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6 CHICAGO’S WILD STORY Of HO White Men and \>grofß flam ed ta Death in a Turpentine Camp on Mobile Bh>. Chicago, March 15—A special to the Chronicle from Mobile, Ala., spys: A crowd of citizens of this place is sea refci ng Baldwin county in an effort to find three negroes, who. in a spirit of re venge. are said to have burned a turpen tine camp across the bSy this morning, causing the death of sixty white men and negroes. Frank C. Prissier rowed to Mobile this evening, attired only in -bis underwear, and suffering intensely from burns. He was the only person who escaped from tlie burning camp. He said: "1 was asleep this morning when a choking sensation and intense heat aroused me. The log shack in which the sixty negroes slept was on fire, as was a shed near by filled with 200 barrels qt raw turpentine. The trees surrounding were also burning. I yelled to the men as 1 ran but none answered, and I am sure all perished. I made my way, bare foot. over live coals, to <the swamp where I found a boat. In this I rowed to the city. The camp was doubtless fired* by three negroes w'ho were discharged yes terday. They threatened to obtain re venge.” THE CENSUSOf GERMANY. lift Population Now 50.OOI>.ftlM>, * Growth of :t5 Per Cent. Since IK7I. Washington, March 16.—The census office has received through the state de partment. a consular report on the popu lation of the German Empire, and its changeis during the past century. That population is now about 66,000,000—larger. than that of any country in Europe, ex cept Russia, which has in Europe alone over 106.000,000 subjects. Since 1871, when the modern German Empire was organized the population of | Germany has increased about 36 per cent., a growth extremely rapid for an old country, and for one sending out large and steady streams of emigrants. The Germans feel a natural pride in the rapid growth of their popu lations, says the report, compared with that of their rival across the Rhine. In 1845 Pranee had about 36.000,000 Inhabi tants and Germany 34,000,000. Now France has about 38.000.000, or only two thirds the number of Germany. The census of Vienna, taken Dee. 31, 1900, shows a population of 1,635,647, or nearly' 63,000 less than Chicago. KING EDWARD EXPLAINS. r Message Thanking Kansas legisla ture for Its “I<oyalty'" an Over, sight. Says Mr. Choate, Topeka. Kan.. March 15.—A letter was received here to-day from Joseph H. Choate. United States ambassador to England, in which the regrets of King Edward are expressed for the unfortu nate wording of his mesasge to the Kan sas Legislature's message of condolence after the death of Queen Victoria. In his letter of acknowledgment, the King expressed thanks for the "loyalty” of the Kansans. One of the legislators ob jected to the word "loyalty" and his nto- j lion to have the letetr stricken from the record prevailed. Mr. Choate explains that a common wording was used In all letters for the British dominions, and by an oversight the wording was not changed In this case. Mr. Choate says: T have learned that the King was much pained when he learned of this blunder." DANFORTH HI HIED. StronK' Rnrlnl at Spa of nrinimlok Suicide. Brunswick. Ga.. March 15.-Mr. J. R. TANARUS?. Danforth was hurled In the sea this morn ing. and no less than a hundred friends went to see the ceremony. The steamer Emmeline left at 9:30 o'clock, and long before that hour large crowds had gath ered on the dock. The corpse was car ried to the boat before being sewed in the canvass shroud. The body was plac ed In the cabin aud friends of the de ceased allowed to view’ the same. After till had looked on the face of the dead man two sailors placer! the body in the lialf-esew’ shroud ami then closed It, sew ing the same securely and placing a 100- pound weight at the feet. Flowers of the daintiest variety were placed on the canvas cover and the steamer then started for sea. The run was made on good time, and when about twenty miles out. there was no land In sight ami the engines stopper!, the body l was carried to a forward rati, and. hs per the dead man's request, marked chapters were read from Spencer's Education by Col. T>. W Ktauss. After thiß ceremony word was given to let go, and the body shot downward, disappearing within a few minutes. By this time the wind was blowing a gale and many on board were awfully seasick. A sister of the deceased stood calmly by and directed the funeral. Miss Danforth said that her brother’s wish should be regarded, and It was she who persisted In having the sea burial. CHECK FORCiBR ARRESTED. Said to Have Operated in a Number of Cities. Boston. March 15.—When Louis V. R. Adams was arrested at a prominent ho tel to-day, the police announced their be lief that they had caught one of the most adroit check forgers and swindlers in the country. The police say that he has operated In Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fort Wayne, Ind., Cincinnati, Ruffalo, Toledo, New York City, Worcester and Cam bridge. He is said to have secured amounts ranging from $5O, to (1,000 and is said to have secured $l,OOO each from Marshall Field and S. B. French of Chi cago. He Is said to have raised $3OO in boston. The police explain that his plan was to get a small check, and instead of talcing It he would write another for a thousand or more. He would place 't on deposit at some batik, and by the aid of accomplices, get the worthless checks cashed. Adams Is well connected In New York. He is 00 year* old, and is said to live at Montclair, N. J. Frnrldn Home Mission*. Jacksonville. Fla,, March 15.—The ninth annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of Florida will be hold in this city, beginning to-morrow even irg with an invocation service at the Mc- Tyelre Church. These services will Is conducted by Mrs. 1. K Ferry. Thu or ganization is a flourishing one all over Florida, a there are local missions in the principal towns in the state. These mis sion* will Homj delegates to the conven tion and the session promise* to he in tensely Interesting. tterman Crltleiaui of Hr. Hulfour. Berlin, March 15. The laikal Ailzelgei fake- issue with th* intliua I lon of Mr. iialloue in the Hriil* t House of I'nnimnne that I a, gland must increase her army lie. iiiise Of her treats obligations wtileh com >er to ilii so. i lees bints have any meaning Hlui t, th boiun ,\iiz> igu, “lhc> muist mean Ttaly or Portugal. Certainly frermany is not tbe ally referred to.” I><l ( natellane FurnlMlt the Dacota. Paris. Much 16.— The Sieele this morn ing recalls that M. L>eroule<ie. wh.en ar rest f*t. hal in his possession 50.000 francs, which, lie said had been advanced by a deputy? and, the paper asks: “Is it not plain from -this declaration nnd the exchange of letters between him and the deput> that the person in ques tion is Count Boni de Castellane?” /m b Tinker \\ 111*<1 r* %% *. St. Ixnils, March 15. -Zach W. Tinker, who several weeks ago was defeated in the city Democratic convention by Rolla Weiis for the World’s Fair mayoralty nomination, nnd who later announced himself as an independent candidate, has withdrawn from the race. 90>£ Cl ItIOIS COXTKST*. KientPi \rrnK**d by Sportsmen With 1.1% e 1 y Imnitlniitlon*. From Cassell’s Magazine. At the beginning of last year an ac count was published in one of the sport ing papers of ’a foot hall match on bicy cles which took place near Wolverhamp ton. The attemiH to revolutionize our great winter game completely failed, owing to its many inherent impossibil ities, but it was interesting as showing a. tendency of certain orders of mind. There has always been a large number of so-called sportsmen who are nevfr <-©ntent with recogniz<>d forms of sport They are perpetually on the lookout for some bizarre contest. Asa general rule the more ridiculous the. conditions under which such contests take place the better they are pleased. Any one who cares to take the trouble to look through the file§ of "Bell's Life” can find ample evi dence of this for himself. “Old Q"—the famous Duke of Queens - berry—had an extraordinary fertile imag ination for weird and novel contests. Passing a wheelwright’s shop one day, he noticed one of the workmen trundling a big wheel into t.he yard. The man was running at a good pace, and it immedi ately ocoured io "Old Q" that here was an opportunity for, in the words of the tnodern j>enny weekly, an absolutely r.cvel competition. After some conver sat ion with the wheelwright he learned that a man could probably run faster with a wheel than without one. the wheel no doubt acting as a sort of pacemaker. Having obtained this valuable piece of information, the duke promptly arranged r match between the wheelwright and j a certain fleet-footed barber of Oxford j street, and offered a very substantial prize to the winner. The conditions were that the wheelwright should trun dle one of the back wheels of the duke’s carriage, while the barber, of course, should rim unincumbered. Just before the match came off the duke made the unpleasant discovery that his nominee could only show his best turn of sj>eed with a wheel a foot higher than that of tho duke’s carriage. But "Old Q” wasn’t to be baffled by an obstacle of this kind. He had a sort of platform or dais a foot high erected along the course where the race was to be run. By trundling the carriage wheel along the top of this dais while he himself ran on the ground beside It, the wheelwright was no longer handicapped, and won the race easily, j The winner, by the way, must have been something of an acrobat as well as a sprinter .to have balanced the wheel on a narrow platform while traveling at full j speed. All true golfers must have read with pain an account of the dastardly attempt which was made two years ago to tam l>er with the sacred gam#*, in a most ieprthetislble spirit of levity two golfers. In July, TRW, arranged a match of which ihe conditions were that one of them should go a round the links with the or dinary 111 and clubs, while the other should go round with a bow and arrow. The superior driving powers of the bow and arrow won the day. Asa putter the how proved a contemptibly ineffect ive implement, but it amply compensated for <his Inferiority by the certainty with which it sent tne arrow soaring over the bunkers. As lawn tennis players are not nearly such a serious-minded race as golfers, it is only to be expected that lawn tennis should suffer where even golf cannot escape. The writer remembers seeing some ten years ago a weinl contest be tween a most distinguished Irish lawn tennis player and an opponent to whom under ordinary circumstances he could give enormous odd*. On this occasion, in lieu of the usual odds, he undertook to play him with a soda water bottle instead of a racket. The match proved infinitely more exciting to look at than it appears on |>aper. The accuracy of the wlelder of the soda water bottle was something extraordinary, and In the end be won fairly easily. The experiment was also interesting as showing the Im possibility of handicapping a player of the highest class and a fifth-rate per former. But though this match had something to recommend it, the same cannot be salu of a ridiculous contest which took place in the early days of lawn tennis at Brighton. In this match one of the players rode a pony which was shod with leather shoes for the oc casion, and is said to have appeared to fake a personal Interest in the affair, while his opponent, a life guardsman, was arrayed in the full panoply of the uniform of that corps in heavy marching order. They played the best of five sets, and the mounted player won by three sets to two, his opponent at the end be ing absolutely exhausted. A match which excited a considerable amount of interest at the time was played forty years ago between John Roberts, father of the present billiard champion, and an amateur who was a very fair player. Roberts played with an old um brella instead of a cue, his opponent be ing equipped in the normal fashion. To appreciate fully the difficulty of Roberts' task let any one try the experiment for himself He will be lucky if he can make the hall travel even approximately in tlie direction which he Intends. Old Roberts, who, by the'way, lost the um brella against cue match, bad a great fancy for similar experiments. It Is on record that when he met a very Inferior pldver he would abjure the cue alto g :her and play i(b itis nose. As an inventor of absurd contests, Hie late Sir John Astley was almost as dis til guished as the Duke of Quecnsberry.- His great forte was arranging races be tween animals which nature had appar ently made almost unsuitable for the purpose. When quartered at Windsor lie Instituted the only race that ever took place between chickens. This pecu liar contest came about In the following way: While on a visit to a friend near Windsor who kept n hen run, Sir John noticed how rapidly Hie chickens used to I scurry to their tnothtr when food was thrown to her. Here was the germ of an idea for *i good sporting match, and at mess a few nights afterward Hir John Astley expounded to Ids brother officers his plans lor the great chicken race. He had bought from a farmer a hen and a brood of chickens. Kucli officer was to choose a chicken and mark It with a ribbon so that hr could easily recognise it Tile chickens were to l>e placed about | Ilf tv yards away from their mother and whichever of tlum reached her (list In answer to tier cackle when food was thrown to her was to lie adjudge the winner Each officer paid a sovereign for the privilege of entering a chicken for this extraordinary race, and the whole of the enframe money was to go to the ! offii i r who*e colors the winning chicken 1 carried. The Hdi Derby" came off in the barrack* at Windsor, and was wit nessed by marly tin whole brigade of guards, wtio iiavkdci! down specialty , from lsindon The'race was suet) a suc cess ttiat it was arranged to repeat It In ( 'yi following week, it might postdbly THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1901. A CRY FOR HELP. Result of a Prompt Reply. Two Letters from Mrs. Watson, Pub lished by Special Permission.— For Women’s Eyes Only. March 15, 1899* To MRS. PINKHAM, Lynn, Mass. : “Dear Madam: I am suffering from inflammation of th* ovaries and womb, and have been for eighteen months. I have a continual pain and soreness in my back and side. lam only free from pain when lying down, or sitting in an easy chair. When I stand I suffer with severe pain in my side and back. I be lieve my troubles were caused by over work and lifting coma years ago. “ Life is a drag to me, and I sometimes feel like giving np ever being a well woman; have become careless and unconcerned about everything. lam in bed now. I have had several doctors, but they did me but little good. “ Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been recommended to me by a friend, and I have made up my mind to give it a fair trial. “ 1 write this letter with the hope of hearing from you in regard to my case.” Mrs. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va. November 27, 1899. “Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I feel it my duty to acknowledge to you the benefit that your advice and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound have done for me. , “ I had been suffering with female troubles for some time, could walk but a short distance, had terrible bearing down pains in lower part of my bowels, backache, and pain in ovary. I used your medicine for four months and was so much better that I could walk three times the distance that I could before. “ J am to-day in better health than I have been for more than two years, and I know it is all due to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “ I recommend your advice and medicine to all women who suffer. 1 * Mrs. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va. This is positive proof that Mrs. Pinkham is more competent to advise sick women than any other person. Write her. It costs you nothing. MREWARD.-We bare deposited with the National City Bank of Lynn, SSOOO, which will be paid to any person who can find that the above testimonial letter* are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer’s special per mission. LYDIA *. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. have become a regular fixture, and a rac ing stable of chickens been added to the attractions at Windsor, if Sir John Ast ley's chicken bad not won on each occa sion with such consummate ease as to create a suspicion among the other com lietitors. It was then found that in botli races Sir John had selected a sturdy young cock, who was much too speedy for his sisters. No competition can con tinue to exist when victory is always a certainty for the same competitor, and thus it was Sir John Astley’s great chicken race came to an end. Flavor. From the Popular Science Monthly. Chemists tell us that cheese is • one of the most nutritious and, at the same time, one of the cheapest of foods. Its nutritive value Is greater than meat, while its cost is much less. But this chemical aspect of the matter does not express the real value of the cheese ns o food. Cheese Is eaten, not because of its nutritive value as expresesd, by the amount of proteids, fats and carbo-hy drates that it contains, but always be cause of its flavor. Now. physiologists do nqj find that flavor has any food value. They teach over and over again that our foot stuffs are proteids, fats and carbo-hydrates, and that as food flavor plays absolutely no part. But, at the same time, they tell us that the body would be unable to live upon these foodstuffs were it not for the flavors. If one were com pelled to eat pure food without flavors, like the pure white of an egg, It is doubt ful whether one could, for a week at a time, consume a sufficiency of food to supply his bodily needs. Flavor is as nec essary as nutriment. It gives a xest to the food, and tliua enables us to consume it properly, and. secondly, it stimulates tile glands to secrete, so that the foods may be satisfactorily digested and assim ilated. The whole art of cooking, the great development of flavoring products, the high price* paid for special foods like lobsters and oysters—these and numerous other factors connected with food supply and production are based solely upon this demand for flavor. Flavor is a necessi ty, but it i* not particularly Important what the flavor may be. This is shown by the fact that different peoples have such different tastes in this respect. The garlic of the Italian and the red pepper of the Mexican serve the same purpose as the vanilla which we put in our Ice creath; and all play the part of giving a relish to ttie food and stimulating the digestive organs to proper activity. Remarkable Pat Hands. From the Baltimore Sun. inner club circles have been regaled with a story of a recent sitting t drawer po ker, In which five well-known clubmen took part. it was at the home of on* of the mem ber*. Two new packs of cards were brought out. the seal of on*- was cut and tlie i aril* shuffled. From tht* pack card* were dealt around to select tlie dealer for the opening hand. This done, the sec cud pack of cards was opened and shuf fl'd by one of the party, who handed It to tlie dealer, who also shuffled The pack was thill tendered for the usual cut. which was done A round of Jackpot* hid Ijrcn agreed upon The player who laid llrsl *a> was an U,sin ale e man, ami it* promiHiy opened Next was a grain merchant, who laiscd’ tin- opener. A monitor of the HlO' W ■ hung*, vanic ntkl and lit saw lb* lulav and went the limit bettor. A merchant well known for his aggressive spirit sat next in line and he quietly met all that had been bet and raised It the limit. It was now around to a railroad man, who was the dealer. There was a pause, and each player Inspected his cards with a self-satisfied air. The railroad man broke the silence by meeting all'bets and rais ing them the limit. Everybody stayed in the game. The dealer askeil how many cards w’ere wanted and each player in turn said none. The dealer took none. He tr.atje a nominal bet and the call was passed all around. At the show-down the hand in each case was a full house and, beginning with the first to the left of the dealer, as follows: Sevens and deuces, eights and treys, l ines and fours, tens and fives, aces and fives. The railroad man was the winner. He has had the cards as held by each player framed and each player has a photograph of them as a souvenir of phe nomenal sequence in a game of poker. f!V A COI \TRY POSTOFFICE. Special Methods of Payment—Not a Lucrative Employment. From the Indianapolis News. Few people know just exactly where a fourth-class postmaster gets his pay. His patrons, more often than not, know the least about the matter, and not many others know that, bumble ns the fourth class office is, it serves the greatest num ber of people in the United States. There ! are over 70,0u0 of these offices, while there are just 4.500 of the third, second and I first-class, or salaried offices. The lowest ; salary paid these is SI,OOO and the highest salary is SB,OOO a year. The fourth-class officers must rustle for their own pay. ! Sometimes that is as low as $1 a month, and sometime* as high as $o a month; ; that is, some offices send out Just that amount of canceled letters each month, i but the fourth-class postmaster is not al lowed to keep the $0 a month; not a all. He keeps Just sl6> s dollars as his own clear cash, and every dollar over that he divides up with Uncle Sam, giving him 40 out of every 100 cents until his office gets to the importance of cancelling over $33 a month, then he must hand over 60 cents out of the dollar, instead of 40. Out of what is left, he pays his office rent, his light and fuel bills and his clerk hire when sick, or absent. The department fur nishes nothing; not even the box, except what stamps, postal cards and other stamped paper he needs. It Is said that free rurol delivery is to take the place of the fourth-class post office. Some people believe that rural de livery Is something new, but It is not. As long ago as the days when Job said, "My days flee faster than tlie post.” ru raT postal delivery was known, gome of our oldest residents remember when we had something like rural delivery In this country. The stage coach drawn by six horse* runic *lahlng up to ths towns along the famous national road, leaving I the matt for village* far acrosa the coun try. To the** towns came the mall car rier In a buekboard. or, more often, horse back. willi the mail sack slung across tlie horse In Hits sack was deposited the mall for not only person* living along or near hi* route,’ but for two or more small villas*'*, or a pump or broom shop on some • ■oindry crossroads, where the people came to get their insll One old lady *#> she bailed a eery small wooden box on In-r gate post, and it was more in mu laigv enough to hold liar own an*) aeveral of her neighbors’ mail. living in the woods and clearings back of her. One newspaper and a letter, now and then, was the bulk of their mail. In those days tbe carrier looked as kance at newspapers. They were bulky and he did not like to carry them. But If the carrier did not want to be bother ed with them, the people treasured them when they did come, passing them around until they were worn out. For a long time, the postal department carried news papers free. Then It charged a cent apiece for carrying a hundred miles, and since that time it has changed Its postage rates on papers several times. The oldest pnper In our country, and one yet very much alive, was taken around by a man hired by the editor to carry it. The papers destined for ou neighborhood were brought out 13 miles to a blacksmith-shop, and here the sub scribers came to get their papers. The blacksmith would let any person not a subscriber read the papers when they came, but he was very particular to not let them get out of the shop until every subscriber had his paper, black and mus sy as it generally was, when he got It. Very few fourth-class offices cancel stamps to either the great or small amount X have named. The majority of them range from $8 to *2O a month. When an office averages about $lO a month, then It becomes a money-order office, and while its revenues toward the postmas ter? pay Is not perceptibly increased by tills addition, his bond and responsi bility is. Some yeats ago a fourth-class postmaster was allowed a percentage on ill stamps he sold above the cancelation, but it was found that he hustled around and offered inducements and a share of the proceeds to those who would buy many stamps from him. and the depart ment shut down on this. Now, if he sells $3 worth of stamps a day, but only cancels on letters 10 cents worth, 10 cents is ail he gets for that day’s work, the remainder of the $2 at the end of the quarter, goes to the depart ment. ? , The fourt-class postmaster 1? brought in , closer relationship with his patrons than the postmaster of a salaried office, and trials and tribulations are about the ex tent of his pay for this. He is expected to be ready for a social chat with them; to answer ail questions; to write many letters for those who cannot write or have left their spectacles at home; to advise them as to the best papers and magazines for W'hlch to subscribe, and so on, and so on. Besides this, he is to blame for all the mall lost or delayed; there is always one or more women who accuse him of opening their letters; there is the pompous citizen, who is very certain that he is careless with his particular mall, and the old fellow whose family take just one pa per, and that a monthly, but every day the ok! fellow would ask if "that dod-rot ted book of his’n had come yet,” and though it never missed showing up at the appointed time, and he took home every copy of it, he would declare that it was the beatenest thing to miss he ever seen, and he’d be blamed if he’d ever take it again. In the majority of these offices,, strict ness is the rule. The fourth-class post master is called to task for neglect of the slightest duty, the same a* though the government was paying him a good salary for his work. But in the very small offices, I have heard of postmasters who have it all their own way. The office Is too small for anew postmaster to be easily found if the old one is turned out. the patrons will not allow- it to be dis continued, and so the postal authorities turn away nonplussed, and leave him to his own devices. I heard of one post master of this kind who shut up his O'S hee to attend anything he felt was worth while attending. He would go off a dozer, miles to a show, a prize-fight or the coun ty fair, and sometimes stay two or three days, and there was no getting in his office eitheT to get your mail or deposit letters until he came back. Another post master of this kind, having just loaned a friend all the postal funds, amounting to some two or three dollars, an hour af ter saw a postoffice inspector making his way leisurely toward the office. Knowing from past experience that the inspector would make just as big a kick about that three dollars as he would about a thou sand being out of pocket in the office, the postmaster did some quick thinking. In a Jiffy he had barred the door and run a red bandanna handkerchief out of a side window. When the Inspector haughtily demanded that the door be opened, the postmaster asked him If he didn't know what a red flag meant, and if he didn't want lo know, he’d better not stop too long to investibate. By this time the little burgh was in a panic over this hint of smallpox, and, without waiting to add anything to the panic, the inspector immediately made himself scarce in that region. Another case was whore, time and again, the department had been made aware of gross irregularities In the man agement of one office away in the wilds somewhere. At last an inspector was or dered out to look up the matter. At the wayside station nearest this post office the inspector learned that it was kept by an old mountaineer by the name of Saunders, who owned everything in sight around it, and on this account could 1 old the office against all applicants. The inspector was forced to wend his way afoot to the place. Its general wildness caused a slight feeling of apprehension In hi* mind, and he approached It with some stealth, taking an inventory of it from behind a tree. The office was a rough pine structure, in front of which sat a man as rough looking as the shanty, tilt ed back in a splint-bottomed chair, pla cidly smoking a pipe. Presently he laid ills pipe down, and, pushing his hat back from his eyes, peered over in some bush es beyond the office, calling out as he peered, ‘‘l see you, Jim Larkin; you needn’t come sneakin' aroun' here. I’ve tole an' tole you thet you ca-n't hev no mail AFTER EFFECT OF GRIP Is Often More Serious Than the Grip Itself. Physicians and grip sufferers alike are agreed that the after effects of the dis ease are more to be feared than the acute attack; you can never be sure that the disease has left the system completely. LaOrlppe naturally attacks the weak est organ and leave* it still weaker. Not only pneumonia, consumption, bron chitis and throat trouble follow the grip, but kidney, liver and stomach are troubles Just as liable to result, provided any of these organ* should happen to be in a weak condition at the time of attack. To get rid of the grip germ, to get it entirely out of the. system and blood, few remedies ore so good and none safer than Stuart’s Catarrh Tablet*; they are not *i compound of powerful and dangerous drugs, but a pleasant, palatable, conve nient remedy in tablet form, composed of the wholesome antiseptic principles of Eucalyptus lark, blood root and similar germicide remedies which are perfectly wholesome and harmless to the system, but death to the germs of grip, catarrh! consumption Hnd diseases of the throut and air passages. Mrs. Charles Gormley of Memphis says; Last winter an attack of the grip left me with weak liaek. a persistent cough and loss of flesh and appetite and after using various remedies for several months with little or no Improvement I finally bought a Co-rent package of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets at my drug store and as they were pleasant and con venient to take I used them at all time* of day or night and 1 was astonished to aeeure such fine results from so pleas ant Slid convenient a medicine. In two week* my cough disappeared, my appe tite ratuiied. I Improved In fli-sii color and no one would now think that I had ever had such a tiling a* the grip My druggist tub! ms ha sold more of ffiuart'a t'aiarrh Tablets, for th.- cur* of grip, cold* no •atarii, than any other similar mwiicineh ANHEUSER* BUSCH’S hJ&M The Great FoodDrinK is easily assimilated s \ by the weakest stom ach. Enriches the blood, increases its nourishing power. Good for ill, convales cent and well. All can use it with benefit. Sold by druggists. The superb product of the Anheuser:Busch Brewing Assn St. Louis, U. S. A. Brewers of the Original Budweiser, Faust, Michelob, Pale-Lage* Anheuser-Standard, Export Pale, Black & Tan and Exquisite. A ™ BEE HIVE, N. SCHUTZ, liw 'QBMnir St. Julian and Whitaker Streets. EXTRA VALUES FOR SATURDAY’S SELLIXG Men'? Gray Mixed, Tan and White Undershirts 20c Men's Seamless Socks, fast black nnd tans 8c Men's White laundered Shirts 40c Men's White Linen Collars 9c Men’s Satin Neckties, light and dark colors . 10c For St. Patrick’s Day, as long as you owe me for them taters you bought las’ fall. Now git.” From behind the bushes a shaggy head now popped up, and a voice said, plead ingly: "Saunders, I’ve heern there’s now two letters here for me; thet one thet come three months ago, an’ one thet come the tot her day. I’d like to hev ’em; I'm feer ed some of my folks is sick or they wouldn’t be a writin’ so often." “Nary a letter do you git till them taters Is settled fur.” The postmaster's voice was decisive. "I’ve got part of the money to pay you, an’ Mary said fur me to not dar come home without them letters ef I had to wallup you to get ’em." And now Larkin advanced, holding out some silver, and disclosing himself as something akin In build and age to Saunders. The. post master took the money, and going into the house came out with one letter. "There’s half yer mail, Larkin," he said: “now, ef you want the tother half you’ll hev to do what Mary said fer you to do. Come on." The next moment, without any prelim inary skirmishing, at one another they went. In less than two minutes Larkin was completely knocked out. “There!” said the postmaster, brushing the dust from off his check shirt and overalls; "I need jis a lettle sich exerdse ev’ry day to keep me in gcod health. Tell Mary I feel so good over wallupin' you thet ef she comes over herself, she kin hev thet letter, an' I’ll scratch the rest of thet tater money off’n the book." The inspector, feeling that in this case discretion was the better part of valor, turned tracks for home without Interview ing Saunders, and reported him at Wash ington as: Running his office on strict business principles. The Edward* of England. From the Ledger Monthly. Edward VII. comes to the throne at the age of fifty-nine. His predecessor of the name,' the boy king of 1547, was only i nine years old when he became king, and his reign is an unimportant inter val between the reigns of Henry VIII. and Bloody Queen Mary. The fifth Edward was also a child, and one of piteous memory, since his name is irretrievably linked with that ol Richard 111. The reign lasted only from the Sth of April to the 25th of June, and was disturbed in its earlier days by party intrigues to gain possession of the little king, and later by the barefaced scheming of Richard 111. to secure the throne. And in the end the child, un able to protect himself and with no friends powerful enough to defend him, met an obscure death in the Tower with his little brother Clarence. Still further back came Edward IV. and Warwick the King Maker, whoso power made Edward's lot uncertain and even availed to restore to the throne, for a time, the banished Henry VI. And so the romantic story goes back, tale by tale and century by century. In 1327 came the soldierly Edward 111., al ways to be remembered as the father of one of the most romantic figures in j England's history, Edward the Black Prince. And with him and his brilliant son we con over the names of Crecy and Polctiers, Sluys and Calais—names that to this day make part of the glory of England. Edward's father was a weakling and a trifler between a warlike sire and a warlike son. It was he who lost Ban nockburn, and all his father’s oonauests In Scotland; and It was he who had as hi* friend and comrade the perfumed and curled Piers Gaveston, whom he kept near him until another Warwick, called by the favorite in his merry wit, the Black Dog of Arden, ended his useless life In that terrible dungeon by the Avon. This King Edward was the first Prince of Wales. The first Edward has been thus far the most illustrious of the name. He was a strong man. an able general, a power ful king. It was he who made the first material encroachments upon the terri tory of Wales, and it was he who har ra*sed Scotland so fearfully and almost reduced that hardy nation to subjection. He was an inveterate castle builder, and the most splendid fortress in the king dom, Carnarvon and Conway in Wales, stand unruined after 600 years, lasting monuments to the mighty will of the master that built them. 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