Do the Children Drink?
T)°n't give them tea or coffee. Have
?°’J tried the new food drink called
LtIIAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish
ing, and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains,
*nl when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
ab °nt Vi as much. All grocers sell it. 15c.
and 25c.
Hoped to Improve.
“This bicycle ridin.se is all a nonsen
sical fad!” exclaimed the man who
is wrapped up in political enthusiasm.
“Perhaps it is,” replied his wife.
“You don’t see me working like a day
laborer pushing a wheel around the
country.”
“No. But give me time. Perhaps
after awhile I'll get sufficiently sensi
ble to abandon the bicycle and walk
eighteen or nineteen miles with a torch
over my shoulder, regardless of the
weather, every time there’s an election
or a ratification meeting.”—Washing
ton Star.
Difference in Durability.
“It Isn c at all safe to judge by ap
pearances,” said the restless boy’s fath
er.
“Yes,” replied the mother, “peopie
are very deceptive.”
“And so are inanimate objects. You'd
never think, merely judging from ex
ternal indications, that the heavy pair
of shoes I bought that boy was only
going to wear for six weeks, while his
fragile-looking Latin grammar will last
him a lifetime.”—Washington Star.
It Is better to keep children to their
duty by a sense of honor and by kind
ness, than by the fear of punishment.
In cold weather
We need heat.
The blood must be
Warm, rich and pure.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Keeps the blood
In perfect order,
Sending it, in a
Nourishing stream,
To every organ.
ON® ENJOY®
Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the 6tomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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You will see the excellent effect after taking the
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, firwwaKasi I " Oueen Victoria Lettuce, 16c,
jMTOHfw 1 ** Klondike Melon. 16c
WfAiMreEra 1 *• Jumbo Giant Onion, 16c
3 * U ri^iAnt ’ Slower Seeds, 16c
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WF. ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OP THE WORD “ CASTORIA.” AND
“PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Iltjannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA/’ the same
that has borne and does noiv on ever U
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original “PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought S7V y/ tf/j , V"" on the
and has the signature of wra p~
per. .Vo one has authority from me to use my name e.vcept
The Centaur Company of which Chas. 11. Fletcher is
March 8, 18971
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute
which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies
on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE FAC-SiMILE SIGNATURE OF
Ins’st on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You,
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Frightened Away.
“No,” said a man who was sitting on
a box In front of a grocery store, “I
can't saj' as I know very much about
Alaska.”
His companions looked at him In as
tonishment. It was the first time he
had ever admitted not knowing much
about anything.
“I reckon, then, that you’re not think
ing about going to dig for gold,” said
one bystander.
“No.”
“Mebbe, though, as the stories of
sudden wealth keep pouring in, you’ll
change your mind,’ ’said another.
"It won’t be possible. I’ve been
there.”
“And came bn’k without getting
rich?”
“Y'es. I didn’t much more than cross
the boundary line before I turned
around and struck for home.”
“Scared?”
“That’s the answer.”
“What of? Polar bears?”
“No.”
“Supplies give out?”
“No. 1 had plenty of food. What
changed my plan was seeing a man
digging a hole. I had these ideas about
gold being found any and everywhere,
and I went up, thinking to get some
points about mining. I asked him, In
an offhand way. whether he had struck
any pay dirt yet, and he turned around
and glared at me and said: ‘Yot ng
feller, what do you ihluk I am digging
this for?’ I told him I thought he was
digging for gold. He glared at me
again, and said: ‘Gold nothing! I’m
doing this for fun. I’ve t>ecn living here
for four years, aud there’s one thing
that my curiosity has sever been sat
isfied about, l’ui going to dig this hole
good and deep so as to allow plenty of
room, and then find out just how for
down this climate will make the mer
cury ge.’ ”
Is It Weird?
I know a small boy, aged eighteen
months, whose grandfather was once
a union soldier. The old man a good
many months ago carried the boy about
the house on his shoulder, singing
“Marching Through Georgia,” and
waving eu American flag. The young
ster soon learned to associate the flag
with the “Hoorah, hoorah,” and when
he was taken out for a drive he cheered
“Bith! rah!” at every (lag he saw. He
even cheered the black picture of a
flag in a newspaper. The family were
proud and amused, but could see noth
ing specially forward in that. Other
babies had learned to say “Rah! rah!”
ait sight or the stars and stripes.
The other day, however, the infant
snatched his father’s hat, and spying
in the lining a black and white picture
of a continental soldier with a gun, he
promptly s-houteil liis “Rah! rah!”
Now, there was something that had not
been taught to him. The child had
never been left alone n simple waking
moment, and it was definitely known he
had never seen a soldier. He knew
nothing that could connect a contin
ental soldier with the stars and stripes.
Then how did he make the connection?
There is something for Mrs. Annie
Besant and the other believers in the
astral body to fit into their philosophy.
It isn’t wonderful; it is weird.—Boston
Advertiser.
Knocked Out.
It knocks out all calculations of at
tending to business in the right way
for a day when we wake up in the
morning sore and stiff. The disappoint
ment lies in going to bed all right and
waking up all wrong. There is a short
and sure way out of It. Go to bed after
a good rub with St. Jacobs Oil and you
wake up all right; soreuess and stiff
ness all gone. So sure is this that men
much exposed in changeful weather
keep a bottle of it on the mantel for
use at night to make sure of gqing to
work lu good fix.
His Early Training.
Diggs—Solder, the plumber, is one of
the survivors of the famous “Light
Brigade.”
Biggs—ls that so? No wonder his
bills are exorbitant.
Diggs—Why, how’s that?
Biggs—He hasn’t forgotten kow to
charge.
1808 Calendars.
Avery handsome calendar for 1898,
made to represent a Government mail
pouch, has been issued by the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Ry. It is printed
in a rich brown and gold ou heavy enam
eled enrd, size Bxlf> inches. The calen
dar will be sent free anywhere, on receipt
of eight cents in postage to cover cost of
mailing, by applying to A. J. Smith, G. P.
& T. A., Cleveland, O.
Change in the Program.
Smith—lsn’t Smawley a lecturer?
Jones—He was before his marraige.
Smith- And now?
Jones—He is the audience.
In ancient Egypt the arts of surgery
and medicine were confined to tfcap iest
hood, and every priest adopted a spe
eialty. High proficiency was attained
in the dental art.
It Keeps tiie Feet Warm and Dry
And is the only cure for Chilblains,
Frost Bites, Damp, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted. I.eßcy, N. Y.
The Bible was written by degrees
during a period of 1,000 years. It was
anciently called "The Book,” but for
the past 700 years the “Bible.”
Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50
cent boctles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerous.
Artists and Artists.
Tom—There goes Breezey, the artist.
Jack—What kind—tonsorlal or con
cert hall?
Msmmas.lt your littlfl ones contract skin diseases at
ch>x.t, appljr Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye. black or brown. 80a
There is often room for much cour
age in speech, courage not so much to
maintain opinions as to confess Ignor
ance.
DEAD LINE IS PASSED.
DECEMBER REVENUES EXCEED
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
Imports Beginning to Resume Normal
Proportions and Lie Dingley Turiff
Is Vindicated, Both us to Protection
and Customs Receipts.
Deficit Shooters Are Dumh.
In the matter of the complete vindi
cation of the Diugley law as furnished
by the >cord of revenues collected dur
ing the month of December, 1897, the
American Economist claims an especial
right to say: “We told you so!” Stren
uously, In sensou and out of season, the
Economist has Insisted that with the
return of anything like normal condi
tions as to Imports the law would yield
ample revenue. lu fact, the explicit
prediction has been made lu these col
umns that with the mouth of December
riie dead line of comparison between
the Wilson and the Dingley laws would
be passed.
The dead line was passed in Decem
ber, the revenue for that mouth being
more than $2,000,000 in excess of the
revenue for December of the previous
year. The revenue receipts for the first
five months of the Dingley law and
ON GUARD.
for the corresponding months of 185K5
under the Wilson law are as follows:
Wilson law. Dingley law.
1 H'Jti. 1897.
August $25,5(12,000 $19,193,000
September 24,584,000 22,302,000
October 20,282,000 23,890,000
November 25,210,000 24,970,000
December 25,857,000 *27,931,000
*Exclusive of $111,000,000 received from
the sale of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The fact of enormous advance impor
tations of merchandise under the no
duties or the low duties of the Wilson
law and their effect in diminishing
customs revenues until these large an
ticipatory stocks should be exhausted
is too well known to need recapitula
tion at this time. The heavy falling
off of revenues lor August, September,
October and November, 1897, tells its
own story In that regard. During De
cember imports of sugar and wool be
gan to resume something like their nat
ural proportions, though still below the
volume they will reach when the antici
patory stocks shall be wholly used up.
As will he seen by the statement of
Chairman Dingley in another column,
the revenue for December shows a posi
tive surplus without counting the
money received from tlie Union Paeiiic
Railroad sale.
For the present mouth the Economist
confidently expects that the Wilson law
figures of January , 1897, will be exceed
ed by more than $3,000,000 in customs
receipts alone, while the excess from
all sources will not fall below $5,000,-
000 a& compared with last January.
Owing to the heavy demands upon the
treasury In the shape of interest pay
ments a surplus for January is not an
ticipated, but it is safe to look for an
actual surplus in February and March.
One thing is certain: The danger pe
riod has passed, and the problem of
future revenue under the Dingley tariff
may be set down as definitely solved.
The law of 1897 is vindicated alike in
the matter of revenue and of protection.
It has already stopped the mouths of
the deficit shouters and calamity croak
ers, none of whom has had a word to
say since the treasury record for De
cember was made public.
It has kept at home in the past five
months many millions of American
money hitherto sent abroad for foreign
goods, and at the same time it has
shown that under conditions of aug-
I mented prosperity America will buy
in the world’s markets enough to keep
the peace commercially with the rest of
mankind, besides furnishing abundant
revenue for the needs of the Govern
ment. .
This is what tho Dingley law is do
ing, and will do. It is a good law.
A Return to Normal Prosperity.
Iu the showing of business failures
for 1897 there is made plain a marked
I reduction in the percentage of the com
mercial death rate as compared with
' every year since and including 1893.
Comment to this effect is made by
Bradstreet’s in its review of the rec
ord of financial disasters for the year
just cU.h.l. There is a heavy falling
off. all he in number ami in liabilities,
of those individuals, firms or corpora
■ tions succumbing to the pressure of un
favorable circumstances, primarily in
| (beating a return of prosperous eondi-
I tions iu general business.
The returns show for the year 1897
! a total of 13.090 failures, against 15,112
in 1890 and 15,500 in 1893. This was a
decrease of more than 2,000, or 13.3 per
cent., lrom 1890. The compar' n is
also made with the panic year, 1893,
and with 1891, a year when Imsines?
was generally very prosperous. By
comparison with 1893, the failures this
year were less by 15 per cent., and with
1891 by 2.3 per cent. The statement is
also made that the liabilities of the
firms that failed this year were less
than they have been in four years.
No more conclusrve demonstration is
possible of a return to the normal con
dition of prosperity which prevailed up
to 1893, when the advent to national j
power of the party of free trade was ,
followed by the most prolonged and se- j
vere industrial and financial depression j
ever known iu the history of the Uni- j
ted States.
The Holiday Barometer.
A holiday trade unprecedented in va
riety and v* ’ume is reported from ev- j
cry part of the United States. Hardly
without exception the retail merchants j
of tho cities, towns and villages tell cf
a trade that surpasses that of the holi
day period of 189 G by 15 to 30 per cent,
and all are agreed In saying that the
percentage of cash sales to the total
was never before so large.
There Is no more reliable trade bar
ometer than ihi*. This year the mer
cury of holiday shopping has risen high
in the tube, and there is no mistaking
its indications. Not only are tin.es eas
ier, but money is more plentiful and
more generally apportioned in the pock
ets of the masses than at any time iu
tfc .* past four years of free trade strin
gency, Increasing bank clearances
show that this Is the case. Money is
not being hoarded In nervous dread and
anticipation of hard tiroes ahead, but
la being freely spent by ill sorts and
conditions of men.
The purchasing power of wage earn
ers lias greatly Increased since protec
tion and prosperity made their appear
ance together, and the Immense volume
of the holiday trade shows how widely
and evenly the improved conditions are
distributed nmong the people.
An Effective Illustration.
There are two Washington girls who
were not only ardent believers in pro
tection—in the shape of the Dingley bill
but had the courage of their convic
tions, by which they profited. Believ
’hg MoK!r’ey’s. 1 c ion meant protection
and consequently high prices for wool,
last November they Invested $1,840 in
a band of sheep. A protective tariff
law was enacted, prices of wool ad
vanced. nnd the girls profited by their
faith and good business judgment, sell
ing $2,220 worth of wool this yea:, and
receiving $5,220 for their sheep, a net
profit of $5,000 on an investment of
$1,840 a year ago. This Is only a small
illustration of the benefits of the tariff
law to the farmers of this country, but
it is plain and near at home, therefore
more effective.—Tacoma Ledger.
Practice v .. Precept.
J. N. Gatfin, late Pop Speaker of the
House, took advantage of the passage
of the Dingley bill and bought a large
flock of sheep, lie lias just sold 2,000
head, making a profit of an even dollar
a head. And Gatfin, with his usual hy
pocrisy, will take part of that money,
with some more of the same kind, and
use it in his anti-tariff campaign for
Governor next year.—Lincoln (Neb.)
Journal.
More Room for the Flag; Wanted.
AA’e want this money at home. AVe
want onr own ships. AA’o want more
shipyards. AA’e want more Stars and
Stripes on the seas. This is the time
for a revival. Congress should face
the figures and act.—Jackson (Mich.)
Patriot.
GOOD LOOKS BROUGHT RICHES.
Titled Member of the Italian Chamber
of Deputies Once a Footman.
Among the titled members of the Ital
ian Chamber of Deputies is a man with
a truly singular history. Once, not long
ago, either, he was Jean Venitino, and
exercised at Trieste the humble arts of
an ordinary footman. He had no an
cestors, so far as anybody took the
trouble to discover, but he was hand
some and strong, and when lie man
aged to secure employment in the
household of a certain Principessa
Odesca.khl, lie displayed these advan
tages to such effect that the princi
pessa, who was a maiden of many
years and more sensibilities, bestowed
upon him as a slight expression of her
esteem the sum of 3,000,000 lire. It
takes several of these to make a dollar,
but 3,000,000 are worth something like
SOOO,OOO, and Jean Ventino readily ad
mitted, after receiving the gift, that
his merits were not unappreciated.
Instead of remaining at Trieste, how
ever, he betook himself and his wealth
to Naples. There he easily found an
authentic but impoverished nobleman,
and argued with him so persuasively
that as soon as the 1,.gal papers could
be made out the ambitious youth was
legally adopted by the obliging aristo
crat. This turned Jean Ventino into
the Prince of Carovigno, with a right
to hold Ills head high in most places
where he cared to do so. Still he was
not content. He wanted a wife and a
career. With characteristic speed he
married an American heiress, and, re
tiring with her to a more or less lordly
estate in Pietrasna, he entered earnest
ly upon the task of spending money
and accumulating popularity. Succeed
ing in both directions, he was elected to
the chamber, only to be sent home
again ns under the requisite age. Elect
ed again as soon as time had removed
tigs difficulty, certain peculiarities of
his campaign methods vitiated his
claim to a seat among the legislators.
Undiscouraged, he lias tried a third
time, has surmounted every obstacle,
and is now a full-fledged lawmaker.
Who can say that there are no oppor
tunities in the old world for rising rap
idly from the ranks?—Boston Tran
script.
The Queen's Cigars.
It is well known that Queen Victoria
has a great dislike of smoke, so much
so that she does not allow smoking in
her immediate neighborhood. And yet
the.cigar Dill for her guests is a very
heavy one. The principal item is the
thousand of the finest Havana cigars,
which are specially made for her and
sent to Windsor in glass tubes hermet
ically sealed. It is said that the Queen’s
cigars could not be had even iu Cuba at
wholesale prices under five shillings
apiece. The men who make them re
ceive 30 cents for each cigar, and none
but the oldest and most skilled work
men are intrusted with their manufac
ture. At tliij rate they can earn a
small fortune, for 300 cigars a day can
be turned out by the most expert cigar
makers.
Silk Mart in China.
Hang Chow, about 200 miles south of
Shan glia i, is a great silk emporium, not
less than 7,000 hand looms being en
gaged in the manufacture of silk of tho
nnest quality, all that is required for
the imperial household, being made
here. Although opened to foreign trade
only since the Japanese war, the na
tives are fully alive to the advantages
of that trade, and fo’eigners are not
subjected to the abuse heaped upon
them in other parts of the empire. The
city, which is thirteen •,idles in circum
ference, has ten gates, and is clean,
prosperous and beautiful, with temples
and pagodas placed upon the hills and
embowered iu honeysuckles and bam
boo. while the surrounding country is
well cultivated, especial attention be
ing devoted to mulberry culture.
Nt Chance for Him.
Visitor—What are you eryiug about,
my little man?
Little Willie—All my brothers hez
got a holiday, and I hain’t got none.
Visitor—Why, that's too bad. How
is that?
Little Willie (between sobs>-I—
don't go—to school yet.
Asa soul in heaven may look back
on earth, ai-d smile at Its past sorrows,
so, even here, it may rise to a sphere
where It may look down on the storm
that once threatened to overwhelm it.
WARSHIP TO HAVANA
MAINE IS ORDERED TO THE
CUBAN CAPITAL.
It Is Simply a Precautionary Measure
to Protect Amcricans-Congrcss j) e .
lighted with the Plan, Which in No
Sense Is > ition to War.
No Menace In the Move.
The battleship Maine has been ordered
to Havana. Other American wnrships
win drop in there from time to time. The
warship* go to make friendly calls, after
many years of staring away for fear of
(ousirg the auspicious of Spain. The po
lice some'lines make friendly calls ut
houses that c under suspicion, but they
are always ready to show their authority
if necessary, So it will be with Uncle
Sam’s callers at Havana. They go with
their best clothes, but the bunkers are
filled with shot anil shell, and with enough
men on board to man every gun.
If Spain receives these friendly callers
in a friendly manner, they can drink tea,
salute and depart. Uncle Sam has not
waited for invitations. The warships will
call at Havana whether they are welcome
or not. They will call as the right of a
friendly power, entitled to enter every
port in time of peace.
A Washington correspondent says there
has been no international reason why our
navy should have kept away from Cuban
waters for 11*3 last two or three years.
President Cleveland took extraordinary
care not to offend Spain by allowing war
ships to appear in Cuban waters without
invitation. That policy has bjen followed
until now, and the situation in Cuba lias
grown worse until to-day not only Amer
ican citizens and American officials in
Havana are in danger, but Gen. Blanco
himself is not safe from his own army.
That policy has been changed, and or
ders were sent to Admiral Sicard that the
Maine should call at Havana. It will
be only a friendly call if the situation in
Havana warrants that interpretation. It
will be a call for business, if necessary.
The reports from Gen. Lee have not
been encouraging since the outbreak a
week ngo. Havana is a smoldering vol
cano, ready to break out at any moment.
Anarchy is the greatest danger, and an*
nrcliy produced by Spanish soldiers. Gen.
Lee’s reports make it almost imperative
that warships should lie near enough to
protect Americans. Strict orders were
given not (o allow the forces fi an the
Maine to land, unless necessary. They
will not go into the city for pleasure.
When they go it will be for business.
The New York World’s Washington
correspondent says that ’he battleship
Maine was ordered to Havana in response
to a cablegram from Consul General Lee.
He asserts that after G o’clock Monday
night three either dispatches from Gen.
Lee were received at the State Depart
ment, translated, and sent to Judge Day,
who took them to the dinner given by
Judge McKenna. At that dinner all the
members of the cabinet except Gen. Alger
were present, and a consultation, prac
tically a cabinet meeting, was held to
consider the situation in Cuba. After re
luming to the executive mansion the Pres
ident ordered direct tc-legraphic connec
tion between there and Key West.
The news that at last an American ves
sel is to be stationed at Havana was en
thusiastically received in AA’ashington.
This move is obviously popular, since it
offers protection to our citizens and in
terests, and puts us in the field in case
events should require the presence there
of a strong force of American marines
with big guns to back them. No well
informed man in AA'ashington expects war
as the direct outgrowth of such a trifling
thing ns the dispp.Dh of a naval vessel to
guard American interests in Havana. Nor
does any well-informed man believe the
Cuban problem is to be solved in any other
way than by virtue of the force and pres
tige of this Government behind a de
mand that the war stop, the starving be
fed and the homeless be sheltered, with
the United States as nn admitted and
most potent factor in the reconstruction
of the Government of the island. The
next move of the United States is likely
to take this form.
MEET TO URG REFORM.
National Monetary Conference Called
to Order in Indianapolis.
The monetary conference which opened
in Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon was
the result of a movement started by the
Indianapolis Board of Trade a little more
than one year ago. This commercial body
took upon itself the inauguration of a
movement whose primary purpose was
monetary reform. AVitbout any assurance
that the object of its endeavor would be
realized in a national sense, the Board of
Trade issued invitations to commercial
organizations of the central west, which
brought together the nucleus on which
Tuesday's national convention rests.
The cities sending representatives to the
first conference were Cincinnati, Chicago,
Cleveland, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Sr
Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville, Milwau
kee, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Toledo.
This conference determined to call a gen
eral convention of the trade and commer
cial organizations of the country, to meet
in Indianapolis Jan. 12, 1897, to consider
the currency question in a non-partisan
way. In response to this call there as
sembled in Indianapolis on the date nam
ed 300 delegates, representing the busi
ness interests of 108 cities in 27 States.
Following the instructions of this con
vention a committee of eleven wns select
ed to formulate a currency reform plan.
After months of evidence and discussion
in AVashington this committee completed
its report, which was made public Jan. 3.
Tuesday’s convention, which was much
larger than the first, was called for the
purpose of submitting the plan and secur
ing its adoption. The convention wns
welcomed to the State by Gov. James A.
Mount. Leslie M. Shaw of lowa presid
ed, and C. Stuart Patterson submitted
the report of the committee of election.
BROWN ADMITS GUILT.
Preacher Confesses Immoral Conduct
to the Bay Conference.
Bay conference, the ruling body of the
Congregational Church in San Francisco,
met and expelled Rev. Charles O. Brown,
the unfrocked minister, who was after
ward given a church in Chicago. A sen
sation was caused by a confession and a
plea for mercy from Rev. Mr. Brown.
He was present and said the accusation
against him was true. lie said he had
turned utterly and with abhorrence from
his sins long before lie was publicly ac
cused. Brown says he was overcome
with remorse on his way East to accept
the Chicago pulpit, anil then wrote out a
confession, but after being kindly receiv
ed in Chicago he reconsidered this di ter
mination. The committee considered the
confession and reported unanimously if
favor of dropping Brown from the roll.
Brown still iias friends in the conference
and they were in favor of treating him
leniently in view of his repentance.
Brown sent his resignation to bis Chi
cago church. It is liis intention, so he
declares, to preach upon street corners
and in the slums.
FINE VIEWS OF THE ECLIPSE.
Astronomers at Bombay Enjoy Very
Favorable Conditions.
At Bombay. India, the total eclipse of
the sun was accompanied by a rapid fall
of temperature. An earthy smell per
vaded the air, and the scene resembled
a landscape under a wintry English sun.
'i he duration of totality was two minutes,
with a marvelous corona of pale silver
and blue. The conditions were favorable
at both Prof. Sir Norman Loekyer’s
camp, Dear A'iziadroog (on the Malabar
coast), and at Prof. Campbell’s camp, near
Jour. The native astrologers predicted
terrible calamities. The nat ! ves swarm
ed to devotional exercises, anu there was
general fasting, but no great alarm. The
Nizam of Hyderabad liberated fifty pris
oners, giving each a gift of money and
clothes.
At a meeting at Pittsburg of coal op
erators favorable to “true uniiormity”
conditions, a committee of five was ap
pointed to nominate a uniformity commis
sion, after which the meeting adjourned
to assemble again at the call of the com
mittee.
B. A. Ramsey, a conductor on the Mexi
can Central Railroad, was shot and kill
ed while discharging his duties. Under
Mexican law the remains cannot be sent
to his home lu Texas for burial.
At Dunkirk, 0., ex-Postmaster John
Woods was struck by a fast train and
died in less than an hear,
On Thursday the consular and diplo
matic appropriation bill was passed by
the House after a day of debate on the
Cuban question. Mr. Dingley made a
speech relative to wage reductions in the
cotton industry, in which he showed that
the tariff question hns nothing to do with
them. In the Senate Mr rr '<'ller's resolu
tion that bonds be paid .lver as well
as gold was taken up by a vote of 41 to
25, and, after debate, was made unfin
ished business. Mr. Pettigrew secured
the passage of a resolution directing the
Secretary of the Interior and the Attor
ney General to inform the Senate what
steps the Government had taken concern
ing the killiug of a woman in Oklahoma
territory by Seminole Indians and the
burning of two Seminole Indians in the
same territory. The resolution iaquiring
of the Postmaster General what action
was necessary to maintain the excel
lence of the postal free delivery service
was agreed to. Mr. Tillman's resolution
extending the authority of the Int ;rstati
and Foreign Commerce Committee rela
tive to the investigation of the giring by
railroads of transportation for any other
consideration than cash was also passed.
In the House on Friday there was a
parliamentary struggle over the bill for
the relief of the book publishing company
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
By shrewd maneuvering its opponents
succeeded in preventing action. Previous
to the consideration o> this Hill the House
passed the Hill to extend the public land
laws of the United States to the territory
of Alaska and to grant a general railroad
right of way through the territory. The
urgent deficiency hill was sent to confer
ence after the silver forces, with some
outside aid, lmd succeeded in concurring
in the Senate amendment striking from
tlie bill tin- provision requiring the depos
itors of bullion at Government assnj of
fices to pay the cost of transportation to
the mints. In the Senate the resolution
of Mr. Allen asking the Secretary of the
Interior for papers concerning the dis
missal from the pension office of Mrs. M.
E. Roberts was referred to the Com
mittee on Civil Service and Retrench
ment, after considerable debate. The
Senate sport most of .'he day in exeevtive
session.
Some lulls of minor importance were
passed by the House on Saturday and
the remainder of the day was devoted to
general debate on the Indian appropria
tion bill. That the Cuban question is
i;l! uppermost in the minds of the mem
bers was evinced during this debate, much
of which was decoted to it. Mr. Hitt,
chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee, submitted a privileged report from
his committee, recommending the passage
of a resolution of inquiry, requesting the
State Department to transmit to the
House nil information in its possession
relative to the military execution of Col.
Ruiz, a Spanish envoy to the insurgent
camp of Arangurcn. The resolution was
adopted without division. In the Senate
after a speech by Mr. Stewart in favor
of the Teller silver resolution, considera
tion of bills on the private calendar was
begun and a number were pnssed.
In the House on Monday a couple of
hours were devoted to business relating to
the District of Columbia, and the remain
der of the day was occupied with the
I.'dian appropriation bill. A lively de
bate was precipitated by an allusion made
bv Mr. Simpson (Pop., Kan.) to an alleg
ed interview with the President on the
subject of immigration. Mr. Grosvenor
took occasion to express the opinion that
the President had never used some f the
language imputed to him, and the debate
drifted into a general discussion of our
industrial conditions, In the Senate pro
posed annexation of Hawaii was some
what extensively reviewed by Mr, Mor
gan of Alabama while speaking to a ques
tion of personal privilege. One of the
features of the session was an elaborate
speech by Mr. Turpie of Indiana in sun
port of the Teller resolution. The pennon
appropriation bill was debated for nearly
three hours, but was not passed, the Sen
ate adjourning pending the disposnl of a
point of order made against a;, amend
ment offered by Mr. Allen of Nebraska
to the pending bill.
Under the parliamentary fiction of dis
cussing the Indian appropriation bill, the
House devoted almost the entire day
Tuesday to a political debate in which
tlie main question was whether prosper
ity had come to tlie country ns a result of
the advent of the present administration.
Mr. Smith, the delegate from Arizona,
made an attack on the system of educat
ing the Indians, and Mr. Walker moved
to strike out the appropriation for the
Carlisle school. No vote was taken on
the motion. A bill was passed granting
American register to the foreign built
steamer Navajo. In the Senate the ses
sion was characterized by n heated, al
most acrimonious, discussion of tlie finan
cial question. For nearly four hours the
Teller resolution was under consideration,
tlie principal speeches being made by Mr.
Allison (Iowa), Mr. Berry (Arkansas) and
Mr. Hoar (Massachusetts).
Consideration of tlie Indian appropria
tion Hill consumed the entire day in the
House on Wednesday. The debate was
chiefly on > xtrancous subjects. The mo
tion to strike out the appropriation for
the Carlisle Indian school was defeated
after considerable debate, 20 to 05. Ten
pages of the lull were disposed of. The
conference report on tlie urgent deficiency
bill was adopted. In the Senate the day
was spent in a discussion of tlie Teller
silver resolution.
News of Minor Note*
I’rof. Tnschenberg, the entomologist,
is dead at Halle.
Secret societies at Denver are waging
war on department stores.
The United States ambassador to Great
Britain, Col. John Hay, and family, will
sail film Genoa on the North German
Lloyd steamship Prinz Regent Luitpold
for Egypt for n tour up the Nile.
The condition of the health of Empress
Augusta Victoria of Germany excites
comment. She will go in the spring to
some Southern air cure. Her physicians
still forbid her leaving her rooms.
The Dominion cabinet which lias uad
under consideration the case of Mrs. Olive
Sterna man, under sentence to be hanged
at Cnyugfi, Out., for the murder of her
husband, decided to grant her anew trial.
At Holbrook, Ariz., wild dogs are caus
ing great loss to the ranch owners b’
killiug stock.
At Ravenna, 0., while walking with
his sweetheart, Cornelius O. Eatinger
quarreled with the young woman. Sud
denly he pulled a revolver and without a
word of Warning sent a bullet through his
brain, falling dead at his sweetheart’s
feet.
A chattel deed of trust has been filed
by M. W. Alexander, proprietor of one of
the oldest retail drug houses in St. Louis,
to Charles W.. Wall, treasurer of Meyer
Brothers’ Drug Company. Liabilities
amount to $17,200. The cause of the fail
ure is not given.
J. F. Draper & Cos. of Ashland, N. 11.,
who failed recently for SIIO,OOO, have set
tled with creditors satisfactorily and a
new corporation has been formed.
Ileus are responsible for the outbreak
of a gold craze in Clay County, South Da
kota. In the gizzard of every one killed
recently were found particles of yellow
metal. Experts pronounce it gold 24
karats fine.
A contract for a long term of years has
just been executed and confirmed by the
Mexican congress between the Mexican
Government and the Western Union Tel
egraph Company for the exclusive inter
change of telegraphic business with Mex
ico.
Prof. Joseph Austin Romney of San
Jose, Cal., has been adjudged insane and
ordered committed to the State hospital
at Agnews.
The San Diego. Cal., Common Council
has awarded a railway franchise for a
right of way 100 feet wide through the
city limits in order to secure a railroad
directly eastward to the Colorado river.
The last ceremony connected with the
official ina"gnration of the Rio Grande,
Sierra Madrc and Pacific Railway was
performed in Ciudad Jarez, Mexico, when
Gov. Miguel Ahmnada, acting for him
self and the representative of President
Diaz, officially christened the railway the
“Sierra Madrc Line,’’ i
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.
From ths Industrial Kexcs, Jackson, MicK
The subject of this sketch is fifty-six
yenrs of age, and actively engaged in
farming. When seventeen years old he
hurt his shoulder, and a few years after
commenced to have rheumatic pains in it.
On taking a slight cold or the least strain,
the trouble would start and he would suf
fer the most excruciating pains.
He suffered for over thirty years, and
the last decade has suffered so much that
be was unable to do any work. To this,
frequent dizzy spelle were added, mak
ing him almoot a helpless invalid.
In all Sorts of Weather.
He tried the best physicians and us.f'd
several specific rheumatism cures without
being benefited, .\bout one year and six
months ago he read in this paper of a
case somewhat similar to his which wax
cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and
concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box lie feit some
what better, and after using three boxes
ihe pains entirely disappeared, the dizzi
ness left him, and he lias now for over a
year been entirely free from ail his former
trouble and enjoys better health than he
he has had since his boyhood.
He is loud in his praises of Dr. Will
iams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and will
gladly corroborate the above statements.
His postoffice address is Ixirenzo Neeley,
Horton, Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are eontnined.in a con
densed form, in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
for Pale People. All druggists sell them.
THEY DO NOT SPEAK.
Man und W ife Have Not Addressed
Each Other far Eighteen Years.
John Stewart and his wife, of Mata
wan, N. J., have vot spoken to each
other in eighteen yeais. Mrs. Stewart
is a devout Methodist. Her husband,
to whom she has been married thirty
six years, is an atheist. For love of this
man, whose views are so radically dif
ferent from her own she has contin
ued to live and work that he might
have a home, but for eighteen years
they have not exchanged a word. All
this time the two have lived in a tiny
house, where they were constantly
thrown together, and yet each has car
ried on a separate existence. For many
years they lived as happily as any man
and wife could live, aud then the ser
pent entered their paradise. It came
In the form of doctrines of anarchy,
which the husband began to study. He
became an enemy of law and order
aud loved to argue on the points of his
new belief. Then, to lie still more at
variance with his rural kind, he read
Voltaire and other writers opposed to
tlie Christian religion and next he was
an atheist. These departures into so
called advanced thought were a great
sorrow to ihe devout helpmeet, and
gently di I she try to win him back to
the belief in which lie had been born
and bred. The husband resented these
pleadings. The wife feared that her
husband would cease to love her if she
continued to play tire missionary. She
made a compact with him. They were
nevfr to speak again. There could then
be no quarrels about anything. He
agreed, glad, lie said, to be exempted
from what he called her nagging. That
was more than eighteen years ago, atwl
as yet they have not exchanged a word.
A cat has been their Intermediary all
the years of silence. Not the same oat
nil the time, for cats would come and
go, but they had always had one cat
or another to act as the go-between.
If ihe meal was ready the wife told the
eat. The husband heard the message
and sat at the table. If the man want
ed anything at the table he made his
wishes known to the cat, and so it has
been for eighteen years.
WHERE HARD TIMES ARE NOT
KNOWN.
Described by a Ft, Paul Paper as the
New Star of Liberty.
A corre
s p ondent,
' . g_ . - in a com
man lea tfon
—— ——— ——— ■'months so
much lias been said and written of
Western Canada, and tlie new provinces
forming it, he lias been led to give the
subject some inquiry, and he lias been
shown letters written to the Canadian
Government from delegates sent out by
friends to inspect the country.
One of these delegates who was sent
to Western Canada says: “In under
taking to give a description I fear 1
shall not be able to give it justice, for
I hardly know where to begin or when
to end. For a plea for my Judgment,
I will assume, for rn illustration, the
experience of a mau who went from
place to place in search of a wife, and
finding so many of good qualities and
attractions, was unable to determine
which to elioose, so in looking for a
borne in Western Canada I like the
country well, and two of my boys are
going this fall (they have si.ice gone,
and each has a homestead), where I
am satisfied they will do well. The
lands which 1 have seen are far supe
rior in every respect and beyond my
expectations. Lakes and streams to be
found in all districts abound with innu
merable kinds of water fowl, while fish
are very abundant. On all sides we see
Innumerable stacks of grain, proving
beyond doubt the fertility of the soil.
On either side of tlie track can be seen
in addition to the grain herds of cattle,
horses and flocks of sheep. I have
traveled over a great portion of the
Western States and I have seen nothing
to compare with this country. One
hundred and sixty acres of land are
given free to actual settlers, aud I saw
cases where as high as S2O per 2<*re bad
bee*.) cleared in one year. I do not wish
to advise anyone, but as for myself I
shall leave as soon as I can arrange my
affairs.” The agents of the Canadian
Government are now at work organiz
ing excursion parties, and the Depart
ment of the Interior at Ottawa, Canada,
will be pleased to supply the informa
tion to those who are not within reach
of an agent.
Inventor's Reward.
A young man employed at SI.BO a day
in one of the factories in New Britain,
Conn, recently invented an attachment
to a machine on which be was working
which promises to be of great value.
Four men were employed on this ma
chint prior to liis invention, and its use
was about to be abandoned liecause of
the expense attending the running of it.
The young man dowsed an attachment
which, when applied to the machine,
permitted cue boy to attend it, and lie
can turn out as much work as the four
men could previously. This machine
Is run regularly every day, and it Is
doing good work at a saving of sr, a day
over former cost. The president of
the company gave the young man n
check for $25.
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!
Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
pnekageof GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. who try it. like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, bot it is made from pore
grains, and the most delicate stomach re
ceives it without distress. V 4 the price of
coffee. 15c. and 25 eta. per package. Sold
by all grocers.
Some people will never learn any
thing; for this reason—that they un
derstand everything too soon.
lie must be n thorough foci who can
learn nothing from his own folly.
FITS PcnEmneaJjr Caret so Btt or n*rroang
alter 4nt a*r** nae of Dr. KUae'i Urea* liana "Sa
tst m?MS&“*!.“saß®arß
Hawaii and Japan.
Dispatches from Washington state that
there are about to be Important develop
ments In the Japanese Imbroglio with the
Government of the Hawaiian Islands. How
ever this may be. certain It Is that the dis
turbance of the stomach caused by simple In
digestion will develop Into chronic dyspepsia
unless checkmated at the start. The finest
stomachic Is llostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which promptly rectifies gastric trouble, and
does away with Irregularity of the bowels
and liver.
They Redeemed The mselves.
During the awful yellow fever epi
demic of 1878 in the South the nurses
who saved the lives of hundreds of suf
ferers were fallen women. When every
one else turned pale with fear and
proved unable to help, these women
quit their lives of shame and became
ministering angels. Hundreds of them
went from every city In the United
States to lose or redeem tlieir lives in
the great epidemic. They were the
only reliable nurses and they proved
heroines Indeed. Many of them died.
None of them ever returned to their
lives of sliame.
Beware of Olntm-nts for Catarrh that
' ontain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering It through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never he used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is tenfold to the good \ou
can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ,1. Cheney & Cos, Tole
do, 0.. contains no mercury, and is takru inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is
taken Internally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney & Cos. Testimonials free.
tar-Sold by Druggists. 75c. per bottle.
Her Methods.
Uncle Bob—Yes, my wife alius be
lieved in tyin’ a string to her finger to
remember things.
Uncle Bill—She has one on her fibgcr
most of the time, I notice.
Uncle Bob—Yes, Veptin’ when she
lias somethin’ very partlkler to remem
ber. Then she leaves off the string, an’
when it ain’t there she remembers wliy.
Under the Mosaic law of an eye for
an eye and a tooth for a tooth, the
regime was practically carried out. and
the old-time executioner numbered for
ceps among bis instruments of penalty
and torture.
riso’s Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house.—D. C.
Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 11, ’OS.
The moment -.nything assumes the
shape of duty some persons feel them
selves Incapable of discharging It.
. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH Druggists
refund the money If It falls to cure. 25c
Judge not of men or things at first
sight.
Mrs. Winslow's Sooth Iso Winer for Children
teething; (ottrns the gums, reduces inf: m tuition,
allays pain cure: wind colic, &*> cents a bottle.
SMOTHER OF CHILDREN.
eclures that in the Light of Mod-
no Woman Neod Despair.
■e are many curable causes for steril
women. One of the most common
general debility, accompanied by a
euliar condition of the blood.
'’are and tonic treatmt nt of the fc
tle organs relieve more eases of sup
posed incurable barrenness than any
other known method. This is why
Lydia E. l’inkham’s Vegetable Con; -
pound has effected so many cures;
its tonic properties are directed es
pecially to the nerves which supply
the uterine system. Among other
causes for sterility or barrenness
are displacements of the womb.
These displacements are caused by
lack of strength in the ligaments
>rting the womb and the ovaries; rc
ese, uud the difficulty ceases, Here,
he Vegetable Compound works won
ice Mrs. Lytle's letter, which follows
olumn. Go to the root of the mat ter,
restore the strength of the nerves and the tone of the parts, and nature
will do the rest. Nature has no better ally than this Compound, made of
her own healing and restoring herbs.
Write freely and fully to Mrs. Pinkham. Her address is Lynn, Mass. Sha
will tell you, free of charge, the cause of your trouble and what course to t ake.
Believe me, under right conditions, yon have a fair chance to become the joy
ful mother of children. The woman whose letter is here published certainly
tliinks so:
“ I am more than proud of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and
cannot find words to express the good it hns done me. 1 was troubled very
badly with the leucor.hoea and severe womb pains. Frost the time I was
married, in 1882, until last year, I was under the doctor's care. We had no
children. I have hn u nearly every doctor in Jersey City, and have been to Kelvin
Hospital, but all to no avail. I saw Mrs. Pinkham’s advertisement in tho
paper, and have used five bottles of h‘ r medicine. It has done more for mo
than all.the doctors I ever had. It has stopped ray pains and has brought mo
a fine little girl. I have been well ever since my baby was born 1 henrtily
recommend Mrs. Pinkham s medicine to all women suffering from sterility.”—
Mrs. Lucy Lytle,, 255 Henderson St., Jersey City, N. J.
This is what
/ /jgfV a prominent physician says: “I
J) • j t have given my own children the
/ kV! VS the matter of absolute cleanli-
I , \ ness in bottle feeding. I have
j f( \ J v studied the so-called easily*-
‘~H?/ ~ \ J cleaned nursing bottles and I
-iyl =■ -Zzn j j long ago came to the conclusion
“ SrSl iat a tt^e P ie would run-
V) der ordinary nursing bottles the
safest utensils of them all. I firmly believe that children
properly fed and cleanly fed will avoid the majority of the
difficulties which they encounter during the first two years of
life. I believe that if every feeding bottle was washed with
Pearline, many innocent lives would be saved.”
Surely, this is a matter to interest every mother. Nothing
so thoroughly cleanses as Pearlinc. mo
“The Best Is Aye the Cheapest.”
Avoid Imitations of and Sub
stitutes for
SAPOLIO
R.'H.SHUMWiAY,Rockford. 111.
Hr For information as to Low Railway Rates, Map*.
Pamphlets, etc., address the Department of the Interi
or, Ottawa, Canada, or C. J. BROUGHTON, 1223 Mo
uadnock Building, Chicago, III.; W. V. BENNETT, 119
New York Life Building, Omaha. Neb.
POTATOES !S!
UrjfrtSftd I’Oi AT tra.in in
Tlie "Itaral Ncv-Virk■ r” *!<■• SALZER’S
EARLIEST a Jield of *54 buxu per sere.
Prices dirt cheap. Of/ p*’ Bkkl WKH, * 1 Pirs
Seed Saaplss, nrtk §IO >o get s start, or UK. im i> !•
■slice. JOHS ▲. tsLtSff "kRD 10.,LsCrosse, Wls. (C. 8.)
Mk£SWhTEALIuSEFAILS. ' 0
Best Cough Brn. Tnt* Good. C H
EH to lime. 3-. il ts 7 angehi’.i. gt
ATILL THERE IS MONEY IN IT. t
Carl Vollen sold $350 of Salzer’s Cab* 1
bage. Labor, seed, rent and all did not
cost hint SSO, profit S3OO. You can beat
that and make lots of money on
Radishes, Peas, Lettuce, Mushrooms,
Onions, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Pota
toes, etc. Bal/-r warrants bis seeds
the earliest In the world. Potatoes only
$1.50 per barrel. Millions of Raspber
ries, Cherries, Apples and small fruits.
Catalogue tells all about them.
Send thin Notice with 14c. Stamps to
John A. Salzer Seed Cos, La Crosse,
Wls, and get free their big Plant amp
Seed Catalogue and 10 packages vege
table and flower seeds, novelties worth;
SI.OO. c. nj
An Underground City.
In Galicia, In Austrian Poland, thero
is a remarkable underground city,
which has a population of over 1,000
men, women and children, scores of
whom have never seen the light of day.
It Is known as the City of the Salt
Mines, and Is situated several hundred
feet below the earth's surface. It has
its town hall, theater and assembly
room, as well as a beautiful church dec
orated with statues, all being fashioned
from a pare crystallized rock salt. It
lias well-graded streets and spacious
squares, lighted with electricity. Thera
are numerous Instances In this under
ground city where not a single Indi
vidual in three or four successive gen
erations has ever seen the sun or hns
any Idea of how people live In the light
of day—Now York Herald.
Do You Dance To-Night?
Shake in your shoes Allen's Foot-
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Chilblnlus, Frost Bites
and Sweating Feet. At all druggists and)
shoe stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S.Olmsted,Le Roy.N.Y;
The Reil Man’s Way.
Statistically Inclined tourist (In Okla
homa)—l have been told that there n;o
no bald-headed Indians.
Alkali Ike—l reckon that’s so; in fact,
some of ’em raise more hair than they
wear.—New York World.
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