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THE DEMOCRAT C CLIN A OHU) A fool woman and her alimony are ood art."l. Klhses ilmy uo- lie seiA by wire, but It U more satisfactory to go jrour- elf. One run make a failure of marriage, tut It takes two to iniike It a sue cesa. Japan is try Inn to niako up Its uiind whether or int to ai: Initiate Korea though It Iii.h done s- already. Nlnirngua Is going to keep on tight lng Which Insures tho soldiers' steady employment at 'Ju rents n day. A -lay's .1111! In?; in un alrshfp In Ger many i; going to lie n amenably clieup. Bull, the trip will come high. Roosevelt did not when In Home do M the Romans do. It Is I. In habit, wherever lie may be, to do as Koosc clt dors. Somebody lias discovered a way to main bread that will keep right years. Wo are surprised to b arn that tin pro res In new. We haven't any patience with a man who will stand up ami argue that the ail of Hu'.lej'a ruif-t i.s responsible for Mie high . i si of living-. "To me," says' Iho daughter Of J. Pier, out .'rr-: in. "the whole problem of tin nation is labor." Yet she neither w.-.-ts by tie- day ti.ir draws a sal ary. No healthy r.:,n shoul '. die at 0"." b. y s .in nu'hotliy ho 1 lie.es that human life js nan- o warily brief. Hut when It pntii.'s to that, why should a man who is s'i'l healthy die at nil? A large majority f the schoolboys of this eountry are arntly hoping iomething dreadful may happen to Wir.iam Sid is of Huston because of bis unsportsmanlike propei.-P y to acquire know Iedg: Not only do si at is-Ic? show that mar ried n,. n are 1-ss frepi ntly lawbreak er." than bachelors, bur also that the former i-Ia.-s live longer. This does not look i-g If it were safe to figure on the advant-nv-s if single blesspd Dess. fu.hi.en hc-s of an n,ory on the wit ness "'and is of. r traiwl as a joke. It i- :!:i-r. 1:: the . u- York Kiurt wh'-r- a " wa s: 'i' to jail tin- other !' x'.: o he nr-i.r have oppor tunity to t-,i"V up :. i!;r- satisfactory answer '!..-. a his r- a! d "I don't re- Itl'T. Aii army .f!.-, r. cii.'iin.on' i as an PXp. in a V w I i : s -lco' ;:m rase, o' '.i 'i to t.-'.l.i;. th" ii- nal nu'.h to ' I! ' truth. t!:! i !.o! ir-;;h r.i.d It but th" triiih. lie s.lid he i. is illing to t- !! all !. knew, but thai it was nu;'" j.o.-t !! !. rlso that h tait'iit lie n:ls!:'k n. or tir.t he was not hi quail-d v i;'i tin- wf.ob- truth. If all 'x;,e;'s as morbidly ronseii n tloiih as this a,ir'it t!i. !r ow n failiKI lty, epi r' '.-.-timony is going to be revnl'iMoIiized. Ii. w. : . ; ordln? to tn- poets, a- ah : .- :-: I as 'he favorite b ., 'til 'I th- . .- tin- CI1 1-..1-: r T ; hnu v :' ': : ; by the f(,':..-ii large pi' is r-;i . ; In r;'t"i is rnvi rd ' . s- :". 1 ' as a cons : 'he : rai Ui'.y '' !" t : onrf? H. -.v :-. : ijaar i "S-. : t.-l ' -yrr-. f-- ,i"i:i- ;r- . ' : i I iri. s, is urili '.'il f.-r - '- ' "f slaking ii ' r a; p r rtpu-e are of au ! t r-j hoMiitr a mr tu, I'"-., rati ..... r.l. Yet 1.0 t r-.-nn n. v. .. n w ..nu oob-n -: : i ;." worn in ci'y lie n of all ages, in oat.. The boys who ;.aw is w. - and country b phe e of au ; went through rolh-ge fif-y and sixty years ago had little Pesi-Vs a sha-.vi fur t.'.'ra winter protect ion, and their api.ea; an-.-e, .g.utig across tho stio-a'-cov-er..d campus, to and from re cltatl ir.s. wtib sngges' i-. .; of a s. ene upon an In dian v soi-vat ion. Th a vl was then deemed a thonui';n!y manly affair, but chati'--i:.g f;:.-h ion.- - from which man is not so exempt as he strives to give the iu.pressicn--n.ade them as exclu-siv.-iy a v oinaa's car ".. ti' as they were heiore tiie .-i.a .vl f;.-. hion for men came in. Rut no wone-ii are rarely seen wearing a ,-hav-1 If they ran pro cur': an outer gt 'tient more in vogue. Oor.d Queen Victoria, however, to the end of her da; s w as aei-usionied to In::! .' ri-'i .-lit, ..Is of ctitnel's hair ut.r.n !-,-;.' o:-ne i.t-i-I of !. r royal circle 111'-.' ;,. I ft 3 not the less treas- cv -i- ti .' d. Ob! f.i ii i i n - . , ' . ' - or-- reconcile.) hut slowly to the Iconoclastic tendency of a heedless and hurrying generation, sincerely regret 'he p:.-.-ti:g o: shawl. In the earlier days It was a product of thp borne homespun by d"!t and loving hands from th" h..me-rai-'-d wool; and its comforting w.-nr:ii :- gg' -il an aft'ei tior.ate pro tec: ii." v. hi. h t-vr lies in the folds of pun-l.-ased garments. Its use was found, (i u:..t! necessity, not fashion, aDd ft -a: a fi'tinc wrap for hones-t people -ik. walked in simpl" 'wayp Perhaps a coming generation will we! con.e I'ack tin shawl to its should'.!.-;. There has been intense excitement In Springfield. Mass., over the murder of Martha B. Blackstone and the confus dion of Bertram G. Spencer, who ad mits that he committed the crime and that he has been leading a sort of Jekyll and Hyde existence for many years. According to his own story he has worked at scktne legitimate occu pation during the day and turned burg lar at night. His operations hav t- tended to various parts of the count hut Spring field has engaged his atten tion for the last two years, and ho has delighted In the stories of bis exploits there as the masked bursar. Appar ently his rase Is destined to attain soma celebrity because of a point that is raised concerning h's responsibility for his actions. Ills criminal Instincts begun to appear whin he was still a boy, and their origin Is acrlb"d to the effects of a blow on tho head which tracks west of Newark, liolh hands was dealt him by his father. What and anus wort' mashed and were laler value, there Is in this defense It In amputated. Piikley bays ho was as imposslble to say now. but It Is clear sauitcd, robbed mid tied to the track that Spencer -can be closely associated by two companions, who afterward with certain criminal types. Ho hat lied Into tho woods. Inordinate vanity and a love of the sen- Memorial services for the Into Paul national. The absence of a moral auren(.0 Dunbar, tho negro poet, will funtie is indicated by the fact that his i,0 llolJ ln s,.nKni.d on May 22 at crimes have never caused him the ' ,no (.lt v n!lli Among the speakers will slightest remorse. Rut though a mur- Do jujo c. W. Dii.stin, Judge Tod der cnlsht not trouble him he was (;ui)Way, Daniel J. Ryan, Herbert O. greatly worried over the loss or a locket which bore his initials. There are ln this world many persons who have about the same Idea as Spenei r of tho relative Importance of things, . ' il, I, h,.v ...nw nt.vi.r llnvn tinon h t on tho head. They are absorbed with themselves, dead to the feelings of others. Rulltv of Innumerable acts of meanness and cruelty, some of which are merely Irritating experiments In malicious .mischief, while others leal on to the most serious consequences. Society would be Immensely relieved and Improved if the whole tribe could be removed from the face of the earth, iml where reformation Is out of the question, as It often Ii, society should be protected by the segregation of the offenders for life. Judged by his own confeF.-ion, Spencer ou:.;ht never to ! set at liberty whether the blow on the bead is an excuse for him or not. KIgbty-seven In every hundred Can adian farmers own their own farms. An English agricultural society Is raising a fund with which to extermi nate the sparrow. The sticks of dynamite used in a year in building the Panama canal, If placed end to end, would reach in a straight line from Tloston to Spokane. Aluminum, combined with other ma rlals, is appearing as a textile, neck ties, shawls, hats, and lacings for shoes being among Lf;e newest projuc- tlnns. For some unknown reason humming birds are disappearing from the Is land of Trinidad. Half a century ago there were eighteen species; now there are but five. In Japan day laborers receive CO cents a uay, women s- rvants ii cms a month, nn-n servants $l.3C a month, women fsrm laborers ?S.S0, men farm hands ?i:,.ftC. From now on all Pritish vrterinar- as p. ii:-t give immediate notification all casi s of cattle plague nnd ot'.ier contagious diseases to which domes. i i at.iir.als tire liable. Th" lubricating mechanism of a gyros-ope car is titfed with an alarm to wain the engineer, for if the ax'o-s ef the rapidly moving gyroscopes hhou'd j Judging from the amount of money g-1 hot they would cut through the, he saved while in the Columbus pris-be-ii-ln.es ln an instant. on, Charles Justice, a second tenner. Dr. Oliver, after manv experiments ! "f xia- ll; n to complain. In freezing eggs of bookworm, con-: Jus-tire has been behind the walls the eludes that bookworm can survive winters In Europe and be-orti" epi li' tiite. Recently forty ggs were re-pur'-d from the brick fields in llol-l-i-.d. ib retofore regarded as valueb.,.., a c'T-ain kind of soil, of which th'-.-" ar.- large deposits in Denmark, h,s ! n found to make excellent bricks of light weight and so tough that nails kjv he driven into them without ctaekir.g. Aae.t.g the ninny extraordinary theori s Infrodut by ri-c-rit. mi. ro-.-;( epic s'u.Hcg is that of sex in bre-ud ti.elds. Aft- r years of pa'irr.t y-re-h it i nnr.ouneed that a d!s' i g'i!:'"d s:f"ti'::-t litis found that th. i: 'nut" fungi, the lowest or.!- r of plant H '". p i-s ':! 'Vie rbaract eristics of j.:;...'..- f.'- tin-, liigi.est type, ami have 'in f: in ,r.-.v. r of re produrln-r their kind '"o di-fir.et and differing r.T' . l.ii'ien to giving ri'-w life fr..tn one. It was a hard tiling to account for. The lady didn't have the dog on her lepsh, yet. he didn't run av.-.ty. Indeed, ho seemed fo be very familiar with his mistress' skirts, and once In a while, as he waeged his tail, there of Ohio. Last week she celebrated would come a flash of her ankles. The n)e im'nd anniversary of her birth, reason was plain when you came up ji,-s. Jones has possession of all her even with h'-r. The nickeled plate on faculties except hearing. She is his collar had a clasp on it, and th? sijg!,t!y deaf, but can hear if the clasp was fastened tightly to the hem s))(fake"r talks in a high tone. She of her skirt. It was simply a new iivts wit!l her Bon. Since a slight ill way of leading a pet dog. This was ncss lwo years ago, she has been in Finn avenue on last Sunday. .New . York Sun. Output of Mtitt-hm. An expert ln the match Industry estimates last year's output of match-; es at l,:.00,ono.oni,000 fifteen hundred billions the New York World says. This provided something like 3.000,000 , nes a minute tor tne use or me '-, ilized world. Plenty of people now i .ing remember when the sulphur match in its present form was tin known. And the old flint has not yet gore entirely out of use. In fact, It has had a rpcent revival of practical usefulness and is on sale now as a substitute for matches perhaps more extu.sively than at any time In the la if half century. In m at little leather cas.s, with a pocket for the very In flammable "kindling." fire flints and steel are offered at most places where hunting outfits are for sale. They are r-n well made that no special skill is -nired in their use and a fire Is lured quite as quickly as with a atch. Among the Eskimos the possession of a flint la the sure mark of wealth, or was until fur traders from the south began bringing matches Into the arctic circle and made It possible for a man to attain the distinction of hav ing a fire starter by the simple ex change of a few furs for a box ol matches. A pessimist observes that an earl) spring also means that much longei to oprate the lawn mower. j REVIEW OF OHIO ! Trainmen found Hurry l.'iikley. 22, af Dennlson, lying aloiiK tin- II. & t). Catrow and President C. O. lleckert, of Wittenberg College. Parker Harrett and J. M. Dunn, of Plndlay, are interested in a 45,000 bar- 1 n.l .11 ..,.11 Ikot yu l.iu 1....HII. lit "v" J"'- " '" j' , u Maricopa, Ca 1 field. The ' f;'" Kreat exclf-nient among the old oil men of hat section "10 suy ilJH w'm,1,'r the .ago. The well Is the property of the Lake View Oil Company. Rev. W. II. Gallant, of St. Marys, slipped on tho Miowy walks In Linn drove last week and was severely in ; jured. lie was taken to his home by , apodal cur over Iho traction and an ' ambulance then found necessary. It ; is feared he i.s internally hurt, and j because of his old age his condition is considered critical, ,.:ij.lU G(Hlfn.v Cofnn 80 y,.ars old, mavor f SoriiiL-fielil In ISM) and for mer penitentiary warden, died after an illness of several months, of dia betes and complications. As warden he operated the rbetrk- chair, sending; 2i men to their death. .Mr. Collin is survived by three daughter. Mrs. James .1. KintKine, Mrs. W. A. Riddle and Mi s Cora Collin. ' What for you ask such question:-?" and with tiiat the enumerator received a whack from a broom stick over his head. The incident occurred at Find lay when a census enumerator asked a colored woman whether be was white or black. She happened to be blacker than the proverbial nee of spades, and she thought the census man was kidding her. With 1."j2 delegates, headed by Grand Regent William B. Prcnter and a full staff of State officers, the Grand Council of Ohio Royal Arcanum opened its annual convention at Pythi an Castle In Tidedo. Secretary llut terworlh, in his report showed the or ganization to be in a most nourishing condition, both as to members and finances. Cincinnati was selected fur I the next meeting in l'.Hl. Homer Carr's fi-yenr-old fon was a victim of the high water resulting from the recent storm. At the home of bis father, west of Mermi!!. be at tempted to cross a footbridge leading to the barn across a ravine filled ph overflow water, He tumbled in ami j drowned. Although his absence was j noted a few minutes after his disap pearance and his body recovered, he could not be resuscitated. lust, time ftince x:iz. lie nas connect ed the prison curio s'and for several years. Recently his sentence of 2') years for shooting to kill was com muted by Governor Harmon, so that i tie was reieasea. in me eigni years. Justice has been in prison it i.s im-d'-rstood that ho saved $S,0o0 and paid the state $a00 annually for the curio concession. A western steer belonging (o Miseh ke Pros., butchers, of Amherst, went mad and caused excitement in the business section, where it charged sev ( rai persons and even jumped fenc-s in trying to gore its victims. T streets ra cleared three inin.it'-s after the bovine went on the ri'inpage. John II. Poyd, painter, -12, r-f Iiay ton.chok' -d to death on a six inch pi re of raw beefsteak. He had sent to a t.( i-. hlii t ieg butcher for the meat. As 1 :ivd was it m it he wes accosted by a woman, why asked about, a job of paperhai:giu.g. "While Reyd was at tempting to answer her the steak lodged in his throat. It was removed wiiii great Uiliiculty by the undertaker. Mrs. Dorcas Jones, of Conneaut, is perhaps tho oldest person in the Si ate obliged to use a cane when walking, but can co un or down stairs without assistance and, In fact, is no bother to her son and his wife. She is able to read without glasses and likes to tew. Her i,uaiand was killed shortly after the wnr of 1S12 and she is one of tho fow wid0ws receiving pensions from tnat war Miik l3 ono of her cnil;f ar. fitr.0 nf riint Branding moving-picture shows as a menace to boys and girls, Mayor John S. Soiter, of Marion, in a mes sage to council, demanded the pas sage of an eight o'clock curfew ordi nance. While Georgiana Cillespie, 13 years old, daughter of Joseph Gillespie, was watching a base ball game in the school yard in Millville, a hot liner struck her in the mouth, rendered her unconscious and produced concussion of the brain. Mrs. Harry Mease, of Upper San dusky, during an argument with her husband over some money which he demanded returned to him, grabbed a bottle of carbolic acid and swallow ed the contents. She is in a precari ous condition. In an opion rendered by Attorney General Denman to Dr. C. O. Probst, Secretary of the State Board of Health, osteopaths are not prohibited under the law from treating contag ious diseases. However, they are com pelled to make report of them the same as any other, practitioner. Pr.if. W. R. Davis, superintendent of Churdon schools, has resigned. Ills resignation takes effect nt tho clone of tho school year. Prof. Davis will rep resent the American Hook Company. Pouring coal oil tin a smouldering lire, Mrs. Elizabeth Aerue, aged 01 years, whs uKpliyxlaled at her home In Find lay. Her unconscious body fell Into tho firo and she was terribly burned, being found by her daughter. A cow demoralized traffic on tho Toledo, F'o.storla & I'ltidlay recently for six hours. A car duo in Flndlay at C:1S, six miles east of there, struck and killed the cow, but tho cur was thrown from (he track, blocking traffic. It was midnight before Iho car was gotten back on llio tracks again. Three bears escaped from tho Nimi sila Park zoo ln Canton when some one broke the locks to tho pits. Many citizens engaged in the chase. Tempt ing morsels were used us bait to get the bears back again. When found the hears wero strolling down a lead ing street. Mrs. Andrew King, of Oxford Town ship, was killed and Miss liura Jen kins nnd Mrs. King's ('.year-old daugh ter were fatally hurt when a switch engine on the Cincinnati, Chicago & Louisville railroad backed Into their buggy at the Peoria (hid.) crossing on the Ohio side of the State line. The pollution of the Mahoning river by indiiMrial plants along its bank, which has resulted in the killing of hundreds of thousands of fish, will cause action to be taken by Game Ward-il A. I. Powers a-'tiiust the con cerns alleged to be responsible. The State Game and Fish Commission lias authorized Powers to take steps to re strain the concerns from emptying poisonous fluids into the stream. George Parens, of Coshocton, while hunting near Hlue Hole, a famous fall ing spot in the Tu-carawas river, shot a white pelican, the only one of its kind ever Keen in the county. The bird is larger than an eagle, measur ing right and a half feet from ti to tip of it.s wings, live feet one inch from tip of its beak to its tail and weighing thirteen pounds. The bird's - bill i.s a foot long and the pouch six inches deep. One day lust week was the fifty- I I fourth anniversary of the first day that Jud-e George F. Pendleton, of Find!. i.v, started teaching school in Hancock County. He was then la years old. His father had a hard time inducing him to begin teaching and as a reward gave him a silver watch, asking him to w.-ar it as long as it kept good time. Judge Pendle ton carried the time pi' ce all through the war with him. ami to this day the watch i.s as good a lime-keeper as the first day he got it. Sarah, the thro.--year-old daughter of Samuel Munitz, 2CM North Cist street, died at Mt. Sinai hospital of burnes she received when she foil into a tub of scalding water at the home of a neighbor. Physician were called to attend the child at her home, but, de spite their efforts, her condition grew more serious until she was tak en to the bospitdl. The liitle girl was playing in the kitchen at the hon,..- of Mrs. Rose Preacher. She stumbled and fell into a tub of starch, ib-r screams brought Mrs. Preacher to the child's assistance, but too late to stive her from fatal injury. That women still put away money in an old sock was proved ly the find ing of $-'. by Wm. H. udd at the home of his mother, Mrs. Kelina Xndd, who di.-d recently ip Columbus. The money was iti a. yarn stocking, which was stuff' d under a bedroom lioor. bigging in ihe cellar brought to light a tomato c.in containing more than .; mo) more in gold coin, ln her will .-he left her son her real est.de, money and "bonds, if any." Those securi ties haw not been found, but the.-.; is a story that they are in the posses-.-i.,n of a woman who had a safe in her home, and a html is now going on for her. Mrs. Xudd did not believe in banks, but lur sou wUiies that, she bad. A cow which L. G. Stahl, a farmer living near baiton, was bringing to an abattoir in Mas.-illon, saved i'S own er's life and the life of a valuable horse. Stahl, riding; in a buggy, was leading Ihe cow down the steep West Main street hill, at the foot of which is the 13. & O. railroad crossing. The horse, unable to hold back the buggy, started to run. Just then a passenger train, rapidly approaching the cross ing, shot into view. Stahl was tangled up in the lines and the rope with which he was leading the cow and couldn't jump. When twenty-five feet from the tracks, the cow reared and stuck its front legs between the spokes of a rear wheel. The wheel slid and served as a brake. The horse was able to stop a few feet from the tracks, just as the train swept past. Stahl will keep the cow. The will of Henry G. Davis, who died In Buffalo, N. Y., April 13, has been filed for probate, The estate Is said to be worth $100,000. Mr. Davis' only son, George S. Davis, of Warren, is the principal beneficiary. To complete the United States courtroom in the new government building at Youngsfown, it has been necessary to introduce a bill ln Con gress for an additional appropriation of $3,500. There was not enough money left from the appropriation. By an almost uninious vote the resi dents of the village of Coldwater, sev en miles south of Celina, decided to issue bonds in the sum of $14,000 for the improvement and building of streets. The vote was 214 for and 4 against. The attorney general has given an opinion to the effect that local boards of health have power to prohibit a consumptive working ln a shop or fac tory, but when he or his family are de pendent on his employment for sup port, the community must furnish that support. DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION Cured by LydiaEPinkham's Vegetable Compound Galena, Kans. "A year opto last March I fell, ami a fuw days after there was mireucHS In my right side. In a short time a bunch came and it bothered me so much at night 1 could not sieep. Bept crowing larger and by fall it was ns large as a hen's egg. I could not go to bod without a hot water bottle applied to that side. 1 had one of the best doc tors in Kansas and he told my husband that 1 would have to be operated on as it was something liko A n...r.l l.v a nmture. I WTotO u Lillliof v....-.. . - -i - - - - - - to you for advice and you told nut not to get discouraged but to tako J.ydia, K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1 did take it and hoii tho lump in my side bioko and passed away." Mrs. R. It. llL tY, 713 Mineral Ave., Galena, Kans. , Lydia K. rinkham's VegetaMe Com pound, made from roots and herbs, has jiroved to he tho most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female Pis, including (lispbcem-ntM, inflammation, libroid tumors, irregu larities, periodic pains, backache, bci r. ing-dowti feeling, llatulency, indiges tion, and nervous prostration. It cost but a triile to try it, and the result has been worth millions to many BUlTcring women. If yon want special nd vice writ forittn.Mrs.I'iiikhuin.I.vim.Mass. It is free ami always liolpluJ. Thr Minh'i ItiiitKfr. One of the treasures of the shah of Persia is a diamond set In one of his scimlters, which renders Its possessor invincible. There is also a dagger Willi the same property, but It is or dained that those who use it should perish by it. It is therefore carefully shut up in a sandalwood box on which Is engraved a verse from the Koran. Chicago News. $100 Reward, $100. The re.i.i.-ri of tills pnp.'r will bo plr-nsi to .m;-ii that tiien- Ii nt lea-it one nr.'iele.l 'ii .-a-. tliHt s. i.-li. c tins Im-imi nl'le to .-lire In ail it.s st.-in.'-.. iiml Hint l Htnrrh. Ilall n l atanli Cure i.s the oi ly i t i v -uri now known to th'- m.'.li.al iiat.'init.v. Cntari-li l-mg a coii-tittitloiinl lii'n... re'iuires n 'oii!ililtl.inal tn-;.iliii-nt. llall'n Calantl ( in-e Is taken inl-:naily, a.-tlnu ilii.-ctiy up hi thf liP.o.l nn.t inm-oiis surfaces of the M -lrrn, tlierehy destroying the foiui'int ion of t ... ii;-..:isc, nil. I giving th" path-lit M,-.n -t!l ,.- i-:iiiiing up the roast it at ion niul as----t-iiii n : t ire in ilolim lis work. Tin- .m;ne t -. !i:e so min-ll faith ill Us rui .tiV" . .' r- tl.t.t tiiiv i.I.-r (tne linn. Ir.-i i..il:us Tor an.- .-is,, that It !:i'ls to cure. S.-n.l tor list of ! - I ilnohials. A -lli-os, F. .1 CIIKM-Y CO., Toledo, l. S.I.I I.v nil Iinl.-;isis. 7.-,r. I .::.. Hall's family 1'ilis for const inatl&o. I H-le.sM Mllfly. Mr. Fond Father reproved his little son for having only 7." per cent, in arithmetic. "Mathematics, my boy," he said, "is a very useful study, and you must try to do better." "I thought that was only useful for sailors," said the boy. "Why for sailors?" "Well, people on land have adding machines, don't they?" New York Tribune. (cm polin.l Su I pli u r Tab teti ! or t lie Itt.Mi.t. MJn Km pi ions. I toils. rt- A n i...i ainl 1 ri. .1 ij,rih!f l.vu.ruy. Ily mail ::."o. W'l.l.l.l 11 IIKII. Co. I'llOIAlT. OHIO. Sfived by Ilrrflie. The gigantic tropical firellies which swarm in the forests and i-aiu-brakcs of most of the low lying West Indian i.slands once proved the salvation of the city of San Domingo. A body of buccaneers, headed by the notorious Thomas Cavendish, had laid all th"ir plans for a df scent upon the place, intending to massacre the inhabitants and carry away all the treasure they conveniently could, and had actually put off their beats for that purpn,e. As they approached the land, however, rowing with niu!"' -1 ears, they -..ere greatly surprised to see an in.'tnifr' number of moving lights in the v.co.l:; which fringed tae bayou up wntci they had to proceed, and, concl.pling that the Spaniards knew of their ap proach, they put about and regained their ship without attempting to laud. I.ooUlntt Backward. On the night following the Yale Princeton game last fall, a young man who had slipped and fallen was as sisted to his feet by a passer-by. "Just a little shelebration of vic t'ry," the young man explained as he waved a bedraggled bit of orange and black ribbon. "Hut Princeton lost," the other told him. The young man looked painfully surprised for an instant. "How do you know?" he asked. "Why, It was on the bulletin board an hour ago," the other said. "Yale won to-day's game. "I wash referrin'," said the young man with great dignity, "to th' game of 1903." Lippincott's. The Hritisii f,.J .-i tiuielit has decided to open a roads department, which will administer a fund on projected high way Improvements of about Jii.OOO.OOO durinxr the first year of its existence. The Appetite Calls for more Post Toasties Let a saucer of this delightful food served with cream tell why. "The Memory Lingers" Pkgg. 10c and 15c. Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich. r V '-'V ': ... ! " f p.. v . . CHICAGO. It. G. Dun k Co.'s weekly review of Chicago trade says: "While an excellent exhibit appeiits ln both aggregate payments through the banks and trading defaults, the business situation presents some Ir regularity, mainly duo to weather un certalntlfS and labor disputes. The matter of costs also suggests more se rious thought as to future undertak ings. .Further wenkenlng ln prices of raw supplies affects Home Interests and large consumers apparently await more favorable buying terms. Con tinued low temperatures have adverse ly affected leading retail lines and out door activity, but transporlat Ion has suffered' little hlndiame and freight movements have remained except ion ally heavy In factory outputs, general merchandise, farm needs, lumber, hides and grain. "Interior advices Indicate that mer chants have done well thus far In sea sonable goods. Reduction of light weight apparel nnd fashionable wear Is In part delayed by the cold and wet conditions, but local Kales have been of fair volume. The attendance of buyers has been equal to expecta tions In the wholesale distr t and re ordering for broken lines and fall needs have been th features. For wardings remain fairly large In tex fibs, millinery, Tool wear, clothing, suits and house needs Dealings have iV'-n seasonably active in food ptod uctH and sporting goods. 'Hank clearings, Jilaj.C-l'i.Os 1, . v red those of the cot responding week in I'.miii by 11.1 per rent, and compare with $L'l',(;s.,iiu,. In ll'i'V Failures reported jn the Chicago district num ber only 1.", as against !7 last week, :iJ In lliot and 31 in H"W. Those with liabilities over $."..uuo number 4, us against in last week, 8 in 10o9 and 10 In PinS." NEW YORK. Weather conditions and the unset tled outlook for prices of many com modities are the causes assigned for the quieter tone of trade In many lines. Retail business and, to a cer tain extent, reorder demand from job bers, was affected by the return early In the week of wintry weather. These influences were, however, largely tem porary, and they were largely offset by the decided benefit to the crop out look generally by the breaking of the drought. Collei tions are about fair. Businrs failures in the I'nit. d States for the week ending with April 21 were l!i:l. as against -"7 last week, 21" In the like week of Hi"'.i, 2 .VI In 1foS, 157 in 1!'"7 and 177 in lOu'l. Business failures fn Canada for the week number 15, which compares with 27 last week and 30 In the correspond ing week of Iflofl. Bradstreefs. Chicago Cattle, common to prkne, $1.00 to $8.45; hogs, prime heavy, $7.'0 to ?:.70; sheep, fair to choice, $4.50 to $-(.10; wheat. No. 2, $1.10 to $1.12: corn, No. 2, 57c to 5!)c; oats, standard, lie to 42c; rye, No. 2, 77c to 78c; bay, timothy, $10.00 to $1S.OO; prairie. $Vo0 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c to 2!c; eggs, fresh, 17e to 20c; pota toes, per bushel, 15c to 25c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $1!.00 to $S.ob; ho:;s, good to choice heavy, $7.00 to JIU'.o; sheep, good to choice, $".00 to $0.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.0! to 1.0G; corn, No. 2 white, 5Sc to GO.-; oats, No. 2 whlke, 42c lo 4 lie. St. Louis Cattle, fl.00 to $S.I0; hogs, $7.00 to S'l.SO; sheep, $.5o to s.00; wliear, No. 2, $1.10 to $1.12: corn, No. 2, ("!e to Olc; oa's, No. 2, 1'ic to 42c; rye, No. 2, 77c to 79c. Cincinnati Cdtle, ? 1.0'J to hegs, $7.00 to VX": $ii.rn; wheat, No. 2 corn. No. 2 mix' d, No. 2 mixed, !"( to hen 5 ;.uo to $1.11; ; oats, No. 2, 51.10 to -St. to G0c '1 lc; rye, S2c to 8-1c. DetroitCattle, $4.00 to $7 $7.00 to $i0.8.j; sheep, ?:!.a0 wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to fl.OS; :, vellow, "9c to Clc; oats, .00; to hugs. $S; corn. No. standa rd. 43c to 41c; rye, No. 1, 7ltc fo 80c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.05 to $1.08; corn, No. 3, 5!)c to Clc; oats, standard, 41c to 42c; rye, No. 1, 7Sc to fide; barley, standard, Clc to 0.")c; pork, mess, $21. .10. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping stivers, $4.00 to $8.40; hogs, fair to choice, $7.00 to $9.80; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $S..r.0; lambs, fair to choice, $6.00 to $9.3S. New York Cattle, $4.00 to Sa.OOf hogs. $7.00 to $9.83; sheep, $4.00 to $7.r.0; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.15 to $1.10; corn, No. 2, 61c to 62c; oats, natural, white, 45c to 4Sc; butter, creamery, 27c to 30c; eggs, western, 1 9c to 22c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.09 to $1.10; corn, No. 2 mixed, 57c fo 59e; oats. No. 2 mixed, 43c to 41c; rye, No. 2, 78c to 79c; clover seed, $6.60. The season's crop of small fruits around Boise, Idaho, and In Kayetto Valley Is reported to have been heav ily damaged by frost. Three former Pittsburg councilmon John Casscrly, Isaac Libson nnd John Hogue confessed their guilt of taking briUf s. Suspecting that certain bills are "railroaded" through the New York Legislature a little band of "insurg ents," led by Lindon Bates, Jr., who has Invented a mechanical device, are keeping count on the votes on the var ious measures as they are taken. Fire which started from some un known cause In a store in North Pow nal, Vt, destroyed three buildings, causing a loss of about $75,000. The Congregational Church, in which Presi dent James A. Garfield taught school while a student at Williams College, was destroyed. . I 1 I 1. I V Sarsaparilla Will purify your blood, clear your complexion, restore your appetite, relieve your tired feeling, build you tip. Be sure to take it this spring. Get It In uHtial liquid form er choco lated tablets c 1 F.irs.lP.bs. 10 0 Dom-i 1, 'I'hrre Wu Hmaon. When a negro was arrested th other day for wandering around th streets, ha wore ono of thoso Invinci bly smiles. When ho was taken he fore Magistrate Brlggs ho was still smiling. "What's your name?" asked the magistrate. "Ah don't know, sail," smiled the negro. "Wliero do you live?" "Ah don't know, sail." "Wliero do you work?" "At the Tern Hotel, sail." Tho magistrate thought that per haps there was some truth In the ne gro's place of employment, so h thought he would see If the negro knew any of tho students In the col lege near this particular hotel. "Bo you know any of the students at Tcm College?" "No, call," answered the negro, his smile bigger than ever. "Ah nebber goes In de bar!" Philadelphia Times. THIRTY YliAItS OF MISEEY. Terrible Snffrrln from Kidney Trnultle and irnvrl. Samuel J, Taylor, 312 North Fecond street, Goshen, Ind., says: "Any per son desirous of learning of my o x p e r I e n ce with Doan's Kidney Hills, can obtain the facta from me direct. I suf fered from kid ney trouble for thirty years. I often passed gravel and at times had to use s crutches. I re ceived no relief until I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills. They cured me and I have been free from tho trouble for some years." Remember tho name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fofiter-Slilbura Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Tit tor Tut. Stranger (to prominent clergyman) I came ln here, sir, to criticise join church management and tell you how It ought to be run. Prominent Clergyman (amazed) What do you mean, sir? How dart you? Who are you, anyway? "I am the humble editor of the pa per you have been writing to." Life. Doctors Know Soap. Ask your family physician what hi thinks .about a laundry soap that is made of borax, cocoanut oil, clean tal low and naptha. He'll t"ll you such a soap will be cleansinr;, sterilizing and antiseptic. That means it will not only make your clothing sweet and clean, but that It will also have you from the dangers of contagion that He ii common soaps. Kasy Task soap Is the only one that would fill his pre scription. -Wanted a fiiinll One. Customer My wife told me to stop ln and buy her a -bathing suit. What are your prices and sizes? Dealer We have a very nice one here that I'm sure she will like. A $50 bill will just cover it. Customer That Is just about the size she wanf.s. How much- is it? Springfield Union. If You Ifavo Common Snre i:j-e. if lines blur or run together, you need PETTIT'S KIT, S.UAT., 25c. All druggists or Howard Pros., Buffalo, N. V. .Not llenlly Nl'cc'Nnrr. "We don't use. wine as a beverage, you know, Mrs. Mctlarvey," paid Mrs, Dappling; "but it's good to have a lit tle of it in the house for medicinal pur poses. You know how grateful I am for the bottle you sent over the other day. To thank you In wor.ls would ba merely a work of super-irrigHtion." Chicago Tribune. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up 40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate, stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated tiny granules. llnrilxbloa of I'luloernpf . His Pastor My dear sir, don't you think you ought to try to come more in contact with your fellow men? Mr. Muntoburn My dear doctor, so many people ton-.u me every day of my life tbat I have been compelled to em ploy a secretary at a good salary to net us a buffer. Itess Itlejiehing lilun la much Hie best. Irisi-t Hint .vein- grocer gives you this .1.111-1. II.'fllKI.' IniltHl Inns. Kept Her Fromlae. "Billy, dear," said his young wife, couxingly, "tell mo the password of your lodge." "But I pledged myself never to dis close that, Bella." "You're not disclosing it when you. give It to me. You know we have no secrets from each other." "If I tell you wdiat it Is, dear, will you promise sacredly never to repeat It to a living soul?" "Yes, I promise." "Well, hero it Is: Chattybiddybeech lttyblddyblparaparagoolagarithehowk -aspecklybexlybim." True to her word, the young wife never repeated it to anybody. n iMIIlittti M i.HHIi'H-'-ii "Guara - ..-w - -'.. ..... . Ml V J .X