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6 COMPLAINT OF KX-COVVICTI, Tnl la < apifal I.eagne at Work—Other Ta!!ahai*see, Fli.. Aug 14—Complaints are heard through extracts from me weekly papers that ex-convicts ha /e again committed crimes in this state, and the inference drawn is that these crimes are commuted by persons who have been released by the Board of Par dons. Great care is exercised by the board In granting pardons, and unless recommend ed by the court o nicer* who secured the conviction, and by the people of the com munity where th* • nme was comm.tted. pardons are not granted, and it is yet to b* iearr 1 t at a man to pardoned has been again convicted of any crime. The Capita] Le-gue of Tallahassee has opened u; a vigorous campaign. Hun dreds of hirers have be n received from ■ t-v>r\ j,-,. t-on of the slat* , confa’nfng st roup .insurances that a large majority 1 of the while Democratic voters of Flor iJa re opposed to capital removal on a count of the great expense invo’ved. The counties west of the Suwannee river, it *.s said, are practically solid against capital removal, and the league has re liable advices, showing that n number of ( ountic-s east of the Suwannee., origin ally counted as unfriendly to Tailahas see. will roll up a large vote against re move 1. William Harrison Lawrence, editor the Middle Florida Republican, is the ; candidate of ihe white Republicans for j state senator from the Fifth di<-ri i. j against Hon. WilMam C Rouse the I)em- j ocratic nominee. Mr. Lawrence and his paper are bitterly opposed to the political n*gro preacher. Th* Republican mat ing Saturday will be the opening of the political campiign in the First Con gressional district. Hor George Power Patterson of Key West, the nominee for Congress, is *xpeeled to be present .md make his maiden speech. ALL THE NEWS %T W AVCROW. Ga*kin Spring (amp Mcfting —. \ R>nti to Be Straightened. Way cross. Ga.. Aug. lE—The Gaskin Spring cempmeetfng will embrace the first Sunday in September. It will be under the supervision of the presiding elder of i the Waycross district. Rev. E. M. Whit irig. Preparation# are in progress now looking to the arrangements for the meet ing. May## A. M Kright is building five cot tages in the southern portion of the city. Wiii Ho.ISg is building two cottages in the same section. Th** public road frcm this city to Wal teriown is to changed so that it will b aim at if not quite on an air line. This will r orten the distance considerably. The work of cutting out the rew road arid putting it in Rood erd-r will be done by the pe pie along the line. The jury commissioners of Ware coun ty have he,vi busy yesterday and to-day revising the Jury list. Th<re are IM names in the Jury boxes, nearly 399 of which are In both the grand and traverse boxes The official btard of Trinity Church has and ciled to hold a series of revival ser vices, b ginning on the second Sunday in October and to comlnu" Indefinitely. A oromimnt divine will assist the istor, Rev. J. M. Gienn, in the work. TO SELL ALCEHVOX >111.1,. rinding of Master in Case of Small Cotton Factory. Augusta, Aug li%Judge Alex S. Erwin, as master in chancery, rendered a decis ion to-day ordering the sale of the Alger non Cotton Factory in this city. This is one of the smallest mills in Augusta and was bonded for *65,000. Mr. Stewart Phinizy owns about two thirds of these bonds and is president of the m"!. The mill was not making money and I no money of its own and Mr. Phinizy advanced considerable sums from his own private means. The minority stockholders sought to put the mill in the hands of a receiver. By cbnsent of counsel the matter was referred to an auditor and Judge Emory Speer appointed Judge Alex S. Erwin of Athens master in chancery to hear the cause. His decision, rendered to-day, is that the property shall be sold, but that Mr. Phinizy should be first remunerated out of the proceeds of the sale for the money which he personally expended on the mill. WAJT REDUCTION ITV HATES. Georgia KHne Railroad Said to Hr Sinking- Too >lut‘li Money, Atlanta. Aug. 14.—Residents along the line of the Georgia Pine Railway, which run* from Balnbrldge to Arlington, a dis tance of forty fhlles, have petitioned the Railroad Commission to cause that road to reduce Ha freight on everything. It Is claimed In the petition that the road is doing a splendid business and Is paying more than expenses, and that the rates are entirely too high. The petition will come up at the tvxt meeting of the com missioners, and it is expected that a num ber of the people along the line of the read will appear before the commission ers and give testimony. Ilia liral In Coni lamia. Wheeling, W. Va , Aug. 14.—A deal hds be n el: sod by which a Wheeling syndi cate, mp.es nt> and by Col. W. W. Arnett, #Us to a Philadelphia syndicate in which the Pennsylvania Railroad is known to be Interested. 5,001 to 10 001 acres of coal land above Wheeling in Rrooke county. The consideration Is b tween $163.000 and 1200.M0. The prop'ry is on the Ohio river and cn the Pan Handle Railroad. New Navy Commissions. Washington, Aug. 14.—The navy depnrt roe.nt has announced that the following named officer? have been commissioned: Lieut. Commander A. W. Grunt. Ray Director A W. Bacon, Lieut. H. G. Mac- Farlane, Lieut. W. D. Brotlierton. Capt. C. 8. Sporty. Surgeon C. H. T. Lowndes ar.d Lieut. L. S. Thompson. Lieut. Commander E. R. Underwood has been ordered to thi Topeka ns executive officer, and Commander F. 11. Delano to command the Topeka. Expelled From Exchange* Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 14—The live totk ermmission firm of W. B. Alllsier & Cos. lias been expelled from member ship ai.d Ike ripht to do budmss at the sock by the directors of the live •took exchange. The chars* la uncom mercial conduct. Jus lirady. u stock man of I-ebaoon, Ken., oc used McAllister & Cos , of misappropriating 11,600. Tn He linn its ta J.itbor Pniier. Maion, Aug. J4.—The Sunday Press, which was some time ago started by Edi tor Tom Loyles*, lately of the Evening News, has been leased by H. C. Billings and will hereafter be run us n strictly labor paper, and will advocate municipal ownership of public franchises. H'-llliton Dales Clin ngnl. Augusta. Aug. 14.—The dates for the state reunion of Confederate Veterans in Augusta have been nlvnnced a week to Nov. 14 to 1C to suit the convenience of Gen. Clement A. Evans, who had con flicting engagements for the dates first named, tllegcri Murderer I iiualit. Mu on, (la , Aug 14 —Foster Allen, a ne gro. wits captured to-day after four years' of flight from Justice. He Is charged with murdering un old negro u Masseyvllle. DISEASES IN PHILIPPINES. Fin ni on Foot to Seftregnte the Leper* on n n Inland. Washington, Aug 14 —Surgeon General Sternberg has received a dispatch from Major Guy L Edie, president of the Board of Hea.ih in Manila. This board has the supervision of everything relat ing to the health of tr.e city of Manila and also has charge of the charitable in stitutions, the registry of birth*, deaths and marriage*. Tr.e reports *a>- that by a rigid system of inspection an i vaccination, the small p*>x has been kept from spreading strious ly. Th*- board of health is considering a plan to segrega e the lepers on on© i-land wh re hospitals and eui able build ings can beer fed for their i.re. The report states that leprosy was introduced in -he Philippines ir. 1!63. • Several cases were diagnosed as ty phoid fever but if was found that they were actually oases of bubonic plague, and steps were taken to eradicate it. There were employed 1 m inspectors, most ly Filipino medical students, whose good work is commended. The Chinese con sul and Chinese merchants assisted. BOTH WERE t >CO>M 10l S. Eloping; Couple Took Morphine With Suicidal Intent. Kansas City. Aug 14.—Chas. Dunbar, a cruggist, thirty-five years of age. and Mrs Nora Bradley, thirty years of age, both wed-known in New Albany, Ind , were to-day found in an unconscious con dition in a lodging house* in this city as a result of each having taken 30 grains of morphine with suicidal intent. Dunbar, who has a wife and four chil dren in New Albany, is said to have left on June 26 with Mrs. Bradley, who is the mother of two children and a wife of a prominent citizen of New Albany. A lengthy letter was found in their room. It contained a detailed statement of how and where Dunbar wanted to be buried and a request that a message be s*nt to Rev. C. H. Cook at New Albany, asking him to tell Dunbar's wife of his death. The letter also contained this startling sentence: “We have taken poison because of the wrorg to our loved ones." BACILLI OF THE PLAGUE. Teat# Made of the Culture* Sent From San Franclieo. Boston. Aug. 14.—Dr. H. W. Hill, ba > teriologist of the board of health, has completed an examination of two cultures received from John3 Hopkiru* University, sent to Baltimore from the University of California and which were taken from a Chinaman who was sypposed to have the bubonic p.ague. Dr. Hill diagnosed the cultures nnd inoc ulated a white rat. The rat died in three days. Afterwards the baccili was taken from the tissue and results obtained which show bubonic plague. Dr. Hill has for warded to the University of California his opinion that the bacilli are those of bubonic# plague. KANSAS Ik A HOT STATE. tarn In Dry-lug tip trailer Tempera ture of KKi Degree*. Kansas City, Aug. 14.—This state fairly sizzled to-day in the hottest weather known for years. The most intense heat was experienced in Southern Kansas, where the temperature in nearly every town reached 100 degrees. The maximum whs reached at Sallna, where 112 degrees was registered on the streets and 108 in the shade. McPherson, Kan., reported 105. In Kansas City the government ther mometer reached 94 at 4 o’clock, while street thermometers went to 100. In Kansas the corn leaves curled and ears are dying rapidly. SIGNS OF I-IFE WERE FOUND. In n Part of the Klondike That YVn* Thought Uninhabited. Vancouver, B. C„ Aug. 14.—The mana gers of the Charleston party engaged in stringing the all-Canadian telegraph wires to Dawson have returned from sections of the Klondike country, where it was thought no white man had ever been, and report having found In a dense forest near Pike river the skeletons of twelve horses. Further on there was a complete saw mill and several houses. No human beings were in sight, but all the cabins were stocked with provisions. Grind stones and axes were found. It was supposed the party owning the things were frozen to death. SOME GERMAN CARTOONS. Issue of One l’nper Cnnflscnted for Lef Majeste. Berlin, Aug. 14—Simpllcissimus, the comic paper has to-day a striking car toon representing Chinese soldiers firing a Krupp cannon on the al'i-s. The motto is "People of Eurtpe, there you have your holiest possession again." This is a narody on the motto append ed to Fmper r William's famous drawing of the yellow pet 11. The latest lssu of Dukunfl has been (onfiscated by the police for an article entitled the "Battle with the Dragon," ctntaining Use majeste. CHINAMEN GOING HOME. An Imperial Kdirt Snid tn Have Or dered Their Return. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 14.—For the past two weeks numbers of Chinese have gone West from this oily on their way to China. It Is said that an imperial edict has ordered their return. The edict i e-aid to apply only to Chinamen who have families or relatives in the empire whL'h are held as hostages to ensure the return of Chinamen who hove emigrated. Fiftli F.ii Route to < hinii. San Francisco, Aug. 11.—Four companies of the Fifth Infantry arrived here from Fort Sheridan to-day en route to China. The Ninth Cavalry is preparing to sail for the Chlnu station on the transport Warren. Troops Going to < lilnii. Leavenworth. Kan., Aug. 14.—Two com panies of the First Infantry, under com mand of Capt. Getth, left Fort Leaven worth at 7 o’clock this evening for San Francisco, whence they will sail for China. Second Going to tlie Orient. Cincinnati, 0., Aug. 14.—The second bat talion of the Second Regiment left Fort Thomas to-da> via Chicago for San Fran cisco. declined for the PlifTlppines mid pc&dbly China. Gen. Joseph Wheeler ar rived here to-night and will Inspect the post ut Fort Tiiomas to-morrow. Other tail in cm. At Detroit—lndlanaivolls, 4; Detroit 2. At Cleveland— Buffalo, 3; Cleveland. 0. At Milwaukee —Chicago, 4; Milwaukee. 0. At Minneapolis—Kansas City, 11; Minne apolis, 6. At Hartford, Conn.—Hartford, 5; Syra cuse, 4 At Worceiter—Worcester, (i; Toronto. 8. At Providence —Providence, tJ; Mon treal, 1. At Springfield—Springfield, 5; Ro.hes ter, 8. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l'>. 1900. See Us This Week For Special Bargains In Summer Clothing and Underwear. a——gpegsggiL..- Ml i . 'f > -'^■mbp—s B. H*. LEVY & BRO. PRESS AGENT IS GONE. YELLOW JOIHNALISM KILLS OFF TH E A I Rlf % L FEATU RE. Puff* 4re Too to Get Wow. Dramatic Manager* No Longer Huve to Hire Men to Invent Sensa tional Fakes—They Can Give n Hint No'w nnd the Yellow Journal* Do the lle*t—Attraction* of All Kind* Vre Now Seised Upon by Soeh Newspaper* for Sensational Write-ap*. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. The press agent expertly shifted the toothpick from one side of his mouth to the other without interrupting his flow of conversation. For a second it seemed suspended in the air and moved with his tongue while he talked. "Still nothing doing." he said, with a sigh, "although July is half over and it begins to look as if the demand for our services isn't what it used to be. One manager recently said he always engaged his actors early in July because they were always so thin and haggard with sus pense if they hadn’t got engagements by that time that it took ’em a month or two to recover. Now if that’s true of an actor w'ho has nothing to do but repeat what other people have written, how much more important must it be in my busi ness, where a man not only has to rely on his own brains, but has to work to get the results of his efforts into the papers afterward? Either of these things is by itself enough work for one man, but it s the press agent's duty always to combine both branches of the business, and then he has to wait around until a month be fore the season begins to get a Job at that. I telUyou it jars me, and anything that jars a press agent must be serious. “Somehow or other I have the feeling that they don't want us now in the same old way that they used to. They don’t cry for us. In the best days of this busi ness, the press agent used to be as im jortant as the tar. A manager engaged his agent before the ink was dry on his star’s contract. No man would think about sending out anew play or anew actor until he had a good press agent to start ahead of him and sow the necessary seeds of interest. But nowadays you’ll find that the managers trouble themselves very little about the press agent. They'll always take one In the end, but they don’t pay him much, and they’re always able to get him qt any time without much trouble. "Of course, they can’t get a man to do the sort of work that was wanted in the old days. There were giants in the busi ness then. They were well paid, and they deserved it, and a man who was press agent in those days was somebody in the theatrical world, and stood in importance somewhere between the manager nnd the star. He hadn't been reduced to the ranks of the also-rans, as he is to-day, but he had a right to sit in the manager’s office if he wanted to, and the manager was very glad to have him. That was the press agent of twenty years ago. He was a legitimate business man, and he had a right to everything rhgt came to him. Killed by Yellow Journals. “Yellow Journalism and cheapening the rates helped to kill the business. The yel low journals would print any yarn that was brought to them and never ask any questions. The trick was so easy that the managers couldn't see the use of paying a man to do anything that took so little trouble. To have a chorus girl bitten by a shark at Coney Island and to supply a picture of her and the shark, too, didn't take any more work than taking the fable right into the newspaper office. The yel lows were always willing and anxious to print It. Jobs of this kind got as cheap os three or five dollars, and nowadays they don't bring that price. The yellows all do the press work of the chorus girls and those a little bit higher up in the profession without wanting any pay at all. Pick up one of them any day and you'll find photographs of unknown soubrettes. inconspicuous minor actresses. Now, all that it takes to accomplish this is to send the photographs to the newspaper offices. Any office boy can .do that, and the work really Is high at $3 for the Job. "The press agent of former times had to do his work in a way that appealed to in telligent and careful men. He had to add some element of picturesqueness or bit of novelty to his fake before it could get into a paper where it would do any good. But the yellows have never made any test of that kind. They’ll take anything that comes along. With no particular ability demanded in the men who do this kind of work for them, the managers came to re gard the press agent in a wholly different way. From being an important function on he dropped into a place far below that It ormerly held- So the yellow Journals, while they made his work easy for him at the outset, finally did more to reduce the value of the press agent's services than any other influence and to bring him down to his present estate. "I can only remember one case of real ly fine press work that has come under my observation during the past ten years. That was as good in its way as anything ever done In the palmy days of the pro fession. It established here a foreign con ceit hull singer who would never have made any more Impression than a dozen others of her kind if Interest hail not con stantls Iwon attracted to her in. the most sensational and novel tvay. She was kept the heroine of various exJltlng episodes that were all prepared with a sufficient appearance of probability to get into some thing more than the yellow Journals. That was the sort of thing that we all did in the old days, and it was not regarded ns anything more than the duty of every press agent, lie would have been consld d of v. t> null actount if in- didn’t do something of the kind for everybody with engaged him. That one year of (trees work gave tlie actress in question h vogue that made her at once us well known as If ehe had acted here for a decade. Methods Most Differ. "One other cause for the decline of the press agent's power Is to he found In the doubtful value thin managers have come to pul upon publicity of a certain kind The concert hall singer I referred to was made in tills country by the sort of ad vertising she received at the time of her arrival here. But just that gore of treat ment was suited only* to her particular case. An actress of dignity would have been irreirievably injured by such un worthy means of exploitation. But for the music hall divette they were all right. "Just the opposite course was followed in the case of another actress, who three years ago left the support of a popular star to become a star on her own respon sibility. Now* managers are accustomed to say, since this enterprise proved a com plete success, that it was managed in wonderful fashion from the first step to the last. But the hand of the press agent was not noticeable in it anywhere. The only publicity acquired by the actress at this time was of the most conventional, formal kind. It is difficult to see why in some cases such means of putting for ward anew star could be used successful ly. while in other cases they fail. It may be that a really good thing wins on its <wn merits, although very few persons in theatrical life would be willing to wait for a good play to win out, without inti mating gently to the public something about the quality of the piece, or at all •vents what the manager thought of it. ‘ Publicity apparently ceases to be ef fective after a certain point is reached. The best advertised woman on the stage to-day is a certain beautiful comic opera singer. For the past ten years she has been known by name and face to a larger section of the public in this country than any other woman I know of. A friend of mine told me that in a lumber camp far from any railroad line®, in a forest of the Northwest, ne once went into a hut where two pictures were hanging. One was of this woman and the other of the Virgin Mary. Now, if notoriety in itself had any value, that woman would d;aw audiences larger than any other man or woman on the American stage could ex pect to attract. But as a matter of fact, she has. for some years past, failed to draw the public, wi h a persistence that was the despair of her managers. She was tried in all kinds of comic operas. Thousands of dollars were spent in the effort to attract the public. Failure after failure resulted, and this much-advertis ed woman retired f , m the public view as a star .and took her place with a number of o her singers ard actors in a stock company. "Another case of the same kind was no ticed last year in the grand opera field. A certain star, who has been associated always in the public mind with a certain vc-ry popular op* ra, traveled for the first time through a number of Wes ern cities. The expectation of the managers was that it would be necessary only to announce triis woman’s name on the dead walls to have the public flock into the theater. The Pnhtic Would Not Pay. "But quite the opposite happened In a nitmoer of places. The public knew all about the woman, and had heard her name for years. But It did not exhibit any great desire to pay its way to h ar her sing, and the same experience has often bf fallen managers who have ex pected that a singer, because he or she w-as well known, was certainly to draw large audiences. "The public is sometimes quite indiffer ent. On the other hand. It is largely the curiosity seekers who go to hear Pade rewski, although he Is justly accounted the greatest pianist of his time. Yet if only those who understood and appreciat ed his music went to hear him, his audi ence would not be one-quartor as large as they are outside of New York. For years actors are meqtioned in the news papers, and become moderately well known by name. Yet that publicity does them little or no good with the public. One of the beet known’ comic opera stars in the country retired from that conspicu ous position several months ago because the public was no longer going to see him. Yet he is to-day one of the very best known men on the American stage, and his notoriety failed to attract the public completely. That was another instance in which the work of the press agent failed to accomplish anything. "I don’t believe that any manager in the business to-day has any clear idea as to the value of publicity. That it un doubtedly helps persons In public stage life, while it wholly falls to make them successful in itself, seems to be the best opinion of the managers to-day. It uted to be the belief of managers that public ity was almost equal to making the actor from every point of view, and as that could be best done by the expert press agent, we were accordingly very much more appreciated in the past than we are to-day. 11l admit that the old confidence in the great power of publicity for actors seems to me now to have been a little ex aggerated. "Something more than mere knowledge of an actor is needed to attract the pub lic to hear him. What that particular thing is nobody can tell. The manager who discovered it would never make a mistake. His fortune would be made if he could find out why A draws and why B doesn't. That is the great problem of the manager's career. And, unfortunate ly. he has come to the conclusion that the press agent has no more to do with It tha nlte has. And this conclusion was, of course, very bad for us." INSECTS IN WINTER. Where They Go When They Don't Die nnd Y\hnt They Do. From the Chicago Post. Tlie housefly and blue-bottle fly. the bane of the housekeeper short-lived at best. Many flies live but a day. The excitement of escaping extermination and rearing their young rounds out an exiqbaiee of twenty-four hours. Nature, in apprecia tion of their short career, has provided them with compound eyes, which see about on all sides, a marvelousy ucute scent and a facility of flight which is the aggrava tion of him who dozes at noonday and who tries io catrh that one fly. When autumn comes the death knell of millions of tiles has wounded. They make no preparation for winter. The majority die. and their Insignificant bodies are blown away by ihe passing breeze. A few hardy survivors linger in cracks In the wall, creep under the door frames or in crevices in the wood work. It is probable that eggs are laid, larvae hatched and other flies creep from the metamorphosed maggots during the winter. I Hit some naturalists assert that the few lingering files ate the parents of the multitude that appear in the warm days of June. The eggs they lay are num berless. Katydids, grasshoppers, locusts, "walk- ing ;ieks.” crickets and beetles are killed by the frost. The eggs hidden in ‘he ground or concealed in the bark of trees furnish the supply for the next jfear. The cold retards the development of (he **gg. which hatches in the w.irm days of spring. Some.imee an unusually cold winter piay9 havoc with the dormant insect life, but the cunning of nature strengthens the frail eggshell against the power of heat and old until the secret alchemy of the sun stirs the budding life and bids it come forth. Beet Is exhibit a wonderful instinct in caring for their helpless young. Among a certain spe ies the fggs are rolled in balls of material suitable for food. 1 he ba Is ar packed away In a nest ro awai- the vora cious appetites of the Infant beetle that must eat its way out. The burying or sex ion leetba deposit their eggs in the bjd i'S of dead 1 irds or field mice. They then set to work and perform the proper rites of burial, heaping the rarth over the body of the dead. The young beetle hatched frem the tgg finds a store of food await- , ing him on his arrival in the world Butterflies and moths are victims of cold weaihcr. though in some instances it has been proved that they Lave great p° w_ ers of endurance. Both butterflies and moths live in the of glaciers in the h'gh Alps and a certain species Is found fluttering about on the summit of Mount Washington and amid eternal Brow, These butterflies and moths are in timately associaied with the gentians and other flowers belonging to theee lofty al titudes, and act as aids In cross fertilaa tion. Our temperate zone boasts of one or two winter butte: flifs warmly clothed in mi croscope c feathers. And on cheerl ss Feb ruary and March days these blithesome heralds of spring sport about like animat ed sunbeams and living prophecies of springtide. But what has become of the butterflies and moths of the vanished sum mertide? They are a gay yet thrifty folk in looking out for the fu ure of their race. S arch the garden and cocoors And chry salids are found in al sorts of shapes and c' nditlons—angular and ovoid, short and • hick, long and thin, suspended by the h<ad, or by the tail, head downward; hung horizontally in a curled leaf, like the dar ling baby in the tree top; tucked away un der a soft web coverlet on the sheltered side of the gate post, or under the edg* of the sidewalk; within the warm corner of a knothole cr a crack in the boards, under the hark of the trees, in a cozy crotch of the twigs ad even buried in the. ground. The delicate yet firm silken threads bind them to the topmost branches, where, exposed to sleet, snow* ard rain, whirled about by every howling blast, they defy the winter. The butterfly and moth lay eggs in a suitable feeding ground during the early summer. The hatched larva or caterpillar eats voraciously, gorging Itself until it can eat no more. Or, if too fat for farther ex ertion, it spins a cocoon and makes ready for winter. During the winter it appar ently slumbers in its snug quarters, nour ished bv the plentiful supply of fat It ac cumulated during the caterpillar stage, ; and at the proper time emerges a full grown troth or butterfly, gorgeously at tired and bent on holiday making. The spiders, so far as I can learn, store away no food supply in winter quarters. Quantities of eggs are laid and carefully sheltered in velvety cobweb sacks Imper vious to the weather. These sacks may be found swinging by silken rope® from the golden rod a.nd milkweed and hidden away in crevicesand corners of board fences and stone walls. The little spiders creep from the luxurious sleeping hags provid ed by the solicitous care of their wise mother, and if they escape the cannibal istic propensities of their brothers and sisters enter at once on a career of trap ping 3nd hunting. The old sayihg, "Go to the ant. thou sluggard," and the quaint fable of the foolish, shivering grasshopper and the wise and thrifty ant would lead us to be lieve that wisdom dwelt In the halls of the ant hill along with the forethought so common to the beehive. The bees and wasps do lay up stores for winter. The wasps do not provision quite so wisely as • lie bees, but in the center of the cone shaped nest of the paper-making wasps may be found a goodly store of honey. All bee? do not store as liberally as does the hive bee. and the mortality among bees Is widespread. While thousands die, a few survive, and of these few it is generally he females that show the greatest tenac ity to life and serve as mothers of the race for the next summer. Hive bees re eive such fostering care from man that they can hardly be counted among our wild friends who must shift for them selves. The thrifty ant deserves much sympa thy in that It is the favorite prey of spi ders, crickets, beetles and other insect hunters. In spite of vicisisitudes it is de voted to its community life. The care of its young, the management of its slaves and captured aphides from which the is milked, furnish incidents for a tale as interesting as the customs of any wandering tribe of the desert or any lost nation of Central Africa. A few ants may survive and feed on accumulated .stores during the winter, but it is chiefly the eggs and cocoons hidden away in the se curity of the underground chambers of the ant hill that furnish the ant popula tion of a succeeding summer. KING TO HANG FOR MURDER. Killed n Man Who Wns Working for Him in tlie Klondike. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 14.—A special to the Times from Dawson, dated August 2, says: Alexander King has been found guilty of the murder of Herbert Davenport of Paterson, N. J., and has been sentenced to hang Oct. 2. The murderer confessed his crime. Davenport was freighting goods belonging to King down the Yukon to Dawson and kept striking on sand bars. King told him that if this happened any more he would kill him and when the scow struck another bar King coolly drew his revolver and emptied it into Daven port's body, killing him instantly. A Young Woman Sent by Post. From the Igtndon Express. Every one knows that the London Post Nfflce is a mostobliginginstitution and will deliver safely from one end of the world to the other, if necessary, almost anything that is desired, from a love letter to a pot of jam. A little while ago. however, it excelled itself in its amiability and usefulness. A young woman, evidently a stranger to '.he ways of great cities and a foreigner to hoot, became hopelessly lost in her en deavors to reach Hampstead. Being a resourceful young person, is occurred to her to seek the aid of the Posloffice offi cials. Entering a branch near at hand, she slated her wishes, and the gallant postmaster at once acquiesced and had her safely conducted for the fee of three pence by special messenger to Hampstead, where a receipt was obtained for her in the orthodox manner. This Is a perfectly true-incident, as can be ascertained by a glance through the rostmaster General's report for the year in question. DYSPEPSIA SYMPTOMS. Heart palpitation, belching, sourness, biliousness, nervousness, bloating, consti pation. sleeplessness, heartburn and head ache come from a weak stomach. Hostet ler's Stomach Bitters will strengthen yours, and thus prevent these ailments It is a valuable remedy for all stomach troubles, and has been used successfully for the past fifty years. It never fails. Our Private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle. A Cure Hostetter’s For Every Stomach Stomach 111. Bitters. 'p U s-i nm C 7pv IST* O are superior in 1 O shape, wearing quail : hr*g ■“'S •j A • a# arK * comfort. The Beu>' S 4 HllOV£=rlttinO r HUN AROUND The VJII/ ▼VI 11 Ling BODY. This is true of no r W J§r roecoie °'" er cor?et - Th * y WDI ovlo thwr shape permaneni.y r • and give perfect fit. Every I corset stamped with our name. 'imSSi Ur ° t * ,em ° Ver ant * 866 k° W ma^ This ,s a p,cture ° f Bfemtellp f|l| Mijm/'W; Our Ventilating Corset, PjSp l K -ri (Trade-Mark Registered), made cf im- " 1 li t'~ ;• / ported netting, stripped with coutil, a d I _ | . 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Our St. Jutien Claret Wine from Everest, Dupont & Cos of Bordeaux, France, is one of their specialties, and one at extremely low price. The Chateaux Leovilie, one of their superior Claret Wines, well known al) over the United Slates. We also carry In bond Claret Wines from this celebrated firm In caeka. Our Rhine and Moselle Wines are imported from Martin Deuu, ’/rank fort, Germany, are the best that come to the United Stalest EODENHEIM Is very fine and cheap. NIERSTEIN also very good. RUPESHEIM very choice. RAUENTHAL. selected grapes, very elegant LIEBFRANMILCH, quite celebrated. MARCOBRUNNER CABINET elegant and rare YOHANNISBUROER is perfection. SPARKLING HOCK. SPARKLING MOSEX.LE, SPARKLING) MUSCA TELLE. and FINE FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES. Special Brandies are imported direct from France by us^in cases, and caske. , LIPPMAN BROTHERS. Remember This We have Bargain Sales every day in the week. Also that the weather is still warm. Call and see our stock of Matting, Linoleum, Win dow Shades and Mosquito Nets. Our Dixie Frame for Mosquito Nets is a daisy. We ’are selling the famous Odorless Refrigerator and Puritan Stove. Low Down Cut Prices. For the nresent, Old Post Office building. LINDSAY & MORGAN. Ribbon, the latest, best and cheapest. All-silk, heavy satin and taffeta, assort ed colors. Write for sainpe© and prices. No. 1 Baby Ribbons, lc yd,. 43c spon. No. 2 Ribbons. Vi-In., 2VsC yd., J)_* bolt. No. 4 Ribbons. *-in., 5c jyd., 33c boll. No. 5 Ribbons. 1-in.. 5c yd., 45c bolt. No. 7 Ribbons, No. 0 Ribbons. lVa-in.. 8c yd., 75 Iwlt. No. 12 Ribbons, -21n., 10c yd., 90c bolt. No. 10 Ribbons, 2Vi-ln., 12’-c yd., sl.lO bolt. No. 22 Ribbons, 2 s A -in„ 15c yd., $1.35 .oil. No. 40 Ribbons, 3 l x*-in., 17 1 -'- yd.. SI.OO lx>lt. No. 80 Ribbons. 4-in., yd.. SI.SS Dolt. No. 100 Ribbons, 5-in., 25c yd.. $2.25 bolt. All above run ten >ard lo bolt. We mail ribbons free all over United States. | ias justly won its laurels.” Soups,' Fish, Game, Hot and Cold Meats, etc., are i / given a most delicious flavor by using 13© Lea & Perrins’ saice 7 / [ ( * This signature U on every battle THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE tJ2r*i;tVAJfJ- OK IMITATIONS. JOHN WJ.NCA v .. r~*. Wheeler * Wilson Improved No. 9 Uall Bearing Sewing Machine at cut prices. tVe exoango nnd sell any way. J. & P. Coat's Beat Spool Thread 60c doz. H. & B. Sewing Silk 4c spool; 40c dozen. Fine Tooth Ilrushe.4 9c each; 95c dozen. Rice Buttons lc card; 10c dozen cards. Pearl Buttons 2t4c to 10c dozen. Nice Ladles' Leather Pocketbooks 20c a. Nlce line Valenciennes Laces lc to Oc yard. Nice line Linen Lace lc to 10c yard. Brush Edge Skirt Binding 4c vard. Fine Gloria Silk rmhrella 98c each. Dressing Pins lc to 4c paper. Columbia Safety Pins. 2 dozen for sc. Safety Hooks and Eyes lc card; 5c box. English Needle Books 4c each; 35c dozen.