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HANDLINC DEAD LETTERS. An lnt*r«itln( Division of the Department at Washington. Mary Ntmmo Dalentlno, writing of ‘Women In (ho Government Depart- menu" in tho Women’s Homo Com¬ panion. says: ( "Eight hundred and twenty-two Clerks find employment In the Post- Pfflre of whom one hundred nn,I sev- enty-eoven nro women. Their salar¬ ies range from nine hundred to elgh- teen hundred dollars a year, and they ire engaged In general clerical work and copying. The most Interesting division of the department Is tho dead-letter ofllre, where about ono hundred and twenty-flvo women nro employed. Twenty thousand undo- Ilvered letters are received here every day. Knob clerk Ik expected to open two hundred end fifty letters each day, and aa many more as she can handle. A record of tin dally number ex- amined by each one h lo pt, unci credit for proficiency awarded, l.etlern eon- talnlng cheeks and money are given special attention, and are returned t> the sender. If any address can he found; If not, they are recorded and placed on file to ev.uit application. Those containing money may he r - claimed In four years, after that time , ‘ Jf "" Un,U : ’" 1 ..... .. Identified and reclaimed after many years. Letters containing no Inclo: ures arc returned to the writers If they contain the addr. ,otherwise they are not preserved and no record In kep, Of them. Then m a me of unmallahle artld,, that |,. lV e h. u taken from the malls; in, nl.elv a con- tain every imoglnulde m ,i of thlnm. ns diverse In . hnrar ter ns a wash- board and a akeb tou’’ * A „ Croat Industry. Few persons have any Idea how great the Idcydc Industry In this conn- try has become. Not only has the manufacture of bicydes for the home market re iched Immense proportions, lmt our export trade In bicyric h a very bit? thlny During the nim months ended Hep- tember 80, 1SU7, the exports ot p c < »- ger cars, rnrrlagc and bicycles from the United Stall < amounted In value to 18,874,228, niMlnat - c I.M's oj.; during tho cosrespondlng tlm- In iMsl. Of these exports bicycler nnd |c.-ts of hi- cycles alone amounted to the value of $r,,(Kin/MMi. or mon than double the value of the exportations during the correspon,ling period P. d y.-r. Tie , exports arc not Included in tho steel •ohedulc, to which fh-y might well be long. If so Included they would murk more distinctly the wide margin be tween exports and imports of Iron and ateet products. Th« Imports of these products have alr> My dwindled to a comparatively Insignificant figure. The best bicycles arc now mad.. In ^ M France <\urnW ind \nn- Germany tralla but there nro many other eonn trles where bicycles uro largely used whlrh offer a tempting field to our bicycle makers and th. v will probal.lv build up a big trade in those countries in In the tho early earlv future Atlanta Atlanta Journal Journal. Mr. AUor's Rodwood Dlnnor Table. Tlje aectlou of a Cnltfoniian redwood tree With which Mr. W. W. Astor wins bla wager him been safely brought to IMvcdcn. The Wager was tho result Of some statements made by Mr. Aster At a dinner concerning H#' size of the Californian redwoods, the owner of Cliveden staking u considerable sum Jm tion hU of ability one of the to produce trees capable a croc of -sec- uc- tommodatlng forty guests when used as a dinner-table. The soction shipped from San Francisco is two feet In thickness, with un average diameter uf JB feet il Inches and a maximum dla- IS Ster of 1.1 feet tl Inches. I’onsldcra- « difficulty was experienced In bring- |ng the slab of timber by road from London to Cliveden, sixteen horse i be- Ing employed to draw the trolley on which It was placed. At Cliveden it was taken down the grass drive, and, owing to the splintering of the planks beneath the wheels, the latter fro- QUently sank drop Into tin* turf \ Stuff of men arc now j cuin: the slab into position. XV ll'lllllj; I I(*l | In 11,1,1,;, , . It 1* prislU-Ual Unit it,,- vi-.i'l«ii| (!„■ wli.,1- , ni! ti. "h. , > in ■ :ir. Mini M,m..‘ in» i . ... whaf arr'l-diisV"'’/min “t Ti,, ' - " "'^'kV'', 3.. ■ . ., t non net threiich Uovtvttft' >4 StotiL'lcli 15. ; . 1 . -1, I,,, j u , rlpit*iit rh<*»im»MBiu, lit! k nl maturtH. «ouHtlpatlon. SU>rVtni.NU<‘HH a in y c.-:nj»ljtinj, what n mntimwv hut what he that him bruku Chvw NUr Tohrtcvs» Thi* Busk Hmrtkt* SllMkv 1 i:-:llvi?i*H. 1-oYi' Hiitl w.**»• jr«» hmul hi haml. Kvpr th«* ulu of bnttlo ban a sort «»f vn^a^oMUMit rjn*r. II»W*H Thin? We off,* Due I biu,1 1 -,-,l u,,n«r. Reward tor auy e*s”« f raUrrh that . unw.t !„• e,m-.l t-v Jlall h i atari’ll ( aiv. F. J. ( in vn a , , Tol,.,!.,. O. ... » tlm undent have | .1 o, * * nuvu i Uf'j fur tlio 1 a avu! h\*h>'N'v him ib ? f«»ctlv lmnoraW® In «U bu>im- u .u- .. tiuns MMtflnuimially ablo ru t .rr.x out am uhlU'a- tion hy riit-i r firm Wwt* Thvax. Wtvolrsalo D imvM* Tolvd,* Ohio. W pn!™iMJN K Tob.'' ot,,T'" vlv ' " ta*lr-.*.le Hall's ( .mu ,-ti i m, 1.1 ,t.,. n , i,.,(] Inicdliwtl) iiikiii the i.l . i . ,,i i„, : u.t - ,.t ill. - Frtrr .V. family pertHdt Dills .• s i (., .,n n„, Hnll s an tlu- Lost, Dy*I*k»*kia. iNUHiiisTiGv and nil Stomach trouble on»vd by Tah.-rV l'< • n : r,,t iHitth' mniU i ; rvv. Writ*' Di Ta'.-ur 1 i.mM not s<'t A : w.ihout r;-,c s in-,, :.C«:v v ... ..... L: ... Scrofula and All other blood ! Diseases are proto pi I v Ami Permanently Cured By Hood’s Sarsaparilla. If you suffer from Any form of Blood Disorder, you should Take Hood’s and Cuiy Hood’s. RUPTURE ; firnf.nsariarjft; Liiaii-vr- n M • _____ _ , . „ _ SILVER SENATOR DISPLEASED AT OAliE’S FINANCIAL POLICY. - THREATENS TO LEAVE SENATE. - It bile Oil Fried.IIy Terms Willi McKinley, Hi« C'oloriMlo Mnfi 1 b Openly Antug:- onlktifl to Secretary of Troatury A Washington speciil rays; Tho publication of Henator Wolcott’s threat to resign from tlio United Hinton sen- ate created u sensation in political cir- ^ l0 <*aj»itol. While many believe that his indig- nation may sufficiently cool to prevent ‘ ° ,M w || «‘JM»ri»nent . . .... of his seat, 11 ^ agree that hia return to tho ailvo- eney of free and unlimited silver coin- ago is certain, tbosewlufrealiae j n w ';| ,h J^SsiU all the *the iJiSSBf and* the I’n ident McKinley and Her .ary v,.rinnen or Henator n " W ,1 'i"" .. ""'l , '»« , . Eympatlnzers ,, . are utterly , ''‘uUs to the ,,resident’s attilndo. iV’ ?"' C( ' lliH rHl,ni fr(,m ‘'‘T!? " '"“ H ' l "‘ 1 '' ftrl "’ ! ’ tl y «">< t»>e president and yet he defends ) l,, 'sident while taking a portion of open antagonism to Secretary (Inge, The assertion is made by Mr. Wul- c.dt’s s V mpall.i Z c.H that Secretary Gage represents the administration „„d if il were not for tbe political die tuibnn«-« it would cans.- Atf (i„„„i„ " r.ti.., from tho cabinet, d’his .. ,-itiun likel’v «id. is now »,, j, i.t.-Iv is to be made imldiclv before, lone If tiiis is imblic’will done the issue j|| he nu-cd and the know n„. fl ... m |„ti,ai Mr W-dcott will find that j- 1,7 lni ,t Pl . ..„„j til „ , .. dramalicallv p,,..iti„n .,f the Jn.mnc.'l i.resident u.i-l will’ then is i.uHuuat o „t n... -idmii.i-lnition t)m , ,,, ..^jdont can hardly be in svm- ., ai) v , (il p,,^ : (i ' , p,, r |y^ 0 l.,mdo ,! senator as .l«t GaucTl. I mis 8 ’ 7 f '” «° , ,d «. " nrt \V U " ,<oU for K,h H ‘ t r v filings are now fending (ha nrev ident ^ will pndaildy Sr lmvc to ffi cnk with l!;,,',' or t , „ ' !, o ho ,1m s „ 1V lo'l.im j ; ^ “eak , Sll , 'closest 1,1,!' trLurw be wM ‘ tb0 Beere («» of “l the ^‘room of Senator forwSugbt resign a'- ^ ,on the governor of 1 »ih etate un- '‘tssthe presi.tent’a indorsement of Secretary Gage’s financial plans should bo less direct and pronounced. No satisfactory information was N »•'* these imp.iries, ah- The other silver senators are MIlt from Washingtcu. Senator (tar- ter is in New York, Henator i’ettigrow is at liis home in Mouth Dakota, Hcna- tor Chandler, who first predicted a split in the republican parly n’t on tho silver question and hinted tho faction of Henator Wolcott, has gone to Now Hampshire. Henator Teller will not, discuss the question affecting his colleague. Ho foresaw the inevitable break I’resi- dent McKinley, he tl.inUr, cannot ride t«„ fiorses going in opposite dircc- ti„ nM ' STEAMERS FOR KLONDIKE. 1 ! »'«'‘t»K i*re|«.r»n,,.i. T * Tr *. , " ,, " ,r ‘ ,, ( „ l Huntington has sold the 2,500- ‘ ol > iron sfeamHliip Morgan City, now York, and it will sail w ith * r «‘ffbt and passengers in tho course |lf ‘"o or three weeks for Beattie and Hontli Abakan ports. The purchaser ts Joseph Undue and the price is about '* r ’ jrt, *uo lias . un ordrr , for several other steamers for the trails- ]iortation business, Tlio Morgan City " tH be added to the fled and will run between Seattle mid Dvcu nml Hlwi- I'uuv until June 1st. when she will Mart with freight and passengers for Hi. Mielinel.s. connecting at that point with the river hosts owned by Ludne. *** Hbl.AlkS D Ui(> Kl) ( IIHk. Nlnjjlo H.tiul.d, ISuod < v it)it urutl Four ctf a <•<*(»£ of Si\. Four burglars of u gang of six \\ ore oajilured by Martin Rood in Jackson A Eggleston's store at Caiman, Conn., early Wednesday morning. Hood, who sleeps in the store, was awakened bv the movements of the men and the prompt uho of his revolver wounded two of the burglars a,id marched four of them, including one of those whom lie 1m l shot, into a room and locked the door. The other wounded nuvu was helpless. The sixth member of the gang escaped. Born! fired his revolver until rein- forceiuents entile and his victims were landed safely in the lock tip. (TRAN'S BILL NOT SUBMIT 1 Writer Declares (hr Inland ]« la,«t to Spain, General Weyler in an interview pub¬ lished at Madrid is quoted as deelar- ing formally *"?''"** that there is no hope of \ he ,,f " uto " ,,m v in *<«- . ding th«‘ no insurgent will submit ex- cept to the Marquis of Santa Lucia and another chief, and asserting that the insurrection will continue. if Thy tho Spanish general is quoted as saying that government persists in auk ‘ utuil .v * s p«>« " >n lose Cuba. AGED COUl’I.E MURDERED. Dead Oodles, bound by Their Son ChrOt- mn« Morning. Milton Neal and his aged wife were shot to death by an unknown assassiu at their home near Jacksonville, Fa., some time during Christmas, Their bodies were found at 9 o'clock tbat night by their sou, Harry, who w as passing the house and stopped to pay a Christmas call on his parents. Neal was one of the most prominent and farmers of the vicinity in which he lived. ONLY ONE BILL VETOED. O.orgU’n Governor faxed Upon thn Many LAgfnliif!vn 31PMHurt'ii, Governor At-kinm n of Georgia has passed upon all the Ydlls and resolu¬ tions sent him hy tho legislature, au<l this is the result: lilllt passed............. 235 Hills approved........... 231 litll* vetoed............... 1 Resolutions adopted...... 24 Resolutions vetoed....... .... I Thn single bill vetoed was that which prohibited football playing in Geor¬ gia. Tho veto of a resolution is some¬ thing of a departure in executive ac¬ tion. Resolutions as a rule are not subject to veto. But in this particular ease the governor holds that the reso¬ lution really enacted law and was, therefore, subject to the same execu¬ tive consideration u-> other ordinances classified as bills. It was Hie resolu¬ tion declaring in favor of a national quarantine luw. In explaining bis ac¬ tion on this resolution tho governor said: “This resolution evidently intended to have thn effect of law,' because it was read three times in each house •;*, to | lm n “- which ^is now vested ^the 1 **^ did not receive the constitutional majority ’ of HH votes .... Fven bad it re- . , - — . such , votes, , . should . ,, , lmvo at- tm bed my veto, as I believe its pas- ‘'V.'' I ' , "' n * 1 ?>'" # be lever in Ibe deraoeratie doctrine , of slab rights and local self government. Ibis bill is an abandonment of that creed and is in conflict with (lie best teaching of Jef- D-rson, Mad iron and all tho great ex- pounders of thn democratic position on this question. _ FERTILIZER MEN OIMJANT/E. A " lint s.-rr.-t Meetine licl.l tn Atlanta, g«. 'Hie fertilizer men of tho south met In Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning and organized tho Houlhern Fertilizer As- social ion, the pui po e of which is to control the entire guano trade of tho country. The organizatiun wan the most impor- tftllt over effected in the south, and an idea of the magnitude of the association '""F eoutfnl be gained from the fact tbat it « ill over 40,000,000 tons of fertilizers, valued at something like *700,000,000. The entire fertilizer bode of tho United Btates will be **'><’,-te.l by tins meeting of the maun- ^turers. The <>bl fertilizer association was changed into a new association and new officers were selected. Now reg- "'"tions were adopted and changes 111 f-t of ' any au kjmL 1 orgaui/.oa T^ey sinqdy ioi mutual sai.1 projection. J a he men present at the meeting rep- resent the greatest fertilizer manufac- to ncs in the world, and the aggregate »»«« business which they con- trol amounts to hundreds of millions “.vear. The fact that the fertilizer we " h »ve combined is u matter of pe- , ’ lll " 4r in ‘ flr « flt to Georgia because of the fact that the state uses more guano ‘bun any other in the Union. The meeting was private, ami aside from the mimes of the officers elected, ‘be manufacturers would not disclose «»y business that transpired. DISAl’FOIN ....................... I ED A I’ DEI ...... EAT. 1 "" 0n Fa " ure r ° a,.,. ointment. . Miss Adah Flam, who formnny D' 11 ™ ‘’ccupicd the position of post- mistress of the Georgia house of rep- resentatives, took morphine Wednes- ‘l«y morning and was later found in an unoensci.ms condition in a room on the third floor of the cnpitol. The timely efforts of a physician from the Grady hospital restored her to consciousness. Miss Elam begged those around her to let her alone and not give any restoratives. The cause of Her rash net seems to lmvo neon hor aisuppointimMit at fail- tire to receive the position of state librarian, for which she Was au applicant. Miss V.him is a lady of nil- blemished reputation, mid a very de- tennined and high-spirted woman,and she seems not to have been able to brook defeat iu the intense eompe- tition for the office. FUNERAL (II MISS HER HER I’. llt-iimliiM lire Till*,.,, l r,,„, VV„.lii„^to,i t„ Manljttimcr,, Ala. Funeral services over the ia,mains of Miss l.eiln Herbert were hold at Wash ington Wednesday afternoon ut St. Andrew's Episcopal church. Thehou- ornry pallbearers were Senators Pettns and Morgan, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, Sec- ret ary Long, Paymaster General Stew- art. Chief Constructor Hiehborn, Mi- Charles J. Hell, Colonel Winthrop, Admiral Ramsay and Captain O’Neill, of Hie navy. The remains were taken to Mont¬ gomery, Ala., fov iutenneut. 1NIM l FOR GOLD STANDARD. Chiirntfer of Commerce Suva Ylm<e Is !*ro|t(tIou* For Ifs Vtioptftm. The Bengal chamber of commerce has sent nu address to the government in which it says that the time has ar¬ rived to adopt the gold standard, pointing out that it is four years since the mints were closed, leaving India without a currency system, asserting that the suspense is harmful to the trade, and urging the government to disclose any measure which it may have in contemplation. DENOl NTED THE FEDERATION. The National Hull,ling Trades Council Meets lu Sr. l-o„la. The first meeting of the National Building Trades’ Council was held in St. Louis .Monday, and was marked by a scathing denunciation of tho American Federation of Labor for having passed a resolution during its convention Inst week in Nashville opposing the formation of a national council. Congress was luemoralized to do all in its power to defeat the anti-pooling railroad bill, now pending. THE CHESTNUT STREET NATIONAL CLOSES ITS DOORS. SMALLER CONCERN GOES WITH IT. ___ Jhlulillltlea Placed at Over Thren Million Dollar* (*<wt|»froller Erkeln TitHkfl Of tlio Failure*. A sensation was created in I'hila- dolphia by tlio announcement of the suspension of the Chestnut Btreet Na- tionul bank, regarded as ono of the strongest financial institutions in the ;;s ™................... h. (ioMiug of the CheHtunt btreet Trust and Having Fund Company, ,Io, "« lm " inefm under the state bank- »>B W William M. Hingerly, pub- Haher of the Philadelphia Record, is of both companies, and the raen « with one exception, act as ThlVret information the public re- ' “ ^n, of a notice , mated dur- ln K tho morning on the door of the occupied jointly |.y the I wo concerns, signed by National Hank Examiner William M. Hart, to the effect, that the Chestnut Street National bank bad closed its doors pending an iiive-tigatioii of its affairs Vo state- ment, of assets and liablilities is avail- . t Hlated \ he deposits of e ;„ m V ,H ""‘J ’“" k an '"''"‘cd to tho *‘iist company 61 .■■00,000. I resident Singerly gave out a brief *bit«.me»t in which he said: ‘We are working to secure the in- debtedness of the two banks so they can go into voluntary liquidation and thus avoid a receivership.” ,u this connection .Deputy Comp- H-oIlcr of (ho Treasury George M. who was sent on from Washing- ,0 “ by Comptroller Eckels, said: “'Ibe matter of putting the Chest »nt Btreet- National bank into volun- l,l '.V liquidation has been taken up by I hiludelphin men of great financial ability. Their first step will l»o to as- <’<T»«iu the value of the assets of the bank. They must first be satisfied that 'bey have value sufficient to warrant "irni in assuming the indebtedness.” Mr. Coffin will remain in the city several days aiding the men who have taken upon themselves the task of ex- Seating Mr. Hingerly from his finan- -’ml difficulties. The belief is strong nc.J that they will provide tbe funds • 1 llft ho.ml bmik examiner, ,t ,s . satd, was «"“ r ? «f tbe condition of affairs. D m announced by the state treasu- r '’ 1 ‘bat tho state has *2,.0,000 on de- ‘bo Chesnut street bank. A M aslnsgton dispatch says: Mr. Eckels tho comptroller of the currency w quoted assaying, m regard to the failure of the Chesnut Htreet National bank of 1 hiladelphift, that tho suspen- «ion was primarily duo to the shrink- ll ”° 111 ‘he value of bonds nnd notes of the pulp and paper mills located at Elk on, Md.- Hie capital of the bank ia $500,000, nml " 10 l ,resent ‘>'»e its deposits aggregate about $1,700,000, and its surplus about $150,000. Mr. Eckels has been iu Philadelphia several times recently trying to make arrangements by which tho pulp nnd paper mills securities could be token out of the assets of the bank and preferred stock t ,f the Philadelphia Record eomoanv substituted. Hy this and other changes Air. Eckies hoped to ‘ out the batik in first class condition LIGHT DEAD; FIVE MISSING. Fourrm i>i»i.„t,.r in n Minont Dortmund ' m-'a. ^ Ail explosion of fire dump took place Wednesday at the Kaiser Stuhlzwei pit at Dortmund, Prussia, with terri- hie results Flight coroses have l,,.... brought to the surface nod seven .mm living, but severely injured There are live still missing, A DAMAGING FIRE. Itliix* I'ntailK I.oks of Nearly a Mllllof At Clovolaiiil. Fire broke out in tho business centei of Clevelaml, ()., Thursday afternoon, and fanned by a hi xh wind, destroyed property worth close to a million dub lurs. The Power block on Frankfort street, owned by .T. H. Perkins, six stories high was consumed. The principal losers are Johns & Co., lithographers; Power block, $225,- 000; J. L. Hudson, clothier, on stock bv tiro nnd water, $100,000; B. B. Perkins, on Power block, $100,000; ,T. B. Perkins, on Blackstone build- ing, $40,000; J. D. Perkins, on YVil- shire building, $20,000. MONEY PROMPTLY PAID. Southern KxprosM Company Makes Ucsti- tutiou «>f Stolen Funds. « Tho Southern l ; '.xpress Comp.ftnv hr.s paid to the National Park bank of New York, $10,000 iu settlement of the loss of that amount of money by the robbery of the express company's safe at Columbia. H. C., last Monday, The National Park bank was the ship- per of the stolen package, which was for a bank at Newberry, S. C. NEW COUNTERFEIT FIVE. A UpKcrlption of tho litll as Given by Sec¬ ret Service Official#. The secret service division of the treasury gives notice of a new eounter- feit $•> silver certificate. It is of the 7 Xt&; Fount Tillman, register; D. N. Mor- gan, treasurer; No. 2,852,687. It is printed on two thm sheets of paper with the silk fibers between, The silk, however, is too heavy. The most marked defect is the nnmbern which is much too small. greeg ink oq the bsfck is / TENNESSEE ROADS WIN. Htate Doubled Tux Assessments flat la Knjnlned From Collecting. A Nashville special says: The rail- roads of Tennessee Lave won their case against the board of railway com¬ missioners. The latter assessed the railroads at more than $50,000,- nli^L onIwt half that. sum. They protested and the commissioners reduced tho valua- tion about $8, OX), 000. Still, as the increase had been in tlio neighborhood of StlVO,000,000, the roads went to the court and asked for 0,1 in j ,l u< ' , io,J ’ ' J ' h,,y B ',‘ owed tli,lt ,hu new valuation , ( put on their properties was far beyond what it should be. There j was one instance of a road which sold not long ago for about 8<i ’ 000 ’ which was assessed at 811,000. assesHed in Alabama at a certain amount per mile and doubled tlio “ lnf » n " t ' m t] '» T.-nnessee side. The ? h owwl what, taxes they paid in °l , c.lmmissirmeTslJTmanifesu/lIttem^ ft ^ Imrden on the ., JJJ g 8 WRS 80 ,arg0 M to be . court.rendered bis decision ihursday, K'antmg a temporary injunction re- stmming the board of equalizers from certifying to tbe comptroller the ap- P rove, t assessments. It is jrrovived, ■“’"'ever, that the railroads shall pay bixcs on the basis of taxation for 181M5- "7- 'Ehis is perfectly satisfactory to 11,0 companies. g.\ s i:xru>siox does damage. A ...... ,,ai, '" ns .....; y »»<« M»«y ' COI ’ ,e '"■*" red Fire broke out shortly after 4 o’clock lhmsdny afternoon in the basement of a five-story building at Chit ago, the first floor anil basement of which were oectipi. d by the Tosetti Cafe and Res- t*n»w»t Company and the second floor by the billiard parlors of Frank Mus- Th( ’ blaze was insignificant at first ami a crowd of people gathered on the Eidewalk in front of the building to ' vatcU iim ' vo rk of the firemen. About a dozeu policemen were busi- ! F engaged in pushing back the throng ^hoi, a terrific explosion of natural ^ took place. The building wns badly wrecked and tfa e windows, grating, sidewalk lights *»<1 manhole covers were hurled into the air and fell among the crowd. Dozens of people were thrown from their feet and twenty-three were more or less injured, only one of them-be- i»g piously hurt. ~° n ^ Mrs. e; Sidney i Lasce T u lea amveo • in • 1 it/.gcrah , Ga., Meduesday night from Mexmo, it is alleged, though she declined to state where she has been ^''lmsbanl ‘ 6 • Ce^tateJ ‘ 61 thafshe alie had hau m fui possession of her father’s e«b‘‘e, to winch she is tho only heir “ wi 1 be remembered that Colonel ‘ father, willedtins property to bis brother in Rhode island, but died before he signed the will. It is understood that Mrs. Lascelles is completely in the power of her bus- band, and tbat ns soon as she can collect together the proceeds from ber property, which she intends to convert into cash, she will return to ber husband, REPORT ON THE WRECK. CoinniisHloners Investigate Accident of Last October On New York Central. Tho hoard of railroad commissioners of Now York state handed down a re- l >or ‘ Eriday of its investigations into ‘ho cause of the accident on tho New York Central railroad at Garrisons, on October 24th last. The commissioners arrived at tho conclusion that the train was wrecked cither by derailment, which destroyed tl:o emliaukment, or that the embank- ment gave way nnd threw tlm train into the river. Tho hom'd recommends that tho force of track walkers on the Hudson river division of the New York Cen- ‘ral be increased to as to provide a constant and sufficient system of watch- ing and warning along the line at all times. JAI’AN AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS. " - site win Not intoifoi-e in ciilmi’g Aflair. at the I’rosiMit Tiim>. Tho following Oriental advices have just been received at Han Francisco per steamship China from Yokohama, via Honolulu: At an extraordinary meeting of the Japanese cabinet Baron Nislii, foreign minister, laid before the ministers all the reports he had received from the Japanese ministers iu foreign conn, tries relative to the seizure of Kiao Chou by Germany. decided* It was after a prolonged discussion, not-to meddle with tho af- fair at the present time, but to wait further development. ANDERSON WILL HANG. Convicted of Murtlerintf ’Mute Saunders of the Oliver Pecker. At Norfolk, Yu., Thursday, John Anderson w as convicted of the mitr- der of William Wallace Saunders Pecker' mate of the schooner Oliver on the high seas, on the 0th of August last, and under tbe sentence of the court must be hanged on the 18th day 0 f March next, unless the supreme court of the United Htates in the meantime interposes. COAL MINERS QUIT. Vowr Hundred Men Working for a Ten- neftsee Company Walk Out. A Chattanooga. Tenn.,dispatch savs: and Iron Company, are out on a strike as a result of the failure of the operat- ors to modify their schedule of price for minitigcoal containing shale which is 10 cents lower than for pure coal. Both the miners and the operators - e SO far . refused , , all „ overtures look- ♦ o *ooiifere^ce. m e : i T> % can be driven in or driven out. Ayer’s Sarsa¬ parilla drives disease out of the blood. Many medicines suppress disease — cover it but don’t cure it. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla cures all diseases originating in impure blood. THE TRAMP BOULDER. Remarkable ^'nVwwJ 01 *' ' nfluenCe vast stretches of glacial deposits came Eliding across the State of New eey, mounted the Palisades, pushed their way across the Hudson River, scoured over Manhattan Island and slid out into the Atlantic Ocean, whither they disintegrated and sank in lo the deep or perhaps glided on to the other ocean shore. But in their onward marcll these glaciers left indesti uctible evidence their grinding stride and to-day, all along the Palisades the trap rocks and boulders are worn smooth where the mountains of ice and sand passed over In some rocks are deep scratches all pointing eastward, and ihowing which way the glacial deposits 5 nf ! ed - 18 the evidence, muie immsputabie. ro the careful observer there are ,er ess oth ^ evidences of the I esence of f glacial influences in the Past, hut none are more convincing tha “®* tram .P bouMer that has finally nf Fn'lwnL") L* 16 th( - he f n ' gIe 00fl borough There it sits, a t o"ct 1!1 S mass of rock weighing psr- two hundred tons, and res ins upon three pomts which In themselves J* a p ^ c llase thatts .at . h ° h 3 ™ p , 1Sade3 - ^'t.^TOly enough, and o to the won- L [“..“‘j fand^one’frnm fivf mni 6 *^ ^ v mi LtV s wentv miles , “ lanJ > and ^ „ “ e ‘«morphUe , or soft a nHe in; Tt itself has stood where it stands to-day for thousands of vears. On the pedcs- la]j or that part of it which is pro- tected from the action of the elements ’ can be geon the deep ridges and soarg ma<le acrf>ss the flat ™rfacc by tho great grinding pressure of the body ol Re and sand that passed over it connG , ess years ag0 when New York was ice and snow cIad> and the world was „ desolate waste in a state of chaos, This tramp boulder has caused geologists much wonderment and is regarded to-day as one of the finest specimens ever left in the wake of a g !aC j en It is equally astounding as though an explorer should find the hull of a steamboat in the Sahara desert The only way it could get there would be through some great convulsion that had landed it from the sea to the heart of the Inland sands.—New York Journal. The Cure for Poverty. In the Century there is an article on “The Causes of Poverty” by the late Francis A. Walker. General Walker says, in conclusion: “At the beginning I warned the reader that I had no panaceas to offer, no single, simple, sovereign cure for tho woes and ills of humanity. Wo must strain out of the blood of tho race more of the taint inherited from a bad and vicious pool before wo can eliminate the poverty, much more the pauperism, from our social life. The scientific treatment which is applied to physical disease must be extended to mental and moral disease, and a wholesome surgery and cautery must be enforced by the whole power of the state for the good of all. Popular edu- ca ‘ ion must be made more sensible, practical, and useful. The house- wifely arts must be taught to girls in the schools, and there the boys must learn to use hand and eye and brain in a close and vital co-operation and co-ordination. Yet still we have to await with patience the slow, sure ac- lion of time, the all-healer. The bal- ance of social forces has definitely turned to the side of the less fortunate classes, and the course of events now runs in their favor and no longer against them. Meanwhile, let philan- thropy continue its noble work in alleviating the afflictions which cannot be wholly cured, and in binding to- gether rich and poor in ties of sym- pathy and mutual regard.” • Cocoanut Candy. An easy way to make delicious cocoanut candy is to boil three cups of granulated sugar with t iree-fourths * cap of water until it “ropes” when poured from n spoon. Then re- move from ‘he fire and stir in the ‘ res hlv grated cocoanut, which must *>e iu readiness. Flavor with nlu L a P rea( * 011 ‘ ,n “cred tins. When sufficiently hard, cut into small squares. Comfort Costs 50 Cents. Irritating, aggravating, agonizing Tetter. Eczema, Ringworm and all other itching skin diseases are quickly cured by the healing. use of Tet terine. It Is smithing, cooling, brings Costs ,vi cents a box. postpaid- T. Shuptrine, Savannah, comfort at once. Address J. (,'a. Chairman Riddle, "f. tile Kansas otti . rs and emri-'ye- of the state g.'ver; - r ° Cure a Col<1 ln ° ne Dtty ’ Take Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund monerU It falls to care. 35c. A two-dollar overcoat will keep a man **“ ^ P * W ” * Ut * f,,r - lin, ’ ,i Mrs. Winslow’s (-oothtng byrnp for children teething, softens tbegums. reduces inflamma¬ tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle, A« Ill-Timed Full. “*4% ' Is Hgion will.be thrown away on her to- v B j r . “D t , !U me, and why so?’* , with jelly, having trouble her sir.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. TypewritinB Machines, ynst'-rypewritinir MmihinVisUiTbest,. it the advantage 'ithas various iloToadTl^^en^up.mTiS^^lltton^MMSIS points which give Kieldor ’ . > 1 > . > ' &• >iu\ver, ' 1 « / ■> V 1 , '» ' Wall (111 St., I. , Atlanta, . > .j .. I 1 Ga., v. .... are • 1 1 O \ he Southern omenta for this machine^ as also for |- ()r typewriters’ typewriters’ supplies supplies nnd ana reputation everything everytainx ilillFo t I also Dick in in that f 1 , .. f line. 1 ; , , , , They r p f » , . have 1 , ,, O.I for quite /mt good + .l a -1 1 ste ». nographers, on *1 f or securing positions Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous- ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. trial bottle and treatise free. Du. il. H. Kijm:, Ltd., VW! Arch St.. Phila., l‘a. 9 like every other crop, needs nourishment. A fertilizer containing nitro¬ gen, phosphoric acid, and not less than $% °f actual ash Nfi> Will increase the crop and im- Our books tel! all about the subject. They are free to any farmer. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New York. ALABAMA TO THE FRONT. Anniston, Ala., writes* M„ M*vc been using Dr. m A. Simmons L.iv«>r Hledi- m [V. eine in my cured family 13 years. It has mo nnd many others of Indi¬ gestion and Dyspepsia# is quite V think there strength a difference in the and of it, and “Zetlin’s” “Black Draught,” Dr. M. A. s. L. M. being much KSK* stronger. the period Pregnancy. of the tal Daring and physical pregnancy condition of men# the state the importanfi mother inevitably determine off¬ faculties and essential qualities of her spring. If she io physically bring well-developed andbeaUhy, pregnancy will no buraen and or suffering; childbirth will be easy comparatively painless, and and happy her offspring disposition. in¬ herit robust health a But there a/e very few women who are not sick and diseased in some way, and who c uffer from varions sympathetic disturb¬ ances daring pregnancy. and vomiting The and morning other sickness, nausea be suppressed by using disturbances can Wine, which l>r. Simmons Squaw Vino settles the stomach and gives tone to tho system. The bowels should be MedloiflC* regulated With Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver 0b - <9? Jenifer, Ala., writes* and For Indigestion used liilionsnesQ have I)r. M. A. Simmons •'tsbsm! Liver Medicine 25 1i§f years. Glark of It cured Cramps M. iu J. jagsjgf Stomach, and did A/ more for Mrs. M. L. ,rj Clark in Change of Life than tbe doctors had done in tour yearn. N u T think it is far Supe¬ rior to“Blnck Draught’* or “Zeilin ’aKcgulator.” Melancholy. disturbance Where tbcrc exists nervous frequently of the sexual organs, there is great pain felt during menstruation; “irritable” ova¬ rian irritation and a so-called manifold or sensitive uterus, giving rise to suf¬ nervousand hystencalsymptoms. The ferer is agitated about miles and worried by tho fear that everything will go wrong. The condition is a serious one as it may end in persistent hypochondria, followed by in¬ sanity. Quick relief be obtained byptimn- may with Dr. M. A. lating Simmons the digestive Liver flledicino, organs and Dr. Sim* EnonsSquavr Vino Wino will regulate tho menstrual fnncUoh by tofliug up the tissues of the uterus. uRAwLLf _ <§t miLLER' e e ® DANVillf L “’ VA- * _ K i/int'* i/jfNQ ft lUo PLUC AND ||J5 PLUc ....... CUT TOBACCO, ^r-xs Tags aim wrappers ami get valuable Forpremium iim. your dmler ’ or wrUe 10 us ^28 .......'"‘snmthaud FULL cS’urse'm? COURSE rVTt complew S 25 WHITE'S %. riATrrnp i.v t0 »'ixi tr la/,,,.■,** a »<ishwth.m* t:wtr.v« Onn. e«i^ business ,'ra.ui.** from'ihe's^r, un«x.s*u4<t. Tr . lm>(t er *; d V°“ r * < ’ of l! HITI frinciiml. Ko '~1 _ ' -. jlPHIM, MORPHINE, WHISKEY, G0- Sjudfnedd OSBORNES &/feaA .'"{"’i;. eKtwae. Aaw C heap basras*. bosnt- S-n Sotei* .1 f«e catalagaa. ff O jp C Euslness College, Loulsvttle Ky AND sae in Users. writing Akc97-52 to ft.lr.r- 21ers; Coaiih Syr-p. allelseTaiis.^ T^tes Good. 17 1 .103$, So id bv (Iruxr-’MtM. CONSUMPTION 23,135