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TO TELL TREE’S ACE.
Interesting Calculation Has Experts. Been Reduced
to a Science by
If you want to know how old the
treneralde oak on your lawn Is you
tftan easily find out, but you will first
have to cut It down and get a cross
Section as near the haso as possible.
Perhaps your curiosity would not Jus¬
tify such a sacrilegious use of the
Woodman’s axe, yet It may be none the
less Interesting to learn that accord¬
ing to Mr. B. I£. Eernow, chief of the
Forestry Division of the Agricultural
department at Washington, the cal¬
culation of timber tree ag(>« In the
temperate part of the United States
has been reduced to a science, and Its
accuracy has been tested by thousands
of experiments.
IVi the trees referred to the wood of
the atom Is laid on Iff sheets or lay¬
ers, which on a cross section appear
ns so many concentric rings, one being
formed each growing season. The
rings appear us alternate narrow
bands of lighter or darker color, the
dark line, or "summer wood," occupy¬
ing the outer portion of one ring and
being sharply contrasted against the
highest portion of the inner, higher or
"spring wood” part of the next ring.
These annual rings differ in width,
commonly averaging from one-eighth
of an inch to three-eighths In hard
•woods and from one-twentieth to one.
enghth In conifers, and cases are not
rare where n whole century’s growth
of a spruco or balsam amounts to but
to or three Inches on the radius of
the stem. In all young, sound and
thrifty trees, Mr. Eernow says, the
rings are laid on with the utmost reg¬
ularity and a cross section of a stem
furnishes not only information as to
the age of t ho grown section, but Is
a fair Indication of the life history of
the tree, periods of suppression and
thrift being indicated respectively by
eones of correspondingly narrow or
broad rings. In such timber the
countings along different radii always
give the same result.
In very old. slow grown trees a dif¬
ference-may appear of from one to five
rings, which If not due to the inability
of the eye to detect an extremely nar¬
row ring, is based on the actual ab-
Bence of the ring, or rings, along a
given radius, unfavorable elrcum
Planers having led to a failure of their
regular, continuous development. A
similar Irregularity has been observed
In densely shaded or otherwise stunted
timber, and also in timber injured by
coni smoke; bo that a given ring, or
year’s growth, was found developed
twenty feet from the ground, but en¬
tirely absent near the stump of the
same stem.
To determine the age of a tree it is
desirable to make a clean, smooth out.
Frequently a magnifying glass will be
found Indespensable, Count ulong the
greatest radius, avoiding covered
wounds and other obstacles. Since a
seedling of white pine, for Instance, Is
only one foot high when five years
old, says Mr. Eernow, and since the
parts of this five-year-old seedling aro
never raised upward by growth, nil
growth being by the addition of new
parts, n cross section two and a half
feet from the ground does not Include
this five-year-old tree at all. So, If the
number of rings on the stump section
Is Its), Hie real uge of the tree Is not
100 years, but 100 plus about six. Eor
most purposes It Is sufficiently near
the truth to make this allowance, but
.when greater accuracy Is desired, the
cut must bo made level with the
ground, so as to include the seedling
Stem as well.
M'b labor for that which wo con-
eider of the most value. If it ho gold,
then we bond our energies to its ncqui-
tiou. anil we arc in the end worth just
what we have heaped together, and we
limy lie bought or sold, and for just so
much as wo are worth, aeon red by our
own standard. We lmve received our
reward.—Womankind.
TIm* I’lll’NIltl of 1 I ft |l|li lll’HH.
When tho lhtt laration of liitb'pfiKltmct' ms-
forM innn’w rlKht to Hi Ih. it uimnclattMl nti
Immortal truth. Tho hilioiiM aulToror Ih on
tho nifttl to hniiptnusH whim ho hollos to t tko
Ho«totter‘n Htonmoh Ultt.oi*H, tho moat oth-
nXms'lsU fi':';.., , ms , ; i , i „'i
etipHtloii. (lynpupnlfi, rhoumatism, kidney
trouble mid ncrvouKiicKH. Tho it, rcgulttriy,
and not at. <Hld intorvalH.
esliiry Amcrlvsu* <>r stimit jCdunii,i flu,Unllfflcwtt vesr, mui>> wwi\vr*tnu,l n.-di-ioltc
will U>
how the iitea n( (HiIUIiik entered til* Inset.
To Cure a Cold In One l»«y.
Take I,*K*ttv(* Bmmo Qntatnc Tnldct*. All
Drugtttst* refwud monoy If It falls to euro. 3io.
Tlu> rmitrovrrxy iih to whether Adion or
l»eorne yy ivahtnKton ws* Wuwhtngton the first msn may
Im- decided iu favor of If it
turns out that Adam "as a I'hlnamau.
Chow St«r Tobacco- Tho Bust.
Smoko Slotltfo Cigarettes.
|»ortor Tho Aim duos fdilnoo it for for quarter. nil, hut the cdooping car
a
Thom I* more ail Catarrh in thia section »f the
eountry than otjiur iUm hm s ^ut tout*thw,
Mronounuua it a LwdiI tlisv D-t -mm iGvs. ribt ',1
MiraMc s.irtu.- ha- im.v.-.i .-ni-.rri, to
const!tutiiumi tre'hurnt.Hai'i's <’mi u-'rii'V'n'i-'v Teh-.io]
manufactured 7^*‘&eTlnKfr*tn i>y v. I'lient v .v
££&& Minfui. it C S5Srrmm
10 to .t t dm Npt ft> t s till, i ] v i'h
T1»o y V/tT** r \* Vi* * * J1II t VrtAl' Vl o 11 »r?** 1 or'-t n'V! ’'iso
It fa'll* to cure. Semi for circular* and test!
Toledo'’<> 1 ' 'him' A in,
Bold by i)nn:visi'. nilj to
Hair* Fa,
Fit*permanently after first ds'v cured. nf No Dr. nt* Kline's or nervotuu
K«rvf lies* R^&tyrvr. triallw>ttL use Great
;uui trt tvtisDfr»v. 1 :
!)«. K. H. Hunk, 1,1x 1., 881 Arch St, Phila.. Pn.
(dn Dywp^». Oom|K»iuul. IniUcestion, ll ritu for cured free book b> Taber's lVp-
on .stomach
trouble tol)r. Taber .U lv. Do., Savannah, t«a.
W© think Huft’g Cure for ('onsumptioti is
the only BprinKficM. oHniicinc for C'uucbs, -.1 i nn n:
1 ‘infk A Hi', Ills., Oct. 1.
Was Nervous
Troublod with Her Stomach-
Coulct Not Sleep-Hood’s Curod.
*’ About a year ago I was troubled with
my stomach ami could not eat. I was
nervous an<l could not steep nt night. I
glow Sarsaparilla rory thin. I began taking Hood’s
and am nmv wall and strong,
and owe it all to Hood’s Sarsaparilla.”
Maby Peteiib. 90 South Baton Struct.
Rochester, N, Y. Remember
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
I* gje best—The One True Blood Purifier.
Hood’s Pills by: the (avorate catUnrtlc.
M~,4^eae
Affiutim. Gn. Aotu«l buant«M Noiext &
book* bhort timo. Cheap board Send for cat-alortie-
iuui *»»«• ABGLO-ALABKAH mining uumt$zr CQ..«UhtrtYBtJK,l t &°A$
I PEOPLE WILL SELECT
THE JUDGES AM» SOLICITORS IN
G hOKGIA 111 I'OII LA It HALLO!.
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HOUSE PUSSES THE HOPKINS BILL,
Iternrr SUlu Bun Km Meusiire Piimmo< 1 In
Hcimte Tim Convict Bill
In Hufn.
The house at Friday’s session passed
the Hopkins bill providing for the
election of judges and solicitors hy
the people. It «as an overwhelming
victory. Only IB of the 158 members
Present voted against it. The populist
members voted solidly for the hill.
The dehate which preceded the vote
was lengthy and spirited. A number
of sharp passages occurred and several
very fine arguments were heard.
The hill passed hy the house is the
somite bill amended by the Iiouho coin-
mitten so as to provide for election on
the state ticket instead of hy circuits,
I lie measure was sent, immediately
to the senate for concurrence in this
amendment.
The original school hook hill was
also passed hy a vote of 10!! to 87.
I his measure provides that county
hoards of education shall buy hooks
directly from the publishers ami shall
furnish them to the pupils at whole¬
sale price less the cost of handling.
The measure iH aimed at the hook trust,
which, it lias been charged, lias done
business through the teachers to their
profit and tho greater expense of tho
pupils.
The populist members fell into line
and voted to a ninn for the measure.
They had made a fight on the amend¬
ment to elect hy state ticket instead of
by districts, but when that amend¬
ment was adopted they clung to tho
hill ns a step in the right direction.
The result was an overwhelming vic¬
tory for tho measure. Only fifteen
members voted against it IB! to 15,
The Berner bill to lest the law im
posing a ten per cent tax on state hank
of issue was passed hy the senate Fri¬
day morning hy a vote of .'12 to 8.
Senator Atkinson concluded his argu¬
ment which was cut off Thursday at
the hour of adjournment. He, had the
attention of the senate and was loudly
applauded. Mr. Be.iner closed the
debate. Ife said its purpose was to
give some relief from that financial
servitude which in written in mort¬
gaged homes and in the judgments of
the courts.
The house convict bill was then read
and referred to the penitentiary com¬
mittee.
The convict hill passed the house at
Thursday’s session and was sent nt
once to the senate for concurrence.
After weeks of wrangling and debate
this measure, once killed and subse¬
quently revivified, received the sub¬
stantial majority of 93 to 70. The vote
was announced amid tiimultmms ap¬
plause from tho majority.
Tho hill was adopted by the house
at Wednesday night’s session, having
been considered hy sections.
The hill u-« it passed the house is,
with two important amendments, the
same as the measure drafted hy the
special committee of eleven. These
amendments are in the character of
the labor in which convicts can ho en¬
gaged aud in the reduction of the ap¬
propriation from $100,000 to $50,000.
The hill embodies the following im¬
portant provisions:
A farm for the women, juvenile and
infirm i envict-s.
The louse of all nble-boilied con*
vi,.)* to bo employed in any in¬
diistry consistent with their physi-
,-at abilities, except in foundries, cot¬
ton factprioH and machine shops.
State supervision of misdemeanor
convicts.
Tho whole syMom to bo under the
control of a prison commission which
a board of pardons.
Att Jinprooriation of $;>(),000 to carry
bilo • ctUHt t a, t hi o\isioilH.
lu se , J)l ....
In tlu^ senate, Thursday, a motion
*« ........ to reconsider the action of
the senate on the bill for a new regis-
tuition 111 ", i. II. lsnoiinlor M,,,,,.!..* Woot.xn’* YY ooICU H
bill, but Senator Bed" ino led the dc-
bate, favoring it us an improvement on
the present registration law, which he
considered cumbersome. It is an im-
portttllt measure, virtually ’ placing in
the hands of the ordinary all the power
and responsibility now vested in the
resist,ram. 1 “ I ,
of . ..... 29 t(, .. 9, . . votes , from both
receiving
democrats and populists.
i The senate then the to
up
1 u) 1 l le
Miino nuiulior uf peremptory stuluw iu .
‘7' 8 ’ a " d Ht,, mtor
( (uted that it was one of . a series of
billM iutroslneea I« the legislature at
request ot the State Bar assooia-
1 he hill was passed hy a vote
ot 2■! to lo.
Mr. Berner’s W 1 anthorixing atate
. U> mm o obligations payablo m
meivlmudise silver bullion to 50 per
erul. of their capital stock and reqmr-
ing the governor and attorney general
t” de'fend suidi issues iu the courtsciuuc
up on its passage A lengthy disens-
sion followed and before a vote "as
reached the senate adjourned.
In announcing adjournment a mis¬
take was made, as the motion was
for 10 o’clock Friday morning and thus
cut out tlie Thursday night session.
This left only five days to pass the
convict hjll. ITesHlout Berner will
seek to repair the loss hy a joint veso
intiott declaring Sunday dies non and
fixing the date of adjournment on
Thursday,
Before the adjournment of the day’s
session a communication was read
from Rev. E. I’nyson Walton, general
agent of the Ontological society, who
is at present residing in Atlanta, Tho
doctor’s communication was in the na¬
ture of an introduction to a new
school of philosophy to tho legisla- | i
ture. He claims the Bible as its
author—it disclaims alt partyisms as
its religious bearings—that it expands
the sphere of religious fellowship to
universal or racial dimensions. The j J
new system, he savs. has been elab-
orated* by the late' Henry James, of
‘
Massachusetts, and the Ontological
society has undertaken the repuhlica-
tion of hie works. Dr. Walton claims
nmoiur oTthm the most distimruished
school were Govern-
i
or* Alexander H. Btt phoim urnl Iler-
ttcliel V. Johnion, <>f Georgia, ami lie
wiabea to inform the logialutuiM and
the public generally tlmt ho ia pre-
Iawed to dixonnH the queation ahonld
nn J« ne further information eon-
i corning the Georgia brunch, which ih
soon to ho organized in Atlanta under
j hi* direction.
j imme¬
motion to reconsider was made
diately after the opening of the sched¬ ses¬
sion. It was the first matter
uled, hut, by reason of the fact that
the rules were displaced hy the veto
discussion, the hill was not taken up
until 11 o’clock. In the two remain¬
ing hours the house made good prog¬
ress.
J Inform won a victory which was de-
nied it in the first fight, hy securing
state supervision of misdemeanor con-
victs The dehate on this provision
of * ,in measure was lengthy. J he
veto in favor of the state supervision
was 74 to <J(i.
The measure w as taken up by sec-
lions. Seven were passed on and
adopted. Tho eighth was under dis-
cuiwioii nt the tune of adjournment
on a motion to strike out the entire
-section.
I he question of passing the anti-
football hill over .the governor's veto
cftiuo up and an hour or more was
spoilt in tho (liMcuHHion of this matter.
Speaker Jenkins held that it would re-
quire 117 votes, which is two-tlnrds of
tho entire membership of the house,
to override the veto, and on an appeal
from this decision he was almost
unanimously sustained. 11 is'decision
makes history, and establishes a pre¬
cedent which is likely to govern many
future legislatures. The vote to pass
tho bill over the governor’s veto was
107, and the opposition mustered lint
tr>.
The senate Wednesday killed tho
hill of Senator Wooten, from the Fif¬
teenth, changing the registration laws,
f he hill provided that the tax collee
tors in the different counties of the
stuto prepare lists of fill vote) who
have paid their taxes, The tax collee-
tors to furnish one of these lists to the
county ordinary and the clerk of the
court. They in turn to furnish one to
each justice of the peace in every mili¬
tia district.
The resolution of tjemitor Buttle
giving the governor power to convey
the right to the Atlanta, Knoxville and
Northern railroad to use certain prop¬
erty of the state at Marietta was pas .sc< 1.
The cigarette hill, making the sulci
unlawful, was killed.
A hill by Senator Carter giving
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, police officers
and bailiffs the right to carry arms
concealed, was taken up and lost by a
vote of 21 to 14.
Buttirday’s Proceedings.
The house convict hill was read the I
second lime in the senate Saturday
morning, and Chairman I’hil Cook, of
the penitentiary committee, called a
meeting for 2:30 in the afternoon.
The senate spent the morning in
reading and passing local hills, but
there was one general bill which
caused discussion. It. was Mr. Ber¬
ner’s hill limiting the fees of receivers
to a scale ranging front, two to eight
per cent, according to the amount of
money brought into court.
It was supported hy Mr. Burner and
Mr. Gray and opposed hy Mr. Go-
lightly. The favorable committee re¬
port. was adopted, lmt tho bill was
tabled temporarily because of thin at¬
tendance.
At Saturday night’s session of the
senate there was great difficulty in se¬
curing a quorum. From half past
7 o’clock to nearly 11 the doors of the i
chamber were looked and barred and
nobody was permitted to leave it. On I
the inside were eighteen members,
and on the outside were doorkeepers
with cluhs. Other doorkeepers aim
ilarly armed were out scouring the
town for some of the thirty-six ab¬
sentees, and in the gallery whs a
hunch of house members enjoying the
scene, A number of the absentees
were finally coral led, and the senate
got down to work. Up to midnight
they read house hills and passed a
•
, large number , of , local - , measures.
I ho general . assmhlv , , will -.I hold i . i ovci
n
one day , after ... tho expiration of tho , i
present Bessie.. I he scimto , resole- , j
tion provided for two extra day- ,. y j
declaring lint this Sunday resolution and Monday tabled dies hy j
non, was
the house Friday night, It was called ^
up again Saturday morning aai1
mm- I egislid! v day,'' ' 'thus 0 StomHnJ !
the session.
It was generally acknowledged that
(here was not time enough ahead of
the legislature for the transaction of
a p the business before it. The ex-
tension even of one day would benefit
tli© convict bill, tho existence of ■which
was otherwise threatened. Several
l,ihs were passed. Among thorn nbiH
,, Y Senator Turner, to allow the use of
r ,.ei st ration lids in uvular elections
to ho used in intermediate elections,
Another measure passed was a bill by
Mr. Bennett, of Jookwn. to authorize
suits against tho state for aots of tho
Xortheiist-ern rail way. Thia places the
Northeastern in the eutagorv with the
Western aud Atlantic ivilway.
||()TTLE v . VK1 KS 10 COMBINE.
Ah n Itesult of til** Kcport Flint Bottle*
Advance IO IVr Cent.
'The Commoner and Glass Worker,
published nt Pittsburg, elosost'Yirgaiiizations Til., savs:
“One of the of
inis American Hint bottle nmuufaetuvet wi!i*as*nine •
been perfe. tcd and
control of the flint bottle tnde of tho
country within a week or two. Fnliv
95 per cent of the flint bottle maim'
facturers ’.r of the countrvare ‘ iuthe new
mnization
“As a direct result of the formation
there has been advance of Id per cent
on flint bottles ”
SEABOARD BETS CONTROL
* nt * W’ltl Operate the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Vaiiey Bead,
It is announced at Baltimore Chat
the control of the Cape Fear and Yad-
kin Valiev railway has passed to the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad com-
that the property will here-
rtft « r he operated under a perpetual
lease by the Seaboard Air Line system.
The basis of the deal is said to be a
guarantee to the bondholders and an
agreement to operate the line for 76 j
P« cent of the gross receipts, the bal- j
auee to go to the stockholders.
i
IIOTME REPUBLICANS VOTE EX-
i’ENDITURE OF $141,20:1,880.
OINGLEY DEFENDS THE TARIFF ACT.
Ife Hectare* In » .......oil That Next Tear
Will Miow ii HurplQH of Something
Like *10,000,000.
A Washington special says: The
house at Friday’s session passed the
appropriation hill without amendment
and adjourned until Monday.
q>ho i m inlineuts offered hy the
(1( . mocrntH U} correot „.j existing
“Imses all ruled out the point . .
were on
of order that they were new legists
! tion. As passed the hill carried $141,-
2«U,H00.
^ touched not only the question of
our pension policy, lint that of civil
service reform and the receipts and
/ llliturcH ()f tho t ,. ( , J 1II;(W thfl
JHngley law. On the hitter question
Mr. Hingley made an important state-
„ienl, in which lie expressed the opiii-
i,,n that the receipts would equal the
expenditures before the close of the
present fiscal year and predicted a
surplus of $10,(100,000 next year.
At the opening of the session it was
agreed that when the house adjourned
it be to meet on Monday.
On motion of Mr. Foss, republican
of Illinois, Saturday, December 18th,
was set apart for paying tribute to the
iiioino ry of the late K. D. Cooks, of
111 i ihjih.
The house then resumed the coil-
.-.idei ation of the pension appropria-
tion bill, wluoln was debated Tliurs-
day.
Mr. Sullivan, democrat, of Missis¬
sippi, in support of an argument
against the payment of pensions to
tlioso who were wealthy and did not
need them, quoted at length from an
article recently written by General If.
v. Boynton, whose testimony system', against
abuses in the present he said,
was entitled to respectful considers-
tion by the other side.
Messrs, Carmack, Gaines and Sims,
democrats, of Tenues; c-e, spoke briefly
in favor of retrenchment in pension
expenditures.
Mr. Dinghy contended that the
maximum pension expenditure was
reached in when the pension
payments reached $108,000,000. j n
1894 they fell to $141,000,000; 1895,
$141,009,000; 1896, $199,000,000, and
in 1897, $141,000,000. If the expen¬
ditures fur pensions during the next I
fiscal year should he $148,000,000, as ]
had been estimated, the increase, Mr. j
Dingley said, would not ho due to new I j
legislation, but to more rapid admin-
istration of the present involve* laws. It
wouhl, therefore, no addi- !
tioual expense in tho end. !
He said the secretary of the treasury
and tho president were confident the.
receipts next year would exceed the i
expenditures
Mr. Dingley said the estimated do- !
licit for the piesent year, not counting !
tho obtained and to he obtained '
money I
fnmi 1 lie Pacific railways, was $28,- j
000,000. The anticipatory importations
ll 11(1. placed ill tllO treasury before duly j
1st $38,000,000. 'Those inniortations
had reduced the deficit last- year from j
$56,000,000 to $18,000,000. i
Mr. Dingley figured out a surplus
of exactly $10,000,000 for the coming
fiscal year. He described the steady
manner iu which the revenue had been
increasing at the rate of one or two :
millions a month. Although Decern- ;
portutioiis, her was generally he said a that, had if month the increase for im- j
for tho first nine days of this month
were continued, thoreeeiptsthis month
would increase from $2-5,000,000 in ,
November to $27,000,000 in Decern- |
her. i
\\ hen he ii*Miew;d that the effect I
the ,, anticipatory revenues would , , all .. , he
during tins , ... fiscal , and .
overcome year
that after may or .nine, 4898, the rev-
omtes 'IlVhTr! wonjd exceed the expenditures, ...
^ “ ‘ '' , ' 1
l< 1
M, j ^ l e ’V ^mocrat, o Mississippi,
u'edr “
s
Tbe biI1 '' as then roportecl to tl.e
and passed.
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STEEL MEN CONSIDER BOOL.
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Hold a Steeling In New York, Hut
.. ............
A meehng . of t-hc representatives of ,
till the steel conquuiie.s iu the
United States was held Friday in New
Aovk city, at which the harmonizing
of their inh rests and the division of
the territory are. said to have been the
chief subjects of diseenssion.
Among those present were l’reai ^
dent Stackhouse, of the Cambria Irox
t on paiiv; Lin derm an, of the Loth*
h’hem Iron Company; Eel I on, of tho
Fennsvivania and Maryland Steel
Company, and 'secretary Kenney, of
ihe Bessemer Steel Company.
N«’«» of those who were present at
the meeting would dsscuss the matter.
O’HHIKN FORCED TO (JV IT.
‘
l.leutonnnts Ue^sgautitm From tho Army
teloitl „ . ,T'"* rl. ( d”T'"T ( ook, of the d tilth
.
United States Infantry, in an inter-
vil '" " iib “ ut'wspapci- man. said that
Lil ' ut .'” 1,!nt >Iio ’ lilcl J - CTlrien’s res-
fr om tlu! not Vl,! -
"fitafy on , lus part, hut was requested
hilt was requested hy the war depart-
>»eut, and that the officer was given
llis choice of resigning or submitting
to a eourtmartial.
DERR ANT'S THIRD SENTENCE.
Young Mt'divul Studont Will Probably j
Xiang K«rlj In tT»** Now Year. |
C hiin rnncisco dispatch of 1-riday ^
papers on the Durrant case
,' e hied here. It la expected
that the , murderer will be sentenced
f°’ bt . ,, b * ., h “ d . d , tlu , ,he ' tt ot * hrs>t , r I : t u 1 " , la ,lila '. and of i " f thc lU n
“ ug, on T
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.
Tt f 13 ear a ' slu u!al frt<t that of * h « , ' ou '
, , ”.
1
euuon in * an vncu.m, uiiee Aden-
a " d
persons eacn.
i FOR .NATIONAL (QUARANTINE.
A Bill I* Introduced In Congress By
ftenator CitflVry, of l/iui»lftna«
Senator Caffiry, of Louisiana, in-
trodneed a bill iu congress Thursday
for a revision of the quarantine laws,
! the distinctive feature of which is the
placing of the quarantine regulations
exclusively in the hands of the nation¬
al authorities.
The secretary of the treasury is au¬
thorized to make regulations to pre-
■ ^ j„t ><luotion of infectious
yont r( or
contagious diseases into one state from
another, and such regulations to ho
enforced hy the sanitary authorities of
fho state or of municipalities when
these authorities will undertake to en¬
force them, but when they fail the
president is given authority to Hs-
| cute and enforce them uud to adopt
“such measures us in his judgment
sl * a J‘ be IU>< ’ e8Har ? *? Prevent the in-
troiliielion t . or spread of such diseases.
He j H a ] Hf) gj ven authority to detail
or appoint officers for that purpose. It
is further provided that whenever yel-
; low fever, cholera, plague or typhus
fever has passed the quarantine of the
United States or ill any manner ftp-
pearod within any state or territory
“the quarantine regulations of
secretary of the treasury shall he su-
pren.e and have precedence of state or
; munmipal quarantine laws, ami tho
prenidtuifc is authorized to enforce tlicso
national regulations, to control the
movement of trams, vessels, vehicles
1 ,,r persons, to prevent the diseases
spiraling from one state to another.
(made j Violations punishable of these hy prohibitions fine of $1,000 is
a
j «»’ imprisonmetit for one year,
I Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, pre-
! Rented a petition signed by 21,2(59 na-
; live Hawaiiaiis, protesting against the
annexation of Hawaii.
j senate After considered a little routine private business pension bills. tho
| j Senator Gal linger, republican, of New
^ Hauqishire, chairman of the pensions
■ committee, sounded a warning against
inconsiderate pension legislation.
The senate agreed to adjourn until
Monday.
A bill was introduced in the house
| A -Mr. Homing,, of Georgia, and re-
birred to the Pacific railroad commit-
j I ^niue tec, authorizing nt his pleasure the president tlie book of to the ex-
f?*>vern*nent aule<l railroads and in case
Hie liens of the government are en-
'Lingered by a forced sale under a prior
l ‘en, to bid in these roads.
MBS. FiTZ IS WILLING
For Her llutihy to Tackle Mr. Corbett j
Again.
A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis., !
says: It is almost a certainty now that ;
Hubert Fitzsimmons, champion pugil-
ist of the world, and James J. Cor-
butt, will meet in the roped arena to
again battle and decide tire question for
ull time.
For the first time Mrs. Fitzsimmons
has given expression to her thoughts
in the matter since the affair at Carson
.
us ' 1 al< 1-
Before the contest last March F.tz-
slnlI . " ons P ro “ 1Be ? hls ' v,fe that .’ le
uever ellt f 1 1,1
outhcr ''<“*• ^hile Mrs. Fitz-
«mmo„s does not come out openly
I* 11 ' 1 Hay tUer » wl11 ,,e a no U, ® r b attle !
l,e rea(lll . th . . at . she . not
cnu y seun is
anxio n " *° I’f a block ‘ u tbe of
h;: l busbalul ards hls xutm .
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FORGOT THE MONEY ORDERS.
Former l.n>riiria-n Spofl’or<I*g Shortage May
Bo Cleared Up.
A Washington dispatch snys: An
investigation now being made between
the officials of the congressional library
and the officials of the postoffiee de-
partmeiit promises to throw a great
deal of light- on the recently discussed
shortage of Former Librarian Ains-
worth 11. Spofford.
It appears that a large part, if not
all, (if this deficiency, which Spofford
promptly made good out of his own
pocket-, will he recounted for hy a
gn»ut batch of old money orders which
tlie absent-minded librarian forgot to
cash.
BIG ( IIH AGO FIRM ASSIGNS.
Wholesale Hardware Dealers Go Under
With Inabilities at tt»00,000.
At Chicago, Thursday, Horton, Gil-
more, McWilliams & Co., wholesale
hardware dealers, 171-176 Lakostreet, ;
assigned to the Illinois Trust and Sav- .
iiurs bank.
The lkhilities are $300,000 and the
assets $210,000.___
DU HR ANT LOSES AGAIN.
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California Supremo Court Dispells nil
,,„po for cudemnod Ma«.
Wednesday afteruoou the California
snpveme of\ court dispelleil the,last hope
V . If. T. Durrant, the murderer of
Blanche Iiiimoiitaml Minnie Williams,
llis posiug of his two appeals.
This action of the court put at naught
tho efforts that have been inode by tho
alleged widow of one Blanther. When
Blanther suicided it is said a Written
confession was found, showing that he
was the murderer of the girls, and that
Durrant was innocent. Since then the
vr oman w lu> claims to have been the
wife of Blanther has made every effort
to secure the reopening of the case,
WEYLER REJOICEaS.
President’s Wes*:,«e Please. Farmer Cp.
tain General Ixumonhely.
Acoc ’ , '; Ul, S' to a d j? patch f ™™f a: ' ce -
Iona, , -Lieutenant . ueneial . Weyier,
m
the course of an interview there, lias
felicitated himself on being “attacked”
by Fresideut McKinley in the mes-
sage, as this proves that his (V eyler s)
policy was displeasing to the enemies
of Spain. He expressed his “surprise
that the Spanish government would
tolerate such attacks upon the repre-
sentative of the nation.”
FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Hold Annual Meeting at tho National
Capital.
Tho American Forestry assoeia-
held its ldth annual session
Washington Wednesday. The
meeting was mainly a business
meeting ... to satisfy the .. articles ... of . the I
corporation lor tV,„ the purpose ot n ( recen-
ing reports and the election of officers. I
General Francis H. Appleton, of Bos- |
ton. presided. !
Tbe tanft le 8 islation ' vas briefly
touched upon as influencing neither !
favorably nor unfavorably the forestry ,
movement.
Ayer’s
For asthma, bronchitis, croup, or whooping cough, there is
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This standard remedy for coughs, colds, and all diseases
of the throat and lungs, is now put up in half size bottles at
half price, 50c.
~
A Dog Sentry,
Southport avenue there Is a
* . . , mounts guard as regularly
eat their meals. He
1 f
if a j ac ( , '' ... * ! 0 a
^h^ay . voting
beardshows buthe makes
1 vigilance b what he may lack in
J,' He Ug , n the gentry box ln
ule ° of the yard * ’ and with loud
'
barkings warns off all intruders.
That sentry box is of itself a pe¬
culiar thing. In one corner of the
front yard about ten feet from the
gate a platform has been erected. The
lot is beyond the surface of the street
and entrance to the yard Is accom¬
plished by descending a short flight of
three steps. The platform extends Up
to within a foot of the top of the fence,
which is of heavy boards, and of the
closed variety. The fence about the
platform is surmounted by a row of
spikes. These extend along the front
and side fences, making the whole re¬
semble a sentry box with a spiked top.
As soon as the day’s work com¬
mences tho terrier makes the rounds
of thg premIses> He looks j nto the
^ arn j n the rear. He crawls under the
house anrl drives out strange cats, &c.
Having satisfied himself that all is
safe, he gravely proceeds to the front
yard and hops up on that platform,
There he sits erect, hls head and
shoulders -appearing above the spikes.
He is a sober and reliable soldier.
Strange dogs pass by and challenge
him to battle. He glances down at
them in high disdain and returns no
response to their jeers. He is on duty
and is not to he seduced therefrom.
But let a stranger attempt to enter
the gate and he is all changed. Towser
flies Into rage and action at the same
time. He drops from his perch and
attacks the stranger with teeth and
voice. If a member of the family
passes his beat he wags his tail and
receives the countersign, but does not
leave hls seat. In fact, he is a well
behaved sentry who is always on duty
and who takes a pride in duty well
done.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Nerf Way to Wealth.
According to theosophy, said Dr. A.
VV. l oryn, tlie human will was a def¬
inite force, and when strongly moved
by desire it was able to accomplish
visible results, although no apparent
action had been taken. The desires
of men were constantly affecting their
outward circumstances, and even if,
as in the case of a man wishing for
wealth, no immediate result is seen,
the ultimate effect would bo that in
another earth life he would he born
amid wealthy surroundings. It always
happened, however, that when the cov¬
eted boon was obtained some unwel¬
come and unlooked for circumstance
accompanied it, and so the xvise man
avoids definite wishes about his fu-
ture, recognizing his ignorance of what
j, s really best for him, and patiently
accepting tlie testimony meted- out to
him hy the just law. George Muller,
of Bristol, supports a large institution
for orphans by prayer. The venera¬
ble founder relates his xvish for a
definite sum of money to meet a press¬
ing engagement. Thoughts were
things, and once tho Idea, strongly
vitalized by his will, passed out into
() le ether, it floated about until at-
traded to the congenial soil of the
brain of some wealthy philanthropist,
vvlio, “struck by the thought,” sends
his check for the required amount.—-
Essex (England) Times.
Egotistical Weakness.
“Have a care, oh, my daughter,”
snith the wise woman “how thou tak-
00,1^1^himTelf.’’ m o n nt liis word xvhen £ ho snpiketh S.
strength and vanuteth it before liis
f*»n nW Z' o nnd "ufd most of handiest nil before fWp tali
be a
intC nippn ° f f ltviu n lime ”
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Criminating Evidence.
Reporter-—“You night say you lynched
that negro last on general sus-
picion?”
Georgia Citizen—“Exactly, suli; his
children wnz all down with chicken-
pox an’ he couldn’t give no satisfac-
tory explanation how they caught it,
sub.”—Judge.
now to to W wmu ».i. xvm^rr unn van.
Hard water, strong lye, or inferior
laundry soap are responsible for tho yellow
clothes seen in many households. To wash
p r0 p 0r iy, Jill a tub nearly full of hot
Water, ,m the white doilies in first, rub
with Ivory Soap, scald, rinse and starch.
wh „ n dry> sprinkle and fold down over
night and iron carefully. Eliza R. Pabkeb.
WhitclaYv’s Prize Poem.
The following from the pen of White-
law Reid is said to be his masterpiece: , .
If I were Lemuel Ely Quigg,
(Lem Ely Quigg! Lom Ely Quigg!)
If I were Lemuel Ely Quigg,
I'll tell you what I'd do:
I'd crawl into a woodchuck hole;
(An auger hole, a gimlet hole!)
And pull the hole iu, too!
—Washington ..... ,, Post.
Cure ——-—rr—.— Cornu With Physic.
Might as well try th.’it as to attempt the
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vanuah, Ga.
When a man marries a penniless girl he I
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Profuse Menstruation.
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Simmons.
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