used are the large conch shells found In the Bahama islands. Only one or two pieces of shell suit able for cameos can be cut from one couch. The pieces are ground to an oval surface and then are examined for flaws and bad coloring. If the least flaw is discovered or a color which would destroy the value of the cameo, the piece is rejected. If the surface shows pure white, the cameo cutter sketches an outline of his portrait or figure on the surface and then exam ines the thickness of the white part. He removes the superfluous parts of the white surface outside of his out line, and then gradually works out his design, taking care to work uniformly so he can compare his figure with the photograph from which lie works. The work is so trying on the eyes that the most powerful magnifying glasses must be used, and even then the cut ler can work, only ten or fifteen min utes at a time. After those short in tervals of application he has to rest his eyes for an hour before taking up the work again. Considering the slow ness of the process and the long time required for the artist to become com petent for his work, it is easy to un derstand why genuine cameos are ex pensive. Many fraudulent cameos are made in Europe and sold in this coun try as genuine. Most of them are made of opaque glass, which is ce mented to a background of onyx or other stone. Ivory is sometimes used in the making of spurious cameos, but it soon becomes yellow,—Chicago Times-HeraldL A Gloomy Tragedy. It is a dark night. It is also a dark kitchen. The kind-hearted man in his stocking fc-et is after a drink of wa ter for his fretful youngest. He thinks he can find his way iu the inky darkness. He is mistaken. He turns to the left instead of to the right and falls down cellar. Another good man gone wrong!— Cleveland l’lain Dealer. Our Nation’s Wealth. Gold and .‘direr are poured abundantly into the lap of tho nation, but our material wealth and strength is rather in iron, the most useful of ud metals, just as the wealth of a human being lies in a useful stomach. If you have overworked yours until it Is disabled,try Ilostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It will relieve the clogged bowels. Improve the appetite and cure constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney disease. Full Blown. lie called her mouth a rosebud then. But, - h. ltmaUes him wince To think the>’ro married now, and lt'B Been blowing ever since. To Cure a Cold In One lav. Take LAXATIVE P.KOItO QCINISK Tablets. All I druggists refund th money if it fails to cure, i It. \V. UHOVK S signature is on each box. <Dc. The l’lot That Falle I. •‘Arabella doesn't look at all happy.” “No; she married a man younger than herself under h • Impression that he wouja be more manageable than an older one. A Colonel in the British South African army says that Adams’ Tutti Frutti was a blessing to his men while marching. A Youthful Observer. Mamma—Don't lounge that way, Tommy. I Sit up 11 .e n little man. Tommy WUr. mamma, m< n felt down; It's only dogs and things that sit up. A Noble Porter. A correspondent writes: “A g.rl belonging to a Sussex village was en tering the service of a lady living at Arundel. Arriving at the railway station, she engaged an outside por ter to carry her box, and having gone a short distance she mention, u she could not give him more than three pence, as the box was quite small. Thereupon, after the manner of so many of his kind, he set it down in the road and walked off. “A homely-looking man. wearing a coat greeu with age, chanced to over take her. In spite of old clothes, he looked very respectable, she thought, and thinking he might he glad of a few pence, she offered him the Job. He picked up tue little box and walk ed with her, but on reaching the des tination. he set it down on the door step. and hurried away without waiting to be paid. She mentioned the fact to her mistress, and from her description of the man, the lady s amused suspicions were aroused; but she said nothing until a few days later, when the Duke of Norfolk happened to pass the house. “That’s the man that carried my box,” the girl said promptly, about to rush out forthwith and pay brim, for the duke was wearing the identical green garment. Her confusion may be Imagined on hearing that the erstwhile porter was the first peer of England.”—M. A. P. Court Stopped tho Discussion. At Hoisington, Kan., iu the middle of a six days’ debate over whether Saturday or Sunday is the Lord's Day, the Rev. E. T. Stewart was taken be fore the probate court and adjudged insane. The local papers fail to state the manner in which the other party to the debate made his escape.—Kan sas City tMo.) Journal. 1 lie Heat Prescription for Chill* Mill Fever Is a bottle of GkOVB’S TASTRI.MM l mil. Tonic. It Is simply iron an.i quinine in h latueless lorin. No cur* —no pay. Price >*: Forewarned. “You can't believe more than half you hear." “Which half of what you tell me shall I be lieve? _____ V re. Winslow’s Soothing syrup for otdldreu teething, softens itto gums, reduces luflaimnn ikli allays palu. cures wind colic, -ec. a bott.e Out of Harmony. “In't this a lovelv pi “an picture?" “I s’.ouhl sty* not! Look at that puritan maiden—wearing a rufled apron while she picks a turkey " Thirty minutes is all the lime required to dye with Putnam Fadeless Dies. Sold by all druggist.-. Signs. 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